the white octopus hotel alexandra bell

Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps in this spellbinding historical romance blending mystery, art, romance and time travel A captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time. Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of Swordcatcher An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel. Kelly Link, bestselling author of The Book of Love Beautiful and bittersweet time travel fantasy Publishers Weekly_________________________________⠘Have you travelled a long way?⠙ she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. ⠘Well, yes,⠝ he said slowly. ⠘Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.⠙London, 2015When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her London office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her. His name is Max Everly ⠓ curiously, the same name as Eve⠙s favourite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior. And she can⠙t shake the feeling that she⠙s held his hand before . . . but where, and when?The White Octopus Hotel, 1935Decades earlier, high in the snowy Swiss Alps, Eve and a young Max Everly wander the winding halls of the grand belle epoque White Octopus Hotel, lost in time. Each of them has been through the trenches ⠓ Eve in a family accident and Max on the battlefields of the Great War ⠓ but for an impossible moment, love and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door. _________________________________READERS LOVE THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL Five gloriously mind-bending, time-traveling stars from me! Gorgeous GORGEOUS book. I m in love I⠙ll be thinking about this one for a long time. An exciting, touching, and hopeful magical love story Alexandra Bell owns a slice of my heart.

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Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover that behind its many doors, they may just find a second chance. Have you travelled a long way? she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. Well, yes, he said slowly.Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait. London, 2015 When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her London office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her. His name is Max Everly curiously, the same name as Eve s favourite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior.And she can t shake the feeling that she s held his hand before . . . but where, and when? The White Octopus Hotel, 1935 Decades earlier, high in the snowy Swiss Alps, Eve and a young Max Everly wander the winding halls of the grand belle epoque White Octopus Hotel, lost in time. Each of them has been through the trenches Eve in a family accident and Max on the battlefields of the Great War but for an impossible moment, love and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door.

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One favor deserves another, or does it?Against their better judgment, Ann and Rhonda agree to help a young girl in distress at the request of the vice-president of the United States, Amelia Swanson. After almost losing their lives because of an earlier request of hers, they plan on being more careful.Amanda Rogers was an intern for Senator Worthington s office when she was drugged at a staff party and got pregnant. Now, alone without parental support, she and her friend, Jax Thomas, arrive at the hotel to wait out the last weeks of pregnancy in privacy. Senator Worthington and his wife want to adopt Mandy s baby girl, but she s made no promises. Jax would like to marry Mandy and raise the baby with her, but Mandy s parents have made it clear that Jax deserves better than someone like her, and Mandy s torn.After vowing not to interfere, Ann and Rhonda find it more and more difficult to stay neutral. But they have other things on their minds. Aubrey Lowell, who almost ruined The Beach House Hotel managing it, their old nemesis, Brock Goodwin, and a couple of others have opened a nearby hotel called The Sand Castle, a playground for the hip, and have every intention of destroying The Beach House Hotel, no matter what it takes.There is much to celebrate as happy news from both families and the hotel is shared by all. As Ann and Rhonda agree, life can sometimes be as sweet as one of Jean-Luc s desserts at The Beach House Hotel.A light beach read with humor sprinkled in for readers enjoyment featuring two women, Ann and Rhonda, whom readers adore. Be sure to read all the books so far in the series – Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel, Lunch at The Beach House Hotel, Dinner at The Beach House Hotel, Christmas at The Beach House Hotel, Margaritas at The Beach House Hotel, Dessert at The Beach House Hotel. Coffee at The Beach House Hotel and Tea at The Beach House Hotel coming soon.Another of Judith Keim s series books celebrating love and families, strong women meeting challenges, and clean women s fiction with a touch of romance—beach reads for all ages with a touch of humor, satisfying twists, and happy endings. Be sure to check out her other delightful books and series that readers adore.

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Top 3 Sunday Times BestsellerShortlisted for the Nero Book AwardLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year 2025A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan â “ the first book from one of the worldâ ™s leading war correspondents. Simply unforgettable ELIF SHAFAK Terrific THE TIMES Incredible PETER FRANKOPAN Powerful and charming FINANCIAL TIMES Utterly compelling PHILIPPE SANDS Masterly TELEGRAPH Ingenious KAMILA SHAMSIE A must-read SUNDAY TIMES Beautiful RORY STEWARTIn 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistanâ ™s hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world. Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors. Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper who still holds fast to his Inter-Continental training from the hotelâ ™s 1970s glory days â “ an era of haute cuisine and high fashion, when Afghanistan was a kingdom and Kabul was the â ˜Paris of Central Asiaâ ™. Of Abida, who became the first female chef after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And of Malalai and Sadeq, the twenty-somethings who seized every opportunity offered by two decades of fragile democracy â “ only to see the Taliban come roaring back in 2021. Through these intimate portraits of Afghan life, the story of a hotel becomes the story of a people. Fabulous . . . A cross between the novel A Gentleman in Moscow and Wes Andersonâ ™s The Grand Budapest Hotel. THE TIMES The Finest Hotel in Kabul plays to all Lyse Doucetâ ™s strengths. Clarity, empathy, depth of knowledge and innate grasp of fine detail . . . a most readable account of joy, despair and resilience in one of the worldâ ™s most fascinating countries. MICHAEL PALIN A deeply humane story of Afghanistan revealing the impact of decades of upheaval on everyday lives. JUDGES OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Full of warmth, wit, and a lovely eye for the human stories that make the hotel not just a monument to tragedy, but also love and resilience . . . This is the book about an Afghanistan I never knew that I always wanted to read. FINANCIAL TIMES

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In this follow-up to The Incredible Hotel, a crime disrupts the prestigious baking competition taking place at the hotel. But will detective Matilda be able to solve the case? The World Baking Competition is coming up. It is taking place at the Incredible Hotel and will be judged by guest of honour, Chef Tartine. Stefan has perfected his chocolate cake recipe but on the morning of the event... the recipe is nowhere to be found! Luckily, the best detective in Delaunay is on hand – Stefan’s best friend, Matilda. Who could the thief be?! Everyone has their theory and Mr Starch, the hotel manager, is ready to point the finger at a baking saboteur... From exceptionally talented author Kate Davies and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Follath, this enchantingly illustrated and nostalgic picture book visits the same unique hotel as the previous book, depicted in characterful illustrations and described with whimsical and charming text. With a strong and smart female lead, this is a principled and entertaining story.

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The official puzzle book with the smash-hit series The Fortune Hotel on ITV. Ten cases, one fortune ... do you have what it takes to win?‘The Fortune Hotel – a fiendishly addictive mix of The Traitors and The White Lotus.’ – Guardian Get ready for sun, sand and secrets. Welcome to the Fortune Hotel, the perfect sun-dappled setting for an intriguing and devious puzzle book adventure. Get ready to play the ultimate game of bluff, which begins the moment you step foot on the Caribbean island’s white sands. Guard your suitcase closely and outwit and outmanoeuvre your fellow holidaymakers, as you put your tactical and strategic skills to the test with cunning puzzles, tricky tasks and crafty challenges to solve. You have seven days to win the fortune ... will the decisions you make lead you to the prize?The Fortune Hotel is ready for you to check in ...

