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I completely lost myself in After Ever After and devoured it in two sittings. It is a gorgeous novel of love, loss and hopeJennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious ThingsThree years since the sudden death of her beloved husband Etienne Grenaud, and the end of her life in the beautiful French village of Monpazier, 30-year-old Ava is at a loose end. Now back in London, she spends most of her time with her semi-regular hookup Archie and working on the unfinished draft of her book: The Grief Diary. But when her editor tells her to head back to Monpazier to focus on finishing the book, Ava finds herself learning how to navigate life back in the small town without Etienne.Ava struggles to come to terms with her feelings towards the town, especially after the arrival of Etiennes estranged brother, Florian, which digs up resentment from the past. But with the support of new friends, including her octogenarian landlady, Ava rediscovers the person she was before her husband, and finds out what her life could look like, After Ever After.

A man on the edge.A woman hell-bent on revenge.A cheating husband.A desperate wife.A property empire on the brink of collapse.A family at loggerheads.A predator hiding in plain sight.Who will sink and who will swim?All is not as it seems aboard a billionaires superyacht in this addictive, twist-filled thriller

A Survival Guide to Parliament is the essential book every parliamentary staffer needs the book every caffeine-fuelled politico secretly wishes theyd had on their first day in the Palace of Westminster. Ditch the glossy official induction packs: this is the real deal.With details on how to get there, how to survive and how to recover, the guide is packed with practical tips, tricks and plenty of anecdotes to make you laugh and wince in equal measure. Pulling back the heavy velvet curtains to show how Parliament really works and how the smartest staffers make it work to their advantage this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in how Britain is really governed.Part handbook, part survival manual, part comic relief, its a roadmap written by those whove endured late-night votes, survived ministerial meltdowns and lived to tell the tale. Many staffers, past and present, have contributed their highs, lows and nightmares, painting a vivid picture of life in politics.With a mix of humour and hard talk, A Survival Guide to Parliament shows not just how to keep MPs happy but how to stay sane, make allies and maybe even enjoy the ride.Whether youre brand-new or battle-hardened, this guide will be an essential part of your parliamentary toolkit.

Are you sure you dont want to sin just a little bit?Once, Sato Reangs father tried to bully him into being a pious child. Now hes a little Devil. He stops saying his prayers. He starts to run with the wild boys: drinking, fighting, stealing. He eats his fill of life, barges in where he pleases. Maybe hell burn down the school...If only Jamal, his strictly religious schoolmate, would join him. Sato intends to lead him astray and introduce him to worldly pleasures. Even if the consequences are darker than he could have imagined.Devilishly funny and delicately moving, The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks is a lightning strike of a coming-of-age novel.

Yachiyo Furugami, plagued by episodes of sleepwalking, receives a series of cryptic letters culminating in an ominous warning: Walk not at night. Then a body is discovered on the grand Furugami estate, decapitated with a centuries-old samurai sword. The police are baffled, so the famous sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi is called upon to solve the mystery, but before he can do so, the killer strikes again. Can Kindaichi get to the truth before the Furugami family is destroyed by its own secrets?

What was an Indian prince doing in the retinue of a French envoy at Constantinople in 1796? When Sultan Selim III, struck by the unusual sight of a fellow Muslim in a French cortege, asked how this prince had come to be there, Ahmad Khan began to tell him his extraordinary story.A Passage to Europe traces Ahmad Khans journey from Gujarat to Constantinople, revolutionary France, London and back again. His voyage began with the annexation of Broach by the East India Company. Twenty years later, he reached London to seek redress. The British government paid his expenses, but although his tale was true, Khan was not the man he claimed to be. Branded a spy, he was arrested, and then simply vanished.Following the elusive paper trail, Rahul Markovits brings to life the astonishing odyssey of this unlikely traveller, revealing a story of empire, intrigue and deception at the dawn of the modern age.

A sweeping, heartfelt tale of female courage and resilience - Annie LyonsA fascinating and emotional story which had me glued from first page to last - Louise FeinAs the bombs rain down, love and hope refuse to surrender.Malta, 1941. As bombs fall across the island and invasion looms, Kitty Campbell is haunted by the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption years before. Desperate to find her child, Kitty begins searching for answers - but uncovering the trail is complicated by her fathers secretive past and a mysterious stranger on the island.Working as an Aircraft Plotter at Fighter Command in Valletta, tracking the fierce air battles raging in the skies above Malta, Kitty uncovers secrets that could change everything - and faces an impossible choice between duty, love, and the child she has never forgotten.Page-turning ... If you enjoy authentic wartime tales, plucky heroines, and gentle romance, this book is for you Louise Morrish

