NORTH CLAIRE (CATHERINE WEBB)

(P/B) ITHACA
This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. Beyond Ithaca's shores, the whims of gods dictate the wars of men. But on the isle, it is the choices of the abandoned women - and their goddesses - that will change the course of the world. 'The greatest power we women can own is that which we take in secret.' Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the isle of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have ...
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ΟΙ ΠΡΩΤΕΣ ΔΕΚΑΠΕΝΤΕ ΖΩΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΡΙ ΟΓΚΟΣΤ
Μερικές φορές χρειάζονται περισσότερες από μία ζωές για να διηγηθείς μια ιστορία. Ό, τι κι αν κάνει, ό, τι αποφάσεις κι αν πάρει, κάθε φορά που πεθαίνει ο Χάρι, επιστρέφει στο μέρος απ' όπου ξεκίνησε, ένα παιδί με όλη τη γνώση μιας ζωής που έχει βιωθεί κιόλας δεκαπέντε φορές. Τίποτα δεν αλλάζει ποτέ - μέχρι τώρα. Καθώς ο Χάρι πλησιάζει στο τέλος της ενδέκατης ζωής του, ένα κοριτσάκι εμφανίζεται στο πλάι του κρεβατιού του. "Παραλίγο να σας χάσω, Δρ. Όγκοστ", λέει, "Πρέπει να στείλω ένα μήνυμα". Αυτή είναι η ιστορία τού τι κάνει ο Χάρι μετά,...
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(P/B) House of Odysseus
On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband, Odysseus, sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - but this is shattered by the arrival of Orestes, king of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes's hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's sands. Now, racked with guilt, he is slowly losing his mind. Penelope knows destruction will f...
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(P/B) HOUSE OF ODYSSEUS
From the author of the critically acclaimed Ithaca - A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year - comes an exquisite and gripping new tale that breathes life into ancient myth. This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband, Odysseus, sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - but this is shattered by the arriv...
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(P/B) THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARY AUGUST
No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes - until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says. 'I need to send a message.'This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow. This is the ext...
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(P/B) ITHACA
Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus' empty throne-not yet. But everyone waits for the balance ...
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(P/B) 84K
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything... Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny. Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full. But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet. Because when the richest in the wor...
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