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George Bernard Shaw s three-act love comedy Arms and the Man was staged in 1894 and released a year later. The drama satirizes romantic notions of war and valor and is set in the Bulgarian home of the Petkoff family. In Raina Petkoff s bedroom, a battle-weary officer who is a Swiss mercenary serving in the Serbian army seeks safety and she agrees to hide him from the police. Raina initially mocks the intruder s cowardliness after hearing his straightforward description of the war, in which he refutes the heroics of her fiance Sergius, but eventually comes to value his honesty. After the war is done, the captain, Captain Bluntschli, makes a return. By the play s conclusion, Raina has engaged Bluntschli, who recently inherited a series of Swiss hotels, and Sergius has promised himself to maidservant Louka, whose fiancé, the manservant Nicola, voluntarily renounces his claim to her. The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885 is depicted in the drama. Young Bulgarian woman Raina Petkoff, the book s protagonist, is engaged to Sergius Sarnofff, one of the war s heroes whom she adores.

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George Bernard Shaw s witty comedy of manners, Pygmalion includes an introduction by Nicholas Grene in Penguin Classics.Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor Pygmalion, who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw s feminist views. In Shaw s hands, the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his creation has a mind of her own. Adapted into the Oscar-winning musical film My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in 1964, PygmalionThis is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence, with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene, discussing the language and politics of the play. Also included in this volume is Shaw s preface, as well as his sequel written for the first publication in 1916, to rebut public demand for a more conventially romantic ending.Although essentially shy, Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) created the persona of GBS, the showman, satirist, conversationalist, critic, pundit, wit, intellectual buffoon and dramatist. Commentators brought a new adjective into English: Shavian , a term used to embody all his brilliant qualities. Deeply concerned by what he saw as the exploitation of the working class, Shaw was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He remains the only person ever to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize in Literature and an Oscar.If you enjoyed Pygmalion, you might like Oscar Wilde s The Picture of Dorian Gray, also available in Penguin Classics.

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The book covers Shaw s career as a dramatist and critic in some detail, including his puritanical resistance to Shakespeare. This biography of George Bernard Shaw s writings and political beliefs was written by G. K. Chesterton, who was in the perfect position to do it. Although he was a close friend, he vehemently opposed Shaw s progressive socialism. His analysis of Shaw retains the same lightness of touch and wit as his earlier writings. The book offers an insightful and up-to-date analysis of Shaw s politics and philosophy, as well as the progressive orthodoxy that emerged in the 20th century as a result. The book serves as a fantastic introduction to Shaw s works and the culture of the time they were produced. The majority of individuals either claim to agree with Bernard Shaw or claim to not comprehend him. One and only G. K. Chesterton could comprehend him. The book works because Bernard Shaw is both quick-witted and verbose. A writer who has a quick mind for ideas could end up working more slowly than necessary. Every allusion or analogy requires him to pause and reiterate the historical similarities. The man s path is blocked by the very jungle of his ideas. The play must come before the introduction due to inevitable artistic necessity.

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Audiokniha: Původní titul DM 15084 G.B.Shaw Pygmalion / Živnost paní Warrenové vydal Supraphon v roce 1959 a nyní vychází poprvé digitálně. K albu jsme přidali jako bonusy tři poslední snímky z našeho archivu autora G.B. Shawa, které nebyly zahrnuty do titulu VT 7464-2 Divadlo, divadlo, divadlo /George Bernard Shaw. Pro zajímavost zde uvádíme i dvě různá pojetí dialogu inkvisitora s Janou ze hry Svatá Jana - poprvé v podání Jiřiny Petrovické a Martina Růžka, podruhé verzi s Vlastou Vlasákovou a Milošem Nedbalem. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (*26. července 1856 - † 2. listopadu 1950)

