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Remember me? Relive Takumi Fujiwara's journey from tofu delivery boy to
street-racing legend in an all-new, large-sized, 2-in-1 print edition
of the series that made Japanese street racing into a worldwide
phenomenon.
Contains a new translation of Initial D Vol. 1-2.
Takumi Fujiwara spends a lot of time behind the wheel. His tofu
delivery job sends him racing down the treacherous roads of Mount
Akina, and without even realizing it, Takumi has mastered racing
techniques that take most drivers a lifetime to learn. Of course, none
of his friends realize this. They're all too busy watching the Akina
Speed Stars, the local street racing team. When the legendary Red Suns
show up to challenge the Speed Stars, the rival team obsesses over a
phantom car, the Trueno Eight-Six, seen racing through the mountain
roads. Who is the driver, and will they take on the dangerous challenge?
This edition is still running in the '90s but features a refreshed
translation and lettering for the 2020s, as well as a special large
size.
In ʼn afgeleë Kalahari-woestyndorpie ontdek ʼn jong Franse non, Léonie Duvernois, dat haar lewe lyflik en aards is; en om lief te hê onkeerbaar soos ʼn fontein in jou opborrel.
Sy leer ken die jong Vader Simon, die kaalvoet priester wat die klein woestynkatedraal eiehandig gebou het en wie se biblioteek vol verbode boeke is. Ook die vreemde hondkind wat hande-viervoet deur die dorpie se strate hardloop en die geheimsinnige, streng Suster Agnes. By die wyse ouma Pop leer sy: “… hier op die aarde het ons net ons lywe en ons moet lewe en glo met ons lywe.”
Wanneer Léonie in die skemerlig kaal swem in die Grootrivier, raak sy met verwondering aan haar borste en heupe en voel hoe die water al langs haar rug streel as sy haar oorgee aan die sorgelose vryheid van ligter word en wegdryf.
Hierdie is die universeel, eg-menslike verhaal van ʼn klein gemeenskap met eie wegsteekdinge, mense vir wie God in die worsteling van hul bestaan soms net ʼn skrale wete is.
A tender, smart, conversation-starting love story which explores questions of identity and the legacy of the slave-trade in 21st-century Britain.
When Layla and Andy first meet, they can't believe they have the same surname. It feels like fate, almost too romantic to be true.
But Sera, Layla's best friend, has her doubts about Andy. As the pair fall deeper and deeper in love, Sera becomes more and more vocal about Layla settling down with a white boy. And then, only a few weeks before their wedding, Layla makes a devastating discovery about their shared name.
What seemed like a fairy-tale romance is rapidly derailed. In part propelled by Sera's rising anger, Layla begins to uncover parts of her history and identity that she had never imagined -- or, perhaps, had simply learnt to ignore. And now, she faces an impossible choice, between past and future, friendship and marriage, the personal and the political.
Can two quiet con men who lost their childhoods find their places
as a part of a family—and with each other? Ever since he watched
his father die, Etienne Couvier has kept to himself. Under the
tutelage of his adoptive family, the Salingers, Tienne grows into a
gifted forger and artist. But no matter how hard they try to draw
him into their midst—and despite the singular pull their friend
Stirling Christopher has on his emotions—he resists.  When
computer tech Stirling lost his foster parents, he found shelter
and love with the Salingers. Stirling knows firsthand what Tienne
has been through, so when an attacker shatters Tienne’s
self-imposed isolation, Stirling urges him into the Salinger crew.
Maybe they can finally explore the quiet attraction between them.
 Then the Salingers announce their next project: an inquest
into the mysterious deaths of Stirling’s adoptive parents. They
descend on the Caribbean for answers, with Stirling and Tienne the
quiet centers of the human justice-seeking hurricane. As they
stretch out of their comfort zones, they learn that being family
means someone always has your back. Hand in hand, they’ll solve
the mystery. They might even be able to live with the
consequences—as long as they do it together. Amy Lane’s Long
Con series follows a crew of civic-minded thieves on their quests
for justice, adventure, and love. Fans of Leverage, heist movies,
and romantic suspense will love The Tech.