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In this follow-up to The Incredible Hotel, a crime disrupts the prestigious baking competition taking place at the hotel. But will detective Matilda be able to solve the case? The World Baking Competition is coming up. It is taking place at the Incredible Hotel and will be judged by guest of honour, Chef Tartine. Stefan has perfected his chocolate cake recipe but on the morning of the event... the recipe is nowhere to be found! Luckily, the best detective in Delaunay is on hand – Stefan’s best friend, Matilda. Who could the thief be?! Everyone has their theory and Mr Starch, the hotel manager, is ready to point the finger at a baking saboteur... From exceptionally talented author Kate Davies and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Follath, this enchantingly illustrated and nostalgic picture book visits the same unique hotel as the previous book, depicted in characterful illustrations and described with whimsical and charming text. With a strong and smart female lead, this is a principled and entertaining story.

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From the award-winning author of the acclaimed bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos comes a radiant new novel tracing the intertwined fates of a silent film director and his muse.The Electric Hotel winds through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey - America s first movie town - and the battlefields of Belgium during World War I. A sweeping work of historical fiction, it shimmers between past and present as it tells the story of the rise and fall of a prodigious film studio and one man s doomed obsession with all that passes in front of the viewfinder.For nearly half a century, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films, who started out as a concession agent for the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days taking photographs of Sunset Boulevard. But when a film-history student comes to interview Claude about The Electric Hotel - the lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montrose - the past comes surging back. In his run-down hotel suite, the ravages of the past are waiting to be excavated: celluloid fragments and reels in desperate need of restoration, and Claude s memories of the woman who inspired and beguiled him.The Electric Hotel is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of movie-making, a luminous romance and a whirlwind trip through the heady, endlessly inventive days of early cinema.

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From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle and The Flying Horse, the exciting adventures of a mischievous princess. Full of black-and-white illustrations by Lydia Monks, Princess Mirror-Belle is perfect for fans of this bestselling picture book team who are beginning to read on their own. Princess Mirror-Belle and the Flying Horse contains six delightful stories that children will come back to again and again.Ellen s life is turned upside down by the hilarious Mirror-Belle, a spirited princess who claims to be from somewhere mysterious and far away. She appears out of mirrors to tell Ellen magical stories and take her on exciting escapades. From exploring a hospital after Ellen falls off her bike to chasing after Mirror-Belle s magic ball, going to the seaside and joining the unusual pets club, you can always guarantee that wherever Mirror-Belle goes, trouble will follow.This book contains the following stories:- The Flying Horse- The Magic Ball- The Sea Monster s Cave- The Unusual Pets Club- Swan Lake- The Sleeping Beauty

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Two weddings, three hotel reservations gone awry⠦and one weekend in Cornwall they⠙ll never forget!When the similarities between Ella Swift and Callum Smith⠙s last names lead to a hotel room mix-up, they find themselves sharing a cramped cottage in Porthkara rather than the private luxury hotel suites they expected.Each in town for a different wedding ⠓ and carrying more baggage than just the suitcases in their hands ⠓ the reluctant roommates are forced to share a shelter from the storm surge that sweeps in off the Atlantic. But as the rain crashes down there⠙s a shift in more than just the atmosphere, and by the time the sun rises on a new day, Ella and Callum⠙s futures have already been forever changed⠦Readers can⠙t get enough of The Hotel Room Mix-Up:⠘Really enjoyed this adorable story set in England⠦ Highly recommend if you need a little escape into a sweet meet cute!⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Wow! This book was incredible⠦ what an absolute treat! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘A brilliant, cosy read with some fun hiccupsin between and that slow-burning spark of a budding relationship.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘The ending made me smile. This book is just perfection.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘This was an excellent ready by Kathy Jay. You will want to continue reading to find out what happens next!⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘I love a good wedding themed novel⠦ I think this would make a great book club pick or could possibly be turned into a cute movie.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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The epic finale to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Silver in the Bone. A stunning new dark fantasy series steeped in magic and mythology from Alexandra Bracken, author of Lore.Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas. Praise for Silver in the Bone: Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak - Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and BoneJoin a deadly hunt fuelled by love, revenge and pure adrenaline to find the Mirror of Beasts and break the curse.In her search for a mythical ring to break her brother Cabell s curse, Tamsin saw the Avalon of Arthurian legend fall and the two people she trusted most betray her. Now, back in the mortal world, the stepfather she thought was dead has returned with a warning: Tamsin is the one who is cursed. Meanwhile, Lord Death is harvesting souls with his Wild Hunt and Cabell by his side.To stop him, Tamsin must find the legendary Mirror of Beasts - even if it means enlisting the help of Emrys, her rival-turned-lover-turned-enemy who abandoned her in Avalon. The hunt is on, but can Tamsin save the mortal world and break her curse before it breaks her?A deliciously dark and sweeping new fantasy series from No. 1 fantasy author, Alexandra Bracken.

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Greece⠙s ancient art and culture form the cradle of Western civilization⠔numerous monuments and museums tell to this day of the country⠙s rich history. Greece is unique also by virtue of its breathtaking landscapes, the hospitality of its inhabitants, and its fabulous hotels, making it the dream destination of many travelers. The fresh and healthy cuisine, the crystal clear sea, and the canvas-worthy sunsets do the rest⠔a trip to Greece is pure delight. Angelika Taschen travels from the mountains of Macedonia in the north to the Peloponnese with its mythical places like Corinth, Sparta, and Olympia, and to the larger and smaller groups of islands in the south. She opens the doors to some of the country⠙s most extraordinary hotels, including Imaret in Kavala, located in a former Ottoman complex; Tainaron Blue Retreat in a secluded former defense tower in the Mani; and The Windmill, a converted windmill on the island of Kimolos in the Cyclades. She invites readers to discover legendary luxury hotels, like Eagles Palace in Halkidiki or Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses, and takes them to enchanting B Bs like Guesthouse Mazaraki in Mystras or Mèlisses on Andros, run by food blogger Allegra Pomilio. Along her itinerary, she visits hotels on well-known picturesque islands⠔such as the Mystique on Santorini and the Soho Roc House on Mykonos⠔but also accommodations in remote places like the Mediterraneo on the island of Kastelorizo, which lies in the very southeast of Greece off the Turkish coast. In addition she shows interesting architectural and design concepts, such as The Rou Estate hotel village, a historic, carefully restored hamlet on Corfu; the minimalist Olea All Suite Hotel on Zakynthos; and Ammos on Crete, where no two pieces of furniture are alike and new eccentric pieces are added every year.

