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Learning to Drink and What Came After is an irreverent take on a life that has been lived across the pages of The Times, within the darkly glamorous haunts of Soho and behind the scenes at The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.Geradines remarkable life has enjoyed a ringside seat in the drinking dens of Soho alongside artists and criminals, the last days (and nights) of 1970s Fleet Street, the lofty world of the Mayfair auction houses and the dangerous glamour of post-glasnost Saint Petersburg.

Everyone knows about Sir Ernest Shackleton or Amelia Earhart, but there are many adventurers whose accomplishments rival those of the most celebrated explorers, yet most people have never heard of them. This new account tells the true but little-known stories of five men and four women who once made world headlines but have virtually disappeared from the historical record. They are a complex mix of heroes and villains when looked at through a modern-day lens, but all pushed the boundaries of their time accomplishing something truly extraordinary, the lessons of which remain relevant today. Driven by fortune, glory, wanderlust, and an insane desire to achieve the impossible, each of these adventurers had to grapple with unexpected twists, brushes with death, disease, disaster, and treachery. Their accomplishments will both surprise the reader and leave them shaking their head in wonder while asking: "What in the world were they thinking?"

From a Medieval revenant seeking revenge to a Victorian dress that plagues its owner, the disturbing legend of the Hexham Heads to a dystopian future haunted by AI constructs, this new collection of 20 original ghost stories is tailor-made to unsettle.Conjuring the uncanny in both classic settings and contemporary life, these spine-tingling tales from the hit podcast Three Ravens summon spectres in sinister historical sites and eerily familiar modern locations, from steam trains to hospital wards, community centres to 10 Downing Street.Whether you are a devoted fan of the genre or just looking for a good scare, Three Ravens Ghost Tales is the perfect companion for a long winters night, so pull your bedclothes up tight and embrace a variety of chilling horrors to keep you awake, listening for footsteps in the dark

The gothic horror classic in a special edition hardcover A brutal murder shocks Victorian era London. The victim is a respected man of society, the prime subject an elusive figure known as Mr. Hyde. A violent, ruthless man, with a face too cruel to remember. As the investigation unfolds, Hydes strange connection to the well-liked Dr. Jekyll draws the narrators suspicion, but the truth is darker and more complex than he could ever imagine. Stevensons short novel is a masterclass in suspenseful gothic atmosphere. The Best English Originals Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul. aus Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde You must suffer me to go my own dark way. (Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

A beautifully festive special edition hardcover of two of Dickenss touching Christmas tales With Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens created one of the most unforgettable characters in world literature. The greedy old misers transformation after a visit from three Christmas spirits is a heartfelt call for kindness and a joyful celebration of the magic of the holiday season. Also included is The Chimes, a charming, touching, and wonderfully festive New Years tale that captures Dickens wit and warmth at their very best. This edition includes the original illustrations from the first edition. Two true Christmas classics in a festive deluxe edition With original illustrations by John Leech Dickenss novella has become a festive staple. The Guardian on A Christmas Carol I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Charles Dickens, from the authors preface to the holiday classic There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Rivalries ignite into heated romance, lost lovers seek second chances, and friendships turn to something more in these 12 stunning Romantasy stories.Including brand-new stories from beloved and bestselling authors including Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Kelley Armstrong, Alexis Hall, L. R. Lam, and more.Tumble head-over-heels for these 12 gorgeous Romantasy stories from bestselling and beloved authors.A pair of harried servants try to romance their respective bosses into a universe-saving marriage. Two bitter political rivals discover they have interests in common, and decide not to let a little thing like murder get in the way. After years apart, childhood nemeses come together to resolve their differences, and face down a common foe.From Regency England to a mysterious Romanian forest, and from a city made of flowers to a sinister faerie train, love conquers all in these 12 beautiful tales.FEATURING BRAND-NEW STORIES FROM: Hannah Nicole-Maehrer Kelley Armstrong Rebecca Thorne Alexis Hall L. R. Lam A.Y. Chao Juliet Marillier Chloe Neill Olivia Atwater Jen Williams Greer Stothers Vida Cruz-Borja

