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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this “spellbinding” (Vogue), “smoldering” (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls. “Under Cline’s command, every sentence as sharp as a scalpel, a woman toeing the line between welcome and unwelcome guest becomes a fully destabilizing force.”—The New York Times A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK VULTURE’S INAUGURAL "BEACH BOOK READS" BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Vogue, Glamour, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Slate, Time Out, Chicago Public Library, Electric Lit, Bookreporter “Alex drained her wineglass, then her water glass. The ocean looked calm, a black darker than the sky. A ripple of anxiety made her palms go damp. It seemed suddenly very tenuous to believe that anything would stay hidden, that she could successfully pass from one world to another.” Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake. Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline’s The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement.

A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post Chicago Tribune NPR Vogue Elle Real Simple InStyle Good Housekeeping Parade Slate Vox Kirkus Reviews Library Journal BookPage Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Reese's Book Club Pick "The most provocative page-turner of the year." --Entertainment Weekly "I urge you to read Such a Fun Age." --NPR A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other. With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," and the complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.

Monday Charles ist verschwunden. Spurlos. Und Claudia scheint die Einzige zu sein, die sie vermisst. Als Monday tagelang nicht zur Schule kommt, weiß Claudia, dass ihr etwas zugestoßen sein muss. Monday würde sie niemals einfach allein lassen, denn die beiden sind unzertrennlich, mehr Schwestern als Freunde. Doch niemand will sich an das letzte Mal erinnern, als sie Monday gesehen haben. Auch Mondays Mutter weigert sich, Claudia eine klare Antwort zu geben. Wie kann ein junges Mädchen einfach verschwinden, ohne dass es jemand bemerkt? Der Roman wurde durch das Verschwinden zahlreicher schwarzer Mädchen in den Vereinigten Staaten inspiriert, der zur Schaffung des Hashtags #MissingDCGirls führte. Vom School Library Journal als bestes Buch des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Center for Children's Books: »Jackson verwebt mühelos Spannung mit Fragen über Rassismus, die Geschlechter und der sozialen Stellung in unserer Gesellschaft und wirft ein brutales Licht auf eine Welt, die sich tatsächlich oft weigert, dem Verschwinden dunkelhäutiger Kinder nachzugehen. Die Wendung am Ende ist herzzerreißend, lässt einem aber auch den Atem stocken.« Chicago Tribune: »Die entscheidendste Herausforderung in Tiffany D. Jacksons umwerfendem Roman betrifft eine Gesellschaft, die vorgibt, Kinder zu schätzen, während unzählige von ihnen, insbesondere arme Kinder und Kinder mit dunkler Hautfarbe, durch alle Raster fallen.« Booklist: »Das ist eine Geschichte, die gelesen werden muss.« Tiffany D. Jackson ist Schriftstellerin, Filmproduzentin und Horror-Fan. Die gebürtige Brooklynerin studierte Filmkunst und Medienwissenschaften und lebt mit ihrem Hund in New York. Ihr Debütroman ALLEGEDLY (dt. DER BITTERE TROST DER LÜGE) über ein neunjähriges Mädchen, das beschuldigt wird, ein Baby ermordet zu haben, war ein großer Erfolg. Mit ihrem zweiten Roman MONDAY'S NOT COMING knüpfte sie an diesen Erfolg an. Inspiriert von zahlreichen Vermisstenfällen afroamerikanischer Kinder in den USA erzählt Jackson die Geschichte eines Mädchens, dessen beste Freundin auf mysteriöse Weise verschwindet.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Updated with enlightening new material , this is the complete, definitive edition of Anne Frank s diary, the single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust (The New York Times Book Review) Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank s remarkable diary has become a world classic a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, as Nazis occupied Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the secret upstairs rooms of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, Anne s account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short. Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II. The Philadelphia Inquirer There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil. Chicago Tribune The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating. The New York Times Book Review How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence. Newsday

