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Twentieth Century Limited
Seventeen-year-old Henry Horstman was one of 1.4 million Germans who braved the Atlantic Ocean to immigrate into the United States during the 1880s with the hope of achieving a better life. Twentieth Century Limited details the compelling life story of Horstman, who pursued his boyhood dream in one of the most dangerous industries in America only to lose it in the prime of his life. Douglass Horstman, the grandson of Henry Horstman, draws on memories and historical accounts as he chronicles his grandfather's fascinating lebengeschichte (life story) while also highlighting the carnage on the rails that devastated the lives of thousands of railroad workers and their families during a time when...
Mothers and Daughters
Twelve authors have collaborated with their daughters on this collection of short stories inspired by real-life experiences___
Augmented
The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250-year- long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work and the way we interact. The coming Augmented Age, however, promises a level of disruption, behavioural shifts and changes that are unparalleled. While consumers today are camping outside of an Apple store waiting to be one of the first to score a new Apple Watch or iPhone, the next generation of wearables will be able to predict if we’re likely to have a heart attack and recommend a course of action. We watch news of Google’s self-driving cars, but don’t likely realise this means progressive cities will have to ban human drivers in the ...
Furry Tales
Tales featuring anthropomorphic animals have been around as long as there have been storytellers to spin them, from Aesop's Fables to Reynard the Fox to Alice in Wonderland. The genre really took off following the explosion of furry fandom in the 21st century, with talking animals featuring in everything from science fiction to fantasy to LGBTQ coming-out stories. In his lifetime, Fred Patten (1940-2018)--one of the founders of furry fandom and a scholar of anthropomorphic animal literature--authored hundreds of book reviews that comprise a comprehensive critical survey of the genre. This selected compilation provides an overview from 1784 through the 2010s, covering such popular novels as Watership Down and Redwall, along with forgotten gems like The Stray Lamb and Where the Blue Begins, and science fiction works like Sundiver and Decision at Doona.
Fifty Fifty
PART OF BBC TWO'S BOOK CLUB BETWEEN THE COVERS TWO SISTERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. THEY ACCUSE EACH OTHER. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? '911 what's your emergency?' 'My dad's dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She's still in the house. Please send help.' 'My dad's dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She's still in the house. Please send help.' One of them is a liar and a killer. But which one? ******** Your favourite authors LOVE Fifty-Fifty, the follow-up to the bestselling novel Thirteen: 'A terrific writer. He has talent to burn.' Don Winslow 'Trust me - it will keep you guessing until the very end.' Ian Rankin 'Unpredictable, daring and completely compelling. Top notch writing.' Alex North 'Very clever, darkly funny, moving, fast-paced.' Jane Casey 'Steve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business' Mick Herron 'Absolutely brilliant. Addictive, clever, pacy. Eddie Flynn is one of my heroes.' Jo Spain 'Intelligent, sophisticated and tense.' Mari Hannah
Fifti-fifti
A testvéri szeretet mit sem ér Alexandra Avellino váratlanul apja durván összeszabdalt holttestére bukkan. Ki kell hívnia a rendőrséget. Meggyőződése, hogy apjukat a testvére ölte meg, aki még mindig a házban tartózkodik, kezében a gyilkos késsel. Sofia Avellino váratlanul apja durván összeszabdalt holttestére bukkan. Ki kell hívnia a rendőrséget. Meggyőződése, hogy apjukat a testvére ölte meg, aki még mindig a házban tartózkodik, a fürdőszobába zárkózva. A két fiatal nő egyszerre áll a bíróság elé. Ugyanazon a tárgyaláson, egy esküdtszék előtt. Ám egyikük hazudik. Egyikük a gyilkos. Börtönben várják az ítéletet. Azt hihetnénk, nem akartak idejutni. De ez tévedés. A Sunday Times bestsellerszerző Steve Cavanagh több mint egymillió példányban eladott Eddie Flynn-sorozata tovább folytatódik. Garantált izgalom és rejtély. „Gyorsan pergő, jól felépített és lenyűgöző!” – The Tattooed Book „Kiszámíthatatlan, merész és teljesen lenyűgöző.” – Alex North író „Ügyesen megtervezett és akciódús.” – Eva Dolan író
Pół na pół
Bezkompromisowy prawnik Eddie Flynn powraca! Najnowsza książka bestsellerowego autora thrillerów prawniczych, Steve’a Cavanagha. Błyskotliwa, wciągająca i wartka książka, dla której warto zarwać noc. Jedna siostra ukryła się w łazience i stamtąd zadzwoniła na 911. Druga stała nad bestialsko okaleczonymi zwłokami ojca i wybrała ten sam numer. Kiedy zorientowały się, że w domu nie są same, zrozumiały też, że każda z nich będzie kolejnym celem. Tej drugiej, która stoi za drzwiami. Policja zgarnęła je obie. I teraz obie czekają na proces za tę samą zbrodnię. Każda twierdzi, że jest niewinna. Jedna z nich kłamie. I nawet Eddie Flynn – adwokat, który zanim zaczął działać zgodnie z prawem, przez lata sam je łamał – nie wie która. Kiedy wśród osób związanych ze sprawą trup zaczyna ścielić się gęsto, Eddie orientuje się, że morderstwo byłego burmistrza nie było odosobnionym przypadkiem. I będzie musiał dowiedzieć się, która z sióstr Avellino odkryła w sobie żyłkę seryjnego mordercy. Ten facet to dopiero jest ktoś! Lee Child
The Fox Of Richmond Park
When your family home has been demolished by a ruling power terrified of mutiny and the love of your life gives their heart to another, wouldn't you search the open city for a better future? This is a story of one Londoner who found himself in this situation. He just happens to have fur and four legs. With the help of an adventure-seeking magpie, Vince the fox is determined to find his grandparents’ old home, which exists somewhere within England's capital. The threat of political exile and the city's modern, mechanical and multicultural challenges will not stop him. But back in Richmond Park, Edward the alpha-stag is paranoid: if Vince's departure encourages a multi-species uprising, the deer will lose their power – and Edward is hardly the only tyrannical ruler to be feared in the capital's parks. Just what has Vince started beneath the eyeline of London's human population?
A Grave Denied
KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine – and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A GRAVE DENIED. When Len Dreyer's body is discovered, frozen solid, in an ice cave beneath a remote glacier with a hole from a shotgun blast in his chest, no one had even noticed that he had been missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer's background, in the hope of finding some motive for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with Johnny, the teenage boy in her care and a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might be putting him in the path of danger.
21st-Century Yokel
'Glorious – funny and wry and wise, and utterly its own lawmaker' Robert Macfarlane 'A rich, strange, oddly glorious brew' Guardian Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 21st-Century Yokel is not quite nature writing, not quite a family memoir, not quite a book about walking, not quite a collection of humorous essays, but a bit of all five. Thick with owls and badgers, oak trees and wood piles, scarecrows and ghosts, and Tom Cox's loud and excitable dad, this book is full of the folklore of several counties – the ancient kind and the everyday variety – as well as wild places, mystical spots and curious objects. Emerging from this focus on the detail are themes that are broader and bigger and more important than ever. Tom's writing treads a new path, one that has a lot in common with a rambling country walk; it's bewitched by fresh air and big skies, intrepid in minor ways, haunted by weather and old stories and the spooky edges of the outdoors, restless and prone to a few detours, but it always reaches its destination in the end.
