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A formidable and influential work, Language and Death sheds a highly original light on issues central to Continental philosophy, literary theory, deconstruction, hermeneutics, and speech-act theory. Focusing especially on the incompatible philosophical systems of Hegel and Heidegger within the space of negativity, Giorgio Agamben offers a rigorous reading of numerous philosophical and poetic works to examine how these issues have been traditionally explored. Agamben argues that the human being is not just “speaking” and “mortal” but irreducibly “social” and “ethical.” Giorgio Agamben teaches philosophy at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris and at the University of Macerata in Italy. He is the author of Means without End (2000), Stanzas (1993), and The Coming Community (1993), all published by the University of Minnesota Press. Karen E. Pinkus is professor of French and Italian at the University of Southern California. Michael Hardt is professor of literature and romance studies at Duke University. Autorid: Giorgio Agamben, Karen Pinkus, Michael Hardt

'A gripping, behind-the-curtain story of the men and women who rebuilt the world after the carnage of World War II-and, in the process, engineered an age of unprecedented peace and prosperity. A must-read for anyone trying to understand how stability is built, how prosperity scales, and how we can protect what those architects created. Essential reading for anyone who cares about leadership and the future.' Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director______Although the Second World War was still a long way from being won, even by early 1941, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was already planning for peace. America's entry of the war may still have been almost a year away, but he could already see the new world order that needed to emerge from the smouldering ashes of Europe. The business of war was very quickly going to have to become the business of peace.Three years later, under the guidance of his successor, President Harry S. Truman, the Marshall Plan would emerge, a forward-thinking combination of global philanthropy and canny self-interest, rooted in a profound sense of Christian and moral duty, and which kickstarted unprecedented European growth and a chance for the world as a whole to rebuild after the ruinous catastrophe of war.From the world on the eve of war in 1914 through to the Versailles Treaty and the global financial catastrophe of the late 1920s and early thirties, and the political earthquakes that followed, The Visionaries takes a broad sweep of history with important lessons for today. It's a reminder that while history does not repeat itself, patterns of human behaviour certainly do.James Holland's knowledge of the Second World War and its aftermath gives him unique insight into the far-reaching consequences of the financial policies of Roosevelt and Truman. The sustained period of economic stability they initiated delivered peace to the western democracies for over eighty years and stand in stark contrast to our transactional approach to the world today.

With her country's future and her own life at stake, an orphaned duchess must journey into a world of myth and there discover a power that may be her salvation - or her demise - in this enchanting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Winternight Trilogy and The Warm Hands of Ghosts.'Captivating' Naomi Novik'A brilliant writer with an intriguing imagination' Santa Montefiore------Anne of Brittany was a child when her land was invaded, her castle besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.Now Brittany is occupied by her enemies, her treasury empty, and only one thing is lacking to complete her realm's subjugation: she is required, on pain of the sword, to marry the King of France.But Anne cannot. She has promised her dead father that Brittany would never be conquered.Defiantly, she betroths herself in secret to France's greatest enemy. But in a world where courts may spy on each other by magic, there is only one way to solemnize this illicit union.Under the guise of a hunting party, Anne takes her court deep into a deep forest, a strange place dogged with rumours of ancient enchantments; a place where diviners cannot see. She tells the French that she had gone there to hunt unicorns.It's a ruse, a lie, a feint.But when, against all expectations, a unicorn does appear and a wounded stranger stumbles from the trees and falls at her feet, Anne is plunged into a world of enchantment where a doomed sovereign might find the power to change the destiny of her nation - or be lost in the mist for ever.------Readers are loving The Unicorn Hunters:'One of my most anticipated books of 2026 and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT!' 5-star reader review'Absolutely enchanting' 5-star reader review'A magnificent fairy tale, and I loved it with all my heart!!!!' 5-star reader review'Truly unforgettable' 5-star reader review'Absolutely dazzling in plot and character and prose' 5-star reader review'This alchemy of history, fairy tale, romance, and setting that just blows me away' 5-star reader review'I was completely consumed' 5-star reader review 'Full-body immersion into a world of danger, enchantment, heartbreak, and fierce, breathtaking courage' 5-star reader review

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner...A heart-pumping new psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession - an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva Rose.'Absolutely thrilling - kept me guessing until the end.' EDEL COFFEY, #1 best-selling author'This book gets under your skin. An unputdownable thriller.' JEN BRAYYOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...Rafe seems like your perfect man - intelligent, charming, attractive.You think you've met the one.You go back to his house one evening and falls asleep in his arms.When you wake, you reach out for him. But something feels cold beside you...Rafe is dead - murdered in bed as you lay next to him - and everyone is going to think you did it.*Everyone is talking about Mary Watson*'Tight, tense, beautifully written - my favourite kind of thriller.' Kitty Murphy, author of the Dublin Drag Mysteries'Intricately plotted, engrossing and twisty. A riveting read.' Amy Jordan, author of The Dark Hours'I was hooked from the first page.' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me'Hooky, twisty, page-turning.' Fiona Gartland, author of of the Beatrice Barrington series'I DEVOURED The Lover!' Michelle McDonagh, author of There's Something I Have to Tell You

"What you've got to understand is that men like him are the aristocracy in here. The armed robbers and contract killers. They're a breed apart."Darren Sinfield, the most notorious inmate at Lower Marston maximum-security prison, has gone over the wall and is thought to be holed up in nearby Avonford, a decaying town with a squalid underbelly.The intelligence officer tasked with hunting him down, Declan Rennard, was an Avonford man himself back in the day. But times have changed. He used to know where the bodies are buried. Now he's in danger of becoming one of them.To catch a criminal, Dec is going to have to start thinking like one and that means entering his own dark history to engage in a twisted game of cat and mouse with a man who plays it better than anyone.But unearthing the past will lead him into some dangerous places - the brutal world of organised crime, the dirty secrets of the security establishment and an inverted skyscraper under central London that is home to all the stories Britain would rather forget...