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Rafa Fernandez was always crystal clear about one thing; hell would freeze over before he was dragged into the dirty business that made his father one of the richest and most powerful criminal bosses in the world. But now his father is dead, hell has indeed frozen over and, whether he likes it or not, his father's billions are his. Unfortunately, the old man's rivals have an eye not just on the drugs' business but the other assets too. Soon his family is under threat: his sister has been kidnapped, and his wife and son living in fear. If they, and he, are to survive, he must become the master of his father's world. Dr Laura Strong also has dark secrets - some crippling gambling debts accumulated trying to care for her disabled brother. When Rafa offers her the chance to transform her finances by caring for his own son, she has no choice but to say yes, particularly when agents from the National Crime Agency urge her to take the job - and inform on her new boss. As a reluctant drug dealer and a damaged doctor are pushed together by an increasingly brutal series of events, the question is simple; can either of them survive? And, if so, how?
'Ruth Jones writes with such warmth you can't help but fall in love with the characters she creates.' JAMES CORDENThe joyful and life-affirming new novel from the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey and the Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold.Linda and Levi will never meet. But they're going to change each other's lives.In her role at the council's Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who've died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She's been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she's looking forward to an early retirement.But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda must take on one last case - that of Levi Norman Jones - a Welshman who'd made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years.What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hearse) with her arch nemesis Fergus Murray, and helped (and hindered) by the eccentric local residents, Linda searches for clues to a life now lost. And in the process unexpectedly makes new friends, and discovers things about herself she never knew.Bursting with all the heart and humour that has made Ruth's name as a screenwriter and author, The One You Never Knew is about finding joy in the most unlikely connections, and the importance of holding onto friendship, love and community - especially when life gets messy.Praise for Ruth Jones:'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do' JOJO MOYES'A cast of characters you'll lose your heart to.' ADELE PARKS'Beautifully warm and totally absorbing.' JANE FALLON
'Prime Minister Churchill, the Witches of Britain are at your service . . .'1940, and war rages across Europe. The future looks bleak. But now, emerging from the shadows, the Royal Academy of Witches offers its help. And so it is tasked with finding an ancient artefact that, were it to fall into Nazi hands, would help Hitler fulfil his twisted Aryan dream . . .Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be chosen to work under Isadora Goode, the Grand Mistress of the Royal Academy of Witches.Now, three years into her apprenticeship, and with Hitler's armies rampaging across Europe, the Witches of Britain have joined the war effort - but not without some resistance from within, the British government having originally forced the witches into hiding.As Lydia's power grows, she too joins the cause, tracking down magical relics in order to keep them out of Nazi hands. But a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences and suddenly Lydia's mission becomes even more urgent . . . Somewhere out there, hidden amidst the chaos of war, is the Grimorium Bellum - an ancient book that Hitler craves, a book so steeped in dark magic that it has the power to wipe out civilisations - an artefact that Lydia must find and secure at all costs.Dropped into the heart of Occupied France, Lydia finds allies in Rebecca Gagne, a French resistance fighter with a secret, and Henry Boudreaux, a Haitian-American art historian who seems to possess a little magic of his own. But tracking down this book is only half the battle - for the Grimorium Bellum seems to have a dark agenda all of its own . . .
I'd got a fair share of surprise and scepticism when I told people I was writing a book about the brain at rest. The idea seemed to defy gravity. It was too radical. Too impractical. Some would laugh it off as a luxury while others would nod along perfunctorily. But as I shared the profound scientific benefits of intentional rest, the resistance often gave way to curiosity, sometimes even relief. When was the last time you let yourself do nothing - not scrolling while eating a sandwich, but nothing at all?We are constantly told to make the most of our time. Stop procrastinating. Don't sleep more than 7.5 hours a night. Optimise. To be happy, creative and successful requires discipline and focus. The most important thing is to be efficient with every precious hour.But when we let our minds wander, something magical happens: blood flow to the brain increases by 90 per cent, and suddenly we are able to think in completely new ways.Dr Joseph Jebelli reveals how neuroscience is solving the mystery of the brain at rest, with profound implications for intelligence, creativity and even life expectancy. If we dare to break the taboo surrounding rest, we will find that long baths, walks in nature, meditation and simple daydreaming are the key to a happier, healthier - and ironically, more productive - life.
