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The woman in the dunes, Kōbō Abe

After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman.

I know why the caged bird sings: a BBC Radio 4 dramatisation, Maya Angelou

Abandoned by their parents, Maya and her older brother Bailey are sent to live with their grandmother and uncle in the small Southern town of Stamps in Arkansas. Struggling with rejection, they endure the prejudice of their white neighbours and suffer several racist incidents. One day, their father unexpectedly returns and takes the children to live with their mother in St Louis, Missouri. Aged only eight, Maya is abused by her mother's boyfriend, an experience that haunts her for a lifetime.

Shadow & flame, Mindee Arnett

They call her the Wilder Queen. It's a title given to Kate Brighton for her role in the war between the wilder rebellion and the Rimish empire. It's a title that was hard earned: Kate may have saved her people, but many were lost in the conflict, immortalized in the tattoos of fire that grace her arms.And it's a title that Kate never wanted.

The stars below, David Baldacci

This is it. Vega Jane has tried to outrun, outsmart, and outlast her enemy, but the showdown she has dreaded is finally here. Her ragtag crew must take a stand against a fully trained army, knowing the odds are impossible, knowing each of them could die for nothing. But when evil comes, heroes stand to meet it. When injustice appears, the only choice is to stand and fight.

Walking home: my family and other rambles, Clare Balding

In Clare Balding's family, walking just took too long - she galloped through the countryside and she galloped through life. Then, in 1999, Clare took a call from a BBC producer looking for a presenter for a new radio series. 'Do you walk?' she asked. 'Well, I walk the dog . . .' That series, Ramblings, is still going strong - and Clare's caught the walking bug. Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure.

The terrible two's last laugh, Mac Barnett

It's Miles and Niles' final year at Yawnee Valley Science and Letters Academy, and the Terrible Two have one goal: an epic prank. Something big, something brilliant, something that will leave a lasting legacy at their school. It should be easy-peasy for these experts, especially now that their principal has gone from archnemesis to pranking protege.

The killing jar, Jennifer Bosworth

Seventeen-year-old Kenna Marsden has a secret. She's haunted by a violent tragedy she can't explain. Kenna's past has kept people–even her own mother–at a distance for years. Just when she finds a friend who loves her and life begins to improve, she's plunged into a new nightmare: her mom and twin sister are attacked, and the dark powers Kenna has struggled to suppress awaken with a vengeance.

Leviathans of Jupiter, Ben Bova

What secrets lurk in the depths of Jupiter's oceans? In Ben Bova's novel Jupiter, physicist Grant Archer led an expedition into Jupiter's planet-wide ocean, attempting to study the unusual and massive creatures that call the planet their home. Unprepared for the hostile environment and crushing pressures, Grant's team faced certain death as their ship malfunctioned and slowly sank to the planet's depths ...

Thursdays in the park, Hilary Boyd

When Jeanie's husband leaves her without an explanation, she is furious and hurt. Taking her granddaughter to the park on Thursdays helps console her, and there, one day, she meets Ray and his grandson. Ray is kind, easy to talk to, and gorgeous. Jeanie starts to live for Thursdays.

Speaking from among the bones, C Alan Bradley

The villagers of Bishop's Lacey are holding their collective breath as St Tancred's tomb in the local church is about to be opened after five hundred years. Inveterate eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce is first at the scene, but the body she finds lying there is not that of a desiccated saint; it is Mr Collicutt, St Tancred's celebrated organist. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Flavia soon finds herself investigating one of Bishop's Lacey's most peculiar families.

The cat who smelled a rat, Lilian Jackson Braun

After a long drought, the citizans of Pickax are worried about wildfires. Their fears are soon realized. With a case of arson, the shooting of a volunteer fire-watcher and the murder of the president of the curling club, James Qwilleran and Co. are called in to sniff out the rat responsible.

The holiday home, Fern Britton

Set on a Cornish cliff, Atlantic House has been the jewel in the Carew family crown for centuries. Prudence, hard-nosed businesswoman and Constance, homemaker and loving wife are as different as vinegar and honey and when an old face reappears on the scene, years of simmering resentments reach boiling point. But little do the women know that a long-buried secret is about to bite them all on the bottom...

Lost child, D S Butler

Beth Farrow is determined to do what the police cannot: locate her missing niece, and bring her home.

Unashamed: drop the baggage, pick up your freedom, fulfill your destiny, Christine Caine

Shame can take on many forms. It hides in the shadows of the most successful, confident and high-achieving woman who struggles with balancing her work and children, as well as in the heart of the broken, abused and downtrodden woman who has been told that she will never amount to anything. Shame hides in plain sight and can hold us back in ways we do not realize. But Christine Caine wants readers to know something: we can all be free. "I know. I've been there," writes Christine.

Destined, P C Cast

Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet ? which would be a whole lot easier if the High Counsel saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx's gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together ? if he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father's shadow.

Shamed, Linda Castillo

A devastating murder exposes an Amish family's tortured past. The peaceful town of Painters Mill is shattered when an Amish grandmother is brutally murdered on an abandoned farm. When Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on the scene, she learns that the woman's seven-year-old granddaughter is gone, abducted in plain sight. Kate knows time is against her?the longer the girl is missing, the less likely her safe return becomes.

The poetry of G.K. Chesterton, G K Chesterton

Night. The day has gone. Departed. And the dark embrace, the inky shadows of night descend. For many a time to unwind and slumber. For some a nagging doubt that all is not well. That some primeval and primordial happening may yet go bump in the night. But for our poets the night is a time of wonder and imagination as well as many other emotions and feelings.

Hickory dickory dock, Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. Strange items have disappeared from the student hostel on Hickory Road and Mrs Hubbard, the warden, is becoming suspicious. Detective Hercule Poirot has been a little bored recently and decides to try to solve the mystery.

House of salt and sorrows, Erin A Craig

As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short.

A finer end, Deborah Crombie

Two spellbinding mysteries, one contemporary, and one ancient that will challenge Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as no case ever has. Glastonbury is a town revered as the mythical burial place of King Arthur, and, according to New Age followers, a source of strong Druid power. Something terrible and bloody shattered Glastonbury Abbey's peace long ago'and now it is about to spark a violence that will reach forward into the present.

Necessary as blood, Deborah Crombie

The disappearance of a young mother, the murder of her Pakistani husband, and a child's life in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End.

Dreaming of the bones, Deborah Crombie

Twelve years after their divorce, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid receives a phone call from his ex-wife Victoria asking for his help. While working on a biography of the late poet Lydia Brooke, she has uncovered information that has her convinced Lydia's suicide five years ago was really murder. As Duncan begins his investigation, another murder occurs closer to home.

Water like a stone, Deborah Crombie

When Superintendant Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit and Toby to visit his family in Cheshire, they are all soon entranced with Nantwich town's pretty buildings. But their visit is marred when, on Christmas Eve, Duncan's sister discovers a mummified infant's body interred in the wall of an old dairy barn.

The beauty of the wolf, Wray Delaney

'What some might call beauty, I find monstrous' In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Francis Rodermere starts to lay waste to a forest. Furious, the sorceress who dwells there scrawls a curse into the bark of the first oak he fells: A faerie boy will be born to you whose beauty will be your death. Ten years later, Lord Rodermere's son, Beau is born - and all who encounter him are struck by his great beauty.

The cat of the Baskervilles: a Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery, Vicki Delany

Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He's long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast is not happy, but the show must go on.

Guardian of secrets, Brenda Drake

Sure, jumping through books into the world's most beautiful libraries to protect humans from mystical creatures is awesome. No one knows that better than Gia Kearns, but she could do without the part where people are always trying to kill her. Oh, and the fact that she and Pop had to move away from her friends and life as she knew it. And if that isn't enough, her boyfriend, Arik, is acting strangely. Like, maybe she should be calling him ex since he's so into another girl.

Assassin of truths, Brenda Drake

The gateways linking the great libraries of the world don't require a library card, but they do harbor incredible dangers. And it's not your normal bump-in-the-night kind. The threats Gia Kearns faces are the kind with sharp teeth and knifelike claws–the kind that includes an evil wizard hell-bent on taking her down. Gia can end his devious plan, but only if she recovers seven keys hidden throughout the world's most beautiful libraries–and then figures out exactly what to do with them.

Thief of lies, Brenda Drake

Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them–that is, until Arik, a leather-clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels–magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books–rescue them from a demonic hound.

Identity crisis, Ben Elton

Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage. A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn't 'get' a single thing about anything anymore.

Two brothers, Ben Elton

Berlin 1920. Two babies are born.Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood.As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Which one of them will survive?Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

Heroes, gods and monsters of the Greek myths, Bernard Evslin

Bernard Evslin's classic retelling of the Greek myths captures the excitement and enchantment of these stories that have influenced many of today's popular films and novels. Easy to understand and fun to read for both adults and children, it is no wonder this book has been taught in schools all over the world.

80, Matt Fitzgerald

A breakthrough programme for triathletes–beginner, intermediate, and advanced–showing how to balance training intensity to maximize performance–from a fitness expert and elite coachCutting-edge research has proven that triathletes and other endurance athletes experience their greatest performance when they do 80 percent of their training at low intensity and the remaining 20 percent at moderate to high intensity.

Pause, breathe, smile: awakening mindfulness when meditation is not enough, Gary Gach

From Gary Gach comes Pause, Breathe, Smile, an inspiring book on awakening to the full depths of mindful living.

Becky: the heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father, Darren Galsworthy

This is the heartbreaking story of the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a personal and heartfelt account of a crime that shocked the nation in a unique way and tore a family in two. A vulnerable and shy girl, Becky Watts was brutally murdered and dismembered by her own step-brother on 19 February 2015. As her father Darren discovered the horrific details of what happened to his darling girl, his world fell apart.

The silent cry: alone, there is nothing Kim can do as her mother's mental health spirals out of control, Cathy Glass

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school playground. A joyful occasion but Cathy has the feeling something is wrong. By the time she discovers what it is, it is too late. This is the true story of Laura whose life touches Cathy's in a way she could never have foreseen.

Imperfect creation, Marcelo Gleiser

For millennia, humankind has searched for an intellectual Holy Grail–a unifying theory to explain the origins of the universe and our place in it. Our greatest minds, from Pythagoras and Aristotle to Galileo, Newton and Einstein, have explained the universe in terms of symmetry, harmony and order. Yet despite their best efforts, a 'theory of everything' has remained elusive, and for good reason.

Originals: how non-conformists change the world, Adam M Grant

Adam Grant examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progress–and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations.How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? He shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity, and bucking outdated traditions.

In the shadow of Spindrift House, Mira Grant

The stories and legends surrounding Spindrift House are countless and contradictory. When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they'll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House–and why.

Bunny trouble, Jennifer Gray

Fuzzy and Coco's owners are organising an Easter Fair at the Rescue Centre. They bring home a naughty little bunny called Binny in the hope that she will learn to behave and then they'll find her a new owner.

Mindful parent, mindful child: simple mindfulness practices for busy parents, Susan Kaiser Greenland

Mindfulness practice has been shown to enhance our health and quality of life at any age. It's no wonder so many of us want to teach mindfulness to our kids–but how can a busy parent find both the time and the right approach? "The surest way to raise a mindful child is to be a mindful parent," teaches Susan Greenland.

Letters to the lost, Iona Grey

Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time.

The woman in blue, Elly Griffiths

When the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead, it is clear that a horrible crime has been committed and DCI Nelson and his team are called in. Ruth, a devout atheist, is amazed to discover that her old university friend, Hilary Smithson, is now a priest. Hilary has been receiving a series of vitriolic anonymous letters targeting female priests. When another female priest is targeted and murdered, the race is on to unmask the killer before they strike again.

How to stop time, Matt Haig

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history–performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back his to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher–the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand.

The quantum labyrinth: how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality, Paul Halpern

In 1939, Richard Feynman, a brilliant graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his teaching assistant. A lifelong friendship and enormously productive collaboration was born, despite sharp differences in personality. The soft-spoken Wheeler, though conservative in appearance, was a raging nonconformist full of wild ideas about the universe. The boisterous Feynman was a cautious physicist who believed only what could be tested.

A conspiracy of tall men, Noah Hawley

Linus Owen is a young professor of conspiracy theory at a small college just outside of San Francisco. He teaches graduate-level classes on JFK and gives seminars on magic-bullet theories and how the symbols on the dollar bill reveal the presence of a secret government that is leading the world to ruin.Linus' marriage is foundering, and his wife, Claudia, an up-and-coming advertising executive, has gone to Chicago to visit her mother.

Thank you for arguing: what Cicero, Shakespeare, and The Simpsons can teach us about the art of persuasion, Jay Heinrichs

Your ultimate guide to the art of winning arguments, in a brand new edition Everyone is always trying to persuade us of something: politicians, advertising, the media, and most definitely our families. Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill.

Rocket boys, Homer H Hickam

Looking back after a distinguished career as an aerospace engineer, Homer H. Hickam tells the story of his childhood in Coalwood, West Virginia.

Midnight in Chernobyl: the story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster, Adam Higginbotham

Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster–and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster.

From Augustine to Chesterton and beyond: great spiritual autobiographies, Michael W Higgins

What would it be like to listen to great figures of our faith discuss their struggles, life lessons, and spiritual insights? A number of remarkable Christians have bequeathed to us their autobiographies. Now, you can access their words and understand the contexts in which they lived with a master scholar and teacher as your guide. In this course, you will explore fourteen inspiring writers who have revealed their spiritual yearnings and encounters with the transcendent.

Crimson bound, Rosamund Hodge

Apprenticed to her aunt, training to protect her village from dark magic, Rachelle strayed from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat. Three years later, when the king orders her to guard his son Armand, Rachelle forces him to help her hunt for the legendary sword that might save their world.

The willows in winter, William Horwood

In this sequel to The Wind in the Willows, the characters of the River Bank come alive in a new adventure.

The willows and beyond, William Horwood

With the future of the River and the Wild Wood threatened, Mole, Badger, Ratty and even the irrepressible Mr Toad must rally together. William Horwood recreates again the magic of 'The Wind in the Willows' in this compelling new tale.

For better and worse: a novel, Margot Hunt

On their first date back in law school, Natalie and Will Clarke bonded over drinks, dinner and whether they could get away with murder. Now married, they'll put the latter to the test when an unchecked danger in their community places their son in jeopardy. Working as a criminal defense attorney, Nat refuses to rely on the broken legal system to keep her family safe. She knows that if you want justice...you have to get it yourself.

Sunset, Erin Hunter

Sunset, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world of the warrior Clans.As shadows of the past continue to plague the forest, Brambleclaw is haunted by a dark figure on a dangerous quest for revenge, and must struggle to remain true to his Clan. A sinister path is unfolding and the time is coming for certain warriors to make the choices that will determine their destinies... and the destiny of all the Clans.

Summer at the lake, Erica James

A fateful car crash sets in motion a series of events for Floriana and Esme. Floriana gathers the courage to attend the wedding of her one true love, and Esme journeys with her to Lake Como to find the man who stole her heart many years ago.

It's the little things, Erica James

Chloe and Sally have been best friends since university. They were on holiday when the Boxing Day tsunami hit, and were lucky to escape with their lives. Both dealt with the aftermath in different ways. But now events of the past come back with startling clarity one summer, leading both women to question all that they hold dear.

Airs and graces, Erica James

Having married once for love, and been abandoned by her husband, Ellen is determined that her second marriage will be for money. And conveniently Duncan, her divorce lawyer is not unattractive, and enticingly single...But when she meets Matthew, a painter, who criticises her for being mercenary and devious on their very first meeting, Ellen has to remind herself very strongly indeed that Duncan is the man for her...

Destiny's captive, Beverly Jenkins

The Yates men play hard and live hard. And when they find that special woman, they fall hard …Noah Yates fully believes in the joys of a happy family and a good wife. But that's not the life for him. No, he would much rather sail the wild seas in search of adventure, not tied down. But then the unthinkable happens ... he finds himself literally tied down. To a bed. By a woman ... And Pilar isn't just an ordinary woman. She's descended from pirates.

Hunch: turn your everyday insights into the next big thing, Bernadette Jiwa

Learn to trust your intuition and uncover insights that could lead to the next big thing What do the Dyson vacuum cleaner, GoPro camera, Starbucks, Instagram, Facebook, and Lululemon yoga pants have in common? Every one of them was the result not of data-driven analytics or corporate brainstorming sessions, but a hunch - the intuitive understanding of a deep, unmet need, informed by insight and foresight.

A snow garden: and other stories, Rachel Joyce

Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays. A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit.The Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son's Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage.

Perfect, Rachel Joyce

In 1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to balance clock time with the movement of the earth. Byron Hemming knew this because James Lowe had told him and James was the cleverest boy at school. But how could time change? The steady movement of hands around a clock was as certain as their golden futures.Then Byron's mother, late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake. Byron's perfect world is shattered.

How to eat: the pleasures and principles of good food, Nigella Lawson

Relax and relish Nigella Lawson's delicious prose in her first, revelatory cookery book, published as a reading edition for the first time to celebrate twenty years. When Nigella Lawson's first book, How to Eat, was published in 1998, two things were immediately clear: that this fresh and fiercely intelligent voice would revolutionise cookery writing, and that How to Eat was an instant classic of the genre.

Every falling star: the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea, Sungju Lee

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains.

I can see you, Michael Leese

A serial killer dubbed the "Face Ripper" is taunting police. His victims are businessmen with links to the military and with no clues to work on, pressure is mounting on police. Sounds like the perfect job for autistic detective Jonathan Roper, but he's been snapped up by the bosses at GCHQ. They want to find out if his unique method of analysis can make the difference in the war on terror.

The food of love, Prue Leith

World War II is not yet over. Laura Oliver, beautiful and tempestuous, falls in love with Giovanni, an Italian ex-prisoner-of-war, now a humble cook. Together, the couple flee to London where they arrive in a city that has not yet re-awoken after the traumas of war. Facing destitution, only their love for one another and their dream of opening a restaurant business keeps them going. This is a tale of prejudice and ambition, and one couple's struggle to carve out a life of their own.

The bridesmaid, Beverly Lewis

Twenty-seven-year-old Amish woman Joanna Kurtz has been a bridesmaid plenty of times, but never a bride. And despite having a secret romance with responsible young Amishman Eben Troyer, their relationship can only go so far because the two are always kept apart.

The fiddler, Beverly Lewis

Englisher Amelia Devries gets lost in a storm and finds herself in Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, in an Old Order Amish community. There she meets Michael Hostetler–and this encounter changes both their lives forever.