Michael Haddad, the teenage son of Palestinian immigrants, comes of
age during the tumultuous sixties in his family’s neighborhood
grocery store in New York City. In 1967 Michael maneuvers through
the working-class neighborhood delivering groceries and enters the
homes and lives of his customers. He’s confronted by the violence
of racist bullies and falls for the radical college coed who
teaches him about sex, love, and protest. Michael grieves with the
mother whose only son died in the Vietnam War and is embraced by
the first black couple who move into the neighborhood. They all
shape him, and through the conflict of hate, acts of kindness, and
his sexual awakening, Michael struggles to figure out who this
dutiful son of an immigrant family is. Michael’s life is buffeted
by the killing of Martin Luther King, Jr, and the death, two months
later, of Bobby Kennedy. His girlfriend opens his eyes to the
ongoing struggle to test national ideals against the growing
diversity of America. But when Michael experiences a sudden
personal tragedy, he must learn to get past his fears, come to
terms with his heritage, and set himself free.
Ismay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join
her brother, Bram, in Australia. But her father has other ideas and
orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn - a man she
loathes. One day, Rory brutally attacks her and Ismay realises she
has no choice but to run away. Disguising herself as an
impoverished young widow, she sets sail for Australia, hoping to be
reunited with her brother. When she meets Adam Treagar on the ship,
she finally starts to believe her dreams of future happiness may
come true. But before they even reach their destination they are
flung into adventures in Suez, Ceylon and Singapore . . . Can Ismay
tell Adam the truth about who she really is? What secrets is Adam
himself hiding? And will Ismay's past catch up with her and
threaten her new life in Australia, before it has even begun?
************** What readers are saying about THE TRADER'S SISTER 'I
was hooked on this story right from the first page to the very end'
- 5 stars 'The Trader series are some of the best books I have read
in many a year' - 5 stars 'Another enthralling book . . .
Fantastic!' - 5 stars 'Can't put these books down' - 5 stars
'Excellent as always from Anna Jacobs' - 5 stars
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Practice
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Rosalind Brown
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An astonishing first novel about a day in the life of a young student who experiences her thoughts, her fantasies, her wishes, as she writes about-or tries to write about-Shakespeare's sonnets.
Six o'clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn-out end of January. In a small room in an Oxford college, cold and dim and full of quiet, an undergraduate student works on an essay about Shakespeare's sonnets.
Annabel has a meticulously planned routine for her day - work, yoga, meditation, long walks; no apples after meals, no coffee on an empty stomach - but finds it repeatedly thrown off course. Despite her efforts, she cannot stop her thoughts slipping off their intended track into the shadows of elaborate erotic fantasies.
And as the essay's deadline looms, so too does the irrepressible presence of other people: Annabel's boyfriend Rich, keen to come and visit her; her family and friends who demand her attention; and darker crises, obliquely glimpsed, all threatening to disturb the much-cherished quiet in her mind.
Exquisitely crafted, wryly comic, and completely original, Practice is a novel about the life of the mind and the life of the body, about the repercussions of a rigid routine and the deep pleasures of literature.
Book 3 of the Dominion Archives Mystery series. A man
is shot through the eye with deadly accuracy. Beside him lies a
metal detector. And Dr. Cate Spencer has decided to join the
investigation. A few months following the events of Speak for
the Dead (book 2 of the Dominion Archives
Mystery series). Dr. Cate Spencer is seeking a temporary
reprieve in the bucolic Eastern Townships of Quebec, where she is
coming to terms with her brother’s death, finding inner peace,
building new relationships, and awaiting a decision about her
future. But when a man is shot through the eye at a neighboring
farm, Cate can’t help but investigate. Her inquiries uncover the
lies, drugs, and violence hidden beneath the picturesque town,
exposing long buried secrets and rocking the tenuous peace Cate has
built for herself.