Showing Up as a Healing Force in a Fractured World In a world thats loud, divided, and constantly shifting, its easy to feel overwhelmed, lost, or cynical. For many, finding a home between the right and the left can seem impossible. But what if this tension isnt something to escape but a space to grow into?In Embrace the Tension, pastor and trusted ministry voice Tommy Nixon offers a pathway for those feeling untethered in todays divisive landscape. Nixon guides you on the "Radical Middle" pathway, a fresh framework with Jesus as the foundation for navigating complexity not with fear or nostalgia but with courage.This book is your guide to pressing into the hard stuff, finding clarity in the chaos, and showing up as a healing force in a fractured world. Its not about going back or giving up but becoming who you were created to be.This book is for you if you are feeling politically or spiritually untethered, identifying with neither left nor the right, searching for a better way to constructively engage with a divided world, or eager to transform the tension you feel into a pathway for personal growth and positive change. Embrace the Tension is your invitation to find your footing, press into the tension between extremes, and bring healing and light to the world around you. You can thrive in the Radical Middle.

Laying the Foundation for a Classical Christian Theology Good theology requires a firm foundation. But how can we lay a good foundation in our theological work? Moreover, what is theology and how does one do theology?As the first volume in the Pillars of Christian Dogmatics series, The Cathedral of Theology is a work of prolegomena to establish principles for theology. This book takes an exegetical, historical, philosophical, and doctrinal approach to explore: what theology is the necessary virtues for doing theology the relationship between Gods knowledge and human knowledge revelation, both natural and supernatural the relationship between faith and reason the relationship of metaphysics to theology principles of biblical interpretation how to organize theology the covenantal context for theology the use of imagination the boundaries of doctrinal truth and error the pursuit of beauty Using the metaphor of a cathedral, Fesko argues for the supreme importance of attending to the basis of the building before advancing the further work of building out walls, windows, and ceilings. With such topics in hand, his book offers the blueprint, prepares the site, and lays the foundation for a beautiful and lasting theological edifice.The Cathedral of Theology serves as an ideal theology textbook for students and also stands as a rich resource for scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of the foundational structures and enduring beauty of theological study.About the Series The Pillars of Christian Dogmatics series seeks to foster contemplation of the triune God through the retrieval of classical, orthodox theology for the church and the world. Featuring field-leading scholars, each volume offers an intensive study of key topics in theology using exegetical, historical, philosophical, and doctrinal resources, while simultaneously embodying the interpretive commitments exhibited across the Great Tradition.

Because he had the courage to make his passionate protest against a worldwide terror, Castellios feud with Calvin must remain everlastingly memorable Stefan Zweig saw sixteenth-century Geneva as a place gripped by heresy-hunting fanaticism and raging ideologies of violence. A world in which free-thinking humanists too often foresaw, and failed to protest, the disasters that draconian leaders would bring upon Europe. Theologian and writer Sebastian Castellio, however, did condemn the burning of heretics as murder and advocated for religious tolerance, at great personal cost. Written in 1936 when Zweig himself had just fled the rise of Nazism, The Right to Heresy is the story of Castellios feud with Calvinist doctrine, and an urgent polemic on individual sacrifices made, throughout history, in resistance to authoritarianism.

In Girling, her open-hearted debut collection, Eve Esfandiary-Denney wrestles with the boundaries between living and death, history and the present, and how these are preordained for us in the fabric of our DNA and in our geographical or cultural environments. Through a personal relationship with illness and a closeness to death, the author asks the reader, I hope its ok to die. I can / be something / like actualized metaphor. She recounts the story of a father left abandoned in a church, and remembers a grandmothers home in a travellers caravan. Grief is portrayed with a tongue in cheek, cosmic register, as the speaker invests in lions mane, attempts to feel super-radiant, and moves into moon pose, while we watch electronic deep-sea claws on YouTube, and google what to do if your mum died last night. Philosophical, funny, pertinent, ecological, global and intimate, this is a collection of poems for the contemporary moment, a book deeply personal yet communal in its intention, beginning from a personal history then resonating outwards, ending on a note so gorgeously hopeful, as life moves towards the speaker, gloriously close.

For the denizens of mythical Primeval, its fields and forests bounded by two rivers, the world beyond is nothing more than a dream. Yet their stories or Times are a microcosm of the tumultuous recent history of the world. The fortunes of the family of Michal the miller, whom conscription carries away in 1914, punctuate nearly a century of war and occupation. The outcast Cornspike raises her daughter among the creatures and spirits of the forest. The squire Popielski loses his faith and becomes obsessed with a game where progress is attained only by dreaming the right kind of dream. Non-human beings trees and mushrooms and archangels have their Times too, as do inanimate objects, which may be more important for the world than people. Alongside bloodshed and betrayal, the dramas of Primevals daily life mark the birth, life, and decline of its little world and Time, making us consider afresh the stories that help us comprehend and navigate our own. Rich with the capaciousness and innovation that have brought Olga Tokarczuk to sustained international fame, Primeval and Other Times is yet another treasure for confirmed fans and new converts alike.