Bella Mackie meets Emily Henry in this sharp, voicey 'thromance' about a woman who is determined to make toxic people pay for the damage they do, and the stranger who is on her tail.The wellness retreat to die for - and maybe you will . . .No one in Lily Lennox's life can understand why each of the past five summers, she has shut her successful business and chosen instead to be paid minimum wage life-guarding at the exclusive Riovan Wellness Resort in a sun-soaked Caribbean island.Fortunately for her, they also aren't aware of the mysterious deaths that have occurred on the island every time she's there.Lily always tries to avoid attracting attention. After all, if your mission is murder, it's best not to draw suspicious eyes. But this year (very attractive) guest Daniel Black is asking a few too many inconvenient questions.Can she manage her growing attraction towards him at the same time as getting away with murder?
10 Years ago:It's a study abroad program like no other: a month-long trip exploring the best Australia has to offer. And at first, it's everything best friends Phoebe and Claire, and the rest of the student group, expect: sunshine, whirlwind romances, and all-night parties. But it isn't long before cracks begin to form within the group. Ones that lead to Phoebe's disappearance ...Now:It's the call Claire has been waiting for years for: Phoebe's remains have been found. It's time to return, for her and the others to go back to Australia. But as Claire retraces their steps and tries to piece together exactly what happened to her best friend all those years ago, it quickly becomes clear everyone in the group has secrets. Because someone knows what really happened that fateful day ten years ago.And they'll do anything to keep the others from learning the truth.
The addictive and thought-provoking new novel from the author of the Richard & Judy book club pick, THE HERD. Praise for Emily Edwards:'A knock-out twist' Gillian McAllister'Will have book clubs across the country in hot debate! Brilliant.' Clare Mackintosh***Available to pre-order now***In the sleepy seaside sleepy town of Waverly, Rosie and Seb Kent are happily married. Now that Seb has achieved his dream of becoming Headmaster of the local school, their lives couldn't be any better. Then Abi arrives. Abi, a young, single mother, has come to Waverly for a fresh start. She plans to reinvent herself and give her children a new life. Then she sees Seb. As their complicated hidden past threatens to destroy them both, they try their hardest to keep it contained. But in a small town, secrets don't stay hidden for long and soon, what should be their private business becomes a very public scandal. How far will everyone - them, their families and the whole community - go to protect everything they hold dearest?
Embrace the transformative power of variety and experience for a life of fulfilment. We've been told that a good life is a stable life, a comfortable or purposeful life that follows a well-trodden path. But is a happy life, with the complacency it fosters, or even a meaningful life, which comes with narrowness and misplaced loyalty, the only path to a good life?In Life in Three Dimensions, one of our foremost psychologists Shige Oishi proposes a third dimension to a good life: psychological richness, a concept that prioritizes curiosity, exploration and a variety of experiences that help us grow as people. Weaving his own story with original research from fields ranging from moral philosophy, literature, culture, neuroscience, personality and psychology, Oishi proves that psychological richness has benefits beyond happiness or meaning. Ultimately, we see how anyone can use the three dimensions - happiness, meaning and psychological richness - to build a fuller, more satisfying life with fewer regrets.
The official music quiz book from the iconic Greatest Hits Radio and Channel 4 TV show, with 1,500 new questions - get ready to take on the ultimate PopMaster challenge!DO YOU STOP FOR POPMASTER?Test your pop music knowledge with the official PopMaster quiz book, covering songs and artists in the UK music chart from the 1950s through to the present day. Featuring 1,500 brand new questions and brain teasers from all your favourite segments, including:general knowledgeanagrams of song titlesmissing wordswhat's the connectionsame title but different songwho am I?With questions for music lovers of all ages and tastes, this is the ultimate music quiz book, covering artists ranging from ABBA to ZZ Top and everything in between. Are you a PopMaster Champion or will you be 'one year out'?
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Over four million copies sold in Japan'You will be wrapped in laughter and tears' Reader review*****'What I love about it is its Kindness' Reader review*****'I wanted to tap the shoulders of the characters' Reader review*****Famously scenic, the Hankyu commuter train trundles daily through Japanese landscape unaware of the heartaches of the passengers it carries.On the outward journey we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters as we puzzle out how they will unravel; on the return journey six months later, we watch them resolve:- a young man meets the young woman, who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can take it out himself- a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad- a university student leaves his hometown for the first time- a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend;- an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.As the seasons come around, so the Hankyu line trundles on carrying the lives and loves of its passengers ever forwards.
Zoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie. Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their own hopes and fears.Over the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a string of broken relationships behind him. Yas is a surgeon and very much her own woman. Indie is married and a successful coffee entrepreneur. Rachel is a stay at home mum with two children. Al, widowed young, is about to take over his father's funeral business.When Rob's engagement party throws the gang together once more, some passions are reignited, old connections and resentments resurface. Over the next twelve months, there will, among the friends, be a birth, a marriage, and a death - but whose?Set over one year and told from multiple perspectives, BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES is an era-spanning, globe-trotting novel about love, friendship, and how to stay at least relatively sane in an ever crazier world. It's about a group of friends growing older, a pair of sometime lovers finding their way back to each other, about kindness and joy. It's about births, deaths, marriages, and everything in between.
From breakups that ended empires to naps that sank ships, 10 Mistakes That Changed History reveals how overlooked historical errors are responsible for some of the most era-defining events of the past.Featuring many of the most recognisable characters and episodes in history, from Cleopatra to the sinking of the Titanic, comedian and historian Paul Coulter reframes our understanding of these pivotal moments, revealing how human errors and their unintended outcomes have governed our world - and will likely determine our future.Packed full of surprising facts and funny stories, 10 Mistakes That Changed History is a greatest hits of bad leadership decisions, misguided acts of heroism and mankind's most catastrophic lapses of judgement. These are the very human stories that have shaped our world, all with monumental consequences.**************Praise for the hit live show:Top pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, credited as one of the best shows by Scottish Herald, Mervyn Stutter and the Edinburgh Reporter.Theatre Weekly "So engaging and entertaining that forgot I was there to review it"Edinburgh Reporter "Entertaining and informative"Corr Blimey "The perfect balance between entertaining and educating"Glam Adelaide "Coulter cleverly weaves the well-researched facts with modern day parallels; turning historical figures into relatable misfits"Edinburgh Fringe Review "Coulter's storytelling unmatched, and his references to current pop culture relevant and hilarious"LondonTheatre1 "Infectiously charming"On the Record "A hilarious blend of storytelling, facts and comedy"
DCI Jim Daley returns in the gripping new thriller from the bestselling author Denzil Meyrick. In Kinloch, Hamish is having bad dreams - so bad, he won't leave the house. In the middle of the night, Brian Scott hears his phone buzz on the nightstand. It's a message from Jim Daley, his old friend, which chills him to the bone. 'She's dead, Brian. I couldn't take it anymore - I killed her! You have to help.'When the body of a woman is discovered, Daley is arrested for murder. Scott believes he's innocent, so who is trying to frame him? The search for answers will lead Jim and Brian on a dark journey into their past, putting them - and the people closest to them - in immediate danger.
On glittering Capri, anything can be a mirage. And one thing is true: no one holds a grudge like family. The world was shocked by playwright Sarah Lingate's death thirty years ago at an opulent,white-washed villa on the island of Capri. Absolved of the crime, the Lingate family maintains that what happened that night was a tragic accident. And every July they return to Capri to prove it's true. This time, Helen Lingate - sole heir to the family fortune - has a plan. Tightly controlled by her father, she enlists the help of the family assistant, Lorna Silva, to free herself from her family's stranglehold on her life. And yet, behind closed doors, the legendary Lingate family unity is at breaking point. Upon arrival at the villa in Capri, a anonymous gift awaits them: the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died. In the aftermath, the paranoid, insular Lingates begin to unravel. As the investigation into her mother's death is reopened, Helen begins to lose trust in everyone around her: her controlling father Richard, drug-addled aunt Naomi, aloof uncle Marcus, and even Lorna, whose past she realizes is frustratingly opaque. And as the family fractures, the long-hidden truth about that night and the secrets they've kept from one another boil to the surface - and they might not leave the island alive.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Made to Stick, Switch, and The Power of Moments comes a revolutionary guide to fixing what's not working - in organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives - by identifying leverage points and concentrating resources to achieve our goals. Changing how we work can feel overwhelming. Like trying to budge an enormous boulder. We're stifled by the gravity of the way we've always done things. And we spend so much time fighting fires - and fighting colleagues - that we lack the energy to shift direction. But with the right strategy, we can move the boulder. In Reset, Heath offers a framework for getting unstuck and making the changes that matter: from a freakishly effective fast-food drive-thru to a simple trick from couples therapy to a grassroots initiative that saved the lives of a million cats. The secret is to find leverage points: places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return. Then, we can thoughtfully rearrange our resources to push on those points. In Reset, you'll learn:-Why the feeling of progress can be your secret weapon in accelerating change-How leaders can uncover and stop wasteful activities-Why your team's motivation is often squandered-and how to avoid that mistake-How you can jump-start your change efforts by beginning with a burstThe book also investigates mysteries: Why the middle is the roughest part of a change effort. Why inefficiency can sometimes accelerate progress. Why getting "buy-in" is the wrong way to think about change. What if we could unlock forward movement - achieving progress on what matters most - without the need for more resources? The same people, the same assets...but dramatically better results. Yesterday, we were stuck. Today, we reset.
The sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You.The past is coming for Chief Inspector Taleb. He may not know it but he will soon enough. And the past in Algeria is venomous, vengeful and relentlessful, designed to consume the unwary traveller. He will soon find himself looking down the barrel of a thirty-year-old mystery, which, if he's not careful, will be aimed squarely at him.This Is the Day They Dream Of is the scintillating sequel to the critically acclaimed This Is The Night They Come For You, which introduced the world-weary Inspector Taleb and his infinitely more competent colleague Agent Hidouchi of the Algerian Secret Service. Together they must navigate the country's treacherous history to save themselves from its dangerous present.
A lost journal. A long-buried secret. A story waiting to be told.Cleo Finch has loved gothic literature all her life. She's spent years researching and writing her thesis on the works of one gothic novelist in particular, Orlando Browne, and is determined to prove that Browne was the pen name of a female author, Alys Weston.But as her best friend Tris never fails to remind her, she still hasn't succeeded in finding concrete evidence that proves this to be true.That is, until Cleo's Uncle Ambrose unknowingly gifts her Alys' very own journal, forgotten in a stack of first-edition gothic novels.As Cleo begins deciphering Alys' diary entries, she finds herself utterly absorbed by Alys' vivid descriptions of the people in her own life - particularly the rakish Lord Rayven - and the challenges Alys faced trying to keep Orlando's true identity a secret.And so, newly inspired, Cleo sets aside her thesis to pen a gothic novel of her own . . .
Look what you started. You press send and your message disappears. Full of secrets about your neighbours, it's meant for your sister. But it doesn't reach her - it goes to the entire local community Whatsapp group instead. Now everyone knows what you did. As rumour spreads like wildfire through the picture-perfect neighbourhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will quickly be forgotten. But then you receive the first death threat. And someone wants you dead. The next day, a woman has been murdered. And what's even more chilling is that she had the same address as you - 26 Oakpark - but in a different part of town. Did the killer get the wrong house? It won't be long before you find out...
'A tender tale about ageing, our own and others, and the quiet brutality of love. About what being a man is, and what being a human is, about fathers and sons and fathers and dogs. It's really a book for anyone who's had to say goodbye. The kind of book you give to someone when you're really trying to say "I've been thinking about you" but don't know how." Fredrik Backman, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called OveBo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he's got left; his body is failing him and his quiet existence is only broken up by the daily visits from his home care team. His hands soon too weak to open the precious jar housing the scarf of his Alzheimer-stricken wife Frederika, which still bears her scent. Fortunately he still has his beloved dog Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions that make him look back at his life, his fatherhood and the way he expresses his love.When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving debut about an ageing man's fight to keep the power over his own life.
Steph Harper is on the run. When she was six, her mother, Hannah, ran with Steph and her younger sister, Kayla, from an abusive husband into the arms of Cherokee Nation, where she hoped they might finally belong. But Steph soon sets her sights as far away from Oklahoma as she can get, vowing that she will let nothing get in the way of pursuing the rigorous physical and academic training she knows she will need to be accepted by NASA, and ultimately, to go to the moon.Spanning almost thirty years, and several continents, To the Moon and Back encompasses Steph's turbulent journey, along with the multifaceted and intertwined lives of the three women closest to her: her younger sister Kayla, an artist who goes on to become an Indigenous social media influencer, and whose determination to appear good takes her life to unexpected places; Steph's college girlfriend Della Sixkiller, who strives to reclaim her identity as an adult after being removed from her Cherokee family through a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act; and Hannah, Steph and Kayla's mother, who has held up her family's tribal history as a beacon of inspiration to her kids, all the while keeping her own past a secret.In Steph's certainty that only her ambition can save her, she will stretch her bonds with each of these women, and her own understanding of herself, to the point of breaking.Told through an intricately woven constellation of narrative, To the Moon and Back is an astounding and expansive coming-of-age novel of mothers and daughters, love and sacrifice, alienation and heartbreak, terror and wonder. At its core, it is the story of the extraordinary lengths one woman will go to find space for herself.
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