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In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson and Meera Syal.

In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. Wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating, it will delight music lovers of all stripes. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Nick Cave, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Jude Law, Stephen Mangan, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson and Mark Strong.

The Muffin Man is widely regarded as the first documented serial killer. He prowled the streets of the Seven Dials neighborhood of London just three and a half miles from White Chapel and possibly the most famous of all killers. When a prostitute witnesses the Muffin Man take a life and decides blackmail is a better option than going to the police, the Muffin Man seeks out help to deal with her.

When one woman returns from college to find a bloody house and her family dead, it is her duty to strike back. Her family has honed their killing skills for nearly 1,400 years, and their influence has been felt through some of the biggest events in history. Kings, popes, generals, and presidents have all fallen at their hands. How one man and a team of hired mercenaries hopes to stand up against the deadliest family the world has ever known is anyone’s guess. The attempt to wipe them out was unsuccessful.

The veil is sealed for 30 days and Izzy is looking for distractions to help her forget about Aethan. When a strange dragon and rider appear in Eynsford, Izzy and Isla travel with Emerald to another world. There, they discover the mystical city of Millenia; home to to a band of renegade dark faeries, Ubanty, and dragons. Unable to return, Izzy is forced to battle pirates, assassins, and the advances of the devastatingly handsome Turos. But at home, the shadow of war is marching across the land. Santanas is back and gathering an army, and Izzy is needed.

A top model has become obsessed with retaining her youthful look to prolong her career. After overhearing a conversation involving a photographer who has just done a shoot with her commenting on air brushing small lines around her eyes she goes off the deep end. She spending days researching anti-aging products and procedures. A story about Countess Elizabeth Báthory, the Blood Countess, plants the seed of using blood to hold back age. A short while later her friend has an accident that gives her the opportunity to try applying blood to her face as an anti-aging treatment.

A story of first love that will break your heart, this bittersweet debut novel follows two teenagers whose all-consuming relationship is tested by the forces of class, prejudice, and addiction. “Reading this book is like holding a heartbeat in your hands.”—Amy Jo Burns, author of Mercury...

Die Fortsetzung des Weltbestsellers Letters of Note! Shaun Usher hat erneut in den Archiven der Welt recherchiert und unglaubliche Briefe ans Tageslicht befördert: Ergreifende Liebesbriefe, hochkomische Korrespondenzen oder auch völlig skurrile Schriftstücke. Mit Briefen von Slyvia Plath, Eric Idle, Jane Austen, Kathrine Mansfield, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thomposon, J.K. Rowling, Raymond Chandler, Lionel Feuchtwanger, Richard Burton, Noel Coward, Marge Simpson, David Bowie.

Speeches of Note is a celebration of oratory old, new and unspoken. It is an obsessively curated, richly illustrated and sumptuously produced collection of speeches from throughout the ages. Some are surprising, inspiring, hilarious; others are moving, comforting, enlightening. Some of these speeches changed the course of history; others are all but unknown, even undelivered to this day, such as the chilling public announcement to be made by President Nixon should Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become stranded on the moon. All are extraordinary.

Children who died before being born return to earth to seek vengeance for the lives they were denied.

She was a blue blood socialite. He was an organized crime kingpin. His business never spilled over into her restaurant, until her best friend and one of his henchmen caused a problem. How do you get rid of a dead body when the police have cameras watching all the exits? Through the kitchen, of course.

Iovah and Eryki are both Celestians, creatures that influenced the creation of all things as the human species know them to be. But Iovah was never the one god and Eryki is not the devil as have been described. Iovah performed an immoral experiment on the human species. Eryki seeks to rectify the damage the experiment created. Their fight over human kind shook the heavens over Earth. Now the human species has a choice to make. Accept the truth and heal the damage or continue to embrace the great mistake and plunge head long into oblivion.

A killer who strikes every year during the holidays. A new hot shot detective on his tail. Five women at the mercy of a mad man. But he has made a mistake this year and he has taken more than he is prepared to deal with. It’s a race to cross a finish line of blood. Who will win; the killer, the cop or the memory come back as a haunting ghost.

When werewolves clash with witches and break a peace treaty all hell breaks loose. Spells and teeth claim eyes for eyes while vampires pit the groups against each other in their own long game for dominance. But super naturals forget just how smart and dangerous witches can be. When the fae and a ghost that can kill both get involved, the balance of power will never be the same.

It started as an innocent game among friends. Then the changes of teenage years pushed the game beyond boundaries of childish fun. Girls and boys notice each other’s changes. Infatuations become crushes. Crushes lead to physical curiosities. The game becomes a catalyst of desire. When a tall, dark, handsome man moves in next door, the girls take more than a passing notice. One girl more than the others. A crush becomes an obsession and unrequited love leads to drastic actions. Only those who dare shall succeed.

What happens when a dysfunctional family gets all mixed up with a crime family? The lines between what is business and what is personal get blurred to the point of being nearly completely erased. Personalities clash and family ties of both types get stretched to their limits. Money can justify just so much when family loyalties are at odds with good business practices. Family ties can only justify so much bad behavior. When family and ‘family’ clash, something has got to give and deals for family members’ lives have got to be made.

Forced to marry a traitor to the Realm, Bridget helps her fiancé face the music.

At long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist—written by the ancients themselves. How to Travel gathers classic texts from Greek and Roman writers to explore what today’s audiences can learn from ancient encounters with unfamiliar peoples, places, and customs.

It's been thirteen years since the Dark Years ended. Thirteen years since the mad War Faery responsible was imprisoned in stone. Now, with goblin attacks on the rise, it seems Galanta, the Goblin Queen, is intent on returning the land to chaos and terror. Isadora Scrumpleton is trying not to think about the Dark Years. She's just been chosen by her "familiar", found out she's half faery, and discovered she's dating the second-in-line to the Faery Throne. That's enough for one teenage witch to handle. But when goblins attack her village, Izzy is forced into action....

Neef has always been a storyteller and her story now, working in a café in London, is that her name is Jennifer. Jennifer never knew a boy called Danny, never loved him, never had him wrenched away from her. But when Neef was a teenager, and her troubled mother moved them into a flat above a pub in a working-class Yorkshire town, Danny was her whole world. Neef and Danny. Danny and Neef. Despite absent parents and small-town bigotry directed at Danny for the colour of his skin, they found solace in each other.