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This Is How It Ends: A Novel
by Kathleen MacMahonThis is when it beginsAutumn, 2008.This is where it beginsThe coast of Dublin.This is why it beginsBruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt, but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible.This is how it ends . . .
This is Not Forgiveness
by Celia ReesEveryone says that Caro is bad . . . but Jamie can't help himself. He thinks of her night and day and can't believe that she wants to be his girlfriend. Gorgeous, impulsive and unconventional, she is totally different to all the other girls he knows. His sister, Martha, hates her. Jamie doesn't know why, but there's no way he's going to take any notice of her warnings to stay away from Caro.But as Jamie falls deeper and deeper under her spell, he realises there is more to Caro - much more. There are the times when she disappears and doesn't get in touch, the small scars on her wrists, her talk about revolutions and taking action, not to mention the rumours he hears about the other men in her life.And then always in the background there is Rob, Jamie's older brother, back from Afghanistan and traumatised after having his leg smashed to bits there. Jamie wants to help him, but Rob seems to be living in a world of his own and is increasingly difficult to reach.With Caro, the summer should have been perfect . . . but that isn't how things work out in real life, and Jamie is going to find out the hard way.This taut psychological drama is the brilliant new novel from acclaimed Celia Rees.
This Is Not Forgiveness
by Celia ReesEveryone says that Caro is bad-but Jamie can't help himself. Gorgeous, impulsive, and unconventional, Caro is totally different from all the other girls and Jamie can't believe that she wants to be his girlfriend. But Jamie soon realizes there is more to Caro-much more. Consider: How she often disappears for days at a time, or the small scars on her wrists, or her talk about revolution and taking action, not to mention the rumors about the other guys....Jamie's also worried about Rob, his older brother. Back from Afghanistan and traumatized from an injury there, Rob seems to be living in a world of his own and is increasingly difficult to reach.Which is why it's so strange that Rob and Caro seem to know one another. And why it feels so dangerous that they're being awfully secretive.
This is Paradise
by Will EavesThe Alldens live in a ramshackle house in suburban Bath. Don and Emily have four children: confident Liz, satirical Clive, shy Lotte, and Benjamin, the late arrival. Together they take the usual knocks, go to work, go abroad, go to university, go to pieces. Don and Emily stick it out, their strong marriage tested by experience and frustrated by love for Clive, the ardent boxing fan at odds with himself, their special child. But then ordinary is special, too, as the Alldens will discover thirty years later when Emily falls ill and her children come home to say goodbye. Their unforgettable story is an intimate record of survival that is clear-eyed, funny and deeply moving.
This Moose Belongs to Me
by Oliver JeffersWINNER of the Irish Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year 2012 and the Honour Award for Illustration from Childrens' Books Ireland, 2013. An exquisite new book, featuring a boy and his moose, from internationally bestselling, multi-prize-winning picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers.
This Will Be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories: And Other Stories
by Johanna SkibsrudThese loosely connected hypnotic stories about memory and desire, from Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud, introduces us to an astonishing array of characters who time and again find themselves face to face with what they didn’t know they didn’t know, at the exact point of intersection between impossibility and desire. A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that he is someone other than who we think he is. A divorced father who fears estrangement from his thirteen-year-old daughter allows her to take the wheel of his car, realising too late that he’s made a grave mistake. Taking readers from South Dakota to Paris, to Japan, into art galleries, foreign apartments, farms and beach hotels, This Will Be Difficult to Explain is a masterful and perceptive series of tales from one of fiction’s brightest new voices.
Thomas Hardy and Empire: The Representation of Imperial Themes in the Work of Thomas Hardy
by Jane L. BownasUnlike many of his contemporaries, Thomas Hardy is not generally recognized as an imperial writer, even though he wrote during a period of major expansion of the British Empire and in spite of the many allusions to the Roman Empire and Napoleonic Wars in his writing. Jane L. Bownas examines the context of these references, proposing that Hardy was a writer who not only posed a challenge to the whole of established society, but one whose writings bring into question the very notion of empire. Bownas argues that Hardy takes up ideas of the primitive and civilized that were central to Western thought in the nineteenth century, contesting this opposition and highlighting the effect outsiders have on so-called 'primitive' communities. In her discussion of the oppressions of imperialism, she analyzes the debate surrounding the use of gender as an articulated category, together with race and class, and shows how, in exposing the power structures operating within Britain, Hardy produces a critique of all forms of ideological oppression.
Thomas Hardy and Empire: The Representation of Imperial Themes in the Work of Thomas Hardy
by Jane L. BownasUnlike many of his contemporaries, Thomas Hardy is not generally recognized as an imperial writer, even though he wrote during a period of major expansion of the British Empire and in spite of the many allusions to the Roman Empire and Napoleonic Wars in his writing. Jane L. Bownas examines the context of these references, proposing that Hardy was a writer who not only posed a challenge to the whole of established society, but one whose writings bring into question the very notion of empire. Bownas argues that Hardy takes up ideas of the primitive and civilized that were central to Western thought in the nineteenth century, contesting this opposition and highlighting the effect outsiders have on so-called 'primitive' communities. In her discussion of the oppressions of imperialism, she analyzes the debate surrounding the use of gender as an articulated category, together with race and class, and shows how, in exposing the power structures operating within Britain, Hardy produces a critique of all forms of ideological oppression.
