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She wasn't born a killer, she was just an ordinary girl planning to go on holiday with her boyfriend who had paid and organised a welcome break from the monotonous routine of life, only that she had also planned to kick her boyfriend out of her life as soon as they returned home. What could possibly go wrong ?It took just one little decision to transform our cute little teenager into a bloody notorious serial killer, even though she did not understand...
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PTSD is a 4 Letter Word. Actually it's an acronym but it's also quite the life sentence, a curse in its own right. PTSD is a 4 Letter Word is a poetry collection about mental health, about what it is like to live with depression, PTSD, intrusive thoughts, eating disorders and dissociation. There are three parts. My Head is a Battlefield, My Scars and My Fixes. My Fixes is at the last and is more hopeful, more outward looking.This is a dark poetry...
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Nothing lasts forever yet nothing stays the same the world is constantly changing, on this tormented planet where the humans survive, where the humans play where the humans destroy their playground.This is a collection of poetry by the twisted mind of a prolific poet , most of these poems extracted from his underperforming blog of poetry to be finally shared with a worldwide audience, he constantly pushes the boundaries on what is poetry and what...
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Pigmalión, de George Bernard Shaw, es un clásico atemporal que explora los temas de la clase social, la identidad y la transformación. La obra gira en torno al profesor Henry Higgins, experto en fonética, que acepta el reto de transformar a Eliza Doolittle, una pobre florista con un fuerte acento cockney, en una refinada dama de habla impecable. A medida que Eliza se somete a este cambio lingüístico y social, no sólo cambia su apariencia externa,...
7) Rising
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Irish Republican martyrs rise against overpowering British forces to spark the revolution at Easter 1916, while the Clans search for unity and treasure to honor the Clans Pact of their ancestors in the third book, Rising in The Irish Clans historical fiction eight novel series. Follow Tadgh, Morgan, eventually Collin and their compatriots through the brutal Rising and its aftermath.
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About the Book
New York hitman arrives in London for what should be a
simple job. It unravels fast and he wakes up in hospital, then
finds himself on the run into the wilds of Essex. Can he stay
in front long enough to get away?
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Ian Jones loves to write, and has published several books to
great reviews. When he's not working he loves walking,
music and motorbikes. He lives in London with his family
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"[A] big, brave, compassionate play about grief, revenge, forgiveness and bearing the unbearable." --The Guardian
One evening, ten-year-old Rhona goes missing. Her mother, Nancy, retreats into a state of frozen hope. Agnetha, an academic, comes to England to research a thesis entitled "Serial Killings: A Forgivable Act?" Then there's Ralph, a loner with a bit of a record who's looking for some distraction . . . Drawn together by horrific circumstances,...
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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and Nominated for the 2017 PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography
A captivating exploration of A. E. Housman and the influence of his particular brand of Englishness
A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad made little impression when it was first published in 1896 but has since become one of the best-loved volumes of poetry in the English language. Its evocation of the English coun - tryside, thwarted love, and...
12) Sappho and Phaon
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"Sappho and Phaon" by Mary Robinson is a poignant sonnet sequence that breathes life into the legendary tale of the ancient poetess Sappho's tragic love. Robinson, known as 'the English Sappho,' was a pioneering female author and feminist trailblazer with a dramatic life story. Abandoned by her father at a young age, she turned to teaching and acting, capturing the heart of the Prince of Wales before transforming into a respected writer.
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In these searching, songful poems, Marc Woodward reflects on the ricketiness of life; of the body, and on the certainty of earthworms. His imagery elevates the natural world to its rightful place; birds, sky and trees glimmer like new-found things, while his pragmatism puts on its boots, picks up its keys and looks you straight in the eye.
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