Spin the dawn, Elizabeth Lim

About a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars.Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place.

Always Dakota, Debbie Macomber

Buffalo Valley, North Dakota. A few years ago, this was a dying town. Now it's come back to life! People are feeling good about living here again-the way they used to. They're feeling confident about the future. Stalled lives are moving forward. People like Margaret Clemens are taking risks on new ventures and on lifelong dreams. On happiness. Margaret is a local rancher who's finally getting what she wants most. Marriage to cowboy Matt Eilers.

Everything is f*cked: a book about hope, Mark Manson

We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it's ever been–we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked–the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter.

Scattered minds, Gabor Maté

Written from the inside by a person who himself has ADD, with the wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of ADD as a genetically based illness, offering real hope and advice for children and adults who live with this disorder.

The comfort of strangers, Ian McEwan

As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.

The winter people, Jennifer McMahon

West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn.

Dragon ghosts, Lisa McMann

Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, their younger twin sisters journey beyond Artimé in the sequel series to The Unwanteds. Devastated by loss and hampered by war, Fifer struggles to regroup and continue the search for her twin. Meanwhile Thisbe, pounded by images of Grimere's dark history, contemplates her abandonment and considers leaving Rohan behind in a risky move that could take her home...or to her death.

Dragon bones, Lisa McMann

The ArtimEans have suffered some devastating blows. After years of peace, the recent daring adventure of twins Thisbe and Fifer Stowe have brought about dire consequences. Thisbe has been captured, Fifer is injured, and Sky is lost at sea. The twins' older brother Alex, head mage of ArtimE, is paralyzed with fear of losing anyone else he loves. Fifer must convince him to finally trust her to help in the battle ahead now that their true enemy has been revealed.

Ask me no questions, Shelley Noble

Ask Me No Questions is the first in the Lady Dunbridge Mystery series featuring a widow turned sleuth in turn-of-the-twentieth century New York City.A modern woman in 1907, Lady Dunbridge is not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She's ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. From the decadence of high society balls to the underbelly of Belmont horse racing, romance, murder, and scandals abound.

The fishermen, Chigozie John Obioma

In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990s, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family. Told from the point of view of nine year old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria, in the small town of Akure.

ImmersionPlus French complete: an audio immersion experience: the final step to fluency,  OverDrive Inc

Each programme consists of a variety of entertaining dialogues introduced briefly in English, and then spoken entirely in the target foreign language. The vignette is first heard at a normal conversational rate, then at a slower rate to aid comprehension. The same dialogue is then repeated at the normal conversational rate used by native speakers.

Immersionplus German complete: an audio immersion experience: the final step to fluency,  OverDrive Inc

Each programme consists of a variety of entertaining dialogues introduced briefly in English, and then spoken entirely in the target foreign language. The vignette is first heard at a normal conversational rate, then at a slower rate to aid comprehension. The same dialogue is then repeated at the normal conversational rate used by native speakers.

Immersionplus Italian: an audio immersion experience: the final step to fluency,  OverDrive Inc

Each programme consists of a variety of entertaining dialogues introduced briefly in English, and then spoken entirely in the target foreign language. The vignette is first heard at a normal conversational rate, then at a slower rate to aid comprehension. The same dialogue is then repeated at the normal conversational rate used by native speakers.

Immersionplus Spanish: an audio immersion experience: the final step to fluency!,  OverDrive Inc

Each programme consists of a variety of entertaining dialogues introduced briefly in English, and then spoken entirely in the target foreign language. The vignette is first heard at a normal conversational rate, then at a slower rate to aid comprehension. The same dialogue is then repeated at the normal conversational rate used by native speakers.

The merciful crow, Margaret Owen

One way or another, we always feed the crows. A future chieftain Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when they're called to collect royal dead, she's hoping they'll find the payout of a lifetime. A fugitive prince When Crown Prince Jasimir turns out to have faked his death, Fie's ready to cut her losses–and perhaps his throat.

Vow of thieves, Mary Pearson

Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them–the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and the two of them will meet all challenges side by side, together at last.But an ominous warning mars their journey back, and in their rush to return to Tor's Watch, just outside the fortress walls, they are violently attacked and torn apart–and each is thrust into their own new hell.

The murders of Richard III, Elizabeth Peters

Jacqueline Kirby, retired librarian and avid devotee of King Richard III, is invited to an English country house for a weekend to assist in clearing that king's name of the crimes attached to it. However, a practical joker thinks to enliven the proceedings with recreations of 15th century murder methods and one of the jokes proves fatal.

Captain Underpants and the wrath of the wicked wedgie woman, Dav Pilkey

The fifth book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series, now available in Sound-O-Rama!George and Harold are always good at using their imaginations, and that drives their mean homeroom teacher, Ms.

Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space, Dav Pilkey

The third book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series, now available in Sound-O-Rama!George and Harold have played a trick or two on nearly everyone at Jerome Horwitz Elementary. When their latest prank causes the school's cranky cafeteria ladies to quit, Mr.

Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants: the fourth epic novel, Dav Pilkey

The fourth book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series, now available in Sound-O-Rama! George and Harold are fourth-grade buddies who love practical jokes. When their latest prank drives their science teacher over the edge, their clueless principal, Mr. Krupp, quickly hires a replacement: Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. Of course, George and Harold can't resist making fun of the Professor's silly name.

Daisy Jones & the six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

They were the new icons of rock and roll, fated to burn bright and not fade away. But on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. There was Daisy, rock and roll force of nature, brilliant songwriter and unapologetic drug addict, the half-feral child who rose to superstardom. There was Camila, the frontman's wife, too strong-willed to let the band implode - and all too aware of the electric connection between her husband and Daisy.

The hero next door, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Middle-grade short story collection focused on exploring acts of bravery–featuring some of the best own-voices children's authors, including R. J. Palacio (Wonder), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Linda Sue Park (A Long Walk to Water), and many more. Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes teach martial arts. Others talk to ghosts. A few are inventors or soccer players. They're also sisters, neighbors, and friends. Because heroes come in many shapes and sizes.

A family of strangers: a novel, Emilie Richards

Could a lifetime of memories...be a lifetime of lies?All her life Ryan Gracey watched her perfect older sister from afar. Knowing she could never top Wendy's achievements, she didn't even try. Instead Ryan forged her own path while her family barely seemed to notice.Now Wendy shares two little girls with her perfect husband while Ryan mourns the man she lost after a nearly fatal mistake in judgment.

Bark of night, David Rosenfelt

When defence lawyer Andy Carpenter's veterinarian asks to speak to him privately at the checkup of his golden retriever, Tara, the last thing Andy expects is Truman. Tiny, healthy, French bulldog Truman was dropped off days ago with instructions to be euthanized by a man everyone thought was his owner. But now the owner is nowhere to be found. Andy is furious.

Storm front, John Sandford

In Israel, a man clutching a backpack searches desperately for a boat. In Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a message from Lucas Davenport: You're about to get a visitor. It's an Israeli cop, and she's tailing a man who's smuggled out an extraordinary relic–a copper scroll revealing startling details about the man known as King Solomon. Wait a minute, laughs Virgil ...

Freefall, Felix R Savage

Despite NASA budget cuts threating to put a sharp end to his career as an astronaut, British-born space shuttle pilot Jack Kildare knows without a doubt that his life will never be the same. Photographs snapped from the International Space Station reveal an alien spaceship in orbit around Europa, opening a terrifying new chapter opening in human history, and Jack finds himself in the center of a gigantic international effort to respond to the alien threat.

Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC radio drama collection Volume 3, Dorothy L Sayers

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these classic BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' Golden Age crime novels. Gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey starred in a number of novels and short stories by Dorothy L Sayers. These full-cast adaptations - first broadcast on BBC radio between 1979 and 2010 - are cherished by crime aficionados worldwide. Murder Must Advertise sees Lord Peter going undercover in an advertising agency to investigate the death of a copywriter.

The happiness track: how to apply the science of happiness to accelerate your success, Emma Seppala

A leading expert on health psychology, well-being, and resilience argues that happiness is the key to fast tracking our professional and personal success.Everyone wants to be happy and successful. And yet the pursuit of both has never been more elusive. As work and personal demands rise, we try to keep up by juggling everything better, moving faster, and doing more.

Find your why: a practical guide to discovering purpose for you or your team, Simon Sinek

Find Your Why is the follow up to Start with Why, the global bestseller and the subject of the third most watched TED Talk of all time. With Start With Why, Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. Now, along with two of his colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, Sinek has created a guide to the most important step any business can take: finding your why.

Leaders eat last: why some teams pull together and others don't, Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last is the highly anticipated follow up to Simon Sinek's global bestseller Start With Why Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work. This is not a crazy, idealised notion. In many successful organisations, great leaders are creating environments in which teams trust each other so deeply that they would put their lives on the line for each other. Yet other teams, no matter what incentives were offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure.

The story of us: a heart-wrenching story that will make you believe in true love, Tara Sivec

How much can a man take before he breaks?1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. And I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her. Only Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger.

Cleaning the gold, Karin Slaughter

Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a twenty-two-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher.Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America's military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene.But there's a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the ex-military cop could have anticipated.

Nathalia Buttface and the embarrassing camp catastrophe, Nigel Smith

Nat's class is going on a week-long field trip to hunt for fossils. Cue mouldy log cabins, potholing, map reading and other totally boring geography-related stuff - all the things that Nat hates... and Dad loves! Of course he volunteers to come along with the class as a parent helper.

The road to unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, Timothy Snyder

With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature. Authoritarianism first returned in Russia, as Putin developed a political system dedicated solely to the consolidation and exercise of power. In the last six years, it has creeped from east to west as nationalism inflames Europe, abetted by Russian propaganda and cyberwarfare.

The case of the counterfeit criminals, Jordan Stratford

Wollstonecraft Detectives–Ada Byron Lovelace and Mary Shelley–take on a case from the celebrated dinosaur bone hunter, Mary Anning.

The case of the girl in grey, Jordan Stratford

The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency was supposed to be a secret constabulary, but after the success of their first case, all of London knows that Lady Ada and Mary are the girls to go to if you have a problem. Their new case is a puzzle indeed. It involves a horrible hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement, and a suspiciously slippery servant. But Mary's stumbled onto a mystery of her own. She spotted a ghostly girl in a grey gown dashing through the park.

The case of the missing moonstone, Jordan Stratford

Eleven-year-old math prodigy Ada Lovelace, daughter of the famous and infamous poet Lord Byron, is a genius. Isolated, awkward and socially inept–but a genius. Mary Godwin, age 14, daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, is a romantic. It has been arranged for Mary and Ada to be tutored by the young man who calls himself Percy B. Snagsby, a nervous fellow who may or may not be a spy.

The poison jungle, Tui Sutherland

Sundew, and most of the other LeafWings are nursing a deep hatred for the HiveWings, who have ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala, except those in Poison Jungle where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding, waiting for a dragon clever and powerful enough to exact their revenge and now they are searching for the jungle's oldest and darkest mystery, one that could destroy them all.

I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Lauren Tarshis

The storm of the century–and the survival story of a lifetime! It's the end of August 2005, and a big hurricane is blowing in to New Orleans, Louisiana. Barry's family plans to evacuate the Ninth Ward with everyone else, but when Barry's little sister gets violently ill, they must return to their home and stick out the storm. At first, everything seems fine. But then the levees break, the water rises, Barry is swept out of his home, and everything changes.

Trick mirror: reflections on self-delusion, Jia Tolentino

Collection of essays on the internet, the self, feminism and politics. We are living in the era of the self, in an era of malleable truth and widespread personal and political delusion. In these nine interlinked essays, Jia Tolentino, the New Yorker's brightest young talent, explores her own coming of age in this warped and confusing landscape.

Sammy Keyes and the kiss goodbye, Wendelin Van Draanen

In the final mystery of this series, one of the bad guys has finally caught up with the skateboarding sleuth of Santa Marina and worse, landed her in the hospital out cold. This time Sammy's family and friends must solve the crime–who did this to her and why? In a heartwarming, fitting finale the people whose lives she has impacted over the years come together to help uncover the truth and save their beloved Sammy.

Sammy Keyes and the power of Justice Jack, Wendelin Van Draanen

Sammy Keyes deals with the zaniest character to come out of her town yet–Justice Jack, Santa Martina's very own superhero. Dressed in spandex and a mask, he drives around on a dirt bike hoping to fight crime. Though everyone else seems taken with Jack, Sammy's not so sure and now that she has a real mystery to solve her detective skills are pushed to the limits by Jack's antics. As usual, Sammy's personal drama adds to the excitement in this wacky and wily adventure.

Ragged company, Richard Wagamese

Four chronically homeless people - Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger - seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema.

Why we sleep: the new science of sleep and dreams, Matthew P Walker

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health.

The just men of Cordova, Edgar Wallace

There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate, offences that the written law cannot redress. The three friends, Pioccart, Manfred and Gonsalez, may be enjoying the exotic, Spanish city of Cordova with its heat and Moorish influences, but they are still committed to employing their intellect and cunning to dispense justice. They use their own methods and carry out their own verdicts. They are ruthless and they deal in death.

Running on empty no more: transform your relationships with your partner, your parents and your children, Jonice Webb

Running on Empty No More offers solutions for the effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) on people's lives: how to talk about CEN, and heal it, in relationships with partners, parents, and children.

The brothers of Brigadier Station, Sarah Williams

She came to the outback to marry the love of her life. She just didn't expect him to be her fiancé's younger brother. When Meghan Flanagan, a vet-nurse from Townsville, moves to Brigadier Station in outback Queensland to marry the man of her dreams, she is shocked to discover that perhaps her fiancé isn't the man she wants waiting for her at the altar. The man she's destined to marry, just might be his younger brother.

Home all along, Beth Wiseman

Charlotte has made a home for herself in Amish Country with Daniel. But unforeseen events rock their fragile world and may move them even further away from the life they long for.Charlotte, an Englisher, is living in Amish Country, and she has formed strong and lasting bonds with the people in her new community. She has even fallen in love with an Amish man. But just when she is considering a permanent conversion to the Amish way of life, her world crashes around her.

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The poor relation, Susanna Bavin

Manchester, 1908. Attractive, intelligent Mary Maitland is furious to learn that her pompous boss will never promote her, simply because she is a woman. Despite financial support from her family, Mary is determined to strike out on her own and earn a living. She finds work at a women's employment agency, where her talent for writing is noticed and she begins publishing articles for newspapers and magazines.

Nicola's virtue, AnneMarie Brear

1867: Nicola Douglas attends a lecture given by Miss Maria Rye, the founder of the Female Middle Class Emigration Society, which inspires her to change her life. With no family, but a good education, she boards a ship to Australia with high hopes of a fresh start in a new country as a governess. Sydney is full of young women with similar ambitions and equally poor prospects - but when a wealthy benefactor appears, she finds a foothold.

The killer in the choir, Simon Brett

Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well, Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fellow committee member's funeral. As she suspected, the sermon is very predictable - not unlike Leonard himself. What she couldn't have predicted was that the deceased's daughter would use the occasion to publicly accuse her stepmother of murder.

Murder by the barrel, Lesley Cookman

When the sleepy village of Steeple Martin announces its first beer festival, the locals are excited. Beer, sun and music, what could possibly go wrong? But when an unexpected death shakes the village, it's up to Libby Sarjeant to solve the puzzle.

Stealing roses, Heather Cooper

1862. Growing up in a small seaside town on the Isle of Wight, free-spirited Eveline Stanhope feels trapped by the weight of expectation from her well-to-do family. Her mother and two elder sisters would rather she focus her attention on marrying well, but Eveline wants more for herself, and the arrival of the railway provides just the cause she's been searching for.

Where there's a will, Beth Corby

After leaving university at the age of twenty-five with no idea what to do with her life, Hannah is stunned when she is left a mystery bequest by her rich, estranged great-uncle Donald. But there's a catch: before she can find out what she's inherited, she must undertake a series of unknown tasks alongside Alec, Donald's reluctant (but rather gorgeous) PA.

Black summer, M W Craven

Charismatic chef Jared Keaton is serving a life sentence for the murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So when a young woman staggers into a police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation that could cost him dearly.

Celtic empire, Clive Cussler

During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself embroiled in an international mystery, one that will threaten everyone and everything he knows - most importantly, his own family. Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the spread of an unknown disease and the shadowy bioremediation company that may be behind it.

The grey ghost, Clive Cussler

In 1906, an American named Isaac Bell stopped the groundbreaking Grey Ghost - a legendary prototype Rolls-Royce - from vanishing from Manchester, England forever. But not even the legendary detective could save the good name of the man accused of stealing the car. Over a hundred years later, it is Jonathon Payton's grandson who turns to Sam and Remi Fargo to help prove his grandfather's innocence. But soon the treasure-hunting couple find there is more at stake than any of them could have known.

55, James Delargy

Gardner's Hill in Western Australia is a sleepy, remote town. It is home to Police Sergeant Chandler Jenkins, who is proud to run the small police station, a place used to dealing with domestic disputes and noise complaints. All that changes, however, when Gabriel stumbles into Chandler's station, covered in dried blood. Gabriel was picked up while hitchhiking, drugged and driven to a cabin in the mountains and tied up in chains.

Death's dark valley, P C Doherty

1311. Edward I is dead, but at Holyrood Abbey, the old king's former bodyguards protect his relics and watch over a mysterious prisoner. When Abbot Henry is poisoned, and two of the brothers brutally slain, Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, is summoned to Holyrood. News of the killings also attracts the attention of two unwanted guests: the sinister Marcher Lord Mortimer and King Philip of France's devious envoy De Craon.

This storm, James Ellroy

January'42. L.A. reels behind the shock of Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops tag it as a routine dead-man job. They're wrong. It's an early-warning signal of Chaos. There's a murderous fire and a gold heist. There's Fifth Column treason, on American soil. There are homegrown Nazis, commies and race racketeers. There's two dead cops in a dive off the jazz-club strip.

Lord James Harrington and the solstice mystery, Lynn Florkiewicz

Lord James Harrington and his wife, Beth, happen upon a road accident where the driver, Bernard Potter, is seriously injured. While giving first-aid, Potter mumbles concerns about his daughter which James takes as the ramblings of a dying man. But, when visiting Mrs Potter, they realise that her husband, a police constable, was secretly investigating the goings-on at a local commune where his daughter lived.