“[Pan] has literary circles buzzing . . . Rendered in dazzling prose, Clune’s debut novel paints a luminous portrait of the unique psychosis that growing up in suburbia can foster.” ―Bustle “I steal language and ideas from Michael Clune.” ―Ben Lerner, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Topeka School A strange and brilliant teenager's first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds Nicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. He had plenty of reason to feel unstable already: He’s been living with his dad in the bleak Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. Then one day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are objects. The doctor says it’s just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the Greek god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas; his best friend, Ty; and his maybe-girlfriend, Sarah, hunt for answers why—in Oscar Wilde and in Charles Baudelaire, in rock and roll and in Bach, and in the mysterious, drugged-out Barn, where their classmate Tod’s charismatic older brother Ian leads the high schoolers in rituals that might end up breaking more than just the law. Thrilling, cerebral, and startlingly funny, Pan is a new masterpiece of the coming-of-age genre by Guggenheim fellow and literary scholar Michael Clune, whose memoir of heroin addiction, White Out—named one of The New Yorker’s best books of the year—earned him a cult readership. Now, in Pan, the great novel of our age of anxiety, Clune drops us inside the human psyche, where we risk discovering that the forces controlling our inner lives could be more alien than we want to let ourselves believe.

Acht Stunden Sauerstoff. Eine sabotierte Militärraumstation. Und ein Ork-Söldner, der mich seit Wochen mit seinem arroganten Grinsen provoziert. Chefingenieurin Tessa Crane hat sich aus den Slums von Neo-Chicago bis auf die Ironhold hochgearbeitet: eine rostige US-Militärraumstation im Orbit, die nur noch durch Panzertape, Notstrom und Tessas Sturheit zusammengehalten wird. Als plötzlich die Kühlsysteme des Reaktors überbrücken und ganze Sektoren ausfallen, erkennt Tessa sofort: Das ist kein technischer Defekt. Das ist Sabotage. Um die Station vor der Kernschmelze zu retten, muss sie in Sektor C die primären Ventile öffnen. Doch kaum ist Tessa dort unten, wird der Bereich automatisch versiegelt. Keine Kommunikation. Kein Ausweg. Kaum Sauerstoff. Und sie ist nicht allein. Korrok ist ein Ork-Söldner, fast zwei Meter zwanzig pure Muskelmasse, grüne Haut, Narben, Stoßzähne und eine Stimme, die Tessa schon seit Wochen viel zu sehr unter die Haut geht. Seit sein Frachtschiff auf der Ironhold gestrandet ist, treibt er sie mit seiner überheblichen Art in den Wahnsinn. Er ist gefährlich, skrupellos und ganz sicher nicht der Mann, mit dem Tessa in einem sterbenden Stationssektor eingeschlossen sein will. Doch Korrok weiß mehr über die Sabotage, als er zugibt. Und er hat Tessa schon viel länger beobachtet, als ihr lieb ist. Während die Luft knapper wird, die Temperatur steigt und draußen ein unbekannter Verräter die gesamte Station vernichten will, fällt zwischen ihnen jede professionelle Distanz. Tessa braucht seinen Körper, seine Kraft und seine brutale Entschlossenheit, um zu überleben. Korrok braucht nur eines: sie. Denn für Orks gibt es keine halben Wahrheiten, keine harmlosen Flirts und keine Zufälle. Korrok hat seine Mate gefunden. Und er hat nicht vor, sie jemals wieder loszulassen. Eine spicy Sci-Fi Monster Romance über erzwungene Nähe, tödliche Sabotage, einen besitzergreifenden Ork-Söldner mit gefährlichem Beschützerinstinkt und eine Chefingenieurin, die selbst in Lebensgefahr nicht aufhört, zurückzufeuern. Kurzroman, ca. 14.000 Wörter, die perfekte heiße Story für einen Abend. In sich abgeschlossen, garantiertes Happy End, kein Cliffhanger.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Updated with enlightening new material , this is the complete, definitive edition of Anne Frank s diary, the single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust (The New York Times Book Review) Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank s remarkable diary has become a world classic a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, as Nazis occupied Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the secret upstairs rooms of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, Anne s account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short. Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II. The Philadelphia Inquirer There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil. Chicago Tribune The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating. The New York Times Book Review How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence. Newsday

