same as it ever was claire lombardo

The author of The Most Fun We Ever Had returns with a brilliantly observed family drama, in which a long marriage faces imminent derailment from events both past and present I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS JESSIE BURTON SUCH A PLEASURE CLARE CHAMBERS WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL BONNIE GARMUSAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs.She s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past - all of which threaten to derail Julia s hard-earned peace.Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama asks what it takes to make - and not to break - a family. A FAMILY SAGA TO SAVE AS A TREAT AND DEVOUR WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE INDEPENDENT LOMBARDO IS THE NEW ANNE TYLER, WITH TEETH ERICKA WALLER A BIG AMERICAN NOVEL TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN CLAIRE POWELL

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I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS JESSIE BURTON SUCH A PLEASURE CLARE CHAMBERS WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL BONNIE GARMUSAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs. She s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past - all of which threaten to derail Julia s hard-earned peace. Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama asks what it takes to make - and not to break - a family. A FAMILY SAGA TO SAVE AS A TREAT AND DEVOUR WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE INDEPENDENT LOMBARDO IS THE NEW ANNE TYLER, WITH TEETH ERICKA WALLER A BIG AMERICAN NOVEL TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN CLAIRE POWELL

Objev podobné jako Same As It Ever Was - Claire Lombardo

MEET THE SORENSON FAMILY MARILYN has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married toDAVID, who s pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person.WENDY, their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young,while VIOLET, lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier.LIZA, a professor, is pregnant with a baby she s not sure she wants by a man she s not sure she lovesand GRACE, their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects.

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A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important Observer Could not be more timely Spectator The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies. In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system. From the computer scientists to the cable guys, the billionaire investors to the ad men, the intelligence agencies to the regulators, these are the real-life figures powering the internet and pulling the strings of our society. Ball brilliantly shows how an invention once hailed as a democratising force has concentrated power in places it already existed – that the system, in other words, remains the same as it did before.

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When planning for the future we often ask, What will the economy be doing this time next year? Or, What will be different ten years from now? But forecasting is hard. The important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable. Instead, we should be asking a different question:What will be the same ten years from now?What will be the same one hundred years from now?Knowledge of the things that never change is more useful, and more important, than an uncertain prediction of an unknowable future.In Same As Ever, bestselling author Morgan Housel shares 24 short stories about the ways that life, behaviour, and business will always be the same. Armed with this knowledge of the unchanging, you will have a powerful new ability to think about risk, opportunity, and how to navigate the uncertainty of the future. As you see familiar themes repeat again and again in the years ahead, you ll find yourself nodding and saying, Yep, same as ever.

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One of the most audacious of all modernist novels. Millicent, Lady Cheseborough -- fifty, widowed, rejected by her much younger lover -- lies dying in a nursing home, the victim of a stroke. As she nears death, her thoughts go back through her life in a desperate attempt to find its meaning.With great stylistic daring, Gertrude Trevelyan recreates the stream of consciousness in its most realistic and moving form. As It Was in the Beginning is perhaps Trevelyan s most important work, a novel that belongs with To the Lighthouse or As I Lay Dying.

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Crikey, the world according to Clarkson s been a funny old place of late . . .For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant.But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. That s as it should be. For nearly thirty years he has been fearlessly leading the charge as one the best comic writers in the country. And in 2015, he shows no sign of slowing down. So, whether it s pondering: If Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand Why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world How Pam Ayres s head trumps Gordon Gecko s underpants Or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up toJeremy is still trying to make sense of all the big stuff.Circumstances change. Nothing s forever. But As I Was Saying provides glorious proof that Jeremy remains as funny, puzzled, excitable, outspoken, insightful and thought-provoking as ever. As if you ever doubted it . . .***Praise for Clarkson: Brilliant... laugh-out-loud Daily Telegraph Outrageously funny... will have you in stitches Time Out Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube Evening Standard

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⠘Insanely readable! I loved it⠙ Slavoj ŽižekA delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader⠘It was just sex⠦⠙It⠙s a familiar claim. But it⠙s also an impossibility, as Darian Leader shows in this delightfully thought-provoking study.Our bodies aren⠙t just sticks that make fire when you rub them together, and our minds don⠙t simply stand by ⠓ as we can see from the pain, heartache and regret that so often accompany the highs of sexual excitement.As acclaimed psychoanalyst Darian Leader argues, with his trademark clarity, energy and wit, sex is always about so much more than itself ⠓ it⠙s about phantasy, anxiety, guilt, revenge, violence, love. Drawing on his long analytic experience, historical research and case studies to explore their importance to every aspect of our sexual lives, Leader brilliantly reveals what we are really thinking about when we think about sex ⠓ and what we are really doing when we do it. A thoroughly engaging and ever-illuminating read iNews One of our most important contemporary thinkers Guardian Leader is as much a philosopher as a psychoanalyst and his ideas are engrossing and enlightening Metro

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AS FEATURED ON EMMA KENNEDY S BOOKSHELF IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE MARIAN KEYES JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM ERIN KELLY AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN REDMarion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her dying husband, Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an unremarkable old woman. She has long concealed her history - and her feelings - from the casual observer. But as she sits by Michael s bed, she s haunted by memories from almost forty years ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife and mother, and not particularly good at being either. It s the 1970s and in her small village the Swinging 60s, the wave of feminism, the prospect of an exciting life, have all swerved past her. Reading her teenage daughter s diary, it seems that Sarah is on the threshold of getting everything her mother Marion was denied, and Marion cannot bear it - what she does next has terrible and heart-breaking consequences for the whole family.Janet Ellis writes of the exquisite pain of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the complexity of family and a mother-daughter relationship that is as memorable as it is utterly believable. ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY DAILY MAIL AN EMOTIONAL EPIC GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND READABLE OBSERVER A TALE OF SILENCES, SECRETS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS MAIL ON SUNDAY ENGROSSING MIRROR

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A delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader It was just sex. It s a familiar claim. But is it really possible?The old idea that sexuality is a smouldering, animalistic force within us, desperate for release yet restrained by social forces, has little to support it. Bodies aren t just sticks that make fire when you rub them together, and the pain, heartache, and regret that can accompany the highs of sexual excitement show us that much more is at stake.So, what are we really thinking about when we think about sex? And what are we really doing when we do it?As acclaimed psychoanalyst Darian Leader argues, with his trademark clarity, energy and wit, there is no such thing as just sex . It is always about so much more than that - about phantasy, anxiety, guilt, revenge, violence, love - and Leader draws on his analytic experience, historical research and case studies to explore their importance to every aspect of our sexual lives.

