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<p><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE<br/><br/>AN INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br/><br/>BEST BOOKS OF 2023: THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * FINANCIAL TIMES * INDEPENDENT * DAILY TELEGRAPHY * NEW STATESMAN<br/><br/>'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd</b><br/><br/><b>'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, <i>Beyond the Wall</i> explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts</b><br/><br/>In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.<br/><br/>In <i>Beyond the Wall</i>, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West.<br/><br/>Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.</p>

<p><strong>From the author of bestselling </strong><em><strong>Girl in Pieces</strong></em><strong>, comes the story of a teenage girl</strong><strong> on the brink, and the bumpy road back to recovery.</strong></p> <p>Bella is at breaking point.</p> <p>Everyone in her life needs something from her. And there's only one thing that dulls the pain.</p> <p>Alcohol smooths the sharp edges and makes it all <em>so much easier</em>. What's the big deal? Everyone drinks. And Bella knows she can stop whenever she wants.</p> <p>But one party changes everything. Too many drinks lands her, unconscious, on the front steps of her mother's house. With a fractured cheekbone and no memory of what</p> <p>happened, it's time to deal with reality. And for Bella, that means going to rehab.</p>

<p><b>'I <i>loved </i>this book. What else is there to say?' Patrick Rothfuss</b><br/><br/>According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed...<br/><br/>They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope, the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, known as Shardblades. Led by ten angelic Heralds and ten orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won.<br/><br/>Or so the legends say. Today, the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades, the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield. The entire world is at war with itself - and has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades, each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne.<br/><br/>On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes that blow through every few day a young spearman forced into the army of a Shardbearer, led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand and doesn't really want to fight.<br/><br/>What happened deep in mankind's past?<br/><br/>Why did the Radiants turn against mankind, and what happened to the magic they used to wield?<br/><br/><b>Readers absolutely love The Way of Kings:</b><br/><br/>'<b>Incredible, impressive or fantastic</b>, all these words are an understatement to the quality this book holds. <b>The Way of Kings is the beginning of a masterpiece series in epic fantasy</b>' Novel Notions<br/><br/><b>'It's multi-POV, action-packed, heartfelt, exciting, thrilling, and I am running out of adjectives' </b>Goodreads Reviewer, Goodreads reviewer,<br/><br/>'<b>The story is mind-blowing</b>, the ideas and thoughts create a world that is believable and intriguing. <b>A strong tale with a well fleshed out world</b> and multidimensional characters that are easy to care about' Goodreads Reviewer, Goodreads reviewer,<br/><br/><b>'The Way of Kings is a huge opening act to The Stormlight Archive which took every single one of these elements of a good fantasy story and elevated the art of storytelling to a different league'</b> Goodreads reviewer,<br/><br/>'Brandon Sanderson is <b>probably the most gifted storyteller of his generation</b>. He's a silent force that strikes you when you least expect it, and <b>with The Way of Kings he introduces a series that will change the history of Fantasy'</b> Goodreads reviewer,<br/><br/>'I've been struck speechless. I've loved Sanderson's books in the past, but this one completely blew me away. <b>I really wish I could give The Way of Kings a sixth star</b>' Goodreads reviewer, </p>

<p>From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic WHEEL OF TIME series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters and sheer addictiveness.<br/><br/>Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.<br/><br/>As the world tips into a war for control of the mythical artifacts of power made from Shard, characters are swept up into new dangers which will threaten their integrity and their lives.<br/><br/>Huge, ideas-filled, world-spanning fantasy from a master of the genre.</p>

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.

<p>In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna&rsquo;s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural! Sukuna reveals that he is the Disgraced One whom the Angel wants to kill. While Itadori grapples with this terrible news, Kenjaku has set in motion plans involving various nations, throwing the culling game into further confusion! To make matters worse, Kenjaku then shows up at the Tombs of the Star Corridor where Master Tengen exists in seclusion!</p>

<p>Number 1 New York Times bestseller. An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Cruel Prince., nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 'Holly Black is the Faerie Queen' - Victoria Aveyard I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear. Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. </p><p>But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. </p><p>Now a year and a day seems like no time at all . . .</p>