No silver spoon, Katie Flynn

Dympna Byrnes lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Micheal, and does her best to help her family by working hard and expecting little. But beneath the surface there are hidden secrets. Dympna's mother idolises her clever eldest son, yet her attitude to Dympna is puzzling. So when her family find themselves in desperate need of money, it is Dympna who crosses the water to Liverpool to seek a better life.

Rags to riches, Maggie Ford

In 1920s London, Amy Harrington leads a privileged life. Her maid, Alice Jordan, lives in the poverty-ridden East End. But when a disgraced Amy is disowned by her parents and fiance, Alice is the only person she can turn to... Lodging with Alice's friendly working-class family, Amy hatches a plan to get revenge on her former love who caused her downfall. Meanwhile, Alice finds herself swept into the glittering society her mistress has just lost.

The blue rose, Kate Forsyth

Viviane de Faitaud has grown up alone at her family's chateau, for her father, the Marquis de Valaine, lives at the court of Louis XVI in Versailles. After a hailstorm destroys the chateau's orchards, gardens and fields, an ambitious young Welshman, David Stronach, accepts the commission to plan new gardens in the hope of making his name as a landscape designer. However, the love that blossoms between them is doomed: Viviane is betrothed to a duke, and David is forced to leave the property.

The quarryman's wife, Elizabeth Gill

After her daughter Arabella passes away, leaving a poor, motherless child in her wake, Nell Almond doesn't think her life can get any worse. But then tragedy strikes a second time and she finds herself widowed, with her husband's quarry to manage. But it's baby Frederick, her grandson, who troubles her most. Being cared for by one of the local families, he lives in hand-me-down clothes in a cramped and unrefined home.

The autumn murders, Robert Gott

In the autumn of 1944, George Starling prepares to exact revenge on the person he hates most in the world (and Starling has a long list of people he hates): Detective Joe Sable of the Melbourne Homicide division. Driven by his dark passion for Nazism, Starling is going to make sure that nothing and no one will stand in his way and survive. In the meantime, Homicide is in turmoil. Riven by internal divisions and disrupted by the war, it has become a dangerous place for Joe to work.

The Port Fairy murders, Robert Gott

1943: The newly formed Homicide division of the Victoria Police has been struggling to counter little-known fascist groups, particularly an organisation called Australia First that has been festering since before the war. And now there's an extra problem: the bitter divide between Catholics and Protestants, which is especially raw in small rural communities.

Marked for death, Matt Hilton

It should be a routine job. Joe Hunter and his associates are hired to provide security for an elite event in Miami. Wear a tux, stay professional, job done. But things go wrong. Hunter is drawn into what appears to be a domestic altercation. When he crosses the mysterious Mikhail, however, he soon finds something altogether more sinister... Before long this chance encounter has serious repercussions for Hunter and his friends. Good people are being killed.

You me everything, Catherine Isaac

Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend the summer at Cht?eau de Roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the Dordogne. There, Jess's ex-boyfriend and William's father, Adam, runs a beautiful hotel in a restored castle. Jess is bowled over by what Adam has accomplished, but she's in France for a much more urgent reason: to make Adam connect with his own son.

The mad monk of Gidleigh, Michael Jecks

As the winter of 1323 descends upon a windswept chapel on the edge of Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Father Mark, for seeking affection from Mary, the miller's daughter? But when Mary, and her unborn child, are found dead, Mark is the obvious suspect. Called to investigate, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts.

A Cornish orphan, Sheila Jeffries

Following a terrible storm, seven-year-old Lottie is rescued from a shipwreck by local Cornishman Arnie Lanroska. Her clothing suggests she comes from a wealthy family, but Lottie's back bears the scars of a severe beating, and how she came to be on a cargo ship in the first place remains a mystery...Arnie and his wife already have two young children, Matt and Tom, but are desperate to keep Lottie. They decide to foster her, despite outcries from the local community.

The great wide open, Douglas Kennedy

New York, 1980s. Heady, excessive times. Alice Burns - a young book editor - is deep into a manuscript about the morass of family life. The observations resonate, perhaps because she has just watched her own family implode. As she reads she wonders: When did the sadness start? Is the unhappiness a choice? Thus begins a great American epic which follows Alice as she navigates high school bullying, first love and sexism at college, a spell in 1970's Ireland, and a tragedy that sends her stateside.

The payment, Roberta Kray

Ava Gold is working the late shift as a cabbie when she picks up a young woman named Holly, who's worse for wear. Not knowing where to drop her off, Ava ends up letting Holly crash at her place - but she will regret this act of kindness. Because opening her home up in this way sets Ava on a dangerous path. It's a path that leads to missing women, murder and the one man she's been trying to stay away from: local nightclub owner, Chris Street.

The secretary, Zoe Lea

When single mum Ruth has a brief fling with Rob, she's mortified to discover that he lied to her. He lied to her, because he's married. Worse still, he's the husband of Janine, head of the PTA at the primary school where Ruth works as secretary, and when the truth of their fling is discovered, Ruth suddenly has a lot of enemies at the school gates. Threatening texts begin to arrive, rumours abound and the staff room becomes hostile.

The bag carrier, Stephen Leather

A dead body in the prayer hall of a mosque isn't the best start to the day for anyone. But for Detective Inspector Harold Porter it's all in a day's work. The problem is that DI Porter has been given a new partner - a young Muslim detective by the name of Mohammed Salim Nasri. Nasri and Porter are both British and both cops, but they look at the world - and the case - from completely different viewpoints.

Lady in the lake, Laura Lippman

Baltimore, 1966. When Maddie Schwartz, having recently left her husband of over 20 years, helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl, her assistance leads to a job at the city's afternoon newspaper. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young African-American woman who liked to have a good time.

Killing with confetti, Peter Lovesey

A most controversial wedding is about to take place in Bath's gorgeous Abbey. The daughter of career criminal mastermind Joe Irving is getting hitched to the son of Deputy Chief Constable George Brace. A more uncomfortable group of in-laws would be hard to imagine, but worse, Joe Irving has many enemies on "the outside," including more than one hard man hell-bent on settling accounts for the role he played in the fateful Bream prison riot three years earlier.

The unseen hand, Edward Marston

1917. The Lotus Hotel offers sanctuary for its exclusively female clientele, attracting the cream of London's society. But a dead body found in one of its rooms is hardly good for business, and when it is discovered that the woman was neither a guest nor a member of staff, the Lotus's reputation as a safe haven is cast in doubt. Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy are dispatched to look into the events at the hotel and soon suspect foul play.

Knife, Jo Nesbø

Harry is in a bad place: Rakel has left him, he's working cold cases and notorious rapist and murderer Svein Finne is back on the streets. Harry is responsible for the many years Finne spent in prison but now he's free and ready to pick up where he left off. When Harry wakes up with blood on his hands, and no memory of what he did the night before, he knows everything is only going to get worse...

Her husband's mistake, Sheila O'Flanagan

Roxy's marriage has always been rock solid. After 20 years, and with two carefree kids, she and Dave are still the perfect couple. Until the day she comes home unexpectedly, and finds Dave in bed with their attractive, single neighbour. Suddenly Roxy isn't sure about anything - her past, the business she's taken over from her dad, or what her family's future might be. She's spent so long caring about everyone else that she's forgotten what she actually wants. But something has changed.

The flood, Kristina Ohlsson

A man, wearing his daughter's wedding ring, is found in front of his fireplace, shot in the chest. A funeral director searches desperately for his brother - a man who doesn't seem to be missed. A woman struggles to protect her children and her life as her husband turns dangerous. Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht believe that these three cases are unrelated... until they uncover a connection that changes everything.

The summer queen, Margaret Pemberton

Osborne House, 1879. Queen Victoria has occupied the British throne for over 40 years. Bringing together her extended family from across Europe offers a chance for old alliances to be strengthened and new unions to be forged. May Teck, daughter of a Duke and Princess, is constantly reminded that she lacks the pedigree to be a true royal. Alicky lives in the shadow of her older siblings, until she meets the heir to the Russian throne, who sweeps her off to his homeland.

Shipyard girls in love, Nancy Revell

Sunderland, 1941. With a brief break in air raids providing some much-needed respite from the war, things are looking up for head welder Rosie, who has fallen head over heels for Detective Sergeant Miller. But how long can their romance last in such uncertain times? Life remains full of challenges for Gloria, who must face her abusive ex-husband and confront her own guilty conscience about baby Hope's real father.

The marketmaker, Michael Ridpath

Tough City brokers Dekker Ward created, and dominate, the turbulent market in Latin American bonds. Ricardo Ross is their most successful trader: they call him the Marketmaker. You're either with him or you've made an enemy for life. Disgruntled academic Nick Elliot is Dekker's greenest trader, content to ride his luck as the new boy on the stand. Until strange things start happening to Dekker's employees. One top trader is fired, another dies in a bungled robbery.

Photos of you, Tammy Robinson

When Ava Green turns twenty-eight, she discovers this will be her last birthday. The cancer she thought she'd beaten three years ago is back, only this time it's terminal - and she's not going to waste any of the time she has left. She's been dreaming of her wedding since she was a little girl, but there's only one problem: there's no groom.

Pirata, Simon Scarrow

AD 25. When young Telemachus gets the chance to join the crew of the merchant ship Selene, he's delighted to escape the rough streets of Piraeus. Even past hardship has not prepared him for the terror on board when a pirate ship appears on the horizon... The fight is bloody, but the result is never in doubt. Then the victorious pirate chief, Bulla, offers the beaten men a cruel choice: join us, or die.

Hare's fur, Trevor Shearston

Russell Bass is a potter living on the edge of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains. His wife has been dead less than a year, and although he has a few close friends, he is living a mostly solitary life. Each month he hikes into the valley below his house to collect rock for glazes from a remote creek bed. One autumn morning, he finds a chocolate wrapper on the path.

Changing times, Jack Sheffield

For the residents of Ragley, the war is finally starting to feel like a distant memory. But Lily Feather can't quite forget the events of the war and the years that followed. Buried in her past remains a terrible secret from which she cannot escape but that still threatens her fragile family. After the death of their mother, her brother, Freddie, has come to depend on her and her husband.

Moscow, midnight, John Simpson

Government minister Patrick Macready has been found dead in his flat. The coroner rules it an accident. Jon Swift is from the old stock of journos - cynical, cantankerous and overweight - and something about his friend's death doesn't seem right. Then, days after Macready's flat is apparently burgled, Swift discovers that his friend had been researching a string of Russian government figures who had met similarly "accidental" fates.

Thunder Bay, Douglas Skelton

When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond's return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not Proven, Roddie left the island. Now he has returned for his mother's funeral - and it will spark an explosion of violence.

The hills and the valley, Janet Tanner

Barbara Roberts, pretty, mischievous, and 17, has grown up wanting for nothing. But a long-buried family secret that threatens her happiness is about to be uncovered. Will it deny her the one man she truly loves? And outside of the close-knit mining community of Hillsbridge, war once again looms on the horizon. Youngest of the Hall clan, fate is about to propel Barbara into maturity.

My lemon grove summer, Jo Thomas

Zelda's looking for a fresh start, and a beautiful hilltop town in Sicily looking for new residents sounds like the ideal place. And who better to settle down with than her best friend Lennie? But the sun-filled skies and sparkling seas can't hide the shadow hanging over Citta d'Ora, and not everyone is pleased to see their arrival. But a friendship with restaurateur Luca could be about to unlock the possibilities that lie in the local lemon groves.

Pastures new, Margaret Thornton

1960. Having been firm friends ever since they met in a Blackpool boarding house five years before, Val, Cissie and Janice are all now happily married, preoccupied with their growing families. But the new decade will bring change for all three families. Val and Sam's son's behaviour is causing concern, and Val finds it hard at times to love him as she should.

Death in the Tuscan hills, Marco Vichi

Spring, 1967. Florence is beginning to recover from the previous winter's flood. But Inspector Bordelli has not had any peace since his investigation of a young boy's murder went disastrously wrong. Unsettled and embittered, Bordelli resigns from the force and leaves the city. In the solitude of his new home in the Tuscan hills, he spends his days cooking, going for long walks and learning to grow his own vegetables. But the thought of that case - of justice not served - is constantly with him.

Love song, Sasha Wasley

As a vulnerable seventeen-year-old, Beth Paterson gave a fellow student private tutoring. She didn't expect to fall deeply in love with him and have her life changed forever in just a couple of months. And she didn't expect him to vanish without even saying goodbye. Now an accomplished businesswoman and doctor, Beth's life is thrown into turmoil when Charlie Campbell comes back to town to help his family.

The unquiet heart, Kaite Welsh

Sarah Gilchrist has no intention of marrying her dull fiance Miles, the man her family hope will restore her reputation and put an end to her dreams of becoming a doctor. But when he is arrested for a murder she is sure he didn't commit, she finds herself his reluctant ally.

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'Cherry' Ingram: the Englishman who saved Japan's blossoms, Naoko Abe

Collingwood Ingram, known as 'Cherry' for his defining obsession, was born in 1880 and lived until he was a hundred, witnessing a fraught century of conflict and change. After visiting Japan in 1902 and 1907 and discovering two magnificent cherry trees in the garden of his family home in Kent in 1919, Ingram fell in love with cherry blossoms, or sakura, and dedicated much of his life to their cultivation and preservation.

Out of sight, Cherry Adair

Sometimes chemistry is a matter of life and death… Though her confidence is badly shaken by a training accident, A. J. Cooper vows to become an excellent T-FLAC operative. She is everything the antiterrorist agency looks for—she's smart, resourceful, and a crack shot. Eager to prove herself to her instructor, the highly regarded Kane Wright, A. J. takes on a difficult and potentially deadly assignment.

Pianist of Yarmouk, Aeham Ahmad

One morning on the outskirts of Damascus, two starving friends are walking through their desolate city and come across a familiar street that has been turned to rubble, concrete bridges towering above them like tombs and houses turned inside out. Aeham turns to the only comfort he has left and sits at his piano to play a song of hope to his fellow Syrians. It is a song that will reach far beyond the streets of his home and carry consequences he could never have dreamed of.

Knights of the Hawk, James Aitcheson

Autumn, 1071. The struggle for England has been long and brutal. Now, however, five years after the fateful Battle of Hastings, only a determined band of rebels in the Fens stand between King William and absolute conquest. Tancred, a proud and ambitious knight, is among the Normans marching to crush them. Once lauded for his exploits, his fame is now fading.

Chernobyl prayer: a chronicle of the future, Svetlana Aleksievich

A startling history of the Chernobyl disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the Nobel prize in literature 2015. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come.

A Cornish summer, Catherine Alliott

Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years. The trouble is, he's been married to someone else for the past fifteen. Now she's been invited to spend the summer in the shady lanes and sandy coves of Cornwall. It should be blissful. There's just one small snag: she'll be staying with her former mother-in-law, Belinda. And Flora discovers she's not the only one invited when her ex-husband shows up out of the blue, complete with his new wife. So now there are two small snags.

The song of Simon de Montfort: England's first revolutionary and the death of chivalry, Sophie Ambler

A biography of one of the Middle Ages' most controversial, reckless, and heroic figures. Born in France in the early thirteenth century to a crusading father of the same name, Simon de Montfort travelled to England in his adulthood, where he claimed the earldom of Leicester and ingratiated himself into King Henry III's inner circles. Initially a trusted advisor, Simon's good relationship with the king did not last.

The right man for revenge, Dan Ames

Jack Reacher is dead. Or is he? In Book Two of the Jack Reacher Cases, written with permission from Lee Child, the body of a murdered man is discovered. In his pocket is a toothbrush and an ATM card with the name Jack Reacher. Lauren Pauling, a former FBI agent and current private investigator, is asked to identify the body. But instead, she looks into the killing and soon finds herself a target in a complex web of murder, betrayal and vengeance.

A hard man to forget, Dan Ames

Pauling is a private investigator in New York and receives a mysterious letter with Jack Reacher's name, along with a phone number. Pauling calls the number and reaches a woman whose husband has gone missing. Even stranger, the woman claims she didn't contact Pauling, and has no idea who Jack Reacher is. Intrigued, Pauling begins to investigate and when the woman becomes the target of the same men who may have abducted her husband, Pauling recruits Michael Tallon, a former special ops soldier.

Wild ride rancher: Vengeful vows. Need me, cowboy. Temporary to tempted. His for one night. Engaging the enemy, Sarah M Anderson

Wild Ride Rancher / Maureen Child: Rancher Liam Morrow doesn't trust rich beauty Chloe Hemsworth or want to deal with her new business. But when they're trapped by a flash flood, heated debates turn into a wild affair. For the next two weeks, can she prove him wrong without falling for him? Vengeful Vows / Yvonne Lindsay: Peyton wants revenge on Galen's family. And she'll get it through an arranged marriage between them.

Sweep of the blade, Ilona Andrews

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers–a special group who provide 'lodging' to other-planetary visitors–so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari.

This was our pact, Ryan Andrews

It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars, but could that actually be true? This year, Ben and his classmates are determined to find out where those lanterns really go, and to ensure success in their mission, they've made a pact with two simple rules: No one turns for home. No one looks back.

Alice's island, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

A happily married woman's perfect life shatters when her husband turns up dead hundreds of miles away from where he should have been, and she suddenly discovers that there was a part of him she knew nothing about. Alice Dupont's perfect marriage was a perfect lie. When her husband, Chris, dies in a car accident, far from where he should have been, Alice's life falls apart. After the police close the case, she is left with more questions than answers.

Noodleheads find something fishy, Tedd Arnold

Brothers Mac and Mac are outwitted by Cousin Meatball, three fish, and even a fishing rod when they set out to learn something new. Includes author's note on tales of fools and the motifs found in this story.

No jumping on the bed!, Tedd Arnold

Walter lives near the top floor of a tall apartment building, where one night his habit of jumping on his bed leads to a tumultous fall through floor after floor, collecting occupants all the way down.

Dirty Gert, Tedd Arnold

Little Gert loves to play in the dirt so much that she turns into a tree.

Fix this mess!, Tedd Arnold

Robug tries to obey when Jake instructs it to "Fix this mess!" but somehow manages to make things worse.

Noodleheads see the future, Tedd Arnold

Inspired by folktales about fools from around the world, brothers Mac and Mac Noodlehead exasperate Uncle Ziti, are fooled by their friend Meatball, and make a garden for their mother.

Elderhood: redefining aging, transforming medicine, reimagining life, Louise Aronson

As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more.

