• A Trace of Hares: A totally gripping British cozy murder mystery (A Dr Nell Ward Mystery Book 5)

    A family wedding. An unsolved murder. Til death us do part?

    Dr Nell Ward is in the lush, emerald-green hills of Ireland to attend the wedding of two dear friends at a picture-perfect farmhouse.

    But family tensions are running high in the days before the happy couple tie the knot. And when Nell hears a fox kill a hare in the early morning, the bad omen sends shivers down her spine. Almost like it is a sign of something to come…

    Then one of the locals makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby peat bog. The habitats are famous for the ancient bodies they can preserve for thousands of years. This woman, however, died much more recently and was clearly a victim of foul play.

    Nell and her friends are suddenly in the middle of another murder case. Can they trace the truth to unmask a long-hidden killer and save the wedding, before it’s too late?

    An absolutely gripping and page-turning cozy mystery to curl up with. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Robert Thorogood and Janice Hallett.

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    After travelling the whole world, can exploring a single map ever be enough?

    Adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year investigating the small map around his own home.

    Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?

    Humphreys discovers more about the natural world than in all his years in remote environments. And he wakes up to the terrible state of British nature, land use, and freedom to roam the countryside. This is an ode to slowing down and the meaningful experience of truly getting to know your neighborhood.

    Local is a celebration of curiosity, time spent outdoors, and a rallying cry to protect the wild places on our doorstep. It is a reminder for all of us that nature and wildness are closer than we think.

    Narrated by the author.

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  • Tin Man Space Opera Complete Series Boxed Set

    Humanity has opened a door that allows for instantaneous travel through the stars. What they find on the other side might mean the end of all mankind.

    A military sci-fi adventure from Amazon All-Star author James David Victor.

    The invention of jump-gates has allowed instantaneous travel throughout the solar system, and beyond. Captain Shoji Mora will lead the first expedition through the jump-gate to Mars in a gigantic space robot known as Tin Man. Their mission soon turns from mining and exploration to defending humanity from an alien invasion. Can the giant space robot defend mankind from certain destruction at the hands of a superior alien armada?

    Tin Man Space Opera Complete Series Boxed Set contains all six books in the Tin Man Space Opera Adventure. If you like fast-paced sci-fi adventures, make Tin Man your next epic space adventure.

    Download Tin Man Space Opera Complete Series Boxed Set and see if the giant space mech known as Tin Man can save humanity!

    Always FREE on Kindle Unlimited

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  • Hunted by the Alien Berserker (Warriors of the Lathar Book 19)

    She’s a pilot, not a people person. What does she know about keeping a bunch of women alive on an alien planet?

    Even worse, said planet has alien cavemen intent on carrying them off to their lairs to… do whatever it is alien cavemen DO to their captives. Yeah, that doesn’t take a genius to figure out.

    When the women she’s trying to protect manage to get themselves captured, it’s up to Maeve to track them through an alien forest, with unknown dangers, and rescue them. But she didn’t count on becoming prey herself… or the handsome white-haired caveman who came to her rescue, and who insists on protecting her even if they don’t speak the same language.

    Sparks flare and she can’t keep away. What’s a little crash-landed on an alien planet romance going to hurt? But then his lies are revealed and she realises that the stakes are FAR higher than she thought…

    He scares people. He doesn’t protect them. Until her…

    No one goes to Parac’Norr. Not willingly. The ‘home’ of the Izaean Berserkers (read exile prison planet they’re dumped on), it’s a hard and brutal place where only the strongest survive. Then there’s the Northern Continent… where all hope goes to die.

    When a ship crash lands there with precious females aboard, Raalt, the leader of the Izaea, must race against time to save them. Because the Northern Continent hides the Izaeans’ best-kept secret…

    But he has no choice. Once he heard her voice on the mayday call, he’ll move heaven and earth to find her. She is HIS, and he’ll kill everything on that gods-forsaken continent to protect her if he has to…

    Even if it costs him his sanity and his soul.