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Dive back in time to discover the unbelievable stories of the past through an exciting new map-view of world history.Explore more than 200 vibrant maps showing the history of every continent in this gripping new view of world history for children aged 9-12.History as it Happened breaks down history into simple, manageable chunks. Watch the rise and fall of great empires and kingdoms, see how physical geography influenced the course of history, and learn how lucrative trade routes of spices and silk have all changed the way our world looks today in this fascinating guide.This exciting history map book for children offers:200 colourful maps telling the story of every continentâ ™s history.A kid-friendly breakdown of history told through maps to explain the roots of world events today.Striking illustrations and photos that will immerse children into the time and place in history.Hundreds of specially commissioned maps guide children through key moments in history or show how things changed over time, like ancient Rome s journey from its beginnings as a small kingdom to the growth of its power as a republic and its greatest glory as a continent-spanning empire. Historical photographs throughout bring the maps to life, alongside clear, bite-sized text that makes it easy to follow the story of humankind. With this piece-by-piece inclusive approach to investigating history and global content, this is a children s history atlas like no other!

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A profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playing Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeth’s life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom.More than five decades after its original publication, Play it as it Lays remains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking.

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CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller AriadneFrom the author of the critically acclaimed Ithaca - A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year - comes an exquisite and gripping new tale that breathes life into ancient myth. This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before.On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband, Odysseus, sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - but this is shattered by the arrival of Orestes, king of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra.Orestes s hands are stained with his mother s blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra s life on Ithaca s sands. Now, racked with guilt, he is slowly losing his mind.Penelope knows destruction will follow in his wake as surely as the Furies circle him. His uncle, Menelaus, the battle-hungry king of Sparta, longs for Orestes s throne - and if he can seize it, no one will be safe from his violent whims.Trapped between two mad kings, Penelope fights to keep war from Ithaca s shores. Her only allies are Elektra and Helen of Troy, Menelaus s enigmatic wife. And watching over them all is the goddess Aphrodite, who has plans of her own.Each woman has a secret. And their secrets will shape the world.Praise for the Songs of Penelope series: Darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne Richly poetic . . . This is an impassioned plea for the lost, disenfranchised queens of ancient Greece, a love letter to the silenced women of history Booklist Penelope is proving to be an outstanding epic hero in her own right. A sensational retelling Elodie Harper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wolf Den Everything I ve wanted in a retelling: a vibrant cast, full of suspense, told with a phenomenal narrative voice - this is an absolute masterpiece Sarah Bonner, author of Her Perfect Twin Conjures up a world in which women, abandoned by their men, must weave their own destinies The Times Claire North has set a new standard for Ancient Greek retellings. Absolutely sublime Hannah Lynn, author of Athena s ChildThe Songs of Penelope series:Ithaca House of OdysseusThe Last Song of Penelope

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A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playing Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeth’s life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom.More than five decades after its original publication, Play it as it Lays remains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking.

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THE NAIL-BITING THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE. SO DID THE OTHERS . . . Douglas s best yet - an ingenious concept with a corker of a twist GILLIAN MCALLISTER, bestselling author of THAT NIGHT An immersive page-turner with a twist I didn t see coming SARAH VAUGHAN, bestselling author of LITTLE DISASTERS________ *CARER/COMPANION WANTED FOR ELDERLY LADY* *YOUNG FEMALE PREFERRED * COMPETITIVE SALARY* *ROOM AND BOARD INCLUDED* Una Richardson is devastated after the death of her mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she responds to an advertisement and steps into the rich, comforting world of elderly Mrs Elspeth McKenzie. But Elspeth s home is not as safe as it seems. Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una s presence. More disturbing is the evidence suggesting two girls lived here before. What happened to the girls? Why will the McKenzies not talk about them? As the walls close in around her, Una fears she ll end up just like the other girls . . . ________ A thriller that will leave you in a spin Sun A chilling novel. Very hard to put down Gilly MacMillan A wickedly clever page-turner of a psychothriller Emma Curtis If you like thrillers with plenty of killer twists and turns, then Just Like The Other Girls should definitely be high on your reading list My Weekly Praise for Claire Douglas: Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas TIM WEAVER, bestselling author of No One Home Tense, claustrophobic and gripping Paula Daly Absorbing and chilling Karen Perry Thrillingly tense and twisty B A Paris Kept me up last night - scary, twisty, all too believable Jane Corry

