Naomi Alderman
1) The power
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In 'The Power', the world is a recognisable place: there's a rich Nigerian kid who larks around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But something vital has changed, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power - they can cause agonising pain and even death. And, with this small...
2) The lessons
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Hidden away in an Oxford back street is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any but the few who possess a key to its unassuming front gate. Its owner is the mercurial, charismatic Mark Winters, whose rackety trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous. Mark gathers around him an impressionable group of students: glamorous Emmanuella, who always has a new boyfriend in tow; Franny and Simon, best...
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It was a time of brutal tyranny and occupation. Young men and women took to the streets to protest. Dictators put them down with iron force. Rumours spread. Rebels attacked the greatest empire the world had ever known. The empire gathered its forces to make those rebels pay. And in the midst of all that, one preacher by the name of Jesus died. And either something miraculous happened or someone lied.
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Ulverscroft, Charnwood
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Twelve further adventures of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, penned by twelve masters of crime. Poison disposes of poachers and patriarchs alike, striking on the high seas, at a wedding reception, and an Oxford college dinner. Valuable jewellery vanishes; inheritances are threatened; people disappear or drown or die. Fatal consequences are incurred from brawling amongst pigs, doing a spot of gardening - or simply being a new face in the village. From...
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Wellcome Collection
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Published to accompany BBC Radio 3's A Body of Essays series Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. And yet they all have stories to tell. So who better to tell them than fifteen of the world's finest writers? Working with medical experts, each writer has chosen a different organ: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines...
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BBC Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Doctor Who: Thirteen Stories. A new version of this much-loved anthology, with a brand-new story featuring the brand-new Thirteenth Doctor from literary sensation Naomi Alderman! Twelve wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel - featuring all twelve Doctors - are waiting for you in this very special Doctor Who book. And now they're joined by a very exciting, and very exclusive,...