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In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the
North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need
soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there
is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all
the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and
survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire. The Wolf
Age takes the reader on a thrilling journey through the bloody
shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early
medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy
cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing and
bribery abound as Tore Skeie weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with
breathless dramatization to bring the world of the Vikings and
Anglo-Saxons to vivid life.
From the mind of a psychologist comes a chilling domestic thriller
that gets under your skin. "Creepy, compelling and very well
written" Harriet Tyce At first it's the lie that hurts. A voicemail
from her husband tells Sara he's arrived at the holiday cabin. Then
a call from his friend confirms he never did. She tries to carry on
as normal, teasing out her clients' deepest fears, but as the hours
stretch out, her own begin to surface. And when the police finally
take an interest, they want to know why Sara deleted that
voicemail. To get to the root of Sigurd's disappearance, Sara must
question everything she knows about her relationship. Could the
truth about what happened be inside her head? "A wonderful
storyteller" Chris Whitaker "Wonderfully creepy, twisty and
compelling" Karen Hamilton "Masterfully paced and hauntingly
written" Anna Bailey "Gets under your skin" Jo Spain "I couldn't
put it down" Sarah Ward Translated from the Norwegian by Alison
McCullough
A page-turning and powerful medical mystery for readers of
Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders and The Beauty in Breaking by Michele
Harper More than 20 million Americans have autoimmune diseases,
which occur when the immune system attacks the body. Autoimmune
diseases are often misdiagnosed by doctors and overlooked by
medical researchers. Almost all affect women more often than men.
The Immune Mystery follows doctor and researcher Anita Kass's quest
to solve the autoimmune puzzle, beginning with the premature death
of her mother, who developed rheumatoid arthritis shortly after
giving birth to Anita. As a child, Anita vowed to study the illness
and one day find a cure. Becoming a respected doctor and
researcher, Anita devoted herself to studying auto-immune disorders
like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis. Why do so
many autoimmune diseases start to show symptoms during and after
childbirth, perimenopause, and menopause? Could autoimmune diseases
be linked to our changing hormones? Despite the groundbreaking
nature of her research, Anita had to fight for her ideas against
the conventional wisdom and casual sexism of the medical
industry--even as she made a discovery that earned her a
record-breaking US$95 million pharmaceutical deal. A compelling
blend of incredible determination and cutting-edge science, The
Immune Mystery changes the way we think about autoimmune diseases.
Anita offers solace to patients struggling with questions about
their health, and introduces a powerful new voice in medical
storytelling.
"An absolutely prime slice of Scandicrime . . . the writer channels
her professional expertise into a noteworthy domestic thriller"
Barry Forshaw, FT "Having hit a bull's-eye with . . . The Therapist
. . . Helene Flood repeats the trick with another twisty tale of
domestic goings-on . . . teasing and pleasing the reader till the
very last page" Sunday Times Crime Club "The Lover is taut, clever
and irresistible" Anna Bailey "A wonderful storyteller" Chris
Whitaker Is it worse to deceive to your husband or the police?
Rikke is lying to them both. But how many lies can she get away
with? When her upstairs neighbour Jørgen is found murdered, she's
questioned alongside her husband. How can she admit that she and
Jørgen were having an affair? Or explain to the police the
complexity of her feelings? The hint of relief that he's dead. And
what would they say if they knew she used a spare key to enter his
apartment the morning after he was killed? Rikke knows she can't
hide the evidence of the affair from the police. And if she's
caught in her lie, suspicion will turn to her. With her perfect
family life threatening to unravel, Rikke realises that finding the
killer is the only way to put herself in the clear. So long as the
killer doesn't get to her first. Praise for The Therapist "Creepy,
compelling and very well written" Harriet Tyce "Wonderfully creepy,
twisty and compelling" Karen Hamilton "Masterfully paced and
hauntingly written" Anna Bailey "Gets under your skin" Jo Spain "I
couldn't put it down" Sarah Ward "A marvellously assured debut
thriller" Irish Times. "A striking debut" Spectator Translated from
the Norwegian by Alison McCullough
TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many
diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which
the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects -
through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more.
