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**“Engrossing and suspenseful." *—*The New York Times“Expertly pulls readers in.” —The Guardian“Smith sharply chronicles the revolutionary moment.” — Financial TimesThe origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the inter...

Charming, handsome Trey Anderson balances the pressures of school popularity with a job at his family’s beloved local bookshop, Wonderland, London’s oldest Black-owned bookstore.Quirky, creative Ariel Spencer needs tuition for the prestigious art program of her dreams, and an opening at Wonderland is the answer.When Trey and Ariel learn that Wonderland is on the brink of being shut down by a neighborhood gentrifier, they team up to stop the doors from closing before the Chr...

He was hired to investigate her husband. He never expected to become the only man who truly saw her. Maeve Gallagher has spent months convincing herself that her marriage isn’t as bad as it feels. The cameras are for protection. The rules are reasonable. The isolation is temporary. And if she has to hide in an unused bathroom just to breathe without being watched, that doesn’t mean she’s trapped. It only means she needs to try harder.Keaton “Skee” Vance trusts systems more than peo...

Huck did his best to train his son, Hunky, to follow in his footsteps as a field agent. He failed. Now, Hunky is all that stands between an innocent girl named Charity and certain death between the jaws of living dinosaurs. Uncover the origins of the DoT's most ruthless member as legendary guest artist Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) concludes the series' most brutal arc to date!

A story from the inside when Queensland had the most corrupt police force in the country. This is what it's really like to be an undercover police officer.'Banks has told his story in a raw and honest autobiography. It is the best true crime book published in Australia in a decade.' - John Silvester, Crime Reporter for The AgeUndercover was like guerrilla warfare; to understand your enemy, you had to walk amongst them, to become them. The trick...

BEN SMITH: PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining as a result. 1995: an adolescent Ben arrives at the training ground of one of England's biggest clubs to begin his journey and realise his dream of playing top-flight professional football. Aged just sixteen, he shares pre-season sessions ...

Featuring the same core character as the long-running Spawn comic book, Hellspawn mires the protagonist in a dark, foreboding world of grime and dirty secrets. While Spawn highlights a battle between the dark and the light, Hellspawn is struggling mightily to keep the blackness at bay.This book is the stripped-down ugly essence of Todd McFarlane 's Hell-born creation. This issue: "Love Lost, Part 2 " - A choice between a centuries-old soulmate and a young survivor of Hell leaves the Hellsp...

RUNNING AWARDS 2019 – TOP BOOKThe story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, until they heard his story, then they began to understand. Having endured years of bullying as a child, Ben tried to take his own life.In adulthood, Ben struggled to feel content with the life that was mapped out for him. But having found his passion in running, Ben sold his possessions, escaped his old life and set off on what seem...

VOL 1 – Vanquished is back! Picking up where “Weird Princ{ess}” left off, the mismatched Wisteria Crew desperately speed towards their death as the airship burns out over the ruins of Castle Valiant below, and the Alfainian Lord Umbermane pelts them from a distance. Can Valorie Valiant, the Transgender Princess of Valenguard, survive this and the adventure to come?

In the realm of Havaen, 16-year-old elf Saberen is troubled by nightmares of a growing darkness threatening the peace of his people. Little does he know the great power hidden within him is the world’s only hope. An evil sorcerer, named Sarnav, plans to gather the three Sacred Keys, and use them to steal from its resting place the Supremos – a divine relic containing the very essences of the gods.Saberen must fulfil the prophecy of the Hero, and journey throughout Havaen to find th...

**“Engrossing and suspenseful." *—*The New York Times“Expertly pulls readers in.” —The Guardian“Smith sharply chronicles the revolutionary moment.” — Financial TimesThe origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the inter...

In his saga of a probable life of Quetzalcoatl of Mexico, Ben Nuttall-Smith gives life to scenes of Vikings, Irish monks, North American early peoples and Toltecs through his painter’s eyes via his much research into local flora and fauna. His action-filled, often lethal encounters with varying dialogues spin from poems to prayers in Latin and other rituals, until the reader’s imagination is fed enough to feel seasick on the Atlantic, or taste strange herbs, or be in awe of feather decorat...