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A new collection of Shaw s major political writings presents an opportunity to reflect on his influential role as a public intellectual. At the forefront of economic and political debate from the 1880s to the 1950s, George Bernard Shaw was once the most widely read socialist writer in the English language, and his lifelong crusade against inequality and exploitation is far from irrelevant today. The thorough interpenetration of Shaw s literary and political engagements is an unusual story in modern literature, and this volume offers a portrait of Shaw as a political artist in the purest possible sense: that is, as a writer of essays, articles, pamphlets, and books with explicitly and expressly political aims. The selected writings in this volume showcase Shaw s most influential and most accomplished political work, but also provide a cross-section that is representative of the whole of his long career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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George Bernard Shaw s public career began in arts journalism-as an art critic, a music critic, and, most famously, a drama critic-and he continued writing on cultural and artistic matters throughout his life. His total output of essays and reviews numbers in the hundreds, dwarfing even his prolific playwriting career. This volume of Shaw s Major Cultural Essays introduces readers to the wealth and diversity of Shaw s cultural writings from across the breadth of his professional life, beginning around 1890 and ending in 1950. Topics covered include the theatre, of course, but also music, opera, poetry, the novel, the visual arts, philosophy, censorship, and education. Major figures discussed at length in these works include Ibsen, Wagner, Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Wilde, Mozart, Beethoven, Keats, Rodin, Zola, Ruskin, Dickens, Tolstoy, and Poe, among many others. Coursing with Shavian flair and vigor, these essays showcase the author s broad aesthetic sensibilities, trace the intersection of culture and politics in Shaw s worldview, and provide a fascinating window into the vibrant cultural moment of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Audiokniha: Divadlo, divadlo, divadlo - miniserie určená pouze pro digitální prodej je věnovaná divadlu a autorům s divadlem spjatým. George Bernard Shaw (*26. 7. 1856 - 2. 11. 1950} byl anglický dramatik, prozaik a esejista irského původu, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 1925. Své pravé umělecké pole našel Shaw až v dramatické tvorbě, ve které uplatnil svůj jasný, kritický a ironický intelekt. Stal se zakladatelem moderního anglického dramatu a nejvýznamnějším anglickým dramatikem po Williamu Shakespearovi. České divadlo, po staletí ovlivňováno a poznamenáno shakespearovským kultem, ve 20. století obrátilo pozornost k dílu Shakespearova protichůdce a představitele typické anglické komedie, jakým byl G.B.Shaw. Je typické, že jej neprve objevilo Národní divadlo a postupně uvádělo jeho díla, která však nedosáhla většího množství repríz /Člověk nikdy neví (1906), Živnost paní Warenové (1907), Motýl (1908)/; první velký úspěch zaznamenala hra Pygmalion (1913), která se stala oporou kmenového repertoáru NDa hrála se až do dvacátých let. Dalším velkým úspěchem byl Caesar a Kleopatra (1917). Ještě ve válečném období upoutával české prostředí svým odsudkem války a svou pacifistickou tendencí. Nové nastudování Živnosti paní Warenové je podstatně úspěšnější a i další hry G.B Shawa (Pekelník, Kateřina Veliká, Milionářka, Svatá Jana, Androkles a lev a další) , které mají na repertoáru už i další česká divadla (Vinohradské, Realistické, Komorní a i divadla v Brně aj.) přibližují jeho dílo skoro v jeho celistvosti Naše divadlo se tedy může pyšnit tím, že vycítilo velikost G.B.Shawa již v jeho prvních jevištních rozbězích. Nešlo mu přitom jen o jeho zábavnost, která zaručuje divácký úspěch; šlo mu o životní a světový názor dramatika, který byl blízký české povaze svým úsměvným skepticismem a sarkastickou kritičností.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.George Bernard Shaw s classic play and satire of the British class system, first performed in 1913.

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Audiokniha: Komedie o tom, že obchod s chudobou kvete v každé době. G. B. Shaw chtěl roku 1885 vytvořit moderní hru pro britské divadlo. Spolupracoval s Williamem Archerem, který napsal osnovu, ale po neshodách spolupráce skončila. O sedm let později nabídl Shaw divadlu Independen Theatre hru Widowers Houses, známou u nás jako Domy pana Sartoria, což byla přepsaná verze původního projektu. Premiéra byla v prosinci, hrála se dvakrát, ale v tisku se o ní diskutovalo čtrnáct dní. Stala se předmětem debaty, na níž se polarizoval pohled na svět. Shaw byl spokojený. Našel si po kritické tvorbě nové a daleko průraznější medium pro své názory.Osoby a obsazení: Dr. Harry Trench (Miloš Willig), William de Burg Cokane, jeho přítel (Ladislav Navrátil), Sartorius (Bedřich Veverka), Blanche, jeho dcera (Blanka Vikusová), Lickcheese (Vojta Plachý-Tůma), panská (Taťana Vavřincová) a číšník (Václav Švec)Režie: Evžen Sokolovský a Vladimír Procházka.

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Profesor se vsadí s přítelem, že naučí mladou květinářku vybrané mluvě a chování, takže ji za pár měsíců nikdo nerozezná od rozené vévodkyně. Příběh Shawovy hry, v níž cítíme lehounkou ozvěnu pohádky o Popelce, je tedy velmi jednoduchý, a ona přitom oplývá mimořádně laskavými půvaby, vyniká nezaměnitelně britským, břitkým smyslem pro humor – při čtení máme pocit, jako by Shaw touto hrou z valné části britský vtip sám vynalezl. Jedna věta za druhou nás naplňuje radostně vzrušeným očekáváním příštího děje. A postavy jsou skuteční, živoucí Angličané. Jak komplikovaná je pavučina lidských vztahů a jak osvěžující je jejich podoba, když aktéři pocházejí z různých vrstev společnosti! Eliza má nadání a touhu pochopit víc – a navzdory mládí ví, že každou změnou nejen získáváme, ale i ztrácíme. Přespříliš se přizpůsobit tlaku okolí znamená ztratit svoji osobitost, ztratit to nejcennější – sám sebe. Takže není zas tolik překvapivé, že člověk s lepšími způsoby nakonec není profesor Higgins. Ten se však nejvíc dozví: Že nikdo nemá právo na život toho druhého, že nikoho nikdy nelze plně vlastnit. Jakoby navzdory této pravdě hra naznačuje šťastný konec... Shaw je jediný autor, který byl oceněn jak Nobelovou cenou, tak Oscarem – za film natočený právě podle jeho hry.

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When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question, Eliza Doolittle, has a mind, ideas and aspirations of her own. Things come to a crux when the creature starts to rebel against her creator â “ and the scene is set for a play that questions the class system, social appearances and the role of women in society. Universally regarded as Shawâ ™s most successful work, Pygmalion â “ here presented in its definitive 1941 version, with footnotes indicating the textual variants from the first volume edition of 1916 â “ has spawned a great number of adaptations, among them the famous 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady, and shows ancient mythâ ™s undiminished ability to find new incarnations in modern life.

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Satirická divadelní hra George Bernarda Shawa, nositele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu. Její provozování bylo ve Velké Británii zakázáno do roku 1925, protože se věnuje bez skrupulí problému kuplířství. Paní Warrenová, kdysi chudé děvče, které nechtělo otročit ve fabrice za mizerný plat, se stane majitelkou luxusních veřejných domů a těší se přízni bohatých a společensky významných klientů. Vychází jako 145. svazek v edici D.

