Rethinking Media Coverage
In the post-9/11 era, media technologies have become increasingly intertwined with vertical power as airwaves, airports, air space, and orbit have been commandeered to support national security and defense. In this book, Lisa Parks develops the co...
Star Trek Cats
Captain's log: We have entered a galaxy where beloved illustrator Jenny Parks has conjured an astonishingly vivid homage to the original Star Trek series with an unexpected twist: a cast of cats. Featuring a hilarious new take on iconic characters...
Field Folly Snow
The poems in this collection are meditations on the natural world, written from the perspective of what Li-Young Lee has aptly termed "a passionate interiority." The history and geography of the American West inspire many of the poems' i...
BraveTart
If you have ever marvelled at a flawless slice of cherry pie in a television bake-off and wondered if you could re-create it at home, BraveTart is for you. Here are recipes for one-bowl Devil's Food Layer Cake, Blueberry Muffins, Glossy Fudge Brow...
Date Knight
'An enchanting blend of Olivia Dade's warmth and the adventurous spirit of A Knight's Tale, all wrapped up in a spicy romcom that left me grinning from ear to ear.' NetGalley Reader on You've Got Chain Mail **The brand new gaming romcom for 2025 is available to pre-order now! And if you haven't read You've Got Chain Mail, it's available now.** Each book in the Roll for Romance series can be read as a standalone. A side quest he never saw coming... Phil Owen has it all figured out - or rather his character in his weekly role-playing game does. In real life? Not so much. When his best friend's sister Amy Evans returned home broken hearted six months ago, inviting her to join the game seemed like the kind thing to do. But now, all it's done is given her another way to drive him crazy, in more ways than one. Yet when an unwelcome character from Amy's past turns up in her present, Phil gets to play the hero in real life. His quest? Three months as Amy's fake boyfriend, and a chance to turn fantasy into reality... Readers love the Roll for Romance series: 'The characters are loveable, the humour is spot-on, and the romance is heartwarming. A perfect feel-good read!' 'This book was so entertaining that I read it in a single day. Short but sweet and I loved the role-playing game part' 'This book felt like it was made for me: D&D, Renaissance Faire, costumes, romance, competency' 'A cute feel good plot with some nice chemistry' 'What a fabulous slow burn!! This is completely different to any romance book I've ever read... loved the story line along size the sweet romance' 'The characters were complex. The plot was well written and compelling, and the story was interesting.' 'THIS IS LITERALLY SO GOOD. I can't express how much I love this. Cheers to the author for writing this masterpiece'
Italian Life
'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The Times How does Italy really work? When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she h...
Season With Verona
'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' Guardian Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguise...
Hotel Milano
From the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted chronicler of Italy, a classic novel about a man's emotional reckoning in a changed world far from homeFrank's reclusive existence in a leafy part of London is shattered when he is summoned to Milan for the funeral of an old friend. Preoccupied by this sudden intrusion of his past, he flies, oblivious, into the epicentre of a crisis he has barely registered on the news.It is spring, his luxury hotel offers every imaginable comfort; perhaps he will be able to weather the situation and return home unscathed? What Frank doesn't know is that he's about to make a discovery that will change his heart and his mind.Hotel Milano is a universal story from a unique moment in recent history: a book about the kindness of strangers, and about a complicated man who, faced with the possibility of saving a life, must also take stock of his own.
May God Forgive
WINNER OF THE McILVANNEY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2023 Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A...
Bloody January
When Detective Harry McCoy arrives at the scene of a double shooting in the middle of a busy Glasgow street, he is sure of one thing. This was not a random act of violence. McCoy must enlist the help of his criminal underworld connections to find out the truth. How long will it be before McCoy himself ends up on the wrong side of the law?
Say Nothing
A normal Wednesday afternoon, and Judge Scott Sampson is preparing to pick up his six-year-old twins from school. His wife Alison texts with a change of plan - she will be collecting them instead. But when Alison arrives home later she is alone, a...
February's Son
A TOP TEN SCOTTISH BESTSELLER ON DARK NIGHTS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIGHT A FEW FIRES . . . Bodies are piling up with messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control. New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they've brought a dif...
Teach Us to Sit Still
How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies? What can the simple act of sitting still teach us about ourselves? When Tim Parks fails to ...
Italian Education
How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a fascinatin...
Italian Neighbours
"Am I giving the impression that I don't like the Veneto? It's not true. I love it. But like any place that's become home I hate it too." How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When...
Summer House in Santorini
'Oh my gosh I LOVED IT! This was honestly one of the best books I've read in a long while' Georgina, Goodreads One summer in Greece will change everything? Anna's running away. From a failed relationship, a dead-end career and a complicated family...
Summer Wedding in Santorini
Escape to the beautiful Greek island of Santorini for the wedding of the year? Anna has the perfect life on the island of Santorini with her gorgeous vineyard-owning boyfriend Nikos, and she travels the world for work. So why does she feel that so...
April Dead
SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the great Scottish crime writers' The Times 'Brilliant' Sunday Times Crime Club NO ONE WILL FORGET In a grimy flat in Glasgow, a homemade bomb explodes, leaving few r...
Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order
Examining the impact of Japan's invasion and occupation of the lower Yangzi on China's emerging modern business community, this text argues that the war gravely weakened Chinese capitalists, showing that in occupied areas the activities of busines...