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In this Amazon #1 bestseller, celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra Elle delivers 15 lessons on how to overcome obstacles, build confidence, and cultivate abundance. Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love. This soulful collection is filled with illuminating reflections on loss, fear, bravery, healing, love, acceptance, and more. Readers follow along her journey as she transforms challenging experiences—a difficult childhood, painful romantic relationships, and single parenting as a young mom—into fuel for her career as a successful entrepreneur and author driven by purpose and passion. SELF LOVE PRACTICE: Filled with Elle #39;s signature candor and warmth, After the Rain is a soulful guide to help you embrace all the beauty, love, and opportunity life has to offer. It includes empowering affirmations and meditations to practice in your own life. MEANINGFUL GIFT: Presented in a luminous package with foil and gold accents on the cover, this is a beautiful gift for anyone on the path to self-discovery, and an uplifting reminder that there is always sunshine after the rain. MORE FROM ALEXANDRA ELLE: Discover more wisdom and guidance in Elle #39;s companion works In Courage Journal: A Daily Practice for Self-Discovery and How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free, about which New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty says, We are all healing from something. Elle takes our hands and shows us the way to repairing our hearts so that we can make peace with our past and joyfully experience the present. Perfect for: Those who practice meditation, self-care, journaling Anyone seeking personal transformation and empowerment Fans of Alex Elle and her popular The Hey Girl Podcast Readers of Brené Brown #39;s Atlas of the Heart, Inward and Lighter by Yung Pueblo, 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson, and anything written by Rupi Kaur, Rachel Hollis, or Elizabeth Gilbert

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Escape with Jenny Colgan this Christmas . . . Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan Sunday Express An evocative, sweet treat Jojo Moyes This sweet romance will lift your spirits Sunday Mirror Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting Marian Keyes Irresistible Jill Mansell Just lovely Katie Fforde Naturally funny, warm-hearted Lisa Jewell A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book Mike Gayle A sheer delight from start to finish Sophie Kinsella___________________________________On the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual . . . Flora MacKenzie is worried about her brother. Fintan hasn t got over the death of his partner, Colton, and Flora thinks he needs a project.The Rock - the rambling, disused hotel on the tip of the island - was Colton s passion project before he died. With Flora s help, Fintan is going to get the hotel up and running in time for Christmas, transforming it into a festive haven of crackling log fires and delicious food. But running a hotel, they are about to discover, is not that easy. Especially when their motley staff includes a temperamental French chef, a spoilt Norwegian kitchen boy who can t peel a potato without mutilating his own hand and a painfully shy kitchen assistant who blushes when anyone speaks to her. Can they pull it together in time for the big opening? And can Flora help her family find happiness this Christmas?____________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished There s something so engaging about her characters and plots Her books are like a big, warm blanket Her stories are just so fabulous She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life The woman is just magic

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A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads the much-admired and traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful country hotel. Guests have been unwell, clothing has disappeared from the washing line, and scorpions have found their way into the guest bedrooms. Mma Ramotswe drives out to the hotel with her irrepressible colleague, Grace Makutsi (97 per cent in the final examinations of the Botswana Secretarial College). What they find there are family conflicts that only the investigators of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency will be able to resolve.Meanwhile, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mma Ramotswe s husband, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, gets a visit from a middle-aged client who wants to purchase a fast Italian sports car. What should the conscientious garagiste do in such circumstances? Should the client s wife be told? Mma Ramotswe is used to wrestling with such tricky questions, but it is harder for Mr J.L.B. Matekoni.And in the background is that beautiful country, Botswana, with its wide skies and its courteous people. In such surroundings, big problems soon seem small, and small worries fade away altogether.

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Can true love win the day?Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau, Lorcan, is away at war and has recently stopped replying to her letters but she is determined to keep her spirits up. When she meets wealthy shipbuilder⠙s son Victor Perryman, they pass the time of day and they both feel a connection but she can⠙t allow herself to think anything more of it - not only does she have Lorcan to think of, but she and Victor are divided by wealth and class.Yet they meet again and Hetty is charmed and intrigued by Victor and his openness towards her. It becomes harder to ignore the attachment growing between them.When Lorcan comes back on leave, Hetty is forced to face her true feelings. Who does she really love, and can that love conquer everything in its path?An uplifting, emotional WW1 saga perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Jean FullertonReaders adore the Beach Hotel series:⠘Oh wow this story was⠦amazing and heartfelt⠦I hope there will be more in this series⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Had me turning the pages well into the night⠦ A five-star, well-written beach caper. A page turner from beginning to end.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I have enjoyed all three books in this series but this one was the best! I think that is because it is Helen⠙s story and Helen is the very heart of the hotel⠦I really enjoyed it.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘The strong thread that runs through this series is friendship, that⠙s exactly what Helen Bygrove needs when things get difficult! I know it was third in series but I⠙m sure there⠙s room for a follow up! I live in hope.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Another brilliant book by this brilliant author⠙ Reader Review⠘Brilliant storyline, brilliant book. Couldn⠙t put it down. Family saga at its best⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I loved this enchanting read⠦could not put it down⠦⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Well, what a start to a new series! There are many secrets to be uncovered⠦I loved this book.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Charming⠦this book felt like an escape⠦The story was heartwarming⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I thoroughly enjoyed this book⠦I⠙m glad there is more to come from the Beach Hotel.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

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*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An unputdownable novel about female friendship and the events that shape us COSMOPOLITAN Addictive, nostalgic and comforting, this layered family mystery crept round my heart CLAIRE DAVERLEYPen and Alice, childhood best friends from Toronto, are in their first year at the University of Edinburgh. Each has come to the city for her own reasons.Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she ll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father s - now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox - lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lennox s centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents secret, just as she s falling in love for the first time . . .Meanwhile Alice, an aspiring actor, sees university as her route to the West End and beyond. The star of this year s theatre production, she s making the most of the power she wields as an object of desire - until an affair with her tutor begins to slip from her control. Witty, warm and wildly unputdownable, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is at once a love story and an irresistible mystery, a celebration of female friendship, and a study of how looking back can help us move forward. A book to lose yourself in FRAN LITTLEWOOD Brimming with heart JENNY JACKSON Luminous . . . as smart as it is delicious, as nostalgic as it feels fresh ASHLEY AUDRAIN Joyous, clever, and wholly transportive KATY HAYS Emma Knight s witty, wistful debut will keep you up all night JOANNA RAKOFF A spellbinding debut about friendship, motherhood, first love, and the choices that bind us CARLEY FORTUNE

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A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads the much-admired and traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful country hotel. Guests have been unwell, clothing has disappeared from the washing line, and scorpions have found their way into the guest bedrooms. Mma Ramotswe drives out to the hotel with her irrepressible colleague, Grace Makutsi (97 per cent in the final examinations of the Botswana Secretarial College). What they find there are family conflicts that only the investigators of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency will be able to resolve.Meanwhile, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mma Ramotswe s husband, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, gets a visit from a middle-aged client who wants to purchase a fast Italian sports car. What should the conscientious garagiste do in such circumstances? Should the client s wife be told? Mma Ramotswe is used to wrestling with such tricky questions, but it is harder for Mr J.L.B. Matekoni.And in the background is that beautiful country, Botswana, with its wide skies and its courteous people. In such surroundings, big problems soon seem small, and small worries fade away altogether.

