'The imagination has its sanctuaries, too.'High up in the Hindu Kush, between the ancient pagan Kalash people and the new medievalists of the Taliban, a charismatic young Spaniard, Jordi Magraner, made his home, mastering the local languages and customs before meeting his death in the most mysterious way. In this magisterial book, Gabi Martínez sets off in Jordi's footsteps to the land of the giants in order to try to solve the riddle of this murder and of Jordi's life.Jordi Magraner was a brilliant student of the natural world, whose lab was the ravine and the scarp and the tent. His observational investigations led him to places where the legendary barmanu had been sighted, and he began to develop a thesis about the life of the wild man. His passion for pursuit and discovery took him onto ever more perilous terrain in the Pakistani-Afghan borderlands... Views: 10
Rhodes’s Reward: Heroes for Hire, Book 4 Views: 10
Metal music is my life, and I've made a career documenting bands as they tour.It's the best of both worlds-- a free concert every night, a place to sleep and no strings attached.I only have one rule. Don't date or otherwise screw around with the client.But I never said anything about love.Brent Andrews knows my rules.And he's about to make sure he's an exception to them.All of them.Even the ones I didn't know I had. Views: 10
The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved series, adapted for ITV's Grantchester which stars James Norton as Sidney Chambers. Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton.It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna and their ageing Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Plunged into another murder investigation, Sidney discovers a world of hippies and psychedelic plants, where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker.This is the first of many disturbing secrets that Sidney unearths beneath the tranquil surface of the diocese: a celebrated photographer is accused of rape; a priceless religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college; the authentication of a lost masterpiece proves a slippery business; and Sidney's own nephew goes missing.Endeavouring to fit in his clerical duties around sleuthing, Sidney continues to... Views: 10
Jackson knows how to get what he wants. Whether it's sweet-talking his friends into buying lunch or convincing teachers to give him extensions, he feels entitled to take whatever he wants—even a day off school or a new pair of shoes. Now he's set his sights on Abby, a troubled girl fresh out of juvie who only has eyes for Bryce, the go-to dealer of a dangerous new drug called kryptonite. Views: 10
Non-Fiction 1927Summary:Gertrude Bell was a pioneering English writer, archaeologist, diplomat
and spy whose travels through the Arabian desert gave her local
knowledge unparalleled by her British peers. Recruited by British
Military Intelligence after World War I, she played a significant often
unrecognised role in British imperial policy-making in the Middle East,
notably Iraq. Openly critical of colonial practices, Bell's insights are
a singular, prescient prism through which to understand both the Middle
East and the all-male inner sanctum of British colonial power. Views: 10
