A New York Times BestsellerThe Gargoyle is the mesmerizing story of one man's descent into personal hell and his quest for salvation.“An undeniably hot book. . . . It's as engrossing as it is gruesome, the kind of horror you watch with one eye closed. . . . A hell of a story.” —The Washington PostOn a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but his injuries confine h...

A young man is fighting for his life.Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him.Their journey will have you believing in the impossible.The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over - he is now a monster.But in fact it is only just ...

The unseen letters of the only British officer to spend three years in the trenches throughout the First World WarColonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was 'Quite well'. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, ...

Andrew Davidson goes behind the scenes at Britain's largest hospital trust and describes a year in the life of a hospital through the stories of those who work there and those who pass through. St Thomas' Hospital, opposite the Houses of Parliament, is one of the most famous centres of medical excellence in the world. For the past two years it has been the subject of bitter political controversy over the decision to amalgamate it with its rival, Guy's. From the man who runs the Mortuary to...

An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of timeThe narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and suffers horrible burns over much of his body. As he recovers...

Looking back, it seemed like the Old West. Andrew Davidson and a handful of other bootstrapping entrepreneurs were the pioneers of an entirely new era of porn. Mind you, this was not just some new genre of porn. This was a whole new paradigm, top to bottom – concept, content, production, sales and delivery. And it could have been big, really big. Or at least a whole lot bigger than it ultimately became.These visionaries worked from kitchen tables and spare bedrooms to create a revo...

Ulykken rammer, ofte voldsomt, dem, der mindst venter det – præcis ligesom kærligheden. Efter at være rullet ned ad en skrænt i sin bil ligger en mand på hospitalet. Han har alvorlige forbrændinger over det meste af kroppen. Han udholder smerte, vansiring og pinefulde behandlinger, der skal fjerne hans døde og rådnende hud, kun i håbet om at blive rask nok til at gøre en ende på sit liv. Men så dukker Marianne Engel – gargoil-skulptør – op. Hun er overbevist om, at hun plejede ham, i et ti...

The spread of modernity throughout the non-Western world has had transformative effects not only on governments and economies but on the lives of individuals as well. The constraints and opportunities of modernization inevitably lead to the breakdown and supplanting of older social relations and livelihoods. In this volume Andrew P. Davidson examines the Nuba Mountain region of western Sudan to show how individuals and families struggle to maintain or expand their well-being in the face of...

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Ihastuttavan Maisie Dobbs -sarjan toinen osa!Perinteisen jännitysviihteen ystävät hurmannut etsivä Maisie Dobbs selvittää ystävysten murhaa sotienvälisessä Englannissa.Lontoossa eletään kevättä 1930, kun älykäs ja kekseliäs yksityisetsivä Maisie Dobbs palkataan etsimään kadonnutta perijätärtä. Ensi alkuun yksinkertaiselta vaikuttava tapaus mutkistuu, kun perijättären ystävä löydetään kuolleena. Ja sitten toinen. Ja kolmas. Onko katoamisen ja murhien välillä yhteys? Tutkiess...

College Voices tells the story of Christ’s College Aberdeen, a theological college of the Church of Scotland, from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day. This is a rich and colourful story, vividly told, and peopled with many fascinating characters and stories. Written by the College’s administrator, who saw how the personalities of teachers and students alike shone through the formal language of minute books and other records, College Voices relates how the College grew and evolv...

Tunnelmallinen dekkarisarja vie sotienväliseen Englantiin.Hurmaava Maisie Dobbs -sarja yhdistelee historiallista romaania, salapoliisimysteeriä ja romantiikkaa ensimmäisen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Lontoossa. Kuin tehty Elly Griffithsin ja Downton Abbeyn faneille!13-vuotias Maisie Dobbs työskentelee palvelijana aristokraattisessa lontoolaisperheessä. Hänen työnantajansa, suffragetti lady Rowan Compton ottaa älykkään tytön siipiensä suojaan, ja Maisie pääsee opiskelemaan Cam...