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An exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athleticsâ ˜Will appeal to readers ready and willing to embrace the deep affinities among the craft and discipline of sportâ ™ TLSIn The Striker and the Clock, Georgia Cloepfil tells the story of her life in football: the triumph, the exhilaration, the deep bonds between teammates, and also the years of self-denial, exile and dedication, in which players try in vain to outpace a clock that ticks down toward an indeterminate ending.Threading between floodlit pitches, sparse dorm rooms, and doctorâ ™s offices, Cloepfil outlines an obsessive pursuit: one that sees her begin each day by touching the ball a thousand times, running sprints alone on empty fields and practicing near-constant visualization and revisualization of triumph and despair.What emerges is a profound meditation on what it is to have a body, and what it is to have the compulsion to push it to do the near impossible; and a love letter to the motivations, joys, pains and desires of a beautiful game. Georgia Cloepfil has written a nimble, breathtaking book about the beautiful game, and about her beautiful, brutal life playing it Louisa Thomas, sports writer for the New Yorker With the deft and determined movements of a seasoned player, Georgia Cloepfil writes about what it means to endure and what it means to leave a sport behind Leanne Shapton

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An exhilarating and searing memoir about life as a professional female footballer - and a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athleticsâ ˜Riveting ... A paean to the beautiful gameâ ™ Los Angeles Times â ˜It contained so much of what I love and find endlessly interesting about football ... A very lovely thinker and writerâ ™ Rebecca Watsonâ ˜A compelling debutâ ™ Times Literary SupplementIn The Striker and the Clock, Georgia Cloepfil tells the story of her life in football: the triumph, the exhilaration, the deep bonds between teammates, and also the years of self-denial, exile and dedication, in which players try in vain to outpace a clock that ticks down toward an indeterminate ending.What emerges is a profound meditation on what it is to have a body, and what it is to have the compulsion to push it to do the near impossible; and a love letter to the motivations, joys, pains and desires of a beautiful game.

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Including Down and Out in Paris and London Orwell was the great moral force of his age SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell s first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the two nations of rich and poor. Down and Out in Paris and London is the young Orwell s memoir of his time as a struggling, often penniless writer, living among the destitute and dispossessed, in which he exposes what going to the dogs is really like. There are also articles and letters on sleeping rough in Trafalgar Square, being arrested for drunkenness, on the poverty Orwell witnessed in Morocco and India, and his shocking essay, How the Poor Die .Edited by Peter Davison with an Introduction by Peter Clarke

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George Orwell s moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change. The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution.His fullest political statement, it has been described as one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character and is as relevant now as it ever has been.

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George MacDonald’s beloved classic of children’s fantasy is now available in an unabridged, paperback volume in Union Square and Co.’s Signature Editions series. A classic fairy tale of Princess Irene, the brave young miner Curdie, magic, and the dastardly goblins plotting against the kingdom. Throughout their journey, Princess Irene and Curdie face various challenges and magical events that test their courage and friendship. They encounter a wise old woman who gives them important advice, a magical thread that guides them through the darkness of the underground tunnels, and a cunning goblin king who wants to keep Princess Irene captive in his kingdom.

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Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthur s Camelot in deep mid-winter. The mighty knight presents a challenge to the court: he will allow himself to be struck by one blow, on the condition that he will be allowed to return the strike on the following New Year s Eve. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge, decapitating the stranger - only to see the Green Knight seize up his own severed head and ride away, leaving Gawain to seek him out and honour their pact. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, Gawain is among the greatest Middle English poems: a tale of magic, chivalry and seduction.

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Everyone loves Fergus! say reviewers, and now the opinionated cartoon horse and bona fide social media star is back in an all-new comic adventure. In his sixth book, Fergus is finding show ring success, clearing jumps and winning prizes. But the stress of travel and performing his best begins to take a toll, and for the first time in his friend-and-grass-filled life, Fergus doesn t feel so good. His muscles are tight and painful, and he is always worried about silly things that used to make him laugh. When Fergus meets a gentle moustached man named Jim, he discovers a different way to spend time with humans - with their hands offering a great big release of tension from his sore spots and his busy mind. Featuring the talented Jean Abernethy s hysterically funny illustrations and scenes replete with supporting characters as amusing as their endearingly awkward hero, Fergus and the Man Named Jim entertains while reminding us all to make the horse s well-being a priority. Recommended for ages 5 to 95.

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My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden. A man sits by his father s bedside and reports radically and gently until a final winter morning. His father was one of that generation of tragic smokers born right after the World War II in Bulgaria, who clung to the snorkels of their cigarettes. A rebel without a cause, he knew how to fail with heroic self-deprecation. The garden he created out of a barren village yard first saved him, then killed him It remains his living legacy: peonies and potatoes, roses and cherry trees - and endless stories. But without him, his son s past, with all its afternoons, began to quietly crack. Because the end of our fathers is the end of a world. From the winner of the International Booker Prize, comes a novel about a father, a son, and an orphaned garden in a fading world that spans from ancient Ithaca to present-day Sofia, interweaving the botany of sorrow, the consolations of storytelling and the arrival of the first tulips of spring.

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Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this magical edition of The Princess and the Goblin.Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the goblins from under the mountain?

