The New Friends Daniel Hurst
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20 Minutes on the Tube
20 Minutes. 20 People. 20 different reasons to be underground...Every year there are over a billion journeys made on the London Underground. But who are these people, where are they going and what have they done in their past? People like Jelena, who are just trying to escape a life of hell. Or Anke, who is just trying to escape her marriage. Or Craig, who is just trying to escape life.People like Louise who didn't always plan on stealing, until she realised she could get away with. Or Valentin who didn't always plan on murder, until he got bored and educated himself on how to avoid capture. Or Carol, who had spent her life doing nothing but make plans, until discovering it might all be taken away from her too soon.Secrets. Lies. Terror. Death. It's just another morning on the tube.
The Surrogate's Gift
Her one good deed is about to turn into her worst nightmare. Becoming a surrogate for Marcia and Travis Thorpe is Grace's chance to overcome her inner demons. Nothing can go wrong. Her life depends on it. Determined to focus on the pregnancy, she drops everything and accepts the Thorpes' offer to move in with them until the baby is born. A simple decision. One big mistake. Marcia, her husband, and Marcia's bitter mother are obsessed with watching Grace. The future parents also control what she eats, where she goes, and even when she goes to bed. Just when Grace thinks it can't get any worse, she finds a note on the doorstep of the guesthouse. You're making a mistake. This won't end well. The closer she gets to her due date, the more she believes the words on that piece of paper. Someone in the Thorpe household is keeping deadly secrets, and her life and that of the baby might be in danger. How much is she willing to risk to save them both? This intense and emotional psychological suspense thriller novel is a page-turner with a shocking twist you won't see coming. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SURROGATE'S GIFT ✰✰✰✰✰ "The Surrogate's Gift was a wild ride for sure, I would suggest this to anyone who loves a good thriller!" The Book Booth ✰✰✰✰✰ "L.G writes some amazing books and I know I may say this every time but this has to be my all time favourite. It just had me hooked from the start." Charlie ✰ WLTB Blog ✰
Season of Rains
Author: Stephen Ellis
language: en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date: 2012-03-15
Africa is playing a more important role in world affairs than ever before. Yet the most common images of Africa in the American mind are ones of poverty, starvation, and violent conflict. But while these problems are real, that does not mean that Africa is a lost cause. Instead, as Stephen Ellis explains in Season of Rains, we need to rethink Africa’s place in time if we are to understand it in all its complexity—it is a region where growth and prosperity coexist with failed states. This engaging, accessible book by one of the world’s foremost researchers on Africa captures the broad spectrum of political, economic, and social foundations that make Africa what it is today. Ellis is careful not to position himself in the futile debate between Afro-optimists and Afro-pessimists. The forty-nine diverse nations that make up sub-Saharan Africa are neither doomed to fail nor destined to succeed. As he assesses the challenges of African sovereignties, Ellis is not under the illusion that governments will suddenly become more benevolent and less corrupt. Yet, he sees great dynamism in recent technological and economic developments. The proliferation of mobile phones alone has helped to overcome previous gaps in infrastructure, African retail markets are becoming integrated, and banking is expanding. Businesses from China and emerging powers from the West are investing more than ever before in the still land-rich region, and globalization is offering possibilities of enormous economic change for the growing population of one billion Africans, actively engaged in charting the future of their continent. This highly readable survey of the continent today offers an indispensable guide to how money, power, and development are shaping Africa’s future.