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  • THE BELL JAR

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    THE BELL JAR

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  • The Kingdom of Sweets

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    Light and dark – this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed on them by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favourite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister’s shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has returned and brought with him the Nutcracker, an enchanted present which offers entry to a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets.

    In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also a giver of gifts . . . and a maker of dread-filled bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical . . . and decide to which world she truly belongs.

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  • Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 (4)

    Stuttering Maximilian Croyso spent a lifetime suffering the abuse of her cruel father, Duke Croyso. The Duke’s final act of cruelty? Marrying Maxi off to the war hero Riftan, legendary slayer of dragons. Now these two complete strangers have to try to make the arranged marriage that neither wanted work out.

    At first, the brooding Riftan and shy, nervous Maxi have nothing in common. But their dark pasts make them more similar than either could have anticipated and soon the two outcasts find acceptance in one another for the first time.

    Even deeply in love, Maxi realizes that she needs more in her life to be fulfilled. Riftan risks his life on dangerous adventures protecting the Seven Kingdoms while Maxi is left behind. Desperate to prove her worth, Maxi learns healing magic from the impertinent mage Ruth. But when Riftan discovers that magic is putting her at risk, he is against it. She doesn’t need to help him–her only responsibility as a lady is staying safely at home.

    What Riftan doesn’t expect is Maxi’s refusal to bow to her expected role, and instead determine her own fate. Maxi wants to use her growing skills as a sorceress to fight by his side, to protect Riftan as much as he protects her. Despite Riftan’s opposition, Maxi heads off to the Mage Tower to expand her skills and save his reputation….

    This volume collects episodes 125–164 of the Second Season of the web novel Under the Oak Tree.
    Enjoy the official webcomic of Under the Oak Tree on Manta app.

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  • Legacy of Empire (Taken to the Stars Book 4)

    If you’re going to fight a space war, you have to have spaceships.

    Charlie has a headquarters, a purpose, and an army…everything you need to build a resistance.

    Except warships.

    The Anguilar have plenty, but they also know the resistance will be coming after them, and they’ve set a hardened killer to hunt down Charlie.

    The deadly bounty hunter Seraph Nix is on the hunt as the crew of the Revenant travels across the galaxy searching for a legendary lost cache of Kamerian starfighters from the last war.

    Braving the deadly wilds of a long forgotten world, the only question is, will the mutant aliens get to them first…or will Seraph Nix?

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  • Revenge of the Betrayer: Book seven in the Viking Blood and Blade Saga

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    If you like Bernard Cornwell, David Gemmell, John Gwynne and Conn Iggulden you will love this Viking adventure packed with battles, betrayal, axes and swords.

    880 AD, Norway. Rollo the Betrayer has risen to become a powerful Duke in Normandy and sails with his warriors and his spite to exact revenge upon Viking warriors Hundr and Einar the Brawler.

    Hundr, a Northman with a dog’s name… Viking warships flying the raven banner… epic battles, berserkers, twists and turns.

    Hundr and Einar are faced with a brutal enemy and must fight to protect their home, their loved ones and their reputations. The war with Rollo takes them deep into Viking Norway, and into a war with the King of Frankia and his vast army.

    Hundr must seek help from King Harald Fairhair and his old friend Haesten to overcome his mortal enemy. Can he survive brutal betrayal and vicious shield wall battles in this fast paced Viking adventure with striking characters and bloodthirsty action?

    Revenge of the Betrayer continues the unmissable Viking historical fiction saga series which began with Award Winning Author Peter Gibbons’ debut novel Viking Blood and Blade.

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  • Distant Warning (Backyard Starship Book 18)

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    In a clandestine meeting on earth, Van learns a critical bit of family history when he meets his secret benefactor.

    From the halls of power in Washington to the vastness of space, the Guild moves closer to outright war as shifting alliances force everyone—including Van—to pick a side, take up arms, and fight.

    But there are ghosts our there in the black, and some of them carry secrets that Mark Tudor and Petyr Groshenko refused to reveal. In the expanse of his memory, Perry finds an ancient ship, and an even older war—and neither of those things have truly gone away.