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The New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn enchants with a lush, steamy enemies to lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Bridgerton and A Court of Thorns and Roses. This is the type of book that stays with you?like an imprint on your heart. Claire Legrand crafts a heart-achingly beautiful story that s captivating, thrilling, gritty, at times spooky, and utterly magical. ? Kate Dramis, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse of Saints***THE OLD WAR IS OVER. A NEW ONE IS JUST BEGINNING.The curse plaguing the Ashbourne and Bask families has finally been broken, but Farrin, the eldest Ashbourne daughter, still struggles to find peace. Unflappable and tireless, her composure masks a seething sorrow. Since her mother abandoned the family, Farrin has been their rock?managing her fatherâ ™s temper, running the estate, keeping tight control over her dangerous musical power, and ignoring her own need for rest, distraction, and most of all, love.In Ryder Bask, Farrinâ ™s stubborn strength has met its match. The man infuriates her. Heâ ™s coarse, arrogant, annoyingly handsome. Heâ ™s as tired of their feuding parents as she is, and he brims with some secret anger that mirrors Farrinâ ™s frustrated rage.But Farrin must work with every ally she can?even the man she has been raised to hate. With every rising dawn, the Middlemist weakens further. Anointed magicians are disappearing. A fiery Olden creature is stalking Farrin. Strange visions haunt the High Queen Yvaine. And as Farrin and Ryder race to find stolen loved ones, they begin to realise a horrifying truth:The gods are not dead. Theyâ ™re waking up. And someone is hunting them.The second book in the enchanting and sexy Middlemist Trilogy further cements Claire Legrand as one of the most exciting voices in the romantasy genre, with unforgettable characters and a world as charming as it is deadly.TropesRomantasyStrong FMCEnemies to LoversLove TriangleSpicy RomanceDonâ ™t Miss the Rest of The Middlemist Trilogy:A Crown of Ivy and Glass

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â ˜Jakuta Alikavazovic writes with lyric precision while making the limits of language felt. We need all of her books in English.â ™ Ben Lerner**Longlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize**Amelia was one of those people who destroyed everything and called it art.Paul works as a hotel night guard to make ends meet. Amelia, who studies at the same university, is the young woman who rents Room 313. Everything about her is a mystery: where she goes, who she meets â “ and where she comes from. The two students become compulsively and inextricably entangled, until one day, Amelia disappears.Night as It Falls is a novel of high passion and low light, tracing two young lovers who must both come to terms with their inherited bonds and the paths that shape the future. A dark, brooding jewel of a book. Irish Times

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Is there a gap between how youâ ™d like things to be and how they are?Most likely there is, and it hurts. It may be a small gap or an enormous ravine, but that gap is the primary cause of pain and unhappiness for a lot of people.What if you said â ˜F**k Itâ ™ to the idea of how your life should be and found peace with the way things are? Thatâ ™s going to shake things up and take the edge off your pain and discomfort way more than any quick fix could.But being at peace doesnâ ™t necessarily mean being peaceful, and it certainly isnâ ™t being passive; it means embracing life in all its colours.Instead of constantly trying to change our lives, ourselves, or the world around us, just say â ˜F**k Itâ ™. This is a radical message that can create radical shifts in your perception of life, just as it is.

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Love is not easy, especially if you find the woman of your dreams and then lose her â “ as Philip Griffin and his son Stephen each discover in turn. Stephen is just a boy when his mother and sister are killed in a car crash, and his father never recovers from the accident: he wasnâ ™t involved but is consumed by grief, his only desire to be reunited with his wife. Before that happens, though, Philip wants to ensure the happiness of his son, Stephen â “ now a grown man. â ˜As it is in Heaven, Niall Williamsâ ™ tale of love and tragedy, will leave you in tearsâ ™ Tatler â ˜A bitter-sweet novel about passionate love giving way to commitment, grief to a sort of healingâ ™ Irish Times â ˜A tender and sober novel with a faith in romance that is absoluteâ ™ Daily Express â ˜Delicious coincidence and tragedy, as extraordinary lives unravel and intertwineâ ™ Guardian

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WINNER OF THE CHILDREN S AFRICANA BOOK AWARDS 2024KIRKUS BEST YA BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2023IRISH TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEKAn outstanding YA novel of family love, loss, and life lived between two cultures, by an astonishing, super-stylish new voice.â ˜Iâ ™m going to tell you exactly how everything happened. Baba always says, Mati mwanaâ ™ngu, I love a good story but I donâ ™t have time for a long one, so make it short.â ™ When Mati and her two siblings travel from London to Zimbabwe with their father, they are forced to confront the knotty family dynamics caused by the loss of their mother. Along for the trip is Meticais, a fabulously attired gender-neutral spirit â ” or ghost? or imaginary friend? â ” who only Mati can see and talk to. Guided by Meticaisâ ™s enigmatic advice and wisdom, Mati must come to terms with her grief and with the difficulty of a life lived between two cultures, while her family learn to forge their way in a world without their monumental mother. This is distinctive, stylish, powerful writing by a vital new voice.

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**** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **** Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous. VAL MCDERMID, author of Past Lying As well as highly entertaining read, How To Kill A Witch is a tour de force of research, understanding and compassion. PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains. Serious and angry, but so completely accessible, How To Kill A Witch is a work of real historical investigation and a fierce warning for our times. MALCOLM GASKILL, author of The Ruin Of All Witches At a time when women s rights are once again being threatened across the globe, this book could not be a more timely read if it tried. SHIRLEY MANSON, Garbage Two of Scotland s most vivid storytellers. THE TIMES Fascinating, angering THE MAIL ON SUNDAY As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, with at least 4,000 accused, and with many women s fates sealed by a grizzly execution of strangulation, followed by burning.Inspired to correct this historic injustice, campaigners and writers Claire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi, have delved deeply into just why the trials exploded in Scotland to such a degree. In order to understand why it happened, they have broken down the entire horrifying process, step-by-step, from identification of individuals, to their accusation, pricking , torture, confessions, execution and beyond. With characteristically sharp wit and a sense of outrage, they attempt to inhabit the minds of the persecutors, often men, revealing the inner workings of exactly why the Patriarchy went to such extraordinary lengths to silence women, and how this legally sanctioned victimisation proliferated in Scotland and around the world. With testimony from a small army of experts, pen portraits of the women accused, trial transcripts, witness accounts and the documents that set the legal grounds for the hunts, How to Kill A Witch builds to form a rich patchwork of tragic stories, helping us comprehend the underlying reasons for this terrible injustice, and raises the serious question - could it ever happen again?