The book is difficult to put it down' Saskia Sassen, The Robert S.
Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York 'The
ultimate book about Great Britain's capital' Dagbladet 'One of the
best books of the year! . . . This is a book about what a city is
and can be' Aftenposten Is there a street in London which does not
contain a story from the Empire? Immigrants made London; and they
keep remaking it in a thousand different ways. Nazneen Khan-Østrem
has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they
already knew. She travels around the city, meeting the very people
who have created a truly unique metropolis, and shows how London's
incredible development is directly attributable to the many
different groups of immigrants who arrived after the Second World
War, in part due to the Nationality Act of 1948. Her book reveals
the historical, cultural and political changes within those
communities which have fundamentally transformed the city, and
which have rarely been considered alongside each other. Nazneen
Khan-Østrem has a cosmopolitan background herself, being a
British, Muslim, Asian woman, born in Nairobi and raised in the UK
and Norway, which has helped her in unravelling the city's rich
immigrant history and its constant ongoing evolution. Drawing on
London's rich literature and its musical heritage, she has created
an intricate portrait of a strikingly multi-faceted metropolis.
Based on extensive research, particularly into aspects not
generally covered in the wide array of existing books on the city,
London manages to capture the city's enticing complexity and its
ruthless vitality. This celebration of London's diverse immigrant
communities is timely in the light of the societal fault lines
exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. It is a sensitive and
insightful book that has a great deal to say to Londoners as well
as to Britain as a whole.
"An absolutely prime slice of Scandicrime . . . the writer channels
her professional expertise into a noteworthy domestic thriller"
Barry Forshaw, FT "Having hit a bull's-eye with . . . The Therapist
. . . Helene Flood repeats the trick with another twisty tale of
domestic goings-on . . . teasing and pleasing the reader till the
very last page" Sunday Times Crime Club "The Lover is taut, clever
and irresistible" Anna Bailey "A wonderful storyteller" Chris
Whitaker Is it worse to deceive to your husband or the police?
Rikke is lying to them both. But how many lies can she get away
with? When her upstairs neighbour Jorgen is found murdered, she's
questioned alongside her husband. How can she admit that she and
Jorgen were having an affair? Or explain to the police the
complexity of her feelings? The hint of relief that he's dead. And
what would they say if they knew she used a spare key to enter his
apartment the morning after he was killed? Rikke knows she can't
hide the evidence of the affair from the police. And if she's
caught in her lie, suspicion will turn to her. With her perfect
family life threatening to unravel, Rikke realises that finding the
killer is the only way to put herself in the clear. So long as the
killer doesn't get to her first. Praise for The Therapist "Creepy,
compelling and very well written" Harriet Tyce "Wonderfully creepy,
twisty and compelling" Karen Hamilton "Masterfully paced and
hauntingly written" Anna Bailey "Gets under your skin" Jo Spain "I
couldn't put it down" Sarah Ward "A marvellously assured debut
thriller" Irish Times. "A striking debut" Spectator Translated from
the Norwegian by Alison McCullough
How Many Lies Can She Get Away With? "An absolutely prime slice of
Scandicrime . . . the writer channels her professional expertise
into a noteworthy domestic thriller" Barry Forshaw, FT "The Lover
is taut, clever and irresistible" Anna Bailey "A wonderful
storyteller" Chris Whitaker Is it worse to deceive to your husband
or the police? Rikke is lying to them both. When her upstairs
neighbour Jorgen is found murdered, she's questioned alongside her
husband. How can she admit that she and Jorgen were having an
affair? Or explain to the police the complexity of her feelings?
The hint of relief that he's dead. And what would they say if they
knew she used a spare key to enter his apartment the morning after
he was killed? Rikke knows she can't hide the evidence of the
affair from the police. And if she's caught in her lie, suspicion
will turn to her. With her perfect family life threatening to
unravel, Rikke realises that finding the killer is the only way to
put herself in the clear. So long as the killer doesn't get to her
first. Praise for The Therapist "Creepy, compelling and very well
written" Harriet Tyce "Wonderfully creepy, twisty and compelling"
Karen Hamilton "Masterfully paced and hauntingly written" Anna
Bailey "Gets under your skin" Jo Spain "I couldn't put it down"
Sarah Ward "A marvellously assured debut thriller" Irish Times. "A
striking debut" Spectator Translated from the Norwegian by Alison
McCullough
TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many
diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which
the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects -
through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more.