The gabble and other stories, Neal L Asher

Features action-packed short stories that takes us into the manifold diversities of the amazing universe. This title features such favourites as the gabbleduck and the hooder, to savour alien poisons, the walking dead, the Sea of Death, and the putrefactor symbiont.

The engineer reconditioned, Neal L Asher

Mysterious aliens ... ruthless terrorists ... androids with attitude ... genetic manipulation ... punch-ups with lasers ... giant spaceships ... what more could you want? This great collection of 10 short stories by the author of Gridlinked, The Skinner, In the Line of Polity, and many more is a great read.

Summer on the little Cornish isles: the Starfish Studio, Phillipa Ashley

One summer can change everything ... Poppy has always loved Cornwall - the crisp sea air, the welcoming community. So when her boyfriend Dan suggests they leave their office jobs and take over the Starfish Studio on the Isles of Scilly, Poppy doesn't need asking twice. But things don't go to plan when Dan dumps her, weeks before they're due to move. Determined not to give up, Poppy accepts the help of local photographer Jake, her landlord's grandson.

Summer at the Cornish Cafe, Phillipa Ashley

Jill Mansell Demi doesn't expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything out of the ordinary. As a waitress, working all hours to make ends meet, washing dishes and serving ice creams seems to be as exciting as the holiday season is about to get. That's until she meets Cal Penwith. An outsider, like herself, Cal is persuaded to let Demi help him renovate his holiday resort, Kilhallon Park. Set above an idyllic Cornish cove, the once popular destination for tourists has now gone to rack and ruin.

Confetti at the Cornish Café, Phillipa Ashley

Cal and Demi are preparing to launch their beloved Kilhallon Resort as a wedding venue. Cakes are baking, Cornish flowers are blooming, and fairy lights are twinkling. With the cliff-top setting and coastal views, it's the perfect place for a magical marriage ceremony. But their first clients are no ordinary couple. The bride and groom are internationally famous actors Lily Craig and Ben Trevone. Kilhallon is about to host a celebrity wedding ...

Spring on the little Cornish isles: the flower farm, Phillipa Ashley

Jess has lived at the idyllic flower farm on the Isles of Scilly her whole life, but when her boyfriend Adam leaves without explanation, Jess discovers that even her little slice of Cornish heaven can be lonely. For the first time in Will's life, he's met someone he can't stop thinking about. But nothing is simple when the woman of your dreams is working for you.

Stone painting for kids: designs to spark your creativity, F Sehnaz Bac

Fun-to-follow instructions for simple projects are accompanied by full-colour illustrations. Patterns include geometric designs, plants, animals, numbers, and letters plus directions for stone games such as tic-tac-toe, chess, and dominoes.

The Slipping Place, Joanna Baker

Veronica Cruickshank's youngest child Roland is her idealistic one – a fighter of lost causes, and the one that always needs protecting, particularly from himself. So when she hears he is back in Hobart helping an old school friend, Treen McShane, Veronica tries to track him down – but all she finds are second hand reports, whispers of horrific abuse, stories of a small child being hurt.

One good deed, David Baldacci

In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he's wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector.

In the heat of the night, John Dudley Ball

A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case.

A cactus garden, Jo Bannister

There was more to the brooding forest world of Mithras than the great Hive rising from its clearing, and somewhere there was an intellect more ruthlessly domineering than even the Lady Amalthea's. Shah could feel it but not find it, at least not in time, and Paul with a war to prosecute, had other matters on his mind. Deceit and treachery hung about the city like a shroud.

Literary feast: recipes inspired by novels, poems and plays, Jennifer Barclay

Prepare your senses for a feast of delicious food scenes in literature accompanied with recipes to bring them to life in your very own kitchen, including Turkish delight Edmund wouldn't be able to resist, roast goose the Cratchits would be proud of and cucumber sandwiches Algernon would be loath to share. This book is perfect for anyone who enjoys spending their days with a book in one hand and a saucepan in the other.

Falling in honey: life and love on a Greek island, Jennifer Barclay

I came here looking for some kind of happiness. I think it might be the cleverest thing I have ever done. 'One heartbroken winter, Jennifer decides to act on her dream of moving to a tiny Greek island - because life is too short not to reach out for what makes us happy. Funny, romantic and full of surprising twists, Falling in Honey is a story about relationships, tzatziki, adventures, swimming, Greek dancing, starfish ... and a bumpy but beautiful journey into Mediterranean sunshine.

Peter Pan, J M Barrie

Meet Peter Pan, the magical boy who refuses to grow up. One night, while looking for his shadow, Peter and Tinker Bell fly into the home of the Darling family. In no time, Peter has the Darling children soaring through the air, out the window, and off to Neverland, an island where mermaids swim, the lost boys roam, and the evil pirate, Captain Hook, plots his revenge.

Night boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry

It's late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover has been lost, a daughter has gone missing, their world has come asunder - can it be put together again? Night Boat to Tangier is a novel drenched in sex and death and narcotics, in sudden violence and old magic, but it is obsessed, above all, with the mysteries of love.

Mother of Eden, Chris Beckett

Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men–and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of them all.

Foods to fight cancer: what to eat to help beat cancer, Richard Béliveau

Bringing together over a decade's worth of oncological research, Foods to Fight Cancer shows you how to apply the latest scientific findings about cancer to your everyday life. Whether you are looking to minimise your risk of developing cancer, or are making dietary choices to fight this disease, Foods to Fight Cancer will dispel the myths and give you the facts about the food.

Preventing cancer: the complete wellness guide to reducing the risks of cancer and helping recovery, Richard Béliveau

Each year thousands of people around the world are subjected to the suffering and risk of death that cancer causes. Cancer has now become the primary cause of death in the majority of industrialised countries. We place all our hopes in the discovery of new drugs or even more effective treatments but to some extent we remain passive in the face of cancer, seeing it as a cruel hand dealt by fate.

Charlotte says, Alex Bell

Following the death of her mother in a terrible fire, Jemima flees to the remote Isle of Skye, to take up a job at a school for girls. There she finds herself tormented by the mystery of what really happened that night. Then Jemima receives a box of Frozen Charlotte dolls from a mystery sender and she begins to remember - a séance with the dolls, a violent argument with her step-father and the inferno that destroyed their home.

The haunting, Alex Bell

Some curses grow stronger with time... People say that all Cornish inns are haunted, but the Waterwitch's history is particularly chilling. Built from the salvaged timber of a cursed ship, the guest house's dark secrets go further back than anyone can remember. Emma is permanently confined to a wheelchair after an accident at the Waterwitch which took place when she was ten. Seven years later, she decides to return to the place where the awful event occurred.

Small-space vegetable gardens: growing great edibles in containers, raised beds, and small plots, Andrea Bellamy

Grow your own delicious food in any space – no matter how small. Learn how to plan and build your garden – on balconies, in raised beds, up walls, across parking strips, and more – as well as how to sow, grow, and harvest an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables all season long.

Country hearts, Susanne Bellamy

Four heartwarming stories from four Australian authors. A Promise of Home: Can two people who have lost the most important things in their lives work together to overcome their losses and make a new future for themselves and the place they call home? The Peppercorn Project: Newly-single police officer Matt Robertson has moved to Stony Creek to lick his wounds after a bitter divorce.

A war of loves: the unexpected story of a gay activist discovering Jesus, David Bennett

At 14, David Bennett came out to his parents. At 19, he encountered Jesus Christ. At that moment, his life changed forever. As a young gay man, David Bennett saw Christianity as an enemy to freedom for LGBTQI people, and his early experiences with prejudice and homophobia led him to become a gay activist. But when Jesus came into his life in a highly unexpected way, he was led down a path he never would have predicted or imagined.

For their child's sake, Jules Bennett

He's fighting to reclaim his family. And he's playing to win. Two years ago, Sam Bailey lost the two people who mattered most. Now his daughter needs him. Despite their still-powerful attraction, Tara isn't ready to trust her estranged husband again. But Sam sees a chance to fight for their future, to redeem himself in Tara's eyes. He needs them to be a family again - even better and stronger than before...

Bite club, Laurien Berenson

Thanks to Aunt Peg and her enthusiastic pedigree dog show pals, Melanie's aptly named Bite Club reading group has book lovers all over town burying their noses in thrilling murder mysteries. But another pet project surfaces when Melanie reluctantly agrees to train a Bulldog puppy for elusive member Evan Major. Between the unusual bruise on his face and a bizarre run-in with an unknown dog show attendee, introverted Evan can't dodge trouble.

The universe has your back: transform fear to faith, Gabrielle Bernstein

In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back,New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein teaches readers how to transform their fear into faith in order to live a divinely guided life. Each story and lesson in the book guides readers to release the blocks to what they most long for: happiness, security and clear direction. The lessons help readers relinquish the need to control so they can relax into a sense of certainty and freedom.

Rogue, A J Betts

There was no going back; there was no choice, anymore. I'd chosen out and this was it: hot-cold, dry-wet, bright-dark and lonely. Hayley has gone rogue. She's left everything she's ever known - her friends, her bees, her whole world - all because her curiosity was too big to fit within the walls of the underwater home she was forced to flee.

Secrets of a teenage heiress, Katy Birchall

Flick's family have owned The Royale – one of London's most prestigious hotels – for generations. But Flick isn't that interested. She is interested in the newest guest – superstar celebrity Skylar Chase, and Sky's mega-famous group of friends, including dreamy YouTube star, Ethan Duke. But just as Flick gets the chance to join their glittering squad, she gets grounded following an unfortunate incident involving a prince, a wardrobe and a selfie stick (it could have happened to anyone!).

A haven on Orchard Lane, Lawana Blackwell

Charlotte is grateful to get to know Rosalind after years apart. As one who has regrets about her own romantic past, it's a joy for Charlotte to see love blossom for her daughter. For Rosalind, however, it's time away from teaching–and now she must care for the mother who wasn't there for her. And what could be more complicated than romance? Together, mother and daughter discover that healing is best accomplished when they focus less on themselves and more on the needs of others.

Self leadership and the one minute manager: gain the mindset and skillset for getting what you need to succeed, Kenneth H Blanchard

Twenty years after creating the phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard returns to its roots with the most powerful and essential title in the series as he explores the skills needed to empower yourself to success. In this captivating business parable, bestselling author Ken Blanchard tells the story of Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job.

Manhattan noir, Lawrence Block

Readers of Brooklyn Noir will recall that its contents were labelled by neighbourhood - Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Greenpoint, etc. We have chosen the same principle here, and the book's contents do a good job of covering the island, from C.J. Sullivan's Inwood and Charles Ardai's Upper East Side, to Justin Scott's Chelsea and Carol Lea Benjamin's Greenwich Village.

Friends without benefits, Marci Bolden

Dianna Friedman never expected her husband to leave her. After over twenty years of marriage, she's making the most of what she has left-a sarcastic near-grown son and a mountain of bills that just keeps growing. She's in over her head, but determined to survive. Until a man knocks at her door with a proposal to bring their spouses to justice. Everyone else may have seen it coming, but Paul O'Connell was blindsided by his wife's betrayal.

Snowed in with a billionaire, Karen Booth

With no money and her real name under wraps, chef Joy McKinley isn't expecting the greatest Christmas. At least her hideout is a luxury mountaintop estate. But when a gorgeous, gallant, incredibly sexy billionaire ends up snowbound with her, Joy wishes she could tell Alexander Townsend the whole truth about herself. Especially when the one thing she shares with him is her bed–and then discovers he has as many trust issues as she does.

0 That night in Texas: Marriage at any price. Texan for the taking. Tempted by scandal. A contract seduction. Wanted: billionaire's wife, Karen Booth

That Night In Texas /Joss Wood: When an accident sends Vivian Donner to the hospital, Camden McNeal is shocked to find out he's her emergency contact - and the father of her child. As floodwaters rise, he brings his surprise family home, but will their desire last through a storm of secrets? Marriage At Any Price / Lauren Canan: Seth Masters needs a wife. Ally Kincaid wants her ranch back after his family's company took it from her. It's a paper marriage made in mutual distrust...

Seasons of sorcery: a fantasy anthology, Amanda Bouchet

A curse for spring: A malevolent spell strangles the kingdom of Leathen in catastrophic drought. Prince Daric must break the curse before his people starve. A once-mighty goddess trapped in a human body might be the key–but saving his kingdom could mean losing all that he loves.
A wilderness of glass: The stretch of sea known as the Gray rules the lives of those in the village of Ancilar, including widow Brida Gazi.

Larrikins in khaki: tales of irreverence and courage from World War II diggers, Tim Bowden

With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness and sticking it up any sign of pomposity, Australian soldiers were a wild and irreverent lot, even in the worst of circumstances during World War II. In Larrikins in Khaki, Tim Bowden has collected compelling and vivid stories of individual soldiers whose memoirs were mostly self-published and who told of their experiences with scant regard for literary pretensions and military niceties.

Who's pulling your strings?: how to break the cycle of manipulation and regain control of your life, Harriet B Braiker

A powerful programme to stop manipulators in their tracks. In Who's Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker, New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, anger, and feelings of helplessness can be caused by relationships with manipulative people.

Transforming your life through self-care: a guide to tapping into your deep beauty and inner worth, Carolyn A Brent

Stop living in the poor me world and take purposeful action with discipline and determination to practice self-care, no matter what your age. This book shows you how to become your own caregiver by tapping into your deep beauty and inner worth and transforming yourself through exercise, diet, meditation, and getting rid of toxic relationships.

The stabbing in the stables, Simon Brett

When Jude pays a visit to Long Bamber Stables one evening, she does not expect to stumble across a man laying in the darkness. Walter Fleet has been stabbed to death and Jude suspects she may have arrived only seconds after the murder. It soon becomes clear that Long Bamber Stables is a hotbed of dangerous passions, murderous rivalries and more.

The hanging in the hotel, Simon Brett

A young solicitor is found hanged from his four-poster bed in a country house hotel following an all-male society dinner the night before. Jude doesn't believe it was suicide, and with her friend Carole's help, it would appear that The Pillars of Sussex are involved in a grand collusion.

The witness at the wedding, Simon Brett

Carole Seddon's son is about to be married. His fiance, Gaby, and her parents seem desperate to keep the event very discreet. After a quiet engagement party, Gaby's father disappears only to be found in a burnt out car. As the family deal with their grief, Carole begins to suspect they are also hiding secrets that can be traced back thirty years, to another murder. Cosy mystery.

The newcomer, Fern Britton

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Five unforgivable things, Vivien Brown

Over twenty years ago, Kate's dream came true. After years of struggling, she was finally pregnant after pioneering IVF. But the dream came at a cost. Neither Kate nor her husband, Dan, could have known the price that they would have to pay to fulfil their cherished wish of having their own family. Now, years later, their daughter Natalie is getting married and she's fulfilling her own dream of marrying her childhood sweetheart.

Fodor's Portugal, Lucy Bryson

Offers information on sightseeing, accommodations, restaurants, geography, events, and shopping for Portugal and surrounding areas.

A dance of cranes, Steve Burrows

A trail of murder leads Domenic Jejeune across a vast continent. Newly estranged from his girlfriend, Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns to Canada, where he soon receives news that his brother has gone missing in Wood Buffalo National Park while conducting field research on Whooping Cranes. Jejeune immediately heads out West to try to find him. Meanwhile, back in the U.K., Jejeune's plan to protect his ex-girlfriend from a dangerous adversary has failed, and she has also gone missing.

Being various: new Irish short stories, Lucy Caldwell

Ireland is going through a golden age of writing: that has never been more apparent. I wanted to capture something of the energy of this explosion, in all its variousness. Featuring brand new short stories from Kevin Barry, Eimear McBride, Belinda McKeon, Lisa McInerney, Danielle McLaughlin, Stuart Neville, Sally Rooney, Kit de Waal and many more.

Practicing positive leadership: tools and techniques that create extraordinary results, Kim S Cameron

A practical guide to the field of positive leadership, which helps leaders in all types of organisations reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and positively deviant performance.

Open carry, Marc Cameron

U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter is a born tracker. Raised in the swamplands of Florida, he honed his skills in the military, fought in the Middle East, and worked three field positions for Marshal Services. When it comes to tracking someone down; or taking someone out, Cutter's the best. But his newest assignment is taking him out of his comfort zone to southeast Alaska. Cold, dark, uninhabited forests that are often shrouded in fog.

Death at sea: Inspector Montalbano's early cases, Andrea Camilleri

The alleged manslaughter of an engineer upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an even more sinister crime, Andrea Camilleri takes his readers through eight cunning cases from the Vigàtan police files.

A nest of vipers, Andrea Camilleri

Quite a family, you had to admit! A nest of vipers might be a better description. On what should be a quiet Sunday morning, Inspector Montalbano is called to a murder scene on the Sicilian coast. A man has discovered his father dead in his Vigatan beach house: his body slumped on the dining room floor, his morning coffee spilt across the table, and a single gunshot wound at the base of his skull.

The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri

On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site–a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts, a world just as slimy and impenetrable as mud.

Flexibility & duct tape, Jack Campbell

Jack Campbell explores the worldly travels of fishing through dusty and dirty sunglasses. His gang of four, the purported swashbucklers of fly-fishing, and their adventures from pristine Alaska to "ugly water" are humorously told in this fast paced and entertaining book.Woven through the chapters that are full of tips, hints, and practical information is the story and tales of worldly travel to distant waters.

She was the quiet one, Michele Campbell

Because murderers are never who you expect... She was the quiet one... but is she guilty? For twin sisters Rose and Bel, enrolling at the prestigious new boarding school should have been a fresh start. But with its sinister rituals and traditions, Odell soon brings out a deadly rivalry between the sisters. For Sarah and husband Heath, the chance to teach at Odell seems like the best thing that ever happened to their small family – a chance to rise through the ranks and put the past behind them.

A stranger on the beach, Michele Campbell

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Those people, Louise Candlish

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Jack the Reaper, Diane Capri

After Jack Reacher handled things The Hard Way, FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are dispatched to find out whether Reacher is dead or alive. But they aren't the only ones who want to find Reacher this time. A corrupt Army General is on the hunt, too, determined to make sure Reacher reaps what he sowed. Reacher's friends Brewer and Pauling are in the crosshairs. Otto and Gaspar, too.

One summer in Positano, Georgie Capron

Libby has been drifting through life for too long and, now in her early 30s, it's time to grow up. She decides to have one last summer of fun before buckling down, so heads off to beautiful Positano in Italy. There, despite all her good intentions, she can't help but fall a little in love with the very handsome, but rather naughty, Luca and, as the summer draws to a close, Libby has some big decisions to make.