Thomas Middleton: Women Beware Women, The Changeling, The Roaring Girl and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (New Mermaids)
by Thomas MiddletonThis New Mermaids anthology brings together the four most popular and widely studied of Thomas Middleton's plays - Women Beware Women; The Changeling; The Roaring Girl and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside - with a new introduction by William Carroll, examining the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as their language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes guide students to a better understanding and combine to make this an indispensable student edition ideal for study and classroom use from A Level upwards.
Those Kids From Town Again
by Adrian AlingtonSome further incidents in the lives of the children and grown-ups, whose previous adventures were recorded in the These Our Strangers and the film Those Kids from Town.Those Kids from Town is a 1942 British comedy-drama film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring George Cole, Harry Fowler and Percy Marmont. The film was adapted for the screen by Adrian Alington from his own topical novel These Our Strangers, dealing with the experiences of a group of wartime evacuee children from London, sent to safety in a rural village, and their interaction with the host community.
Thou Shell of Death: A Nigel Strangeways Mystery (Nigel Strangeways Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 2)
by Nicholas BlakeA VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYFergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day.Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. But despite Nigel's presence, the former pilot is found dead, just as predicted, and Nigel is left to aid the local police in their investigation while trying to ignore his growing attraction to one of the other guests - and suspects - explorer Georgina Cavendish.A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.
Though Not Dead: A Kate Shugak Novel (A Kate Shugak Investigation #18)
by Dana StabenowKATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine – and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. THOUGH NOT DEAD. Kate's uncle Sam dies, leaving her a letter instructing Kate to 'find his father'. The problem is Sam's father disappeared nearly 90 years ago with a priceless tribal artifact. As Kate delves into the old man's life, she unearths some surprising facts: his service in World War Two, his friendship with crime-writer Dashiell Hammet. The problem is that she's not the only one interested in Sam's past. And this someone has no compunction about putting Kate permanently out of the picture to get what they want.
The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
by Wendy JonesEveryone has to make decisions about love. Wilfred Price, overcome with emotion on a sunny spring day, proposes to a girl he barely knows at a picnic. The girl, Grace, joyfully accepts and rushes to tell her family of Wilfred's intentions. But by this time Wilfred has realised his mistake. He does not love Grace. On the verge of extricating himself, Wilfred's situation suddenly becomes more serious when Grace's father steps in. Up until this point in his life, Wilfred's existence has been blissfully simple, and the young undertaker seems unable to stop the swirling mess that now surrounds him. To add to Wilfred's emotional turmoil, he thinks he may just have met the perfect girl for him.As Wilfred struggles in an increasingly tangled web of expectation and duty, love and lies, Grace reveals a long-held secret that changes everything . . . Wendy Jones's charming first novel is a moving depiction of love and secrecy, set against the rural backdrop of a 1920s Welsh village, and beautifully told.
The Thousand Emperors (Final Days #2)
by Gary GibsonMUST HE DIE TO KNOW THE TRUTH? Archivist Luc Gabion is dying, slowly, victim of a forced technology implant while on assignment. He brought down a powerful terrorist, but at great cost, and this new tech brings unexpected dangers. Luc must investigate the Thousand Emperors, rulers of the Tian Di’s stellar empire. One of their number has been murdered and he needs to find the killer. But the technology he now carries supersedes anything he's encountered, and Luc sees things he knows are forbidden. As the truth emerges, he’s in trouble. Any of these leaders could be guilty – and could execute him on a whim. Worse, the murder victim was brokering the coming Reunification. Two great warring civilisations, separated for centuries, due to unite in a new age of peace. But it becomes clear that someone will do anything to ensure that day never comes.
The Thousand Faces of Night
by Jack HigginsA classic thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed.
Threading the Needle
by Emilie DefreyneIberian Murder,Intrigue and romance - for two ferry passengers a chance encounter changes the course of their lives forever. suddenly thrust into a world of murder and intrigue, together they set about unravelling the mystery. their adventures not only lead them to the truth, culminating in a thrilling denouement, but for them it also proves to be a journey of personal discovery.
Threat Of Darkness (The Defenders #2)
by Valerie Hansen Arlene JamesRiveting romantic suspense to set your heart racing! Heroic and courageous characters battle against danger and face challenges to their faith… and to their lives. TO PROTECT THE CHILD
Three Blind-Date Brides: Nine-to-Five Bride (Mills And Boon By Request Ser. #1)
by Jennie Adams Fiona Harper Melissa McCloneNine-to-Five Bride Marissa was not concerned about turning thirty – joining an online dating website was just a bit of fun! She was happy being single. Though her sexy new boss did make her go wobbly at the knees. But Rick was so not Mr Right! More Mr Tall, Dark and Dangerous!