    Faced with power and responsibility unlike anything he can imagine, Van Tudor is about to learn a fact that few people have ever known–

    The universe looks different when you’re wearing a Master’s badge. And those who don’t have one just might want you dead.

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  • Salt & Broom

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    Salt & Broom eBook : Fisher, Sharon Lynn: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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    Salt & Broom

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    The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.

    Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she’s going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that’s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

    Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he’s in the Asteri’s dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce’s fate. He’s desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri’s leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

    In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas’s Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt’s world is brought to the brink of collapse – with its future resting on their shoulders.

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  • Gold: The next exciting novel in the TikTok-beloved, smash-hit series by the Sunday Times bestseller (Plated Prisoner, 5)

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    The latest novel in the smash-hit Plated Prisoners by Sunday Times bestselling author Raven Kennedy

    ‘Find me in another life. Find me in them all’

    It all ends now. . .

    But Every end is also a beginning.

    I was supposed to die. If it weren’t for Slade, I would have. But he tore a hole the world I know and I went through it. To Annwyn. To home.

    Annwyn is the realm of the fae, a magical place full of beauty and danger.

    Here, I am known as Lyäri Ulvêre – the golden one gone. And there are people in this world who want to keep me that way.

    But I am not that girl in the gilded cage anymore, and I won’t be used again. Nor stopped on my way back to Slade.

    I am my own woman. And I will find him. In this world, or the next.

    ‘An emotional rollercoaster of a book that brings vivid and layered characters into a magical realm. The world building and pace is intricate and fast, this is a book you will race through’ Glamour

    Praise for The Plated Prisoner Series

    ‘Raven writes with a magic that comes to life on the page. Every single word gleams like gold’ Beck Michaels, author of Divine Blood

    ‘This is one of those series that started off phenomenal, and only gets better with every subsequent book’ Laura Thalassa, author of The Bargainer Series

    ‘An astonishing world with captivating characters and a story you won’t be able to put down’ Ivy Asher, author of The Osseous Chronicles and The Lost Sentinel Series

    ‘This series is amazing and I can’t recommend it enough.’ Kay Thatcher, author of Prince of Blades

    ‘TEN GILDED STARS! Remarkably original. . . gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous’ Olivia Wildenstein

    ‘An emotional rollercoaster’ Elizabeth Brown, author of Blood Crown

    *Gleam by Raven Kennedy featured on The Sunday Times bestseller list May 2023*

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  • Safe Haven – War Zone: Book 12 of the Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Horror series

    The Safe Haven refugees hoped that they would find respite in Glasgow. But a devastating chain reaction is in motion, threatening not just their plans but their very existence.

    Chaos flows through the streets like a fast-moving river. The infected run rampant, and to survive, Mike and the others will have to fight like they never have before.

    This is the battle of their lives and survival is everything.

    For some it will be one test too many. For the rest, their futures will be thrown into turmoil.

    Horror and devastation reign. Today, the city has become a war zone. Tomorrow, it could be their graveyard.

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  • Chosen Destiny (Twisted Fate Trilogy Book 3)

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    Fate has once again torn my world apart, leaving me shattered.

    For years, I’ve lived with a cold void, clueless about my life before joining my childhood pack.

    Just as the secrets of my past were about to be unveiled, tragedy struck.

    The one person who held the key to unlocking my memories was taken from me, and with them, my fated mate, Bodey—leaving me exposed and fractured.

    But in this darkness, an unexpected truth emerges.

    The very act that was meant to weaken me has instead awakened a fierce strength.

    A primal wolf, hidden deep within, surges forward, driven by a relentless desire to rescue Bodey and protect my people.

    My resolve is unyielding—I will do whatever it takes to reclaim my mate and keep my people safe.

    Even if it means walking into the jaws of danger.

    The battle lines are drawn, and I’m ready to fight everyone that’s screwed me over.

    Get this steamy and suspenseful forced proximity, touch her and unalive, broody male, fated mates, royal wolf shifter romance today!

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  • Ruthless Vows: Book 2 (Letters of Enchantment)

    TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE?

    The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.

    Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

    Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again – but this time for the enemy.