A darkly funny revenge drama, examining the scars of the transatlantic slave tradeLisbon, 1954. In the Military History Archives, a mysterious figure steals the Last Will and Testament of Garoto Bárbaro de Castroa list of thirteen bequests, and a record of Garotos remarkable life story. It is also a window onto many other lives connected to his, including that of the archival thiefhis descendent, Nuno Barbaro de Castro.After stealing Garotos Last Will and Testament, Nunoartifact hunter, grave-robber, conman, fake veterinarian, and agent of Angolan Independencesets off to hunt the listed artefacts, and unintentionally begins to collect the distant relatives of those mentioned in the Will, even when they dont want to be collected...A Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Count of Monte Cristo, The Wreckers is a centuries-spanning tour de force that moves between Angola, Cuba, and Louisianas Angola prison to examine the scars of the transatlantic slave trade, and the consequences of prolonged civil war.

What if the fiasco of the 2022 mini budget was just a rehearsal for something much bigger? It is now costing the British government well over 100 billion a year just to pay the interest on its borrowings more than it spends on either education or defence and around two thirds of what it spends on health. The government is running a deficit of 150 billion this year a sum which will be added to the national debt and will require even ore to be spent on debt interest in coming years.Ross Clark argues that a fiscal crisis will profoundly change the political landscape in Britain. Ideas which might seem unpopular now such as a small and efficient state will have to be enacted then. The political prize will fall to whoever, or whichever party, can prepare itself for the coming disaster.

A thrilling historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace OMalley, the infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who risked everything to protect her people against the powerful Elizabethan regimeGrace OMalley was born to be at sea. Raised alongside her brother by their father, chief of the name of clan OMalley, Grace learns early that her dreams of the open water are not compatible with the life shes expected to lead as the daughter of a noble family. And when her father marries her to the wrong man, a neighbouring chief named Donhal, Graces world shifts for the worse.Undaunted, Grace raises a family without abandoning her passion, aiding her hot-tempered husband in his campaigns against rival tribes. Eventually ousted from her husbands land in the wake of his death, Grace returns to her childhood home and begins her career as a pirate in earnest, claiming new territories and finding deeper love, only to see her livelihood threatened by English incursions into Ireland, and her family endangered in an attempt to check her power.Tenderly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhons gripping latest novel channels the natural beauty of sixteenth-century Ireland alongside the brutality of the period as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine and defender of her people, who truly earned the title the Pirate Queen of Ireland.PRAISE FOR ARIEL LAWHONOne of our most interesting authors of historical fictionPeopleAriel Lawhon is a masterful storyteller Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. LewisHer skill with characterisation is enviable 5 Star Reader ReviewAn extremely talented author 5 Star Reader Review

In this twisty and emotionally resonant thriller from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, a woman risks her life for justice and realises she has more power than she ever knew.Julia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany except that she misses her best friend Courtney, back in the States. One night, Julia calls Courtney and reaches her as shes arriving at her grandmothers farm in Pennsylvania.Then the unthinkable happens.A dreadful premonition overwhelms Julia as Courtney is entering the house, but its too late to stop Courtney, who makes a heartbreaking discovery. Her beloved grandmother has been murdered, and the killer is escaping out the back door. A distraught Courtney chases him, but the killer jumps into a pickup truck and gets away.Julia flies home the next morning to support Courtney in her grief. The local police believe the murder was a botched burglary, but the women suspect something much more sinister. They dig to unearth the truth in a town filled with explosive secrets, and Julias uncanny intuition points her to the missing pieces of a dark puzzle.The women call in hotshot Philly lawyer Bennie Rosato, but events take a deadly turn and Julia becomes the target of a murderous conspiracy. She ends up fighting for her life, with no one to save her... but herself.