Library Journal Mystery Pick of the Month In a new thriller from the author of The End of the Road, a former postal inspection agent tracks a violent crew through the Midwest to rescue a kidnapped woman. Mercury Carter is a deliveryman and he takes his job very seriously. When a parcel is under his care, he will stop at nothing to deliver it directly to its intended recipient. Not even, as in the current case, when he finds a crew of violent men at the indicated address that threaten his life and take the woman who lives there hostage. That's because Carter has special skills from his former life as a federal agent with the postal inspection service, skills that make him particularly useful for delivering items in circumstances as dangerous as these. After Carter dispatches the goons sent to kill him, he enters a home besieged by criminals—but the leader of the gang escapes with attorney Rachel Stanfield before the mailman can complete his assignment. With Rachel's husband Glenn in tow, Carter takes off in pursuit of the kidnapper and his quarry, hunting them across Indiana, up to Chicago, and into small-town Illinois. Along the way, he slowly picks off members of the crew and uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy and a powerful crime syndicate, all in service of his main objective: to hand the package over to Rachel. Carter has never missed a delivery and isn't about to start now. Introducing a new lone-wolf protagonist to rival Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Steve Hamilton's Nick Mason, and Gregg Hurwitz's Evan Smoak, The Mailman is a pulse-pounding series opener with captivating action and enough thrills to leave readers anxiously awaiting the next installment.

“[Pan] has literary circles buzzing . . . Rendered in dazzling prose, Clune’s debut novel paints a luminous portrait of the unique psychosis that growing up in suburbia can foster.” ―Bustle “I steal language and ideas from Michael Clune.” ―Ben Lerner, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Topeka School A strange and brilliant teenager's first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds Nicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. He had plenty of reason to feel unstable already: He’s been living with his dad in the bleak Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. Then one day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are objects. The doctor says it’s just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the Greek god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas; his best friend, Ty; and his maybe-girlfriend, Sarah, hunt for answers why—in Oscar Wilde and in Charles Baudelaire, in rock and roll and in Bach, and in the mysterious, drugged-out Barn, where their classmate Tod’s charismatic older brother Ian leads the high schoolers in rituals that might end up breaking more than just the law. Thrilling, cerebral, and startlingly funny, Pan is a new masterpiece of the coming-of-age genre by Guggenheim fellow and literary scholar Michael Clune, whose memoir of heroin addiction, White Out—named one of The New Yorker’s best books of the year—earned him a cult readership. Now, in Pan, the great novel of our age of anxiety, Clune drops us inside the human psyche, where we risk discovering that the forces controlling our inner lives could be more alien than we want to let ourselves believe.

The first in a BRAND NEW action thriller series from the Wilbur Smith Prize-Shortlisted author Alex Shaw. 'Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw' - New York Times bestselling author James Swallow Killing for a living is easy, living for a reason is much harderMeet Ruslan Akulov. In the shadowy world of assassins for hire, he is known as 'Wolf Six'. A Ukrainian raised in Moscow, conscripted into Russia's most covert Special Forces unit 'The Werewolves', Akulov is full of loathing for the country that built and then broke him. The only rules he follows now are his own. Unable to shake the guilt of his past, Akulov has made it his business to seek out those who prey upon the innocent. The name Wolf Six is legendary - whispered by those who know it with fear. But when Akulov accidentally thwarts the armed robbery of a Chicago Bank, he pits himself against both the Russian Bratva and the CIA, setting into motion a spiralling sequence of events which will bring his past back to haunt him, and potentially turn his future to ashes... His mission of retribution takes him from Chicago to Kyiv, to Havana and back into the US, where Akulov must stop at nothing if he is to remain alive. No simple mission, even for the world's deadliest assassin. Perfect for fans of Tom Wood, Vince Flynn and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won't be able to put down. Praise for Wolf Six: 'Wolf Six is a gritty, action packed adrenaline rush! A deadly start to a new series!' Alan McDermott 'An action-packed page-turner, rounded out with doses of realpolitik and melancholy for what can be lost. I was gripped' Antony Johnston 'Wolf Six is a stunning piece of work. No-one builds tension like Alex Shaw. In the field of high-stakes international intrigue, Shaw knows his stuff and is at the top of his game.' Humphrey Hawksley 'Wolf Six keeps you raving for Akulov to escape the most harrowing situations and come out at the top when all odds are stacked against him. It's bold, strong, and unforgiving in its violent nature and an unnerving mission to entertain you.' Kashif Hussain - Best Thriller Books Praise for Alex Shaw: 'Compelling and authentic. An explosive new series with an uncompromising hero' Tom Wood 'Alex Shaw is one of the best thriller writers around!' Stephen Leather 'Alex Shaw is a master of the action thriller. Grabbed me from the first page and never let go' Michael Ridpath 'Sizzles across the page like a flame on a short fuse!' Matt Hilton 'A perfect blend of spy fiction and political thriller' Matt Lynn 'Totally Brilliant!' Reader review 'Amazing read. Gripping from start to finish! Couldn't put it down!' Reader review 'Plenty of twists and turns, right to the end.' Reader review 'Exciting and fast-paced' Reader review 'Immensely enjoyable and tightly written' Reader review

