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Synopsis: Lisebeth
Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to
kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly
destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward
campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close
supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three
murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the
help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium
magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify
and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable
to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself,
Salander is now ready to fight back. The pace rarely lets up, it's
an exhilarating read and a strong and satisfying conclusion to a
massively ambitious, richly textured trilogy.
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Synopsis: After
her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned
to the 1940s and wrote The Little Stranger, a tender and tragic
novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for
both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one
in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire,
a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres
family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and
handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens
choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed
at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more
sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how
closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined
with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues
to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story. |
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Synopsis: 'Lock
Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and
when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion
eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.'
England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir.
Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the
divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust
and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later
his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal
blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a
man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people
and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious
in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda
is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a
king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages.
From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare
thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection
of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of
characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back
history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding
itself with great passion and suffering and courage. |
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Synopsis: Football
has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned,
grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy
hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them.
And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match,
without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything
else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with
a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good
pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to
be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious
Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even
Mr Nutt, which worries him, too). As the match approaches, four
lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about
football - the important thing about football - is that it is not
just about football. Here we go! Here we go! Here we go! |
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Synopsis: To
be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare
woven into a dangerously heightened reality for teenager Bella Swan.
Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen,
and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black,
she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife
to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either
join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully
human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes
hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of
unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating
and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's
life - first discovered in TWILIGHT, then scattered and torn in
NEW MOON and ECLIPSE - seem ready to heal and knit together, could
they be destroyed...forever? |
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Synopsis: Delia has long been
the person we turn to for stress-free Christmas celebrations. This
year, she celebrates 40 years of writing recipes and brings you
"Delia's Happy Christmas" - the definitive guide to all
aspects of cooking for Christmas. This cookbook will help you to
plan your Christmas festivities to the very last culinary detail,
acting as an invaluable Christmas organiser from reminding you to
make your Christmas pudding and chutneys in November to giving you
a crucial countdown for the Last 36 Hours. "Delia's Happy Christmas"
will give you 150 recipes, including 100 new recipes and 50 much-loved
classics, plus menu plans and shopping lists, illustrated with glorious
full-colour photography. There are recipes for all your favourite
traditional dishes - Delia's Classic Christmas Cake recipe has been
in print for over 40 years and has never been bettered, but Delia
has also created Chestnut Cupcakes recipe to satisfy modern tastes.
Of course there is Delia's foolproof recipe for a Traditional Roast
Turkey and all the trimmings, and The Only Traditional Christmas
Pudding as well as ideas for parties, boxing-day suppers, vegetarian
feasts and what to do with leftovers. Organisation is the key to
success. If you follow Delia's Christmas calendar, you will be sure
to create a very special Christmas. And even if you don't, there
is always Delia's The Last-Minute Christmas - a chapter for those
who leave things to the eleventh hour. Everyone needs Delia at Christmas. |
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Synopsis: From prolific historian
Ferguson comes a sweeping survey of money and its many instruments.
Some years ago, writes Ferguson, a hitherto unknown tribe appeared
at the edge of the Amazonian rainforest. The people had subsisted
for generations on hunting and gathering. They had no conception
of money; not surprisingly, Ferguson adds, they had no concept of
futurity, either. Now they live near a city, subsisting on food
brought by strangers with no demand for anything in return. Shedding
the hunting-and-gathering lifestyle was a first step toward the
larger prosperity of humankind, Ferguson suggests, while other instruments
compelled us farther along the evolutionary path, for example the
development of credit and debt. The author is a fluent interpreter,
whether writing of the origins of the hedge fund, the workings of
international trade deficits or the securitisation of home mortgages
- the last of which is the cause of so much current worry. He avoids
the aridity of economics without skimping on details. |
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To mark the centenary of its foundation,
the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an
independent historian, the first time any of the world’s leading
intelligence or security services has taken such a step. The Defence
of the Realm, the book that results, is an unprecedented publication.
It reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century
British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British
Army in October 1909 to root out ‘the spies of the Kaiser’ up to
its present role in countering Islamic terrorism. It describes the
distinctive ethos of MI5, how the organization has been managed,
its’ relationship with the government, where it has triumphed and
where it has failed. In all of this, no restriction has been placed
on the judgements made by the author and the book casts new light
on many events and periods in British history. The Defence of the
Realm describes this previously extremely secretive organization
more fully than any previous book. |
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Whether you're struggling with
insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under
the weather, this book could have the answer. With easy recipes
ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams, salves,
teas and much, much more from the stuff growing in your window box,
the local garden centre or in the hedgerows. Using the flowers,
fruit, roots, trees, vegetables and herbs that are all around us
James provides preparations to help relieve a whole range of common
conditions, including acne, anxiety, cold sores and general aches
and pains - plus great ideas for beauty treats such as bath bombs
and shampoos. Inspired by his grandmother in Malaysia who taught
him about the health-giving properties of plants, James uses his
top class academic knowledge to show how easy - and cheap - it is
to make creams, lotions, lozenges and more which can help relieve
the symptoms of a variety of common complaints. He reveals how many
plants contain the same active ingredients as over-the-counter drugs
and chooses his Top 100 plants to grow or buy, complete with ideas
for a whole range of uses. So unleash the power of plants and soothe
the symptoms of everyday ailments the natural way. |
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For the first time, comedian Jack
Dee reveals the highs and lows of his early life and disastrous
day jobs. You don't just wake up jaundiced and bitter; it's taken
Jack years of dedication and commitment to brew his unique cocktail
of disillusionment and bile. What turned this once optimistic young
man into a grumpy middle-aged git? Was it working in an artificial-leg
factory? Or delivering incontinence pads for the NHS? Or was it
the time when he was shunned by his peers for daring to thrash a
one-armed man at tennis? In this hilariously frank account of his
life, Jack finally answers the question, 'So how did you get started
in comedy then'? Along the way, he shares his blatantly unreasonable
views on everything from personal trainers to boutique hotels, via
the overrated moon landing and 'people who hold their cutlery the
wrong way'. Once you've read this book, you'll never think of Jack
Dee as a smiling, happy-go-lucky, friendly face again. |
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