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Svarthövde kallas han. Islänning är han, men hans hy är brun och håret är svart. Vem är han? Han vet inte själv, inte än. Ett hittebarn, säger fostermor Gudrid. Skräling, säger prästen som vet hur det hände, när pojken var liten. Men Svarthövde är inte längre ett barn. 16 eller...

Killer Crabs is the second book in Guy N. Smith’s iconic pulp horror Crabs series. In 1976, biologist Professor Davenport had led the British military in defeating monstrous crabs off the Welsh coast of Britain, saving the rest of humanity from a deadly fate. Or so he hoped. Four years later, in 1980, trawling Norwegian fishermen discover a giant crab in their catch. The crustacean makes a light snack of a crew member before disappearing back into the murky waters and the captain’s intended warning never reaches the authorities.

Them Days is a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting and preserving the old ways and early days of Labrador. Many thanks to the people who shared their time and memories, their names appear with their stories...

What would you do if you found your perfect life? When lonely physicist Chloe Carsen discovers a parallel world she becomes addicted to her life there with a perfect family and a perfect career. She doesn't even care that her physical body in the real world is wasting away. But, then, in the alternative world her ideal life begins to fall apart. Her anti-gravity experiment unleashes a government manhunt for her and her family; they'll do anything to get their hands on her tech. The lives of Chloe's alternative-world husband and sons are endangered.

Elderly Mrs Rampage lives alone in a large London house full of the antiques and heirlooms she's collected over the years. But she's struggling to cope, and as her only daughter lives thousands of miles away, she is persuaded to advertise for a housekeeper and companion. Reluctantly, she accepts the courteous and capable Mrs Roach into No. 5 to help her. With few possessions of her own, Mrs Roach is in desperate need of a place to stay, but she soon has her own ideas about how things should be run in the house.

'I am a fortunate woman to have such an eventful life', observes Mma Ramotswe. Perhaps, but there are times when rather too much seems to be happening. This latest despatch from Botswana is certainly full of events, even if it starts with a leisurely trip to buy a pair of shoes for Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. As often happens, one thing leads to another, and we are soon caught up in an ill-thought-out plan hatched by Charlie, junior mechanic and trainee detective. Charlie has met up with two rising stars of the local musical world – jazz players known as Lion and Leopard.

Figlie ribelli. Mariti scomparsi. Fidanzati fedifraghi. Truffatori impiccioni. Coccodrilli spariti. Se avete un problema, e non sapete come fare o a chi rivolgervi, è il momento di bussare alla porta di Precious Ramotswe, la sola e migliore investigatrice privata del Botswana. Non ha metodi...

Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori Montagna, who is suffering from an acute identity crisis, wants to know more about her own past, and after doing a DNA test, she discovers that she has a relative she didn't know about. But her newfound family causes a bit of a rift between her and her flatmate, Antonia Collie. Bertie's dream of moving to the promised land – the Dear Green Place – comes crashing down as he learns that he is to move to the far northeast – Peterhead, near Aberdeen, leaving poor Ranald Braveheart Macpherson a little heartbroken and lost.

Was wirst du geben, um die Krone zu tragen? Ivy scheint am Ziel: Kronprinz Bram hat sie als Braut gewählt, die Rebellion hat gesiegt. Doch im Moment ihrer Krönung brechen die Tore zwischen Faerie und England auf und Brams entfesselter Fae-Hofstaat bringt Chaos über das Land. Um zu überleben...

A "Best Non-Fiction to Read This Year" Selection from The New Statesman A magisterial, revisionist narrative history of the Soviet Union in its post-Stalin heyday, bringing a forgotten society to vivid life and offering a new explanation for how it suddenly collapsed. To those of us in the West...

‘A truly major work, both deeply moving and incredibly powerful. A masterpiece of research, structure and writing . . . unforgettable’ – Sir Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad 'Painful, profound, prescient . . . a magisterial work' – Sonia Purnell, internationally...

'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer 'Stunning' Publishers Weekly 'Absolutely captivating' Booklist What if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat? From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global...

A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents “a truly uplifting book on the power of gardening—and how it can change people’s lives” (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the “real” life that lies outside. When...

I've worked for men all my life, been enslaved by them. My new boss is different. He buys me designer handbags to ensure I'm on time. But scowls at me when he hands them over. He's intoxicating. Dangerous. All the things I should stay away from. The thing is... when his hands touch mine, I'm not...

What If Every Day Was a Fresh Encounter with the Power of God? You were never meant to live dry, distant, or disconnected from the Spirit. Have you ever wondered why your spiritual life feels stagnant—even when you’re doing “all the right things”? Are you longing for more than Sunday-morning faith? Does your heart burn for a lifestyle marked by Holy Spirit power, supernatural joy, and the manifest presence of Jesus?

They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the Cosmos to find their way back to earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered.

Brought to you by Penguin. A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER. THE NEW BOOK FROM MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST DR JULIE. Start the New Year with fresh insights, renewed purpose, and strategies for personal development "This is the book for us all, for ourselves when we need to find a way through...

Querido estudiante: Thank you for taking an interest in this book. We are sure that you will be very glad you did. Why? Simply because once you have worked through the straightforward systems, the easy explanations and the practical exercises found here, you will be able to do the following with confidence: Use Ser and Estar accurately. Choose intelligently between the Preterite and Imperfect Past. Know how to say WAS and WERE correctly in Spanish. Understand and utilise the Perfect Past tenses.... and so much more. Talking in the Past is a challenge that you can overcome!

A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. The spectre of the lustful Siberian holy man and peasant still casts its eerie shadow over Russia's bloody twentieth century. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his...

Long after the zombie apocalypse wiped out most of the human race, a young man named Noah resides in a remote mountain cabin. Several years have passed since he last saw another human being. The long period of isolation and loneliness has fostered a deep despair in Noah. But Noah is a man who was struggling even before the end of the world, a seemingly helpless slave to his addictions. When the vindictive sister he has long believed dead unexpectedly returns, events transpire that prompt him to leave his mountain refuge and embark on a cross-country trek to find the lost love of his life.