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic heist film-with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie. "A hard-boiled, cinematic read that moves as fast as a well-planned heist." - Esquire One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis's brother in arms Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna's determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley's crew, before he ghosts out of the city in this suspense thriller. In a tense prequel story set in 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they're pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna-a man unreconciled with his history-is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders. Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley's scores and Hanna's pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel, dual timeline narrative driving through the years following Heat. Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds-from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann's Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries. Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic-a masterpiece of crime fiction and a must-read action thriller with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

"Amazing. The action simply didn't stop." —Reader review for What's His Home aide Emily Just's knack for caregiving lands her in the opulence of a Chicago suburb, tending to a charismatic advertising exec left shattered by a stroke. But as she peels back the layers of family drama, she uncovers hints of foul play—a power struggle that may have poisoned not just the family business but the man himself. Amidst this tangled web, Emily's heart betrays her, and a blooming romance leads her down a path of misjudged clues and dangerous assumptions. Can Emily untangle love from lies in time to prevent another "accident" within these polished walls befalls someone else? A TRUSTED HUSBAND (An Emily Just Psychological Thriller—Book 3) is the third novel in a new psychological suspense series by mystery and suspense author Ella Swift. The series begins with A TRUSTED WIFE (Book 1). Future books in the series are also available! "A riveting read." —Reader review for What's His "An easy read and I can't wait to read the next book." —Reader review for What's His "Excellent. You can't help but like Peyton." —Reader review for What's His "It will pull you in from the beginning and not let up until the last paragraph. The characters are pretty true to life. A twist at the end will get you." —Reader review for What's His

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good Housekeeping** 'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin ' An entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' Daily Telegraph 'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer 'A tale of soul music and second chances' Guardian 'The laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine 'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' Observer ____________________________________ Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can't believe her luck. Over in Chicago, Bucky Bronco is down on his luck - and has been since the loss of his beloved wife Maybelle. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high. But then an unexpected invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. With nothing to lose - and in need of the cash - Bucky boards a plane. And so Bucky finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century. Over the course of the week, he finds himself striking up new and unexpected friendships; and facing his past, and its losses, for the very first time. 'A writer who continues to build a rich and bold body of work on his own terms' Ronán Hession Wise, hilarious and profound, Rare Singles is an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good Housekeeping** 'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin ' An entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' Daily Telegraph 'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer 'A tale of soul music and second chances' Guardian 'The laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine 'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' Observer ____________________________________ Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can't believe her luck. Over in Chicago, Bucky Bronco is down on his luck - and has been since the loss of his beloved wife Maybelle. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high. But then an unexpected invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. With nothing to lose - and in need of the cash - Bucky boards a plane. And so Bucky finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century. Over the course of the week, he finds himself striking up new and unexpected friendships; and facing his past, and its losses, for the very first time. 'A writer who continues to build a rich and bold body of work on his own terms' Ronán Hession Wise, hilarious and profound, Rare Singles is an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good Housekeeping** 'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin ' An entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' Daily Telegraph 'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer 'A tale of soul music and second chances' Guardian 'The laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine 'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' Observer ____________________________________ Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can't believe her luck. Over in Chicago, Bucky Bronco is down on his luck - and has been since the loss of his beloved wife Maybelle. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high. But then an unexpected invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. With nothing to lose - and in need of the cash - Bucky boards a plane. And so Bucky finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century. Over the course of the week, he finds himself striking up new and unexpected friendships; and facing his past, and its losses, for the very first time. 'A writer who continues to build a rich and bold body of work on his own terms' Ronán Hession Wise, hilarious and profound, Rare Singles is an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.

