SpecificationsAbout the Author Jessica Hagy is known for her Webby Award-winning blog Indexed and her cartoons which appear regularly in the New York Times. She writes widely for national publications. Ms. Hagy lives with her family in Seattle.Author 1 Jessica HagyBook Description Author and illustrator of How to Be Interesting Jessica Hagy is a cutting-edge thinker whose language - comprising circles arrows and lines and the well-chosen word or ?two - makes her an ideal philosopher for our ever-more-visual culture. Her charts and diagrams are deceptively simple often funny and always thought-provoking. She knows how to communicate not only ideas but the complex process of thinking itself complete with its twists and surprises. ?For The Art of War Visualized she presents her vision in evocative ink-brush art and bold typography. The result is page after page in which each passage of the complete canonical text in its best-known Lionel Giles translation is visually interpreted in a singular diagram chart or other illustration - transforming reenergizing and making the classic dazzlingly accessible for a new generation of readers.Editorial Review Charts and graphs cartoonist Jessica Hagy has turned [The Art of War] to her own purposes. In The Art of War: Visualized she updates Sun Tzus strategic advice as pithy infographics for contemporary readers. -- Fast Company co.Create "Hagys book may appeal to managers in a way the original doesnt because shes taken what has always been considered metaphorical business wisdom and visualized it sometimes literally as business wisdom." -- The Harvard Business ReviewISBN-13 9780761182382Language EnglishNumber of Pages 256Publication Date 10 March 2015View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Jessica Hagy is known for her Webby Award-winning blog Indexed and her cartoons which appear regularly in the New York Times. She writes widely for national publications. Ms. Hagy lives with her family in Seattle.Author 1 Jessica HagyBook Description Author and illustrator of How to Be Interesting Jessica Hagy is a cutting-edge thinker whose language - comprising circles arrows and lines and the well-chosen word or ?two - makes her an ideal philosopher for our ever-more-visual culture. Her charts and diagrams are deceptively simple often funny and always thought-provoking. She knows how to communicate not only ideas but the complex process of thinking itself complete with its twists and surprises. ?For The Art of War Visualized she presents her vision in evocative ink-brush art and bold typography. The result is page after page in which each passage of the complete canonical text in its best-known Lionel Giles translation is visually interpreted in a singular diagram chart or other illustration - transforming reenergizing and making the classic dazzlingly accessible for a new generation of readers.Editorial Review Charts and graphs cartoonist Jessica Hagy has turned [The Art of War] to her own purposes. In The Art of War: Visualized she updates Sun Tzus strategic advice as pithy infographics for contemporary readers. -- Fast Company co.Create "Hagys book may appeal to managers in a way the original doesnt because shes taken what has always been considered metaphorical business wisdom and visualized it sometimes literally as business wisdom." -- The Harvard Business ReviewISBN-13 9780761182382Language EnglishNumber of Pages 256Publication Date 10 March 2015View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Throne of Glass was Sarah J. Maass first full-length novel to be published though she already had a large online fan base many of whom discovered this fantasy world in its first incarnation on fictionpress written when Sarah was just sixteen. Throne of Glass was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Teen Book of the Year and has sold in fifteen languages and the sequel Crown of Midnight is a New York Times bestseller. You can find out more about Sarah and Throne of Glass at sjmaas.livejournal.Author 1 Sarah J. MaasBook Description Throne of Glass 3 Heir of FireFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review Celaena balances between the living and the dead humans and faeries while her world creeps toward a dreadful war between the great and the monstrous. I was afraid to put the book down! ... Celaena is as much an epic hero as Frodo or Jon Snow! Praise for HEIR OF FIRE bestselling author Tamora Pierce I believe the word "unputdownable" was created for this very book Praise for Throne of Glass Once Upon a Time Without a doubt the best fantasy book I have ever read in my life Praise for Throne of Glass K-Books Packed with brilliant intelligent and witty characters corrupted rulers dark and good magic alike. The world-building is incredible and the plot promises something even greater from the sequel . . . This is not one to be missed Praise for Throne of Glass Pen to Paper Like Cinderellas love story and the action and competition of The Hunger Games handsome princes ball gowns and deathly masquerade balls? Then this is the book for you! This book is going to be HUGE! Praise for Throne of Glass Dark Readers A rich and powerful sequel that will be loved by Throne of Glass fans everywhere! Praise for Crown of Midnight Bookworm Blogger Enthralling and well-paced exhilarating and wonderfully-written Praise for Crown of Midnight Realm of Fiction With an ending that left me gaping in shock my heart battered and my knuckles white Crown of Midnight was a brilliant sequel and I cant wait to be back in Celaenas world again Praise for Crown of Midnight So Many Books So Little Time There are seriously no words to explain how epic this book was. I am still sat here completely reeling from the ending and my head is just spinning from all the epic awesomeness that happened Praise for Crown of Midnight K-Books The plot is riddled with intrigue and the fighting comes thick and fast. Crown of Midnight does not disappoint! Praise for Crown of Midnight Dark Readers Wow. Just . wow. So many things happened in this book. It took a completely different direction to anything I expected. It may be my favourite in the series yet Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Planet Print THE book of 2014 . I laughed I bawled my eyes out and I never wanted this to end. A story of family love friendship loyalty and self-discovery steeped in Maas signature style the plot will leave you reeling and breathless for more Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Fiction in Fiction in Fiction Magic and fantasy come right to the forefront and it is credit to Maas that she can create not one kingdom but two that are so vividly described so rich with detail and character plots Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Words Are the Key to Your SoulISBN-10 1408839121ISBN-13 9781408839126View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Throne of Glass was Sarah J. Maass first full-length novel to be published though she already had a large online fan base many of whom discovered this fantasy world in its first incarnation on fictionpress written when Sarah was just sixteen. Throne of Glass was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Teen Book of the Year and has sold in fifteen languages and the sequel Crown of Midnight is a New York Times bestseller. You can find out more about Sarah and Throne of Glass at sjmaas.livejournal.Author 1 Sarah J. MaasBook Description Throne of Glass 3 Heir of FireFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review Celaena balances between the living and the dead humans and faeries while her world creeps toward a dreadful war between the great and the monstrous. I was afraid to put the book down! ... Celaena is as much an epic hero as Frodo or Jon Snow! Praise for HEIR OF FIRE bestselling author Tamora Pierce I believe the word "unputdownable" was created for this very book Praise for Throne of Glass Once Upon a Time Without a doubt the best fantasy book I have ever read in my life Praise for Throne of Glass K-Books Packed with brilliant intelligent and witty characters corrupted rulers dark and good magic alike. The world-building is incredible and the plot promises something even greater from the sequel . . . This is not one to be missed Praise for Throne of Glass Pen to Paper Like Cinderellas love story and the action and competition of The Hunger Games handsome princes ball gowns and deathly masquerade balls? Then this is the book for you! This book is going to be HUGE! Praise for Throne of Glass Dark Readers A rich and powerful sequel that will be loved by Throne of Glass fans everywhere! Praise for Crown of Midnight Bookworm Blogger Enthralling and well-paced exhilarating and wonderfully-written Praise for Crown of Midnight Realm of Fiction With an ending that left me gaping in shock my heart battered and my knuckles white Crown of Midnight was a brilliant sequel and I cant wait to be back in Celaenas world again Praise for Crown of Midnight So Many Books So Little Time There are seriously no words to explain how epic this book was. I am still sat here completely reeling from the ending and my head is just spinning from all the epic awesomeness that happened Praise for Crown of Midnight K-Books The plot is riddled with intrigue and the fighting comes thick and fast. Crown of Midnight does not disappoint! Praise for Crown of Midnight Dark Readers Wow. Just . wow. So many things happened in this book. It took a completely different direction to anything I expected. It may be my favourite in the series yet Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Planet Print THE book of 2014 . I laughed I bawled my eyes out and I never wanted this to end. A story of family love friendship loyalty and self-discovery steeped in Maas signature style the plot will leave you reeling and breathless for more Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Fiction in Fiction in Fiction Magic and fantasy come right to the forefront and it is credit to Maas that she can create not one kingdom but two that are so vividly described so rich with detail and character plots Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Words Are the Key to Your SoulISBN-10 1408839121ISBN-13 9781408839126View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ladybird Books LtdBook Description Peppa Pig is going to her very first sleepover at Zoe Zebras house. The most important thing about a sleepover is that you must not sleep! With music a midnight feast and a scary story can Peppa and her friends stay awake? Read more in this delightful piggy tale.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1409305783ISBN-13 9781409305781Language EnglishNumber of Pages 24Parental Rating 5+View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ladybird Books LtdBook Description Peppa Pig is going to her very first sleepover at Zoe Zebras house. The most important thing about a sleepover is that you must not sleep! With music a midnight feast and a scary story can Peppa and her friends stay awake? Read more in this delightful piggy tale.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1409305783ISBN-13 9781409305781Language EnglishNumber of Pages 24Parental Rating 5+View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author George R.R. Martin is the author of fourteen novels including five volumes of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE several collections of short stories and numerous screen plays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe New Mexico.Author 1 George R. R. MartinBook Description HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Kings and queens knights and renegades liars lords and honest men... all will play the GAME OF THRONES. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south where heat breeds plot lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. The Game of Thrones. You win or you die. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire begins the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.Format PaperbackEditorial Review Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... one of the greats of fantasy literatureSFX `This is one of those rare and effortless reads ROBIN HOBB `George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers and this is one of his very best books RAYMOND E. FEIST `Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out - I couldnt stop till Id finished and it was dawn ANNE MCCAFFREY `George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy KATHARINE KERR `Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse JANNY WURTSISBN-13 9780007428540Language EnglishNumber of Pages 801View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author George R.R. Martin is the author of fourteen novels including five volumes of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE several collections of short stories and numerous screen plays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe New Mexico.Author 1 George R. R. MartinBook Description HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Kings and queens knights and renegades liars lords and honest men... all will play the GAME OF THRONES. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south where heat breeds plot lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. The Game of Thrones. You win or you die. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire begins the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.Format PaperbackEditorial Review Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... one of the greats of fantasy literatureSFX `This is one of those rare and effortless reads ROBIN HOBB `George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers and this is one of his very best books RAYMOND E. FEIST `Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out - I couldnt stop till Id finished and it was dawn ANNE MCCAFFREY `George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy KATHARINE KERR `Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse JANNY WURTSISBN-13 9780007428540Language EnglishNumber of Pages 801View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Andrew Baldwin is a GP working in Sussex UK. Nina Hjelde is an ACCS CT2 trainee in Manchester UK. Charlotte Goumalatsou is an ST5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainee working in London and the South East of England UK. Gil Myers is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist working in North London UK Luci Etheridge is a Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education at St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London UK. Alex Bonner is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with subspecialty interests in vascular anaesthesia and medical education.Author 1 Andrew BaldwinBook Description This pack brings together two essential texts in clinical specialties covering all core topics for a value-for-money price. Covering each of the fourteen core medical specialties the tenth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties is the must-have reference guide to each of the specialties you will encounter through your medical school and Foundation Programme rotations. Now updated with the latest guidelines and developed by a new and trusted author team who have contemporary experience of life on the wards this unique resource presents the content in a concise and logical way giving clear advice on clinical management and offering insight into holistic care. Accompanying this rapid-reference resource is the third edition of Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties which features over 400 Single Best Answer questions that are mapped to the medical school curricula. Packed with questions written by experienced doctors in each specialty and rooted in real-life clinical encounters this revision tool is an authoritative guide for students. Further reading resources and cross-references to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties have been fully updated to expand your revision further on topics you find challenging. With reassuring and friendly advice throughout this pack is the ultimate guide for every medical student and junior doctor.Covering each of the fourteen core medical specialties the tenth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties is the must-have reference guide to each of the specialties you will encounter through your medical school and Foundation Programme rotations. Now updated with the latest guidelines and developed by a new and trusted author team who have contemporary experience of life on the wards this unique resource presents the content in a concise and logical way giving clear advice on clinical management and offering insight into holistic care. Accompanying this rapid-reference resource is the third edition of Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties which features over 400 Single Best Answer questions that are mapped to the medical school curricula. Packed with questions written by experienced doctors in each specialty and rooted in real-life clinical encounters this revision tool is an authoritative guide for students. Further reading resources and cross-references to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties have been fully updated to expand your revision further on topics you find challenging.Edition Number 10th EditionISBN-10 0198830564ISBN-13 9780198830566Language EnglishNumber of Pages 1160View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Andrew Baldwin is a GP working in Sussex UK. Nina Hjelde is an ACCS CT2 trainee in Manchester UK. Charlotte Goumalatsou is an ST5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainee working in London and the South East of England UK. Gil Myers is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist working in North London UK Luci Etheridge is a Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education at St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London UK. Alex Bonner is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with subspecialty interests in vascular anaesthesia and medical education.Author 1 Andrew BaldwinBook Description This pack brings together two essential texts in clinical specialties covering all core topics for a value-for-money price. Covering each of the fourteen core medical specialties the tenth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties is the must-have reference guide to each of the specialties you will encounter through your medical school and Foundation Programme rotations. Now updated with the latest guidelines and developed by a new and trusted author team who have contemporary experience of life on the wards this unique resource presents the content in a concise and logical way giving clear advice on clinical management and offering insight into holistic care. Accompanying this rapid-reference resource is the third edition of Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties which features over 400 Single