Three Elizabethan Domestic Tragedies: Arden of Faversham; a Yorkshire Tragedy; a Woman Killed with Kindness
by Keith Sturgess Thomas HeywoodElizabethan domestic tragedies depicted the workings of Fortune in the lives of ordinary people, telling stories of sin, discovery, punishment and divine mercy, with their settings and characterization often enhanced by a highly entertaining blend of realism and sensationalism. Only some half-dozen survive to offset the dramas of kings and nobles in the tragedies of Shakespeare and his peers. They combined journalism and entertainment with a didactic concern, and their plots were often derived from contemporary events. Arden of Faversham (1592) and A Yorkshire Tragedy (1608) are both based on chronicles or pamphlets describing authentic murders, while A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603) by Thomas Heywood is a fictional creation, considered his masterpiece.
Three in a Bed
by Monica BelleSmall, pretty, pleasant, and a bit of a geek, Paige is the perfect employee for Araminta Henderson, the feisty owner of the Lifelong Dating Agency.She's certainly not the sort of person to stand up to her domineering boss and even less likely to go out on dates with sexually demanding strangers.Until one day she finds herself in a position where she has very little choice but to acquiesce in the intimate and often peculiar requests of the Lifelong Dating Agency's clients; leading to Mrs Henderson having to show her who's the boss.
Three Kingdoms: Three Kingdoms; The Trial Of Ubu; Morning; Carmen Disruption (Modern Plays)
by Simon StephensThree Kingdoms is a blackly entertaining and unsettling detective story cum parable about the devil in us all, international human trafficking and the changing state of Europe.As the severed human head of an Estonian woman is found in a river in Hammersmith, two British detectives set off in search of her origins in Europe and how she came to be found dead. Accompanied by a mephistophelian German detective acting as their guide, they gradually sink deeper and deeper into the world of prostitution and international human trafficking. Fighting to cross international borders and language barriers, they enter a nightmarish world that will change one of them forever. Three Kingdoms tells the stories of trafficked women, the gangs and the police forces across Europe that attempt to control them.This dark new thriller by Simon Stephens, set across three countries, explores an international business where the goods are not products, but people. Questioning and undermining not just tenets about the nature of Europe with its old and new borders, Three Kingdoms also explodes moral certainties. With good and evil presented not as polarised forces but as disturbingly shifting, overlapping and contradictory, the play provocatively unbalances convictions of truth, ethical codes, violence and justice. This edition also includes a preface with contributions from playwright Simon Stephens, German director Sebastian Nuebling and Estonian dramaturg Eero Epner, discussing this uniquely collaborative and tri-lingual project.
Three Letters: The Loner, Born Bad, Three Letters
by Josephine CoxA dramatic novel about the power of a father’s love. From Number 1 best-selling author Josephine Cox.
Three Little Pigs 1 (Three Little Pigs go their different ways) (Large Print)
by Rnib BookshareThis image shows the three little pigs with their bags on sticks. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. There is one little pig on the left facing left so only one eye and arm can be found. One little pig is in the centre of the page facing forwards so both eyes, arms and legs can be found. The third little pig is on the right of the page facing to the right so only one eye and arm can be found. The little pig on left is walking to the left. He has a stick on his shoulder which points up and to the right. The stick has a small bag tied onto its end. The little pig has a curly tail. The little pig in the middle of the page is standing and waving his trotter on the right. His stick and bag are to his left, sticking up next to his head. The little pig on the right is walking away to the right. He has a stick on his shoulder which points up and to the left. The stick has a small bag tied onto its end. The little pig has a curly tail.
Three Little Pigs 1 (Three Little Pigs go their different ways) (UEB Contracted)
by Rnib BookshareThis image shows the three little pigs with their bags on sticks. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. There is one little pig on the left facing left so only one eye and arm can be found. One little pig is in the centre of the page facing forwards so both eyes, arms and legs can be found. The third little pig is on the right of the page facing to the right so only one eye and arm can be found. The little pig on left is walking to the left. He has a stick on his shoulder which points up and to the right. The stick has a small bag tied onto its end. The little pig has a curly tail. The little pig in the middle of the page is standing and waving his trotter on the right. His stick and bag are to his left, sticking up next to his head. The little pig on the right is walking away to the right. He has a stick on his shoulder which points up and to the left. The stick has a small bag tied onto its end. The little pig has a curly tail.
Three Little Pigs 2 (Little pigs straw house is blown away!) (Large Print)
by Rnib BookshareThis image shows the little pig on the right, his house falling down in the middle and the wolf on the left of the page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The wolf is shown sitting from the side so only one eye and ear, and two of its four legs can be found. It is facing to the right. Its tail sticks up on the left and its mouth is open on the right. It is showing some sharp teeth as it blows the house down. To the right of the wolf, the straw of the straw house is bending as the house falls down. The little pig on the right is running away from the wolf as fast as it can. He looks very unhappy!