The distance between us, Georgie Capron

Happy children, happy husband, happily ever after? Tasha knows that she should count her blessings: married for eleven years, mother to three healthy children, she should be content with her lot. However, feelings of frustration have settled over her like a dark cloud. Despite living under the same roof and sharing the same bed, Tasha has never felt so distant from her husband, Charlie.

In the darkest hour, Anna Carlisle

Small-town secrets don't stay buried for long, and no one know that better than former Chicago medical examiner Gin Sullivan. On extended leave from her job, Gin is back in her hometown of Trumbull, PA, settling into a quiet life with her old high school sweetheart, Jake Crosby. But the demons of Gin's past are lying in wait–and when Jake's estranged mother turns up dead in a local motel from a heroin overdose, life in Trumbull begins to unravel one thread at a time.

The adversary: a true story of monstrous deception, Emmanuel Carrère

On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting... With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Emmanuel Carrère, begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor, eighteen years of lies, five murders, and the extremes to which ordinary people can go.

Shamed, Linda Castillo

An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against the clock. She knows the longer the girl is missing, the more likely a tragic outcome. The family of the missing girl is well thought of–a pillar of the Amish community. Their pain is palpable and they cooperate in every way, but Kate soon learns they're keeping secrets...

Cork & Fuzz: finders keepers, Dori Chaconas

Although Cork the muskrat is short and likes to find things and Fuzz the possum is tall and likes to keep things, the pair remain best friends even after Fuzz finds Cork's lost stone and decides to keep it.

Narratives of the wreck of the whale-ship Essex, Owen Chase

In 1819, the American whaler Essex was sailing deep into the great equatorial hunting grounds of the Pacific when it was destroyed by a maddened sperm whale. By all reports, the 85-foot whale deliberately rammed the ship twice and sank it. The incident, which occurred in the same year that Herman Melville was born, became a primary source of inspiration for Moby-Dick.

Room for a stranger, Melanie Cheng

Since her sister died, Meg has been on her own. She doesn't mind, not really–not with Atticus, her African grey parrot, to keep her company–but after her house is broken into by a knife-wielding intruder, she decides it might be good to have some company after all. Andy's father has lost his job, and his parents' savings are barely enough to cover his tuition. If he wants to graduate, he'll have to give up his student flat and find a homeshare.

Immoral code, Lillian Clark

Told from five viewpoints, high school friends Bellamy, Nari, Reese, Keagan, and Santiago team up to hack into Bellamy's absentee billionaire father's business accounts to skim enough money for her MIT tuition.

The flower girls, Alice Clark-Platts

Three children went out to play. Only two came back. The Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose. One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity. Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing. And the Flower Girls are about to hit the headlines all over again...

The master of Petersburg, J M Coetzee

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An unconditional freedom, Alyssa Cole

An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes ... Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people–dreams that died the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man.

Defying the billionaire's command, Michelle Conder

His prejudice... Hardened cynic Dare James is furious. Some woman has gotten her claws into his grandfather. He returns in a blaze of fury to the family estate to lay down the law...only to find himself attracted to the woman he had every intention of evicting. Her pride! Carly Evans is horrified–she's his grandfather's doctor, not a gold-digger! She can't wait to wipe the smug smile from Dare's frustratingly handsome face.

The Tourette Syndrome & OCD checklist: a practical reference for parents and teachers, Susan Conners

Up-to-date, reliable information about Tourette Syndrome and related disorders for teachers and parents. Children with TS are often teased and punished for the unusual yet uncontrollable symptoms of their disorder. Academic failure is common. The Tourette Syndrome/OCD Checklist helps parents and teachers to better understand children and youth with TS and/or OCD and provide the support and interventions these children need.

The crossing: conquering the Atlantic in the world's toughest rowing race, James Cracknell

When James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather and colossal physical stress. But their epic journey would become a living hell that tested the strength of every fibre of their being. Forty nine days later James and Ben were the first pair to cross the finishing line. They had pushed themselves physically, psychologically and emotionally to the limit.

A dangerous man, Robert Crais

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Iron will: The Stranger Next Door. Security Risk. Personal Protection. Adirondack Attack. New Orleans Noir, Janie Crouch

Iron Will / B.J. Daniels: Hank Savage is certain his girlfriend was murdered, so he hires private investigator Frankie Brewster to pretend to be his lover and help him find the killer. Before long, they are in over their heads...and head over heels. The Stranger Next Door / Debra Webb: After spending eight years in jail for a crime she didn't commit, Cecelia Winters is eager to find out who really killed her father, a religious fanatic and doomsday prepper.

Navigatören: ur NUMA:s arkiv, Clive Cussler

Years after an ancient Phoenician statue is stolen from the Baghdad museum, a series of murders sparks interest in the statue's relevance in Austin and Zavala, who lead the NUMA team on a historical investigation into the lost treasures of King Solomon.

Devil's gate, Clive Cussler

A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores- when it bursts into flames. A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster-when their boat explodes.

The autobiography of Charles Darwin: from the life and letters of Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin

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Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin

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On Brunswick ground, Catherine de Saint Phalle

In the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick a female narrator, who remains unnamed, is trying to come to terms with the absence of Jack, the man she loves. In a bar she meets Bernice, a radio personality, in her late thirties and flirting with IVF. Finding a job as a gardener, she discovers that her co-worker, Mitali, has an unresolved mourning that attracts other deaths into its orbit.

On a turning tide, Ellie Dean

Cliffehaven, October 1944. As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty. Rosie's plans for her wedding to Ron Reilly are plagued with misunderstandings. And when Ron takes on a secret assignment just days before they are due to say their vows, it seems their plans for a future together may be doomed. Meanwhile, Peggy Reilly embraces her new managerial role at the uniform factory.

Victorian holiday hearts: a boxed set, Bonnie Dee

Four seasons, four novellas about one theatrical family. They were the source of entertainment in a world without movies or television. Magic, singing and dancing, acting–the adopted and biological sons of the Andrews family could do it all. And in the warmth of their eccentric and large family circle, they could be anyone they wanted or love whomever they wished. In a world where men loving men was a crime, the Andrews and their friends found refuge for true love.

The beauty of the wolf, Wray Delaney

In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Francis Rodermere starts to lay waste to a forest. Furious, the sorceress who dwells there scrawls a curse into the bark of the first oak he fells: A faerie boy will be born to you whose beauty will be your death. Ten years later, Lord Rodermere's son, Beau is born, and all who encounter him are struck by his great beauty. Meanwhile, many miles away in a London alchemist's cellar lives Randa; a beast deemed too monstrous to see the light of day.

Moonshadow: the definitive edition, J M DeMatteis

Known as America's first fully painted graphic novel, the poetic, philosophical, and groundbreaking Moonshadow gets a deluxe hardcover treatment, with a new introduction by writer J.M. DeMatteis and a new bonus section featuring concept art and early notes from the creative team.

The voice book: caring for protecting, and improving your voice, Kate DeVore

Teaches people how to protect and improve one of their most valuable assets: their speaking voice. This title includes simple explanations of vocal anatomy and an instruction for vocal injury prevention with illustrations, photographs, and FAQs.

A girl returned, Donatella Di Pietrantonio

"I was the Arminuta," the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word 'mama' stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of place mother is. It is not mine in the way one might have good health, a safe place, certainty.

Girl in the rearview mirror, Kelsey Rae Dimberg

When a family's secrets are built on lies, all it will take is one woman to expose the truth. Desperate to leave her past behind, Finn Hunt finishes college, her next destination unknown. Ending up in Phoenix, Arizona, in the rising heat of the summer, a chance meeting with Philip Martin, the son of a prominent local Senator, leads to her being offered a position as nanny to Amabel, his five-year-old daughter. Soon Finn is caught up in the powerful and privileged world she has stumbled into.

The protector, HelenKay Dimon

Salvation, Pennsylvania. The commune located in the small town was advertised as a modern Utopia: a place to live, share, and learn with other like-minded young people. Cate Pendleton's sister was one of them. Now she's dead—and Cate won't rest until she finds out who killed her. Stonewalled at every turn, she approaches a DC Fixer for help and ends up with Damon Knox, a mysterious man with a secretive past.

The pretender, HelenKay Dimon

They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, and Harrison Tate is proof. Once a professional burglar, he now makes a lawful living tracking down stolen art. No one needs to know about his secret sideline, "liberating" artifacts acquired through underhanded methods. At least until one of those jobs sees him walking in on a murder. Gabrielle Wright has long been estranged from her wealthy family, but she didn't kill her sister.

The fixer: games people play, HelenKay Dimon

He's known only as Wren. A wealthy, dangerously secretive man, he specialises in making problems disappear. A professional fixer, Wren hides a dark past, but his privacy is shattered when Emery Finn seeks him out–and what she wants from him is very personal. Some people disappear against their will. Emery's job is to find them and bring closure. Wren is the only person who can help solve Emery's own personal mystery: the long-ago disappearance of her cousin.

The enforcer, HelenKay Dimon

Security expert Matthias Clarke hunts down people who don't want to be found. His latest prey: the sole survivor of a massacre that killed his brother years ago. Kayla Roy claimed she was a victim of the carnage. Then she disappeared. Matthias thinks Kayla may have actually been the killer and he wants justice. Kayla Roy never stays in one place too long and never lets a man get too close. But keeping Matthias at arm's length may be impossible.

The Negotiator, Helenkay Dimon

Lauren Gallagher's life changed almost three years ago. After her husband disappeared at sea, she was left with a failing pleasure boat company and more than a few secrets. Now, after years spent rebuilding the business and paying off the pile of debts, she finally feels in control. But when she finds her husband, actually dead, on the floor, she becomes the leading suspect in his murder investigation. Garrett McGrath wants Lauren in his bed, not his heart.

Spooky weird, Anh Do

Halloween's coming up, and Bella and Weir are busy working on their costumes.

Almost midnight, Paul Doiron

While on vacation, Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch receives a strange summons from Billy Cronk, one of his oldest friends and a man he had to reluctantly put behind bars for murder. Billy wants him to investigate a new female prison guard with a mysterious past, and Mike feels honour-bound to help his friend. But when the guard becomes the victim in a brutal attack at the prison, he realises there may be a darker cover-up at play–and that Billy and his family might be at risk.

John and George: the dog who changed my life, John Dolan

The incredible true story of how one man turned his life around through the companionship of his best friend. For years, John Dolan had been living rough, trying his best to get by. Born and bred on the estates of east London, his early life was marked by neglect and abuse, and his childhood gift for drawing was stamped out by the tough realities outside his front door. As he grew older, he found himself turning to petty crime to support himself and ended up in prison.

Relentless: the first person to solo kayak the Tasman, Scott Donaldson

The story of Scott Donaldson's relentless journey to be the first person to cross the Tasman sea solo in a kayak Unpredictable and unforgiving, the Tasman Sea is one of the most hostile stretches of water in the world. An Australian adventurer attempted to kayak across in 2007, disappearing without a trace. In 2018 Kiwi adventurer Scott Donaldson spent two months alone at sea to achieve a world first. It was his third attempt, having fallen a heartbreaking 80 kilometres short in 2014.

The f*ck it diet, Caroline Dooner

The anti-diet bible that calls time's up to poisonous beliefs about food, weight and worth. Dieting doesn't work. Not long term. In fact, our bodies are hardwired against it. But each time our diets fail, instead of considering that maybe our ridiculously low-carb diet is the problem, we wonder what's wrong with us. But it's time we called a spade a spade: Constantly trying to eat the smallest amount possible is a miserable way to live, and it isn't even working. So f*ck it.

Bright light, Ian Douglas

There's no more time... There's always more time... Trevor Gray has been stripped of his command of the starship America, and is unsure what to do with his life. Having dedicated so much of himself to the service, he knew following the super-AI Konstantin's advice could have severe consequences. He just never thought he would be out of the fight. Because that's what Earth is in: a fight against a sinister alien force so technologically advanced that there seems little hope.

Gardening myths and misconceptions, Charles Dowding

Some mythical beliefs run deep into the collective unconscious and once ingrained as "certain facts" in the public domain, they are difficult to question, even when they contain contradictions or are demonstrably untrue. There are many such beliefs in gardening, some with discernible origins in history, some which have established for no obvious reason. This book is asking questions, because mythical beliefs hide methods of easier working, for better results.

Organic gardening: the natural no-dig way, Charles Dowding

Charles Dowding, who started the first vegetable box scheme in 1983, shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have enabled him to run a successful organic garden supplying local restaurants and shops for over 25 years.

Salad leaves for all seasons: organic growing from pot to plot, Charles Dowding

This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year will inspire you to grow your own greens, whether on a windowsill, in your garden, or on your allotment. Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy, and tasty salads.

How to grow winter vegetables, Charles Dowding

Winter and early spring require a different kind of gardening than the summer months: not a lot grows at this time, but a well-planned plot may nonetheless be quite full. This book explains how to have plenty of vegetables to eat during the winter months, both stored and fresh. Through winter, soil is cool and transforms the plot into a large outdoor larder where many vegetables keep healthy and alive, ready for harvesting when needed.

Guardian of secrets: a library jumpers novel, Brenda Drake

Having to balance her Chiavi hunt with being a Sentinel, going to school, and dealing with her wonky relationship with Arik, Gia must find a way to save the world from the upcoming apocalypse.

Thief of lies, Brenda Drake

Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels-magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures travelling across the gateway books-rescue them from a demonic hound.

In the shadows of Vesuvius: a life of Pliny, Daisy Dunn

Ash spewed into the sky. All eyes were on Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder sailed towards the phenomenon. A teenage Pliny the Younger waited. His uncle did not come back. In a dazzling new literary biography, Daisy Dunn introduces Pliny the Younger, the survivor who became a Roman lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, curator of drains, and representative of the Emperor.

Miss Nightingale's nurses, Kate Eastham

Ada Houston's life is shattered when her brother Frank goes missing following an accident at the docks. But a short time later she hears a rumour that he survived and left Liverpool to fight a foreign war. Determined not to lose him a second time she boards a ship to bring him home. But the battlefields of the Crimea are a hostile place for a penniless young woman. Then one day a lifeline is thrown her way as she is offered the chance to train as a nurse under the famous Florence Nightingale.

The Liverpool nightingales, Kate Eastham

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Before the dawn, Cynthia Eden

An FBI profiler tracks a case that resurrects ghosts from his past. Ex-SEAL Tucker Frost knows that the world is full of evil. He saw it in the face of his own brother, Jason Frost, a cold, methodical, sadistic killer. A killer Tucker put down with his own hands in order to save Jason's final victim–Dawn Alexander, the only girl who got away from the infamous 'Iceman'.

After the dark, Cynthia Eden

A disgraced FBI profiler must save her reputation by stopping a sadistic killer she knows all too well. Former FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, an expert on the twisted minds and dark hearts of the most depraved criminals. But when her own former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha's career was destroyed. Blamed for the FBI's failure on the complex case, Samantha left Washington, DC, for the quiet anonymity of Alabama.

Into the night, Cynthia Eden

Two FBI agents are caught in a merciless vigilante's crosshairs in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's electric Killer Instinct series. Sheltered in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains is the suspect who's summoned FBI agent Macey Night's fears to the surface. Every day that the 'Profiler', a vigilante serial killer, escapes justice is another day she's reminded of what it is to be a ruthless predator's prey. Capturing him is a craving deeper than anything she's felt in a long time.

A nearly normal family, M T Edvardsson

Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella's father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect.

A savage dreamland: journeys in Burma, David Eimer

The first of its kind: an exploration of one of the most mysterious countries in the world, as told by one of the first outsiders to access the country in its entirety. For almost fifty years Burma was ruled by a paranoid military dictatorship and isolated from the outside world.

Murder in an English village, Jessica Ellicott

As friends, the boisterous and brash American Beryl couldn't be less alike than the prim and proper British Edwina. But as sleuths in an England recovering from the Great War, they're the perfect match … 1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress Beryl Helliwell never fails to surprise and shock. The last thing her adoring public would expect is that she craves some peace and quiet.

Murder flies the coop, Jessica Ellicott

Adventure-seeking American Beryl Helliwell and her old English school chum, Edwina Davenport, who share a household in the hamlet of Walmsley Parva, set up their own informal private investigation business. Their first client, Vicar Wilfred Lowethorpe, calls on them for help in a matter that requires sensitivity and discretion.

Ducks, Newburyport, Lucy Ellmann

Latticing one cherry pie after another, an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality and the torrent of meaningless info that is the United States of America. She worries about her children, her dead parents, African elephants, the bedroom rituals of "happy couples", Weapons of Mass Destruction, and how to hatch an abandoned wood pigeon egg.

Three pretty widows, Barbara Else

A delicately layered, humorous novel, deliciously written, ranging over time and place. In the aftermath of Barnaby Rivers' death, complictions arise for three beautiful women: Bella, Ruth and wicked old Jocasta. Now nothing can go on in the old way. Crisis looms. In her funniest novel yet, Barbara Else contrasts attitudes to beauty, motherhood … and men. Looking down on it all is Barnaby himself, not sure if he's an angel or ghost.

Identity crisis, Ben Elton

Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage. A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn't 'get' a single thing about anything anymore.

Range: how generalists triumph in a specialized world, David Epstein

A powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize. From the `10,000 hours rule' to the power of Tiger parenting, we have been taught that success in any field requires early specialization and many hours of deliberate practice. And, worse, that if you dabble or delay, you'll never catch up with those who got a head start. This is completely wrong.

Perform under pressure, Ceri Evans

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Searching for Sunday: loving, leaving, and finding the church, Rachel Held Evans

Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel Held Evans didn't want to go to church anymore. The hypocrisy, the politics, the gargantuan building budgets, the scandals. Church culture seemed so far removed from Jesus. Yet, despite her cynicism and misgivings, something kept drawing her back to Church. And so she set out on a journey to understand Church and to find her place in it.

A fortunate life, A B Facey

This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, a parentless boy who began work at eight, struggled as a rural worker, survived Gallipoli, the loss of his farm in the Depression, the death of his son in WWII and that of his wife after sixty years - yet felt that his life was fortunate.

The shining wall, Melissa Ferguson

In a ruined world, where wealthy humans push health and longevity to extremes and surround themselves with a shining metal wall, privilege and security is predicated on the services of cloned Neandertals, and the exploitation of women in the shanty towns and wastelands beyond the fortress city. This is the frightening yet moving story of orphaned Alida and her younger sister Graycie, and their struggle for survival in the Demi-Settlements outside the wall.

