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p b FROM THE i SUNDAY TIMES i BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION EMILY HENRY b br br b One of my favourite authors b COLLEEN HOOVER i It Ends With Us i br b Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all time greats b TAYLOR JENKINS REID i Daisy Jones and The Six i br br br br Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story br br That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie Petra br br Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament Petra s ex Miles br br As expected it s not a match made in heaven that is until one night while tossing back tequilas they form a plan br br And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together well who could blame them br br But it s all just for show of course because there s no way Daphne would i actually i start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex fiance s new fiancee s ex right br br b A shimmering joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common from 1 i New York Times and Sunday Times i bestselling author Emily Henry b br br br br b PRAISE FOR

From Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a dark twisting thriller about a group of friends lost in the woods one by one they each will fall and only the killer will return home alive A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children A chance to repair her damaged marriage A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends It sounded like heaven Then Claire s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road With no cell reception the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel But it turns out the woods aren t as easy to navigate as they thought Hours later they are lost Hopelessly lost And as they navigate deeper into the woods the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one Has a wild animal been hunting them Or is the hunter one of them But as more time passes one thing becomes clear Only one of them will return home alive

The unmissable finale to New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series THE GILDED ONES set in an ancient West African inspired world and perfect for fans of CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE and BLACK PANTHER Deka is a goddess in waiting with the potential to save her people from the brutal ancient goddesses who terrorize her kingdom of Otera But first she must find the source of her divine power and if the Gilded Ones find it before she does they will drain her power and tear Otera apart Alongside her army of friends Deka faces the hardest battle of her life not just with the goddesses but with her own doubts What if becoming a goddess makes her as evil as the Gilded Ones And is she ready to leave her earthly life and loves behind THE ETERNAL ONES is the final thrilling instalment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her Praise for THE GILDED ONES Namina Forna could be the Toni Morrison of YA Fantasy Refinery 29 The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ultimately hopeful Stephanie Garber 1 NYT bestselling author of Caraval Debut author Namina Forna s created a fierce female protagonist you ll root for and a captivating world that feels so real you can

The fourth volume in The Library of Esoterica explores the historic roots of plants in myth and magickal practices Through essays interviews and more than 400 images from ancient Egyptian stonework to Victorian botanical art to contemporary works celebrating nature Plant Magick chronicles the symbiotic relationship between plants and people

Every relationship has one beginning.This one has two endings.Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy.And he can''t work out why she stopped.Now he is. . .1. Without a home2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn''t lookingSet adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend''s side of the story.From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book AISLING BEA''This is the greatest. You''ll cry and laugh. I read it though the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep'' CLAUDIA WINKLEMANI award it 13/10 on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn''t write it) MARIAN KEYES

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?

Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who never leaves survivors - her heart is broken. But her charms draw the attention of the relentless Prince Humperdinck who wants a wife and will go to any lengths to have Buttercup. So starts a fairytale like no other, of fencing, fighting, torture, poison, true love, hate, revenge, giants, hunters, bad men, good men, beautifulest ladies, snakes, spiders, beasts, chases, escapes, lies, truths, passion and miracles.

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES ***'Thriller of the Year' Daily Mail 'Hypnotic and scary' Stephen King'Examines the fine line between seduction and stalking . . . Ludicrously readable' GuardianWhen aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works, he is instantly smitten.But there's more to Joe than Beck realises and much more to Beck than her perfect facade. And the obsessive relationship quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences...

England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . .Midsummers Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands the marshy landscape of the south coast.Alinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run, and shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marsh, not knowing that she is leading disaster into the heart of her life.Suspected of possessing dark secrets in superstitious times, Alinors ambition and determination mark her out from her neighbours. This is the time of witch-mania, and Alinor, a woman without a husband, skilled with herbs, suddenly enriched, arouses envy in her rivals and fear among the villagers, who are ready to take lethal action into their own hands.

Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn''t already.

The film tie-in edition to the already highly acclaimed Luca Guadagnino-directed film of one of the great love stories of our time.Call Me By Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father''''s house guest Oliver during a restless summer on the Italian Riviera.Unrelenting currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is a romance of scarcely six weeks'''' duration, and an experience that marks them for a lifetime.For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing they both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

The New York Times number one bestselling title. Bravery, courage, fear and love in a time of war. Despite their differences, sisters Viann and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight and Viann finds herself isolated so Isabelle is sent by their father to help her. As the war progresses, the sisters' relationship and strength is tested. With life changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquisite in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with atrocities, but also humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they finish reading.

Based on extensive interviews with survivors and key players in the ten-year fight against the horde, World War Z brings the finest traditions of journalism to bear on what is surely the most incredible story in the history of human civilisation.

How do you solve a mystery when you cant understand the clues?A rich tapestry distinctive and compelling ObserverA stunning whodunnit Mail on SundayA beautiful, original novel, at once funny and tragic and brave Sarah PinboroughThere are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently.2. He cant recognise faces not even his own.3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham.But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world foreverAn extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way youve never seen it before

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics featuring eye-catching, newly commissioned art. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection. Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (The Sunday Times) - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace, humour, horror and breathtaking suspense. A fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination.

This is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future. And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion - all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.