A truly contemporary take on how to be a witch, Rebel Witch is an antidote to the cookie-cutter witchcraft agenda that gives a new perspective on the craft, asking each reader to create a powerful, personalized practice that taps into the current mood of female empowerment and spiritual rebellion. Rebel Witch reminds witches of the wondrous opportunity to jump into experimentation and invent something wild and individual, a practice shaped by their individual personality and life journey, rather than allowing themselves to be spoon-fed. It challenges witches to design a nurturing practice that is truly theirs. There's guidance on all the building blocks of the craft, including energy raising, sacred space creation, protection, cleansing, shielding, blessing, consecrating, receiving signs, casting spells, rituals, altars, dream work, deities, astrology, crystal, scrying, potions and much more ... crucially, in each case the topic is discussed from an exciting contemporary perspective. So, when Kelly-Ann talks about sacred texts, she stresses that you can choose the text that resonate with you - so why not Alice in Wonderland or Narnia? Maybe you want to move away from the traditional Wheel of the Year and create your own divisions? Instead of honouring a traditional deity, why not construct your own, choosing elements from rock stars, movie icons or fictional heroes? Or embody magical signs in your clothing and jewellery? Creativity and experimentation are encouraged, with tips to help the reader to be inventive. A curious reader with a desire to create an inspired, deeply personal path and free themselves from conformity will finish the book ready to take action and make magick happen!

The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America. In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, she left her university studies, ignored the offer of a position as a nurse, to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers. Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including 29 enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort. She spoke at rallies in Canada and the US and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, 'Killed By A Gun' about her exploits. Her US trip included a tour of the White House with FDR. In November 1942 she visited Coventry and accepted donations of £4,516 from Coventry workers to pay for three X-ray units for the Red Army. She also visited a Birmingham factory as part of her fundraising tour. She never returned to combat but trained other snipers. After the war, she finished her education at Kiev University and began a career as a historian. She died on October 10, 1974 at age 58, and was buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.

Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the "Ozzie and Harriet" McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town. Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different.

Unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți răufăcători ai secolului al XX-lea, Pablo Escobar a fost un personaj a cărui viață tumultuoasă a ținut capul de afiș al presei din Columbia, dar și din Statele Unite ale Americii. Clădindu-și un adevărat imperiu, în special pe baza afacerilor cu droguri, El Doctor a fost deopotrivă adulat și detestat în Columbia natală, faptele sale rămânând în memoria colectivă până în prezent. Scriitorul și gazetarul Mark Bowden reușește să ne introducă magistral în culisele operațiunii de prindere a baronului drogurilor, având acces la informații colectate chiar de la protagoniștii acesteia. Cititorul are ocazia să pătrundă, astfel, în atmosfera culturală, socială, politică și economică a vremii și să ia contact cu o epocă sângeroasă din istoria țării sud-americane, una în care au luat amploare marile carteluri ale drogurilor, dar și una în care justițiari hotărâți au încercat să facă dreptate. Pe parcursul acestor pagini, evenimentele din viața lui Escobar și descrierea acțiunilor de urmărire se împletesc într-un mod armonios și alert, totul constituindu-se într-un captivant thriller istoric, o biografie magistral realizată. „Maestru al jurnalismului narativ, [Bowden] folosește aceleași tehnici de recreare a scenelor și a dialogului care au făcut ca bestsellerul său, Black Hawk Down, să fie o lectură captivantă.” - Linda Robinson, New York Times Book Review „Autor al bestsellerului Black Hawk Down, care descrie implicarea militară a Statelor Unite în Somalia, Bowden dă o nouă lovitură editorială cu această cronică a vânării lordului columbian al drogurilor, Pablo Escobar.ˮ - Publishers Weekly „Această relatare fascinantă despre asasinarea fostului lord al drogurilor, columbianul Pablo Escobar, urmărește ascensiunea și căderea baronului cocainei cu suficientă atitudine și intuiție pentru a oferi o perspectivă nouă asupra comerțului cu droguri.ˮ - The Austin Chronicle Mark Bowden (n. 1951) este scriitor și jurnalist american. În 1973 a absolvit Loyola College, din Maryland, iar de-a lungul anilor a scris pentru mai multe publicații, precum Menʼs Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated și Rolling Stone. Dintre cărțile care îi poartă semnătura, amintim: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999), Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in Americaʼs War with Militant Islam (2006), The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden (2012) și The Last Stone: a Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation (2019).

One fateful night in Sparta, a young slave girl encounters a mysterious, grey-eyed princess. Melantho and Penelope, though from different worlds, are instantly connected. But betrayal soon tears them apart.Years later, on Ithaca's rocky shores, Melantho is sent to serve Princess Penelope and her new husband, Prince Odysseus. Hardened by slavery, Melantho vows to stay distant from Penelope. Yet, the undeniable pull between them proves stronger than ever.As war ignites Greece, Odysseus and Ithaca's men are called away and, in their absence, Melantho finds a new world opening up before her – one where women rule, where family can be found, and where love is finally given the space to bloom.But all wars eventually end and as Troy falls, Penelope and Melantho must face the King’s return and decide how far they will go to protect what matters most to them.

Every day, just before sunrise and straight after sunset, magic happens. Dawn and dusk – those fleeting, half-lit hours – are when the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Skies flare with colour, landscapes shift in mood and an unseen cast of creatures emerges from the shadows. Welcome to twilight. In THE SECRET WORLD OF TWILIGHT, author and smallholder Sally Coulthard invites us into this magical in-between realm, where seductive night-blooming flowers open, secretive mammals stir, giant moths reign and fantastical sea creatures ride the tide. Twilight profoundly affects human life too – but in our age of electric light and closed doors, we've almost forgotten how to see it. Blending natural history, folklore and memoir, Coulthard reveals twilight as a vital, liminal one that has inspired awe for millennia and still has the power to illuminate our daily lives.

On holy ground it rests, a strange, windowless brothel built upon the ashes of a church. No one who works there believes in the rantings of the insane priest, Father Patrick. Not when he warns of the coming apocalypse, and certainly not when he speaks of a tidal wave of blood coming to wash away the sinners. No one believes him… except Candy. For only Candy has experienced the grim terrors that dwell within the basement. Only Candy has glimpsed hell in a maddening vision that almost drove her mad. And only Candy can prevent the end… of everything. Packed with his signature outrageous sex and violence, And By God’s Hand You Shall Die is the latest supernatural shocker from David Sodergren, the twisted mind behind The Forgotten Island and Maggie’s Grave. This time, you haven’t got a prayer!