The extraordinary third novel from Chris Cleave, author of the internationally bestselling, Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND. Kate and Zoe are friends but also ardent rivals - athletes at the top of their game, fighting to compete in the world's greatest sporting contest. Each scarred by tragedy, and each with a great deal to lose, they must choose between family and glory and ask themselves: what will I sacrifice? GOLD captures the extraordinary effort and dedication that go into the pursuit of victory. But this life-affirming novel is about more than sport. It is about human endurance, motherhood and love, and what enables us all, in our different ways, to achieve the remarkable. It is a story told as only Chris Cleave could tell it. And once you begin, it will be a heart-pounding race to the finish.

We don't want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this: It is extremely tunny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterwards that is most important.<br><br><br><br>Once you have read it, you'll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds. Observera att detta är samma bok som "Little Bee"

"Kriget deklarerades kl 11.15 och vid lunchtid hade Mary North anmält sig som frivillig." Mary drömmer om att bli agent, men till sin stora besvikelse får hon istället i uppgift att undervisa barn som ingen vill ha. En av dessa är den mörkhyad pojken Zachary som evakuerades till landsbygden precis som alla andra skolbarn i London, men som skickats tillbaka eftersom ingen familj vill ta hand om honom. Zachary blir snabbt Marys favoritelev. Mary inleder en passionerad kärleksrelation med skolinspektören Tom. Hans bästa vän Alistair har tagit värvning och befinner sig mitt i krigets epicentrum. När Alistair kommer tillbaka och möter Mary dras de tre in i ett tragiskt kärleksdrama som, allt medan kriget eskalerar och bomberna faller över London, utmanar allt de har tagit för givet. Alla hjältar är förlåtna är ett starkt krigsdrama från Blitzens London om kärlek, förlust och stort mod. Det är en djupt mänsklig och gripande berättelse om hur kriget påverkar relationer, utmanar sociala normer och förändrar människor på djupet.Chris Cleave(1973) är bosatt i London. Han slog igenom internationellt med sin andra roman Little Bee (2012) om en nigeriansk flyktingflicka i Storbritannien. Boken blev en stor succé i Sverige och har sålt i över 85 000 exemplar. 2013 utkom Guld.

Världsklasscyklisterna Kate och Zoe har varit bästa vänner och rivaler under hela sina karriärer. Vid trettiotvå års ålder står de nu inför sin sista och största tävling, London OS 2012. Båda vill vinna guld. Deras fysiska, mentala och känslomässiga gränser testas i uttagningen till laget där bara en av dem får plats. Kate brottas med personliga problem, hennes dotter riskerar återfall i en dödlig sjukdom. Zoes övertag hotar deras långa vänskap Efter succén med Little Bee kommer här Chris Cleave med en ny stark roman. Guld är den gripande berättelsen om de två vännerna Kate och Zoe som kämpar mot varandra om en guldmedalj i cykling under OS i London.

Efter att suttit inlåst i två år får tonårsflickan Little Bee lämna flyktingförläggningen utanför London och engelska så som drottningen talar. Samtidigt har hon funderat ut olika sätt att ta livet av sig om män som fick en att fly från sitt land plötsligt skulle dyka upp. Vart ska hon ta vägen utan pengar eller kontakter det enda hon har ett visitkort från man minan andra året som hon träffade på en strand i Nigeria kanske kan han hjälpa henne?

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Alla som gillade Little Bee av Chris Cleave kommer att älska denna hjärtskärande berättelse. Här blandas våldsamhet och förtvivlan med vänskap och kärlek i en gripande historia. Det är en bok som får oss att gråta, skratta och se världen med nya ögon. Här är jag nu är en roman som levandegör hur det är att vara flykting - att utan skyddsnät kastas in i en främmande kultur. Karen Campbell har skrivit en "feelgood"-bok som också får läsaren att tänka efter. Abdi har, tillsammans med sin fyraåriga dotter Rebecca, kommit till Skottland för att söka asyl. De har flytt fasansfulla händelser och Rebecca är så traumatiserad att hon slutat prata. Abdi är förvirrad över allt det nya som möter honom. I Somalia var han fiskare, lärare och familjefar. Hur ska han kunna skapa ett nytt liv åt sig och sin dotter i ett främmande land? Deborah, en drygt fyrtioårig och barnlös kvinna som just begravt sin man, blir Abdis mentor och försöker hjälpa honom och Rebecca tillrätta. I drygt ett års tid träffas