Civvy street, Fiona Field

Major Mike Collins and his wife, Susie, struggle to adjust to life on civvy street, while their rebellious twin daughters react very badly to the disastrous change in their circumstances. Meanwhile, dramas are unfolding back at the regiment. Maddy Fanshaw has forgiven her husband Seb for his affair, but trouble brews when he is promoted over the head of a more senior friend.

Soldiers' wives, Fiona Field

Interweaves the stories of three women trying to get to grips with military life. Chrissie, orphaned young, finds solace in her career as a medic in the regiment, but will love for a married man prove her undoing? Maddy, a brilliant Oxford graduate, is bogged down with a fretful baby and a super-ambitious officer husband. Will she be able to stand life as a regimental wife? And Jenna - glamorous, bad girl Jenna, who doesn't believe in rules and regulations.

Mr. Darcy's true love, April Floyd

Elizabeth Bennet goes to London with newlyweds Jane and Charles Bingley and is reunited with a kinder Mr. Darcy than she remembers from their first meetings in Hertfordshire. Before their romance can blossom, Mr. Bingley's cousins arrive in town and jealousies arise. Elizabeth is uncomfortable with the attention paid her by Mr. Bingley's male cousin and curious about his female cousin's prior history with Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Darcy's Christmas wedding, April Floyd

After Jane Bennet's wedding to Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth Bennet must race to Gretna Green with her father and Mr. Darcy to save her youngest sister Lydia from marrying the rakish Lieutenant Wickham. Along the way, highwaymen and a winter storm threaten Mr. Bennet's health and Lydia's foolish elopement. When Mr. Darcy comforts Elizabeth in the midst of her fight to save her family, their love reveals itself and saves the day.

The postcard, Zoë Folbigg

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Mine after dark, Marie Force

It's the dead of winter on Gansett Island, and Riley McCarthy's mood matches the lousy weather as he and his family work to bring their new business, McCarthy's Wayfarer, back to life. He can't deny that he's been in a funk since Nikki Stokes and her twin sister, Jordan, left the island last fall without saying goodbye.

Yours after dark, Marie Force

Finn McCarthy, the youngest of the McCarthy cousins, is at a crossroads. As the lease on his Gansett Island rental comes to an end, he's making plans to return to his real life on the mainland. He's enjoyed the nearly two years on Gansett with his boisterous fun loving family, but it's time to get back to the life he put on hold when he came to the island for his cousin's wedding and never left.

The hope of Azure Springs, Rachel Fordham

When a young woman wakes up injured and alone in the frontier town of Azure Springs in 1881, she must find a way to face her past, embrace her future, and rescue what she's lost.

Yours truly, Thomas, Rachel Fordham

A young woman working at the Dead Letter Office in 1883 opens a series of heartbreaking love letters. She's determined to find their rightful owner and make things right. But a trip to Azure Springs, Iowa, may provide love and healing for more than just the letter writer.

Lucas, Delores Fossen

A Texas Lawman will do anything to protect his son–even if it includes reuniting with the boy's on-the-run mother... Lucas Ryland always had a way with the ladies–until Hailey Darrow dropped him after a shared night of passion. Then he discovered her unconscious body in a wrecked car, with a fake ID and enough cash to disappear. Unbeknownst to him, the one who got away was leaving town with his baby... Now Hailey is out of her coma and still in danger.

Drury, Delores Fossen

An FBI agent must protect his ex and her newborn baby. FBI agent Drury Ryland is no stranger to surprises. But upon returning to his family's cattle ranch in Texas, he's confronted with the ghosts of his past...and a threat to his future. Caitlyn Denson is the beautiful woman who broke his heart and the last person Drury expected to reunite with. But his ex didn't arrive at Silver Creek Ranch alone.

Sawyer, Lori Foster

This Buckhorn brother will fight for the woman of his dreams in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster...As the only doctor in Buckhorn County, Kentucky, Sawyer Hudson knows a thing or two about saving lives. But when he rescues the beautiful Honey Malone from a car wreck and nurses her to health at his home, he finds himself dreading the day she's well enough to walk away. Because now that he's met the woman of his dreams, he's not about to let her go.

Jordan, Lori Foster

Jordan Sommerville was a healer of helpless animals, rescuer of strays, a man who could seduce a woman with his voice alone. Yet he didn't use that power often. His brothers kidded that he was holding out for a paragon of virtue and not many in Buckhorn qualified. But then he met Georgia, and broke all his own rules. Georgia Barnes supported herself and her kids as a dancer–an exotic dancer. If Jordan Sommerville didn't like it, he could take a hike.

Morgan, Lori Foster

A Buckhorn brother is ready to settle down... too bad he's falling for a spitfire!Buckhorn's big, bad sheriff, Morgan Hudson, wants a wife–one who's even-tempered, undemanding and content with small-town life. So why can't he stop thinking about brazen Misty Malone? The dark-haired city girl is downright aggravating–and she sure loves to aggravate him in particular. But though she may not be perfect, Morgan starts to realise that they just might be perfect together...

Boone, Lori Foster

Second chances were never more seductive than those in this brand-new Buckhorn novella...The day April Kasper offered herself to Boone Barton is etched in her memory - for all the wrong reasons. He turned her down flat. Five years later the humiliation still stings, but April isn't a naive kid anymore. Now that Boone is back in Buckhorn, she needs him to see that she's older, wiser and over him. Or at least two out of three...Back then, Boone was a bad boy - no question.

Bryant & May: London's glory, Christopher Fowler

In every detective's life there are cases that can't be discussed, and throughout the Bryant & May novels there have been mentions of some of these such as the Deptford Demon or the Little Italy Whelk Smuggling Scandal.

Gone by midnight, Candice Fox

Crimson Lake is where bad people come to disappear - and where eight-year-old boys vanish into thin air …On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young friends are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when Sara Farrow checks on the children at midnight, her son is missing. The boys swear they stayed in their room, and CCTV confirms Richie has not left the building. Despite a thorough search, no trace of the child is found.

Shapeshifters: on medicine & human change, Gavin Francis

To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, award-winning writer and doctor Gavin Francis considers the transformations in mind and body that continue across the arc of human life. Some of these changes we have little choice about. We can't avoid puberty, the menopause, or our hair turning grey. Others may be welcome milestones along our path - a much-wanted pregnancy, a cancer cured, or a long-awaited transition to another gender.

Trusting him: an Italian romance, Diana Fraser

Passion wasn't high on Rose's agenda growing up in poverty: survival was, independence was, but not the crazy, elemental passion that she'd found with Giovanni Visconti. But, after a year together, the passion had twisted into jealousy and control and Rose had disappeared–seemingly unable to deal with her husband's passionate nature. But, two years later, Giovanni tracks Rose down.

The floating Feldmans, Elyssa Friedland

Sink or swim. Or at least that's what Annette Feldman tells herself when she books a cruise for her entire family. It's been over a decade since the Feldman clan has spent more than twenty-four hours under the same roof, but Annette is determined to celebrate her seventieth birthday the right way. Just this once, they are going to behave like an actual family. Too bad her kids didn't get the memo.

The diabetes code: prevent and reverse Type 2 diabetes naturally, Jason Fung

Writing with clear, persuasive language, Dr. Jason Fung explains the only way to treat type 2 diabetes effectively is proper dieting and intermittent fasting; not medication. Dr. Fung proposes a new, evidence-based way to break the cycle of high blood glucose and increased insulin resistance.

The guardian of lies, Kate Furnivall

1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting allegiances. Eloïse Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, André, and when he leaves to become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to help protect France, she soon follows him.

Don't panic: Douglas Adams & the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, Neil Gaiman

Told in the same fanciful, irreverent style as the Hitchhiker trilogy, with scraps of scripts, letters and comments from Adams, Don't Panic is the perfect companion to one of the most successful series in publishing history.

The claiming of the shrew, Shana Galen

What happens when a marriage of convenience isn't so convenient? Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Draven has retired from the army and spends most of his days either consulting for the Foreign Office or whiling away the hours at his club with his former comrades-in-arms. He rarely thinks about the fiery Portuguese woman he saved from an abusive marriage by wedding her himself. It was supposed to be a marriage in name only, but even five years later and a world away, he can't seem to forget her.

Already here: a doctor discovers the truth about heaven, Leo Galland

This book tells of the death of Leo Galland's son Christopher at the age of 22, the direct visual evidence Christopher showed him that our souls do go on, and the communications he received from Christopher's spirit that dramatically changed Leo's understanding of life and its meaning.

Jennie, Paul Gallico

If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Peter Brown longs for a pet cat. One day, he is following a stray cat through the streets when he is knocked down and seriously hurt. On waking, he is astonished to find that he has turned into a cat... The world is a dangerous place for him, but luckily he is rescued and befriended by Jennie, a kindly stray tabby who has been abandoned by her owners.

A geek in Japan: discovering the land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the tea ceremony, Héctor García

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The moment of lift: how empowering women changes the world, Melinda Gates

For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: if you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she's learned from the inspiring people she's met during her work and travels around the world.

Reality ends here, Alison Gaylin

Story of a teenage girl caught between her image-obsessed family stars of a hit reality show about her sextuplet siblings and the long-buried truth about her biological father. With a major crush on an adorable pop star, annoying younger siblings, and a mom and stepdad who are too strict, Estella Blanchard is a typical teenage girl except that her daily struggles are plotlines on the reality show Seven Is Heaven, which relentlessly documents her life as the older half-sister of sextuplets.

The hippopotamus marsh: the epic historical Egyptian classic adventures, Pauline Gedge

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The oasis, Pauline Gedge

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The Horus Road, Pauline Gedge

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Midnight falcon, David Gemmell

Bane the Bastard is the illegitimate son of the Rigante king who men called Demonblade. Born of treachery, Bane grew up an outcast in his own land, feared by his fellow highlanders, and denied by the father whose unmistakable mark he bore-the eyes of Connavar, one tawny brown, the other emerald green. Hounded from the country of his birth, Bane found acceptance across the seas-only to have it stripped away in an instant by a cruel and deadly swordsman.

Last woman standing, Amy Gentry

Humiliated by a man who held her career in his hands, Dana Diaz's life and reputation are in tatters. Drowning her sorrows one night in a bar, she gets speaking to a stranger, Amanda - and finds that she, too, has a story to tell. Over a drink, Amanda proposes a plan. The women should take revenge on each other's behalf. Stalking and tormenting the people that wronged them carries a thrill - and one act of revenge soon leads to another.

Peppa goes around the world, Rebecca Gerlings

An exciting travelling tale based on the Peppa Pig special episode, Around the World! In this story, Peppa visits friends located across the globe in her very own aeroplane. With journeys to the South Pole, snowy mountain tops, the jungle and the desert, this is a colourful and action-packed Peppa adventure.

Committed: [a skeptic makes peace with marriage], Elizabeth Gilbert

At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love,Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe - a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both survivors of difficult divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the U.S.

Scourge of wolves, David Gilman

Winter, 1361. After two decades of conflict, Edward III has finally agreed a treaty with the captive French King, John II. In return for his freedom, John has ceded vast tracts of territory to the English. But for five long years mercenary bands and belligerent lords have fought over the carcass of his kingdom. They will not give up their hard-won spoils to honour a defeated king's promises. If the English want their prize, they'll have to fight for it ...

The other half of Augusta Hope, Joanna Glen

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in. At six, she's memorising the dictionary. At seven, she's correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia. When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown.

Running target, Elizabeth Goddard

She escaped right into danger... A routine patrol turns deadly when marine deputy Bree Carrington's boat is sunk by men carrying illegal weapons. Fleeing a barrage of bullets, she's suddenly rescued by DEA agent Quinn Strand - her ex-boyfriend. Quinn's return threatens more than Bree's heart...because he's the one the men are really after.

Distress signal, Elizabeth Goddard

Perilous reunion at sea... When shipwreck archaeologist Cora Strand is attacked and the research boat she's on explodes, her ex comes to her rescue. Years ago, Kirk Higgins forfeited her heart, and now with no memory of who attacked her, Cora must trust him with her life.

Woman in black, Eileen Goudge

Best friends as girls, a housekeeper's daughter and a daughter of privilege find their fortunes reversed when they meet as adults in this sweeping saga of secrets, betrayal, and friendship. The caretaker's cottage is the only home fifteen-year-old Abigail Armstrong has ever known. She and her mother, Rosalie, work for the well-to-do Meriwhethers. Lila Meriwhether is Abigail's best friend, and Abigail has fallen in love with Lila's twin brother, Vaughn.

The girl who fell, Violet Grace

Chess Raven is a hacker who has grown up with nothing and no one. Her parents died when she was three and her foster care situation turned out badly, very badly. But on her 16th birthday, her life is turned upside down. Chess learns her mother was Queen of the Fae and her father was a brilliant physicist.

Marry in secret, Anne Gracie

A rugged and ruined naval officer comes to claim his bride in an unforgettable tale of love, revenge and redemption from the national bestselling author of Marry in Scandal. Lady Rose Rutherford'rebel, heiress, and exasperated target of the town's hungry bachelors'has a plan to gain the freedom she so desperately desires: she will enter into a marriage of convenience with the biggest prize on the London marriage mart.

In the shadow of winter, Lorna Gray

A relentless winter holds post-war Britain in its deadly grip, and Eleanor Phillips rides out from her beleaguered Cotswold farm to rescue a stranger lost in the storm. But the near-dead man is no stranger and when she recognises Matthew Croft, the old ties of a failed romance tug deeply. Her sweetheart has returned from the war. Suspicion, the police and the panicked flight of a desperate man beat a path to her door.

Secrets of the frontline nurses, Holly Green

As the First World War rages on, Leonora has been separated from best friend Victoria as they both do their bit for the war effort volunteering for the Red Cross and as a nurse at the Front. Despite the hardships of war, Leonora is delighted to be reunited with her sweetheart Colonel Malkovic. But her happiness is short-lived when she falls pregnant. When she finally plucks up the courage to tell him the news, tragedy strikes and he is reported missing in action.

Alex in Wonderland, Simon James Green

In the town of Newsands, painfully shy Alex is abandoned by his two best friends for the summer. But he unexpectedly lands a part-time job at Wonderland, a run-down amusement arcade on the seafront, where he gets to know the other teen misfits who work there. Alex starts to come out of his shell, and even starts to develop feelings for co-worker Ben... who, as Alex's bad luck would have it, has a girlfriend.

The Weird of Hali: Innsmouth, John Michael Greer

Like every other grad student at Miskatonic University, Owen Merrill knows about the Great Old Ones, the nightmare beings out of ancient legend that H.P. Lovecraft unearthed from archaic texts and turned into icons of modern fantasy fiction. Then a chance discovery–a lost letter written by Lovecraft to fellow Weird Tales author Robert Blake–offers a glimpse into the frightful reality behind the legends, and sends Owen on a desperate quest for answers that shatters his familiar world forever.

The earl next door, Amelia Grey

When Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake, learns of her husband's sudden death, she realizes she's free. At last, she can do, go, and be as she pleases. Finally, she can have the life she has always dreamed of. She doesn't need, or want, to remarry. Especially not the supremely dashing future Marquis of Marksworth, who makes Adeline yearn for his desire... Lord Lyonwood, son of a philandering marquis, will not be like his father.

An earl to enchant, Amelia Grey

Lord Morgandale is as notorious as he is dashing, and he's determined no woman will tie him down, but from the moment Arianna Sweet appears on his doorstep, he cannot resist the lure of her fascinating personality, exotic wardrobe, and tempting green eyes. Still, Arianna has a deadly secret. She is in possession of her father's groundbreaking discovery, one that someone would kill for. She can't tell Lord Morgandale her secret, but she knows she needs his help, desperately.

The 117-storey treehouse, Andy Griffiths

Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum, a photo-bombing booth, a waiting room, a Door of Doom, a circus, a giant-robot-fighting arena, a traffic school, a water-ski park filled with flesh-eating piranhas and a treehouse visitor centre with a 24-hour information desk, a penguin-powered flying treehouse tour bus and a gift shop.

Forrest Gump, Winston Groom

Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of Univerity of Alabama's football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a villainous wrestler, and a business tycoon – as he wonders with childlike wisdom at the insanity all around him.

Children of exile, Margaret Peterson Haddix

For the past twelve years, adults called "Freds" have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since Rosi is the oldest, all the younger kids are looking to her with questions she doesn't have the answers to. She'd always trusted the Freds completely, but now she's not so sure.

Children of refuge, Margaret Peterson Haddix

It's been barely a day since Edwy left Fredtown to be with his parents and, already, he is being sent away. He's smuggled off to boarding school in Refuge City, where he will be with his brother and sister, who don't even like him very much.

The water thief, Claire Hajaj

When a heart attack kills his father, young architect Nick abandons his comfortable London life to volunteer abroad for a year; a last chance to prove himself, and atone for old sins. But in a remote village on the edge of the Sahara, dangerous currents soon engulf him: a simmering family conflict, hidden violence and fanaticism, his host's lonely wife hiding secrets of her own. Their attraction threatens both their worlds, blurring the line between right and wrong.

The affair of the mysterious letter, Alexis J Hall

Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Ms. Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation. When Ms.

The familiars, Stacey Halls

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Crushed, Kate Hamer

Phoebe stands on Pultenay Bridge trying to cover her face with her hair so she won't be recognized. Her tights are gashed from toe to thigh. She has lost a shoe. People keep looking. Was it five, or ten minutes later she heard the commotion? Phoebe ran down the road until she saw. Mangled metal. Blood ran down the walls. Phoebe believes this was of her making. She thought murder, and murder happened.

All the dirty parts: a novel, Daniel Handler

Cole is a boy in high school. He runs cross country, he sketches, he jokes around with friends. But none of this quite matters next to the allure of sex. "Let me put it this way," he says. "Draw a number line, with zero is you never think about sex and ten is, it's all you think about, and while you are drawing the line, I am thinking about sex." Cole fantasises about whomever he's looking at. He consumes and shares pornography.

Breathless, Helen Hardt

Marjorie Steel is still healing from the events of the past year, and she's happy to put her plans to study culinary arts on hold to help her best friend deal with a difficult pregnancy and two recently adopted troubled boys. The fact that Bryce Simpson spends a lot of time at the Steel Ranch is a benefit, and she's ready to see if her attraction to him might be something more. Bryce wants to do a hard day's work on the ranch.