    When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious… and strangely familiar.

    As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.

    Praise for Divine Rivals:

    ‘Rich and romantic – if stories had scent, this one would smell like a mug of black tea, the ink ribbons of a typewriter, and that addictive spice called enemies to lovers’
    Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author
    of Serpent & Dove

    ‘A sweeping start to a beautiful and romantic new series. Ross weaves her stories in such a vulnerable and delicate way, truly with a style all her own. I adored this book’
    Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna

    Readers love Iris and Roman:

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘The most tender rivals to lovers romance I’ve ever read.’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘My heart by the end couldn’t take anymore!’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Easily a top read for me and definitely a new favourite. I will never stop recommending this book.’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘A truly moving story and very unlike anything I’ve read lately.’

    Rebecca Ross’ book ‘Divine Rivals’ was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17-04-2023.

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    £13.10£14.20
  • Scorpio (Frontlines: Evolution Book 1)

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    On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest world-ending dangers aren’t behind her.

    It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

    But the tenuous hide-and-seek with the monstrous species known as the Lankies is about to come to an end for Alex and her close-knit crew of soldiers, techs, and friends. When a salvage operation goes catastrophically wrong, the Lankies home in on the humans.

    With hopes of a rescue long faded, all Alex has left is will—and the fear that there’s so much more to lose.

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  • Trials of Conviction (The Firebird Chronicles Book 5)

    Her niece—taken. Her best friend—gone.

    There’s only one mission that matters now—rescuing her loved ones from enemy hands.

    Forced to embark on a dangerous journey, Kira will need every one of her allies as she prepares for the greatest battle of her life. With her mind and body failing, it’s a race against time to locate the homeworld of the Tsavitee. The alien race intent on dominating the universe.

    A shadowy force stalks her every move. Their motives unclear. As secrets come to light and the danger deepens, the Phoenix will be forced to rise.

    One thing is clear—not everyone will make it out of this unbroken.

    The price for failure has never been so high.

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  • The Blackened Blade

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    Not many people get a second chance, let alone a second life.
    I died. Burning in a prison cell I spent years of my life rotting away in.
    I had been beaten, battered and bruised beyond repair…but not broken.
    Never broken.

    By whatever miracle, I’ve been brought back ten years into my past and before I was locked away…
    But to a different kind of hell…Wensridge Academy. A place filled with only memories of pain and suffering.

    But this time I’ll break the wheel of misfortune, and with it all the people who caused my suffering and death.
    This time I’ll have the life I should have always had.

    *The Blackened Blade is the first in a new paranormal why choose series. It’s full of action, revenge and five dark and damaged love interests that the FMC will not have to choose between. It contains adult themes and bad-language which some readers may find upsetting.*

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  • Wings of Snow: Fae Fantasy Romance (Fae of Snow & Ice Book 3)

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    Wings of Snow: Fae Fantasy Romance (Fae of Snow & Ice Book 3) eBook : Street, Krista: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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  • House of Flame and Shadow: The MOST-ANTICIPATED fantasy novel of 2024 and the SMOULDERING third instalment in the Crescent City series

    The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
    Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she’s going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that’s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

    Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he’s in the Asteri’s dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce’s fate. He’s desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri’s leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

    In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas’s Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt’s world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.

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    £11.10
  • House of Flame and Shadow: The MOST-ANTICIPATED fantasy novel of 2024 and the SMOULDERING third instalment in the Crescent City series

    The MOST-ANTICIPATED fantasy novel of 2024 and the SMOULDERING third instalment in the Crescent City series

    Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James – Telegraph
    Spiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building … a page-turning delight – Guardian
    Sarah J. Maas does not disappoint . To be devoured with relish – Mail

    ******
    A WORLD IN DARKNESS.
    A BURNING SPARK.
    A BLAZE OF STARS.

    Bryce Quinlan is stranded in a strange new world. She’s going to need all her wits about her to get home again and return to everything she loves. But that’s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

    Meanwhile, Hunt Athalar is back in the Asteri’s dungeons. Stripped of his freedom and the happiness he’d fought so hard for, he’s without a clue as to Bryce’s fate. Hunt is desperate to help his mate, but until he can escape the Asteri’s chains, his hands are quite literally tied.