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Reader, she married him. But not before a LOT of discussion of his behaviour in the group chat.With courage, determination and logged into her social media accounts - plain Jane Eyre is ready to take on the world. But then she meets and begins to fall for Edward Rochester, AKA the definition of a red flag, with screenshots to prove it.When authors Claire McGowan and Sarah Day imagined how Pride and Prejudice on Social Media might look, retelling the story through mocked-up social media posts, their post instantly went viral. Now, they return with a Bronte classic told through highs and lows of social media . . .Perfect for fans of Charlotte Brontë . . .***READERS LOVE JANE EYRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA*** This is a fun text with a witty comedic spin and definitely one to put on your TBR pile ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you read nothing else this year, read this! It s honestly the best read of the year. Not only is it a clever idea for a retelling, it s charming, witty and downright hilarious! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It all did make me laugh. Lots! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really well done and difficult to put down. I see the authors have done the same thing with Pride and Prejudice and I am definitely adding that to my TBR ⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a funny and quirky book! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This clever retelling combines charm, wit, and humour to create an engaging and hilarious narrative ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A lot of fun and a good way to make modern a classic ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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**** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ****WINNER 2025 Goodreads Choice AwardsBlackwell s Scottish Book of the Year Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous. VAL MCDERMID, author of Past Lying As well as highly entertaining read, How To Kill A Witch is a tour de force of research, understanding and compassion. PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains. Serious and angry, but so completely accessible, How To Kill A Witch is a work of real historical investigation and a fierce warning for our times. MALCOLM GASKILL, author of The Ruin Of All Witches At a time when women s rights are once again being threatened across the globe, this book could not be a more timely read if it tried. SHIRLEY MANSON, Garbage Two of Scotland s most vivid storytellers. THE TIMES Fascinating, angering THE MAIL ON SUNDAY As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, with at least 4,000 accused, and with many women s fates sealed by a grizzly execution of strangulation, followed by burning.Inspired to correct this historic injustice, campaigners and writers Claire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi, have delved deeply into just why the trials exploded in Scotland to such a degree. In order to understand why it happened, they have broken down the entire horrifying process, step-by-step, from identification of individuals, to their accusation, pricking , torture, confessions, execution and beyond. With characteristically sharp wit and a sense of outrage, they attempt to inhabit the minds of the persecutors, often men, revealing the inner workings of exactly why the Patriarchy went to such extraordinary lengths to silence women, and how this legally sanctioned victimisation proliferated in Scotland and around the world. With testimony from a small army of experts, pen portraits of the women accused, trial transcripts, witness accounts and the documents that set the legal grounds for the hunts, How to Kill A Witch builds to form a rich patchwork of tragic stories, helping us comprehend the underlying reasons for this terrible injustice, and raises the serious question - could it ever happen again?

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Selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020WINNER OF THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) AWARDS (a) meticulous and compelling novel about the aftermath of a major crime and its effect on the affected families and investigating officers both. Ian Rankin***In the aftermath of a tragedy, the world needs an explanation.In Edinburgh, after the Three Rivers College shooting, some things are clear. They know who. They know when. No one can say why.For three women the lack of answers is unbearable: DI Helen Birch, the detective charged with solving the case. Ishbel, the mother of the first victim, struggling to cope with her grief. And Moira, mother of the killer, who needs to understand what happened to her son. But as people search for someone to blame, the truth seems to vanish...From a prizewinning poet, ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS is a searing, compelling and powerful debut. As scarily plausible as it is utterly captivating, this is an absorbing and unforgettable debut. Heat Raw, powerful, compassionate and deeply moving, with page-turning tension to the end. A stunning debut. Karen Robinson, Sunday Times Crime Club You ll be gripped by the unexpected truths that emerge. Compelling. Marie Claire

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As comforting as a mug of hot chocolate on a cold autumn night, and just as sweet. Pure magic. JENNA LEVINE A spicy, spell-binding debut that is as swoony as it is sweet. This book is a cottagecore romcom of magical proportions. LANA FERGUSON A fabulous, very sexy novel, with the sort of hex we⠙d all be delighted to enjoy. KATE JOHNSON A romance baked full of coziness, witchy vibes, family, and steaming with sexual tension, wrapped into a hug of a booK MAE BENNETT__________A cosy and spicy spellbinding fantasy romance, about a kitchen witch cursed to hurt anyone who falls for her. Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert and The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesDina Whitlock knows her way around a pastry recipe. As a skilled kitchen witch, she runs her very own London café, serving magic-infused pastries to her loyal customers. But only a select few friends know about her magical abilities or the hex that has plagued her love life. It⠙s hard to fall in love when your partner is guaranteed to have a string of bad luck.Scott Mason is back from traveling the world and is excited to begin his new job as a curator at the British Museum. After leaving London to heal from a brutal breakup two years ago, Scott only now realizes how much he missed out on. Now that his best friend⠙s wedding is right around the corner, Scott is determined to be the most amazing best man ever, but he doesn⠙t expect to be bewitched by the maid of honour, who also happens to be the owner of his new favourite café and, perhaps more surprisingly, a witch.After a weekend in the countryside full of peculiar hedge mazes, palm readings by candlelight, and a midnight Halloween ritual, there⠙s no denying the chemistry between them. But there⠙s just one problem: The hex still holds, and Dina knows that Scott is in danger.Can Dina break the spell before it breaks both their hearts?__________PRAISE FOR BEST HEX EVER With its big heart and message of self-acceptance, this book is like curling up under a quilt on a chilly day, and I⠙m excited to see what El-Fassi writes next. OLIVIA DADE Sweet and steamy in equal measure, Best Hex Ever is a delightfully cozy romance with all the right ingredients. Absolutely enchanting. MAIGA DOOCY Best Hex Ever is a cozy delight! El-Fassi has crafted a story full of my favorite ingredients with just the right amount of sugar and spice. It s heartfelt, funny, and romantic - the perfect fall read! LYLA SAGE Like a perfect cup of tea or a joke told by a friend; this book is an absolute treat. SARAH REES BRENNAN This book made me feel like I was sipping warm tea on a chilly fall morning . . . a delightful cosy time from start to finish. KIMBERLY LEMMING Literally the most perfect mix of spicy and sweet. The chemistry between Dina and Scott leaps off the page NISHA J. TULI Like a good chocolate croissant or honeyed briouat, Best Hex Ever is a sweet and deliciously layered treat JULIE LEONG Dina and Scott⠙s love story is like the ultimate cup of hot chocolate; super sweet and extra steamy. Stir in some perfectly cosy witchy vibes (and a grumpy, cheese-obsessed cat) for quite literally the Best Hex Ever. LUCY JANE WOOD Truly delicious! A perfect treat of a book, filled with loveable friends and family, sweet magic, and an ever-after so happy it made me want to escape to Little Hathering immediately! HAZEL BECK