'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page... This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave

"A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you'll read all year". (Adam Johnson, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013). "An extraordinary novel. Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years". (John Boyne). "A brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novel". (Chris Cleave). "What a ferociously talented writer Susan Barker is. The Incarnations is a hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend". (Anna Hope, author of Wake). Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years. Other letters follow, taking Wang back in time: to a spirit-bride in the Tang Dynasty; to young slaves during the Mongol invasion; to concubines plotting to kill the emperor; to a kidnapping in the Opium War; and to Red Guards during the Cultural revolution. And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher in the shadows growing closer ...Sweeping between China past and present, The Incarnations illuminates the cyclical nature of history, and shows how man is condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a story about love, life and lobster every Tuesday... "Marvellous". (John Boyne). "Original, clever and perfectly written". (Jill Mansell). "Adorable". (Marian Keyes). "An upbeat, quirky, impertinent gem of a read". (Chris Cleave). 'I'm not good at understanding what other people want.' 'Tell me something I don't know ...' Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don's never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie - 'the world's most incompatible woman' - throwing Don's safe, ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he's feeling? "Don Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time". (The Times). "Hilarious, unlikely and heartbreaking". (Easy Living). "Touching and laugh-out-loud funny - think The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time meets Silver Linings Playbook". (Stylist). "Funny, endearing, and pure, wonderful escapism". (Independent). "A sweet, funny rom-com...You'll be willing Don and Rosie on every step of the way". (Marie Claire). "Original, charming and very funny". (Woman &amp; Home). "A comic triumph: clever, humane and tears-in-your-eyes funny. But best of all, The Rosie Project is a madly romantic love story". (Liz Jensen, author of The Rapture). "I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through. And now I want to meet Don". (Sophie Kinsella). With the charm of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the romance of David Nicholls' One Day, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is both funny and endearing - and is set to become the paperback of 2014. Graeme Simsion is a full-time writer. Previously an IT consultant and educator, he wrote his first book in 1994 (the standard reference on data modelling, now entering its fourth edition), and is married to Anne, a professor of psychiatry who writes erotic fiction. They have two children

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016** 'Unforgettable, heartbreaking and uplifting - just read it' Daily Mail 'My debut of the year so far...heartbreaking and warm at the same time' Stylist 'Authentic and beautiful, urgent and honest, this novel does what only the best do: it quietly makes room in your heart' Chris Cleave, bestselling author of The Other Hand ** A brother chosen. A brother left behind. And a family where you'd least expect to find one. Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not. As Leon struggles to cope with his anger, certain things can still make him smile - like Curly Wurlys, riding his bike fast downhill, burying his hands deep in the soil, hanging out with Tufty (who reminds him of his dad), and stealing enough coins so that one day he can rescue Jake and his mum.Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a heart-breaking story of love, identity and learning to overcome unbearable loss. Of the fierce bond between siblings. And how - just when we least expect it - we manage to find our way home. 'Powerful and gorgeously written...uplifting and full of hope' Good Housekeeping

A haunting, lyrical tale about a fading town and a boy who would do anything to save his family Newfoundland, Canada, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters, and the cod industry abruptly collapses, it's not long before the people begin to disappear from the town of Big Running as well. As residents are forced to leave the island in search of work, ten-year-old Finn Connor suddenly finds himself living in a ghost town. There's no school, no friends and whole rows of houses stand abandoned. And then Finn's parents announce that they too must separate if their family is to survive. But Finn still has his sister, Cora, with whom he counts the dwindling boats on the coast at night, and Mrs Callaghan, who teaches him the strange and ancient melodies of their native Ireland. That is until his sister disappears, and Finn must find a way of calling home the family and the life he has lost. Praise for Etta and Otto and Russell and James 'Magical . . . it's been a very long time since a book has taken me by the hand - and the heart - as this one has' Sarah Winman 'Charming, fresh, touching . . . cuts through to the heart' Sunday Times 'Wonderful! Incredibly moving, beautifully written and luminous with wisdom. A book that restores one's faith in life even as it deepens its mystery' Chris Cleave