In The Monks Mindset, former Buddhist monk and renowned Peloton instructor Sam Yo shares the transformative lessons that helped him move from chaos to clarity. Drawing on his monastic training, meditation practice, and experiences as a performer and coach, he reveals how anyone can weave ancient Buddhist wisdom into modern life to find calm, focus, and purpose, even in a world that never slows down.Through vivid storytelling and reflective practices, Sam explores how to: · align your four dimensions-body, mind, heart, and spirit-for lasting balance and well-being; · channel your energy wisely with Right Effort-learning when to move, when to rest, and when to simply be; · repair your story and free yourself from limiting beliefs; · calm a restless mind with his bubble practice for managing overwhelm and uncertainty; · listen deeply by emptying your cup-a mindful communication practice that nurtures true presence; and · live with intention through short monks mindset moments that fit any schedule.Each chapter blends memoir and modern mindfulness with practical habits, reflection prompts, and affirmations to help you reconnect with your inner strength, deepen emotional awareness, and cultivate lasting peace.Whether youre seeking clarity, navigating change, or simply trying to slow down, The Monks Mindset offers a practical tool kit for mindfulness, self-discovery, resilience, and spiritual growth and reminds you that the stillness you seek has been within you all along.

This will book will broaden your horizons ... We cannot hope to understand the diversity of the universe if we fail to accept the diversity of what it is to be a human being Robin InceWhat if the world around us is far richer than we can perceive?In Invisible Rainbows, astrophysicist and science communicator Dr Alfredo Carpineti reveals the extraordinary hidden universe beyond the limits of human vision and how we have learnt to harness it. From the emanations of powerful cosmic explosions in gamma-rays to galaxies glowing in radio waves, he shows how every colour we see is just one note in the vast symphony of light. Featuring conversations with LGBTQIA+ astronomers and scientists from around the world, Carpineti focuses on their pivotal but often invisible contribution to the evolving field of astronomy, and how our identities can shape the way we look at the universe. Blending awe-inspiring science with reflections on perception, diversity and wonder, Invisible Rainbows changes the way we see ourselves and the cosmos.

Erin Weed is a coach and CEO who has helped hundreds of people around the world discover their true purpose and what drives them, all through a simple process called The Dig. This simple, unique self-discovery method will help you uncover your operating system - a single sentence that summarizes what drives you - and locate the one word that can fully unleash your power.- Discover who you are, how you operate, and the message you were born to share - Engage concisely, precisely, and authentically with everyone in your orbit - Heighten your effectiveness within any organization - Neutralize impasses and resolve team conflicts - Improve negotiations - Unleash your creativity

Someone knows about Julia Glynns affair. She and husband Michael are the envy of their neighbours: prosperous, devout, the model couple. Then one day, an anonymous letter arrives with the morning papers, describing Julias trysts with Michaels nephew in obscene detail.Frantic with suspicion and frustrated desire, Julia imagines catastrophe in their small, curtain-twitching town. As the letters keep arriving, she struggles to retain composure and proceed with plans for a family pilgrimage to Lourdes - only for other buried scandals to come knocking at the door of their pristine home. Frank in its depiction of sexuality and queerness in 1950s Ireland, The Pilgrimage was immediately banned on original publication. Outrageous and bleakly funny, it is a powerful evocation of the corrosive effects of repression.

In Charyns capable hands, Callas sings againThe TimesThis is a marvelPublishers WeeklyCompelling and dramaticBooklist...the allure of an opera legend is rendered with humanizing gritForeward ReviewsMaria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognised as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyns Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality.Callas was one of the first divas to come from an impoverished background. As an outsider, she was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment.In Charyns inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim.

In 2021, Magorzata Lebda ran the entire length of the longest river in Poland, the Vistula, from its source in the Beskid Mountains to its mouth at the Baltic Sea a distance of 1,113 kilometres. She set out to run as a poet, not as an athlete, to use the rhythms of her own body as a means of understanding and connecting to the rhythms of the rivers body of water, under threat of environmental ruin. Mer de Glace, which won the Szymborska Award, is the introduction to her remarkable journey. A profound meditation on the porosity, reactivity and receptivity of both the body and the natural world, the collection reveals their deep interdependence.

It is a bitterly cold night, with rain falling and an edge of snow. Under the sickly yellow lighting in the lorry park, three men are looting precious cargo from the tarpaulined trailers - but the crack of a gunshot pierces the night, and everything changes.Six months on and a key witness at the subsequent murder trial finds herself under police protection in the remote ancient highlands around Loch Torridon. She is determined to find out what happened to her beloved Callan, one of the three looters, but everything becomes more complicated by another local murder, and the arrival of DCI Kelso Strang.The local dramatic peaks form the uncompromising backdrop of the police investigation, and Strang must contend with seismic events that will change many lives to get to the truth.

In the year following 7 October 2023, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experiences of that day and the months of destruction and displacement that followed. From these encounters comes Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life, a selection of twenty-six testimonies from ordinary civilians aged thirteen to sixty-five, whose lives have been irrevocably altered by what may one day be remembered as one of the most savage military offensives of our time. Adapted from warning flyers dropped moments before a bombing, the books title captures the impossible reality of life for Gazans. That reality is laid bare in accounts marked by unimaginable loss homes shattered, loved ones vanished, limbs obliterated and mechanisms of cruelty that defy comprehension. In gathering these testimonies, Yazbek brings into focus the human lives behind the headlines, and the survivors determination, even amid devastation, to speak and to be heard.