Best Answer questions that are mapped to the medical school curricula. Packed with questions written by experienced doctors in each specialty and rooted in real-life clinical encounters this revision tool is an authoritative guide for students. Further reading resources and cross-references to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties have been fully updated to expand your revision further on topics you find challenging. With reassuring and friendly advice throughout this pack is the ultimate guide for every medical student and junior doctor.Covering each of the fourteen core medical specialties the tenth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties is the must-have reference guide to each of the specialties you will encounter through your medical school and Foundation Programme rotations. Now updated with the latest guidelines and developed by a new and trusted author team who have contemporary experience of life on the wards this unique resource presents the content in a concise and logical way giving clear advice on clinical management and offering insight into holistic care. Accompanying this rapid-reference resource is the third edition of Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties which features over 400 Single Best Answer questions that are mapped to the medical school curricula. Packed with questions written by experienced doctors in each specialty and rooted in real-life clinical encounters this revision tool is an authoritative guide for students. Further reading resources and cross-references to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties have been fully updated to expand your revision further on topics you find challenging.Edition Number 10th EditionISBN-10 0198830564ISBN-13 9780198830566Language EnglishNumber of Pages 1160View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Scott Cawthon is the author of the bestselling video game series Five Nights at Freddys and while he is a game designer by trade he is first and foremost a storyteller at heart. He is a graduate of The Art Institute of Houston and lives in Texas with his wife and four sons.Author 1 Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-WriBook Description Twisted OnesEdition Number 0ISBN-10 1338139304ISBN-13 9781338139303Language EnglishNumber of Pages 0View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Scott Cawthon is the author of the bestselling video game series Five Nights at Freddys and while he is a game designer by trade he is first and foremost a storyteller at heart. He is a graduate of The Art Institute of Houston and lives in Texas with his wife and four sons.Author 1 Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-WriBook Description Twisted OnesEdition Number 0ISBN-10 1338139304ISBN-13 9781338139303Language EnglishNumber of Pages 0View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cassandra ClareAuthor 2 Sarah Rees BrennanAuthor 3 Ma JohnsonFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Fans of Clares books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal "Only for series completists and fans of Magnus Bane but who isnt a fan of Magnus Bane?"--Kirkus Reviews" "Fans of Clare s books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal" --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.ISBN-10 1406360589ISBN-13 9781406360585Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cassandra ClareAuthor 2 Sarah Rees BrennanAuthor 3 Ma JohnsonFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Fans of Clares books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal "Only for series completists and fans of Magnus Bane but who isnt a fan of Magnus Bane?"--Kirkus Reviews" "Fans of Clare s books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal" --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.ISBN-10 1406360589ISBN-13 9781406360585Language EnglishView Full Specifications
SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cyrus KhambattaBook Description A groundbreaking method to master all types of diabetes by reversing insulin resistance. Current medical wisdom advises that anyone suffering from diabetes or prediabetes should eat a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet. But in this revolutionary book Cyrus Khambatta PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH rely on a century of research to show that advice is misguided. While it may improve short-term blood glucose control such a diet also increases the long-term risk for chronic diseases like cancer high blood pressure high cholesterol chronic kidney disease and fatty liver disease. The revolutionary solution is to eat a low-fat plant-based whole-food diet the most powerful way to reverse insulin resistance in all types of diabetes: type 1 type 1.5 type 2 prediabetes and gestational diabetes. As the creators of the extraordinary and effective Mastering Diabetes Method Khambatta and Barbaro lay out a step-by-step plan proven to reverse insulin resistance-the root cause of blood glucose variability- while improving overall health and maximizing life expectancy. Armed with more than 800 scientific references and drawing on more than 36 years of personal experience living with type 1 diabetes themselves the authors show how to eat large quantities of carbohydrate-rich whole foods like bananas potatoes and quinoa while decreasing blood glucose oral medication and insulin requirements. They also provide life-changing advice on intermittent fasting and daily exercise and offer tips on eating in tricky situations such as restaurant meals and family dinners. Perhaps best of all: On the Mastering Diabetes Method you will never go hungry. With more than 30 delicious filling and nutrient-dense recipes and backed by cutting-edge nutritional science Mastering Diabetes will help you maximize your insulin sensitivity attain your ideal body weight improve your digestive health gain energy live an active life and feel the best youve felt in years.Edition Number 1ISBN-13 9780593189993Language EnglishNumber of Pages 400Publisher Avery Publishing Group SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cyrus KhambattaBook Description A groundbreaking method to master all types of diabetes by reversing insulin resistance. Current medical wisdom advises that anyone suffering from diabetes or