Come on a hilarious adventure in a brand-new world. Join in the monster fun, perfect for reading for pleasure and encouraging imaginative play youll never want to leave Jolly Monster Town!A highly-original new full colour chapter book series, this is Coco Wyo meets Jamie Smart!Ralph the Pufferish Monster cant wait to get to the beach and find treasure! But in his rush he digs up a moles house, wakes up a hill monster and disturbs a whole troop of emerald turtles, thinking their shells were jewels! Ralph needs to slow down or does he?Spot Ralphs friends Twiggy the Log Monster and Uno the Cyclops Cat, and help find the buried treasure.Look out for more monster-ific adventures: Jolly Monster Town: The Party Pickle

In 1913, two brothers are sent into the forest to fend for themselves, forging a bond through hunger, freedom and endurance. Before the summer is over, a decision fractures that world, leaving a scar that will mark their family for generations. The wondrous, magical and deeply moving debut novel by one of Norways finest artists, Lars Elling1985. Nineteen-year-old Filip spends his days playing football, listening to music on his Walkman and drawing, searching for something he cannot yet name. He lives in a large family house shared with his grandparents, where an old rift between his grandfather Arnstein and Arnsteins brother Truls still governs the atmosphere. The cause appears trivial, an apple tree dropping fruit across a boundary fence, but the bitterness between the brothers speaks of something far older and deeper.1913. With Europe on the brink of upheaval, Arnstein and Truls are sent into the forest for the summer by their stern father, determined that his sons should learn to endure hardship. Left to fend for themselves among travellers, log drivers and Forest Finns, the brothers live from the land, fishing, hunting and roaming the vast woodland. Cold and hungry, yet bound together by fierce loyalty and affection, they crown themselves the princes of Paupers Pond, rulers of a world shaped by freedom, imagination and shared struggle. Until, back home, their father makes a decision that will change everything.Spanning generations, The Princes of Paupers Pond is a vibrant, magical and deeply affecting novel about brotherhood and belonging, about finding joy and love in the open landscape, and about those single moments that can seal a familys fate forever

When the remains of a young woman and a baby are uncovered on a derelict farm, Detective Elma is drawn into a disturbing investigation, as a young mother settling in Akranes realises danger may be closer than she ever expected The multi-award-winning, international bestselling Forbidden Iceland series continues`She uses complex plots to explore how monsters are made and demonstrate that "evil can lurk behind the most attractive of smiles". Her many characters are people not puppets and she delights in pulling the rug from under their and our feet. If you have never read Aegisdottir, now is the time to start Mark Sanderson, The TimesWhen the skeletons of a young woman and a baby are uncovered on a long-abandoned farm in Hvalfjorur, it is clear they were buried years apart. West Iceland CID begins to investigate the disturbing discovery, aware that someone has gone to great lengths to keep the past hidden.In Akranes, Karitas, a young single mother seeking a new start, settles in with her four-year-old son and rents a basement flat from an eccentric landlord. A cautious sense of happiness returns when she meets the boy next door.But when news breaks that a local girl has been murdered, Karitas must decide who she can trust, knowing that one wrong choice could place her and her child in danger. Detective Elma is drawn into the case, forced to navigate long-hidden family secrets to understand a killers motive, while trying to hold together her increasingly troubled relationship with Svar.Dark, atmospheric and rich with psychological suspense, The Last Tenant confirms Eva Bjorg gisdottir as one of Icelands finest crime writers, as a meticulous investigation and a series of unsettling discoveries draw a close-knit community towards a reckoning no one can escape

Two women hunting the same killer. One seeks justice. One seeks fame. Both have something to hide.In a remote Scottish town where everyone knows everyone, the disappearance of local girl Lily Howard should be impossible to hide. But as Detective Ruth Lindsey discovers, some secrets run deeper than blood.When internet sensation Mia Chaplin arrives to investigate, her viral YouTube videos about the case spark a media frenzy. The town divides: some worship Mia as a crusader for justice, others see her as a dangerous provocateur. For Ruth, shes a threat not just to the investigation, but to the fragile peace of a community already fracturing under pressure.As Mias revelations start destroying lives, Ruth realises shes dealing with something far more sinister than a fame-hungry influencer. Because Mia knows things about Lily she shouldnt. And Ruth is beginning to suspect that the real predator isnt hiding in the shadowy hills of Galloway, but broadcasting to millions from plain sight...

29-year-old Evie has spent years as the assistant to the glamorous, yet high-maintenance Pim Hardcastle, globetrotting as her one-woman entourage and sacrificing her own Christmases with family and friends back in London.Now having secured her dream job in Toronto to start after the holidays, Evie is finally going to be home for Christmas, and her best friends Megan and Josh have put together a bucket list of the capitals most festive activities to enjoy before she jets off permanently.But when Evie encounters the worlds cutest busker outside a Christmas market, she starts to wonder whether her last Christmas in London might be the start of something else entirely