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Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. But when hotel staff begin to vanish and a German prince goes missing, Nella discovers that murder, blackmail and kidnapping are also on the menu. A rollicking murder mystery from one of the finest writers of the last century.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the two World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, a raging battle for an enormous family fortune, and the sweetest confection of a love affair â “ all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.With sparkling dialogue, arresting visuals, vibrant charm, and a slowly building melancholy, The Grand Budapest Hotel is both sophisticated comedy and historical pastiche, the portrait of a hero (of sorts) in a dazzling but vanishing world.In addition to the screenplay, this volume also contains a gallery of images from the film.

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A story about love, family secrets, and a little piece of heaven . . .In the beautiful village of Vernazza, the Mazzone family have transformed an old convent overlooking the glamorous Italian Riviera into the elegant Lemon Tree Hotel. For Chiara, her daughter Elene and her granddaughter Isabella, the running of their hotel is the driving force in their lives. One day, two unexpected guests check in. The first, Dante, is a face from Chiara s past, but what exactly happened between them all those years ago, Elene wonders. Meanwhile, Isabella is preoccupied with the second guest, a mysterious young man who seems to know a lot about the history of the old convent and the people who live there. Isabella is determined to find out his true intentions and discover the secret past of the Lemon Tree Hotel.

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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders, the brand new Alexandra Benedict novel, is out now.CAN YOU SOLVE THE CASE? #39;Whatever you unwrap for Christmas, you had better hope it’s this book. This is 21st-century cosy Christmas crime that doesn’t shy away from the darkness. Eighteen passengers, seven stops, one killer Christmas read #39; JANICE HALLETT #39;The perfect book to read on a train . . . A thrilling journey from start to finish. Highly recommended #39; ELLY GRIFFITHS #39;It’s wonderful! A page-turning homage to the Golden Age, with a dash of Poirot and a dark, modern heart #39; S J BENNETT Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of nowhere, a killer stalks its carriages, picking off passengers one by one. Those who sleep on the sleeper train may never wake again. Can former Met detective Roz Parker find the killer before they kill again?All aboard for . . . Murder on the Christmas Express.

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In this uniquely designed, two-sided book, readers will find themselves on both sides of the world-famous race to the South Pole. Follow the stories of polar explorers Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen as they each lead their teams on a daring and gripping adventure to Antarctica.In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the team of the Terra Nova embarked on an intrepid journey to Antarctica. Their mission: to explore uncharted lands, carry out important scientific work, and become the first people to reach the South Pole. There was just one problem—Scott wasn’t the only one with his sights on the Pole!Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had spent his whole life dreaming of polar adventure. After narrowly missing the chance to be the first person to the North Pole, he was determined to win the race to the South.In this two-sided story, readers will follow one team’s journey before flipping the book to see things from the other side. This novel approach to storytelling encourages young readers to look at historic events from different perspectives, and to develop empathy and critical thinking as they face both triumph and tragedy in this remarkable true story.Children’s author Alexandra Stewart expertly weaves together history, natural history, and STEM into an engaging narrative-driven tale, brought to life with beautiful artwork by illustrator Sarah Wilkins. The result is a suspenseful true story that continues to resonate today.

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Pop royalty, Ringo Starr, meets picture book A-lister, Ben Cort! Based on the lyrics of the world famous Beatles song, this glorious picture book follows five children on a magical journey through the Octopus #39;s garden. The playful Octopus takes them on a wondrous underwater adventure - riding on the backs of turtles, playing pirates in a sunken city and sheltering from a storm in the octopus #39;s cave. Beatles fans will lap up the opportunity to introduce children and grandchildren to this picture book version of the song … Daily Mail The pictures are superb. The Times Glorious picture book. Sunderland Echo Octopus #39;s Garden is a visual delight thanks to Ben Cort #39;s stunning illustrations…The song is so catchy that you #39;ll be singing it long after you #39;ve finished the book! Creative Steps

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The unputdownable cosy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder______________________________ Come for the spooky humour, stay for the satisfying twists Kristen Perrin Alice Bell writes with real verve Janice Hallett Agatha Christie meets Ghosts J M Hall______________________________THIS MYSTERY HAS THEM IN A CHOKEHOLD...Medium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is excited to embark on her first official case.Pro-wrestling manager Ken King is convinced that his late father, Eddie, is haunting the gym and show venue in Brighton. Ken hires Claire to help, unaware that her ghost best friend, Sophie, comes as part of the package.But Eddie is adamant he did not die of natural causes, and tasks Claire and Sophie with bringing his killer to justice.In the world of pro-wrestling, can they work out what s real, who s faking and unmask the killer once and for all?___________________________Readers love the Grave Expectations series... Brilliantly funny! Witty and smart Cosy without being twee Loved every minute Loads of clever twists

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Seth is the oppressed kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. But when a strange gathering of magicians arrives for dinner,their leader is poisoned. A locked-room murder investigation ensues- and Seth is the main suspect. Can he solve the mystery andclear his name, especially when magic s afoot?

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From the author of the home decorating bestseller, For the Love of White, comes an inspirational and informative guide to creating a welcoming home through the seasons using a white and neutral palette. Unsurprisingly for a book created by The White Company Founder Chrissie Rucker, this showcases 10 stylist interiors - divided into chapters named after the four seasons - each with a high concentration of white, be it on walls, furniture, textiles or accessories. What it demonstrates is that white need not be bland. Taking a close look at each composed and elegant case study, Chrissie points out the elements that make a room interesting, why a fabric or piece of furniture elevates a scheme, or how the simple addition of a table setting might render it the perfect serene and welcoming space to host a dinner party. The home rituals dispersed throughout provide useful tips on how to refresh your house as the seasons change. Christabel Chubb, House Garden Packed with gorgeous inspiration and clever ideas, it ll help you create unique, characterful rooms with with the palest of shades. House Beautiful White Company founder Chrissie Rucker s new coffee-table book offers plenty of ideas for decorating your home in her signature, soothing style. The Telegraph, Best Home Christmas Gifts 2022 Chrissie Rucker, founder of The White Company shows how people use shades of white to great effect in their own homes. Good Housekeeping An absolute delight. Woman Home These homes will inspire anyone who loves tranquil surroundings. Sunday Express Beautiful. Grazia I love a home to feel warm, inviting, personal and lived-in - and mastering how to decorate with white and neutrals is a wonderful way to achieve this. - CHRISSIE RUCKERIn her much-anticipated second book, The Art Of Living With White, Chrissie Rucker, Founder of The White Company, explores 10 inspirational homes that illustrate beautifully different ways to use white and neutrals through the seasons. The homes vary in size, style and location - from a minimalist city pied-Ã -terre to a New England-style country house - but what unites them all is the welcoming, stylish and calm feel that their owners have each created.The homes are grouped into the four seasons and each chapter ends with a summary of seasonal rituals that will work in any home. A concluding chapter - Inspiration Resources - considers finding your own style, how to create a good balance between work and home in interior spaces, the art of simple entertaining and the importance of scent and touch in a truly comfortable home.Praise for The White Company: For the Love of White A testament to the power of neutrals - House and Garden A visual feast with a passion for all things white at its heart - House Beautiful

