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Killing Time
Jodi Taylor
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From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST
MARY'S. 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K.
MCDONNELL --- 'I'm just stepping outside. I might be some Time.' Is
this Luke Parrish sacrificing himself to save others? A ghost
train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night with two members of
Team 236 trapped on board while the third struggles to track their
progress through the Time Map and effect a rescue. With Lt Grint
and Team 235 in hot pursuit, what is the future for Team 236? And
do they even have one? BOOK 5 IN THE TIME POLICE SERIES FOR FANS OF
TERRY PRATCHETT, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND DOCTOR WHO Readers
love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only because I couldn't
give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so much
reading a book' 'A new Jodi Taylor book is something I always get
excited about'
Ninth book in the bestselling UK time-travel series, The Chronicles
of St. Mary’s This is the first book in the series that will
publish at the same time as the UK edition, which should guarantee
us strong co-promotion, cross-publicity, and word-of-mouth buzz
Starting as a self-publishing phenomenon in the UK in 2013, the
first book in the St. Mary’s series has nearly 1,000 US Amazon
reviews (nearly 1,400 on Amazon UK) and the author has nearly
45,000 total Goodreads ratings. British author Jodi Taylor has an
established fan base (St. Mary’s-branded mugs, clothing, and
other memorabilia are now sold on her site, after reader demand)
and enough strong word-of-mouth buzz to make noise far outside the
fantasy genre Time travel contextual comps include the romance and
adventure of Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) (and Gabaldon and Taylor
have similar tear-through-the-latest-book-in-the-series followers),
but the author also is inspired by the romantic screwball comedy of
Connie Willis (Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog)
From the bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. Life is
good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police
officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And
Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut. But Time waits for no one
and neither do criminal masterminds. A major threat to the Timeline
is looming, one far deadlier than mere idiots who want to change
history. And when a familiar face becomes a Very Important Lead,
will conflicting family loyalties spell trouble for Team Weird? One
missing. One guilt-ridden. And one facing the end of their Time
Police career before it's even begun. Not so good then, after all.
FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND JASPER FFORDE.
Readers love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only because I
couldn't give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so
much reading a book' 'I am always gutted when I finish a Jodi
Taylor book as I know I will have to wait for the next one'
'Joyous, breakneck-speed adventures' 'Lots more in this series
please' 'This book is BRILLIANT' 'Brilliantly conceived and
flawlessly written'
Redefining Mainstream Popular Music is a collection of seventeen
essays that critically examines the idea of the "mainstream" in and
across a variety of popular music styles and contexts. Notions of
what is popular vary across generations and cultures - what may
have been considered alternative to one group may be perceived as
mainstream to another. Incorporating a wide range of popular music
texts, genres, scenes, practices and technologies from the United
Kingdom, North America, Australia and New Zealand, the authors
theoretically challenge and augment our understanding of how the
mainstream is understood and functions in the overlapping worlds of
popular music production, consumption and scholarship. Spanning the
local and the global, the historic and contemporary, the iconic and
the everyday, the book covers a broad range of genres, from punk to
grunge to hip-hop, while also considering popular music through
other mediums, including mash-ups and the music of everyday work
life. Redefining Mainstream Popular Music provides readers with an
innovative and nuanced perspective of what it means to be
mainstream.
The Festivalization of Culture explores the links between various
local and global cultures, communities, identities and lifestyle
narratives as they are both constructed and experienced in the
festival context. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from
Australia and Europe, festivals are examined as sites for the
performance and critique of lifestyle, identity and cultural
politics; as vehicles for the mobilization and cementation of local
and global communities; and as spatio-temporal events that inspire
and determine meaning in people's lives. Investigating the manner
in which festivals are no longer merely periodic, cultural,
religious or historical events within communities, but rather a
popular means through which citizens consume and experience
culture, this book also sheds light on the increasing diversity of
contemporary societies and the role played by festivals as sites of
cohesion, cultural critique and social mobility. As such, this book
will be of interest to those working in areas such as the
sociology, consumption and commodification of culture, social and
cultural geography, anthropology, cultural studies and popular
music studies.
BOOK 14 IN THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES, FROM THE
MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JODI TAYLOR. ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ 'Brilliant,
hilarious, keeps you on your toes' Reader review 'The characters
make me come back time and time again' Reader review 'I have not
found another author who can tell a story involving time travel as
well' Reader review ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ St Mary's is under
investigation. Their director has been shot and Max is Number One
Suspect. Can things get any worse? We all know the answer to that
one. Max needs to get away - fast - and a Brilliant Idea soon leads
her to a full-scale uprising in twentieth-century China. If she can
come by a historical treasure or two in the process, even better.
That is, if she makes it out alive. Then there's the small matter
of Insight - the sinister organisation from the future hell bent on
changing History for their own dark ends. Having successfully
infiltrated their ranks, Max is perfectly placed to stop them. But
she knows her cover will soon be blown - because it's already
happened. Can Max take down Insight before they come after her? The
circle is closing, and only one can survive... For fans of Terry
Pratchett, Jasper Fforde, Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club
series and Doctor Who. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT JODI TAYLOR
'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything...
Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have
seduced me' READER REVIEW 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of
Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K.
MCDONNELL 'This amazing series is anything but formulaic. Just when
you think you've got to grips with everything, out comes the rug
from under your feet' READER REVIEW 'Wonderfully imaginative' SFF
WORLD 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it'
READER REVIEW 'Every page bubbles with energy' BRITISH FANTASY
SOCIETY 'St Mary's stories are the much-anticipated highlight of my
year' READER REVIEW 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me
completely hooked' READER REVIEW 'A tour de force' READER REVIEW
The Festivalization of Culture explores the links between various
local and global cultures, communities, identities and lifestyle
narratives as they are both constructed and experienced in the
festival context. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from
Australia and Europe, festivals are examined as sites for the
performance and critique of lifestyle, identity and cultural
politics; as vehicles for the mobilization and cementation of local
and global communities; and as spatio-temporal events that inspire
and determine meaning in people's lives. Investigating the manner
in which festivals are no longer merely periodic, cultural,
religious or historical events within communities, but rather a
popular means through which citizens consume and experience
culture, this book also sheds light on the increasing diversity of
contemporary societies and the role played by festivals as sites of
cohesion, cultural critique and social mobility. As such, this book
will be of interest to those working in areas such as the
sociology, consumption and commodification of culture, social and
cultural geography, anthropology, cultural studies and popular
music studies.
High adventure and dark mystery combine in this sparkling
historical romance from the internationally bestselling author of
the Chronicles of St Mary's series. Elinor Bascombe, widowed and
tied to an impoverished estate, has learned to ask little of life.
With no hope of leaving, the years have passed her by. Lord Ryde,
exiled abroad after a scandal, has returned to strip his estate and
make a new start in America. A chance encounter changes their
plans, plunging Elinor and Lord Ryde into adventure and not a
little peril until, finally, they are forced to confront the
mystery of what happened on That Night, all those years ago. Are
they both so entangled in the riddles of the past that they are
about to miss this one last opportunity for future happiness?
Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Quirky, historical fiction, well
seasoned with humour' 'Witty, fast-paced, fun and fantastic' ' I
can't remember when I last enjoyed a book this much' 'Revels in the
speech, habits and atmosphere of the Regency'
Redefining Mainstream Popular Music is a collection of seventeen
essays that critically examines the idea of the "mainstream" in and
across a variety of popular music styles and contexts. Notions of
what is popular vary across generations and cultures - what may
have been considered alternative to one group may be perceived as
mainstream to another. Incorporating a wide range of popular music
texts, genres, scenes, practices and technologies from the United
Kingdom, North America, Australia and New Zealand, the authors
theoretically challenge and augment our understanding of how the
mainstream is understood and functions in the overlapping worlds of
popular music production, consumption and scholarship. Spanning the
local and the global, the historic and contemporary, the iconic and
the everyday, the book covers a broad range of genres, from punk to
grunge to hip-hop, while also considering popular music through
other mediums, including mash-ups and the music of everyday work
life. Redefining Mainstream Popular Music provides readers with an
innovative and nuanced perspective of what it means to be
mainstream.
From the bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. Life is
good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police
officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And
Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut. But Time waits for no one
and neither do criminal masterminds. A major threat to the Timeline
is looming, one far deadlier than mere idiots who want to change
history. And when a familiar face becomes a Very Important Lead,
will conflicting family loyalties spell trouble for Team Weird? One
missing. One guilt-ridden. And one facing the end of their Time
Police career before it's even begun. Not so good then, after all.
FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND JASPER FFORDE.
Readers love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only because I
couldn't give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so
much reading a book' 'I am always gutted when I finish a Jodi
Taylor book as I know I will have to wait for the next one'
'Joyous, breakneck-speed adventures' 'Lots more in this series
please' 'This book is BRILLIANT' 'Brilliantly conceived and
flawlessly written'
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About Time (Hardcover)
Jodi Taylor
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R647
R534
Discovery Miles 5 340
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From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST
MARY'S. 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K.
MCDONNELL --- Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police.
And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of her life... After
their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the
Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero. Then
one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy
historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is
attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered. And investigations
are about to lead to the one place where no officer can legally
tread. Worst of all, trouble is brewing for Luke, Jane and Matthew
as a shocking revelation threatens to tear Team Weird apart for
good. FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND JASPER
FFORDE. Readers love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only
because I couldn't give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed
out loud so much reading a book' 'I am always gutted when I finish
a Jodi Taylor book as I know I will have to wait for the next one'
'Joyous, breakneck-speed adventures' 'Lots more in this series
please' 'This book is BRILLIANT' 'Brilliantly conceived and
flawlessly written'
'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a
swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL 'A great mix
of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical
fun' ***** Meet St Mary's - a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets
who hurtle their way around History. - If the whole of History lay
before you, where would you go? When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is
recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she
discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they
revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the
death. And Max soon discovers it's not just History she's
fighting... BOOK 1 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF
ST MARY'S SERIES For fans of Jasper Fforde, Doctor Who, Genevieve
Cogman and Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club Readers love Jodi
Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes
everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max"
Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and
humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St
Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an
imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even
harder . . . Discover this funny, heart-warming tale of
self-discovery from Jodi Taylor, author of the internationally
bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series. Nobody ever notices
little Jenny Dove. Even her family call her the Nothing Girl.
