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A timely book that introduces young readers to the work of twenty-six contemporary Black artists from Africa and of the African diaspora.

An electrifying and enticing new novel from the author of the bestselling Tangerine.

Nightmare Alley [Ljudbok / CD]

Richard can't stop thinking about the clock. He lies in bed each night listening to its tick-tocking, to the pendulum's heavy swing. Why does his granddad open its old doors in secret and walk into the darkness beyond? One night, too inquisitive to sleep, Richard tiptoes from his bed, opens the cherry wood doors, and steps inside . . .

From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller-a thriller about a young singer/songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Parton will simultaneously release an album of the same name, consisting of twelve original songs she was inspired by the book to write, record, and produce. The novel also includes lyrics to the songs, which are essential to the story. Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her.

W. Somerset Maugham: The Colonel's Lady (20:29) <br/>J. M. Barrie: Half An Hour (19:54) <br/>A.J. Alan: My Adventure in Norfolk (28:18) <br/>W. Somerset Maugham: The Kite (28:51)

'A very funny and brilliant book. Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women' Rachel CuskThe five of them - Stella, Priss, Kay, Helena and Polly - met at university, their lives full of lazy afternoons and late nights. Friendship seemed simple and there was such pleasure in the endless talk and in just living alongside each other. <br/><br/>Now the women are turning forty and they're finding that a shared past can sometimes be a burden. They're all struggling to navigate the ways in which their lives have differed from the plans they made themselves and the hopes they had for each other. In the past, solidarity came easily, but now they compare lovers, husbands, jobs, children and sofas, asking how the choices they've made or failed to make hold up. <br/><br/>As marriages end and secrets emerge, they wonder whether these people, the ones who know so much about them, are really the ones they can confide in.