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The Different Company White Zagora, 100 ml, Toaletní vody pro ženy, White Zagora je květinová vůně pro ženy z kolekce L Esprit Cologne francouzské značky nikových (niche) parfémů The Different Company. Filosofie této značky vzniklé v roce 2000 je založena na oslavě potěšení smyslů, kráse a výjimečnosti pravých francouzských parfémů a unikátnosti designových flakonů. Cílem The Different Company je nabízet výjimečné zboží s moderní vizí luxusu založenou na kořenech slavné tradice vysoké parfumerie (haute parfumerie). Všechny vůně vytvořené v rámci kolekce The Different Company L Esprit Cologne renomovanou návrhářkou parfémů Emilie (Bevierre) Coppermann se vyznačující osvěžujícím letním charakterem a elánem. nbsp; The White Zagora není výjimkou. Tato smyslná orientální toaletní voda, založená na akordech květů pomerančovníku, osvěžených zářivými citrusovými akordy, je inspirovaná saharskou oázou stejného jména. White Zagora je největší oázou Maroka, nebem uprostřed slunečného a suchého pekelného žáru. Toaletní voda The Different Company White Zagora nás se svou zářivou, jiskřivou a smyslnou vůní vezme na olfaktorickou výpravu na toto úchvatné vzdálené místo. Vonná kompozice The Different Company White Zagora se v hlavě otevírá akordy neroli, bergamotu a dalších citrusů. V květinovém srdci zavoní květ pomerančovníku, oslazený medovou tuberózou a květem broskvoně. Hřejivý, smyslný a tak trochu roztomile mazlivý základ sestává z tónů vonokvětky (osmanthus), světlého pižma a jantaru. Celkové aroma, spojující citrusové a bílé a další květinové stránky s ovocnými a svěžími aspekty, je smyslné, jemné, svěží, plné jasu a především nesmírně příjemné. Toaletní voda The Different Company White Zagora je svěží oázou ve flakonu… White Zagora se hodí především na denní nošení v teplých měsících. Tato mistrovská toaletní voda značky The Different Company si získá především milovnice květinových vůní s výraznou citrusovou stránkou a poutavým dotekem orientální exotiky. Nadchne také každou dámu, která dokáže u parfému ocenit skutečnou kvalitu, nápaditost a modernost vystavěnou na tradičních základech. Svou nositelku zahalí White Zagora do přitažlivého svěžího aroma a projasní jí den atmosférou nádherné oázy. Všechny parfémy The Different Company kromě mistrovských kompozic vůní a neúprosné kvality a luxusnosti všech surovin vynikají také svým balením. Přímo ikonické flakony značky, vyrobené z unikátního špičkového skla, jsou pravým ztělesněním luxusu, moderním a ekologickým mistrovským dílem. Obohaťte svou kosmetickou výbavu o parfémovanou vodu The Different Company White Zagora a zamilujte se do vůně, která vás vezme na výpravu do nádherné saharské oázy. Díky vytříbené kvalitě a luxusu vůně a úchvatnosti designového flakonu doplněného elegantní světlou krabičkou je White Zagora také dokonalým dárkem pro ženu, které chcete dopřát něco skutečně výjimečného. The Different Company White Zagora – svěží, smyslná, zářivá a jiskřivá květinová vůně, inspirovaná největší oázou Maroka.

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The Different Company White Zagora, ml, Toaletní vody pro ženy, White Zagora je květinová vůně pro ženy z kolekce L Esprit Cologne francouzské značky nikových (niche) parfémů The Different Company. Filosofie této značky vzniklé v roce 2000 je založena na oslavě potěšení smyslů, kráse a výjimečnosti pravých francouzských parfémů a unikátnosti designových flakonů. Cílem The Different Company je nabízet výjimečné zboží s moderní vizí luxusu založenou na kořenech slavné tradice vysoké parfumerie (haute parfumerie). Všechny vůně vytvořené v rámci kolekce The Different Company L Esprit Cologne renomovanou návrhářkou parfémů Emilie (Bevierre) Coppermann se vyznačující osvěžujícím letním charakterem a elánem. nbsp; The White Zagora není výjimkou. Tato smyslná orientální toaletní voda, založená na akordech květů pomerančovníku, osvěžených zářivými citrusovými akordy, je inspirovaná saharskou oázou stejného jména. White Zagora je největší oázou Maroka, nebem uprostřed slunečného a suchého pekelného žáru. Toaletní voda The Different Company White Zagora nás se svou zářivou, jiskřivou a smyslnou vůní vezme na olfaktorickou výpravu na toto úchvatné vzdálené místo. Vonná kompozice The Different Company White Zagora se v hlavě otevírá akordy neroli, bergamotu a dalších citrusů. V květinovém srdci zavoní květ pomerančovníku, oslazený medovou tuberózou a květem broskvoně. Hřejivý, smyslný a tak trochu roztomile mazlivý základ sestává z tónů vonokvětky (osmanthus), světlého pižma a jantaru. Celkové aroma, spojující citrusové a bílé a další květinové stránky s ovocnými a svěžími aspekty, je smyslné, jemné, svěží, plné jasu a především nesmírně příjemné. Toaletní voda The Different Company White Zagora je svěží oázou ve flakonu… White Zagora se hodí především na denní nošení v teplých měsících. Tato mistrovská toaletní voda značky The Different Company si získá především milovnice květinových vůní s výraznou citrusovou stránkou a poutavým dotekem orientální exotiky. Nadchne také každou dámu, která dokáže u parfému ocenit skutečnou kvalitu, nápaditost a modernost vystavěnou na tradičních základech. Svou nositelku zahalí White Zagora do přitažlivého svěžího aroma a projasní jí den atmosférou nádherné oázy. Všechny parfémy The Different Company kromě mistrovských kompozic vůní a neúprosné kvality a luxusnosti všech surovin vynikají také svým balením. Přímo ikonické flakony značky, vyrobené z unikátního špičkového skla, jsou pravým ztělesněním luxusu, moderním a ekologickým mistrovským dílem. Obohaťte svou kosmetickou výbavu o parfémovanou vodu The Different Company White Zagora a zamilujte se do vůně, která vás vezme na výpravu do nádherné saharské oázy. Díky vytříbené kvalitě a luxusu vůně a úchvatnosti designového flakonu doplněného elegantní světlou krabičkou je White Zagora také dokonalým dárkem pro ženu, které chcete dopřát něco skutečně výjimečného. The Different Company White Zagora – svěží, smyslná, zářivá a jiskřivá květinová vůně, inspirovaná největší oázou Maroka.

