Penguin Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone Baldwin James

What if you could erase your most painful memory? Would you still, be you? • Across the world, thousands of people are shocked to receive an email telling them that they once chose to have a traumatic memory removed. Now they are being given the chance to get that memory back • For Mei, William, Oscar and Finn there is a piece missing, but they're not sure what. And each of them must decide if the truth is worth the pain, or better left unknown • For Noor, who works at the memory clinic Nepenthe, the process of reinstating their patients' memories begins to shake the moral foundations of her world. As she delves deeper into the programme, she will have to risk everything to uncover the true human cost of this miraculous technology • An exploration of secrets, grief, identity and belonging - of the stories we tell ourselves, and come to rely on, Tell Me An Ending is a sharp, dark and devastating novel about the power and danger of memory

The promise at Nepenthe is simple: they will erase the memories you cannot live with • After the procedure, psychologist Noor will assess you for two things: your mental wellbeing, and the successful erasure of the memory. But there is no assessment if you choose to delete the memory of the Nepenthe procedure itself. If you do that, you're on your own • And what if one day, out of the blue, your memory is offered back to you - would you want to remember what you've chosen to forget?

'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation' • James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice

Is she your best friend, or your worst enemy? • Best friends Holly and Roz tell each other everything • So when Holly gets a shot at her dream job she assumes Roz will be waiting to pop the champagne • But is she just imagining things or is Roz not quite as happy as she should be? • And now she thinks about it, a few things don't quite add up • Perhaps it was a mistake to tell Roz all her secrets • Because it takes two to tango. But only one to start a war

McPherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities

In 2022, American Jews face an increasingly unsafe and anti-Semitic landscape at home. Against this backdrop, the Jacobson family gathers for Passover in Los Angeles. But their immediate problems are more personal than political, with the three adult children, Mo, Edith and Jacob, in various states of crisis; the result, each claims, of a lifetime of mistreatment by their father, Julian • The siblings have begun to suspect that Julian is hastening their mother Roz's demise, and years of resentment boil over as they debate whether to go through with the real reason for their reunion: an ill-considered plot to end their father's iron rule forever. That is, if they can put their bickering, grudges, festering relationships and distrust of one another aside long enough to act

Delia Maxwell is an international singing sensation, an icon of 1950s glamour who is still riding high on the new 60s scene. Adored by millions, all men want to be with her, all women want to be her. But one woman wants it maybe a little too much • Lily Brooks has watched Delia all her life, studying her music and her on-stage mannerisms. Now she has a dream job as Delia's assistant - but is there more to her attachment than the admiration of a fan? Private investigator Frank is beginning to wonder • As Lily steps into Delia's spotlight, and Delia encourages her ambitious protegee, Frank's suspicions of Lily's ulterior motives increase. But are his own feelings for Delia clouding his judgement? • The truth is something far darker: the shocking result of years of pain and rage, rooted in Europe's darkest hour

Трогательная, открывающая глаза полемика о границе США и Мексики и о том, что происходит с десятками тысяч несопровождаемых мексиканских и центральноамериканских детей, прибывающих в США без документов • "Мы проезжаем через Оклахому в начале июня, когда впервые слышим о волнах детей, прибывающих в одиночку и без документов из Мексики и Центральной Америки. Десятки тысяч человек были задержаны на границе. Что с ними будет? Где родители? И почему они предприняли ужасное, опасное для жизни путешествие, чтобы въехать в Соединенные Штаты?" • Валерия Луизелли работает волонтером в федеральном иммиграционном суде в Нью-Йорке, переводя для несопровождаемых детей-мигрантов. Результатом ее работы стала книга "Расскажи мне, чем это закончится. Эссе из сорока вопросов" – поиск ответов и настоятельный призыв к человечности и состраданию в ответ на массовую миграцию, самое значительное глобальное явление нашего времени

"The Girl on the Train", a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future continuous, reported questions, third conditional, was going to and ellipsis. A small number of illustrations support the text

Tell No Lies is the outstanding new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz • No Choice • Daniel Brasher is leaving behind his job as a probation counsellor working with hardened criminals to spend more time with his wife, now well again after serious illness. However, nothing is ever that simple • No Time • When he finds a scrawled message in the post at work - 'admit what you've done or you will bleed for it. You have 'til midnite' - he is horrified but relieved to discover it's not addressed to him. Then he learns that the intended victim is already dead • No Escape • More death threats signal a series of gruesome, seemingly inexplicable murders. Until a note is addressed to Daniel himself. And with the clock ticking he must discover who wants him dead. And why

A gift book for your mother, a lifetime of precious memories for you • Mum, Tell Me is a gift book that gives you the chance to ask your mother all those questions you'd always wondered about, and plenty you hadn't. Questions like • - What did you want to be when you grew up? • - Did you ever have your heart broken? • - What is one of the most beautiful or special things you've achieved in life? • - How did motherhood change you? • Once she's answered them, she gives the book back to you. And you'll be left with a lasting chronicle of your mum's memories, dreams, wishes and stories; a personal keepsake to treasure

Perfect for father's day: a gift book that asks your Dad to share his experiences, dreams and wishes, creating a personal treasury of memories • Dad, Tell Me is a gift book that gives back, asking your father to record everything from his favourite band as a teenager and his childhood games to his proudest accomplishment and first memory of you. Give it to him as a gift, get it back as a chronicle of his life. The end result will be a deeply personal keepsake, one that helps you to remember what is really important in life: the people we love and the stories we share with one another • More than three million people worldwide have used Elma van Vliet's "Tell Me" books to tell their family's stories