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My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden.A man sits by his father s bedside and reports radically and gently until a final winter morning.His father was one of that generation of tragic smokers born right after the World War II in Bulgaria, who clung to the snorkels of their cigarettes. A rebel without a cause, he knew how to fail with heroic self-deprecation.The garden he created out of a barren village yard first saved him, then killed him It remains his living legacy: peonies and potatoes, roses and cherry trees - and endless stories.But without him, his son s past, with all its afternoons, began to quietly crack.Because the end of our fathers is the end of a world.From the winner of the International Booker Prize, comes a novel about a father, a son, and an orphaned garden in a fading world that spans from ancient Ithaca to present-day Sofia, interweaving the botany of sorrow, the consolations of storytelling and the arrival of the first tulips of spring.

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Princess Ireneives in a castle in a wild mountainous region. She only has a nursemaid as her companion. One night, she discovers a steep and winding stairway in the castle thateads her to aabyrinth of passages.ittle does she know about the danger she was getting into. She follows a passage and discovers a colony of goblins! As they chase her, Curdie, a miner comes to her rescue.This chance meeting of the princess and the goblins begins a fantastic adventure where the princess must stop an invasion by goblins! Will she be able to stop the goblins or will they get an upper hand? Is there no help at hand in the castle? Find out in this enchanting read.

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In this African traditional tale, Anansi wants some of Tiger s mangoes, but Tiger doesn t want to share. Anansi thinks of a clever way to trick Tiger and get some of the mangoes.This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child s reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.

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Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President George W. Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on September 11, in the hours after America s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbour; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the centre of events.

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Implement Zero Trust initiatives efficiently and effectively In Project Zero Trust: A Story About a Strategy for Aligning Security and the Business, George Finney, Chief Security Officer at Southern Methodist University, delivers an insightful and practical discussion of Zero Trust implementation. Presented in the form of a fictional narrative involving a breach at a company, the book tracks the actions of the company s new IT Security Director. Readers will learn John Kindervag s 5-Step methodology for implementing Zero Trust, the four Zero Trust design principles, and how to limit the impact of a breach. They ll also find: Concrete strategies for aligning your security practices with the businessCommon myths and pitfalls when implementing Zero Trust and how to implement it in a cloud environmentStrategies for preventing breaches that encourage efficiency and cost reduction in your company s security practices Project Zero Trust is an ideal resource for aspiring technology professionals, as well as experienced IT leaders, network engineers, system admins, and project managers who are interested in or expected to implement zero trust initiatives.

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It s the great undoing of my heart as I know it. Daisy Haites thought she d left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, her family and the man she loves. But when her safety is threatened once again, she finds herself back under the watchful eyes of her gang-lord brother Julian and her ex-boyfriend Christian, both desperate to keep her safe.Everything gets more complicated when beautiful, broken-hearted socialite Magnolia Parks enters the scene and Julian finds himself entangled with her. Because for Julian, falling in love isn t just unwelcome - it could be deadly for everyone involved . . .READERS LOVE THE MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE Magnolia and BJ have embedded themselves into my DNA. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book gave drama, love triangles, toxicity, chaos and I ate up every single moment. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TikTok made me do it, 1000% lived up to the hype. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands down the most emotional romance book I have ever read and therefore my favourite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ridiculously addictive ... My heart broke a million times ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book will tear your heart out! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never have I felt more emotions reading a single book before. The angst and pure rollercoaster of emotions was real! Jessa Hastings had me crying by 10%. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE SERIES 1 - Magnolia Parks 2 - Daisy Haites 3 - Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home 4 - Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing 5 - Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark (OUT NOW!)

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A superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League is a brilliant study of the people and their teams who are trying to save the world.Our species has a unique genius for self-imperilment. The ancient dangers – asteroids, super-volcanoes and worse – still stalk us, but the most pressing time-bombs are of our own making. Our knack for self-imperilment, though, is one side of a coin: for we are also developing a knack for ambitious solutions.The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author’s experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancient risks to very modern apocalypses, the book charts the imminent dangers to the human race and introduces readers to the groups of scientists, eccentrics, diplomats and visionaries who are doing everything in their considerable power to prevent the worst from befalling us. On the way we meet AI mind readers, an economist from ALLFED (the Alliance to Feed Earth in Disasters), a physicist trying to evade death, a physicist who, having lost his best friend to a hospital superbug, invented a lightbulb that kills germs in mid-air, and the man tasked with tracking down and rounding up all of the USSR’s biological and nuclear weapons – amongst many, many others.An imperious work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent – and with echoes of Jon Ronson, Dan Schreiber and The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman – The Anti-Catastrophe League is a fascinating story of the end of the world – and what we can do about it.

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When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to walk , feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids, published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.John Wyndham was born in 1903. After a wide experience of the English preparatory school he was at Bedales from 1918 to 1921. Careers which he tried included farming, law, commercial art, and advertising, and he first started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. During the war he was in the Civil Service and afterwards in the Army. In 1946 he began writing his major science fiction novels including The Kraken Wakes , The Chrysalids and The Midwich Cuckoos .

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Friedrich Nietzsche s Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics. Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche s position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a slave morality . With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own will to power upon the world. This edition includes a commentary on the text by the translator and Michael Tanner s introduction, which explains some of the more abstract passages in Beyond Good and Evil. Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. A powerfully original thinker, Nietzsche s influence on subsequent writers, such as George Bernard Shaw, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann and Jean-Paul Sartre, was considerable. If you enjoyed Beyond Good and Evil you might like Nietzsche s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, also available in Penguin Classics. One of the greatest books of a very great thinker Michael Tanner

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A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction!Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren’t for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.There once was a kid who imagined the end of the world. It was all a child’s game—until it became terribly real! The Friend is carrying out his plan to exterminate humanity—just as predicted. And the man who survived Bloody New Year’s Eve is on his way back to Tokyo. The boys are coming back together one by one as they race toward the final battle.