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Eat your way around the world in style and live your own extended vacation alongside the colorful guests and employees of the luxurious resort and spa with The White Lotus Official Cookbook.Fans of the biting comedy-drama series, The White Lotus, can bring fabulous, five-star food to their own kitchen tables with the first official cookbook created in collaboration with Warner Bros. and HBO. Featuring 50+ dishes, this giftable and collectible recipe book captures the iconic upscale hotel fare, along with the distinct flavors of each season, with regional cuisine from Hawai i, Italy, and Thailand. THE FIRST OFFICIAL THE WHITE LOTUS COOKBOOK: The first officially licensed cookbook, created in conjunction with the studio behind The White Lotus RECIPES FOR EVERY OCCASION: Includes recipes for delicious snacks, appetizers, main courses, desserts, and drinks to celebrate any occasion RECIPES FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: With accessible step-by-step instructions and helpful cooking tips, The White Lotus Official Cookbook is a great guide for fans of any age and skill level, from kitchen novices to seasoned chefs. STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY: Features beautiful photography of the delicious, fully prepared recipes to help ensure success COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Pair The White Lotus Official Cookbook with The White Lotus Official Cocktail Collection, The White Lotus: Heard Around the Resort, and HBO Original Series: The White Lotus: The Official Coloring Book.

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A timely companion to the New York Times bestseller For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of YÂ’all Too Progressive white educators on the challenges and reimaginings of anti-racist education, cultural responsiveness, and sustained liberatory learning practicesDesigned for educators by educators, From White Folks Who Teach in the Hood is the white teachersÂ’ guide to effective multicultural, anti-racist pedagogy.Over 20 educators are featured in this book, representing different types of schools, different geographies, different durations of experience in the classroom, and different depths of experience in interrogating their whiteness. Throughout the text, nationally renowned educators and coeditors Dr. Christopher Emdin and sam seidel offer feedback and perspective on how to incorporate the practices and wrestle with the ideas outlined by the contributors.Replete with practical reflections and actionable exercises, this book explores among other things:—identity formation, healing, and growth in the early years of a teacherÂ’s career—the restrictive, harmful nature of standardization and the power of localization as a tool for transformation—hip-hop as a vehicle for promoting culture and authenticity within the classroom—whiteness as a racial identity and intentional anti-racist teacher trainings to identify and unlearn white supremacyFrom White Folks Who Teach in the Hood is the essential classroom companion for every white teacher committed to fostering productive learning spaces that respect the races, cultures, and identities of their students. It offers all readers a window into the essential work that must be done to transform our nation s schools from sites of harm to sites of healing.

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Transform your home with the power of a white and neutral palette. A capsule of calm, this ode to pale interiors by The White Company s founder Chrissie Rucker is testament to the power of neutrals. - House Garden The thing about white is that it goes with everything, it is a canvas for life, whoever you are and whatever your tastes. You just can t beat it. - Chrissie RuckerWhether you live in a tiny city apartment, a rambling country cottage or an elegant town house, For the Love of White offers the definitive guide to creating a home with white and neutral tones. Published to mark the 25th anniversary of iconic brand, The White Company, the book explores 12 inspirational homes in varied decorating styles but unified by a passion for a white. For each location The White Company founder, Chrissie Rucker, highlights clever styling details that the reader can try out in their own home - with calming, versatile and beautiful results.Illustrated with specially commissioned photography by leading interiors photographer, Chris Everard and organized into three sections - Country, Town and Coast - the book provides both the advice and the inspiration needed to transform your home.

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By Satoshi NakamotoGuide by Jaya Klara BrekkeIntroduction by James BridleEdited by Ben Vickers In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto published a revolutionary white paper that described a simple peer-to-peer electronic cash system that would later become Bitcoin. In the decade since the launch of the digital currency, the nascent blockchain technology behind Bitcoin has been heralded as having the same radical potential as the printing press or the Internet, in particular presenting extraordinary challenges to traditional banking. Yet the paper contains no reference to existing political ideas, monetary or economic knowledge. Why?James Bridleâ ™s introduction situates Bitcoin within an obscure historical movement of decentralisation, powered by the ideologies of encryption, showing how blockchain is part of a wider project to redraw the maps of political possibility. The White Paper returns to Nakamotoâ ™s canonical text as a Rosetta Stone that reveals the far-reaching implications of decentralisation, with crypto-economist Jaya Klara Brekkeâ ™s guide demonstrating how it can serve as the compass for a rapidly shifting terrain of contemporary techno-politics.Inside The White Paper: Extensive introduction by James Bridle on the historical trajectory of cryptography and how it gave rise to the blockchain. The original Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System white paper by Satoshi Nakamoto. An extensive guide and discussion of the white paper by Jaya Klara Brekke that elucidates the fundamentals of the paper and examines how bitcoin has developed over the course of a decade. The appendix brings together a succinct collection of pivotal exchanges and dialogues in the early development of the blockchain technology from between 2008 and 2011. Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the birth of Bitcoin in January 2009Jaya Klara Brekke writes, does research and speaks on the political economy of blockchain and consensus protocols, focusing on questions of politics, redistribution and power in distributed systems. She is the author of the B9Lab ethical training module for blockchain developers, and the Satoshi Oath, a hippocratic oath for blockchain development. She is writing a PhD with the preliminary title Distributing Chains, three strategies for thinking blockchain politically.James Bridle is an artist and writer working across technologies and disciplines. His artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. His writing on literature, culture and networks has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, Domus, Cabinet, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, the Guardian, the Observer and many others, in print and online. He lectures regularly at conferences, universities, and other events. New Dark Age, his book about technology, knowledge, and the end of the future, was published by Verso (UK US) in 2018. His work can be found at http://jamesbridle.com.Satoshi Nakamoto is the identity used by the unknown person or people who developed Bitcoin, authored the Bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed the first Bitcoin implementation. As part of the implementation, they also devised the first blockchain database. Satoshi Nakamoto ceased public involvement with Bitcoin at the end of 2010; their last public post was made in 2014 as a rebuttal to claims on the â ˜trueâ ™ nature of Satoshiâ ™s identity. During Bitcoin s peak in December 2017, the Satoshi Nakamoto identity could lay claim to a fortune worth over $19 billion, making Nakamoto possibly the 44th richest person in the world at that time. To this day both the public identity and Bitcoin wallet attached to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remain inactive.Ben Vickers is a curator, writer, explorer, publisher, technologist and luddite. He is CTO at the Serpentine Galleries in London, co-founder of Ignota Books and an initiator of the open-source monastic order unMonastery.In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto published a revolutionary white paper that described a simple peer-to-peer electronic cash system that would later become Bitcoin.