prediabetes should eat a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet. But in this revolutionary book Cyrus Khambatta PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH rely on a century of research to show that advice is misguided. While it may improve short-term blood glucose control such a diet also increases the long-term risk for chronic diseases like cancer high blood pressure high cholesterol chronic kidney disease and fatty liver disease. The revolutionary solution is to eat a low-fat plant-based whole-food diet the most powerful way to reverse insulin resistance in all types of diabetes: type 1 type 1.5 type 2 prediabetes and gestational diabetes. As the creators of the extraordinary and effective Mastering Diabetes Method Khambatta and Barbaro lay out a step-by-step plan proven to reverse insulin resistance-the root cause of blood glucose variability- while improving overall health and maximizing life expectancy. Armed with more than 800 scientific references and drawing on more than 36 years of personal experience living with type 1 diabetes themselves the authors show how to eat large quantities of carbohydrate-rich whole foods like bananas potatoes and quinoa while decreasing blood glucose oral medication and insulin requirements. They also provide life-changing advice on intermittent fasting and daily exercise and offer tips on eating in tricky situations such as restaurant meals and family dinners. Perhaps best of all: On the Mastering Diabetes Method you will never go hungry. With more than 30 delicious filling and nutrient-dense recipes and backed by cutting-edge nutritional science Mastering Diabetes will help you maximize your insulin sensitivity attain your ideal body weight improve your digestive health gain energy live an active life and feel the best youve felt in years.Edition Number 1ISBN-13 9780593189993Language EnglishNumber of Pages 400Publisher Avery Publishing Group
SpecificationsAbout the Author Barbour Publishing is a leading Christian book publisher offering bestselling books featuring exceptional value biblical encouragement and the highest quality. Barbour is the home of New York Times Bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter along with well-known fiction authors Gilbert Morris Olivia Newport Michelle Griep and many others. If your interest is Christian Living or Bible Reference youll find excellent titles by bestselling authors Josh McDowell Jonathan McKee Debora Coty and Stephen M. Millers The Complete Guide to the Bible. Barbour also publishes the top classic devotionals God Calling by A.J. Russell and Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts. With inspirational Christian books available in all genres--fiction for adults and children Bible Promise books devotionals Bibles Bible reference puzzle books and gift books theres something for everyone to enjoy.Author 1 E. L. JamesBook Description "London 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks aristocratic connections and money hes never had to work and hes rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his familys noble title wealth and estates and all the responsibility that entails. Its a role hes not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected enigmatic young woman whos recently arrived in England possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent beautiful and musically gifted shes an alluring mystery and Maxims longing for her deepens into a passion that hes never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that hes been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild rural Cornwall to the bleak forbidding beauty of the Balkans The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page."ISBN-10 1984898329ISBN-13 9781984898326Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512Publication Date 1-Jan-19View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Barbour Publishing is a leading Christian book publisher offering bestselling books featuring exceptional value biblical encouragement and the highest quality. Barbour is the home of New York Times Bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter along with well-known fiction authors Gilbert Morris Olivia Newport Michelle Griep and many others. If your interest is Christian Living or Bible Reference youll find excellent titles by bestselling authors Josh McDowell Jonathan McKee Debora Coty and Stephen M. Millers The Complete Guide to the Bible. Barbour also publishes the top classic devotionals God Calling by A.J. Russell and Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts. With inspirational Christian books available in all genres--fiction for adults and children Bible Promise books devotionals Bibles Bible reference puzzle books and gift books theres something for everyone to enjoy.Author 1 E. L. JamesBook Description "London 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks aristocratic connections and money hes never had to work and hes rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his familys noble title wealth and estates and all the responsibility that entails. Its a role hes not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected enigmatic young woman whos recently arrived in England possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent beautiful and musically gifted shes an alluring mystery and Maxims longing for her deepens into a passion that hes never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that hes been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild rural Cornwall to the bleak forbidding beauty of the Balkans The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page."ISBN-10 1984898329ISBN-13 9781984898326Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512Publication Date 1-Jan-19View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English and has published seventeen books eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey the US and the UK including St Annes College Oxford University where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR. An advocate for womens rights LGBT rights and freedom of speech Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.comAuthor 1 Elif ShafakBook Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose Vanity Fair Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative Pandora Sykes The High Low Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing Nicola Sturgeon In the first minute following her death Tequila Leilas consciousness began to ebb slowly and steadily like a tide receding from the shore... For Leila each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax womens legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . . Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end Philippe Sands A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. Brilliant! Helena Kennedy Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words Colum McCann Elif Shafaks extraordinary 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness Simon Schama A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. Financial Times One of the best writers in the world today Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece Peter Frankopan Extraordinary Guardian Life-affirming StylistEditorial Review Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative -- Pandora Sykes * The High Low * Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years * Irish Times * Sensual * Observer * Extraordinary * Guardian * Life-affirming * Stylist * A haunting masterpiece * Irish Mail on Sunday * Lush evocative and compassionate * Mail on Sunday * Leilas complex inner life is laid bare in this touching novel which is vaguely reminiscent of The Lovely Bones. Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose * Vanity Fair * Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words -- Colum McCann A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times * A heartbreaking meditation on the ways in which social forces can destroy a life. Elif Shafak can be unsparing lyrical political intimate... Several novels live in this one and all of them are moving generous and elegantly written -- Juan Gabriel Vasquez Elif Shafaks extraordinary Ten Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness a wild shout of life from out of the lower depths of destitution and prostitution indeed from beyond the grave itself. Every page throbs with unruly vitality the sense- saturating colours scents and sounds of raw Istanbul all registered with poetic sharpness. Its a book which for all its ordeals is a profoundly moving at times lyrical celebration of humanitys obstinate fight for life against the steepest of odds -- Simon Schama A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. This is only possible in the hands of a consummate storyteller. Elif Shafaks lyrical command of language and narrative is breathtaking. Brilliant! -- Helena Kennedy Deeply moving * Sunday Times * Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end. -- Philippe Sands One of the best writers in the world today -- Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece. -- Peter FrankopanISBN-10 0241293863ISBN-13 9780241293867Language EnglishNumber of Pages 320View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English and has published seventeen books eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey the US and the UK including St Annes College Oxford University where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR. An advocate for womens rights LGBT rights and freedom of speech Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.comAuthor 1 Elif ShafakBook Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose Vanity Fair Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative Pandora Sykes The High Low Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing Nicola Sturgeon In the first minute following her death Tequila Leilas consciousness began to ebb slowly and steadily like a tide receding from the shore... For Leila each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax womens legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . . Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end Philippe Sands A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. Brilliant! Helena Kennedy Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words Colum McCann Elif Shafaks extraordinary 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness Simon Schama A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. Financial Times One of the best writers in the world today Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece Peter Frankopan Extraordinary Guardian Life-affirming StylistEditorial Review Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative -- Pandora Sykes * The High Low * Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years * Irish Times * Sensual * Observer * Extraordinary * Guardian * Life-affirming * Stylist * A haunting masterpiece * Irish Mail on Sunday * Lush evocative and compassionate * Mail on Sunday * Leilas complex inner life is laid bare in this touching novel which is vaguely reminiscent of The Lovely Bones. Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose * Vanity Fair * Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words -- Colum McCann A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times * A heartbreaking meditation on the ways in which social forces can destroy a life. Elif Shafak can be unsparing lyrical political intimate... Several novels live in this one and all of them are moving generous and elegantly written -- Juan Gabriel Vasquez Elif Shafaks extraordinary Ten Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness a wild shout of life from out of the lower depths of destitution and prostitution indeed from beyond the grave itself. Every page throbs with unruly vitality the sense- saturating colours scents and sounds of raw Istanbul all registered with poetic sharpness. Its a book which for all its ordeals is a profoundly moving at times lyrical celebration of humanitys obstinate fight for life against the steepest of odds -- Simon Schama A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. This is only possible in the hands of a consummate storyteller. Elif Shafaks lyrical command of language and narrative is breathtaking. Brilliant! -- Helena Kennedy Deeply moving * Sunday Times * Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end. -- Philippe Sands One of the best writers in the world today -- Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece. -- Peter FrankopanISBN-10 0241293863ISBN-13 9780241293867Language EnglishNumber of Pages 320View Full Specifications