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Weavingshaw
‘Leena didn’t believe in monsters until she saw Weavingshaw.’
The Saint of Silence trades coins for every sordid divulgence uttered to him. The darker the secret, the higher the price.
Leena has a secret, one that has haunted her since she was seventeen – she can see the dead. When her brother falls ill, she knows what she must do: seek the Saint.
But Leena’s secret is more valuable to him that she could have imagined. To save her brother, she must make a deal with him to find the ghost he’s searching for.
All paths lead to Weavingshaw, a cursed estate on the moors. As Leena grows closer to the Saint, and is plunged into his world of danger, deceit and desire, she learns that he is hiding his own secrets – ones that have the power to destroy them all.
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Japanese Gothic: The all-new haunted house Samurai horror from Sunday Times bestselling author of Bat Eater!
Kylie Lee Baker returns with another witty, gory, horror PHENOMENON
‘Brilliantly inventive. A must read – I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’ MONIKA KIM
2025
Lee can’t remember exactly where he hid the body, but he can remember the blood. Hiding out at his father’s centuries-old home in Japan, Lee knows something is wrong with him, and he knows it has something to do with his mother’s disappearance almost a decade ago.1877
A female samurai, Sen, stalks the borders of her home to protect her family from slaughter after the abolition of the samurai class. She’s not sure how they’ll ever survive, not without her father, who has returned from war with a different soul behind his eyes.When Lee and Sen find one another through a door between their worlds, they’re both looking for answers. But what they find in the creaking old house they share is beyond what either of them could imagine…
PRAISE FOR THE NEWEST VOICE IN HORROR:
🦇 ‘A profound reminder of the true horrors that lurk in the world’ TORI BOVALINO 🦇
🦇 ‘A serial killer mystery and a heartbreaking portrayal of grief’ KIRSTY LOGAN 🦇
🦇 ‘This book dug its claws into me and would not let go’ LING LING HUANG 🦇
🦇 ‘Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking’ ALMA KATSU 🦇
🦇 ‘A poignant, searing portrait of the hostility and violence that plagued pandemic-era NYC’ VERONICA G. HENRY 🦇Read more
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Grace: an edge-of-your-seat atmospheric horror novel from the author of The Watchers
A haunting, atmospheric modern Gothic horror tale based on traditional Irish mythology, from the author of smash hit The Watchers. Ancient evil is awakened on a lonely isle off the coast of Ireland.
TO LEARN THE TRUTH
WOULD YOU DESCEND INTO HELL?Off the west coast of Ireland lies a lonely island, isolated and wilfully forgotten. Some say there hasn’t been a child born on the island for thirty years. Others speak of strange deaths there, decades ago. But no one really knows what happened. Locals believe that the dark times are behind them.
They are mistaken.
Grace, adopted at four years old, has never known where she came from. A mysterious phone call leads her back to the island where she was born – and where a terrible evil has been disturbed.
As the evil starts to spread, Grace finds herself dragged back into a living nightmare that threatens to engulf anyone who steps into its path.
Grace is perfect for fans of horror classics, Paul Tremblay, and Kealan Patrick Burke.
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The Caretaker: The next mind-bending, twisty horror story from the author of We Used to Live Here
Follow the Rites…
Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.
From Marcus Kliewer, a new ‘titan of the macabre and unsettling’ (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater―and more dangerous―than she ever could have imagined.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention―it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all―vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she’s not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.
Besides, it’s only three days’ work…
Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property―and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
Follow the Rites…
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Follow the Rites…
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Fruit of the Flesh
Behind the glamour of Gilded Age New York, a marriage of convenience between an artisan and a ballerina masks their shared appetite for revenge in this darkly seductive gothic romance.
In early 1900s New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier makes an unconventional choice: Marry struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev. For her, it’s an escape from her family’s unsavory legacy. For him, the De Villier name promises the patronage his art desperately needs. It should be a simple arrangement.
But beneath their marriage of convenience lurks a darker recognition. In each other, they see a reflection of their own dangerous appetites. As buried secrets surface and bodies begin disappearing, Petronille and Arkady discover their union runs deeper than social advantage. Their shared obsessions draw them into an intoxicating dance of predator and prey, though it’s never quite clear who is which.
Bound by law, God, and blood, they must decide if their monstrous natures will tear them apart or forge them into something terribly wonderful together. In a world where nothing is quite what it seems, two creatures of shadow learn that true love requires a taste for the macabre.
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A Box Full of Darkness
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases, the new pulse-pounding standalone story about the childhood traumas that haunt each of us . . .
“As creepy and unsettling as a rain-faded wreath and teddy bear found by the side of the road to mark a missing person, [it] lingers like a ghost long after it’s finished.”―Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
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Something dark has always hung over the Esmie siblings.
Each one is haunted, but all in different ways.
Violet dreams each night of a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale sees beaming lights and probing figures.
But there’s one thing that haunts them the most . . .
The disappearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during an innocent game of hide and seek back when they were children.
It’s been eighteen years since the siblings fled their childhood home, Fell House, the one that holds all the ghosts of the past.
But then Violet receives a call from the house’s caretaker. He’s too scared to keep working there. He says he saw the spirit of a young boy whispering two words . . .
Come home.
She, Dodie and Vale all know Ben is back – and he’s ready to lead them to answers they both want and fear.
But there’s a more sinister presence waiting for them at Fell House. Something that’s connected to their visions as children.
Something that wants a violent revenge.
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PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST JAMES’ WORK:
“Once again, St. James has offered a gripping tale of crime tinged with the supernatural that crosses generations.” – Booklist
“From its terrifying opening to its jaw-dropping conclusion, this thriller has it all–small town secrets, ominous dark deeds after midnight. You will follow this shocking road to its climatic end!” ―Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Still See You Everywhere
“An exhilarating, haunting ride from start to finish.”―Isabel Cañas, USA Today bestselling author of Vampires of El Norte
“Simone St. James is known for brilliantly mixing thriller elements with supernatural mayhem” ―The New York Times Book Review
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Strange Buildings: ‘The biggest crime writer in Japan’ Telegraph
The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange Pictures
Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.
A lonely hut in the woods.
A hidden chamber.
A mysterious shrine.
A home in flames.
A nightmarish prison…
Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle.
Look closely… and you’ll see that everything is connected.
All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won’t want to believe it.
Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu’s dark mysteries.
Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, so far.
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Between Two Fires: Pre-order the must-read medieval horror taking BookTok by storm!
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm-that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict.
Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfil her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.
As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints, and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.
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Exit Party: the brand new novel from the bestselling author of Station Eleven
From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s new mind-bending epic: a story of crimes committed and loves lost across space and time.
2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some hope: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.
Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn’t be there. Something is very wrong . . .
Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality – and may hold the key to a very different world.
Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s electrifying new novel about freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world.
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A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness (Audio Download): Michael Pollan, Michael Pollan, Penguin Audio: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the best-selling author of How to Change Your Mind, a pioneering search for consciousness in the brain and beyond
A World Appears is the story of the quest to solve the greatest mystery in nature: consciousness. How does it feel to be you with your own personal feelings, thoughts and experiences? Every one of us is intimately familiar with consciousness, but no one knows how – or why – it came to be that three pounds of grey matter can generate a subjective point of view.
The early 1990s marked the birth of a new science of consciousness, based on the assumption that the phenomenon could be explained in terms of brain activity, but that effort is faltering, and wilder ideas, such as panpsychism, are now getting a hearing. Indeed, there is now reason to doubt that ‘objective science’ as we have known it since Galileo has the right tools to plumb first-person experience. A World Appears takes Michael Pollan from the laboratories where scientists are searching for the neural correlates of consciousness to encounters with philosophers and novelists and Buddhist monks, whom he finds have just as much to teach us about consciousness, if not more.
A story that begins in a brain lab in Seattle ends, of all places, in a cave in the mountains of New Mexico, where the author discovers that explaining consciousness may be less urgent than learning to practice it in our everyday lives.
Michael Pollan 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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One Woman’s War: Rags to Riches, Book 2 (Audio Download): Rosie Goodwin, Charlie Sanderson, Zaffre: Amazon.co.uk: Books
A Rags to Riches novel .
The second book in a brand-new historical trilogy from Britain’s best-loved saga author.
Nuneaton, 1914
War is just around the corner and for Annie Lilburn and her adopted family, life will never be the same. Annie, after a difficult childhood, has never felt like she fits in, but since Levi Lilburn, the local rag and bone man, took her under his wing and she became a business woman in her own right, things have been on the up. Soon that is set to change when World War I is declared and the men of the town enlist. And as more and more casualties come in, Annie needs to step up and do her bit for the war effort.
Annie trains to become a nurse and eventually finds herself on the battlefields in France. With death and destruction all around her, Annie is experiencing things she could never have imagined, but finds an inner strength like no other. Then through the devastation of war, love starts to bloom when Annie meets a young officer. Could this orphan girl finally be finding her place in the world and someone to truly love her, or is her happiness set to come crashing down once again?
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She Wanted More: Reimagine your future and live by your rules
‘Full of wisdom and vulnerability’ CARIAD LLOYD
‘An urgent, empowering read’ FEARNE COTTON
‘A guide for living according to our own desires and drives, rather than patriarchal dictates aimed at minimising us’ SARI BOTTON*The new book for women who want to live differently – featuring interviews with fascinating, inspirational women from all walks of life*
When Poorna Bell found herself at the height of grief in her mid-thirties, she spent each day just trying to survive. As her new self began to emerge back into the world, she realised she had spent a lifetime playing by the rules that had been set for women.
But who set these rules? And why? In her powerful, inspirational new book, Poorna Bell asks you to reimagine your future. To know that you can write your own story – to find the confidence to live exactly as you want to, and reclaim your joy. To discover that if you want more, you can get it.
Join Poorna as she paves the way for a new future, including interviews with Marian Keyes, Asma Khan, Hollie McNish, Mariella Frostrup, Heidi Clements, Luisa Dunn, Cindy Gallop, Seema Anand, Catherine Gray, Sam Baker, Jennifer Cox and more.
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Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs): Treason and Trust
Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers in a collectible format
Henry VII was one of England’s unlikeliest monarchs. An exile and outsider with barely a claim to the throne, his victory over Richard III at Bosworth Field seemed to many in 1485 only the latest in the sequence of violent convulsions among England’s nobility that would come to be known as the Wars of the Roses – with little to suggest that the obscure Henry would last any longer than his predecessor. To break the cycle of division, usurpation, deposition and murder, he had both to maintain a grip on power and to convince England that his rule was both rightful and effective. Here, Sean Cunningham explores how, in his ruthless and controlling kingship, Henry VII did so, in the process founding the Tudor dynasty.
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The Crystal Vase
‘Brilliant, witty and endlessly inventive’ Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
A road-trip across Europe and back in time: the debut graphic memoir from the prize-winning author of A Funeral In Freiburg.
When her imperious, chain-smoking German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a hire van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela’s nicotine-stained apartment.
In Freiburg, they are faced with several lifetimes’ worth of belongings to sort through – infested Persian rugs, mysterious photographs, a toy monkey that started a marriage – and a grasping landlord, impatient to renovate.
As the list of demands from uncles, sisters and cousins grows longer, the rabbit-holes of history and memory grow deeper. Long-buried secrets and tales of survival are revealed – from Nazi Germany to colonial Africa – and old feuds are reignited, as father and daughter struggle with the responsibility of preserving the family legacy. More importantly, will they be able to fit everything into a medium wheel-base transit van?
Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, The Crystal Vase is an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.
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The Boleyn Secret: the spellbinding new Tudor novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author (Audio Download): Alison Weir, Review: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
From the bestselling author of SIX TUDOR QUEENS, a captivating new novel about two Boleyn cousins, close as sisters – and the truth that will change everything.‘Nobody brings historical characters to life like Alison Weir’ TRACY BORMAN
A BOLEYN WOMAN IS NO STRANGER TO SECRETS…
At twelve years old, Kate Carey attends her aunt, Queen Anne Boleyn, to the scaffold. Horrified by what she witnesses, Kate is convinced that King Henry VIII has sent an innocent woman to a terrible death.
As the Boleyns fall from favour, Kate serves her now motherless cousin, the young Lady Elizabeth. Bound by Boleyn blood, the two girls are like sisters, until Kate marries for love – and leaves a jealous Elizabeth behind.
At court, Kate cannot ignore the sly looks thrown her way, nor the whispers behind her back. Only when her mother, Mary, lies dying, does she learn the life-shattering truth that the Boleyns have been hiding for years.
It is a secret that will haunt Kate throughout her life, as her family flee into exile, only returning home when Elizabeth becomes queen. But the bond between the Boleyn cousins will never be the same again…
PRAISE FOR ALISON WEIR’S TUDOR FICTION
‘History has the best stories and they should all be told like this’ CONN IGGULDEN
‘As always, Alison Weir is ahead of the curve – and at the top of her game’ SARAH GRISTWOOD
‘Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else’ BARBARA ERSKINE
‘Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life’ GUARDIAN
‘Profoundly moving… lingers long after the last page’ ELIZABETH FREMANTLE
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The Country House Dining Room: A History of Georgian Feasting
The country house dining room was an elaborate theatre for Georgian elites to entertain their guests and, more importantly, show-off their wealth, power and social status. Every detail was carefully orchestrated, usually by the lady of the house, from the decor and tableware to the food and drink served. Decorated with fine art, antique sculptures, and lavish furnishings, the dining room was governed by strict dining etiquette and social rituals. It was expected for guests to eat and drink to excess, so it is perhaps unsurprising that in the Georgian era we see the development of supposed miracle cures for obesity, alcoholism and related illnesses. Drawing on previously unpublished contemporary accounts of feasts at Holkham Hall, Hardwick Hall and Blenheim Palace, among others, Amy Boyington brings the Georgian dining experience to life and charts how the dining room encapsulated the intricate cultural and political dynamics of the 18th century.Read more
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Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
Published ahead of the centenary of the Queen’s birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.
**Features over 100 sumptuous images**
From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women – Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II – faced the perils of abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.
In this cinematic story of espionage and exquisite couture, Justine Picardie reveals the undercover lives of the creators behind the façade – including Hardy Amies, Cecil Beaton, Norman Hartnell and Edward Molyneux – and traces the ways in which visual iconography safeguarded the monarchy, even when their reign seemed to be hanging by a thread.
Drawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Picardie explores the family feuds and international conflicts that challenged the Crown, and how royal fashion has long been wielded as a weapon.
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The Elements of Power: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth
Epic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of the war for the global supply of battery metals–essential for the decarbonization of our economies–and the terrible, bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industryCongo is rich. Swaths of the war-torn African country lack basic infrastructure, and, after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But hidden beneath the soil are vast quantities of cobalt, lithium, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and other treasures. Recently, this veritable periodic table of resources has become extremely valuable because these metals are essential for the global “energy transition”–the plan for wealthy nations to wean themselves off fossil fuels by shifting to sustainable forms of energy, such as solar and wind. The race to electrify the world’s economy has begun, and China has a considerable head start. From Indonesia to South America to Central Africa, Beijing has invested in mines and infrastructure for decades. But the U.S. has begun fighting back with massive investments of its own, as well as sanctions and disruptive tariffs.
In this rush for green energy, the world has become utterly reliant on resources unearthed far away and willfully blind to the terrible political, environmental, and social consequences of their extraction. If the Democratic Republic of the Congo possesses such riches, why are its children routinely descending deep into treacherous mines to dig with the most rudimentary of tools, or in some cases their bare hands? Why are Indonesia’s seas and skies being polluted in a rush for battery metals? Why is the Western Sahara, a source for phosphates, still being treated like a colony? Who must pay the price for progress?
With unparalleled, original reporting, Nicolas Niarchos reveals how the scramble to control these metals and their production is overturning the world order, just as the global race to drill for oil shaped the twentieth century. Exploring the advent of the lithium-ion battery and tracing the supply chain for its production, Niarchos tells the story both of the people driving these tectonic changes and those whose lives are being upended. He reveals the true, devastating consequences of our best intentions and helps us prepare for an uncertain future. If you have ever used a smartphone or driven an electric vehicle, you are implicated.
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Biological War: A Scenario (Audio Download): Annie Jacobsen, Transworld Digital: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Brought to you by Penguin.
There is an invisible weapon among us.
It will make you a victim,
and a killer.A compelling, fast-paced, ticking clock narrative from the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario.
Annie Jacobsen 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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Queens and Kings: An Unusually Personal History
THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LUCY WORSLEY: AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
No one has lived and breathed the monarchy quite like Lucy Worsley. For over twenty years, she worked as Chief Curator in some of Britain’s most splendid palaces – and now she is ready to throw open the doors and welcome us in.
In QUEENS & KINGS, Lucy takes us on a journey through some of our most turbulent and significant moments in history. From the Council Chamber in which Henry VIII decided to break from the Pope to lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, from encounters with the Tower of London’s Ravenmaster to the depths of Queen Victoria’s wardrobe, Lucy shares how she grew to know the queens and kings, courtiers and servants who lived in these buildings before her. She traces their footsteps through the corridors and cloisters, the courtyards and kitchens and breathes new life into moments of great joy and consequence – as well as tales of intrigue which lurked in the shadows of regal splendour.
Packed with new stories told from unexplored places, this is a fresh history of the monarchy.
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Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs
‘THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY’ – DAN SNOW
How could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of the world? Undoubtedly, the so-called ‘mad monk’ Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. Yet their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle , one that casts an intriguing light on the controversial ‘great man’ theory of history.
Rasputin was a devoted monarchist, not a revolutionary. He had no official position, no forces at his command. Nevertheless, he contributed more to the fall of the Romanov dynasty than any other individual. So demoralised was the Tsarist officer corps by stories of corruption, to say nothing of the rumours of his debauchery with the Empress – and even her daughters – that when the February Revolution broke out, not a sword was raised in defence of the regime.
Just as Rasputin cast a spell over the Romanovs, his legend has bewitched historians. More than a century later, we still fail to comprehend fully the collapse of the greatest autocracy on Earth. Was there any truth to the wild tales that brought down the empire? Or was his true legacy an unsettling lesson on the potency of myth?
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The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas
The history of the most diverse insurrection the world has ever known.
For more than four centuries, enslaved people across the western hemisphere, from the United States and the Caribbean to Mexico and Brazil, fought any way they could to gain their freedom: from the first African revolt in 1521 on the island of Hispaniola to the eighteenth-century Maroon Wars on Jamaica, and the revolution that gave Haiti its independence. In The Great Resistance, acclaimed historian Carrie Gibson recovers their dramatic stories in one sweeping narrative. Focusing on the thousands of acts of defiance that kept the flame of freedom alive, Gibson vividly chronicles the resistance that eventually ended the slave trade and, with Brazil’s abolition in 1888, the institution of slavery itself.
Intertwined with this quest for emancipation were the political revolutions that gave rise to the modern nation-state. At a time when all post-slavery societies face serious questions about social and racial inequality, Gibson provides a radical new interpretation of abolition set amid a sweeping global landscape.
With its deep scholarship and rich narrative, The Great Resistance is a tribute to the persistence of the human spirit to overcome even the darkest of circumstances.
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Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe
‘A fresh and gripping account of the interwar years seen through the lens of Germany’s most legendary town. Brilliantly researched, this is history at its very best’ Julia Boyd
‘Britain’s favourite German historian’ Sunday Times
From bestselling historian Katja Hoyer comes a gripping story of life during the rise and reign of Hitler through the eyes of the people of Weimar
*One of the most anticipated books of 2026 according to the Sunday Times, Financial Times and The Telegraph*
Weimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship. This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe’s greatest thinkers, Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Nietzsche among them. It gave its name to the ambitious Weimar Republic crafted in the aftermath of the First World War. But it was also where fascism took hold. Where Bauhaus architects first experimented with new ways of living, Buchenwald was dug out of a beech forest.
Weimar shows us a town and its people on the edge of catastrophe. Drawing on a wealth of new archival research, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer takes us from 1919 to 1939 as she tells the stories of the men and women who lived through the new republic and Hitler’s regime. We encounter a vividly drawn cast of characters, from bookbinder Carl Weirich and hotel owners Rosa and Arthur Schmidt, to Friedrich Nietzsche’s sister Elisabeth. Here are fascists and socialists, artists and workers, politicians and citizens, who, as the events of history swept them up, became witnesses, perpetrators, victims and bystanders.
An unforgettable picture of lives and choices in extraordinary circumstances, Weimar takes us deep into the heart of the storm – to the town that dreamt of a better world, and woke up to tyranny.
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SS Kommando: Hitler’s Special Forces in the Second World War (The Third Reich’s Shadow Forces Book 1)
The secret war of Germany’s elite commandos — a gripping account of sabotage, espionage, and survival in World War Two.For readers of James Owen, Peter Young, James Lucas and Franz Kurowski.
The SS Kommandos and their forerunners, the Brandenburgers — led by Admiral Canaris and later Otto Skorzeny — fought their war in the shadows of Europe for six years. During this time, they battled and plotted behind enemy lines across three continents and dozens of countries. Their clandestine activities undoubtedly changed the course of history.
Often overlooked in favour of the perhaps better-known British Special Forces or American Rangers, the Kommandos were, in fact, the first military units to embrace and utilise such an unconventional style of warfare. In this book, author Charles Whiting presents a thorough account of the men and the operations they undertook during the war years, using first-hand interviews with the remaining survivors — including Skorzeny himself. The result is a vivid, personal account of ordinary men, both heroes and victims of the German war machine, engaged in a deadly struggle for survival.
The daring and complexity of some of the SS Kommando operations is truly staggering and includes the 1943 rescue of deposed dictator Benito Mussolini from under the noses of the Italians in the mountains; the 1944 kidnapping of the son of the Regent of Hungary to keep that country in the war against the Allies; and the theft of a large quantity of diamonds in South Africa to sabotage Britain’s war effort. Brutally efficient and often disregarding the rules of war, these men seized strategic targets, captured key bridges, engaged in espionage and sabotage, and would ultimately influence the development of special forces around the world.
This book is a compelling read for anyone interested in Kommando operations throughout World War Two — the men involved, their leaders and rivals under the Führer, and the desperate tactics employed in the face of defeat.
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The Next World War: The new age of global conflict and the fight to stop it
“Incredibly well sourced… One of the most plugged-in voices in modern warfare” – THE TELEGRAPH
“Reads like a real-life geopolitical thriller … The fact it doesn’t feel like scaremongering says a lot about the state of the world” – Jonn Elledge, author of A History of the World in 47 Borders
The Next World War takes readers behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of international tensions since the end of the Cold War, as countries and military forces prepare for potential large-scale combat on a scale unseen since 1945.
From the corridors of power in Washington, Whitehall, Moscow and Beijing to the new frontlines of conflict in Ukraine, Taiwan, cyberspace and even the far side of the moon, Peter Apps unflinchingly explores the fault lines where global peace is already starting to unravel.
Featuring the voices of the commanders, diplomats and technologists already shaping history, as well as the nervous conscripts and ordinary people directly caught up in events, The Next World War examines the real-world effects of this new era of global confrontation. For some – including millions of citizens told to stockpile food and water and prepare for potential mass disruption – it still may not feel entirely real. But for Russia, China and their growing ‘axis of upheaval’, today’s conflicts represent a growing opportunity to reshape the world as they would like it – leading to potential disaster for the West if it cannot heed the warnings in time.
From the return of Cold War-style atomic threats to new forms of sabotage and ‘hybrid warfare’, the battle for global dominance is already firmly underway. The Next World War is the book you need to understand the growing precariousness of our current situation – and the unending battle to stop it escalating past the point of no return.
“Gripping and important … A warning order for the future” – General Sir Tim Radford KCB DSO OBE
“Sweeping and compelling, with plenty of human stories that really pull you in. A must-read book from the expert I go to when I really want to get a sense of where things might be going” – Anna-Joy Rickard, Great British Foreign Affairs podcast
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Hungry: Healthy and satisfying meals to eat on repeat, designed by a nutritionist
Packed with foods that make you feel good and recipes that are easy to follow from registered nutritional therapist Caroline Hanna, Hungry is the cookbook to satisfy your cravings.No more coffee for breakfast and restrictions on snacking – when you are hungry, you should eat. Nutritional therapist and Cordon Bleu-trained chef Caroline shares over 90 recipes that are nutritious, well-balanced and tasty to honour both your hunger and your health.
Hungry incorporates highly nutritious ingredients in each and every dish without you noticing. Nutritional additions to classic favourites include:
– ‘7 Plant Points’ Chilli Con Carne
– High Protein Creamy Red Pepper Pasta
– Bangers and Cheese-and-Chive Mash with a Kale and Onion Gravy
– A Nutritionist’s Hangover SandwichFull of recipes that celebrate and satiate appetite, Hungry is all about food that feels good and tastes good.
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The Hunger Code: Resetting Your Body’s Fat Thermostat in the Age of Ultra-Processed Food (Audio Download): Dr. Jason Fung, Brian Nishii, Audible Studios: Amazon.co.uk: Books
THE SEQUEL TO THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE OBESITY CODE
“Jason Fung nails it again in The Hunger Code. This book clearly and compellingly explains why most Americans are overweight and gives us a concise, evidence-based way to manage our weight with as little hunger as possible.”—Dan Buettner, New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones
The Obesity Code helped thousands of people lose weight naturally.
The Hunger Code will help thousands more lose weight—and keep it off—in an era of weight-loss drugs and ultra-processed foods…without counting calories.
For generations, we’ve accepted the story that weight loss can never last—that as soon as we go off the diet or stop taking the medication, we revert to our old habits, regain the weight, and the calorie-counting journey starts all over again. Traditional medicine continues to treat the symptom of weight gain rather than addressing its root causes. Too often, healthcare systems intervene with quick fixes and short-term solutions, ignoring the factors that lead to sustainable weight loss that can last a lifetime.
What if the secret to long-term weight maintenance and better health isn’t just about what you eat—or even when you eat—but why you eat?
With the food industry’s reliance on ultra-processed foods and the popularity of Ozempic and Mounjaro, understanding the forces behind why we eat is more important than ever before.
In The Hunger Code, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Jason Fung reveals the three powerful forces that drive us to eat:
– Physical Hunger
– Emotional Hunger
– Social Hunger
Dr. Fung also introduces the concept of the body’s “fat thermostat”—a biological “set point” that regulates how much fat your body tries to maintain. Guided by hormones and metabolism, this internal system drives hunger and energy use, explaining why lasting weight loss requires more than just willpower …
With three Golden Rules and 50 actionable tips, The Hunger Code empowers you to recognize and respond to hunger appropriately. Learn how to slow digestion, break emotional eating cycles, and overcome social pressures to eat constantly, so you can maintain a healthy weight—from scratch, after fasting, or after using weight-loss drugs.
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Glimmers: tiny moments to transform your life
Sun peeking through leaves. A shared smile with a stranger. The sound of birdsong.
‘Essential tools to counter the pace of modern life’ Sienna Miller
‘This book helps you feel safe in your body so you can begin to let life in.’ Dr Nicole LePera
A glimmer often feels like a little moment of magic, but it’s actually a physical response that is rooted in your body’s nervous system, with the power to improve your mood, mental health and overall well-being. A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger – instead of putting your system on high alert, it reassures you that all is safe and well.
Glimmers are a beautiful invitation to the present moment, inviting us to be more aware of ourselves, our environment and the connections we share with those around us. They offer cues of safety and ease to the nervous system, which help us build resilience to better navigate life’s ups and downs.
In Glimmers, sisters Nadia and Katia, authors of the international bestseller Self-Care for the Real World, bring together practices inspired by their training and experiences of nervous system healing. Their gentle guidance will help you tune into the glimmers that are all around you, every day.
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All of My Days
All Of My Days is a collection of poetry from writer Kerri Cunningham, aka Murphy’s Sketches.
Her poems have been shared far and wide across the globe as thousands of mothers found comfort and joy in her words. Now those poems and more are together in these pages.
Whether you’re a new mum or your children are growing up fast, these poems will take you from those early days, to preparing for school and beyond. Celebrating the magic in the everyday moments, both the good and the bad days, they seek to bring mums together and unite them in the beautiful experience that is being a mother.
Sitting alongside beautiful illustrations by Kerri, the poems in All Of My Days will make you smile and cry all on one page. You’ll want to share it with every mum you know.
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The Magic of Makeup: Your Handbook for a Youthful, Radiant Look
For anyone who first learned to do their makeup in the era of frosted lips and over-tweezed brows, makeup guru Erica Taylor is here to help you save face. With decades of experience as a professional makeup artist, Erica has been teaching millions how to de-age their makeup routines through her informative TikTok videos. Showcasing techniques and products on her own face, especially her popular before and after demonstrations, millennial and Gen X women (and even some early gen-Zers in their late 20s) are learning how to reduce the effects of aging rather than accidentally enhance them.
With sarcasm, frankness and a “we got this, ladies!” encouraging tone, Erica teaches women how to reduce the appearance of fine lines and puffiness, how to prep their skin to lock in moisture for a smooth base, where to place blush and bronzer for the fastest face lift ever, and so much more. From concealer color theory to how to choose the right foundation to avoid dullness and dryness, readers will find answers to every makeup question they can think of. With Erica’s entertaining voice and clear visuals bringing excitement to each page, readers will inject youth into their makeup routine and de-age their face with just the swipe of a brush.
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The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: The funny, bold and empowering 2026 menopause book for those hot, hormonal and officially over it this New Year.
Welcome to the We Do Not Care Club: where the bras are optional, the chin hairs are thriving, and the menopause meltdown is mutual.
Do you wake up with night sweats at 3:26 am, overstimulated, furious at anything breathing (including yourself), wondering how you’re going to get through the next day without losing it at your kids/partner/co-workers?
If you wish everyone would leave you alone, no longer care about bras that fit, clothes with buttons (elastic forever, baby), or cellulite anywhere then welcome to the We Do Not Care (WDNC) Club. You’re now a card-carrying member with an exclusive invite to the biggest hormonal party in town.
This Club is for anyone in perimenopause and menopause who are over it. Here is a list* of things We Do Not Care about:
- Shaved legs.
- Half-painted big toenails.
- Unplucked chin hair.
- Wearing the same bra all week. Or wearing bras – full stop.
- Wearing PJs all day. At least we have something on.
- Being on time. Be happy that I showed up.
- People who think we have a sh*tty attitude. That’s on them.
- Cancelled plans. We didn’t want to go anywhere anyway.
- What’s for dinner. If you’re hungry, do something about it yourself.
- If you’re cold – don’t even think about touching the air conditioning.
Melani Sanders, Founding Member of the We Do Not Care Club, is here to tell you that it’s ok – in fact welcomed – not to care. You’re not alone. We are all in the same boat, just out here trying to survive.
This book is your life raft, girls. Let’s hold on for dear life – and get through this together.
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No-Nonsense Nutrition: The Science-based Plan to Transform Health, Lose Weight, Feel Amazing
Love real food, look and feel amazing, with this life-changing guide.
Over 100 healthy recipes to stay fuller, longer.
Food is one the most powerful tools we have for good health. Acclaimed clinical nutritionist Dominique Ludwig has helped thousands of people transform their health, reset their appetite, boost energy and mood, and lose weight with her science-proven method.
Her six evidence-based principles will revolutionise your approach to food and introduce you to eating that fuels your body and promotes longevity and happiness, without ever missing out.
By re-learning how to eat, what to eat and when to eat, we can unlock our body’s natural wellness and stimulate the release of GLP1 reducing food noise, curbing cravings and feeling ready to enjoy life at our best. No fads, just delicious food. All of the enjoyment, none of the nonsense.
The simple balanced recipes have been developed following Dominique’s pioneering methods: combining fibre, protein, plants and healthy fats to satisfy and energise.
With a real-life track record, Dominique’s no-nonsense method:
· Boosts your body’s natural GLP-1, the hormone that signals fullness
· Silences food noise and ends the cycle of constant hunger
· Promotes natural weight loss learning to eat balanced plates and stop grazing
· Increases energy and aids good sleep, improving your mood in less than two weeks
· Reduces inflammation and promotes healthy gut microbiome
· Promotes longevity, helping us to be healthier into old age
· Includes macro counts, two week meal plan and meal prep adviceThis stunning guide makes healthy eating easy to understand and even easier to follow. It is your definitive guide to a healthier, happier you.
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The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game
‘Lucid, entertaining and precise… a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life’ Time Clare, Guardian
Is this the game you want to be playing?
Scoring systems are everywhere. Underpinning our daily lives – whether it’s the fit bits on our wrists, likes on social media, and even school rankings – they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institutions. Instead of encouraging us to be more playful, to take pleasure in the journey of striving towards a goal, institutions, corporations and bureaucracies weaponize scoring systems to impose their own interests. No matter what, we always seem to be playing by someone else’s rules.
In The Score, philosopher C. Thi Nguyen shows us how this newly ‘gamified’ world has fundamentally captured our value systems, turning what might be moral or personal life choices into numerical data, and forcing us to prioritise what can be measured and monetized over what is truly meaningful to us.
A life-long lover of online and board games himself, Nguyen argues that we should not stop playing games but rather take a step back and become more aware of their immersive and profound power, so that we might chart a way towards more creative and joyful lives. To start playing our own game.
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Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Extraordinary Results
What if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible…was belief?
Most of your limits aren’t physical. They’re psychological. In Beyond Belief, bestselling author Nir Eyal (Indistractable, Hooked) reveals how the hidden assumptions you carry shape what you see, how you feel, and what you do―and how to replace them with beliefs that unlock your true potential.
Grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and unforgettable case studies, Eyal introduces the Three Powers of Belief: Attention, Anticipation, and Agency. Mastering these powers transforms how you see challenges, feel about the future, and act when it matters most.
You’ll learn how to:
- Spot hidden opportunities and solutions others overlook.
- Reclaim your mood, energy, and confidence by reshaping your beliefs.
- Stay calm, decisive, and in control when life feels uncertain.
- Break free from beliefs that sabotage your health, relationships, and career.
- Push further, last longer, and achieve beyond your limits.
If you’ve ever quit too soon, stalled in your career, or sabotaged your own goals, this book gives you the science and the system to go further than you thought possible.
Surgeries without anesthesia. Placebos that heal. Resilience multiplied 240 times longer. Beyond Belief reveals the science behind these breakthroughs and shows why your limits aren’t fixed―they’re learned. And with the right beliefs, you can achieve breakthrough results.
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So Good Express: Quick, nutritious food for a busy life (Emily English)
Simple, nutritious recipes for when time is of the essence.
Bringing together delicious and easy-to-follow recipes with the sound advice of a fully qualified nutritionist, number one bestselling author Emily English shows us that good food can make you feel amazing and bring you joy, every single day.
Blending her nutrition expertise with a love of simple, fresh food, Emily redefines healthy eating for real life. The result is over 80 fast and flavourful recipes designed to fuel your body, lift your mood and fit effortlessly into your busy life.
With delicious recipes including:
· Crispy Chilli Egg Smash
· Banana Bread Protein Pancakes
· Prawn Quesadillas with Garlic Yogurt Dip
· Express Salmon Poke Bowl
· Chicken & Date Koftas with Garlic Yogurt and Butter Bean Tomato Salad
· Gnocchi Lasagne
· Honey & Greek Yogurt Basque Cheesecake
· Dark Chocolate TrufflesWith energising breakfasts you can whip up before work, easy-to-prep lunches, quick midweek dinners and simple and satisfying snacks and sweets, So Good Express will soon become your go-to for nutritionally-balanced, speedy solutions that you’ll turn to time and time again, because they’re just so good.
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Big Trust: Rewire Self-Doubt, Find Your Confidence and Fuel Success
Harness the power of self-belief and learn to back yourself, every time
‘This book will change the way you lead yourself and others’ Sahil Bloom
‘The playbook for learning how to make the most of your moment and overcome the doubt trying to take you down’ Lewis Howes
Self-doubt. It’s the silent force that undermines potential, eats away at confidence and traps even the most capable in overthinking. You can’t outperform it, but you can rewire it.
Drawing on leading research, over a decade of work with Fortune 500 companies, and experience educating millions of professionals worldwide, Dr Shadé Zahrai reveals a proven system for breaking the cycle of self-doubt and building deep, unshakable self-trust. In Big Trust she shares her proven framework – the Four A’s: Acceptance, Agency, Autonomy and Adaptability – and shows you how to take control of your inner world so you can thrive in the outer one.
With insights from her self-diagnostic quiz and actionable exercises throughout, you’ll learn to:
- Reframe the beliefs that hold you back
- Break free from people-pleasing and perfectionism
- Quiet comparison and imposter thoughts
- Stretch your comfort zone and reclaim your power
- Channel emotion into clarity and conviction
Whether you’re second-guessing a big decision, overthinking in high-stakes moments or feeling stuck despite knowing you’re capable of more, Big Trust offers practical steps that lead to powerful, lasting results.
Everything you aspire to and the strength to realise it, begins with Big Trust.
Praise for Big Trust:
‘Science-backed and easy to put into practice, this book hands you a game-plan that actually works. If you’re ready to stop second-guessing yourself and step into your potential, this book will show you how.’ Jefferson Fisher
‘Eloquently written and insightful, this book provides a practical guide to navigating one of life’s greatest challenges – the internal battles we face within ourselves’ Ethan Kross
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Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself (Audio Download): Misha Brown, Misha Brown, Hay House LLC: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
Hey, Bestie! Start loving yourself radically with the 4-step SASS Method that literally anyone can do—from social media star Misha Brown.You deserve happiness.
You deserve hope.
And you deserve a sassy best friend who can help you learn not to settle for less.It’s time to start loving yourself radically. And Misha Brown—you may know him as @yourbestiemisha—is here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery, accountability, and most importantly, self-love. With his no-nonsense (but always loving) approach, Misha shares stories from his own life, encounters with others, and the wisdom gleaned from them to help you release the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your full fabulousness.
With equal parts hilarity and heart, Misha’s S.A.S.S. Method to glowing up your life consists of:
S – Self-reflection: Turn your focus inward to push away what’s been holding you back
A – Affirmations: Reshape the way you speak to and about yourself
S – Standing your ground: Set boundaries and stop apologizing
S – Sculpting the life you want: Take bold steps toward your own happily ever afterNo matter where you are today, now is the time to begin showing up for yourself as your own best friend. Because you deserve it, bestie!
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Why Does Everybody Hate Me?: Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
Your boss asked you for a chat, and you just knew you were going to be fired
You didn’t sleep all weekend, and you weren’t firedSomeone answered your message with a thumbs-up emoji and you just knew they hated you.
So you stopped talking to them, they eventually stopped texting, and now you miss them like crazySomeone went for a bathroom break mid-film, and you just knew it’s because they think your taste in films is terrible
You were so upset you missed the rest of the film, and they left earlyRejection is physically painful for you. Even the most minor criticism stings. And why wouldn’t it? By the time you were 12, you’d received 20,000 negative messages about yourself, your brain and your unique ADHD way of living life.
20,000.
Alex Partridge knows how it feels to live with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), the state of emotional dysregulation experienced by almost everyone with ADHD. Throughout his journey from successful entrepreneur to neurodiversity campaigner and host of the hugely successful ADHD Chatter, Alex has been haunted by the fear of rejection, labelled ‘over-sensitive’, and fought constantly against the desire to people-please and protect himself from emotional harm.
In Why Does Everybody Hate Me? Alex draws on his own experience of RSD, and shares how it’s coloured every aspect of his life, from his days as founder of the global social media content brands UniLad and LadBible, to his adult relationships, his mental health struggles and his terrible imposter syndrome. He’ll use the insights he’s gained from the world’s top experts on ADHD to share with you some simple steps to regaining your boundaries, your confidence and your self-belief.
You are not ‘too sensitive’ – nor are you broken. You were always enough.
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