Twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, although Northern Irish politics has avoided returning to the bloodshed of the Troubles, by every other metric it has objectively failed. The botched parliament at Stormont lumbers from crisis to crisis & has scarcely passed any laws. At the time of writing, Sinn Fein & the DUP are refusing to share power & Northern Ireland is facing being run directly from London. This remarkable book examines power-sharing & the peace process in Northern Ireland on the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement & asks what it has achieved beyond an end to violence. She concludes that, although it brought an end to violent blood shed on Northern Ireland`s streets, it also failed to create healthy & functional politics. The Good Friday Agreement served an important purpose in 1998, but has since been out-paced by local & global politics. It is no longer fit to facilitate the peaceful politics it made possible, as the current collapse of power-sharing sadly shows. ...

Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable
- streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew &, miraculously, his lost love, Lena. However, in the same way she refused to leave with him before the war, Lena won`t join him now without finding her husband & Emil has disappeared from the safe care of the Americans who, turning a blind eye to his links with Hitler, want his expertise as a rocket designer for themselves. Trawling through the shambles of the city, through the illegal night clubs & the thriving black market, Jake discovers that the twilight war of intrigue between west & east has already begun & that he could quite easily be one of its first casualties. This superb novel from the author of Leaving Berlin is now rightly considered a modern classic.
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFEStop worrying about being nicer, calmer or more patient. Be a d*ck. It all began for Alexandra Reinwarth when she said `F*ck you!` to a friend. Realising this person was making her life a misery, she ditched her. This one small act of rebellion sparked a huge change in the way Alexandra forever dealt with social guilt about everything. The Good Girl`s Guide To Being A D*ck will teach you how to embrace your inner d*ck, guiding you through who & what to get rid from your life, to stop worrying about what others think, & how the seemingly small things in life can have a huge impact on the quality of your every day living. Alexandra shows you how to embrace your own needs & desires to live the life you`ve always wanted. Learn to say what you want, ask for what you need & get the life you fully deserve. Go on, be a d*ck. ...

The Good Guide to Portobello is a concertina effect pocket guide to the world-famous area of London, complete with a handy overview street plan & locator key to help you find the over 100 places recommended in the listings. A mini history of Portobello/ Notting Hill is provided & the product is divided into sections looking at a good day, good markets, good food & drink, good shopping, good secrets, a good night, good info & good offers. ...

What if we celebrated men for their kindness as well their strength? For their generosity as well as their career success? For their loyal friendship as well as their charisma? The Good Guys introduces us to fifty men who have showed that changing the world doesn`t require a sword or a corporate jet. Readers will find stories of extraordinary men including David Attenborough, Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler & Usain Bolt, as well as unsung heroes such as James Harrison, who has spent fifty years donating his rare blood to save millions of babies. There`s even a section celebrating ten boys who didn`t let their young age stop them from helping others, such as Matthew Kaplan, who responded to his brother`s bullies by setting up an anti-bullying programme for schools. The Good Guys celebrates the feats of heroes & everyday men, & will inspire readers to transform the world through compassion, friendship & understanding. ...

0th Anniversary edition! The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain & Irel&. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their entry as they do in most rival guides. No money changes hands, & the editors & inspectors do not accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels. This year The Good Hotel Guide proudly celebrates its 40h year of publication with another careful selection of over 800 superb places to stay. Over the past forty years, it has established a unique position as a reliable & independent guide, which has won more media praise than any other hotel guide on the market. Whether your taste runs to luxury castles or simple B& Bs, The Good Hotel Guide has the answer. The entries are based on readers recommendations backed up by independent, expert inspections. The Guide specializes in hotels of individual character, mostly owner-managed, in outstanding locations. It is unusual in its ruthless independence & honesty. It tells it like it is. For those wanting a break from chain-managed hotels, it is invaluable. ...

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander Mc Call Smith sees winter turn to spring across the red hot earth but all is not quite as it should be on Zebra Drive. The usual number of cases arrive to be looked in to, from persistent theft at Teenie Magama’s printing works to the case of three suspicious deaths at the Mochudi hospital, but there is also discontent in the ranks. Charlie is off on another escapade & Mma Makutsi’s impending marriage threatens her happy working relationship with Mma Ramotswe. & when Mr J. L. B. Matekoni decides to try a little detective work, disaster looms. ...

How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you`re most fitted to play is `wife of a terrorist`? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated & used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go `home` to India when your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to be an ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick ` Other`? Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian & minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, The Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay & what it means to be `other` in a country that doesn`t seem to want you, doesn`t truly accept you
- however many generations you`ve been here
- but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms. Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants
- job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees
- until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over & become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary &
- most importantly
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How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you`re most fitted to play is `wife of a terrorist`? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated & used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go `home` to India when your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to be an ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick ` Other`? Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian & minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, the Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay & what it means to be `other` in a country that doesn`t seem to want you, doesn`t truly accept you
- however many generations you`ve been here
- but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms. Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants
- job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees
- until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over & become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary &
- most importantly
- real.





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NOW A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERThis is a life told back to front. This is a man who has lied all his life. Roy is a conman living in a small English town, about to pull off his final con. He is going to meet & woo a beautiful woman. He will swiftly move in with her & together they will live the seemingly calm life of a retired couple
- evenings in front of the television, a little holiday in Berlin. Then he will slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con & what has he had to do to survive this life of lies? & why is this beautiful woman so willing to be his next victim?
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