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An utterly enchanting romance to sweep you off your feet by bestselling author Jaimie AdmansEvery book in the Ever After Street Series can be read as a standaloneA picture-perfect town, a place where dreams come true. Welcome to Ever After Street... Will a kiss at midnight change her life forever?Sadie Winters has spent her whole life doing as sheâ ™s told. But when her overbearing aunt forbids her from going to the farewell ball at the beloved local castle, Sadie has had enough!One magical makeover, one midnight curfew, and wearing a dress of her own creation, Sadie is unrecognizable as Ever After Street s shy seamstress. Sadie might dream of meeting a handsome prince but the only person to cross her path is Witt â “ the slightly awkward estate agent intending to sell the castle and dash Sadieâ ™s dreams forever. As the clock strikes midnight, Sadie and Witt share a magical kiss and Sadie knows her heart is in serious danger. Surely Witt must feel the same wayâ ¦? Sadie can t hang around to find out. But as reality dawns the next day, and fate brings Witt to Sadieâ ™s door again, Sadie realises that her mystery estate agent prince has absolutely no idea who she is!Sadie canâ ™t forget their midnight kiss, but is she brave enough to change her life and find love along the wayâ ¦?Lose yourself in the Ever After Street series with this enchanting take on a beloved fairytale. Perfect for fans of Holly Martin, Kat French and Caroline Roberts!Readers have been swept away by Jaimie Admans: I just love Jaimieâ ™s books â “ gorgeous, warm stories that draw you in and sprinkle a little magic in your world! Bestselling author Jessica Redland A sparkling and enchanting romance sprinkled with love, laughter and a little bit of magic Holly Martin Moving, romantic, and downright funny! A magical read, perfect for anyone whoâ ™s ever made a wish Samantha Tonge This is Jaimie at her warm and whimsical best, a magical story to sweep you off your feet! Tilly Tennant This beautiful story is perfect for those who need a sprinkle of fairy dust in their lives. Heartwarming, joyful, with some true laugh out loud parts. I canâ ™t wait for more in the series Rebecca Raisin If you re craving a heartwarming escape into a modern-day fairy tale, A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans is pure magic ?????????? Reader Review In love with the whole Ever After Street series, comforting and cosy and such fun ?????????? Reader Review This book was as enjoyable as it was nostalgic. It was a pleasure reliving Disney princess moments and enjoying two endearing main characters. A heartwarming read ?????????? Reader Review

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The Bhagavad-gita is universally renowned as the jewel of India s spiritual wisdom. Spoken by Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His intimate disciple Arjuna, the Gita s seven hundred concise verses provide a definitive guide to the science of self realization. No other philosophical or religious work reveals, in such a lucid and profound way, the nature of consciousness, the self, the universe and the Supreme. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is uniquely qualified to present this English translation and commentary on Bhagavad-gita. He is the world s foremost Vedic scholar and teacher, and he is also the current representative of an unbroken chain of fully self-realized spiritual masters begining with Lord Krishna Himself.

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On land where enslaved people were once tortured and murdered, the state built a penal colony in the wilderness, where inmates could be rehabilitated, but never escape. Now, decades later, and having only succeeded in trapping men, not changing them for the better, its operations are winding down. But in the prisonÂ’s waning days, a new horror is unleashed: every full-moon night, the inmates are released, the warden is armed with rifles, and the hunt begins. Every man plans his escape, not knowing if his end will come at the hands of a familiar face, or from the unknown dangers beyond the prison walls. Ana Paula Maia has once again delivered a bracing vision of our potential for violence, and our collective failure to account for the consequences of our social and political action, or inaction. No crime is committed out of view for this novelist, and her raw, brutal power enlists us all as witness.

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According to legend and a cursory look at Google, rugby was created in 1823. When William Webb Ellis allegedly picked up the ball, and ran with it, rugby was born. How true this is, we donâ ™t know. But what we can almost guarantee is that no matter how the game started, even after just one day of the sport being invented, some people will have said that it was better in the f***ing old days.As progressive as rugby has become (both on and off the field) many feel that rugby yesterday was better than rugby today. But do the stats back this up? Do the ill-informed opinions of the book s author back that up? This book examines various aspects of the game, and judges whether rugbyâ ™s best days are behind, or ahead of it.Let the debate commence . . .Hilarious, off-beat and (surprisingly) insightful, this is the perfect gift for rugby fans all around the world.

