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American Gods: A Journey into the Heart of America

An Acclaimed Masterpiece of Fantasy and Myth

"American Gods" is a groundbreaking novel by Neil Gaiman, renowned author and architect of imaginative worlds. It's a story that has captivated readers and critics alike, earning prestigious awards including the Hugo, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards. It's also been adapted into a critically acclaimed television series on Amazon Prime Video.

**From the minds of David Mitchell, George R.R. Martin, and the Guardian:**

* "To give him his full title: Neil Gaiman, Architect of Worlds, Svengali of Plot, Shaman of Character, Exploder of Cliché, Master Craftsman of Style, Dreamer Laureate of the Republic of Letters." - **David Mitchell**

* "Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive" - **George R.R. Martin**

* "Brilliant and unique" - **The Guardian**

A Journey into the Soul of America

As Neil Gaiman himself describes it, "American Gods is about the soul of America, the idea that everyone came here from somewhere."

The story follows Shadow Moon, a recently released prisoner who finds himself thrust into a world of mythical beings. His life takes a dramatic turn when he meets Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who claims to be an ancient god and the king of America. Together, they embark on a cross-country odyssey, encountering a vibrant cast of characters, both human and divine.

The Coming Storm: A Battle for the Soul of America

But this is not just a road trip; it's a journey into the heart of a brewing conflict. As Shadow and Wednesday travel, they discover a gathering storm of unnatural proportions. A war is coming, a clash between old gods and new gods, vying for the very soul of America. Shadow finds himself at the epicenter of this struggle, his fate intertwined with the destiny of a nation.

A World of Wonder and Intrigue

"American Gods" is a captivating blend of fantasy, mythology, and social commentary. Gaiman masterfully weaves together ancient deities, modern mythology, and the complexities of American identity. The result is a spellbinding narrative that explores themes of faith, power, and the ever-evolving nature of belief.

Dive Deeper with Special Features

This edition of "American Gods" includes a wealth of bonus content:

* **A brand-new author preface:** Get a glimpse into Gaiman's creative process and his personal reflections on the novel.

* **Introduction to the author's preferred text:** Gain insights into Gaiman's artistic choices and the evolution of the story.

* **The Monarch of the Glen novella:** Enjoy a captivating prequel story that expands the world of "American Gods."

* **Reading-group discussion questions:** Engage in thought-provoking conversations about the themes and characters of the novel.

* **An interview with Neil Gaiman:** Gain deeper understanding of the author's inspiration and the process behind his writing.

* **"How Dare You," an essay on American Gods:** Explore the novel's impact on culture and literature through insightful analysis.

**If you're looking for a captivating and thought-provoking read that will leave you pondering the nature of belief and the future of America, "American Gods" is a must-read.**

<p>All My Lies Are True</p>

<p>'This is devastatingly good' Heat</p>

<p>From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls comes a gripping emotional thriller of love and obsession and the nature of coercive control. 'The author plays a blinder' says the Sun.</p>

<p>Verity is telling lies...

And that's why she's about to be arrested for attempted murder.</p>

<p>Serena has been lying for years. . .

And that may have driven her daughter, Verity, to do something unthinkable...</p>

<p>Poppy's lies have come back to haunt her . . .

So will her quest for the truth hurt everyone she loves?</p>

<p>Everyone lies.

But whose lies are going to end in tragedy?</p>

<p>Praise for Dorothy Koomson:</p>

<p>'If you only do one thing this weekend, read this book. . . utterly brilliant' Sun</p>

<p>'Immediately gripping and relentlessly intense' Heat</p>

<p>'An instantly involving pschological thriller' Telegraph</p>

<p>'Koomson just gets better and better' Woman &amp; Home</p>

<p>Greenlights: Raucous Stories And Outlaw Wisdom From The Academy Award-winning Actor</p>

<p>From the Academy Award®-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.</p>

<p>I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.</p>

<p>Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. I found a reliable theme, an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction, at the time, and still: If you know how, and when, to deal with life's challenges - how to get relative with the inevitable - you can enjoy a state of success I call 'catching greenlights.'</p>

<p>So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far. This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops.</p>

<p>Hopefully, it's medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot's license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears.</p>

<p>It's a love letter. To life.</p>

<p>It's also a guide to catching more greenlights-and to realising that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>Kindred</p>

<p>Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.</p>

<p>'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES</p>

<p>'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN</p>

<p>'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZ</p>

<p>--</p>

<p>In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.</p>

<p>When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again.</p>

<p>Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.</p>

<p>And each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.</p>

<p>This is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.</p>

<p>'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE</p>

<p>--</p>

<p>PRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR</p>

<p>'Unnervingly prescient and wise' YAA GYASI</p>

<p>'Butler's evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMES</p>

<p>'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' GUARDIAN</p>

<p>'Octavia Butler was a visionary' VIOLA DAVIS</p>

<p>'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' VANITY FAIR</p>

<p>'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' LUPITA NYONG'O</p>

<p>The Ocean At The End Of The Lane</p>

<p>A special illustrated edition of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the bestselling magical novel from master storyteller Neil Gaiman. Breathtaking black-and-white illustrations throughout by fine artist and illustrator, Elise Hurst.</p>

<p>'Both a pitch-perfect fantasy and a moving examination of childhood memories and their effects on our adult selves ... superb' The Times</p>

<p>'Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul' Joanne Harris</p>

<p>This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane:</p>

<p>A dead man on the back seat of the car, and warm milk at the farmhouse.

An ancient little girl, and an old woman who saw the moon being made.

A beautiful housekeeper with a monstrous smile.

And dark forces woken that were best left undisturbed.</p>

<p>They are memories hard to believe, waiting at the edge of things. The recollections of a man who thought he was lost but is now, perhaps, remembering a time when he was saved...</p>

<p>Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change The World</p>

<p>Seize the day in the name of art. This creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman combines his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell.</p>

<p>'Like a bedtime story for the rest of your life, this is a book to live by. At its core, it's about freeing ideas, shedding fear of failure, and learning that "things can be different" ' INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION</p>

<p>Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters.</p>

<p>Neil Gaiman once said that 'the world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before'. This little book is the embodiment of that vision. Drawn together from speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters explores how reading, imagining and creating can change the world, and will be inspirational to young and old.</p>

<p>THIS PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL NEW ILLUSTRATIONS OF 'GOING WODWO'.</p>

<p>What readers are saying about ART MATTERS</p>

<p>'A rallying cry for all artists and creators'</p>

<p>'Just the injection of positive thinking I needed'</p>

<p>'What a gorgeous, sweet and very, very wise little book'</p>

<p>'You don't know it yet, but it's likely you need this book'</p>

<p>'I feel artistically charged up for the first time in ages'</p>

<p>All Souls 3: The Book Of Life</p>

<p>THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER</p>

<p>Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in the stunning climax to their epic tale, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES and SHADOW OF NIGHT.</p>

<p>A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it.</p>

<p>After travelling through time in SHADOW OF NIGHT, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchant­ing series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception. But the real threat to their future is yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on a terrifying urgency. Using ancient knowl­edge and modern science, from the palaces of Venice and beyond, Diana and Matthew will finally learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.</p>