An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story from the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over. Spring, 1924 Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris, meet people who know nothing of her past—and pursue her dream of becoming an artist. A few years after the Great War's end, the City of Light is a bohemian paradise teeming with actors, painters, writers, and a lively coterie of American expatriates who welcome Helena into their romantic and exciting circle. Among them is Sam Howard, an irascible and infuriatingly honest correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Dangerously attractive and deeply scarred by the horror and carnage of the war, Sam is unlike any man she has ever encountered. He calls her Ellie, sees her as no one has before, and offers her a glimpse of a future that is both irresistible and impossible. As Paris rises phoenix-like from the ashes of the Great War, so too does Helena. Though she's shed her old self, she's still uncertain of what she will become and where she belongs. But is she strong enough to completely let go of the past and follow her heart, no matter where it leads her? Artfully capturing the Lost Generation and their enchanting city, Moonlight Over Paris is the spellbinding story of one young woman's journey to find herself, and claim the life—and love—she truly wants.

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good Housekeeping** 'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin ' An entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' Daily Telegraph 'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer 'A tale of soul music and second chances' Guardian 'The laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine 'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' Observer ____________________________________ Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics. Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can't believe her luck. Over in Chicago, Bucky Bronco is down on his luck - and has been since the loss of his beloved wife Maybelle. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high. But then an unexpected invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. With nothing to lose - and in need of the cash - Bucky boards a plane. And so Bucky finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century. Over the course of the week, he finds himself striking up new and unexpected friendships; and facing his past, and its losses, for the very first time. 'A writer who continues to build a rich and bold body of work on his own terms' Ronán Hession Wise, hilarious and profound, Rare Singles is an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.

"A love story spanning multiple millenniums, life-forms and variations on immortality, the book posits Victorian poetry as a weapon of empire, insists on nature's resilience in the face of genocide, and manipulates prose into something like a new language....Toward Eternity recognizes both the building and burning of bridges." -New York Times *A PARADE, LITHUB, and CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS Best New Book. *An AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD WINNER. Negotiating the terrain of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun and Emily St. John Mandel's Sea of Tranquility, a brilliant, haunting speculative novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling translator that sets out to answer the question: What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer. The body's cells are entirely replaced with nanites-robot or android cells which not only cure those afflicted but leaves them virtually immortal. Literary researcher Yonghun teaches an AI how to understand poetry and creates a living, thinking machine he names Panit, meaning Beloved, in honor of his husband. When Yonghun-himself a recipient of nanotherapy-mysteriously vanishes into thin air and then just as suddenly reappears, the event raises disturbing questions. What happened to Yonghun, and though he's returned, is he really himself anymore? When Dr. Beeko, the scientist who holds the patent to the nanotherapy technology, learns of Panit, he transfers its consciousness from the machine into an android body, giving it freedom and life. As Yonghun, Panit, and other nano humans thrive-and begin to replicate-their development will lead them to a crossroads and a choice with existential consequences. Exploring the nature of intelligence and the unexpected consequences of progress, the meaning of personhood and life, and what we really have to fear from technology and the future, Toward Eternity is a gorgeous, thought-provoking novel that challenges the notion of what makes us human-and how love survives even the end of that humanity.

