Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, & yet the Emperor`s ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored. Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as he`s never before been seen: as heart-broken husb&, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener & spy master. It will show a man at his nadir rise up against the global odds to build a miniature island empire, turn his two greatest foes into his closest confidantes, & return to France without firing a single shot. ...

A killer at large in a remote Basque Country valley, a detective to rival Sarah Lund, myth versus reality, masterful storytelling
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A killer at large in a remote Basque Country valley, a detective to rival Clarice Starling, myth versus reality, masterful storytelling
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Euridice is young, bright & ambitious. A talented musician, she dreams only of fame & fortune. But this is Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s, & the one thing society expects of its women: to be loving wives & mothers. So when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, breaking her parents` hearts, Euridice sacrifices her own aspirations to marry conventional Antenor, spending her days ironing his shirts & removing the lumps of onion from his food. As his professional success grows, so does her feeling of restlessness. Throwing convention to the wind, the irrepressible Euridice dreams up an array of creative ventures to escape her humdrum family life, to the distress of her tradition-loving husb&. & then one day the free-spirited Guida suddenly reappears, & together the two sisters set about forging their own paths in life. With a cast of unforgettable characters, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is a darkly comic novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature. ...

`A real gem of a book` Stylist A wickedly funny tale of two rebellious sisters in 1940s Rio de Janeiro‘ Why Euridice & Antenor married, no one knows for certain.’ Euridice is bright & ambitious. But this is Brazil in the 1940s, & society expects her to be a loving wife & mother. While Antenor is busy congratulating himself on his excellent catch, Euridice spends her spends her humdrum days ironing his shirts & removing the lumps of onion from his food, dreaming of the success she could have made from herself – as a writer, dressmaker or culinary whizz – in another life. Her free-spirited sister Guida, on the other h&, is the kind of person who was ‘born knowing everything’. When she returns from her failed elopement with stories of heartbreak & loss, the lives of Euridice & her husband are thrown into confusion, with disastrous consequences. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is a darkly comic debut, bursting with vibrant Brazilian spirit & unforgettable characters – a jubilant novel about the emancipation of women, perfect for fans of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different & Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton. ...

The sweep of a century, the hand of history, three women whose lives will never be the same again. As the twentieth century dawns, so begins one of the most dramatic periods in the history of South America. Women are emancipated, Che Guevara & Fidel Castro free Cuba, the Perons take power in Argentina, & three generations of Firielli women are to live, love, & fight for their independence & freedom. Pajarita is the founder of the dynasty, born into a rural village & constantly chafing against its narrow confines. A love-match with a circus performer offers her escape, but she is trapped in a cage of another sort when her husband becomes a monster. Her spirited daughter, Eva, enters a world shaken by revolution. Fleeing childhood abuse, & alienated from her mother, she heads to Buenos Aires, but the glittering circles she moves in cannot erase the memories of her past. Her daughter, Salome, driven by political passion becomes a guerrilla fighter, but her idealism turns to tragedy when she is captured, & brutalised. From bohemian Buenos Aires to the hills of Rio de Janeiro; from tangos to demonstrations; from the broad sweep of history to the intimate lives of the Fierelli family, The Invisible Mountain traverses a changing South America, in which some things
- love, family, hope
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Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis & delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he had promised to find Rose Janko. Rose was married to the charismatic son of a travelling gypsy family, Ivo Janko. When Ray starts to investigate her disappearance he's surprised that her family are so hostile towards him. The Jankos have not had an easy past. They are a clan touched by tragedy
- either they are cursed, or they are hiding a terrible secret. Could it be that Rose's discovery of that secret led to her disappearance all those years ago? Soon Ray wishes that he'd never asked the question. In a novel that is totally different from Stef's extraordinary debut The Tenderness of Wolves, she shows herself once more to be a matchless storyteller.
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” During the 1970s & early 80s, dozens
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During the 1970s & early 80s, dozens
- perhaps hundreds
- of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos &

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Rising from the waters between Greece & Italy, the Ionians
- peaks of an underwater mountain range
- are some of the most culturally,

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