Undaunted, Helen Hardt

Breaking into a cemetery isn't anything Dante Gabriel ever thought he'd do, but he has no choice. He must recover his father's body so he can claim his estate. Help arrives from two unexpected sources, but their plan is interrupted. Erin Hamilton's best friend is a wolf shifter. The man she loves is a vampire. His father is a ghost. She can deal with all of that, but new worries have surfaced.

American duchess: a novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt, Karen Harper

Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her "The Wedding of the Century" to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind "the glitter and the gold." On a cold November day in 1895, a carriage approaches St Thomas Episcopal Church on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Massive crowds surge forward, awaiting their glimpse of heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Legends of the fall, Jim Harrison

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Clementine Rose and the treasure box, Jacqueline Harvey

Clementine Rose and her new friends have a mission: to save the village hall. Clementine Rose can't believe her luck. Her new neighbours have not one, not two, but three children for her to play with. And to top it all off, the children's mother has promised to give ballet lessons. Clemmie can't wait to put on a tutu and learn to dance. When something terrible happens to the local hall, the ballet lessons are put on hold.

Clementine Rose and the bake-off dilemma, Jacqueline Harvey

Clementine Rose is bursting with plans for the school holidays! But with the announcement that a new cooking show will be filmed in the village, everything changes. While Clementine is disappointed that her activities have been cancelled, she soon has an idea and takes to the kitchen in a baking frenzy. If only her mother wasn't feeling so sick and could help out when things turn sticky.

Somewhere out there, Amy Hatvany

A young mother surrenders her daughters. A loving family quickly adopts one while the other spends her turbulent youth in foster care. What happens when the sisters reunite thirty-five years later to find the woman who abandoned them? Natalie Clark knew never to ask her sensitive adoptive mother questions about her past. She doesn't even know her birth mother's name—only that the young woman signed parental rights over to the state when Natalie was a baby.

The dark woods: Trusting the sheriff. Hostage at Hawk's Landing. HiddeniIdentity. The girl who couldn't forget. Storm warning, Michele Hauf

The Dark Woods / Debra Webb: Sasha Lenoir has always wondered what happened on the night her parents died. Now she'll do anything to learn the truth, even if that means employing the help of US Marshal Branch Holloway - the father of the child she's kept secret for more than a dozen years.Trusting The Sheriff / Janice Kay Johnson: Detective Abby Baker can't remember anything from the past week. She just knows that someone tried to kill her.

Symphony in C: carbon and the evolution of (almost) everything, Robert M Hazen

An enchanting biography of the most resonant – and most necessary – chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living thing. It is the essential component of the food we eat, the fuel we burn, the wood we use and the air we breathe. It is worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries to be solved about the element that can be both diamond and coal.

Shockwave, Jack Heath

Will you survive or will you die? You are swimming through the ocean, trying to escape dangerous mercenaries who have planted a bomb on the mainland. Behind you, getting closer, is the largest shark you've ever seen. An explosion rips out from the shoreline and a massive wave flings you closer to the stunned shark's open mouth. You don't have much time, and you need to get to land. Do you keep swimming or do you climb onto the shark's back to ride to shore? Thirty minutes. Thirty paths.

Bullet train disaster, Jack Heath

You are strapped tightly into your seat on the bullet train. The mountain track is so steep, the aisle is a staircase. As the train accelerates at top speed, a passenger slips out of his seat and begins to fall to the back of the train. He will probably die. Do you unstrap yourself to save him, or do you stay in your seat? Countdown the minutes in Jack Heath's terrifying story of your survival, or your demise! You decide.

The trouble with cowboy weddings, Nicole Helm

As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn't always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he's the only authority. He's loved Louisa "Lou" Fairchild for longer than he can remember, even though they've never been more than friends. But with Lou stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, Gavin is going to help the way any true friend would–with a proposal of a strictly business-like, in-name-only marriage...at least to start.

An anonymous girl, Greer Hendricks

When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she's thinking, and what she's hiding.

The bride test, Helen Hoang

From the critically acclaimed author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...

The outside, Ada Hoffmann

Super-intelligent AI Gods rule the galaxy. Their algorithms determine the rewards you reap before and after death. But the Gods give and the Gods take away. And Yasira has never been good at Gods... Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive on board The Pride of Jai that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone left inside.

Top tips from the baby whisperer: sleep: secrets to getting your baby to sleep through the night, Tracy Hogg

This tip-based edition distils the wisdom Tracy Hogg demonstrated in her bestselling 'Secrets of the Baby Whisperer'. This follow-up aims to enable parents to work out what kind of baby they have and what parenting plan will work best for them.

The single mums move on, Janet Hoggarth

Can neighbours become more than good friends? After her fiancé left her, Ali and her daughter Grace enjoyed living in what became known as 'the Single Mums' Mansion'. However, with her best friends Amanda and Jacqui moving on, it's time for Ali and Grace to make their own way. Thankfully, a chance conversation leads to them moving into the infamous South London gated community known only as The Mews. In The Mews everyone lives in each other's pockets and curtain twitching is an Olympic sport.

One little secret, Cate Holahan

One Little Secret promises to keep readers' eyes glued to the pages and debating the blinders that we all put on in the service of politeness.

Laura Lake and the hipster weddings, Wendy Holden

Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine–sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapés. But she's just got her first big break: infiltrate three society weddings and write a juicy exposé. Security will be tighter than a bodycon dress, but how hard can it be? Cue disappearing brides, demanding socialites–and a jealous office enemy who will do anything to bring her down.

Bolder, Carl Honoré

Ageing is inevitable. In this time of longer lifespans, however, we have the potential to age better than ever before. Having travelled the globe to meet the pioneers who are redefining ageing, Carl Honoré explores the cultural, medical and technological trends that will help us make the most of our longer lives. He shows us that the time has come to cast off prejudices and blur the lines of what is possible at every age.

Promise me you'll shoot yourself: the mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945, Florian Huber

A wave of suicides broke across Germany in 1945 as tens of thousands chose death–for themselves and their children–rather than face the defeat of the Third Reich and the reckoning to come. Using the words of eyewitnesses, historian Florian Huber tells of one of the largest mass suicides in history and its suppression by survivors–offering a fascinating insight into the feelings of ordinary people caught in the tide of history who saw no other way out.

How to survive: lessons for everyday life from the extreme world, John Hudson

What is the connection between crawling through a jungle and your to do' list? What can ejecting out of a stealth bomber teach you about the importance of thinking the worst? What can surviving in extreme situations teach us about surviving everyday life?John Hudson, Chief Survival Instructor to the British Military, knows what it takes to survive.

The iron man: a story in five nights, Ted Hughes

Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world.

No way out, Cara Hunter

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life. Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone? Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley's worst nightmare comes true. Because this fire wasn't an accident. It was murder.

Curtain call, Graham Hurley

Thirty-nine-year-old Enora Andresson is a successful actress and a woman in her prime. But for how long? Tests have revealed an aggressive brain tumour that could kill her. Already struggling with the wreckage of her marriage and a strained relationship with her teenage son, Malo, she hasn't anticipated the appearance of investigative journalist Mitch Culligan on her doorstep.

For all mankind, Harry Hurt

Updated with a new introduction by the author for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, For All Mankind remains one of the most comprehensive and revealing firsthand accounts of space travel ever assembled. In their own words, the astronauts share the sights, sounds, thoughts, fears, hopes and dreams they experienced during their incredible voyages.

Darien, Conn Iggulden

The city of Darien stands at the weary end of a golden age. Twelve families keep order with soldiers and artefacts, spies and memories, clinging to a peace that shifts and crumbles. The people of the city endure what they cannot change. Here, amongst old feuds, a plot is hatched to kill a king.

The falcon of Sparta, Conn Iggulden

401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. The sons of Sparta, those whose fathers and grandfathers fell at Thermopylae and perished in the Peloponnesian Wars, work as mercenaries for Persian princes eager to play the game of thrones.

Shiang, Conn Iggulden

In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Mazer swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion. This city is a place of quiet and slow dignity, like a man eating rice with a razor pressed against his throat.Yet with one sharp movement, order is overturned. The balance of centuries is undone in the sudden spill of blood, and in the darkness, something terrible returns to Shiang. Far to the west, four Shiang masters approach the city walls of Darien.

A very private enterprise, Elizabeth Ironside

When security officer George Sinclair is sent to investigate a murder in Delhi, his orders are to get it cleaned up quickly. But he soon discovers things are complicated. Hugo Frencham, Britain's Head of Chancery at the High Commission, is found stabbed in his bungalow. Conflicting leads indicate it was either a sex game pushed too far or a botched robbery.

I have never, Camilla Isley

Twenty-nine-year-old Blair Walker is a girl with a plan, or more a girl with a list. A list of dos and don'ts to live the perfect life, land a dream career, and marry Mr. Right. But when Blair loses her job and gets dumped by her boyfriend all in one day, she starts to wonder if she's had it all wrong.

Super sports spectacular, George Ivanoff

Athlete of the century or phenomenal sporting failure! You are ready for a day of fun-filled physical activity. There are so many cool sports to try but you notice that some of the competitors look a little unnatural. The basketball players are way too tall and some kids just look too perfect.

Romancing the bride, Melissa Jagears

Desperate to keep the ranch where three of her children and a husband lie buried, Annie Gephart must marry or sell. Which of the few bachelors in town would consider a surprise proposal to wed a plain widow with a rebellious daughter, a spirited boy, and unpaid taxes–without laughing in her face?

A bachelor's paradise: secret escapes. A Cinderella for the Greek. The flaw in Raffaele's revenge. His forever family, Julia James

A Cinderella For The Greek / Julia James: Cruelly mistreated by her stepfamily, Ellen Mountford retreated to the shadows of her father's home. But when powerful tycoon Max Vasilikos wants to buy the glorious English country estate, Ellen can hide no longer...Under the scrutiny of the Greek's arrogant stare, Ellen fights the urge to retreat further and stands up to him, yet Max is relentless. He tempts her out to a glamorous charity gala, where Ellen is the belle of the ball.

Dead at first sight, Peter James

A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world and that neither women exist. Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich.

The last, Hanna Jameson

Breaking: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington. Breaking: London hit, thousands feared dead. Breaking: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm. Historian Jon Keller is on a trip to Switzerland when the world ends. As the lights go out on civilization, he wishes he had a way of knowing whether his wife, Nadia and their two daughters are still alive. More than anything, Jon wishes he hadn't ignored Nadia's last message. Twenty people remain in Jon's hotel.

The missing sister, Dinah Jefferies

Belle Hatton has embarked upon an exciting new life far from home: a glamorous job as a nightclub singer in 1930s Burma, with a host of sophisticated new friends and admirers. But Belle is haunted by a mystery from the past - a 25 year old newspaper clipping found in her parents' belongings after their death, saying that the Hattons were leaving Rangoon after the disappearance of their baby daughter, Elvira.

Kidnapping my daughter, Rachel Jensby

At just twenty-years-old, Rachel Jensby finds herself faced with a desperate reality: either continue to hand her nineteen-month-old daughter over to the man who is sexually abusing her as the court has ordered her to do, or go into hiding to help her child escape the certainty of further sexual assaults. Kidnapping My Daughter is the true account of a mother who spent more than two years on the run, first from local and state authorities only, and then eventually from the FBI as well.

Warrior witch, Danielle L Jensen

Sometimes, one must become the unimaginable...Cecile and Tristan have accomplished the impossible, but their greatest challenge remains: defeating the evil that they have unleashed upon the world.As they scramble for a way to protect the people of the Isle and liberate the trolls from their tyrant king, Cecile and Tristan must battle those who'd see them dead. To win, they will risk everything... and everyone. But it might not be enough.

The wichita lineman: searching in the sun for the world's greatest unfinished song, Dylan Jones

The sound of 'Wichita Lineman' was the sound of ecstatic solitude, but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a woman more than he actually wanted her. Written in 1968 by Jimmy Webb, 'Wichita Lineman' is the first philosophical country song: a heartbreaking torch ballad still celebrated for its mercurial songwriting genius fifty years later.

Untouchable, Linda Winstead Jones

Emperor Jahn of Columbyana needs a bride. Six suitable women are called to the capital city so he can make his choice, and the contest is underway. Unfortunately, someone doesn't want the candidates to reach the palace. The emperor's brother, Prince Alixandyr, is sent to collect a princess from the neighbouring country of Tryfyn. He departs that country with more than he bargained for: A difficult and spoiled princess as well as a "gift" for his brother – the exotic and beautiful Sanura.

Raintree: haunted, Linda Winstead Jones

Their name is Raintree. It's more than a last name; more than a notation on a family tree. It's a mark of destiny. Each family member has a special gift, an otherworldly talent. Gideon Raintree, a homicide detective, can harness electricity and talk to ghosts. He will need to wield gifts he's kept hidden to solve his newest case–a relentless serial killer unleashed by the dark Ansara wizards. But first he must deal with his reaction to Hope Malory, his alluring new partner.

The sun witch, Linda Winstead Jones

For three nights, Sophie Fyne has dreamed of a man with green eyes. She understands very well what that means; the man who will father her child is coming to her. When she finds Kane Varden sleeping by the pond where she swims on each warm morning, she realizes he is the one, and she wastes no time in claiming him. Kane is a rebel, running from the pain of loss, and wounded still from an ambush that left his fellow soldiers dead.

Bride by midnight, Linda Winstead Jones

Lyssa Tempest is desperate to find a husband. A witch's portent years past made it clear that if she didn't wed before the age of twenty-three she would not wed at all. Lyssa doesn't want to live her life alone, so after her fourth failed wedding, on the eve of her birthday, she goes on a late night hunt for a man. Any man. And she finds Blade Renshaw. Blade is in the capital city of Arthes with murder his only goal.

The moon witch, Linda Winstead Jones

Kidnapped by the emperor's soldiers, Juliet Fyne and her sister, Isadora, begin the long journey to Arthes. They do not know Sophie's fate, nor can they be sure of their own. Long before they reach the emperor, Juliet is kidnapped by a large, brutish man who insists that she is his. His mate, the woman who will be his wife. Juliet has no intentions of being any man's wife. Her psychic abilities are triggered by touch, and she cannot imagine being intimate with a man.

The star witch, Linda Winstead Jones

A prisoner in the emperor's palace, Isadora Fyne is forced to choose her own path. Protection or destruction? Light magic or dark? A powerful witch, she is weakened by her uncertainty. In caring for the pregnant empress, she practices protection, but the call to darkness is all around her. Lucan Hern has travelled from Tryfyn to the Columbyanan Palace to claim the prize he was promised long ago. The Star of Bacwyr. When he sees the stone sparkling on Isadora's finger, he pursues her.

Firebird, Linda Winstead Jones

A Columbyana novella. A healer; a shifter; a legendary dragon. Rori has always felt out of place in her powerful shape-shifting family. When it becomes clear to her that she has no place among them, she decides to start a new life in a seaside town. A normal life. Panther-shifter Kalum is drawn to the far eastern edge of Columbyana, where his mate has been hiding. He tried for years to deny her, but that is no longer possible. Like it or not, she is his. And secrets await...

Bride by command, Linda Winstead Jones

Emperor Jahn of Columbyana needs a bride. Six suitable women are called to the capital city so he can make his choice, and the contest is underway. Unfortunately, someone doesn't want the candidates to reach the palace. Mourning the upcoming loss of his treasured freedom, Jahn disguises himself as a sentinel and sets out to collect one of the nearby bridal candidates. He finds himself escorting Morgana Ramsden, who steadfastly refuses to be paraded before the emperor for consideration.

Dragonstone dance, Linda Winstead Jones

One Born, One Hatched, One Created. The time has come for the prophesied three to face the daughters of the Isen Demon in a battle for the future of Columbyana. Linara Varden possesses both dark and light magic. She is a child of the demon, as well as the beloved adopted daughter of Sophie and Kane, and she has an important part to play in the war. Her destiny, she is told, is to slay the dragon that flies over the Mountains of the North.

22 nights, Linda Winstead Jones

Emperor Jahn of Columbyana needs a bride. Six suitable women are called to the capital city so he can make his choice, and the contest is underway. Unfortunately, someone doesn't want the candidates to reach the palace. General Merin trusts no one else to collect Bela Haythorne. He fought with the Turis during the war with Ciro, and knows their chieftain – and his daughter – all too well. He expects trouble. He doesn't expect to find himself married to a woman intended for the emperor.

Secret at Mystic Lake, Carolyn Keene

To celebrate her birthday, George is taking Nancy and Bess on a three-day bike tour around the scenic Mystic Lake. They can't wait to spend time exploring the gorgeous landscape by day and camping under the stars at night. What they didn't count on was sabotage! First someone steals food and supplies from their packs. Then tour guide Caitlin vanishes overnight, and the entire group finds their tires slashed to bits. Now Nancy is cycling for clues instead of soaking up the scenery.

The clue in the diary, Carolyn Keene

Nancy uses a lost diary to exonerate an innocent prisoner.

The mystery of the jade tiger, Carolyn Keene

Nancy's in California to investigate a series of break-ins at the home of her father's friend Terry Kirkland. A Vietnam vet, Terry came away from the conflict with a trunk full of memories. But unknown to him, the trunk also holds a mystery'an exotic secret that now threatens to destroy his family. A twisted trail of intrigue and corruption leads Nancy to a shocking revelation. The truth behind the burglaries rests with a soldier who vanished on a top-secret mission.

The secret of Shadow Ranch, Carolyn Keene

Nancy arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch but finds herself embroiled in a baffling mystery involving a phantom horse and buried treasure. Local people believe that the ghostly animal is carrying out the curse of Dirk Valentine, the romantic outlaw who was killed many years ago at Shadow Ranch, where he had gone to fulfill a promise to his sweetheart.

The mystery at Lilac Inn, Carolyn Keene

Nancy and her friend Helen visit their friend Emily Willouby at the Lilac Inn, which Emily now owns, to help her plan her wedding. Emily plans on selling inherited diamonds in order to help fix up the Lilac Inn. However, Nancy soon learns that someone has been impersonating her and making expensive purchases under her name.

The ritual bath, Faye Kellerman

Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed. The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness.

The Great Darkness, Jim Kelly

1939, Cambridge: The opening weeks of the Second World War, and the first blackout The Great Darkness covers southern England, enveloping the city. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke, a wounded hero of the Great War, takes his nightly dip in the cool waters of the Cam. Daylight reveals a corpse on the riverside, the body torn apart by some unspeakable force.

