<b>Return to the Underworld in the spellbinding sequel to </b><b><i>Daughter of Darkness</i></b><b>, the unmissable fantasy inspired by ancient Greek myth. </b><b> </b>
<b>The tantalizing romance of <i>These Violent Delights</i> meets the mechanical wonders of <i>Cinder </i>in Vanessa Le's <i>The Last Bloodcarver</i>, the first in a two-book debut - with a riveting medical magic system and lush Vietnam-inspired fantasy world. </b>
<b>The thrilling, cinematic untold story of nine young women, WWII resistance fighters, captured by the Nazis, who launched a breathtakingly bold escape and found their way home.</b>
New York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub - a life that she can be proud of. Having left her unreliable husband, Lutie believes that with hard work and resolve, she can begin again; she has faith in the American dream. But in her struggle to earn money and raise her son amid the violence, poverty and racial dissonance of her surroundings, Lutie is soon trapped: she is a woman alone, 'too good-looking to be decent', with predators at every turn.
In a single day of fire and death, Elinor finds herself set on a path which will take her into the Old Kingdom, into Terciel's life, and will embroil her in the struggle of the Abhorsens against the Dead who will not stay dead. The awaited new novel from bestselling Garth Nix, set in the much-loved Old Kingdom. A thrilling, atmospheric novel, featuring Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor.
'Stories are what connect us, and remind us that hope is always possible.' Heather Morris, Author of the Number 1 International Bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz .
<b>A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by the leading journalist of the conflict.</b>
The thirteen contributions to this collection all explore or exemplify the ongoing British interest in the socialist world before 1990. In autobiography, fiction, film, history, and lexicography, these chapters show how contemporary Britain is engaging with the past project to build socialism in Europe, and what this means for the present and the future of our continent. Contributions come from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical backgrounds, and the volume is further enriched by a short story especially written for this book and by an in-depth interview with the author of a recent popular history of the GDR. Together, these chapters offer a unique perspective into contemporary British writing on the 'second world' and the enduring fascination with the failures of futures past.
How the British have taken a second look behind the Iron Curtain since 1989