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THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE SACRED by SCOTT R APPLEBY
Category: No Category | Series: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Terrorists and peacemakers may grow up in the same community and adhere to the same religious tradition. The killing carried out by one and the reconciliation fostered by the other indicate the range of dramatic and contradictory responses to human suffering by religious actors. This book explains what ...Show more
The Bloomsday Dead (Michael Forsythe #3) by Adrian McKinty
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: The Dead Trilogy
Michael Forsythe might be, as one of his assailants puts it, 'un-fucking-killable', but that doesn't seem to deter people from trying. He's living in Lima, reasonably well-hidden by the FBI's Witness Protection Program, but Bridget Callaghan, whose fiance he murdered twelve years ago, has an enduring wi ...Show more
The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
Category: Young Adult | Series: Book of Dead Days S.
The days between 27 December and New Year's Eve are dead days - days when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. There is a man, Valerian, whose time is running out, who must pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. His servant is ...Show more
The Curse of the Deadly 7 by Garth Jennings
Category: Middle Readers | Series: The Deadly 7
The Curse of the Deadly 7 is the last book in the funny, action-packed, exciting monster adventure series The Deadly 7 by the director of Sing Garth Jennings.'A fantastic new voice in middle grade fiction. I loved it!' Robin Stevens, bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike.Nelson Green has learned ...Show more
The Damned: BK 3 by David Gatward
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Dead
Tombs. Hundreds of them. All lying in concentric rings in the greasy, cold darkness of the cavern. At their very centre, hanging from a burnt and blackened tree. a huge, cracked bell. And under that, The Gate, built from the bones of a thousand murdered souls. Lazarus knew ringing the bell would be very ...Show more
The Dark Flight Down (Book of Dead Days #2) by Marcus Sedgwick
Category: Children's fantasy | Series: Book of Dead Days
Held captive in the palace of the Emperor Frederick, Boy and Willow are plunged into a world of gilded finery and splendour. But beneath its golden veneer lies cruelty, madness and desperation. They are in terrible danger as they confront the whirlwind furies of the Emperor, the calculating ambitions of ...Show more
The Dark ; bk. 2 by David Gatward
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Dead
Lazarus Stone has been killed, resurrected, and attacked by demons. He's all that stands between our world and the Dead. But things are getting complicated: he's alone in the land ofthe Dead, his best mate Craig is missing, and he's no idea who -- or what -- tricked his dad into trying to bring back his ...Show more
The Dead Girls Detective Agency (#1) by Suzy Cox
Category: Young Adult | Series: Dead Girls Detective Agency
Solving the mystery behind your death can be murder. Charlotte wakes up at Hotel Atessa, home to murdered New York teenagers and HQ of The Dead Girls Detective Agency. Before she has time to adjust to her new, erm, dead self, she's thrust into the arms of her new afterlife companions, Lorna, Nancy and t ...Show more
The Dead Straight Guide to Bob Dylan by Nigel Williamson
Category: Music | Series: Dead Straight Guides
One of the first books in a new series, this book explores the icon that is Bob Dylan, the ultimate singer-songwriter. This book looks at his lyrics, his influences, and the musicians with whom he worked. Fully up-to-date, it includes the "Bootleg Series, Vol. 10."
The Dead Straight Guide to Led Zeppelin by Nigel Williamson
Category: Rock & Roll | Series: Dead Straight Guides
One of the first books in this new series, this pocket guide features the story of Led Zeppelin: from the first meeting of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to the untimely death of John Bonham; the music: their fifty best songs unpicked and coverage of their solo careers; and the passengers, collaborators, c ...Show more
The Dead: The Dead Bk01 by David Gatward
Category: Children's | Series: Dead
Lazarus Stone is about to turn sixteen when, one night, his normal life is ripped to shreds by a skinless figure drenched in blood. He has a message: The Dead are coming. Now Lazarus is all that stands in their way. To fulfil his destiny, he must confront not only the dark past of his family, but horror ...Show more