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The earth-shattering and magical epic finale to the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy: Children of Anguish and Anarchy by the New York Times-bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi.New allies rise.The Blood Moon nears.Zélie faces her final enemy.The king who hunts her heart.When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffick her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. The ruler of the Skulls, Baldyr⠙s quest to harness Zélie⠙s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in foreign lands.But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha⠙s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.*Children of Blood and Bone debuted at #1 as an instant New York Times-bestseller w/c 05/05/18 and remained on the list for over 120 weeks. It s sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list w/c 02/12/19. Children of Anguish and Anarchy debuted as #1 on the New York Times bestseller list w/c 24/06/24

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London s foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve twelve breathtaking and perplexing mysteries.In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collection of the great consulting detective s cases, we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problems, including A Scandal in Bohemia, The Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League, The Blue Carbuncle, The Five Orange Pips and The Man with the Twisted Lip.

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**Selected as a book of summer 2025 by the Guardian, Daily Mail, Sunday Times and i paper**Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambitionâ ˜An absolute delight â ¦ Funny, moving, filthy and original â ¦ A frontrunner for historical fiction book of the yearâ ™ The Timesâ ˜A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigueâ ™ Guardian, Book of the dayâ ˜A vivid, transporting feat of imaginationâ ™ Maggie Shipsteadâ ˜Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved itâ ™ Sarah Watersâ ˜Brilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, wittyâ ™ Joanna Quinnâ ˜The Pretender has everything: history richly drawn, amazing characterisation, humour, wit, vigour and braveryâ ™ Emma Stonexâ ˜Funny and devastating. I m having a fantastic time reading itâ ™ Yael van der Wouden________________________________________Kill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan, living in a remote village with his widowed father, these matters seem far away.But history has other plans for John.Stolen from his family, exiled â “ first to Oxford, then to Burgundy, and then Ireland â “ and apprenticed to a series of unscrupulous political operators, he finds himself groomed for power; not as John Collan, but as Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick â “ and rightful heir to the throne.Far from home at the Irish court, preparing for a war that will see him become king or die trying, John has just his wits â “ and the slippery counsel of his hostâ ™s daughter, the unconventional Joan â “ to navigate the choppy waters ahead.Seething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, The Pretender is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens. â ˜Wickedly funnyâ ¦ A work of genius, a wellspring of laughter and sorrow, a feat of time travel, and a feast of language Karen Russellâ ˜Raw, beautiful and true ... I loved itâ ™ Leah Redmond Changâ ˜An absolute thumper â ¦ Funny and filthy and brave and brilliantâ ™ Marianne Levyâ ˜Superb, exhilarating and heartbreakingâ ™ Linda Porterâ ˜I couldn t put it downâ ™ Tracy Borman

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A woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of adventure, but found himself in danger ... The Girl on the Train with a dash of Russian poisoning and a classic femme fatale Sunday Telegragh A fast-moving plot ... expertly told. Alastair Campbell A cracking crime thriller. The Sun Really gripping, so many twists and turns ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW I couldn t put this book down. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW Action from start to finish ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEWGary Nelson has a routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each day, he watches as a woman on the train applies her make up in a ritual he now knows by heart. He s never dared to strike up a conversation . . . but maybe one day.Then one evening, on the late train to Gipsy Hill, the woman invites him to take the empty seat beside her. Fiddling with her mascara, she holds up her mirror and Gary reads the words HELP ME scrawled in sticky black letters on the glass.From that moment, Gary s life is turned on its head. He finds himself on the run from the Russian mafia, the FSB and even the Metropolitan Police - all because of what this mysterious young woman may have witnessed. In the race to find out the truth, Gary discovers that there is a lot more to her than meets the eye . . .Readers love Alan Johnson and The Late Train to Gipsy HIll A fast-moving plot ... expertly told. The fact it comes from the pen of a former Home Secretary makes the rich security detail all the more powerful Alastair Campbell Espionage, the Russian Mafia and a gorgeous female on a train with a deadly secret Fiona Phillips Johnson s writing style is easy, relaxed, self-deprecating . . . impressive Observer Johnson writes wonderfully Telegraph This boy can write . . . The Spectator

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Set in the waning days of the Dutch Golden Age, this enchanting, lush reimagining of The Little Mermaid is perfect for fans of Jesse Burtonâ ™s The Miniaturist and Leigh Bardugoâ ™s The Familiar. The Dutch Republic, 1650. One fine spring day in Friesland, twenty-year-old Clara van Wieren is faced with an ill omen: a whale, beached and rotting in the noonday sun. But Clara doesnâ ™t believe in magic and superstition, and this portent is quickly dismissed when a proposal from a wealthy merchant arrives, promising Clara the freedom she seeks from her motherâ ™s overbearing rule. When her attempts at overseeing the household at the familyâ ™s estate lead to her chance encounter with a young man with russet hair and sparkling eyes the color of the sea, she finds herself strangely drawn to him. As Clara grows closer to Maurits, she must choose between the steady, gentle life she has been raised for and the man who makes her blood sing. But Maurits isnâ ™t who he seems to be, and his secrets, once hidden beneath the waves, threaten to rise up and drown them both. And when an ancient bargain, forged in blood between the mythical people of the sea and the rulers of the land, begins to unravel, Clara finds herself at the heart of a deadly struggle for power. What can you expect in A MAGIC DEEP DROWNING?Lush EnchantingGender-swap of Hans Christian Andersonâ ™s The Little MermaidHistorical FantasySet in 17th Century NetherlandsFamily SecretsAtmospheric VibesÂ