    In this breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Midgard is brought to the brink of collapse, and the fate of the world rests on the hope of rebellion. But the fight for survival, freedom, and love may cost everything Bryce and Hunt have.

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    £15.20£20.90
  • Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, Book 2)

    TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE?

    The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.

    Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

    Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again – but this time for the enemy.

    When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious… and strangely familiar.

    As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.

    Praise for Divine Rivals:

    ‘Rich and romantic – if stories had scent, this one would smell like a mug of black tea, the ink ribbons of a typewriter, and that addictive spice called enemies to lovers’
    Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author
    of Serpent & Dove

    ‘A sweeping start to a beautiful and romantic new series. Ross weaves her stories in such a vulnerable and delicate way, truly with a style all her own. I adored this book’
    Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna

    Readers love Iris and Roman:

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘The most tender rivals to lovers romance I’ve ever read.’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘My heart by the end couldn’t take anymore!’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Easily a top read for me and definitely a new favourite. I will never stop recommending this book.’
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘A truly moving story and very unlike anything I’ve read lately.’

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    £6.60
  • The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku Book 16: 200 of the deadliest Su Doku puzzles (The Times Su Doku)

    Challenge your brain with these enjoyable puzzles.

    Specially compiled to provide the most deadly Su Doku challenge, this is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle.

    Prepare yourself for the toughest Su Doku challenge there is. These diabolically difficult Ultimate Killer Su Doku puzzles will really put your brainpower to the test as you ‘warm up’ with the 100 Deadly Killer puzzles before steeling yourself to take on the 100 Extra Deadly Su Dokus. Are you ready for the challenge?

    Not for the faint-hearted. The puzzles use the same 9×9 grid as a regular Su Doku, but have an extra mathematical element that multiplies the challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but also to make sure that the outlined sections, called cages, add up to the number given in each cage.

    Warning: Not suitable for amateur puzzlers!

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    £7.00£7.60
  • This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better

    The hilarious, myth-busting survival guide to the human body from TikTok’s favourite General Surgeon.

    Though the odds are stacked against us, the human body has an extraordinary tendency to survive. Here, Dr Karan Rajan explains the weird and wonderful bodily functions that keep us going, and offers practical advice to help you thrive.

    Full of everyday health hacks to worry less and live better, This Book May Save Your Life will teach you:

    THE DANGERS OF PLUCKING YOUR NOSE HAIRS

    HOW EMBRACING YOUR INNER DOLPHIN CAN HELP MANAGE STRESS

    THE JEDI MIND TRICKS FOR DEALING WITH PAIN

    AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER HOLD IN A FART

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    £9.60£10.40
  • The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

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    THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
    A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMES
    A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
    ‘Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history’ Financial Times
    ‘Vast, learned and timely work’ Sunday Times
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    From the international bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a major history of how a changing climate has dramatically shaped the development-and demise-of civilisations across time.

    When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time.

    In The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, one of the world’s leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a crucial, if not the defining, factor in global history – and not just of humankind. Volcanic eruptions, solar activities, atmospheric, oceanic and other shifts, as well as anthropogenic behaviour, are fundamental parts of the past and the present. In this magnificent and groundbreaking book, we learn about the origins of our species: about the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; about how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; about how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; about how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long and deep history. All provide lessons of profound importance as we face a precarious future of rapid global warming.

    Taking us from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond, The Earth Transformed forces us to reckon with humankind’s continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world.
    —–
    ‘This is epic, gripping, original history that leaps off the page’ Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland
    ‘All Historians aiming to tell a narrative face the problem of when exactly to start it. Only Peter Frankopan would go back 2.5 billion years to the Great Oxidation Event’ Tom Holland

    A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: BBC NEWS * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * FINANCIAL TIMES * NEW EUROPEAN * GUARDIAN * NEW STATESMAN * THE TIMES * THE WEEK * WATERSTONES * BLACKWELL’S

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    £11.40£12.30

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