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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

For more than 40 years, communism held eight European nations in its iron fist. Yet by the end of 1989, all of these nations had thrown off communism, declared independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.

It’s 1989 and journalist Allie Burns is growing up. Older and maybe wiser than the hustling young hack we met in 1979, she’s running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But there’s plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV/AIDS that will shock her into a major change of direction.

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE A sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city forever—and anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation—from the bestselling author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning “A...

Two teenage brothers must survive the crime, drugs and gang violence of the streets after their mother is forced from the home. A long lost relative turns up on their doorstep with the scheme of a lifetime and a duffle bag for of drugs. Sex, money and murder dominate their lives, devastates their future and it all begins in 1989.

Personal catastrophes are like an earthquake: They leave us too shaken to know what to do next, afraid that every step we take might spark another upheaval. But we can learn to resist our human instinct to hide from challenges. In this entertaining modern-day fable, Vince Poscente introduces us to the well-intentioned, conscious ant and the habitually fearful, subconscious elephant as seismic destruction changes their world and ultimately forces them to leave their oasis.

For three years, a serial killer known as the Penny Murderer terrified Monroe, Georgia. His signature was leaving a note on the body starting with "A penny for your thoughts". Detective Mike Allen and his team tracked down and arrested Samuel Johnson for 12 murders. Throughout the trial and even after his conviction, Johnson always proclaimed his innocence. The controversial trial divided the city, and things exploded when he was found dead in his cell shortly afterward. A cover-up?

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture, quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the original words! This must-read is also a must-listen!

The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. It is a great story—but it never happened. In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Rodric Braithwaite, the former British ambassador to Moscow, challenges much of what we know about the Soviets in Afghanistan. He provides an inside look at this little-understood episode, using first-hand accounts and piercing analysis to show the war as it was fought and experienced by the Russians.

Tour Tales Two continues right where Tour Tales One left off. It’s now nineteen eighty-eight, and for better or for worse, the Grateful Dead are back in style. Gone are the days of not being able to find your car after a show. In volume two, the stakes are raised as our main character, George, and his friends begin to grow up and become more and more dedicated. Can they still find fun in all this repetition? Will they be able to survive in a post “Touch of Grey” world? Where’s the Dog Star? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in Tour Tales Two, the uproariously ...

1989, Life Chronicled is a memoir in the form of poetry of the author's life, love, and their shared experiences. In this reflection and retrospection, their lives written.

Retro Pro Wrestling presents The Complete History of Starrcade, featuring thoughts and analysis of every match, angle, and interview from the National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling's flagship event. From Ric Flair taking on Harley Race for the world title at A Flare for the Gold to Sting earning the title of 'Wrestler of the 90s' at Future Shock, part 1 of this series reviews all of the Starrcade events from the 1980s. Alongside Sting and Flair, you'll also read about matches including Lex Luger, The Youngbloods, The Steiner Brothers, The Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, ...

Calling all Swifties! Taylor Swift: Stories, Anecdotes, and Inspiration From Across the Eras is more than just a book recounting the life and work of your beloved icon—it lets you in on an extraordinary experience of her exquisite eras! You start your day, coffee in hand, and as you scroll through your feed, there it is—yet another feature on Taylor Swift. You can’t help but smile, recalling the countless times her music has been the backdrop to your life, from the euphoric highs to the gut-wrenching lows. As the rhythm and lyrics flow through your mind, it dawns on you just how much ...

What if the greatest mystery of your childhood came back to find you? In the summer of 1989, six kids from a small upstate New York town discovered something impossible in the abandoned quarry caves. Metal detectors in hand, Iron Maiden t-shirts faded from countless washes, they stumbled upon a secret that would change everything they thought they knew about the world. Then they vanished without a trace. For thirty years, Detective Carmen Santamaría has carried the weight of that unsolved case—the one that destroyed her career, shattered her family, and left her drowning in whiskey and ...

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, a fatal dose of poison meant for a glamorous movie star fells her ardent admirer instead—and Miss Marple is there to unmask a murderer. One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the...

With The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and 33 of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2020.

“A chiller” (The New York Times Book Review) and #1 New York Times bestseller horror about a writer’s horrific and haunting pseudonym that destroys everyone on the path, leading to the man who created him—in this psychological horror novel by Stephen King. After thirteen years of...

The book of Acts is Luke's record of the apostles' work after Jesus' ascension, though it might better be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit in the Early Church. Join us for this series with Pastor Skip Heitzig, as we see how Jesus continues working today through the spirit-empowered church.

This is the sixth chapter of The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic Cover-up, Charles Ortleb's riveting history of the HHV-6, AIDS, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemics. Ortleb was the publisher and editor-in-chief of New York Native, the amazing newspaper that broke the biggest medical stories of the 20th century. Nobody in the world has done more than Ortleb to sound the alarm about all the diseases linked to HHV-6. In this chapter of The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic Cover-up, Neenyah Ostrom reports on how the NIH scientist assigned to research Chronic Fatigue Syndrome attempted to ...

A preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry—and the celebrity—of Taylor Swift “This is an outstanding look at one of the world’s most beloved entertainers.”―Kirkus (starred) Taylor Swift has become a peerless superstar, ceaselessly productive and...