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Resisting an irresistible force wears you down and turns you out. I know - I've been doing it for years. I may not have a musical gift of my own, but I've got a nose for talent and an eye for the extraordinary. And Marlon James - Grip to his fans - is nothing short of extraordinary. Years ago, we strung together a few magical nights, but I keep those memories in a locked drawer and I've thrown away the key. All that's left is friendship and work. I manage his career, but I can't seem to manage my heart.

Acclaimed author JG Farrell came to fame with his Empire Trilogy, exploring the collapse of British colonialism and its repercussions in three different countries. The first book in the series, Troubles, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize, while the second, The Siege of Krishnapur, was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction. Included here are three BBC Radio adaptations of the trilogy, plus an edition of Witness History exploring Farrell's tragic accidental death.

Inner-suburban Melbourne in the 1970s: a world of communal living, drugs, music and love - Garner captures the fluid relationships of a community of friends. Helen Garner’s gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiece - the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs and sex.

When Daisha's boyfriend, Raekwan, takes his violent, jealous antics to the next level, a mysterious stranger intervenes, taking Daisha to his place to nurse her wounds. Even though she sneaks out the next morning. Daisha can't stop thinking about him; but with her history of bad relationships with men and with her estranged mother, she knows that she should only be concerned with her own survival. In time, she will realize that he has a strong grip on her emotionally, and she has no control.

Patrick Dunn, a retired ex-cop haunted by his past, has faced relentless challenges since an EMP attack plunged the country into darkness. After navigating a brutal winter to escape Salem, he finds himself in Meadowview, desperately trying to protect his children and guide Holly, an escaped psychiatric patient turned fierce survivor. But as they settle into this new reality, they quickly realize that the greatest battles lie ahead. In this new landscape, old friends and allies converge as familiar faces from the End of Days series join the fight for survival.

The power’s out. And there's only one chance to escape. Grip of Mercy is the riveting fifth book in the After The End post-apocalyptic EMP survival series. If you like characters that jump off the page, spellbinding action, and edge-of-your-seat drama, then you’ll love bestselling author Sam J Fires’s nail-biting thriller.

Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk - a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene.

Two days after the disastrous town meeting, Charlie thinks she might go crazy being stuck indoors. But helping her next-door neighbor Kayla find some diapers for her baby might not have been the uneventful errand she'd planned, and when she takes the trip to her parents’ place out of town, she comes across a sight that will haunt her dreams forever. Grip of Death is the fourth book in this enthralling post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller featuring flawed, complex characters, and adrenaline-fueled action and adventure.

Finally, Isaac pours his heart out to Cass about his troubled childhood. Meanwhile, larger than life personalities clash in Meadowview, and tragedy strikes again. How much more can this small community take before it implodes? Perfect for fans of Harley Tate, Ryan Schow, Grace Hamilton, Kyla Stone, and Boyd Craven, Grip of Evil is the sixth book in this enthralling post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller featuring flawed, complex characters and adrenaline-fueled action and adventure.

When Hugh Latimer is shot in the head during combat, he is not expected to survive. But he returns home a hero and is awarded the VC. As time moves on, though, it becomes clear that whilst he may have recovered physically, he has been dramatically changed psychologically by the war....

A new science thriller from Naked Podium, Death's Grip is the story of a young woman in search of her father and a Tribune reporter in search of a story. As they sink deeper and deeper into their search for Dr. Hodges, a once-promising biochemist, now presumed dead, they find themselves trapped in a dark tale woven for them long before they began their search. This book-turned-podcast imagines one last big story of the century as the Chicago Tribune goes out, not with a whimper, but a bang