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Peter Heller

Now a major film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin.'A love-letter to things of beauty' GILLIAN FLYNN'Magical and life-affirming' GUARDIAN'A perfectly pitched post-apocalyptic tale' MARIE CLAIREHig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper,...

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Peter Heller

ONE OF THE OBSERVER THRILLERS OF THE YEAR: 'GLORIOUS PROSE AND RAZOR-SHARP TENSION''LYRICAL AND ACTION-PACKED**'** Guardian'I COULDN'T TURN THE PAGES FAST ENOUGH' Clare Mackintosh'IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN, OR FORGET**'** Sunday Mirror'GLORIOUS DRAMA AND LYR****ICAL FLAIR Denise Mina, New York TimesTwo friendsWynn...

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Peter Heller

**The best-selling author of The River returns with a vibrant, lyrical novel about an enforcement ranger in Yellowstone National Park who likes wolves better than most people. When a clandestine range war threatens his closest friend, he must shake off his own losses and act swiftly to discover the truth and stay alive.“A good story that’s intertwined like leaves afloat in a river with the current of Heller’s descriptive powers… Filled with Heller’s lush writing… Powerful....

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Peter Heller

'Exceptionally good... A frighteningly plausible nightmare'Observer, Thrillers of the month'Extraordinary: a unique blend of thriller, post-Covid dystopia and paean to the healing properties of nature'Guardian'Peter Heller's thrillers unfurl like campfire yarns'New York Times'An ever so subtly dystopian wilderness noir that speculates on the horrors of a post-pandemic ...

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Peter Heller

The bestselling author of The Dog Stars returns with a riveting novel of one man’s resilience against the ocean’s ferocious power as a husband finds himself swept out to sea off the coast of Maine and, while fighting for his very survival, encounters the looters and profiteers who seek to enrich themselves amid the chaos of the storm.“Get off the island. This is a bad one.” When Jordi Stohlquist’s phone rings in the pre-dawn hours, the ocean looks...

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Peter Heller

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Vintage Contemporaries

Peter Heller’s masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past.Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawk...

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Peter Heller

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violenceEvery year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with sec...

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Peter Heller

The bestselling author of The Dog Stars returns with a riveting novel of one man’s resilience against the ocean’s ferocious power as a husband finds himself swept out to sea off the coast of Maine and, while fighting for his very survival, encounters the looters and profiteers who seek to enrich themselves amid the chaos of the storm.“Get off the island. This is a bad one.” When Jordi Stohlquist’s phone rings in the pre-dawn hours, the ocean looks...

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Peter Oborne, Richard Heller

*CHARTING THE RISE AND FALL OF FIRST-CLASS CRICKET: WHAT COMES NEXT?'A remarkable account of cricket's fascinating journey from its origins ... to the present day.' Ehsan Mani, former President of the ICCSHORTLISTED FOR THE DEREK HODGSON CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDIn its early forms in the 18th century, cricket was a commercial entertainment, a vehicle for gambling alongside cock-fightin...

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Peter B. Heller

This reader presents case studies from a number of sources that illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. Along the way, the introductory text and cases suggest that advanced technology (high tech) is not always compatible with the different settings in emerging societies with other geographic, economic, social, cultural, and political environments. This may be a delicate message to convey with ref...

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Diane Poole Heller, Laurence S. Heller

Trauma following automobile accidents can persist for weeks, months, or longer. Symptoms include nervousness, sleep disorders, loss of appetite, and sexual dysfunction. In Crash Course, Diane Poole Heller and Laurence Heller take readers through a series of case histories and exercises to explain and treat the health problems and trauma brought on by car accidents.

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Peter Heller

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Mark Deakins

A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief.Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel.But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who e...