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From life in an East End pub to fame on a global stage, Matt Johnson – founder, songwriter and visionary lynchpin of iconic band The The – created some of the most engaging, challenging and enduring music of his era.
Then he walked away from it all.
In this authorised biography Neil Fraser has drawn back the curtain on a brilliant enigma. Neil Fraser has gained unprecedented access to Matt Johnson and his The The archives. He has conducted...
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Unmasking the Invisible Scars: Journeying Through Hidden Traumas to Find Healing.
In The We You Don't See, Dr. Helen Sairany unravels a narrative that's both gripping and deeply transformative. Drawing from her own experiences growing up amidst the horrors of war in Iraq, and juxtaposing them with her mission to heal traumatized refugee girls, this book is a testament to the indomitable human spirit.
Within these pages, readers are not only taken...
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The night that Greta thought of the opportunity to turn her life around, a strong and icy wind from the north was lashing the sea, she could still remember it. she made her mind up: she was going to run away. Thus begins "The long shadow of a dream", lives intertwining, pride, recurring stories, emotions and passions… destinies. Greta is a girl who decides to take her life in her hands but then realizes that she has never really broken away from...
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The Long Shadow of Waterloo explores how Waterloo was remembered by the various nations involved, including the French, British, Germans, the influence it had on these nations (and others, including the USA) and how this changed over the 100 years following the battle. The Battle of Waterloo ended a century of war between France and Great Britain and became a key part of their national identity, serving their political needs as the battle was refought...
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Dark Olympus novels volume 6
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"A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Eurydice and Orpheus and Charon. Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she's finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family...and the ex who shattered her heart. Perhaps rough hands on soft skin are exactly what she needs to forget her heartbreak once and for all? Charon Ariti has been Hades's right-hand man for years. He's given everything to the lower city, but...
10) The Amber Menhir
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With each new dawn, the celestial body known only as 'Calamity' draws closer-and with it the end of the world. Humanity's only hope from oblivion rests in the menhirs, towering bastions of scholarship and imagination which cast long shadows across the lands. The scholars within the menhirs devote themselves selflessly to the discovery of new magic that will help avert the impending apocalypse... or so the masses have been made to understand.
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In the picturesque town of Southampton in the year 1900, where the whispers of the sea intertwined with the melodies of love, a heart-warming love story unfolded between a woman named Elizabeth Smith and a gentleman named Thomas Jones.Yet, amidst the blossoming love, a shadow loomed - the disapproval of Elizabeth's family.Welcome on a journey back in time to the Southampton of 1900, where love knows no bounds, where the past casts its long shadow...
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“The More You Hate Me” is a memoir-in-essays collection that examines the author's experience with his father's suicide and the layered influence of the film Full Metal Jacket on both men. As Andy Smart navigates the worlds of his past, present, and future, Kubrick's Vietnam war movie casts its long shadow over him, his is a story of what it means to live each day as a sequel to the last. This isn't just a suicide memoir or a survivor's victory...
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After a harrowing abduction orchestrated by Chloe's sister, Chloe and Lloyd finally found the courage to reveal their true feelings for each other. As their bond transforms from professional to personal, the two of them are set adrift in uncharted emotional waters. Surrounded by new friends, trusted colleagues, and a couple of unexpected guests from Chloe's past, the couple embarks on a journey to understand what it means to love and to be loved....
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A recovering alcoholic must face his demons in the 'land of the dead.' Two actresses become dangerously consumed by an experimental approach to making theatre. A married couple travels to their old vacation spot in search of everything they've lost. A neighborhood's misguided efforts to remove a gaggle of domestic geese lead to the transformation of a young boy. Two lifeguards wrestle over thorny questions of guilt and accountability in the long shadow...
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The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill by standing up to dictators.
In The Second World War Chris Bambery tests this position in a thorough account of the war and demonstrates why it continues to dominate...
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TWO NOVELLAS BY TALENTED AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR BERNARD MARIN ON THE LONG SHADOW CAST BY WAR...
BREAKFAST WITH PAUL: WE BEG TO DIFFER.
Two old friends meet every Saturday for breakfast. Outwardly, their lives have followed similar paths-both are Jewish, both migrated from Europe after the war-but their childhoods are very different and shaped them in ways they are struggling to understand. Will their differences ultimately divide them, or bring them closer...
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Star Wars Bounty Hunters volume 35
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The end of an era for the Bounty Hunters! In the aftermath of their battle with Inferno Squad, Valance and T'onga are joined by the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy: Khel Tanna! Deathstick! Durge! And...Boba Fett?! The ruthless mercenary in the Mandalorian armor has been marked for death by the Black Sun Syndicate, but this new team has something to say about that! Then, as the saga of the Dark Droids casts a long shadow, Zuckuss, 4-LOM...
18) Fortune
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A mother's ultimate sacrifice...; A brother's dark obsession...; And one woman's desperate fight for survival...;
Something dark and dangerous had long shadowed Skye Dearborn's life. She had seen the fear of it in her mother's eyes. It was there, locked in her memories of blood spilling across a gleaming floor. In the sound of her own screams. And in the terror she'd felt the night her mother disappeared.
Then fortune smiled on Skye. With help she...
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Thirty feet of rope bridge is all that keeps Nevin from escaping an abusive home life, but fear proves stronger than pain. When a lapse in memory and a bloody canteen coincide with the arrival of the Baron's constabulary, Nevin unwillingly goes on the run. Wherever he hides, fire and soldiers follow.
But why does it feel like it's him they're looking for?
The inferno chasing him casts a long shadow, and from that darkness emerges a covetous...
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Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #297-300, Uncanny X-Men Annual (1992) #17, X-Men (1991) #17-23, Stryfe's Strike File And X-Men Unlimited (1993) #1. Magneto and Stryfe cast a long shadow over mutantkind! The X-Men travel to Russia when Colossus visits his sister, Illyana, formerly the New Mutants' Magik! But the sadistic Soul Skinner is loose, and the Russian government will do anything to stop him - even if that means shattering Colossus' family! Then,...
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