»Årets finaste bok som fick mig att gråta och skratta mig igenom alla 300 sidor. En otroligt fin historia om en man och hans tax och en hjärntumör.« Lotta Larsson Nyström, Kulturkollo Det här är en bok om att hitta den rätta: den som följer dig i vått och torrt, den du inte kan föreställa dig att behöva leva utan. För Ted Flask en ensamstående, medelålders, aningen neurotisk man som aldrig fått rätsida på sina mellanmänskliga relationer heter den rätta Lily. Hon råkar vara en hund. En 12-årig tax, närmare bestämt, som precis blivit diagnostiserad med en hjärntumör.Lily och bläckfisken handlar om Teds och Lilys sista månader tillsammans, och är en bok som förenar realism med fantasi och humor. Det är en berättelse om villkorslös kärlek, djup lojalitet och hjärtskärande förlust, och en rörande skildring om de alldeles särskilda sorts känsloband som bara kan uppstå mellan en människa och ett husdjur. Lily och bläckfisken är Steven Rowleys hyllade, delvis självbiografiska debutroman, som har jämförts med bådeBerättelsen om Pi och Enzo och konsten att köra fort i regn. STEVEN ROWLEY är en amerikansk författare, kolumnist och manusförfattare. Han föddes i Maine och utbildade sig på Emerson College. Idag bor han i Los Angeles med sin pojkvän och deras hund.Lily och bläckfisken är hans debutroman. »En helt oemotståndlig bok med oförglömliga karaktärer och en historia jag kommer att bära med mig länge, länge.« Hyllan »Förtjusande debutroman.« Karin Flygare, BTJ »Fantastisk, gripande &amp; vackert skriven!« Betyg 5 av 5, Jennies Boklista »Jag måste helt enkelt rekommendera boken till alla djurägare. Den är en sann kärlekshistoria.« Bokbesatt »Hjärtskärande och makalöst bra.« Washington post »Originell, spektakulär och rörande.« Chris Cleave, författare till Little Bee »På sitt roliga, intensiva och distinkt knasiga vis formulerar Rowley exakt hur det känns att älska en hund.« Kirkus Review

The Clever Kids' Activity Book is jam-packed with fun and engaging activities for bright young puzzlers. From spot the differences, daring doodles and mystifying mazes to dot-to-dots and cool colouring challenges, this new title, illustrated by beloved Buster illustrator Chris Dickason, will keep boredom at bay for hours.

**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH**In the outback, nothing stays buried forever... 'Classic Hammer. A crime novel that will stay with me for a long time.' Ann Cleeves'This novel is Hammer's best work yet.' The Times'A complex, twisty thriller, with nuanced characters and a winding plot all set in the oppressive Australian heat.' Lisa Hall'This slice of Australian noir sparkles like an opal in the blistering sun.' Lisa Gray'Opal Country is a top-notch Aussie Noir with real heat coming off the pages.' Christopher FowlerOpals...In the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap, police struggle to maintain law and order. Thieves pillage opal mines, religious fanatics recruit vulnerable youngsters and billionaires do as they please. Bodies...Then an opal miner is found crucified and left to rot down his mine. Nothing about the miner's death is straight-forward, not even who found the body. Homicide detective Ivan Lucic is sent to investigate, assisted by inexperienced young investigator Nell Buchanan.But Finnigans Gap has already ended one police career and damaged others, and soon both officers face damning allegations and internal investigations. Have Ivan and Nell been set up, and if so, by whom?Secrets... As time runs out, their only chance at redemption is to find the killer.But the more they uncover, the more harrowing the mystery becomes, and a past long forgotten is thrown into scorching sunlight. Because in Finnigans Gap, nothing stays buried for ever. Praise for Chris Hammer:'Hammer is a great writer - a leader in Australian noir' Michael Connelly'Shimmers .. . A tortured tale of blood and loss' Val McDermid'Stunning - a page-turner which stays long in the memory' Sunday Times

Kathy Acker: Rich girl, street punk, scholar, stripper, victim, media-whore ... and cultural icon. The late Kathy Acker's legend and writings are wrapped in mythologies, many of them created by her. Twenty years after her untimely death aged just 50, Acker's legend has faded, but her writing has become clearer. A few years ago, the writer Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick, found that her own experiences were becoming more and more like Kathy's. She began writing about Acker 'through the distance, but with this incredible frisson of feeling that often I could write "I" instead of "she."' This is 'literary friction': The first fully authorised biography of the avant-garde writer Kathy Acker, by the woman who arrived on the scene straight after her, who shared some of her boyfriends and friends, and her artistic ambitions Using exhaustive archival research and ongoing conversations with mutual colleagues and friends, Kraus traces the woman behind the notorious novels, and places her at the centre of a kaleidoscopic artistic world.