2 crÈme de la crime crème de la crime is a two-year-old publishing house based near london england focusing on emerging talent in crime fiction they specialize in new authors and first time crime works from authors established in other genres their clever modern mysteries are enhanced with high-quality production standards and fresh innovative cover designs baby love maureen carter rape baby-snatching murder all in a day s work for birmingham s finest but when the movers have only just left your new house your lover s attention is elsewhere and your last case left you not too popular in the squad room it s sure to end in tears detective sergeant bev morriss finds herself in serious trouble when her eye slips momentarily off the ball third in maureen carter s bev morriss series sins of the father david harrison 1960s comedy star eddie randall s past comes back to haunt his son nick when evidence emerges of the late actor s involvement in a terrible crime nick goes in search of the tru
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6 fiction mystery alina jason johnson heir to a thriving internet company henry should be set for life but when his website turns out to be a porn site he logs into a crazed fantasy world somewhere in east belfast disgraced lecturer francis cleary is imprisoned inside a steel box contemplating the riddle of his impending death just out of jail thuggish but enigmatic shuff sheridan hooks up with his old gang unleashing his own brand of morality and indiscriminate bloodshed on a london pub and in a crumbling east european tower-block alina sells her body online for $1.99 when alina disappears henry and shuff embark upon a dark odyssey from post-ceasefire belfast to post-communist romania a thrilling disturbing and blackly comic offering from the irish irvine welsh loving mephistopheles miranda miller jenny is a music-hall chanteuse in 1920s london when she inadvertently makes a pact with the devil her lover leo by which she will never grow old while leo has lived through thousands
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history 9 while justice slept the true story of nicky kelly and the sallins train robbery patsy mcgarry in 1978 a sallins mail train was robbed the arrest confession and conviction that followed were one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in irish history nicky kelly was forced to confess and then spent years in jail for a crime he did not commit he was finally pardoned by the state in 1992 but the questions of how this could have happened remain unanswered now irish times journalist patsy mcgarry talks to those who actually took part in the robbery gives an inside account of what took place after kelly s arrest including his time on the run in europe canada and the us relates his return to jail his hunger strike and the campaign which led to his eventual pardon island of the setting sun in search of ireland s ancient astronomers anthony murphy and richard moore this is the story of the sophisticated and enigmatic community of people who lived in ireland around 6,000 years a
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12 biography and memior under the dust jordi coca winner of the premier sant jordi prize exploring a boy s childhood in barcelona during the franco dictatorship under the dust is based on the autobiographical experience of catalan author jordi coca the affecting closeness of the boy s first-person narrative and its pitiless realism set this book apart the boy s bewildered responses to his father s violence and authoritarianism are played out at home and in a neighborhood dominated by street gangs where politics is never more than a block away mervyn peake the man and his art g peter winnington mervyn peake was one of the most multitalented artists of the twentieth century best known for his gormenghast trilogy of novels one of the most sustained flights of imaginative writing ever attempted peake was also an author of children s books and nonsense verse a painter war artist and poet he illustrated such classic works as treasure island alice s adventures in wonderland the ancient marine
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poetry 15 now brendan kennelly now is a fast and frenzied meditation on time ageing alienation and the pressures of living in the modern city each triplet in this book-length poetry sequence addresses the question what is now with the brevity of a proverb each three-liner offers a short sharp perception which tries to capture or just grasp at the sliding identities of `now at the same time as it adds its quickfire nugget of wit or wisdom to the accumulating weight of the whole sequence by the end of the book kennelly has taken us on a journey not just through time but through his own head and the thoughts and feelings of all kinds of people struggling to survive and find meaning in their lives of kennelly s other poetry most successful are the poems that don t take themselves too seriously but are meant as entertainment kirkus reviews the ruins of time anthony thwaite a collection of poetry dedicated to the broken gate of a rocky citadel the ivy-clad ruins of a gothic tower totteri
