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In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63-year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk — it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far northwest, Tony followed the Via Mozarabe and the Via de la Plata, two of the many pilgrim trails that crisscross Spain and Portugal and that all lead to a single destination.

From prize - winning short - story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In Laminex and Mirrors, a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders. In Cross - Country, a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life.

On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political. If only the killings had stopped at two. The police are desperate to come to grips with an extraordinary and disquieting upsurge of violence.

The finest book on Britain's most popular rock 'n' roll band 'Read on … It's all true' Noel Gallagher Featuring an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher and bespoke artwork by celebrated Oasis album designer Brian Cannon Think Oasis was just Britpop and brawls? Think again. John Robb was...

It is 1982 and in the Kingdom Hall we are Jehovah's Witnesses. The state of the world shows us the end is close, and Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking to devour us. Ali Millar is waiting for Armageddon. Born into the Jehovah's Witnesses in a town in the Scottish Borders, her childhood revolves around regular meetings in the Kingdom Hall, where she is haunted by vivid images of the Second Coming, her mind populated by the bodies that will litter the earth upon Jehovah's return. In this frightening, cloistered world, Ali grows older.

There are significant moments in life that you only really appreciate long after they have passed ... And then there are moments that are so magnificent you understand in an instant that they need to be treasured because the universe is offering you something truly inspiring. Lisa Millar has...

This is a historical novel, based on the true story of a young English convict named William Buckley who, on Boxing Day 1803, escaped from Victoria’s abortive first settlement at Sorrento and then survived in the wilderness for thirty-two years, mainly because he was adopted and helped by local aboriginal tribes. In 1835 Buckley emerged with his tribal friends to meet Melbourne’s founders, and quickly became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region.

Es la noche del fin de año chino, empieza el año del cerdo. Chesca, al mando de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos desde hace un año, ha quedado con Ángel Zárate, pero en el último momento este le da plantón. Aun así, ella sale a divertirse, conoce a un hombre y pasa la noche con él. A la mañana siguiente, tres hombres rodean su cama, a la espera de unirse al festín. Y un repulsivo olor a cerdo impregna la estancia.

Gospel workers are called to be both/and people: both patient and urgent, both confident and humble, both dependent on God and committed to hard work, both theologically driven and practically wise, and more. Often, these requirements feel as though they’re in tension. But this book shows that rather than leaning one way or the other, or seeking to strike a balance, authentic gospel ministry is found in pursuing both/and. To settle for less puts ourselves and our churches in danger.

A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now from the internet. But, as Julian Burnside reminds us in this new edition of the bestselling Wordwatching, words are a source both of pleasure and power, and can be deployed for good or for ill.

La inspectora Elena Blanco atraviesa el depósito de la Grúa Municipal Mediodía II hasta llegar a una vieja furgoneta que expele un olor putrefacto. Dentro está el cadáver de un hombre con un burdo costurón que asciende del pubis al abdomen. Los primeros resultados de la autopsia aclaran que a este toxicómano le arrancaron algunos órganos y en su lugar colocaron un feto. Los análisis de ADN revelan que se trata de su hijo biológico. A los pocos días, aparece en la zona portuaria de A Coruña el cuerpo de un asesor fiscal que ha sido asesinado con el mismo modus operandi.

What keeps a huge multinational business like McDonald’s ticking over every day when they have to rely on the input of inexperienced teenagers? Systems! What keeps franchises ticking over? Systems! How do countries continue to operate with changes of government? Systems! If your systems are obsolete, nonexistent, and ineffective then so too will be your output and productivity.

Presentations are scary! That's why so many of us feel that surge of anxiety, dread, and even panic at the mere thought of having to make them. But what if you could transform that fear into your greatest speaking asset? Well, the good news is: you absolutely can! The Confident Presenter is a no-nonsense guide to changing your mindset and leveling up so you can take advantage of all the rich opportunities that public speaking has to offer. Get buy-in for your ideas, connect better with others, and strengthen your ability to exert influence on the world.

Ella les arruinó la vida. Ahora quieren destruir la suya. "Alguien está recreando cada punto traumático de tu vida. Lo hace para provocarte sufrimiento, para hacerte daño, y el único final posible es la muerte. Tu muerte". En la cuarta planta del edificio Chaucer, dos adolescentes aparecen encadenados a un radiador. El chico está muerto, pero la chica está viva. Para la detective Kim Stone, cada detalle de la escena es un reflejo de su propia experiencia aterradora con su hermano Mikey, cuando vivían en el mismo edificio, treinta años atrás.

Eloy Moreno es uno de los escritores más leídos y queridos y, al igual que sus libros anteriores, Diferente reivindica y lucha por valores importantes en nuestra sociedad, siempre a través de una trama llena de enigmas y sorpresas.

En un tranquilo barrio residencial de Nueva York, un barrio de calles arboladas y acogedoras familias, algunos hogares han recibido una nota anónima: «Me resulta muy difícil escribir esta carta. Espero que no nos odie. Hace poco mi hijo entró en su casa cuando usted estaba fuera...».

Vivo en la oscuridad con mis padres, mi abuela, mi hermana y mi hermano. Todos están desfigurados por el fuego. Mi hermana lleva una máscara blanca para tapar sus quemaduras porque papá dice que su cara podría asustarme.

¡Pito, pito, gorgorito! Yo decido si tu vida quito... Cuando se descubre el cuerpo de un médico brutalmente asesinado en un bosque local, la detective Kim Stone se sorprende al descubrir que la víctima es Gordon Cordell, un hombre vinculado a un caso anterior en el que murió una joven colegiala. Gordon tiene un pasado accidentado, pero ¿quién querría que muriera? A medida que avanza la investigación, el hijo de Gordon se ve involucrado en un horrible accidente automovilístico que lo deja luchando por su vida. Y Kim está segura de que no fue un accidente.

126 years after Andrew Murray first published Waiting on God in 1896, fellow South African, Colin Millar, brings a fresh charge to this relational and foundational practice of the Christian faith. These 31 meditations have been carefully and prayerfully updated in modern English, making them accessible to a new generation of believers.

Danny Alexander is on the run from the notorious British gangster Tommy Hill, and he attempts to cover his tracks by moving in with Diana, an old flame that he re-connects with at a high school reunion. But it all falls apart when Diana's best friend lets the cat out of the bag about Danny's whereabouts. An international chase ensues with ports of call in Montreal, Mont Carlo, Las Vegas and London with Tommy Hill chasing Danny and Diana, and Inspector Wendell Oliver of Scotland Yard chasing them all.