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Elements of Cadence volume 2
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ELEMENTS OF CADENCE DUOLOGYThe stunning sequel to A River Enchanted finds the human and faerie realms threatened by an immortal enemy whose defeat can only come through fire, song, and heartrending sacrifice.East and west. Humans and spirits.The tenuous balance of the Isle of Cadence is under threat from Bane, the spirit of the north wind.In the west, Adaira struggles to find her place. And, though...
3) Banjaxed
Author
Publisher
G2 Rights
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Based around Terry Wogan's radio shows, readers will be able to recall his famous segments including Fight the Flab and Wogan's Winner; human sacrifices on the roof of broadcasting house; the suburban delights of Penge; and Terry's daily banter with Jimmy Young. After a brief break from the radio in the late 80s Terry returned to his breakfast show in 1993 and added a new generation of listeners. When he retired in 2009 his audience was approximately...
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. Behold the Dreamers is a dazzling debut novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - and of what we're prepared to sacrifice to hold on to each of them. 'We all do what we gotta do to become American, abi?' New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the...
Author
Publisher
Economist Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the average life expectancy in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in Old Kingdom Egypt? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ritual human sacrifice ever? We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: vast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. So,...
6) The Deluge
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
?This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.? -Stephen King In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane,...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London University- and Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and �who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis...
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Our story with the stars Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth. But the exploration of space is the most significant thing we will ever do as a species.Sarah Cruddas�has been looking to the skies her entire life. Her childhood was spent staring at the Moon and hearing stories of the space race, and she worked in a fruit factory to fund...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The Invictus Games change lives and save lives.Created and spearheaded by Prince Harry, for whom this is a very personal cause, the Games are for current and former servicemen and women who have been wounded, injured or sick.Most races are about who gets to the finish line first. At the Invictus Games, even making the start line is an achievement beyond measure. Triple amputees, cancer survivors, multiple sclerosis patients, PTSD sufferers and many...
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English
Description
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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