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“Truly a great book—unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre… Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better.” —Anthony Bourdain  Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the Madeline books Picture David Sedaris writing Kitchen Confidential about the Ritz in New York in the 1920s, which had the style and charm of The Grand Budapest Hotel…In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide—the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz—a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maître d hôtel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining. “[Bemelmans] was the original bad boy of the NY hotel/restaurant subculture, a waiter, busboy, and restaurateur who “told all” in a series of funny and true (or very near true) autobiographical accounts of backstairs folly, excess, borderline criminality, and madness in the grande Hotel Splendide… If you like stories about old New York as I do, this classic will have you laughing out loud.” –Anthony Bourdain

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The gripping story of the lure of porcelain, or white gold , from the Number One bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes.** A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller ** Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain. Along the way, he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired, made rich or heartsick by it, and the many whose livelihoods, minds and bodies were broken by this obsession. It spans a thousand years and reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times. In these intimate and compelling encounters with the people and landscapes who made porcelain, Edmund de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material, the white gold he has worked with for decades. This is a haunting book, a book that amasses itself piece by piece, gaining in weight. Olivia Laing, New Statesman A mighty achievement Guardian

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A fully updated comprehensive guide for improving and practicing your creative writing, including contributions from Ali Smith and Kit de WaalThe Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three stages of essential practice: Gathering - getting started, learning how to keep notes, making observations and using memory; Shaping - looking at structure, point of view, character and setting; and Finishing - being your own critic, joining workshops and finding publishers.Fully updated and including a foreword by Marina Warner and contributions from forty-four authors such as Kit de Waal and Amy Liptrot, this is the perfect book for people who are just starting to write as well as for those who want some help honing work already completed. Filled with a wealth of exercises and activities, it will inspire budding writers to develop and hone their skills. Whether writing for publication, in a group or just for pleasure this comprehensive guide is for anyone who is ready to put pen to paper.

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The first in-depth study since the 1980s of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, a building that is often considered the most impressive architectural expression of the Romantic imagination and that has become a hallmark of Regency style  Created between 1787 and 1823 by George IV, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton is perhaps the most daring and enchanting example of a building that expresses the European fascination with what in the early nineteenth century was considered the ⠜Orient,⠝ in particular China and India. The building, with its Indian-inspired exterior, was the work of the renowned architect John Nash, who with the contributions of several other gifted and inventive architects, artists, and designers, created a building that draws you in, takes you on a journey, and plays with your senses.  Featuring new photography, this lavishly illustrated book will provide a fresh look at the sumptuous Chinoiserie interiors of the Royal Pavilion and their enduring appeal. Drawing on recent research, conservation projects, and the unprecedented loan exhibition A Prince⠙s Treasure: From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion (2019⠓22), this book celebrates the colours and sensual beauty of these interiors while situating the Royal Pavilion in the context of the time of its creation and development under royal ownership, from its beginning in the wake of the French Revolution, through its transformation and extension during and just after the Napoleonic Wars, to its fate and legacy in the early Victorian era.

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A glorious new edition of Robin Jarvisâ ™s classic and the inspiration for The Power of Dark and its sequels. Contains bonus material specially produced for this Egmont Modern Classics title.When orphans Ben and Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston, they have no idea what to expect. A lively 92-year-old, Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother theyâ ™ve known.Ben is gifted with â ˜the sightâ ™, which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals. He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs and discovers that Alice and her friends are not quite what they seem.But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby, bringing with it fear and death. Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered, the town and all its inhabitants is doomed.Robin Jarvis started writing in 1988 and quickly became a bestselling author with his Deptford Mice and Whitby Witches series. The Whitby Witches is the book that inspired his latest series, which begins with The Power of Dark. You can find out more at www.robinjarvis.com or follow him on Twitter @robinjarvis1963

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Noelle is an efficient and friendly hotel cleaner, a model employee.Or so she’d have you think. The trouble is that she can’t help taking little ‘souvenirs’ as she cleans. Nothing of value, just tokens of happy, normal lives: a lipstick, a hair clip, some tweezers.And by the time the guest has noticed, she’s long gone. As she starts at her 21st hotel, she’s determined to beat her record of one month in a five star hotel before suspicion falls on her. But when she meets her new colleagues, her plans are complicated.These women aren’t just hands pushing carts down lonely hotel corridors: they are women with lives full of happiness and worry, pain and joy. The kind of lives Noelle has never known how to live. They make her wonder what it might be like to have real friends, people to stick around for… Will the women at Hotel 21 give her the courage to claim the life she deserves, or will her old habits come back to haunt her?

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Avalon has fallen. Bonds have been broken. The Wild Hunt is on.To save her cursed brother, Tamsin travelled to Avalon - the mysterious world of Arthurian legend. She survived, only to see it fall and the two people she trusted most betray her. Now, back in the mortal world,Tamsin makes a shocking discovery: she is the one who is cursed.Meanwhile, Lord Death is harvesting souls with his Wild Hunt. To stop him, Tamsin must find the legendary Mirror of Beasts - even if it means enlisting the help of Emrys, her rival-turned-lover-turned-enemy who abandoned her in Avalon. But can Tamsin break her curse before it breaks her?

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A snake spirit transforms into a boy and hides his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince.Sher Lee s Legend of the White Snake, is a lush, queer romantasy retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. Gorgeous cover design by Kuri Huang.When Prince Xian was a boy, a white snake bit his mother and condemned her to a slow, painful death. The only known cure is an antidote created from the rare white snake itself. Desperate, Xian is determined to capture one and cure his mother.Soon, Xian encounters an enigmatic but beautiful stable boy named Zhen, and the two are immediately drawn to each other. But Zhen might just be the human embodiment of the white snake Xian is hunting, and as their feelings grow deeper, will the truth about Zhenâ ™s identity tear them apart? Deeply romantic and utterly captivating ... - Sarah Underwood, New York Times-bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea

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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, The White Tiger is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.

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This clever collection of quotes from the Emmy Award-winning series allows fans to bask in the sometimes-savory, sometimes-sweet insights of The White Lotus hotel’s iconic guests and unforgettable employees.A stunning, compact gift book, The White Lotus: Iconic Quotes Heard Around the Resort explores romance, money, family, and other themes through the brightly funny framework of the limited-series turned anthology mega-hit. Within these vividly designed pages, fans can revisit the high-glam lifestyles and sharply drawn perspectives of The White Lotus s picture-perfect characters in their own words. And if any takeaways resonate, well, “it’s not stealing when you think everything’s already yours…” ONE OF A KIND: It’s the only officially.licensed quote book made in partnership with the studio behind the award-winning series. EXPANSIVE CONTENT: Including the best quotes from fan-favorite characters across seasons, including Tanya McQuoid, Harper Spiller, Bert Di Grasson, and more. GIFTABLE: With a thoughtful, compact design to put fan-favorite moments right in their hands.

