BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED PROPHET SONG.'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange FlowersSpring 1832: Donegal, north west Ireland.Coll Coyle wakes to a blood dawn and a day he does not want to face. The young father stands to lose everything on account of the cruel intentions of his landowner's heedless son.Although reluctant, Coll sets out to confront his tro...

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED PROPHET SONG.'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange FlowersIn the spring of 1945, farm-worker Matthew Peoples runs into a burning byre and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze.Following the disaster, the bull-headed and proudly self-sufficient Barna...

Founded in 1646 and known as "the Whaling City," New London has played an important role in American history since Colonial days. Its natural harbor at the mouth of the Thames River connects the city to the sea. Around the turn of the 20th century, New London flourished as the hub of southeastern Connecticut. With roots as one of the main ports for the whaling industry, the city became home to a wealthy summer resort called the Pequot Colony. Over the years, dramatic changes occurred as a ...

Why do populists come to power? Are they a threat to democracy? Has the rise of global populism reached its peak, or is it just beginning? This book provides answers to these questions and many more, by summarizing in non-technical language the vast research literature on populism that extends across political science, economics, sociology, psychology, and history. Going well beyond the usual cases of Trump and Brexit, Paul D. Kenny provides evidence both of the recurrent global appeal of ...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously complex and contested. This book approaches the issue from two linked perspectives. First, a...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher, compèred by Richard Cordery, and with speeches read by a variety of narrators.SPEECHES OF NOTE: seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else’s shoes.From Shaun Usher, the author of the international bestseller LETTERS OF NOTE, comes an obsessively curated, richly illustrated and sumptuously produced collection of speeches from throu...

Avon and the crew of Scorpio again face the ruthless machinations of Servalan in two thrilling full-cast BBC Radio 4 adventures. Together on audio for the first time, these two radio adventures reunite many of the cast of the classic BBC TV space adventure series. The Sevenfold Crown: Raiding Servalan’s HQ, the crew discover that she possesses a jewel that belongs to an ancient, long-lost crown - a mystical artefact of indescribable power. Suddenly the Scorpio crew are as determined as Ser...

Three enhanced audiobooks performed by the stars of the classic BBC television series. These stories are set during Series 1.The Turing Test by Simon GuerrierAvon and Vila go undercover at a top secret research establishment.Solitary by Nigel FairsVila is alone and amnesiac. Why have his friends turned against him?Counterfeit by Peter AnghelidesBlake investigates a mining facility, unaware that his sworn enemy is close by...

A voice is calling in the darkness. A voice that only Cally can hear.Vila has abandoned his crewmates, searching for the mythical water of life. With Cally acting suspiciously, Tarrant and Grant face danger at the heart of paradise.A gift is being offered. A gift that will cost one member of the Liberator crew dearly.But will Cally accept?

The crew of the Liberator awaken to find one of their own missing. Where is Dayna? Has their friend been taken or has she deserted them?The search for Dayna leads them to a deserted ship in the middle of a dangerous asteroid field.But what is the secret of the Scimitar and can Avon get every member of his crew out of the asteroid field alive?

The search for Dayna has led the crew of the Liberator half way across the galaxy, but now Avon knows why she left them. He knows where she went. He knows what she was looking for.But can he find his missing crewmate before it is too late?The answers lie on a planet called Appallon Five – but so does danger and betrayal.

When Del Tarrant joined the Liberator he thought he’d left his past behind him – the gallant Federation officer with friends in high places.But the past has a habit of catching up on you.A man the Liberator crew thought dead crosses their path, now a fugitive on the run.He brings talk of an alliance, of a brave new future – but is Avon prepared to make a deal with the Devil?