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Poor Ghost
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David Starkey
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On a September afternoon in Santa Barbara, a private jet carrying
the members of Poor Ghost—one of America’s most storied rock
bands—plunges into the backyard of Caleb Crane, a retired
insurance salesman. Poor Ghost moves back and forth between the
impact of the plane crash on Caleb’s life, and an oral history of
Poor Ghost, from its beginnings as a working-class punk band to
rock icons.
In this sequel to "A Flight Delayed", by the same author, we take
up Kari's story. Mysterious activities in her lovely Scottish
neighbourhood arouse Kari's suspicions, yet she has nothing
definite enough to convince anyone else they need looking into.
When her home is broken into, yet nothing is stolen, Kari is
certain she is not imagining things - but why will no-one believe
her? Determined to uncover the mystery as well as meet the needs of
her clients before she escapes to Zimbabwe to sort out her personal
problems, including her struggle with an eating disorder, Kari sets
herself a deadline of 30 days in which to do it all, and still make
it onto her 'plane. But when she finally is taken seriously by
Tate, one of the detectives in charge of her case, it seems some of
her problems may just be over before she even leaves ...at least,
if God has anything to do with it!
"The truth always loses itself among memories. The truth can be
lost as though it never existed. Not on the ground or anywhere
else. The difference between a historical event and an
insignificant happening in the life of an individual is that the
historical event has witnesses who can differentiate the truth from
the fiction." One evening, thirty year old Afsaneh Sarboland,
dressed only in a thin orange dress, flees her husband and home and
attempts to create a new life. In the story, Afsaneh, a single
writer, struggles to carve a space for herself in the chaotic
society that has been ravaged by the scars of war. Childhood
tragedies, the devastations of war, and an abusive husband have
combined to drive her to madness. Tainted by the shame of being
alone in that night that she cannot remember, she begins to
unravel, mixing the present with memories of the past. Afsaneh is
based on the author's life as a nurse on the graveyard shift in the
early eighties and her experiences on the front during the
Iran-Iraq war. Magical realism and the bitter realities of
contemporary Iran are intertwined. Ravanipur pushes the boundaries
of temporal space, disrupting the notion of traditional textual
layouts
Escape to the beautiful, idyllic English countryside with Fay
Keenan. After a rough year, the last place Lizzie Warner wants to
be is Roseford. It may be a picture-postcard country idyll, but for
Lizzie it will always hold difficult memories from her past. But
when the alternative to staying with her Aunt Bee, owner of
Roseford Blooms, is moving back in with her controlling parents -
well, the choice is easy. Simon Treloar was born and raised to be
the Lord of the Manor, but now he's had to hand over his beloved
Roseford Hall to a heritage charity, he begins to question his
usefulness. Can he find a way to make his mark, or is it better to
walk away from generations of history and strike out on his own?
When Lizzie and Simon meet, they recognise kindred spirits in each
other. But with both questioning their futures, can one magical
summer in Roseford help Lizzie and Simon move on from what is
holding them back? Or is there too much history on both sides for
them ever truly to be happy together? Escape to the country with
Fay Keenan's latest warm-hearted romance, perfect for fans of Holly
Martin, Cathy Bramley and Jo Bartlett. What authors and readers say
about Fay Keenan's novels: 'This novel has such a gorgeous setting.
A lovely light read and the perfect book to pack in your suitcase
and take on holiday. Recommended.' Della Galton 'A gorgeous rural
romance full of warmth and charm.' Victoria Connelly 'Guaranteed to
put a spring in your step. Feel-good, frisky and great fun with a
hearty dash of romance and intrigue.' Julie Houston 'Moving, funny,
thoughtful and romantic. Bring on the next one!' Jenny Kane 'This
is a lovely and heart-warming story, that has a serious side hidden
within the romance.' Amazon reviewer 'It was a wonderful book,
guaranteed to put a smile on your face.' Amazon reviewer 'I was so
engrossed in the storyline, which is thoroughly heart-warming, that
I read the entire book without stopping. I always enjoy Keenan's
books and am looking forward to the next one!' Amazon reviewer
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