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'Pratchett is a comic genius' Daily Express 'A brilliant book by the master of the fantasy genre' 5-star reader review 'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .' This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life. Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. So, when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way. Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war . . . Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'Pratchett is a comic genius' Daily Express 'A brilliant book by the master of the fantasy genre' 5-star reader review 'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .' This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life. Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. So, when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way. Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war . . . Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'Pratchett is a comic genius' Daily Express 'A brilliant book by the master of the fantasy genre' 5-star reader review 'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .' This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life. Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. So, when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way. Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war . . . Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

Maurten GEL 100 - Hydrogel basierendes Energiegel aus Kalzium, Elektrolyten und Kohlenhydraten. Eine Portion GEL 100 (kcal) enthält 25 g Kohlenhydrate. Das weltweit erste Energiegel. Laut Definition handelt es sich um ein Polymer das Salz, Kohlenhydrate und Wasser einkapselt. Maurten GEL 100 ist kein Sirup sondern ein Hydrogel. Neutral im Geschmack. Das ist das welterste Energiegel. Eine gewagte Aussage, aber nichtsdestotrotz die Wahrheit. Aus technischer Sicht handelt es sich bei herkömmlichen "Gels" um Sirups - Mischungen aus Wasser und Kohlenhydraten, oftmals mit zugesetzten Geschmacks- und Konservierungsstoffen. GEL 100 ist vollkommen anders. Es ist ein Hydrogel - eine Biopolymer Matrix, mit einer einzigartigen Glukose zu Fruktose Zusammensetzung (Verhältnis 0,8 : 1) die die verträgliche Aufnahme von bis zu 100 Gramm Kohlenhydrate pro Stunde ermöglicht. GEL 100 macht sich die Hydrogel-Technologie zu Nutze und basiert auf sechs natürlichen Zutaten. Es besitzt keinerlei Farb- oder Konservierungsstoffe und ist in 40 g Portionen erhältlich die 60 % Kohlenhydrate enthalten - ein hohes Energie-Gewicht-Verhältnis. ANWENDUNG Gel kurz vor, während oder direkt nach der Aktivität konsumieren. ENERGIEGEHALT Verschiedene Studien haben gezeigt, dass unser Körper bis zu 90 Gramm Kohlenhydrate pro Stunde verarbeiten kann. FUNKTIONSWEISE GEL 100 basiert auf der Hydrogel-Technologie*. Hydrogel ermöglicht einen reibungslosen Transport der Kohlenhydrate vom Magen zum Darm, wo Wasser, Salz und Kohlenhydrate absorbiert werden. *Patent ausstehend. Ist Maurten nur für Spitzensport gedacht? Nein. Unsere Produkte sind für alle geeignet, von Eliteathleten bis zu Hobbysportlern. ERFOLGE - Die Siegerinnen und Sieger der folgenden Wettbewerbe nutzten Maurten: Europarekord Marathon 2017 (M) Weltrekord 100 Meilen 2017 (F) New York City-Marathon 2017 (M) Chicago-Marathon 2017 (M) Berlin-Marathon 2017 (M&F) Marathon-Weltmeisterschaft 2017 (M&F) 10.000m-Weltmeisterschaft 2017 (M) Breaking2-Marathon, Monza (Eliud Kipchoge, 02:00:25) London-Marathon 2017 (M) Boston-Marathon 2017 (M) Tokio-Marathon 2017 (M) New York City-Marathon 2016 (M) Berlin-Marathon 2016 (M) GEL100 von Maurten ist ein Energiegel auf Hydrogelbasis. Neutral im Geschmack. Inhaltsstoffe Anteilig: Wasser, Glukose, Fruktose, Geliermittel (Kalziumcarbonat, Gluconsäure, Natriumalginat) Nährwertangaben: siehe Bilder Unter Schutzatmosphäre verpackt. Inhalt: 1 Portion à 25g Bei Zimmertemperatur aufbewahren. Mindestens Haltbar bis Ende:  siehe Packungsseite.