When detective-in-training Sigurdís interrupts her studies in the US to return to Iceland, after discovering that the investigation into her abusive fathers death has been dropped, shes plunged into a completely new case when a controversial TV personality is murdered during the Reykjavik Marathon.[A] hugely satisfying novelThe Sunday TimesA new voice in Icelandic crime fiction plays with the readers expectations with cool confidence masterfulLilja SigurardottirOne of Icelands most exciting new voicesEva Bjorg gisdottirSigurdis has all the makings of a beloved new Nordic detective This meticulously crafted work keeps its secrets tight until the very endNordic WatchlistA series with great potentialFinancial TimesThousands of runnersOne killerIcelandic detective-in-training Sigurdis is studying criminal psychology in the USA, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Garar, has been put on leave from Reykjavik CID as a result of his investigation into Sigurdiss fathers death.Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdis finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einarsdottir has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavik Marathon. Struggling to locate a runner wearing bib number 1407, who was seen near the murdered woman during the race, the police soon discover that several masked runners were wearing the same number.As the mystery deepens, Sigurdis and her fellow detective Unnar soon learn exactly how unpopular Olga was not just with the interviewees she humiliated on live TV, but with her own son, her business partner, a widower who insists that she had a hand in his wifes death, and her ex-husband, who died in suspicious circumstances thirty years agoAs her exploration into Olgas past becomes ever darker and more harrowing, Sigurdis must also face the truth about her own father, while searching for an attacker who will go to any lengths to cover up their crimesPraise for Dead Sweet**Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut**A breathtaking thriller from one of Icelands most exciting new voicesEva Bjorg gisdottirSo chillingHeat magazineKatrin Juliusdottir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrativeLilja SigurardottirA sophisticated, multi-layered thriller a series with great potentialFinancial TimesExceptional and realistic characters Dead Sweet hooks you in from the very first page and keeps you there until the unexpected ending Blackbird Award judges: Yrsa Sigurardottir, Ragnar Jonasson and Bjarni orsteinssonDelve into a world of corruption, power and a rising body count in one of your new favourite noir seriesB.S. CaseyA very welcome addition to the growing number of writers of Icelandic Noir many twists and turns until all is revealedTripFictionAn excellent debut thriller with a highly original storylineSunn Gisladottir, The Reading Room

Three years ago, Rowan Fyrion vanished on the day of her wedding, abandoning the powerful family that controlled her life and escaping the man determined to own her.Now living under the name Emma Aspen, she has built a new life in Havenford with her young son, far from the shadows of Ravenholt. By day, she works as a white-hat hacker. By night, she helps victims of abuse disappear and start overoffering others the freedom she fought so hard to claim for herself.But the past is never truly buried.When paramedic and Keeper Sebastian Kane crosses Emmas path, an undeniable connection sparks between themone neither can explain. At the same time, ancient Seals begin to awaken, dark forces gather in the shadows, and Fabian Fyrions hunt for his missing daughter intensifies.Emma has spent years hiding from the truth of who she is. But as danger closes in around the people she loves most, she may have no choice but to embrace the power she was born to wield.Because some bonds cannot be broken.And some destinies cannot be escaped.

Dr. Madeleine Mackenzie has spent her life studying belief systems, myths, and the superstitions people cling to in times of fear. Logic has always been her shielduntil the night her carefully ordered world begins to unravel.After a chance encounter with the charismatic and mysterious Eric Daranthas at an academic gala, Madeleine finds herself drawn to him in ways she cannot explain. Their connection is immediate, intense and impossible to ignore. But when her obsessive ex-fiance turns violent and strange events begin to unfold around her, Madeleine is forced to confront a terrifying truth: the legends she has devoted her career to studying may be real.Hidden beneath the modern world, an ancient war between light and shadow still rages. Powerful beings known as Keepers guard sacred Seals that imprison Nexus, a dark force desperate to break free from the Void. And somehow, Madeleine is at the centre of it all.As danger closes in and the line between myth and reality shatters, Madeleine and Eric must uncover the truth behind their bond before forces of darkness tear their world apart.Because some legends were never meant to stay buried.

Ten years ago, Aislinn Thorne walked away from the only man she ever loved to protect him from the darkness clawing at her soul. But running hasnt silenced the voice in her heador the bond that refuses to break.Now, forced back into the orbit of Austin Aquendilthe Calystral Prime and her fated other halfAsh must navigate a fragile alliance to stop the Voidbound from enacting a ritual that could tear the world apart. The danger is greater than ever, but the real battle might be with the pastand with the undeniable connection neither of them can outrun.As secrets unravel and trust is tested, Austin and Ash must decide whether the bond that once broke them can now save everything or whether it will destroy them both.Love, duty, and destiny collide in the fight for the Eternal Balancebecause some bonds are forged by fate... and others by fire.

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