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From the son of legendary civil rights organizer Robert P. Moses: a brilliant, unflinching memoir about becoming Black in America that interweaves voices from 3 generations of the Moses family Omo Moses has written an epic reaffirmation of Black diasporic life and a clarion call for justice. The White Peril is destined to be read and cherished.” —Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction recipient and author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoIn The White Peril, Omo Moses deftly interweaves his own life story with excerpts from both his great-grandfather s sermons and the writings of his father, the civil rights activist Bob Moses. The result is a powerful chorus of voices that spans 3 generations of an African American family, all shining a light on the Black experience, all calling fiercely for racial justice.Omo was born in 1972 in Tanzania, where his parents had fled to escape targeted harassment by the US government. He did not encounter white supremacy until the family moved back to America when he was 4. Here, he learned what it meant to be Black. He came of age in a Black enclave of Cambridge, Massachusetts, became a passionate basketball player, lived in the shadow of his father’s Civil Rights work but did not feel like a part of it until his college basketball career came to an unceremonious end. Unsure what to do next, he took up his father’s offer to go with him to Mississippi and teach math to Algebra Project students. Omo didn’t know it yet, but it was among those young people that he would find his purpose.This book is at once a coming-of-age story, a multigenerational family memoir, an epic father-son road trip, a searing account of the Black male experience, and a work that powerfully revives Rev. Moses’s demand for liberation.

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A snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince in this lush, romantasy retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale, Legend of the White Snake, by Sher Lee. Gorgeous cover design by Kuri Huang.When Prince Xian was a boy, a white snake bit his mother and condemned her to a slow, painful death. The only known cure is an antidote created from the rare white snake itself. Desperate and determined, Xian is determined to capture one and cure his mother.Soon, Xian encounters an enigmatic but beautiful stable boy named Zhen, and the two are immediately drawn to each other. But Zhen might just be the human embodiment of the white snake Xian is hunting, and as their feelings grow deeper, will the truth about Zhenâ ™s identity tear them apart?

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A riveting coming-of-age journey and a tantalising glimpse into a time when Africa was an oyster for the young, the brave and the free.It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, in 1961. Two young Princetonians have returned to New York from South America, where their dream of buying a coffee plantation in the Peruvian jungle evaporated. With the fire for adventure still burning in their veins, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya and plan a trip across Africa. They buy a white BMW motorcycle and paint the words â ˜The White Nileâ ™ on the tank, to honour the route they will follow.In limpid, elegant prose John Hopkins describes deadly salt flats where tourists vanish without a trace, mysterious Saharan oases and the funerals of young Tunisians killed by the French Foreign Legion. In Leptus Magna, he conjures visions of ancient Rome and visits Homerâ ™s fabled island of the Lotus Eaters.The adventurers escape armed vigilantes in the Tunisian desert, and are chased by the border patrol across Libyan sands. They climb the Great Pyramid at Giza at dawn, endure â ˜The Desert Expressâ ™ across the Nubian desert and travel by paddlewheel steamer through the Sudd, a swamp bigger than Britain. Their final adventure, at the idyllic Impala Farm at the foot of Mount Kenya, turns out to be a poisoned paradise.The places, the people, the writing, and the emotional reverberations of The White Nile Diaries hold the reader enthralled.

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The true story of how a small Seder dinner on the campaign trail inspired Barack Obama to bring the tradition into the White House and host the first ever Presidential Passover celebration.In 1800, President John Adams held the first formal Christmas dinner atthe newly built White House. In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayesobserved Easter with a public “Egg Roll. But it wasn’t until 2009 that a US president officially celebrated Passover.A year earlier, on the campaign trail, three staffers had to get creative in order to host a Seder dinner. They gathered in a hotel basement, joined by candidate Barack Obama. They made the most of their surroundings and modest dinner, shared the stories and rituals of the holiday, and found connections between their communities. They made a toast and a promise to a future, grander celebration: next year in the White House.For the first time, this story is told for picture book readers by award-winning author Richard Michelson and lauded illustrator EB Lewis in this special partnership with PJ Library.

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It has been hand-planted by Tsarinas and felled by foresters. It has been celebrated by peasants, worshipped by pagans and painted by artists. It has self-seeded across mountains and rivers and train tracks and steppe and right through the ruined modernity of a nuclear fall-out site. And like all symbols, the story of the birch has its share of horrors (white, straight, native, pure: how could it not?). But, maybe in the end, what I m really in search of is a birch that means nothing: stripped of symbolism, bereft of use-value . . . A birch that is simply a tree in a land that couldn t give a shit. The birch, genus Betula, is one of the northern hemisphere s most widespread and easily recognisable trees. A pioneer species, the birch is also Russia s unofficial national emblem, and in The White Birch art critic Tom Jeffreys sets out to grapple with the riddle of Russianness through numerous journeys, encounters, histories and artworks that all share one thing in common: the humble birch tree.We visit Catherine the Great s garden follies and Tolstoy s favourite chair; walk through the Chernobyl exclusion zone and among overgrown concrete bunkers in Vladivostok; explore the world of online Russian brides and spend a drunken night in Moscow with art-activists Pussy Riot, all the time questioning the role played by Russia s vastly diverse landscapes in forming and imposing national identity. And vice-versa: how has Russia s dramatically shifting self-image informed the way its people think about nature, land and belonging?Curious, resonant and idiosyncratic, The White Birch is a unique collection of journeys into Russia and among Russian people.

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Lauren St John s White Giraffe series has become internationally beloved. This is the perfect time to discover - or rediscover - this modern classic. Lauren St John is the queen of kid s animal fiction, and her White Giraffe series is a veritable treasure trove of classic, wild adventure. Warm, emotional, stirring and heart-stopping in equal measure! Ross Montgomery, author of I Am RebelMartine is eleven when she goes to live on a game reserve in Africa, a place where mysteries and secrets abound, where the intoxicating magic of the country casts all sorts of spells.One lonely night, she looks out of her window and sees a young giraffe, silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight. For a split second their eyes locked, the small sad girl and the slender young giraffe, then the sky went dark. Martine pressed her face to the window, desperate to see the white giraffe again. In that instant Martine knows that she is prepared to risk everything for it. The giraffe looks at her as if it is waiting...

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The topics of inclusion and exclusion are explored through the adventures of a slug who wants to stay the night in the new “Hotel for Bugs” but is told that he can’t because the hotel is only for bugs.A new hotel for bugs has just opened, and the local bugs are so excited! When the doors open, they marvel at the decorations, check out the buffet, and lounge by the pool and spa. Soon, a slug enters the building and asks for a room, but the manager tells him that the hotel is only for bugs. The sad slug leaves, and the bugs point out to the manager that even the bugs are all different—and even stranger than the slug! Some of the bugs have ears on their knees, roll poop, and taste flowers with their feet. Can they convince the manager that the hotel is for everyone, not just bugs?

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