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<p><b>WINNER OF THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION</b><br/><br/>'Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the real Terry.' <i>- </i><b>Neil Gaiman</b><br/><br/>'Sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully, intimate . . . it is wonderful to have this closeup picture of the writer's working life.' - <b>Frank Cottrell-Boyce, <i>Observer</i></b><br/><br/>--------<br/><br/><b>At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own.</b><br/><br/>The creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, Terry Pratchett was known and loved around the world for his hugely popular books, his smart satirical humour and the humanity of his campaign work. But that's only part of the picture.<br/><br/>Before his untimely death, Terry was writing a memoir: the story of a boy who aged six was told by his teacher that he would never amount to anything and spent the rest of his life proving him wrong. For Terry lived a life full of astonishing achievements: becoming one of the UK's bestselling and most beloved writers, winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood.<br/><br/>Now, the book Terry sadly couldn't finish has been written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the Pratchett literary estate. Drawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of the author's family, friends and colleagues, Rob unveils the full picture of Terry's life - from childhood to his astonishing writing career, and how he met and coped with what he called the 'Embuggerance' of Alzheimer's disease.<br/><br/><b>A deeply moving and personal portrait of the extraordinary life of Sir Terry Pratchett, written with unparalleled insight and filled with funny anecdotes, this is the only official biography of one of our finest authors.</b><br/><br/>--------<br/><br/>'Spins magic from mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did.' - <i><b>Telegraph</b></i><br/><br/>'As frank, funny and unsentimental as anything its subject might have produced himself.' - <i><b>Mail on Sunday</b></i></p>

<p>Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. Demon&apos;s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking &apos;like a little blue prizefighter.&apos; For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise. In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn&apos;t an idea, it&apos;s as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn&apos;t an abstraction, it&apos;s neighbours, parents, and friends. &apos;Family&apos; could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he&apos;s willing to travel to try and get there. Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.</p>

<p>John Irving, one of the world&apos;s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren&apos;t the first or the last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time - among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.</p>

<p>Det är inte bara svenska barn som vill läsa om Emil i Lönneberga! Därför finns nu den första bilderboken om Emil, <em>Den där Emil,</em> översatt till engelska. Den handlar om allas vår Emil som gjorde hyss nästan varje dag. Men Emil var hygglig på det viset att han aldrig gjorde samma hyss två gånger, utan hittade på nya hyss hela tiden. Som när han hissade upp sin lillasyster Ida i flaggstången. Eller den gången när han red på Lukas rakt in i stora salen, där borgmästaren höll kalas. Då skrattade alla utom borgmästaren ... Och var tror ni Emil hamnade då?!<br/><br/>Boken har fått engelsk språkdräkt av en engelsk översättare som är väl förtrogen med Astrid Lindgrens texter - hon har tidigare översatt böcker som <em>Karlsson på taket</em>.</p>

<p>Ge dig ut på en konstnärlig resa som sträcker sig över århundraden.</p><p>I detta pussel är varje bit ett konstverk i sig. De skildrar ikoniska ögonblick och legendariska konstnärer som har format konsthistoriens gång. Från tidiga grottmålningar, genom renässansen, realismen och impressionismen, till den moderna eran av expressionism, kubism och popkonst. När du lägger pusslet kan du se hur uttrycken utvecklas, bit för bit.</p><p>Pussla ihop några av historiens mest ikoniska konstverk, inklusive Da Vincis <i>Mona Lisa</i>, Edvard Munchs <i>The Scream</i>, Johannes Vermeers <i>Girl with a Pearl Earring</i> och Hokusais <i>The Great Wave off Kanagawa</i>.</p><p><i>Pieces of Art</i> är en perfekt present som inte bara är ett pussel utan även en fängslande konsthistorisk lektion som väntar på att bli sammansatt, och du kan dela upptäckarglädjen med vänner och familj, unga som gamla. </p><p><i>Pieces of Art</i> är illustrerad av Martin "Mander" Ander, känd för sin humor och känsla för detaljer. Mander har vackert fångat varje historiskt mästerverk, vilket gör detta pussel till en uppslukande upplevelse. När du lägger pusslet kommer du inte bara att få en djupare kunskap om konsthistorien utan också uppleva tillfredsställelsen av att väcka dessa berömda verk till liv, en bit i taget.</p>

<p>The New York Times Best Seller #1 April LibraryReads PickApril Indie Next Pick Goodreads Big Book of Spring Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town, perfect for murderinos and fans of Stephen King. Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind on her endless to-do list.</p><p>The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they're as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. </p><p>James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn't felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind-and Patricia has already invited him in. </p><p>Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia's life and try to take everything she took for granted-including the book club-but she won't surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.</p>

The most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels concludes four years after Don't Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice-only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones's breathtaking finale. It's been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There's a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there's one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront...until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting, and now is the time for the final stand. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones has crafted an epic horror trilogy of generational trauma from the Indigenous to the townies rooted in the mountains of Idaho. It is a story of the American west written in blood.