Welcome to Much Ado About Books , a bookshop where dust and dreams sparkle in the air . . . At thirty-three-years old, Evie's life in Chicago is missing that special something. When she's passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Impulsively, she plans a holiday in a quaint English village. The holiday package comes with a temporary position at Much Ado About Books, the bookshop underneath her new flat. There's no better getaway for the bookish Evie, a life-long Shakespeare lover. Not only is Evie swept up in running the delightful store as soon as she arrives, she's drawn into the lives, loves and drama of the friendly villagers. Including Roane Robson, a ridiculously sexy farmer. In spite of their undeniable chemistry, Evie's determined to keep him at bay: she's got to go back to her real life, after all, and a holiday romance can only end in heartbreak . . . right? Joyful, irresistible and utterly heart-warming, MUCH ADO ABOUT YOU is the perfect cosy getaway romance read for 2021. Praise for Samantha Young: 'Sexy chemistry and gut-wrenching emotions kept me turning the pages!' Kristen Proby 'Samantha Young's enchanting couples and delicious romances make her books an autobuy' Smexy Book 'Ms. Young dives deep into the psyche of what makes a person tick emotionally' Fiction Vixen 'Smart and sexy, Young writes stories that stay with you long after you flip that last page' Under the Covers 'It took over my life until I finished reading it' Netgalley 'A viscerally moving love story' Goodreads 'Full of charm' Goodreads 'Stunning prose and raw characters' Goodreads

Der perfekte Mann ist ein charmanter sexy Anwalt, der genau weiß, wie er eine Frau verführt? - Pff. Ich war da. Hatte einen. Habe hinterher sein T-Shirt verbrannt. Nach meiner Scheidung habe ich nicht allen Männern abgeschworen, nur denen, die wie mein Ex sind. Ganz oben auf der Liste? Anwälte! Ich bin mit meiner Tochter zurück nach Chicago gezogen, um mich um meine kranke Mutter zu kümmern. Ich hatte mein persönliches Happy End nicht aufgegeben, nur die Suche danach auf unbestimmte Zeit verschoben. Als ich Reed Warner wiedersah, erinnerte er mich an alle meine Fehler. Ich wollte mich von ihm fernhalten, aber er blieb hartnäckig. Obwohl ich es besser weiß, kann ich nicht aufhören daran zu denken, wie sein Designeranzug seine Muskeln umspielt und seine blauen Augen mich intensiv mustern. Das Problem? Er ist nicht nur Anwalt, sondern er war auch Trauzeuge auf meiner Hochzeit und der beste Freund meines Ex. Meinungen zum Buch: Alle Bücher von Piper Rayne sind einfach der Wahnsinn! Sie schafft es jedesmal wieder mich aus einer Leseflaute rauszuholen! Nur zu empfehlen! - Buchhändlerin Catharina W., NetGalley Wer die Bücher von Piper Rayne kennt, weiß, dass er absolut einmalige Unterhaltungslektüre in der Hand hält. Tolle Charaktere, die ausgesprochen vergnügliche Lesestunden bescheren. Ich habe alle Emotionen durchlebt und mitgelitten. Der raffinierte Cliffhanger am Schluss lässt den Leser sehnsüchtig auf Teil 2 warten. - Cora M., NetGalley "The One Best Man" ist ein weiteres gelungenes Werk des Autorenduos Piper Rayne. Der Roman ist hitzig, humorvoll und spannend, ich hatte einfach Spaß beim Lesen. Für mich stimmt hier das Gesamtpaket, deswegen kann ich den nächsten Teil auch kaum erwarten. - Janine M., NetGalley Ein großartiger, grandioser Roman deren Protagonisten einen festen Platz in meinem Herzen besitzen. Selbstverständlich bekommt der Roman fünf Sterne, wenn ich könnte würde ich fünftausend geben, und eine glasklare Kauf - und Leseempfehlung. - Sabine H., NetGalley Einfach bezaubernd! Wo ist mein Reed Warner? - Katharina M., NetGalley Von Piper Rayne sind bei Forever by Ullstein erschienen: The Bartender (San Francisco Hearts 1) The Boxer (San Francisco Hearts 2) The Banker (San Francisco Hearts 3) The One Best Man (Love and Order 1) The One Right Man (Love and Order 2) The One Real Man (Love and Order 3)