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Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine The TimesFor readers of The Thursday Murder Club, M.C. Beaton and James Runcie, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming third mystery in Kate Saunderâ ™s series about Laetitia Rodd, the indomitable Victorian lady detective. In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more.Praise for the Laetitia Rodd Mystery series: A witty, genteel tale of secrets, lies and hidden gold... Enormous fun The Times With a well-crafted plot, an engaging protagonist, and astute nods to the literature and theological squabbles of the period, this is a perfect novel for a summer afternoon Guardian A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely enjoyable James Runcie, author of the Grantchester Mysteries Pure delight Sunday Times

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Berlin before the fall of the Wall is a city divided, yet its ordinary residents find ways to live and survive on both sides. There is Robert, teller of barroom anecdotes over beer and vodka, adjusting to a new life in the west; Pommerer, trying to outwit the system in the east; the unnamed narrator, who escapes back-and-forth to collect stories; his beguiling, exiled lover Lena; the three boys who defect to watch Hollywood films; and the man who leaps across the Wall again and again - simply because he cannot help himself. All are, in their different ways, wall jumpers, trying to lose themselves but still trapped wherever they go. Ultimately, the walls inside their heads prove to be more powerful than any man-made barrier ...

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An Ernest Hemingway Biography Like No Other“...illuminates his life and works in ways not seen before.” —Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner and author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through#1 New Release in Historical Latin America BiographiesDiscover Hemingway’s biography through the eyes of a fellow author and journalist. New York Times bestselling author of Salt, Mark Kurlansky turns his historical eye to the life of Ernest Hemingway. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, The Importance of Not Being Ernest shows the huge shadow Hemingway casts. The perfect gift for writers. By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway s legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain—both cities important to Hemingway’s adventurous life and prolific writing. Paris, Basque Country, Havana and Idaho. Get to know the extraordinary people he met there—those who had also fallen under the Hemingway spell, including a Vietnam veteran suffering from the same syndrome the author did, two winners of the Key West Hemingway look-alike contest, and the man in Idaho who took Hemingway hunting and fishing.In this unique gift for writers, find:A memoir full of entertaining and illuminative storiesLittle-known historical facts about Hemingway’s lifeAnecdotes about those who suffer from what the Kurlansky calls “hemitis”Readers of Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley in Search of America, or The Boys will love The Importance of Not Being Ernest.

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Discover the groundbreaking series that became a global sensation-over 2 million books sold! INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER * INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER A phenomenon. -Entertainment Weekly Featuring gorgeous designed edges, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, and an exclusive endpaper map that reveals new unexplored territories, Tomi Adeyemi s #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orisha series comes to an earth-shaking conclusion.New allies rise.The Blood Moon nears.Zelie faces her final enemy.The king who hunts her heart.When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zelie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.Then everything changes when Zelie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr s quest to harness Zelie s strength sends Zelie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orisha s shores. It will take everything Zelie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.-The Complete Legacy of Orisha Series:Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1)Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2)Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Book 3)

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Richard Bandler, co-creator of NLP and the man who inspired Paul McKenna to greatness, collaborates with Alessio Roberti and Owen Fitzpatrick to reveal how to unleash your true potential and transform your life.Richard Bandler â “ the world-renowned co-creator of NLP who has helped millions around the world change their lives for the better â “ has teamed up with Italian NLP Master Trainer Alessio and co-founder of the Irish Institute of NLP Owen, to craft a simple yet engaging story of one manâ ™s personal change and discovery, to help readers understand the remarkable principles of NLP.Inspiring and easy-to-read, this fable recreates the experience of being at a workshop with Bandler. Rather than explaining the theories, An Introduction to NLP illustrates the principles and simple techniques that Bandler has developed over the past 35 years in action.This inspirational book gives you the tools to change your life, overcoming the things that are holding you back: your phobias, depression, habits, psychosomatic illnesses or learning disorders.Through the simple techniques of NLP, you too can become a strong, happy, successful person and achieve your goals.â ˜The must have self-help book!â ™ Paul McKenna

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The world–champion freestyle skateboarder and the man who brought the ollie – the trick that revolutionised the sport by taking it from the ground to the air – to street skating shares the history of skateboarding, as he tells the dramatic story of his life. At the age of 13, Rodney took the freestyle skating world by storm. He won 35 world titles in less than five years. But through it all, his father looked down on his son s love for skating and pressured him to walk away from the sport and leave behind his fans and status as the most famous skateboarder of his era. After years of stress and conflict, Rodney gave in and promised his father he d quit for good. But by the time he finally broke free from his suffocating and abusive home life, the popularity of freestyle had waned and given way to vert and street styles. So Rodney picked up his board and started from scratch. With the help of mentor Mike Ternansky, Rodney used his freestyle background to usher in a whole new era of street skating. Today Rodney is more popular than ever. The videos in his series Rodney Versus Daewon are among the most popular skateboard videos ever produced. He won the 2002 Transworld Skateboarding readers choice award for favourite street skater and is the most popular character on the top–selling Tony Hawk s Pro Skater video games.

