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10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019
‘Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, all in Shafak’s 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 Leila’s 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 women’s 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 Shafak’s 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
ISBN: 9780241293867
Publisher: VIKING -
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2002 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR LOVERS
As a relationship and romance author, speaker, and coach I read a lot of books about dating, marriage, and romance. 2,002 Questions and Answers for Lovers is high on my list for the questions and middle of the road for the answers provided.
We each bring to our relationships an “Emotional Genealogy” that is created by all the relationships we have as we grow up. How did our families handle money, what were their values about work, did they spend alot of time focusing on the family or where they individuals living in the same house. What about fitness, and food, and fashion? What are the values of our friends and coworkers? Your answers to these questions and more create your unique point of view about how relationships are supposed to work.
The questions in this book give you a good starting point for understanding yourself and your mate. They can help you figure out how your perspective and values fit together to create ‘us’ instead of you and me. By developing a shared “Emotional Future” couples can build a strong foundation for a passionate, loving, and lifelong relationship.
The answers however just can’t, mostly because of space constraints, cover enough of the possible answers to be effective. Buy the book and ask each other the questions, answer your mate with your heart, and create the basis for a love affair for a lifetime.
ISBN: 1580622259
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS₨ 385 -
2002 ROMANTIC IDEAS
Show the most important person in your life just how much they mean to you! From simple and sweet gestures of love, to adventurous and exotic ideas for memorable dates, 2002 Romantic Ideas will help you make (or keep!) your relationship as passionate and romantic as you’ve always dreamed it could be.
Give your love the valuable gift of your time
Frame your favorite love not from your sweetheart
Wink at each other often
Tell your mate that he is fun to be with
Always laugh at your love’s jokes (even the bad ones)
Tuck a love note in his p.j.s.
Have a pillow fight at bedtime
Win a prize for her at the local carnival or amusement park
Visit a honeymoon resort on your next vacation
Have cut nicknames for each other. Don’t use any sarcastic ones.Each of the 2002 books are filled with creative, zany, sometimes off-the-wall ideas for finding and wooing that special someone. These books make it fun-and easy-to be romantic.
ISBN: 1558508198
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS₨ 385 -
2002 WAYS TO FIND, ATTRACT AND KEEP A MATE
Thousands of proven ideas for meeting attractive new people, romantic dating tips, and much more, 2002 Ways to Find, Attract, and Keep a Mate shows you how to meet, woo, and win over the person of your dreams.
Take full responsibility for your social life
Always look for ways to expand your circle of friends
Singles are attracted to those who make them feel good about themselves
Before you go on a date, make sure the clothes you are wearing fit properly
Never tell a sexist joke
Be modest-you want to shine, not show off
Be sincere and natural
Listen intently. You want to learn as much as you can, so you can decide if this is the right person for you.
Ask lots of questions-but don’t interrogate.
Too much “togetherness” can spoil even the best of romancesEach of the 2002 books are filled with creative, zany, sometimes off-the-wall ideas for finding and wooing that special someone. These books make it fun-and easy-to be romantic.
ISBN: 1580620817
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS₨ 385 -
2002 WAYS TO SAY “I LOVE YOU”
Say it today! From the creative to the subversive. 2002 Ways To Say “I Love You” is full of unique and inventive ideas for sending a special message, such as:
Write a new stanza to a famous poem
Label her videotapes
Play hooky from work together
Take a late evening dinner dance cruise Accompany him to the doctor when he is really sick
Telephone when you are out with the guys
Watch the sunrise arm in arm
Frame pictures of special times shared
Hide a love note in his pocket
Help her color her hairEach of the 2002 books are filled with creative, zany, sometimes off-the-wall ideas for finding and wooing that special someone. These books make it fun-and easy-to be romantic.
ISBN: 1580620809
Publisher: ADAMS MEDIA -
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9 FROM THE NINE WORLDS : MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD
ISBN: 9780241359440
Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS -
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A COURT OF MIST AND FURY
A gorgeously written tale as lush and romantic as it is ferocious … Absolutely spellbinding – New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken on A Court of Thorns and Roses
Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court – but at a steep cost. Though she now possesses the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can’t forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people.
Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, the mesmerising High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates his dark web of political games and tantalising promises, a greater evil looms – and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can step into her growing power, heal her fractured soul and have the courage to shape her own future – and the future of a world cloven in two.
Sarah J. Maas is a global #1 bestselling author. Her books have sold more than nine million copies and been translated into 37 languages. Discover the sweeping romantic fantasy for yourself.
Contains mature content. Not suitable for younger readers.
ISBN: 9781408857885
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY -
A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and George R.R. Martin, this first book in a sexy and action-packed new series is impossible to put down! When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin–one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin–and his world–forever.
ISBN: 9781619635180
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY -
A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places. In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all.
ISBN: 9781619634480
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY -
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A CURIOUS BEGINNING
The New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell….
London, 1887. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry–and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers, Veronica intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
But fate has other plans when Veronica thwarts her own attempted abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron, who offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker, a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. But before the baron can reveal what he knows of the plot against her, he is found murdered–leaving Veronica and Stoker on the run from an elusive assailant as wary partners in search of the villainous truth.
ISBN: 9780451476029
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A DESERT IN BOHEMIA
“A brilliantly written, fiercely intelligent story of ideas and of history. “(Chicago Sun-Times)
An internationally acclaimed writer whose previous novel was short listed for Britain’s Booker Prize, Jill Paton Walsh returns with a stunning work of conceptual and ideological daring that follows nine linked characters through an era of struggle, terror, and unthinkable sacrifice. Beginning in 1945 when a dazed young woman covered in blood enters an abandoned, mist-shrouded castle in Eastern Europe, Walsh carries the reader across five decades, from the death of fascism to the fall of Communism. Brilliantly wrought fiction, A Desert in Bohemia is also an intensely human story that probes the nature of duty and moral consequence through the eyes of exiles and refugees, innocents and zealots, the tragic and the damned. The result is a poignant, mesmerizing work certain to significantly expand the audience of one of the most versatile literary talents writing today.
ISBN: 0452282683
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A FANTASY OF DR.OX
Writing with a philosophical eye worthy of the eighteenth century, and the subtle irony of Voltaire, Verne tells the tale of Dr Ox – one of his most inspired, and insane, visionaries.
ISBN: 1843910675
Publisher: HESPERUS₨ 2,157 -
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