The Echoing Green: Poems of Fields, Meadows, and Grasses
The Echoing Green: Poems of Fields, Meadows, and Grasses is a unique anthology of poetry about the natural world. The rich poetic history of grass spans the centuries, from the pastoral poems of ancient Rome to the fields and prairies of the New World. The rapturous idealizations of William Blake's 'echoing green' and William Wordsworth's 'splendour in the grass' stand in vivid contrast to the obliterating greenery on human battlefields in war poems such as John McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' and Carl Sandburg's 'Grass,' or to the work of contemporary poets--Lucia Perillo, Harryette Mullen, Denise Levertov, and Gary Soto among them--who reflect on an age of environmental crisis. Here is a rich array of poets from around the world, including Virgil, T'ao Ch'ien, Bashō, Andrew Marvell, Robert Burns, Victor Hugo, Christina Rossetti, Rainer Maria Rilke, Anna Akhmatova, Willa Cather, Ingeborg Bachmann, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Tomas Transtr mer, Sherman Alexie, and Derek Walcott, in a
Both of You
In a marriage built on lies, the truth will destroy BOTH OF YOU. 'Absolutely gripping' Richard Osman 'Chilling ? and entirely unputdownable' Lisa Jewell 'Had me gasping at the twist' Ian Rankin 'Ambitious, nail-biting, darkly voyeuristic' Louise C...
Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative
This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of pub...
Gunner
A brand new crime series from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books 'A notably original protagonist . . . swept up in a high-level conspiracy reaching from Whitehall's corridors of power to Berlin and Rudolf Hess's doomed flight to Sco...
Mr Geography
Daniel Burrow once began a beautiful walk from Konstanz to Como with Julia, mercurial professor of literature, mother to two of his pupils, married, and the love of his life. After years of their secret affair, they stepped out together on top of ...
One Last Secret
One Last Secret ... would you kill to keep it? 'Absolutely gripping' Lisa Jewell'I'll drop anything for a new Adele Parks' Lucy Foley'Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying' Karin Slaughter'Parks gets better and better' Gillian McAllister'Original and utterly compelling' Peter James One last clientA week at a beautiful French chateau should be an easy final job for Dora. She's smart, stunning and discreet.She only needs to convince the other guests that she's Daniel's girlfriend.One last chanceOne final, luxurious week and she can leave the dangerous, difficult escort world, because Dora has fallen in love and is ready to embrace a better future.One last secretBut as the guests assemble, it becomes terrifyingly apparent that putting her past behind her is impossible. And one last secret could cost Dora everything, including her life...From the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks comes a blisteringly provocative novel about power, sex, money and revenge.Praise for One Last Secret: 'Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best' Lisa Jewell'I'll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time' Lucy Foley'Poolside perfection' Daily Mail'A whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying twists and turns and powerful emotional undercurrents' Karin Slaughter'An astonishing achievement, Parks gets better and better' Gillian McAllister'A high-octane read' Prima'Whip-smart, original and utterly compelling' Peter James'Serves up the perfect dose of escapism laced with tension and darkness' Cosmopolitan'Adele Parks is the queen of the domestic drama' Sally Hepworth'Deliciously deceptive and darkly satisfying. I loved it' Jane Fallon'Adele Parks goes fearlessly into worlds ... She pulls it off every time' Jane Corry'Tense' Best'5*... This dark, twisted tale gets better with every page' The Sun'With its beautiful setting and compelling story, this is definitely one to add to your summer reading list' My Weekly'A sassy voice and - in true Parks style - a serpentine twist that comes back to bite you' Saga
Sista Akten
Tommy Jump är en arbetslös skådespelare. Men FBI kontaktar honom och erbjuder honom hans livs roll att under falskt namn spela en dömd fånge i ett federalt fängelse för att kunna bli vän med en annan fånge, den vanärade bankdirektören Mitchell Dupree, som vet var dokument som kan krossa en hänsynslös knarkkartell finns gömda men som vägrar att avslöja var de finns.Kvinnorna i Tommys liv, hans fästmö och hans mor, säger att han är galen som ens reflekterar över att åta sig rollen. Kartellen har på kort tid lyckats dominera den amerikanska marknaden för metadon, något den inte har gjort med silkesvantarna på. Men Tommys skådespelarkarriär har gått i stå och FBI erbjuder honom ett minimum av 150 000 dollar för sex månaders arbete vare sig han får tag i dokumenten eller inte.Under sitt nya namn placeras Tommy på ett lågsäkerhetsfängelse och inleder arbetet med att komma Dupree nära. Tommy inser snart att han underskattat både svårigheterna med sitt uppdrag och kartellens skräckinjagande resurser. FBI är inte ensamma om att leta efter dokumenten, och spelar inte Tommy sin roll perfekt kan uppdraget mycket väl bli hans sista akt. Den här romanen är definitivt inte författarens sista akt, och den ger ytterligare substans åt den prestige och de lovord och kommit Parks till del. - Associated Press Här är Parks lättare till sinnes och fokuserar på skarpt tecknade personer och vass dialog, perfekt för dem som vill ha sin spänning humoristisk snarare än blodig. - Library JournalPrisvinnare Brad Parks presenterar en övertygande och mycket underhållande thriller som lever tack vare trovärdiga personer och som undviker schabloner. - Sun-SentinelSista akten är fullmatad av överraskningar och har smarta och tuffa kvinnliga centralgestalter som står till tjänst med den intelligens och våghalsighet som möjliggör det lyckliga slutet. - Virginia Pilot Brad Parks romaner har översatts till femton språk och vunnit internationellt gensvar, inte minst högsta beröm från kritiker och inte minst hittills fem priser till årets bästa kriminalroman. Han tog sin universitetsexamen vid Dartmouth College och var tidigare reporter vid Washington Post. Numera är han författare på heltid och är bosatt i Virginia tillsammans med sin fru och två barn i skolåldern.
The Novel
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always...