Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick

Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan DickBecause the thing about the end of the world is that it happens all the time. Someone leaves and it's the end of the world. Someone comes back and it's the end of the world. Somebody puts their cock in you and it's the end of the world. Somebody stops putting their cock in you and it's the end of the world. Here is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hope. It's about an underachieving

this richly illustrated book highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable sportswomen from the 1800s to today

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Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback

including two each from both her father and young daughter

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is killed by a rubber bullet

'Wickedly clever prose and a sense of humour that seems to loom up like a character in itself' - M John Harrison

An ambitious secret police officer

Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades

A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time

uncovering an amazing history of swashbuckling bandits

From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires