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Tries and Prejudice: The Autobiography of England’s First Muslim Rugby International
“A fascinating window into British Asian culture…” – The Guardian
Tries & Prejudice is the revealing, hard-hitting and often amusing autobiography of former Featherstone, Leeds, Huddersfield and London rugby league star Ikram Butt. Born and bred in West Yorkshire and these days the driving force behind the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA), Butt, England’s first muslim rugby international in either code, tells his unique life story whilst also lifting the lid on the wider Muslim experience of British sport and the obstacles which lie in the way of encouraging greater participation from an often disaffected and marginalised youth. Written in association with rugby league writer Tony Hannan and featuring testimonials from a number of well-known sporting and political names, Tries & Prejudice is a fascinating and timely book, quite like no other.Read more
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Varsity House Pet: BWWM Dark Hockey Romance (Laguna Grove Vipers: BWWM Dark College Hockey Romance Book 2)
Only good girls get to sleep in my bed.
Getting laid before the big game should be easy.
Chicks at Laguna Grove dig hockey players…
Except the one woman Jayce wants.
His African American lab partner, Makeba Winston.
It’s nothing he can’t solve with tequila, a thick leather leash, and a pillow at the foot of his bed.
Makeba won’t become his girlfriend right away, but a few days tied to the bed ought to change her mind…
Right?
Book #2 of the Laguna Grove Vipers BWWM Hockey Romance Series by bestselling African American interracial romance author Jamila Jasper. If you enjoy romantic love stories between black women and white men, and appreciate diverse, multicultural bully romance stories, check your high-waisted undies at the door and take a peek inside this sizzling full-length steamy romance. (No cheating, dark romance.)
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Gambling Addiction in Women: Four Weeks to Freedom: A Practical Guide to Recovery Revised 2020 Edition
Lived experiences of all kinds can be hugely valuable for increasing our self-awareness and so avoiding endlessly repeating our mistakes. However, lived experience is only of value if we know how to take wisdom from our experiences and this book can help you do just that. The author, Liz Karter, is a leading UK therapist specialising in gambling addiction in women. You might have come across one of her frequent TV and radio appearances as consultant therapist. Since 2001, Liz has helped hundreds of women successfully stop addictive gambling patterns and go forward into rewarding lives free from further addiction problems.Two and a half years ago Liz wrote the first edition of ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ and was honoured to receive hugely positive feedback from women who had used it to help overcome gambling addiction. Giving conference talks and book launch presentations in countries throughout Europe and the Middle East, it became apparent that ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ resonated with women worldwide. Interestingly, and not altogether surprisingly, it resonated not just with women who had an addiction to gambling. Women the world over, who had never had an addiction of any kind, were also keen share that they could empathise with the underlying causes of gambling addiction and bought ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ for just that very reason alone. This is because the causes are about so much more than money, fantasising about the odds of winning and chasing losses. Those things are the consequences of the addiction, once all money has been lost and panic has set in.The causes of gambling addiction in women are something that any woman can recognise all too easily: feeling overwhelmed by the demands and expectations of the modern world. And, equally overwhelming, the unrealistically high expectations we have of ourselves as women. Women are in some ways in the most wonderfully fortunate position that we have ever been in because in theory we can have and do and be anything we want. What so many women find in practice is that although in theory we can do anything, in reality the idea that we can do everything and remain happy and healthy is a fantasy. There is a painfully high price to pay for that dream. Exhausted, and often resentful, from striving to be the perfect partner, parent, daughter, friend and employee, and all the time presenting an Instagram ready image, creates ever increasing levels of stress, anxiety and depression. For the women Liz Karter has treated for gambling addiction, the absorption and escapism offered by gambling on slot machines or online is their self- medication, as she describes in detail throughout this book. The focus on the slot machine or computer screen numbs thoughts and feelings about lives they can no longer manage so that they can keep going. Until of course the addiction brings them to collapse. Taking wisdom from those experiences is essential for creating a lifelong rewarding recovery from addiction to gambling. As well as being packed full of practical strategies to stop gambling ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ will help you understand why you became addicted to gambling and what you need to do to protect yourself from the risk of relapse. ‘Four Weeks to Freedom’ can help you to stop gambling and become a much wiser, happier and healthier woman.Read more
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Out of Sight (Second Sight)
Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter have a new cold case to tackle, and new leads to
research in the hunt for Gary’s brother’s killer. Their life in Boston has settled into a comfortable
rhythm.But when forensic discoveries in a recent robbery gone wrong share similarities with their three-
year-old cold case, all they can do is follow the evidence—and Dan’s gift—which leads them in
an unexpected direction, way out of their comfort zone.Gary and Dan find themselves in a shadowy world where they can trust no one, with unseen
opponents who want them to back away from their investigation—and suddenly they’re in a race
they have to win.Because if they don’t, the consequences could be more far-reaching than they could possibly
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Port in a Storm (Sinners Series)
San Francisco SWAT Lieutenant Connor Morgan and Crossroads Gin drummer Forest Ackerman make an odd couple. Connor, an Irish-born cop from a tight-knit family, never imagined he’d find his happily-ever-after with a raised-on-the-streets musician, but Forest had the gentlest soul he’d ever met. After a long, hard road of heartbreak, murder, and trouble, they fell hard in love and married.Then Fate intervenes and throws their lives into a chaos neither one of them is prepared for.
During a brutal SWAT raid, Connor stumbles on Tate, an abused, vulnerable little boy caught in a shoot-out with his father’s drug-running gang. As heavy fire riddles the walls, an injured Connor rescues Tate from the fray… only to be struck numb when a caseworker pries a sobbing Tate from his arms.
Scarred from his own childhood experiences, Forest doubts he can be a good enough father, but Connor assures him they can give Tate what he needs and more. Soon they are on an insane ride where trust and affection are hard-earned, especially when coming from a little boy raised in society’s filthiest gutters. Facing down every challenge thrown their way, they battle to give Tate what Connor treasures and Forest never had—a family to call his own.
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David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music
The definitive book on the influence of LGBT performers on modern music: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary
From Sia to Elton John, Dusty Springfield to Little Richard, LGBT voices have changed the course of modern music. But in a world before they gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer musicians of yesteryear fight to build foundations for those who came after?
Pulling back the curtain on the colourful world that shaped our musical and cultural landscape, Darryl W. Bullock reveals the inspiring and often heartbreaking stories of internationally renowned stars, as well as lesser-known names, who have led the revolution from all corners of the globe. David Bowie Made Me Gay is a treasure trove of moving and provocative stories that emphasise the right to be heard and the need to keep up the fight for equality in the spotlight.
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The Freshman (College Years Book 1)
Tony Sorrento.Tall, dark and…mysterious. Football player.
Some random guy I flirted with while out of town visiting my father.
Turns out we go to the same college. Even weirder, we discover our fathers are business rivals. And when they find out we had a minor situation-ship, they forbid us from dating.
Easy enough to do. Our campus is huge. I can avoid him.
But I keep running into Mr. Tall, Dark and Mysterious everywhere I go. I mean, I’m not one to chase after a sexy jock but I start to realize he’s difficult to resist. And he’s just as into me as I’m into him.
Defying our fathers’ wishes means we need to keep whatever it is we’re doing secret. Totally fine. We can be just friends. Even if what we’re doing quickly switches to friends with benefits, and then turns into…something more.
We might be asking for trouble, but maybe being with Tony is worth the risk.
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The Sophomore (College Years Book 2)
“The College Years series is truly just the gift that keeps on giving and ‘The Sophomore’ was the absolute perfect story for Ellie and Jackson.” – Stacie R., GoodreadsJackson Rivers.
Popular. Gorgeous. Talented.
My not-so-secret crush.
And my biggest weakness.
I’ve stood by him for years. Been a friend every time he needed one, but he doesn’t see me. Not like I want him to.
Move on, my friends said. Find someone new. Someone who gets you. I know they’re right. I’m only a friend to him. He’s never going to see me like I see him. So I take their advice, and try to move on.
But Jackson is always right there. In my face. Running to my rescue. And when I meet someone else, Jackson isn’t having it. For some reason, he’s suddenly determined to stay in my life. Right by my side.
Now he says he wants me, but does he want an actual relationship? Or is that he can’t stand the thought of losing me to another guy?
It’s time to find out If I’m who Jackson really wants…and I’m going to make him work for it.
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The New Recruit: Liam Scott Book 1
What if your prank killed your best friend. Could you live with yourself?
You try to forget and move on; you enrol in Army training, you want to make something of your life. The training is tough and it almost breaks you. But you survive; you know you’ll make a good soldier.
Finally, when you’re out in Afghanistan, under enemy fire, you come face-to-face with your best friend’s brother. He still blames you for his brother’s death. You now have more to fear than just enemy soldiers . . .
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The Last Reich (The Reich Trilogy Book 3)
September 25, 2023A heinous, co-ordinated plot to attack a series of prominent synagogues, located across five different continents, is scheduled to take place on Yom Kippur – the Jewish Day of Atonement. For that one day of the year, celebrated prayer houses will be packed to the rafters with Jewish worshippers and the results could prove to be devastating. The mastermind behind the attacks is a direct blood descendant of Adolf Hitler – his grandson, former Republican presidential candidate, John Franklin. Artfully manipulating a number of fanatical, Neo-Nazi para-military groups across the globe, Franklin is looking to fulfil his grandfather’s legacy and land a major blow against Jews located across the world.
But in reality, the attacks are nothing more than an ingenious smokescreen for a far more sinister plot, which if successful, could severely unbalance geo-politics in the Middle East, sparking a global war between the Superpowers.Chief Inspector Nicholas Vargas of The Buenos Aires Police Department and Troy Hembury, the Head of Internal Security for the White House combine forces with senior colleagues at the FBI and Mossad, in a race against time to try to uncover the truth behind “Operation Atonement” and thwart the plan, as the consequences of failure could be disastrous for world peace.
Peter James – Brian Klein is an exciting new talent on the thriller writing scene.
The Scotsman – “A rarity… A thriller that grabs you by the scruff of the neck from the very first page.”
The London Economic – “A wild rollercoaster that’s thrilling from the beginning to the end. A superb thriller where Mossad and the Taliban come head to head.”
Reader’s Digest – “Buckle up…a page turner that is impossible to put down till the very end. A thrilling and dangerous ‘What If’ thriller”
Female First – “Action packed, fast-paced and filled with amazing twists…great characters too! The Führer’s Prophecy is the perfect sequel to the perfect debut, the political thriller, The Counterfeit Candidate.”
Stories SWNS – “With this explosive sequel, author Brian Klein has cemented his position as Britain’s most exciting thriller writer.”
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Hidden in Plain Sight (William Warwick Novels Book 2)
Filled with Jeffrey Archer’s trademark twists and turns, Hidden in Plain Sight is the gripping next instalment in the life of William Warwick.
Newly promoted, Detective Sergeant William Warwick has been reassigned to the drugs squad. His first case: to investigate a notorious south London drug lord known as the Viper.
But as William and his team close the net around a criminal network unlike any they have ever encountered, he is also faced with an old enemy, Miles Faulkner. It will take all of William’s cunning to devise a means to bring both men to justice, a trap neither will expect, one that is hidden in plain sight . . .
Hidden in Plain Sight follows on from Nothing Ventured and continues with Turn a Blind Eye, but can be read as a standalone story.
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All Wrapped Up in You
A saboteur. A bookstore in trouble. A writer on the verge of ruin.After a painful divorce, Mathilda “Mat” Kincaide has one clear vision. Ascend the throne of her family’s cherished chain of bookstores. Yet a mysterious troublemaker lurks in the heart of her store, intent on derailing Mat’s every ambition. She can’t be distracted, even if the new hire with her sizzling librarian appearance and saucy glances tempts Mat to bend her no relationship rule.
Camdyn Stone is a gifted writer. Or at least she was. With a looming deadline, Camdyn must complete a manuscript before Christmas or face financial ruin. Working at Kincaide Books is a refuge for this self-doubting one-hit-wonder. If only Camdyn could find inspiration for her next book in someone other than her sexy new boss.
In a whimsical bookstore, with eccentric patrons and a snarky cat, Mat and Camdyn must work together to save the Kincaide legacy.
But will they find love along the way?
Join Mat and Camdyn on a heartfelt journey where love unfolds, passions flare, hearts collide, and the quest for true love takes root in the most unexpected of places. In this captivating sapphic romance novel, love weaves a tale with an intensity that transcends all boundaries.
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Nick Nairn’s Top 100 Chicken Recipes: Quick and Easy Dishes for Every Occasion
Whether you are looking for a quick after-work supper idea or suggestions for a leisurely Sunday lunch, Nick Nairns Top 100 Chicken Recipes is sure to contain something to whet your appetite. Endlessly versatile and good for you too, chicken is the perfect standby food. In Top 100 Chicken Recipes, Nick Nairn, renowned for his enthusiasm for fresh ingredients and wonderfully inventive cooking, gives us his favourite chicken recipes. His dishes range from classics such as Casserole of Chicken, Onion and Bacon, and Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken, to the more unusual, including Chicken with Spicy Lentils and Herbs and Chicken Wontons with Chilli Dipping Sauce. Written with foolproof step-by-step instructions, the recipes are all simple to prepare and use readily available ingredients. The perfect book to dip into whenever you need inspiration, Nick Nairns Top 100 Chicken Recipes contains every chicken dish youll ever need.Read more
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In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
A major source for the BBC drama The Reckoning
Winner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction Dagger
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black Prize
Dan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a time quizzing Savile at his homes in Leeds and Scarborough, lunched with him at venues ranging from humble transport cafes to the Athenaeum club in London and, most memorably, joined him for a short cruise aboard the QE2. Dan thought his quest had come to an end in October 2011 when Savile’s golden coffin was lowered into a grave dug at a 45-degree angle in a Scarborough cemetery. He was wrong. In the last two and a half years, Dan has been interviewing scores of people, many of them unobtainable while Jimmy was alive. What he has discovered was that his instincts were right all along and behind the mask lay a hideous truth. Jimmy Savile was not only complex, damaged and controlling, but cynical, calculating and predatory. He revelled in his status as a Pied Piper of youth and used his power to abuse the vulnerable and underage, all the while covering his tracks by moving into the innermost circles of the establishment.
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The Mercies: The Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick
The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ – Daily MailFor readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Mercies is inspired by real historical events.
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . .
1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.Vardø is now a place of women . . .
Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .A story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Gripping’ – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
‘Took my breath away’ – Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring
‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ – Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
‘Something rare and beautiful’ – Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel
‘Chilling and page-turning’ – The TimesRead more
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Sea of Tranquility: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Station Eleven
The instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, and plays with the very line along which time should run.
‘So wise, so graceful, so rich’ – Naomi Alderman, author of The Power
‘Ingenious’ – GuardianLives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true.
From the award-winning author of Station Eleven.
A Best Book of the Year – Guardian, Oprah Daily, Barack Obama
‘Brilliant and fiercely original’ – Observer
‘One of her finest novels’ – New York Times
‘Transcendent’ – Wall Street JournalRead more
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The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass: (Volume 4)
Now with a stunning new cover look comes WIZARD AND GLASS, the fourth captivating volume in King’s epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.
In the fourth novel in Stephen King’s bestselling fantasy quest, the Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road.
In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lurk at every junction, the pilgrims find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by a superflu virus.
While following the deserted highway toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of an evil harrier who ignited Mid-World’s final war.
JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER…
‘Superbly energetic, it’s King at his best’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Strange, scary and utterly gripping – the perfect start to an unforgettable journey’ GUARDIANTHE DARK TOWER SERIES:
THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER
THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE
THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS
THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS
THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA
THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH
THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER
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A Haunting in the Arctic: The brand new 2023 chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author of The Lighthouse Witches and The Ghost Woods
Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century.
Something that craves revenge…
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it’s just her and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them.
1973. Decades later, when the ship is found still drifting across the ocean, it’s deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.
Now, as urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland, to the final resting place of the Ormen’s wreck, she’s determined to uncover the ship’s secrets.
But she’s not alone. Something is here with her. And it’s seeking revenge…
‘Rich, chilling and gorgeously gothic. A Haunting in the Arctic is the kind of enchanting, terrifying mystery I just adore’ Chris Whitaker
’Cooke delivers yet another spine-chilling treat in this lushly imagined, terrifying novel. The characters will haunt you long after the final page is turned’ Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward
‘Mesmerising and terrifying, this is a powerful story lovingly told . . . with characters that remain with me. Highly recommended’ Lisa Ballantyne
‘Evocative and chilling, an addictive piece of polar gothic’ Anna Bailey
‘A Haunting in the Arctic is a story of a woman haunted in every way. An eerie, atmospheric novel that is full of tension and suspense, this is a beautiful gothic chiller of a book’ Elizabeth Lee
Praise for C.J. Cooke
‘This ghost story is a perfect mix of propulsive plot and shivers-up-the-spine spookiness’ Good Housekeeping
‘An original and haunting thriller, filled with secrets, ghosts, and Norse folk tales. The Nesting is an evocative and chilling tale that will keep you guessing, and is best read with the lights on’ Alice Feeney
‘It’s been such a tonic – chilling, totally engrossing and full of intrigue. The pages just whizzed by while I ignored everyone! It’s marvellous’ Katherine May
‘Like a lighthouse roving atmospheric waters, its secrets are revealed glimpse by tantalising glimpse’ Cari Thomas
‘Norwegian Fjords and folktales are beautifully evoked in this vivid and compelling novel’ Rosamund Lupton
‘Gothic and suspenseful’ Woman and Home
‘The story is peppered with well-researched folklore and startling tenderness…a winner’ The Daily Mail
‘Nordic folklore, snowy landscapes, and an ever-turning screw of tension – a fun, gothic treat’ Kirsty Logan
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Rio Grande Night: The 11th Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller
Mexico is famous for its rich culture, ancient ruins, dazzling beaches, and spicy cuisine.But there is a darker side to America’s southern neighbour, with vicious gangs dealing in drugs. extortion, money laundering, human trafficking and contract killings.
Jack Nightingale came across his fair share of villains when he worked for the Metropolitan Police in London.
But nothing could prepare him for the evil that was waiting for him when he crossed the Rio Grande river and entered Mexico – an evil that is hunting for an immortal soul. A very special soul.
PRAISE FOR THE JACK NIGHTINGALE SERIES
‘Written with panache, and a fine ear for dialogue, Leather manages the collision between the real and the occult with exceptional skill’ Daily Mail.
‘Another great thriller from Stephen Leather but this time with a devilish twist!’ James Herbert.
‘A stunning masterclass in darkness from a ferocious talent who excels in putting the devil in the details’ Daily Record.
‘A wicked read’ Anthony Horowitz
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Wicked!: The deliciously irreverent new chapter of The Rutshire Chronicles by Sunday Times bestselling author Jilly Cooper
A tale of two schools…
At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive – known locally, as ‘Larks’.
His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings with Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks, who has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave – and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school.
Neither parents nor staff of either school are too keen on this radical move, although some can see the possible financial advantages. For the students, however, it offers great opportunities to get up to even more mayhem than usual.
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‘Simply enjoy the wicked pleasures Cooper does so well’ The Observer
‘A brilliantly refreshing read’ Polly Vernon
‘The perfect beach companion’ Daily Mail
‘I devoured it with as much joy as I would a bucket of pistachio ice cream’ Daily MailRead more
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Appassionata: The most fun you can have under a Tenor
The most fun you can have under a Tenor…
Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor’s rostrum.
Given the chance to take over the Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, Abby is ecstatic, not realising the RSO is in hock up to its neck and is composed of the wildest bunch of musicians ever to blow a horn or caress a fiddle. Abby finds it increasingly difficult to control her undisciplined rabble and pretend she is not madly attracted to the fatally glamorous horn player, Viking O’Neill, who claims droit de seigneur over every pretty woman joining the orchestra. And then Rannaldini, arch-fiend and international maestro, rolls up with Machiavellian plans of his own to sabotage the RSO.
Effervescent as champagne, Jilly Cooper’s novel brings back old favourites like Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black, but also ends triumphantly with a rampageous orchestral tour of Spain and the high drama of an international piano competition.
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Praise for Appassionata:
‘Delicious … I could not put the damned thing down’ Sunday Express
‘A boisterous tale of sex and Chopin’ Tatler
‘Sexy, dazzling protagonists… the humour comes thick and fast’ Daily ExpressRead more
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Score!: A funny, romantic, suspenseful delight from Jilly Cooper, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Riders
Jilly Cooper’s most thrilling addition to the Rutshire Chronicles yet!
Sir Robert Rannaldini, the most successful but detested conductor in the world, had two ambitions: to seduce his ravishing nineteen-year-old stepdaughter Tabitha Campbell-Black, and to put his mark on musical history by making the definitive film of Verdi’s darkest opera, Don Carlos.
As Rannaldini, his charismatic French director Tristan, and a volatile cast and crew gather at Rannaldini’s haunted abbey for filming, it is inevitable that violent feuds, abandoned bonking, temperamental screaming, and devious plotting will ensue. But although everyone wished Rannaldini dead, no one actually thought the Maestro would be murdered. Or that after the dreadful deed some very bizarre things would continue to occur.
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‘Romance, glamour, seismic sex and delightful comedy?this book is a slice of heaven: pure, blissful escapism’ Kate Saunders, New Statesman
‘A deliciously funny, lusty, riproaring read with the added dimension of suspense and murder’
Good Housekeeping
‘Has all the usual Cooper ingredients … but with the added twist of a murder mystery’ Linda Roberts, Daily MailRead more
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Polo: The lavish and racy classic from Sunday Times bestseller Jilly Cooper
In Jilly Cooper’s third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch, who is moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn’t wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player.The polo set were ritzy, wild, and gloriously promiscuous.Perdita thought she’d get along with them very well.
But before she had time to grow up, Ricky’s life exploded into tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses – and Ricky France-Lynch.
Ricky’s obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita’s to win both Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader on a wildly exciting journey – to the estancias of Argentina, to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought – a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup…
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‘Compulsively readable and funny…the irrepressible Jilly remains irresistible’ The Times
‘Polo is the best thing she’s ever done’ Daily Mail
‘A work of towering genius’ Evening StandardRead more
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The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous: A tantalisingly raunchy tale from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jilly Cooper
Lysander Hawkley is a good man – but far, far too attractive to women.
Lysander Hawkley combined breathtaking good looks with the kindest of hearts. He couldn’t pass a stray dog, an ill-treated horse or a neglected wife without rushing to the rescue. And with neglected wives the rescue invariably led to ecstatic bonking, which didn’t please their erring husbands one bit.
Lysander’s mid-life crisis had begun at twenty-two. Reeling from the death of his beautiful mother, he was out of work, drinking too much and desperately in debt. The solution came from Ferdie, his fat, fast-operating friend: if Lysander was so good at making husbands jealous, why shouldn’t he get paid for it?
Let loose among the neglected wives of the ritzy county of Rutshire, Lysander causes absolute havoc. But it is only when he meets Rannaldini, Rutshire’s King Rat and a temperamental, fiendishly promiscuous international conductor, that the trouble really starts. The only unglamorous woman around Rannaldini is Kitty, his plump young wife who runs his life like clockwork. Soon Lysander is convinced that Kitty must be rescued from Rannaldini at all costs, even if it means enlisting the help of the old blue-eyed havoc maker: Rupert Campbell-Black.
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‘Wicked, sexy, sparkling with wit’ Sunday Express
‘Irresistible… I devoured it in a day… she’s on cracking form’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Delicious … her bawdy humour shines through at all times … settle down and have a rollicking good time. Satisfaction guaranteed!’ Jackie CollinsRead more
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Jump!: Joyful entertainment from the Sunday Times bestseller
Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing.
Etta Bancroft – sweet, kind, still beautiful – adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta’s selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset house to live in a hideous modern bungalowin the Cotswold village of Willowwood.
Etta’s life is transformed when she finds a horribly mutilated filly wandering in the woods. She names her Mrs Wilkinson and nurses her back to health. The filly charms everyone in the village, and when tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse a village syndicate is formed to put the filly into training.
Captivating vast crowds as she progresses from point-to-point to major races, she brings fame and fortune to the syndicate, until, at last, she is entered in the greatest jump race of them all. Can Mrs Wilkinson win the Grand National? And can Etta gain her heart’s desire?
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‘Hugely entertaining, touching and funny, yet again Cooper has a winner’ Daily Express
‘The narrative zips along, pierced with her characteristically brilliant ear for dialogue and empathy for human relationships of all kinds…You won’t be able to put it down once you get going’ Daily Mail
‘A classic romp through the world of horse racing. Guilty pleasures rarely come as delicious as this’ ELLERead more
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Mount!: The fast-paced, riotous new adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jilly Cooper
Rupert Campbell-Black takes centre stage once more, this time in the cut-throat world of flat racing.
Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto’s Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne.
Luckily, the fort at home is held by Rupert’s assistant Gav, a genius with horses, fancied by every stable lass, but damaged by alcoholism and a vile wife. When Gala, a grieving but ravishing Zimbabwean widow moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert’s wayward father, it is not just Gav who is attracted to her: a returning Rupert finds himself dangerously tempted.
Gala adores horses, and when she switches to working in the yard, her carer’s job is taken by a devastatingly handsome South African man who claims to be gay but seems far keener on caring for the angelic Taggie. And as increasingly sinister acts of sabotage strike at Penscombe, the game of musical loose boxes gathers apace . . .
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‘Packed with warmth, wit, and unforgettable characters, this is an utterly joyous read’ Daily Express
‘Pure, unadulterated joy’ Sophie Kinsella
‘It’s Cooper doing what she does best … it’s a thoroughly enjoyable roll in the hay’ The Times
‘Witty and wonderful, as always’ Trisha Ashley
‘This endlessly fun humdinger of a novel is an absolute riot’ HeatRead more
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Blood Meridian (Picador Classic Book 32)
Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that sealed Cormac McCarthy’s reputation as one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
‘[A] brilliant, uncompromising work of fiction – imagine if the authors of the King James Bible, their hands guided by Satan, wrote a western’ – The Times
Through the hostile landscape of the Texas–Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood.
A group known as the Glanton gang hunt Indigenous Americans, collecting scalps as their bloody trophies. At the centre of this violence stands Judge Holden: a massive, hairless man, mysterious if not supernatural, erudite and cold-blooded. He is singularly extreme in his sadistic violence.
But the apparent chaos is not without order – the Glanton gang, too, are stalked as prey.
Read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form, it is a powerful, mesmerizing and savagely beautiful novel – and one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century.
‘In Blood Meridian, McCarthy reaches the peak of his style: spare and ornate at once, repetitious but endlessly readable’ – Guardian
Praise for Cormac McCarthy:
‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren
‘His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power’ – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series
‘[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence’ – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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Simply Lies: from the number one bestselling author of the 6:20 Man
‘This is Baldacci at his formidable best, teasing the reader with hints and suggestions while pushing the story forward at breakneck pace. Do not miss it.’ – Sunday Times
NO TRUTH
Former Jersey City detective and single mother of two, Mickey Gibson, now works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, Arlene Robinson, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye’s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room.
NO LIMITS
It turns out that nothing is at it seems. The arms dealer did not exist, and nobody at ProEye knew of Arlene Robinson. Mickey had been tricked and now the cops were involved. The body was that of Harry Langhorne, who’d been in Witness Protection having had links with the mob.
NO FEAR
Now begins a cat-and-mouse showdown between hardened ex-cop, Mickey, and a woman with sociopathic tendencies who has no name and a mysterious past. She intends to get what she wants and people who get in her way will die. For Mickey to stop her, she must first discover her true identity and what damaged her all those years ago. And the truth behind why she selected Micky to become her nemesis . . .
Simply Lies is an intense thriller featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.
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KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.
‘One of the world’s thriller masters’ Daily Mail
‘Baldacci is still peerless’ Sunday Times
‘One of the all-time best thriller authors’ Lisa Gardner
‘Baldacci delivers, every time!’ Lisa Scottoline
‘A master storyteller.’ Associated Press
‘Baldacci cuts everyone’s grass – Grisham’s, Ludlum’s, even Patricia Cornwell’s – and more than gets away with it’ People
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Shrines of Gaiety: The Sunday Times Bestseller, May 2023
‘Atkinson on her finest form. A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow, a peak performance of consummate control.’ OBSERVER
‘This is the perfect novel for uncertain times.’ THE TIMES
‘I can think of few writers other than Dickens who can match it’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brilliant’ RICHARD OSMAN
‘Kate Atkinson is simply one of the best writers working today, anywhere in the world’ GILLIAN FLYNN
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1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.
At the heart of this glittering world is notorious Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.
With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.
_____‘Seduction, betrayal, and larger-than-life characters that will have you hooked until the last page’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘This book is one to savour, for the energy, for the wit, for the tenderness of characterisation that make Atkinson enduringly popular’ GUARDIAN
‘As vividly filthy, populous, dangerous as anything described by Dickens, but writing is closer to Thackeray’s…Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy, authority, and skill.’ FINANCIAL TIMES
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Brighton Rock: Discover Graham Greene’s most iconic novel.
Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene’s most iconic novel.
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene’s gripping thriller exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the ‘dangerous edge of things.’
In this gripping, terrifying, and unputdownable read, discover Greene’s iconic tale of the razor-wielding Pinkie.
‘Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel – that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas’ Ian McEwan
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE
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No Plan B: The unputdownable new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors
The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.
When your name is Jack Reacher, the truth is always worth doing time for.
Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus – clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened – a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away.
Reacher follows the killer, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger…a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed.
Because when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B…
‘Perfectly plotted, with bigger twists than ever before’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘The world’s favourite hero packs an even harder punch than ever’ PETER JAMES
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, No Plan B is the 27th book in the internationally bestselling series.
No Plan B was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in May 2023.
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Become a Super Salesforce Consultant: Superpower your Salesforce career with this A-to-Z guide on how to lead a Salesforce project
Accelerate your Salesforce career by leading exemplary projects and avoiding costly mistakes
This A-to-Z guide gives you the knowledge, tools and resources to confidently lead a Salesforce Project from planning through to roll-out. Find out how to engage, enthuse and empower your stakeholders to maximise user adoption and return on investment.
Read this book and superpower your Salesforce career with:
- Tips to establish and advance your Salesforce career
- Handy tools and templates to impress your stakeholders
- The A-to-Z of delivering an exemplary project
- Professional communications with stakeholders
- Solutions for mitigating common project risks
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Deep Threat: (Path of the Ranger Book 19)
An unfathomable threat looms over Norghana and all of Tremia. The Panthers will have to face it and destroy it.The Immortal Dragon has a secret plan and is close to executing it.
The Panthers must stop him as difficulties in Norghana for the rangers increase.
Abroad, political relations with other kingdoms are complicated.
Will the Panthers be able to stop the unfathomable threat? Will Norghana emerge victorious from the political war?
Enjoy adventures full of action, magic, twists, and mystery!
Epic fantasy for the whole family!
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The War Twins of London: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel (World War II Brave Women Fiction Book 2)
When the war hits London, all they have is each other.Identical twins Maggie and Tillie are thriving in 1940s London. Waitresses in one of the city’s finest institutions and both with budding romances, the war could not feel farther away.
But, slowly, the tides begin to change. The war in Europe is creeping toward the UK, and the men are being called to aid in military efforts. Tillie’s fiancé Colin joins the RAF, flying dangerous missions over Germany, and Maggie’s childhood love Micah finds himself far away in France, with no way to return. Devastated but determined, the twins resolve to do their part for their country – Maggie in the Women’s Voluntary Service and Tillie for the British Red Cross.
Then, the Blitz begins. And everything changes.
Nightly airstrikes wreak havoc on the city, leaving ruin in their wake. Ambulance shifts for Tillie become desperate missions to pull injured women and children from the rubble, while the constant fear for the fates of their beloveds, far from home, is almost too much for the girls to bear.
And when tragedy strikes for both sisters, they know nothing will ever be the same again.
Will the twins be strong enough to protect themselves and the ones they love? And can true love really prevail when the skies are darkened by war?
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SEO Unlocked: A Beginner’s Guide to Dominating Google in 2023
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur looking to start a successful business or a business owner aiming to grow your current venture, this guide will equip you with the knowledge and practical strategies to apply SEO effectively. No more confusion about backlinks, keyword research, or on-page optimisation techniques – this book has got you covered. Discover the importance of website structure, user experience, and mobile optimisation in achieving SEO success. Explore the power of link building, social media engagement, and content marketing to amplify your online presence. To inspire and inform you, real-life case studies of companies that have successfully applied SEO are also included.Unlock the potential of SEO and rise to the top of Google’s search results – your online success awaits!
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My First Book of Baby Signs: 40 Essential Signs to Learn and Practice
Learn sign language alongside your baby with this adorable storybook for ages 0 to 3
Story time is the perfect time to practice sign language with your child. My First Book of Baby Signs is part storybook and part sign language guide, designed to encourage you and your baby to learn new words and signs as you read together. Practice communicating with important, everyday signs for everything from basics like “eat,” “milk,” and “mommy” to more advanced ideas like “help,” “potty,” and “I love you.”
This book makes it fun and easy to learn helpful baby signs with:
- Storybook style—Each sign is paired with engaging text and charming illustrations of diverse families to help depict the meaning of the word.
- Interactive learning—Every page includes written and visual instructions that demonstrate how to sign properly and allow you and your baby to learn and practice together.
- 40 real ASL signs—These signs are the accurate and up-to-date versions from American Sign Language, and you’ll even find a guide to the full alphabet and basic numbers.
This book of baby signs is the perfect way to start communicating with your baby before they learn to speak.
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The Cruel Sea
The highly acclaimed ‘Cruel Sea’ is one of the all time great naval and war thrillers. The film was a smash hit when released and both it and the book continue to enjoy undiminshed popularity. It covers not just the details of the battle, but deals with the people who fought it – their domestic triumphs, tragedies, worries and ambitions. Nicholas Monsarrat wrote:’This is the story – the long and true story – of one ocean, two ships, and about a hundred and fifty men. It is a long story because it deals with a long and brutal battle, the worst of any war. It has two ships because one was sunk, and had to be replaced. It has a hundred and fifty men because that is a manageable number of people to tell a story about. Above all, it is a true story because that is the only kind worth telling.First, the ocean, the steep Atlantic stream. The map will tell you what that looks like: three-cornered, three thousand miles across and a thousand fathoms deep, bounded by the European coastline and half of Africa, and the vast American continent on the other side: open at the top, like a champagne glass, and at the bottom, like a municipal rubbish dumper. What the map will not tell you is the strength and fury of that ocean, its moods, its violence, its gentle balm, its treachery: what men can do with it, and what it can do with men. But this story will tell you all that.Then the ship, the first of the two, the doomed one. At the moment she seems far from doomed: she is new, untried, lying in a river that lacks the tang of salt water, waiting for the men to man her. She is a corvette, a new type of escort ship, an experiment designed to meet a desperate situation still over the horizon. She is brand new; the time is November 1939; her name is HMS Compass Rose.Lastly, the men, the hundred and fifty men. They come on the stage in twos and threes: some are early, some are late, some, like this pretty ship, are doomed. When they are all assembled, they are a company of sailors. They have women, at least a hundred and fifty women, loving them, or tied to them, or glad to see the last of them as they go to war.But the men are the stars of this story. The only heroines are the ships: and the only villain the cruel sea itself.’Read more
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Beware of Chicken 3: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel
A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming????Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body.
As Jin, I’m a man of the earth. A wielder of shovels and lord of rice and wheat. And sure, I also had to die and get pulled into another universe to end up here. But guess what? I’m starting to think it was worth it.
I’ve somehow managed to get away from it all. Finally free of the bloodshed of cultivator fights, I figure I’ll live in the slow lane from here on out, my only real concern the rain—or lack thereof.
Unfortunately, I’ve suddenly got a shady organization looking for me, my cat has gone off to fight in a martial arts tournament, and my chicken has uncovered an ancient crystal containing portents of doom. You know, the usual stuff.
I’m not worried though. Sometimes trouble finds you. And while I may not be a master cultivator . . . trouble should know better than to mess with a farmer.
The third volume of the blockbuster progression-fantasy series—with more than 20 million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!
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From the Wall to the Water: A Journey Through Asia
In 2015, footloose lawyer and screenplay writer William Han set out to travel the ancient Silk Road from China to Europe, following the footsteps of a Chinese explorer who tried to make contact with the Roman Empire in the first century AD. Born in Taiwan, raised in New Zealand, and freshly liberated from a New York law firm, he relied largely on a big smile and a firm handshake on a voyage through both space and times from northwest China through Central Asia and Afghanistan to Iran. From the Wall to the Water is a personal odyssey as well as a snapshot of an unstable and little known part of the world from a unique perspective, linking the ancient past to the uncertain present, and generating observations and meditations on the tides of history, and our place within it.Read more
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UNFAIR: Christians and the LGBT Question
John Shore is widely credited with being central to the sea change that has occurred in recent years in the Christian understanding of homosexuality. Besides his own original and highly influential writings on that topic, UNFAIR offers heart-wrenching and inspiring personal letters from gay people telling what it’s like to grow up, and live, both gay and Christian. The book’s opening essay, “Taking God at His Word: The Bible and Homosexuality,” is a must-read for anyone seeking clarity on the relationship between the Bible, Christianity, and LGBT people. If you read only one book on this subject, make it this one. (This is the revised and updated edition of Shore’s book, “UNFAIR: Why the ‘Christian’ View of Gays Doesn’t Work.”)Read more
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