Isolated and alone, Jenny is about to end it all when she is
rescued by Thomas, a giant golden horse only she can see. Under his
mischievous guidance, Jenny begins to think she might one day
become someone. And when the charmingly chaotic Russell Checkland
erupts into her life - together with his tumbledown farmhouse - and
proposes a marriage that will save them both, Jenny is ready to
take a chance. Sadly, her new life at Frogmorton Farm doesn't
exactly sweep Jenny off her feet. There are leaking roofs, unpaid
bills and so many buckets. And then, as a series of apparent
'accidents' unfolds, Jenny begins to worry this might not be a
fairy-tale ending after all... Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'I haven't
met a Jodi Taylor book I didn't love, they get you right in the
feels' 'Has you laughing and crying in equal measure' 'Beautifully
written, captivating and witty' 'A surprising gem of a book'
Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series by international
bestselling author, Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from the
much-loved Chronicles of St Mary's series. Perfect reading for fans
of Doctor Who, Ben Aaronovitch and Jasper Fforde. 'Inventive and
entertaining... a fast-paced and fun first book in what promises to
be an excellent new series' Culturefly A long time ago in the
future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Everyone
seized the opportunity - and the world nearly ended. There will
always be idiots who want to change history. And so, the Time
Police were formed. An all-powerful, international organisation
tasked with keeping the timeline straight. At all costs. Their
success is legendary, and the Time Wars are over. But now the Time
Police must fight to save a very different future - their own. This
is the story of Jane, Luke and Matthew - arguably the worst
recruits in Time Police history. Or, very possibly, three young
people who might just change everything. Readers love DOING TIME:
'I blooming well loved this book. Read start to finish in only a
couple of sittings' ***** 'Excellent start to this St Mary's
Chronicles spinoff series. There is Taylor's trademark humour,
along with moments of real lump-in-the-throat poignancy' *****
'Another superb book from the pen of Jodi Taylor' ***** 'This book
does not disappoint' *****
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About Time (Paperback)
Jodi Taylor
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R490
R406
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From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST
MARY'S. 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K.
MCDONNELL --- Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police.
And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of her life... After
their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the
Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero. Then
one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy
historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is
attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered. And investigations
are about to lead to the one place where no officer can legally
tread. Worst of all, trouble is brewing for Luke, Jane and Matthew
as a shocking revelation threatens to tear Team Weird apart for
good. FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND JASPER
FFORDE. Readers love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only
because I couldn't give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed
out loud so much reading a book' 'I am always gutted when I finish
a Jodi Taylor book as I know I will have to wait for the next one'
'Joyous, breakneck-speed adventures' 'Lots more in this series
please' 'This book is BRILLIANT' 'Brilliantly conceived and
flawlessly written'
The ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series
which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle
their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben
Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. They say you
shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove
every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes
back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting
accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording
and documenting. And, arguing - obviously. A chance meeting between
Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one
that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her
private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon
recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a
better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.
From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a
medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration -
Max is determined that this time, he will not escape. Readers love
Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes
everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max"
Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and
humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St
Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an
imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
''So much fun' BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY Team Weird are back causing
havoc in the Time Police in this irresistible spin-off series by
international bestseller Jodi Taylor, author of The Chronicles of
St Mary's. If you love Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club, Jasper
Fforde or Doctor Who, you'll love the Time Police. --- The Time
Police do not have problems. They have challenges. Idiots who want
to change history have always proved 'challenging'. But now
temporal tourism is on the rise - highly illegal but highly
lucrative. If you're prepared to take the risk. To face down this
threat the Time Police will despatch their toughest undercover
agents. Which is fine until the unthinkable happens. Replacements
are needed fast and who better than three young officers who don't
even look the part? Step forward Jane, Luke and Matthew. They may
be about to graduate, but there's still plenty of time for
everything to go wrong. Throw in the Versailles time slip, a covert
jump to Ancient Egypt and a race against Time itself and you've got
yourself an assignment worthy of Team Weird. Readers can't get
enough of TEAM WEIRD: 'This got five stars only because I couldn't
give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so much
reading a book' 'I never thought I would love another series as
much as St Mary's but the adventures of Luke, Jane and Matthew just
keep getting better and better' 'I'm breathless with excitement and
anticipation as I turn every page' 'As ever, Jodi has us
alternately chortling, anxiously worrying about the characters'
fates and dreading getting to the end of the book
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