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<b>Marking the fortieth anniversary of <i>Please</i>, the duo's first album release, <i>Pet Shop Boys Volume</i> presents their entire visual output to date in a contemporary literary format.</b><br/> <br/> Pet Shop Boys - Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe - are the most successful duo in the history of pop music. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, including No. 1 hits such as 'West End girls', 'It's a sin', and 'Always on my mind', and platinum-selling albums <i>Please</i>, <i>Actually</i>, and <i>Very</i>.<br/> <br/> Uniquely spanning the worlds of music, art, film, theatre, design, and fashion, Pet Shop Boys have forged an identity as unforgettable as their sound. From the seminal graphic design of their record sleeves to their groundbreaking videos and innovative stage shows, they have set the bar for the visual presentation of pop.<br/> <br/> Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the release of their first album in 1986, <i>Pet Shop Boys Volume</i> is the definitive retrospective of the duo's career. Expanding upon <i>Pet Shop Boys Catalogue</i>, published two decades ago, it presents their entire visual output to date, year by year. Sleeve artworks and packaging, stills from every video, film, and performance, stage sets and costume designs, photoshoots, publications, and even Christmas cards all feature, as does every collaboration with luminaries including Mark Farrow, Wolfgang Tillmans, Martin Parr, Bruce Weber, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Derek Jarman, Scott King, Zaha Hadid, Tom Scutt, and Es Devlin.<br/> <br/> Concise commentaries by Chris Heath and Philip Hoare provide illuminating insights into the genesis of each project. Hoare's original introduction is accompanied by a new introduction from Libby Sellers who considers the importance of Pet Shop Boys within the history of design, while a new foreword by Jeremy Deller reflects on the enduring impact of their music and image.<br/> <br/> With a jacket designed by Farrow and a new conversation between Heath, Tennant, and Lowe, <i>Pet Shop Boys Volume</i> is a visual feast and a sumptuous tribute to four decades of creative innovation.

'<b>Unstoppable </b>. . . The <b>impeccable </b>timing captures the banalities of Clay's life in a way that both <b>disgusts me</b> and <b>breaks my heart</b>' - Ottessa Moshfegh, author of <i>My Year of Rest and Relaxation</i> and <i>Lapvona</i><br/><br/><b>In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed the world with his debut novel, <i>Less Than Zero</i>. This 40th anniversary edition of the cult classic novel contains an introduction by Rachel Kushner, the Booker Prize-nominated author of <i>Creation Lake</i> and <i>The Mars Room.</i></b><br/><br/>Eighteen-year-old Clay has come home to Los Angeles for Christmas break after his first term at college. Clay is three things: rich, bored, and looking to get high. Reacquainting himself with a world of privilege and limitless indulgence, Clay steps back into the hedonism and moral depravity of his life in Los Angeles. With its relentless scenes of grotesque brutality, <i>Less Than Zero</i> is an unflinching portrait of a lost generation in revolt.<br/><br/><b>Published when he was just twenty-one, <i>Less Than Zero</i> held up an excoriating mirror up to the culture of excess and vapidity of 1908s Los Angeles and made Bret Easton Ellis an instant literary sensation.<br/><br/>'</b>The simplicity of the prose, the precision of his imagery, and the atmosphere of menace and cultural oblivion are<b> invigorating . . . one of the most telling and striking chroniclers of the void beneath our consumerist society' </b>- <i>The</i> <i>Guardian</i><br/><br/>'<b>Deadly serious social satires</b> masquerading as generic pulp workouts . . . <b>artifacts that can rearrange your chemistry</b> and <b>make you see the world anew</b>' - <i>Esquire</i><br/><br/><b>'</b>An extremely traditional and very serious American novelist<b>. He is the model of literary filial piety, </b>counting among his parents <b>Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathanael West, and Joan Didion' </b>- <i>The</i> <i>Washington Post</i>

<b>This hardcover edition celebrates the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller that set our sights on Mars and inspired the major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, with special features including:<br/><br/>- Intricately designed sprayed edges<br/>- New cover art on a deluxe jacket<br/>- Full-color illustrated endpapers<br/>- A custom-stamped case</b><br/><br/><b>A mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man's struggle to survive. From the author of <i>Project Hail Mary</i> comes "a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire" (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>).</b><br/><br/><b>"Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling."-<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br/><br/>Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.<br/><br/>Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.<br/><br/>After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive-and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.<br/><br/>Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.<br/><br/>But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills-and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit-he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?<br/><b><br/>NAMED ONE OF <i>PASTE</i>'S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE<br/></b><br/>"A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire . . . Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealing, funny, and resourceful characters in recent fiction."<b>-<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br/><br/>"As gripping as they come . . . You'll be rooting for Watney the whole way, groaning at every setback and laughing at his pitchblack humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable."<b>-<i>Financial Times</i></b>

Gabriel Allon will return for another thriller espionage adventure in 2026. Pre-order now! 'Allon is the 21st century Bond' - DAILY MAIL 'A world-class practitioner of spy fiction' - WASHINGTON POST 'Sexily brooding Allon... must be the most famous superspy not played by Daniel Craig' - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine ...He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop ...Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats.And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him ...

<b>**The<i> Sunday Times</i> bestselling series**</b><br/><b>'TRULY EPIC'</b> Fonda Lee on <i>The Mercy of Gods</i><br/><b>'DAZZLING . . . THIS IS SPACE OPERA AT ITS BEST'</b> <i>Publishers Weekly </i>on <i>The Mercy of Gods</i><br/><br/><b>From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Expanse comes the second book in the Captive's War series - a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself.</b><br/><br/> The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran's command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.<br/><br/> Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feared and despised by the very people he champions. Ruthless in carving out his niche in the eternal war machine of the empire, he will reshape human nature itself as a tool for their alien masters' use. But Dafyd's loyalty is not what it seems.<br/><br/> The Swarm, an agent of the Carryx's deathless enemy, has been smuggled into the Carryx world-palace along with the human slaves. Its mission: discover a way to bring down the empire's eternal reign. But the longer it lives among and within humanity, the more it forgets that it is a <i>weapon</i>.<br/><br/> As the human captives spread through the battlefronts of empire, the awesome power of the Carryx becomes clear. And with it, a desperate plan for their destruction.But empires hide secrets, and even the deathless enemy may not be what it appears . . .<br/><br/><b>Praise for the Captive's War series:</b><br/><br/>'<b>Simply mind-blowing'</b> <i>Kirkus</i><br/><br/><b>'Terrifying alien overlords and a vast intergalactic war with humankind on the brink of annihilation . . . the start of something truly epic' </b>Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga<br/><br/><b>'No one builds a universe like James S. A. Corey'</b> John Scalzi, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br/><br/><b>'Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre' </b><i>A</i>drian Tchaikovsky, author of <i>Children of Time</i><br/><br/><b>'All the things you want in an alien invasion novel: overwhelming aliens, end-of-world terror, and plucky humans who never stop fighting</b>' Paolo Bacigalupi, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author<br/><br/><b>'A powerful, provocative masterpiece that I will be thinking about for a very long time'</b> Ryka Aoki, author of <i>Light from Uncommon Stars</i>

The Wings That Bind (Deluxe Edition) [Bok / Inbunden]