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Humans are useless at learning from their mistakes. We just have to keep making new plans.When Neffy wakes up from an uneasy sleep in a hospital bed, nothing is as it should be. There is no food, and nobody to tend to her. The city streets outside her window have fallen silent.She doesn’t know it yet, but a debilitating new virus is sweeping the globe, and the world will never be the same again. Feverish, confused, and wary of the strangers trapped inside with her, Neffy finds solace in her own memories of the past – even the memories of the mistakes that led her here. But as the days turn into weeks, it is clear that Neffy will have to make a choice.How do you choose between a past that has already disappeared forever, and a future you can t begin to imagine?

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A gorgeously illustrated picture book edition of the beloved classic children s story about overcoming fears.HRH the Duchess of Cambridge will be reading The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on CBeebies Bedtime Stories on Sunday 13th February as part of Childrenâ ™s Mental Health Week.Plop, the baby owl, is like every barn owl there ever was, except for one thing â “ he is afraid of the dark . . .The dark is brimming with excitement and magic. As Plop ventures into the night, he meets a boy who shows him fireworks, a black cat who takes him exploring, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, among other surprising discoveries . . .Filled with gentle humour and heart-warming illustrations, this uplifting story about finding the courage to face your fears has been beloved of parents and children for decades â “ and its message of resilience is as timely as ever!An abridged picture book edition.

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WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE 2021 Her strongest yet... a powerful, beautiful novel that shows us our land as it really is: a place of shelter and cruelty, innocence and experience THE TIMES__________________________________________________________________________When you live on the edge of society, it only takes one step to fall between the cracksTwins Jeanie and Julius have always been different from other people. At 51 years old, they still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation and poverty. Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music, and in the garden they grow (and sometimes kill) everything they need for sustenance. But when Dot dies suddenly, threats to their livelihood start raining down. Jeanie and Julius would do anything to preserve their small sanctuary against the perils of the outside world, even as their mother s secrets begin to unravel, putting everything they thought they knew about their lives at stake. Unsettled Ground is a powerful novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. It is a portrait of life on the fringes of society that explores with dazzling emotional power how we can build our lives on broken foundations, and spin light from darkness. ____________________________________________________________________ The way she writes (with empathy but never sentimentality) moves my heart ELIZABETH DAY, author of Magpie A relevant and powerful exploration of isolation and life on the fringes of society CLARE MACKINTOSH, author of Hostage An atmospheric thriller that s both heartbreaking and heartwarming RED

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One of our absolute favourites” – Zoe Ball ‘‘Utterly beguiling’ – Lucy Mangan, Guardian Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing – he is afraid of the dark. Dark is nasty he says and so he won t go hunting with his parents. Mrs Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole to ask about the dark and he meets a little boy waiting for the fireworks to begin, an old lady, a scout out camping, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, a man with a telescope and a black cat who takes him exploring.Perhaps there is magic in the dark after all . . .Filled with gentle humour and giving comforting reassurance to nightime fears and anxieties, Jill Tomlinson’s animal bedtime stories have been enjoyed by children for decades. This edition of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark is beautifully illustrated by Paul Howard.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 [A] wise and insightful novel about identity and family The Times, Book of the Day An epic family odyssey... Ambitious and compelling Guardian, Book of the Day A rich, sprawling saga... This Strange Eventful History may be Messud s finest book Sunday TelegraphJune 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the violence of that cataclysm is not the same as emerging unscathed. The family will never again be whole.A work of breathtaking historical sweep and vivid psychological intimacy, This Strange Eventful History charts the Cassars unfolding story as its members move between Salonica and Algeria, the US, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia and France - their itinerary shaped as much by a search for an elusive wholeness, as by the imperatives of politics, faith, family, industry and desire.

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#39;So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. Not courtly French to introduce God politely. Not church Latin to construct arguments. English to show it as it is. Even though it is not safe to do so. #39; From the author of Miles to Go before I Sleep comes I, Julian, the account of a medieval woman who dares to tell her own story, battling grief, plague, the church and societal expectations to do so. Compelled by the powerful visions she had when close to death, Julian finds a way to live a life of freedom - as an anchoress, bricked up in a small room on the side of a church - and to write of what she has seen. The result, passed from hand to hand, is the first book to be written by a woman in English. Tender, luminous, meditative and powerful, Julian writes of her love for God, and God #39;s love for the whole of creation. #39;All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. #39; #39;Written with profound insight, spiritual and psychological, and a rare sensitivity to the everyday world of the fourteenth century, I, Julian is a brilliantly illuminating companion to one of the greatest works of spiritual writing in English. #39; Rowan Williams, Magdalene College, Cambridge University

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Fans of Steven F. Havill’s Posadas County and Lisa Regan’s Josie Quinn series will enjoy this fascinating and complex story set in small-town Missouri. Balances well-developed characters and dry humor with a solid police procedural - Library Journal Starred Review of Dangerous ConsequencesWhen a hiker stumbles from the woods raving about a dead man, Sheriff Hank Worth launches a search. Near the infamous landmark of Murder Rocks – a Civil War era hideout for ambushers who robbed and killed passing travelers – they unearth two bodies and a skeleton.Local legend says there’s caches of stolen gold buried in the area. And – thanks to some recent nationwide publicity – the Ozark backwoods are now swarming with out-of-town treasure hunters, who have little concern for Hank’s murder investigation. With the clock ticking, Hank must identify the victims . . . and the killer. But could the new pursuit of long-lost plunder really have led to multiple deaths?Meanwhile, secrets uncovered in Hank’s personal life are taking a toll. He and his wife are trying to bridge the painful gap that’s widening daily. As it threatens to split them apart, Hank doesn’t know what’s tougher, murder or marriage. With both taking everything he has, all he does know is that old sins throw long shadows . . .