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The next wonderfully warm read in the uplifting series set on Puddleduck Farm by Della GaltonLife would be idyllic if everyone else was on the same pageâ ¦Puddleduck Vets Practice is busier than ever. Phoebe Dashwood is juggling the usual crazy animal antics of her quirky clients, whilst organising the wedding of her bridezilla grandmother and thankfully dating her perfect man. Phoebe loves every minute of being a New Forest vet, even if she hardly has time to catch her breath. If only she could find some quality time for her and the man of her dreams, life would be perfect. When an exâ ™s heartbreak stirs up some emotions from the past, Phoebe realises she must deal with some unfinished business. It would seem a miracle is needed to pull off a happy ending for everyone â “ but is it within Phoebe s power to work miracles?Upliftiing, poignant and feel-good ficiton, perfect for the fans of Alison Sherlock, Sarah Hope and Lisa HobmanWhat everyone is saying about Puddleduck Farm: A delightful story, in what promises to be a wonderful new series, full of fun and animal drama! - Jo Bartlett A Wonderful Series of heartening books. The whole Puddleduck series of books is utterly delightful. I could not stop reading them. The characters both human and animal are totally believable and made me wish I could meet them in real life. - Reader Review A beautifully written, gentle story about self-acceptance, family and friendship. -Sarah Bennett Lovely storyline with a couple of interesting turns. Enjoyed the easy and a times light hearted story. Looking to the next book - Reader Review Puddleduck Farm will find its way into your heart - a wonderfully cosy read! - Fay Keenan A wonderful Read.This is the fourth book in the Puddleduck Farm series, and if anything the books are getting better - and I thought the first ones were excellent. I really didn t want to put the book down. - Reader Review A warm, delightful read full of friendship and family with a touch of love on the horizon ... I can t wait to see what happens next at Puddleduck Farm! - Helen Rolfe A gorgeous start to a heart-warming new series, filled with engaging characters and a delightful cast of animals. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Puddleduck Farm!â ™ - Jill Steeples

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A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.It is bedlam on the eighth floor.On this floor, the crawlers are given a new task: find and capture six monsters. The captured monsters will be turned into cards. The stronger, the deadlier, the better.At the end of the floor, the bad guys will also have decks, and they will have some of the most powerful cards available. So it’s crucial to assemble the toughest squad possible. But, like always, there is a catch. There’s always a catch.As Carl and Donut know all too well, just because someone is captured, it doesn’t mean they have been tamed.Her name is Shi Maria. She’s easily the most powerful monster in their area. If they want to survive, they must capture her. They call her the Bedlam Bride.

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⠘Irresistible⠙ Sunday Times bestseller Katie FfordeIn a cosy corner of Paris, a delicious little patisserie is just waiting to be discovered. And romance might just be on the menu⠦As the youngest of four, Nina Hadley has always had her big brothers telling her what to do. So, when she⠙s given the chance to move to Paris and help run a patisserie course, she can⠙t say au revoir quick enough!There⠙s just one problem: high-flying chef Sebastian Finlay is the owner of the patisserie. He⠙s also her brother Nick⠙s best friend ⠓ and the man she has secretly been in love with since forever.Amongst the mouth-wateringly delicious eclairs and delicate macaroons, Nina⠙s culinary creations aren⠙t the only tempting thing she⠙s working with⠦⠓Readers love Julie Caplin:⠘The crème de la crème of rom-com confection⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘I have found a little piece of myself in the story⠦a joy to read⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘I loved this book⠦the slow building romance, the descriptions of the shop as it comes to life. When I finished it, I had an incredible urge to go bake something⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘Simply brilliant⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘Another gem in this series⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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A reader s journey along the French Riviera, from Hyeres and Saint-Tropez to the Italian border, introducing the lives and work of writers who passed this way.The sunlight and calm of the French Riviera have been a magnet for writers since the fourteenth century. The Cote d Azur has provided the inspiration and setting for some of the greatest literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.From distinguished Nobel laureates to new authors who found their voices there, Ted Jones s encyclopaedic work covers them all: writers such as Graham Greene and W. Somerset Maugham, who spent much of their lives there; F. Scott Fitzgerald and Guy de Maupassant, whose work it dominates.The book also includes the countless writers who simply lingered there, including Louisa M. Alcott, Hans Christian Anderson, J.G. Ballard, Samuel Beckett, Arnold Bennett, William Boyd, Bertholt Brecht, Anthony Burgess, Albert Camus, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Ian Fleming, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, A.A. Milne, Vladimir Nabokov, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anton Tchekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Evelyn Waugh, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf and W.B. Yeats - and many others.

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Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee . . .The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues, ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise and passion informs the perspective of this book, in which he interrogates the nature not only of human experience but of all life.In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes â “ above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age; the questions they explored â “ the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness â “ lie at the heart of science and of this book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacksâ ™s unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavor to understand what makes us human.

