In a crowded room, you are never truly alone. Standing behind you is the person you almost became.We all carry a secret. It is the life we didn't live. It is the "Ghost Life"—the path not taken, the words not spoken, the art not created. For most of us, the ghost stays in the shadows. But for six strangers across the globe, the shadows are starting to scream.In Echoes From Elsewhere, author Daniel Boaz weaves a breathtaking...

A shattering psychological drama based on a true story of unintended betrayal, where the most honest friendships are destroyed not by malice, but by the devastating power of silence.At the center of a quiet classroom sits a desk of three: Noah, the Protector; Elior, the Mediator; and Lyra, the Diplomat, the anchor of their small emotional republic. For Noah and Lyra, their friendship is an unwritten contract of trust.This perfect geometry is ruptured by one innocent act: Lyra...

Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington:Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot.Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push, eat English food on a package holiday in Majorca. Which isn't exactly Michael Palin, is it? So what happened when he was convinced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World?Travel broadens the mind, right? You'd think so...

Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle books - indeed, one of the greatest travel books - ever written.In 2001, at the age of 69, Ted Simon decided to retrace his journey, and DREAMING OF JUPITER is the result. It took him ...

On a lonely stretch of Welsh coastline a fisherman is killed by a hideous creature from beneath the waves. When the Doctor and Rose arrive, they discover a village where the children are plagued by nightmares, and the nights are ruled by monsters. The villagers suspect that ancient industrialist Nathanial Morton is to blame, but the Doctor has suspicions of his own.Who are the ancient figures that sleep in the old priory? What are the monsters that prowl the woods after sunset? Wha...

On a warm Autumn afternoon, Tivoli Gardens - Denmark's largest amusement park - is devastated by a terrorist attack. 1,241 people are killed. The unknown bomber is blown to bits; the security forces have no leads.One year later, the nation is still reeling, and those behind the attack are still at large. Amidst the increasingly frustrated police force, Superintendent Lene Jensen is suffering the effects of tragedy closer to home. Everyone is aware the terrorists may soon strike aga...

"In our hothouse present, where technology is little more than vapour, Tim Maughan catches those fleeting moments of possibility in stories that ought to have no shelf-life whatsoever – and which, regardless, linger in the mind. I don't know how he does this. I don't know whether he is very naive, or very clever. One thing I do know: these stories are very, very good." – Simon Ings, author of Hot Head, The Weight of Numbers and Dead Water."Hip, cutting-edge cyberpunk with a techno ...

Mourad Hafiz appears to have dropped out of university and disappeared. Engaged by his family to try and find him, Makana comes to believe that the Hafiz boy became involved in some kind of political activity just prior to his disappearance. But before he can discover more, the investigation is sidetracked: a severed head turns up on the riverbank next to his home, and Makana finds himself drawn into ethnic rivalry and gang war among young men from South Sudan. The trail leads from a churc...

Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories.Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk.With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached r...

In a world of ash, an angel longs for freedom. Can a firebird be her salvation?In the crumbling ruins of Tangier, Perrin, an angel, has survived the brutal world of viejos and street gangs by hiding her light and fighting for every breath. But when a strange firebird named Michael crashes into her life, she is forced to confront the impossible dreams she has kept buried: escape, freedom, and finding the family she thought lost forever.Michael comes...

Running a bed and breakfast in Riad Waqi, an old courtyard house in exotic Marrakech, is not the escape it seems for Ramzi, a disillusioned Scottish scientist. He cannot decide who are more exasperating, staff or guests, especially when one of the visitors, Paul Gallisot, a young Frenchman, is murdered in the city.Up for a challenge, Ramzi turns detective and makes his own investigations into the killing, at a time when Morocco prepares for the festival of Eid and the ritual slaugh...

This book will not leave you alone! You would not want it to.St. Albans, Hertfordshire (UK), cathedral, first Christian martyr in England, charm and not far north of London. Den (21) and Derek (25) were born and raised there. They found themselves working at the same place. Life soldering electronic circuit boards for radios? No! They came up with a simple plan. They would drive to Dover and catch a boat, to Giibraltar and catch a boat, to Cairo and catch a boat, to New Zealand. Si...