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Effortlessly cool, razor-sharp and crazy fun - I couldn t put it down TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX SEXY and GLAMOROUS and ROMANTIC and CELEBTASTIC and such UTTER, GLORIOUS FUN MARIAN KEYES A perfect summer read VOGUE The smart, sexy and genuinely insightful rom com I ve been waiting for GAL-DEM---A bold, swoon-worthy and utterly modern debut novel about truth, fame and privilege - and how we love now.Whitman Win Tagore and Leo Milanowski are the greatest love story of our time. International movie star meets the beautiful son of a millionaire. Their kisses write headlines and their fights break the internet. Nobody needs to know it s not real.Win knows that Hollywood demands perfection - especially from a woman of colour.Leo just wants to enjoy life, and shift press attention away from his dysfunctional family.Together they control the narrative.Except this time, on the shores of Saint-Tropez, Leo is hiding a secret that is about to send Win s world spinning. Now everyone s dream couple must confront the messy reality of their relationship. Just as they re starting to realise that they might actually be falling in love...--- A sharp romance that deals with important issues - you will devour this PRIMA I loved the chemistry FRANCES CHA The complex, Hollywood love story we ve all been waiting for EMILY HENRY A real Shake Off The Cobwebs book... the perfect companion novel about fame, Hollywood, performance and, of course, love REFINERY 29 A glamorous power ride through fame, misogyny and racism, with a swoony romance JULIE COHEN A book to read in the sun with a glass of wine and nothing else to do all day. Fun, sexy and totally gripping LAURA KAY Deft, funny and tender, The View Was Exhausting is as smart as it is swoon-worthy JULIA ARMFIELD Delicious... A dazzling mix of glitzy Hollywood, torrid gossip and dreamy romance - and also delivers a cutting critique of power, celebrity and privilege HAZEL BARKWORTH Funny, warm and gorgeously written...I was totally swept away JANE HEALEY A sexy, scorching treat - fresh and ultra modern, I devoured it VICTORIA GOSLING

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The brilliantly funny fourth book in the SAM WU series, starring the bravest scaredy-cat in the world! Perfect for reluctant readers and fans of Tom Fletcher, Pamela Butchart andHumza Arshad s Badman.Sam Wu is NOT afraid of anything. Well, maybe some things. Like ghosts, sharks â ¦ the dark s pretty worrying too. And not to mention SPIDERS! But Sam s not going to let anyone know. And so when Tulip, the school tarantula, disappears from her cage, Sam decides it s up to him and his friends to save the school from the eight-legged escapee â ¦Common childhood fears dealt with in a hilarious, sensitive and accessible way.Also by Katie and Kevin Tsang:Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts9781405287517Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Sharks9781405287524Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of the Dark9781405287531Katie and Kevin Tsang met in in 2008 while studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since then they have lived on three different continents and travelled to over 40 countries together. They currently live in London.Kevin was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of Sam Wu s experiences are based on Kevin s childhood (he s feeling much more confident now). Katie was born and raised in Southern California. She has previously worked at Booktrust, the UK s largest children s reading charity, and also writes YA fiction as Katherine Webber.

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Truth in Public Life explores the difficulty in defining truth, its critical importance in civilised society and the challenges and threats to telling the truth in different public service settings. This short book is a potent reminder of how important truth is, even as it is threatened afresh.

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When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs through It to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, It has trees in it. Forty years later, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture for fly fishing, for the woods and their people, and for the interlocked beauty of life and art A River Runs through It has over the decades established itself as a classic of the American West. This new edition will introduce a fresh audience to Maclean s beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. Elegantly redesigned, A River Runs through It includes a new foreword by Robert Redford, whose film adaptation of River turns twenty-five in 2017. Based on Maclean s own experiences as a young man, the two novellas and short story it contains are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in Maclean s own words, a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by. Though he grew up in the first decades of the twentieth century in the western Rockies working summers in logging camps and for the US Forest Service and cultivating a lifelong passion for the dry fly it was only at the age of seventy, as a retired English professor, that Norman Maclean discovered what he was meant to do: write. Moving and profound, A River Runs through It honors the literary legacy of a man who improbably gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul. I am haunted by waters, Maclean writes at the close of A River Runs through It. So, now, are we all.

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Fresh, original, heartbreaking Reni Eddo-Lodge Devastating, hilarious, unlike anything I have ever read. Destined to be a classic Pandora Sykes A must-read ... as mesmerising as it is poignant Stylist, SPRING MUST-READ BOOKS TO FEEL EMPOWERED This utterly distinctive memoir, written almost out loud in Nottinghamshire vernacular, hauls you into the world Lees grew up in... it s shocking, funny, heart-rending and totally brilliant The Bookseller, EDITOR S CHOICE MAY 2021 What It Feels Like for a Girl says it like it is Evening Standard, BEST NEW BOOKS IN 2021Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn t care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads for talkin like a poof after school. Sick of dad - the weightlifting, womanising Gaz - and Mam, who pissed off to Turkey like Shirley Valentine. Sick of all the people in Hucknall who shuffle about like the living dead, going on about kitchens they re too skint to do up and marriages they re too scared to leave.It s a new millennium, Madonna s Music is top of the charts and there s a whole world to explore - and Byron s happy to beg, steal and skank onto a rollercoaster ride of hedonism. Life explodes like a rush of ecstasy when Byron escapes into Nottingham s kinetic underworld and discovers the East Midlands premier podium-dancer-cum-hellraiser, the mesmerising Lady Die. But when the comedown finally kicks in, Byron arrives at a shocking encounter that will change life forever. Bold, poignant and riotously funny, What It Feels Like For a Girl is the unique, hotly-anticipated and addictively-readable debut from one of Britain s most exciting young writers.

