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<b>From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of<i> The Reluctant Fundamentalist </i>and <i>Exit West</i>, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change</b><br/><br/> One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.<br/><br/> Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.<br/><br/> As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.<br/><br/> <b>'A transformative tale . . . [<i>The Last White Man</i>] is compellingly readable and strangely musical, as if being recounted as a kind of folktale to future generations' <i>Guardian</i></b><br/><br/> <b>'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, author of <i>An American Marriage<br/> </i></b><br/> <b>'Gorgeously crafted . . . <i>The Last White Man</i> concludes on a note of hope, a door jarred open just enough to let transcendence pour through' <i>O, the Oprah Magazine</i></b>

Arthur Parnassus has built a good life on the ashes of a bad one. He's headmaster at an orphanage for magical children, on a peculiar island, assisted by love-of-his-life Linus Baker. And together, they'll do anything to protect their extraordinary and powerful charges.However, when Arthur is forced to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself fighting for those under his care. It's also a fight for the better future that all magical people deserve. Then when a new magical child joins their island home, Arthur knows they've reached breaking point. The child finds power in calling himself a monster, a name Arthur has tried so hard to banish to protect his children. Challenged from within and without, their volatile family might grow stronger. Or everything Arthur loves could fall apart.Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.

Katabasis (deluxe Limited Edition) [Bok / Inbunden]

Create your own fabulous and tack-tastic outfits time and time again with the world's first Eurovision Song Contest Dress-up Sticker Book.

The Technological Republic [Bok / Häftad]

<b>Like Sarah Bakewell's <i>How to Live </i>and Andrea Wulf's<i> Magnificent Rebels</i>, <i>Mortal Secrets</i> is a lively and accessible portrait of major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the unprecedented era of creativity </b><b>that shaped his ideas</b><br/><br/>Some cities are like stars. When the conditions are right, they ignite, and they burn with such fierce intensity that they outshine all their rivals. From 1890 and through the early years of the 20th century, Vienna became a dazzling beacon. The city was powered by an unprecedented number of extraordinary people - artists Klimt and Schiele, thinkers such as Theodor Herzl, and fashion icons like the glamorous Empress Sisi. Conversations in coffee houses and salons spurred advances in almost every area of human endeavour: science, politics, philosophy, and the arts. The influence of early 20th century Vienna is still detectable all around us - but the place where it is at its strongest is in our heads. The way we think about ourselves has been largely determined by Vienna's most celebrated resident: Sigmund Freud. <i>Mortal Secrets </i>is the story of Freud's life, Vienna's golden age, and an essential reappraisal of Freud's legacy.

<b>There's no point screaming - we've only just begun . . .</b><br/><br/>It's not going well for NE Division: half the force is off sick, all leave's been cancelled, someone's firebombed a migrant hostel and there's a <i>massive</i> climate change protest march happening this Saturday. With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers - AKA: DS Steel's team - until the top brass can arrange backup from other divisions.<br/><br/>But as bad as everything seems, there's something <i>far</i> more sinister lurking in the heat-haze of a sweltering Aberdeen summer: something that's been building for years. Something that longs to sing its horrible song . . .<br/><br/>And it's clear that things are going to get much, much worse before this is over.<br/><br/><b>Praise for Stuart MacBride:</b><br/><br/>'Dark and brilliantly written' <b>Linwood Barclay</b><br/><br/>'MacBride is a damned fine writer' <b>Peter James</b><br/><br/>'Crime fiction of the highest order'<b> Mark Billingham</b>