»Der Marathon-Pater« ist die bewegende Autobiografie von Pater Tobias Breer, der durch das Laufen Geld sammelt, um arme Menschen im Duisburger Norden zu unterstützen. »Jeder Kilometer hilft helfen« - das ist das Motto von Pater Tobias Breer. Der moderne Geistliche hat gleich zwei Leidenschaften: für Menschen da sein, denen sonst keiner beisteht, als auch das Laufen. Und er hat einen außergewöhnlichen Weg gefunden, seine Passionen miteinander zu verbinden: Um die vielen armen Familien im Duisburger Norden zu unterstützen, läuft Pater Tobias Marathon - und das in der ganzen Welt. Über 90 Marathon-Läufe hat er bereits bestritten. Darunter einen Marathon in der Wüste des Oman und die »Big Five« des Marathons: Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York. Hinzu kommen zahlreiche Ultra-Marathons. Und er sucht immer wieder neue Herausforderungen. Mit den Spenden, die er für jeden Kilometer sammelt, hat er ein Hilfszentrum aufgebaut, in dem Kinder, deren Familien, aber auch Geflüchtete und andere Hilfsbedürftige Unterstützung finden: Beratung, Essen, Kurse zur Ernährung, Bildungsangebote und vieles mehr. Über 60.000 Kilometer ist er bislang gegen die Armut gelaufen, mehr als 200.000 Euro Spenden sind so bereits zusammengekommen. Das Laufen ist für den Priester, der in der Öffentlichkeit als Marathon-Pater bekannt ist, ein spirituelles Erlebnis. Er gewinnt daraus selbst neue Kraft für seine Aufgaben. Denn Kirche ist für ihn nicht nur sonntags. Als Seelsorger ist Pater Tobias fast rund um die Uhr erreichbar. Nah an den Menschen sein - darum geht es ihm. Warum ihm dies so gut gelingt und er dabei so authentisch ist? Weil der Marathon-Pater Not und Zweifel aus eigener Erfahrung kennt: Nach dem frühen Tod seiner Mutter plagte ihn die Frage, wie Gott dieses Leid zulassen konnte. Fünf Jahre lang hatte Breer dem Glauben abgesagt. Doch er fand zurück und trat mit 24 Jahren in einen Prämonstratenser-Orden ein. "Der Marathon-Pater" ist die Autobiografie eines außergewöhnlichen Priesters und Marathonläufers, der ganz nebenbei ein positives Bild von Kirche und Glauben vermittelt. *** »Die Düne türmt sich vor mir auf. Unerwartet. Beinahe 300 Meter ist sie hoch. Eigentlich hätte es bis zum Ziel nur noch geradeaus gehen sollen. 172 Kilometer habe ich in den letzten sechs Tagen während dieses Ultra-Marathons zurückgelegt, mitten durch die Wüste des Oman. Jeden Tag ein langer Lauf durch die Hitze. Die Temperaturen betragen weit über 40 °C, man kommt mit dem Trinken kaum hinterher. Überall umher ist nur Sand. Alles gleich, Kilometer um Kilometer. Unterwegs bin ich immer wieder an meine Grenze gekommen. Habe geweint: vor Frust, dass die Wege kein Ende haben; aus Angst vor den Tieren, die nachts in der Wüste unterwegs sind; vor dem Schmerz, den Hitze am Tag und Kälte in der Nacht mit sich bringen. Dann ist es wichtig, das Ziel nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren. Den Grund, warum ich das überhaupt auf mich nehme: Angelina und Lisa-Marie, Sarah, Marvin, Anina, Kiara, Joyce, Mia, Ronja, Lea. Kinder in Duisburg, die in ärmlichen Verhältnissen aufwachsen und die durch das Geld, das bei solchen Marathon-Läufen gespendet wird, eine Chance bekommen, ihr Leben selbst in die Hand zu nehmen.« Pater Tobias »Das Laufen gibt mir Kraft. Wenn ich unterwegs bin, habe ich Zeit für mich: zum Nachdenken, aber vor allem zum Gebet. Ich glaube, dass Gott die Liebe ist, und dass er möchte, dass wir den Menschen diese Liebe vorleben. Das ist mein Ziel, dafür bin ich Priester geworden!« Pater Tobias

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'May well be considered his masterpiece . . . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times 'It's vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer. Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. Sourcery is the third book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'May well be considered his masterpiece . . . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times 'It's vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer. Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. Sourcery is the third book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'May well be considered his masterpiece . . . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times 'It's vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer. Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. Sourcery is the third book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: '[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian 'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ' Daily Express 'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch ' Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune 'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX '[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it ' Evening Standard

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