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18 poetry selected and new poems robert greacen edited by jack w weaver robert greacen was born of scots and irish stock in derry londonderry on 24th october 1920 and lived in both urban belfast and rural monaghan experiences in city and country furnished materials for later poems and reviews at methodist college belfast he discovered his gift for writing and developed an interest in leftist politics later at trinity college dublin he pursued a diploma in social studies he has had an outstanding career with poems published in ireland england scotland france and the united states misappropriations jasmine donahaye sexually frank and politically charged this debut collection of poetry ranges from the israel/palestine conflict and the experience of immigration emigration and displacement to the dark aspects of childhood motherhood and sexuality explored against urban and rural landscapes of israel wales england and california misappropriations was shortlisted for the 2006 jerwood aldeburg
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travel travel fiction 21 red moon high summer herbert kaufmann this is the story of the young bard mid-emid famed throughout the vast grazing lands of his tuareg tribe for his mellifluous voice and quick-witted lyrics a coming-ofage novel it follows mid-e-mid in his bid to find his own route to manhood in true tuareg style overcoming poverty to win camels of his own he avenges the death of his father and wins the heart of his beloved only to find that the solitary life of the wandering minstrel is his destiny written by herbert kaufmann a german journalist who lived in africa in the 1950s and 60s red moon high summer is a fast-paced adventure story saturated in tuareg lore though fiction it gives a truer and more vibrant picture of these mysterious nomadic people than many an academic volume lighthouse tony parker what was it that led a man to make lighthouse-keeping his life s occupation to select a monotonous lonely job which takes him away from his family for months at a time l
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24 religion walsingham prayers and reflections john rayne-davis in the year 1061 a sleepy little village in the depths of rural norfolk was transformed the lady richeldis of walsingham had a vision of the blessed virgin mary she was transported in spirit to the holy land and shown the house in which our lady was told that she would be the mother of god the blessed virgin commanded richeldis to build an exact replica of this house in walsingham which was to be known as `england s nazareth walsingham today is england s most popular pilgrimage site for both roman catholics and anglicans this collection of prayers and reflections focuses on the relevance and restfulness of walsingham in the busy distracting world in which we live today a guidebook for the spiritual life how should one live with god bernard peyrous this guidebook for the spiritual life grows out of the vision of god as both humanity s best friend and the source of all reality and all fulfillment bernard peyrous sees humani
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home hobbies the city of london cook book peter gladwin written by top chef and restaurateur peter gladwin who has catered for the queen s jubilee numerous state banquets and events at almost every unusual venue in london this unique book is a compendium of the city s foods and traditions with information about the traditional feasts background on the dining rooms of famous london companies and recipes from numerous vips and top chefs and music 27 jenny bristow cooks for the seasons autumn and winter jenny bristow celebrate hallowe en with thai pumpkin soup broomstick pumpkin kebabs and toffee apples and for christmas try spiced crusted beef vegetable christmas casserole and chilled festive cranberry cake packed with recipes for everyday cooking as well as suggestions for drinks sweet treats and of course jenny s trademark desserts the delicious recipes are easy to follow and will help you to make the most of the best seasonal ingredients in autumn and winter march 5½ x 8½ 238 pages ac
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30 paperback backlist fiction poetry houseboating in the ozarks gary forrester isbn 0-8023-1341-8 $14.95 tideland mitch cullin isbn 0-8023-1340-x $12.95 city of light kerstin ekman isbn 1-870041-54-2 $2495 london boulevard ken bruen isbn 1-899344-77-2 $14.95 donegal suite john mcnamee isbn 0-8023-1343-4 $13.95 dark pool ben howard isbn 1-903392-32-2 $18.95 yielding ice about to melt richard penna isbn 0-8023-1339-6 $14.95 gothic tales of the marquis de sade marquis de sade isbn 0-7206-1251-9 $23.95 six german romantic tales heinrich von kleist isbn 0-8023-1295-0 $19.95 hackman blues ken bruen isbn 1-899344-22-5 $15.95 collected poems of georges bataille mark spitzer tr isbn 0-8023-1325-6 $15.95 brendan kennelly john mcdonagh isbn 1-904148-44-1 $22.95 behold faith and other stories tom noyes isbn 0-8023-1338-8 $14.95 the dream emile zola isbn 0-7206-1253-5 $21.95 the ice palace tarjei vesaas isbn 0-7206-1122-9 $23.95 answers from the grave mark timlin isbn 1-904316-41-7 $24.95 modern
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