The book is difficult to put it down' Saskia Sassen, The Robert S.
Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York 'The
ultimate book about Great Britain's capital' Dagbladet 'One of the
best books of the year! . . . This is a book about what a city is
and can be' Aftenposten Is there a street in London which does not
contain a story from the Empire? Immigrants made London; and they
keep remaking it in a thousand different ways. Nazneen Khan-Ostrem
has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they
already knew. She travels around the city, meeting the very people
who have created a truly unique metropolis, and shows how London's
incredible development is directly attributable to the many
different groups of immigrants who arrived after the Second World
War, in part due to the Nationality Act of 1948. Her book reveals
the historical, cultural and political changes within those
communities which have fundamentally transformed the city, and
which have rarely been considered alongside each other. Nazneen
Khan-Ostrem has a cosmopolitan background herself, being a British,
Muslim, Asian woman, born in Nairobi and raised in the UK and
Norway, which has helped her in unravelling the city's rich
immigrant history and its constant ongoing evolution. Drawing on
London's rich literature and its musical heritage, she has created
an intricate portrait of a strikingly multi-faceted metropolis.
Based on extensive research, particularly into aspects not
generally covered in the wide array of existing books on the city,
London manages to capture the city's enticing complexity and its
ruthless vitality. This celebration of London's diverse immigrant
communities is timely in the light of the societal fault lines
exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. It is a sensitive and
insightful book that has a great deal to say to Londoners as well
as to Britain as a whole.
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES
GLOBETROTTING PICK A remarkable and heartbreaking debut novel with
the lyrical beauty and emotional resonance of By Grand Central
Station I Sat Down and Wept and the thematic complexity of
Asymmetry, that combines fractal mathematics and classical music to
explore the infinitely complex patterns of love and the thin border
between great passion and great loneliness. Rakel has always been
more comfortable with numbers than with people. A gifted woman with
a rare talent for math, she has never mastered the art of making
friends. At nineteen, she moves to Oslo to attend university. There
she meets Jakob, a brilliant older teacher who becomes fascinated
by Rakel's quick mind. Jakob is struck by the similarities between
Rakel and Sofja Kovalevskaja, the first woman to become a professor
of mathematics, and the subject of the novel he is writing. Just as
Kovalevskaja was close to her much older advisor, Rakel and Jakob
are drawn to each other and eventually become lovers, although he
is already married. In the years to come, Rakel's academic career
soars, but her health declines, and from her bedside she spends
hours imagining Sofja's life while trying to understand her own.
With a gaze both naive and mercilessly sharp, she examines what may
be her life's only love story, looking for patterns and answers in
numbers, music, and literature. Extraordinarily wise and
penetrating, Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine explores the
intricacies of the human heart, the complicated equation that is
love, and the search to find meaning and connections when you need
them most. Translated from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough
From the mind of a psychologist comes a chilling domestic thriller
that gets under your skin. **One of Cosmopolitan's 25 of the best
books to read this summer 2021** "A wonderful storyteller" Chris
Whitaker "Creepy, compelling and very well written" Harriet Tyce
"Wonderfully creepy, twisty and compelling" Karen Hamilton
"Masterfully paced and hauntingly written" Anna Bailey "Gets under
your skin" Jo Spain "I couldn't put it down" Sarah Ward At first
it's the lie that hurts. A voicemail from her husband tells Sara
he's arrived at the holiday cabin. Then a call from his friend
confirms he never did. She tries to carry on as normal, teasing out
her clients' deepest fears, but as the hours stretch out, her own
begin to surface. And when the police finally take an interest,
they want to know why Sara deleted that voicemail. To get to the
root of Sigurd's disappearance, Sara must question everything she
knows about their relationship. Could the truth about what happened
be inside her head? Translated from the Norwegian by Alison
McCullough
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