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The shocking history of the espionage and infiltration of American media during WWI and the man who exposed it. A man who was not who he claimed to be...Russia was not the first foreign power to subvert American popular opinion from inside. In the lead-up to America’s entry into the First World War, Germany spent the modern equivalent of one billion dollars to infiltrate American media, industry, and government to undermine the supply chain of the Allied forces. If not for the ceaseless activity of John Revelstoke Rathom, editor of the scrappy Providence Journal, America may have remained committed to its position of neutrality. But Rathom emerged to galvanize American will, contributing to the conditions necessary for President Wilson to request a Declaration of War from Congress—all the while exposing sensational spy plots and getting German diplomats expelled from the U.S. And yet John Rathom was not even his real name. His swashbuckling biography was outrageous fiction. And his many acts of journalistic heroism, which he recounted to rapt audiences on nationwide speaking tours, never happened. Who then was this great, beloved, and ultimately tragic imposter? In The Imposter’s War, Mark Arsenault unearths the truth about Rathom’s origins and revisits a surreal and too-little-known passage in American history that reverberates today. The story of John Rathom encompasses the propaganda battle that set America on a course for war. He rose within the editorial ranks, surviving romantic scandals and combative rivals, eventually transitioning from an editor to a de facto spy. He brought to light the Huerta plot (in which Germany tied to push the United States and Mexico into a war) and helped to upend labor strikes organized by German agents to shut down American industry. Rathom was eventually brought low by an up-and-coming political star by the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Arsenault tracks the rise and fall of this enigmatic figure, while providing the rich and fascinating context of Germany’s acts of subterfuge through the early years of World War I. The Imposter #39;s War is a riveting and spellbinding narrative of a flawed newsman who nevertheless changed the course of history.

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A completely addictive psychological thriller from the UK Top 50 bestselling author of The Bride It was meant to be the perfect getawayâ ¦As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever. Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even try for another baby, and pray that this time it doesnâ ™t end heartbreakingly. I just need to not think about what George has done. Heâ ™s my husband. And this is the holiday where we make things right. But then I realise he canâ ™t take his eyes off the beautiful woman whoâ ™s just boarded the plane in front of meâ ¦In that moment, everything changes. And nobody is safe. A gripping, twisty, breathtaking psychological thriller that will keep you reading late into the night. If you loved The Housemaid, The Girl on the Train and The Couple at No.9, youâ ™ll be addicted to The Holiday. Praise for John Nicholl:â ˜A dark, gritty, and compulsive readâ ™ Daily Express The chill is tangible Owen Mullen A frightening book that lures us into the darkness where monsters live. John Nicholl s knowledge of this world from his years of police work makes his characters ring true Billy Hayesâ ˜An outstanding piece of work by a truly masterful storytellerâ ™ Anita Waller Dark and disturbing. One to really get your pulse racing. This is a story you won t forget Ross Greenwoodâ ˜The hairs on the back of my neck are still up!â ¦ Makes your skin quiverâ ¦ I was well and truly hookedâ ¦ The twist had my mouth dropping and rereading twice!â ™ ????? Reader Reviewâ ˜Absolutely addictive and gripping. I seriously WOULD NOT even start this book unless you have cleared your schedule because you will not be able to put it down!!! I absolutely blew through it in one sitting and it genuinely was unputdownable!!! A true page turner absolutely rammed with suspense, tension and everything you want when you read a psychological thrillerâ ™ ????? Reader Reviewâ ˜I was hookedâ ¦ Will leave you with shivers down your spine and chills in your heart. Some of the twists in this book left my jaw on the floor. And the ending blew me away. Outstanding!â ™ ????? Reader Reviewâ ˜A real psychological thriller with a dark side. Creepy, chilling with undertones of something darker. At times I had goosebumps on my goosebumps. I found this book impossible to put down and finally turned the last page at 1am. Yes. this book is that good!!!â ¦ MUST READ!!!!!â ™ ????? Reader Reviewâ ˜Absolutely brilliantâ ¦ Immensely readableâ ¦ Grippingâ ¦ Never slows down at allâ ™ ????? Reader Reviewâ ˜A completely unputdownable psychological suspense thriller that reeled me in right from the very start. [The twists] left me speechless. I did gasp out loud at the ending which I thought was brilliant ????? Reader Review

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The next wonderfully warm read in the uplifting series set on Puddleduck Farm by Della GaltonLife would be idyllic if everyone else was on the same pageâ ¦Puddleduck Vets Practice is busier than ever. Phoebe Dashwood is juggling the usual crazy animal antics of her quirky clients, whilst organising the wedding of her bridezilla grandmother and thankfully dating her perfect man. Phoebe loves every minute of being a New Forest vet, even if she hardly has time to catch her breath. If only she could find some quality time for her and the man of her dreams, life would be perfect. When an exâ ™s heartbreak stirs up some emotions from the past, Phoebe realises she must deal with some unfinished business. It would seem a miracle is needed to pull off a happy ending for everyone â “ but is it within Phoebe s power to work miracles?Upliftiing, poignant and feel-good ficiton, perfect for the fans of Alison Sherlock, Sarah Hope and Lisa HobmanWhat everyone is saying about Puddleduck Farm: A delightful story, in what promises to be a wonderful new series, full of fun and animal drama! - Jo Bartlett A Wonderful Series of heartening books. The whole Puddleduck series of books is utterly delightful. I could not stop reading them. The characters both human and animal are totally believable and made me wish I could meet them in real life. - Reader Review A beautifully written, gentle story about self-acceptance, family and friendship. -Sarah Bennett Lovely storyline with a couple of interesting turns. Enjoyed the easy and a times light hearted story. Looking to the next book - Reader Review Puddleduck Farm will find its way into your heart - a wonderfully cosy read! - Fay Keenan A wonderful Read.This is the fourth book in the Puddleduck Farm series, and if anything the books are getting better - and I thought the first ones were excellent. I really didn t want to put the book down. - Reader Review A warm, delightful read full of friendship and family with a touch of love on the horizon ... I can t wait to see what happens next at Puddleduck Farm! - Helen Rolfe A gorgeous start to a heart-warming new series, filled with engaging characters and a delightful cast of animals. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Puddleduck Farm!â ™ - Jill Steeples

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