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WINNER OF THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 For those who know about provincial newspapers, this will be a classic and a gem. Those who don t know will envy what they have missed MELVYN BRAGG Brisk and entertaining. A very readable love letter to a disappearing world, told with verve and tenderness STUART MACONIE, author of Pies and Prejudice Gut-bustingly funny, poignant and packed with astonishing insider information M. W. CRAVEN, author of the award-winning The Puppet Show Local journalism has never seemed more exotic than in this part-memoir, part-ode to that disappearing art, which is as funny as it is endearing . . . Told with a tender fondness, the bonkers, baffling but vital world of local press is paraded with the style that it deserves JONATHAN WHITELAW, Sun Refreshingly honest, engagingly self-deprecating, tremendously funny and more than a little heartbreaking. By far my favourite read of the year so far MIKE WARD, TV critic, Daily Express/Daily Star Local publishers . . . need to hold on to thoughtful, dedicated writers such as Roger Lytollis, or his book will be an epitaph to a centuries-old industry IAN BURRELL, i paper Anyone who has ever worked at a local newspaper, or wondered what it is like, should read this book. Equally hilarious and heartbreaking DOMINIC PONSFORD, media editor at New Statesman Media Group/editor-in-chief at Press Gazette [Lytollis] writes with clarity, comically self-effacing honesty and surprising poignancy . . . [this is] the story of what it is like to love what you do, and be great at it, and to watch it collapse around you in slow motion ROBYN VINTER, Guardian For anyone wondering where their local press went, this is as clear an account of how it was pickpocketed, drained of blood, and left to die as you ll find ED NEEDHAM, Strong Words magazine Panic as Man Burns Crumpets gives a powerful, if not to say dismaying, overview of an industry in terminal decline NAT SEGNIT, Times Literary Supplement The best book I ve read this year, by some margin. Brilliantly written, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, but also reflective, candid, poignant and passionate about the importance of journalism. Superb CHRIS MASON, BBC political correspondent/presenter of Radio 4 s Any Questions Many books written by journalists have come across my desk over the course of my time as publisher of Hold the Front Page, but I would say without any hesitation that this one is the best. Not only is it the funniest, and the best-written, it is also the most honest in terms of what it reveals about its author, and more importantly about our craft PAUL LINFORD, Hold the Front PageYou dreamed of being a journalist and the dream has come true. You love working for your local paper . . . although not everything is as you imagined.You embarrass yourself with a range of celebrities, from John Hurt to Jordan. Your best story is The Man With the Pigeon Tattoo .A former colleague interviews President Trump. You urinate in the president of the Mothers Union s garden. Your appearance as a hard-hitting columnist on a BBC talk show does not go well. And being photographed naked is only the second most humiliating thing to happen one infamous afternoon. There are serious stories, such as a mass shooting, a devastating flood, and the search for Madeleine McCann.Meanwhile local papers are dying. Your building is crumbling and your readership is dwindling. Your carefully crafted features are read by fewer people than a story about fancy dress for dogs. Panic as Man Burns Crumpets is the inside story of local newspapers during the past twenty-five years, told in a way that s funny, poignant and revealing.

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Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriouslyWhere do you get your values and sensibilities from? If you grew up in a Western democracy, the answer is probably liberalism. Conservatives are right about one thing: liberalism is the ideology of our times, as omnipresent as religion once was. Yet, as Alexandre Lefebvre argues in Liberalism as a Way of Life, many of us are liberal without fully realizing it—or grasping what it means. Misled into thinking that liberalism is confined to politics, we fail to recognize that it’s the water we swim in, saturating every area of public and private life, shaping our psychological and spiritual outlooks, and influencing our moral and aesthetic values—our sense of what is right, wrong, good, bad, funny, worthwhile, and more. This eye-opening book shows how so many of us are liberal to the core, why liberalism provides the basis for a good life, and how we can make our lives better and happier by becoming more aware of, and more committed to, the beliefs we already hold.A lively, engaging, and uplifting guide to living well, the liberal way, Liberalism as a Way of Life is filled with examples from television, movies, stand-up comedy, and social media—from Parks and Recreation and The Good Place to the Borat movies and Hannah Gadsby. Along the way, you’ll also learn about seventeen benefits of being a liberal—including generosity, humor, cheer, gratitude, tolerance, and peace of mind—and practical exercises to increase these rewards.You’re probably already waist-deep in the waters of liberalism. Liberalism as a Way of Life invites you to dive in.

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*Note: Lead Like It Matters is a completely revised and updated version of the book previously published as It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It.*Discover the secret to igniting a life-giving, soul-transforming, people-inspiring movement in your organization, church, or ministry--and the trick to keeping the momentum going.In Lead Like It Matters, New York Times bestselling author and pastor Craig Groeschel shares the transformative insights he s learned about how to effectively build a thriving, enduring ministry and organization.Using the leadership skills he s mastered as the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church--one of the largest churches in the world and an organization that Glassdoor has named a #1 U.S. Best Place to Work--he combines straight talk and wry honesty with biblical and leadership principles to equip you to:Recognize when your organization or ministry has the indefinable but tangible it that leads to successIdentify and implement seven leadership principles for a church that lastsIgnite a fire in your team to leave behind what we ve always done for the meaningful ministry you know is possibleDiscover the three areas every leader must master for success Praise for Lead Like It Matters: My friend Craig Groeschel is the visionary and pioneer of America s largest church. In Lead Like It Matters, he s generous enough to share the most important lessons he s learned along the way. This isn t just an insightful and interesting book; it s a game-changing guide to leading with purpose. --Steven Furtick, lead pastor, Elevation Church; New York Times bestselling author, Crash the Chatterbox, Greater, and (Un)Qualified

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Kniha - autor Stephen King, 1376 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Stephen King, 1376 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place to live.It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing . . .The adults, knowing better, knew nothing.Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of IT was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until they were called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.

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Kniha - autor Stephen King, 1392 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Stephen King, 1392 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes is appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . . Time passes and the children grow up, move away and forget. Until they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.

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