I spy, Claire Kendal

Someone is watching your every move... Holly Lawrence always wanted to be a spy, but the experience proved more dangerous than anything she imagined. Now, Holly lives in hiding under an assumed name. She avoids relationships and trusts no one. But Holly's new life begins to unravel when she encounters a young mother and her two-year-old child... a child who reminds her of a past she has tried hard to forget.

Stand into danger, Alexander Kent

The year is 1774 and Bolitho is now a newly appointed third lieutenant joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny at Plymouth. It is a far step from midshipman's berth to wardroom - and at a time when most of the fleet is laid up Bolitho is considered fortunate. Bolitho's promotion is tinged by personal sadness, but his new captain soon points out that Bolitho's loyalty is to him, the ship and His Britannic Majesty - in that order.

Golden state, Lydia Kiesling

In Lydia Kiesling's razor-sharp debut novel, The Golden State, we accompany Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, as she flees her sensible but strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey. Buckling under the weight of being a single parent-her Turkish husband is unable to return to the United States due to a 'processing error'-Daphne takes refuge in a mobile home left to her by her grandparents in hope that the quiet will bring clarity.

The Phoenix Project: a novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win, Gene Kim

Five years after this sleeper hit took on the world of IT and flipped it on it's head, the 3rd edition of The Phoenix Project continues to guide IT in the DevOps revolution. In this newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Phoenix Project, co-author Gene Kim includes new research, a new foreword, and a sneak peek at the next project from Gene Kim and Jez Humble.

Dig, A S King

This is a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of a wealthy white family in suburban Pennsylvania and the terrible cost the family's children pay to maintain the family name. Only a generation removed from being Pennsylvania potato farmers, property developers Gottfried and Marla Hemmings now sit atop a seven-figure bank account - wealth they've declined to pass on to their adult children or teenage grandchildren. 'Because we want them to thrive,' Marla always says.

The ingredients for happiness, Lucy Knott

Three sisters, a stash of family recipes, the chance to make their dreams come true... Amanda is about to open her very own café. She has the pastry sorted, but hasn't a clue about the plumbing. With the love of her life by her side, surely nothing else can go wrong? Sabrina has struck out on her own and is proving to the global music industry she has what it takes. However, balancing the business side of the band with her personal life will end up being more than she bargained for.

The smiling man, Joseph Knox

Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man. Disconnected from his history and careless of his future, Detective Aidan Waits has resigned himself to the night shift: an endless cycle of meaningless emergency calls and lonely dead ends. Until he and his partner, Detective Inspector Peter 'Sutty' Sutcliffe, are summoned to the Palace, a vast disused hotel in the centre of a restless, simmering city. There they find the body of a man. He is dead. And he is smiling.

I hate you– don't leave me: understanding the borderline personality, Jerold J Kreisman

A major guide to a psychological condition that affects millions of Americans. The disorder typically manifests itself through anger, abuse, addictions, and reckless impulsivity–behaviours that can have a devastating impact on family and friends. With dramatic case studies of Kreisman's patients, the book describes and offers advice on today's most promising treatments along with practical coping strategies for the loved ones of BPD sufferers.

A scandal in Battersea, Mercedes Lackey

Christmas is a very special time of year. It is special for Psychic Nan Killian and Medium Sarah Lyon-White and their ward Suki, who are determined to celebrate it properly. It is special for their friends, Doctor John Watson, and his wife Mary, both Elemental Masters, who have found great delight in the season seeing it through young Suki's eyes. It is also special to others...for very different reasons.

Woman in the wilderness: a story of survival, love & self-discovery in New Zealand, Miriam Lancewood

This inspirational story of adventure and bravery tells how one woman learned to dig deep and push the boundaries in order to discover what really matters in life...Miriam is a young Dutch woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the heart of the mountains with her New Zealand husband. She lives simply in a tent or hut, and survives by hunting wild animals and foraging edible plants, relying on only minimal supplies.

Diverticulitis cookbook: easy and delicious recipes for clear liquid, full liquid, low fibre and maintenance stage for the diverticulitis diet, Sara Landon

In this book, you will find clear liquid recipes such as vegetable consommé and chicken broth, full liquid recipes such as homemade eggnog and vanilla pudding, low fibre recipes such as low fibre omelet and simple French toast, and maintenance recipes such as Spanish mackerel and ginger carrot soup with turmeric.

Stealing Trinity, Ward Larsen

In the last days of WWII, the Third Reich makes a desperate grab to retrieve its most valuable asset, Die Wespe, a spy buried deep in the Manhattan Project. The man chosen for this mission is Alexander Braun—-American born, Harvard educated, and a ruthless killer. British Intelligence learns of the Nazi plan. Unable to convince their American counterparts of the magnitude of the threat, they dispatch Major Michael Thatcher to track down Braun.

Mr. Hotshot CEO, Jackie Lau

As CEO of Fong Investments, I'm a busy man. In fact, my family claims I'm an obsessive workaholic, and when they force me to take two weeks off, I have no idea what to do with myself. While brooding over an espresso, I meet Courtney Kwan, a biomedical researcher who savours the little things in life. And, suddenly, an idea strikes me–I will pay this woman to teach me how to enjoy my vacation from work.

He's not my boyfriend, Jackie Lau

Now that her cousin has tied the knot, Iris Chin–structural engineer, party girl, and queen of kitchen disasters–is the last single grandchild. Her mother and grandmother are desperate to play matchmaker, though Iris doesn't understand why. They had miserable marriages, and she doesn't want to be like them. She enjoys her independence, thank you very much. One-night stands are more her style.

Not another family wedding, Jackie Lau

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Down to the sea, Sue Lawrence

When Rona and Craig buy a large Victorian house up from Edinburgh's Newhaven district – once teeming with fishing boats – they plan to renovate and set it up as a luxury care home. But something is not quite right: disturbing sounds can be heard when the sea mists swirl; their unpredictable neighbour makes it clear that the house was not always a happy family home. And their 'characterful' historic pile has a gloomy cellar harbouring relics from days gone by.

Fields of blue flax, Sue Lawrence

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House divided, Michael Lawson

When the National Security Agency was caught wiretapping U.S. citizens without warrants, a political scandal erupted and the secret program came to a screeching halt. But the senior man at the NSA who spearheaded the most sophisticated eavesdropping operation in history wasn't about to sit by while spineless politicians sleepwalked his country into another 9/11. Instead, he moved the program into the shadows. But being in the shadows can cause complications.

House odds, Michael Lawson

Washington fixer Joe DeMarco has been asked to handle a lot of difficult situations over the years for his boss, Congressman John Mahoney. But nothing has ever been quite so politically sensitive, or has hit so close to home, as the task Mahoney hands DeMarco in House Odds. Mahoney's daughter, Molly, has been arrested and charged with insider trading. An engineer with a high-flying technology firm, she allegedly placed a half-million-dollar bet on one of the firm's clients.

A lord for the wallflower Widow, Ann Lethbridge

Untouched and alone...could he awaken her senses? When widow Lady Carrie meets charming gadabout Lord Avery Gilmore, she is shocked by her intense reaction to him. She's never before longed for wifely pleasures, and it takes all of her courage to propose that he show her them! He might be taken aback by her request, but as Carrie learns firsthand, Avery will take the challenge very seriously...

Signature kill, David Levien

A young woman's body is found on a side street in Indianapolis, horrifyingly arranged. Meanwhile, Frank Behr, who is down on his luck and virtually broke, takes on a no-win case to locate a single mother's wayward daughter who's been missing for months. Suddenly Behr feels the two cases may be connected, but he is years removed from his life as a legitimate police officer and has few friends left on the force. His relentless focus has always been his greatest strength and his deepest flaw.

The contract, David Levien

Feeling out of place in a new job working for an exclusive investigation company, Frank Behr protects his prominent client from an assassination attempt that raises his suspicions when the Indianapolis police force tries to cover up the incident.

Spin the dawn, Elizabeth Lim

Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. There's just one catch- Maia is one of twelve tailors vying for the job.

Love on my mind, Tracey Livesay

Successful PR executive Chelsea Grant is one assignment away from making partner at her firm and nothing will stand in her way. Her big break? Turn a reclusive computer genius into a media darling in time for his new product launch. He may have been dubbed the "sexiest geek alive" but he has no patience for the press–and it shows. Piece of cake, right? Only problem is... his company doesn't want him to know they hired her.

Diving into glass, Caro Llewellyn

Caro Llewellyn was living her dream life in her adopted home of New York, directing an international literary festival. Then one day, running in Central Park, she lost all sensation in her legs. Two days later she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Caro was no stranger to tragedy. Her father Richard contracted polio at the age of twenty and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Ulcerative colitis cookbook: low residue diet cooking, #1, Sally Lloyd

Newly diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and looking for a trust-worthy cookbook? Frustrated with the existing low residue cookbook that contained red meat, dairy, refined sugar, refined carbohydrates, cruciferous vegetables and nightshades? Bored with eating only the BRAD diet during a flare? Sally's got the perfect solution for you.

Ulcerative colitis cookbook: low residue diet cooking, #2, Sally Lloyd

Got yourself a slow cooker and wondering how you can cook some easy and delicious meals that won't disturb your gut? Sally's got the perfect solution for you.

Sydney's most eligible, Stefanie London

Her Boss By Day: Willa Moore-Fisher is determined to prove herself, and when international fitness tycoon Rob Hanson needs a new accountant she can't believe her luck. There's just one problem: she already knows her new boss ... intimately! Brooding bachelor Rob doesn't do long-term - Willa might have a head for numbers, but she has a body made for sin.

Animal heroes, David Long

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Lady Derring takes a lover, Julie Anne Long

Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, "Dear Dull Derring," is a lot more interesting–and perfidious–dead than alive. It's a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless.

Robert Ludlum's The Paris option, Gayle Lynds

A scientist in Paris working on a molecular DNA computer is killed in an explosion and his work goes missing. Covert-One agent Jon Smith must race across two continents to expose the terrorists who now have the power to reprogram the world.

Robert Ludlum's The Altman code, Gayle Lynds

In the middle of the night, on the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Shortly thereafter Covert-One director Fred Klein brings the word to the President that there's a Chinese cargo ship rumoured to be carrying tons of chemicals to be used by a rogue nation to create new biological weapons.

Amish Christmas abduction, Dana R Lynn

After catching a glimpse of something she wasn't supposed to see days before Christmas, Irene Martello is run off the road and barely survives. More shocking is the backseat whimper of an Amish toddler stowaway and the familiar sight of their rescuer–the man who'd let her down years earlier.Police chief Paul Kennedy fears Irene stumbled onto a kidnapping ring with two dangerous agendas: retrieving the girl and silencing the witness for good. Only Paul can keep them safe for the holidays.

The culture of surveillance: watching as a way of life, David Lyon

From 9/11 to the Snowden leaks, stories about surveillance increasingly dominate the headlines. But surveillance is not only 'done to us' - it is something we do in everyday life. We submit to surveillance, believing we have nothing to hide. Or we try to protect our privacy or negotiate the terms under which others have access to our data. At the same time, we participate in surveillance in order to supervise children, monitor other road users, and safeguard our property.

Cycling the Canal du Midi, Declan Lyons

This guidebook describes a 240km cycle ride along the length of the Canal du Midi in southern France. Starting at Toulouse in the Haute Garonne and finishing at Sète on the Mediterranean Coast, the route is divided into five stages of about 50km. It is a flat, car-free and picturesque route mainly on the towpath, and is suitable for all abilities. The guide is written for those who want to explore the canal and visit attractions along the way.

Nightmare in pink, John D MacDonald

Travis McGee's old army buddy needs a favour. His sister's fiancé has just been murdered in what the authorities claim was a standard Manhattan mugging. But Nina knows better. Travis is determined to get to the bottom of things, but just as he's closing in on the truth he finds himself taken captive. Some people will go to any lengths to make sure their secrets don't get out.

A deadly shade of gold: a Travis McGee novel, John D MacDonald

When Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can't help it, he has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam, his reckless, restless old friend, with the woman who's been waiting for him. But the case takes a sinister turn when Sam shows up brutally cut and lying in a pool of his own blood. Travis is left to uncover the truth in a violent chase that takes him to dark but beautiful Mexico.

The quick red fox, John D MacDonald

Hollywood's leading lady Lysa Dean isn't in the business of making mistakes. But a night involving a debauched party and some naked photos turns out to be one mistake too many. Travis McGee soon finds himself led on a wild chase across the country, trying to track down everyone associated with the fateful evening. But just when Travis thinks he knows exactly where things are headed, one big twist shakes his very core.

Landmarks, Robert Macfarlane

In this, his fifth book, Macfarlane brilliantly explores the linguistic and literary terrain of our archipelago, from the Shetlands to Cornwall, and from Cumbria to Suffolk. Landmarks is a book about the power of language - 'strong style, single words' - to shape our sense of place.

The old ways: a journey on foot, Robert Macfarlane

In "The Old Ways" Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network of routes criss-crossing the British landscape and its waters, and connecting them to the continents beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep and tell, of pilgrimage and ritual, and of songlines and their singers.

Rogue most wanted: Janna MacGregor, Janna MacGregor

Lady Theodora Worth needs to marry fast in order to keep her estate. It's been her heart and home for years, and she'll not lose it to anyone. There's just one problem - as a woman who was raised in isolation by her grandfather, she's completely incapable of pouring a cup of tea, never mind wooing a man. She'll need a little matchmaking help from her sprightly next-door neighbor in order to find a convenient husband...

Summer on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber

Knitting and Life.They're both about beginnings and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something, or someone!, and start a new phase of their lives. First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business.

Just married, Debbie Macomber

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The radiant midnight, Melissa Maimone

Have you ever suffered with depression, sadness, or the feeling that you just can't seem to get it together? Do you wonder if you could ever view your deepest wounds in a different light? Through candid storytelling, biblical truth, honest lament, and unexpected humour, The Radiant Midnight is a bold refusal to simplify the experience of suffering by moving too quickly to try to relieve it.

Second chance in Stonecreek, Michelle Major

Part two of Maggie & Griffin's three-book love story! No matter how much mayor Maggie Spencer avoids bad boy Griffin Stone, there's only so far to go in Stonecreek. Only so much she can deny an undeniable attraction. And only so many times she can relive their blazing night together. Their families are feuding, the gossips threatening her reelection, but nothing can keep her away. Is it desire...

A Brevia beginning, Michelle Major

Lexi Preston has gone from the courtroom to the barroom-as the world's worst waitress at Brevia's hot spot Riley's Bar. Lexi's back in town to right old wrongs, not to fall in love–but she's finding it awfully hard to avoid her impossibly gorgeous new boss. Former U.S. marshal Scott Callahan is still grieving his partner's death–and recovering from one drunken night when he bought himself a bar. Scott just can't deal with the way Lexi makes him feel.

A Stonecreek Christmas reunion, Michelle Major

Mayor Maggie Spencer is too busy prepping Stonecreek for its holiday spectacular to pine over lost-love Griffin Stone. Until he returns - this time with a son! Griffin couldn't say no to becoming the boy's guardian. Neither can he say goodbye to Maggie. As Christmas nears, there's only one thing he wants to say to his first and only love: "Forever".

A second chance at Crimson Ranch, Michelle Major

Good with his hands, bad for her heart...Ever since her marriage went up in flames, Olivia Wilder hasn't had the desire for love. But one magical dance with Logan Travers might change all that. The blue-eyed hometown hunk is a bit younger and a whole lot sexier than any man she's ever dated before. This is one carpenter Olivia would like to get to know better and not just because of his building skills...

The cafe by the bridge, Lily Malone

Child psychologist Taylor Woods needs a man. Flashy restaurateur Abel Honeychurch to be specific. Abe can help her get justice for her brother, Will. Taylor knows Abe, too, was scammed by the same woman who broke her brother's heart and stole everything in his pockets. But bringing a lying, cheating scammer to justice isn't easy when all Abe wants to do is forget the whole sorry saga.

In the absence of miracles, Michael J Malone

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The passengers, John Marrs

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Primary command, Jack Mars

Elite Delta Force veteran Luke Stone, 29, leads the FBI's Special Response Team on a nail-biting mission to save American hostages from a nuclear submarine. But when all goes wrong, and when the President shocks the world with his reaction, it may fall on Luke's shoulders to save not only the hostages–but the world.

Down where my love lives, Charles Martin

The dead don't dance: A sleepy rural town in South Carolina. The end of summer and a baby about to be born. But in the midst of hope and celebration comes unexpected tragedy, and Dylan Styles must come to terms with both love and loss. Will the music of his heart be stilled forever—or will he choose to dance with life once more?
Maggie: Life began again for Dylan Styles when his beloved wife Maggie awoke from a coma.

Vodka & apple juice: travels of an undiplomatic wife in Poland, Jay Martin

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The devil of Dunakin Castle, Heather McCollum

Englishwoman, Grace Ellington, has made a home in Scotland, but to escape from the meddling people around her who seem to think she needs to wed right away–because women need saving, right?–she volunteers to journey north to aid a friend in childbirth. Keir MacKinnon, the younger brother of the MacKinnon clan chief, has been raised to strike fear in people, on and off the battlefield. Trained to uphold MacKinnon law, he has hardened into a lethal warrior.

The beast of Aros Castle, Heather McCollum

Ava Sutton is on the run from a dangerous man and makes her way safely to Scotland. Masquerading as a titled, English lady, she must convince the darkly handsome chief of the Macleans of Aros to wed her before she is tracked down. Tor Maclean, the new chief of Aros Castle, has sworn off marriage. Despite his efforts to scare away the Englishwoman his father arranged for him to wed, Tor is nonetheless drawn to her passion and beauty.

The wolf of Kisimul Castle, Heather McCollum

Mairi Maclean is kidnapped on her wedding day by the enemy of her dead husband. Taken north to the water-surrounded Kisimul Castle, she is held captive in the name of retribution. But The Wolf of Kisimul Castle soon learns Mairi is not a docile pawn in this game of war between neighbouring Scots. Nor will she be frightened into walking down the aisle to wed the fierce Highland chief. Alec MacNeil is set on revenge.

The rogue of Islay Isle, Heather McCollum

Cullen Duffie, a Highland warrior and charming rogue, is the new chief of Clan MacDonald. Determined to prove he's not his father, Cullen works to secure his clan against the English. When a woman washes onto Islay's shores, Cullen protects her from his uncles' schemes. Waking up not knowing who she is or where she comes from, Rose is at the mercy of the man who found her.

Survival mission, Shirlee McCoy

Bodyguard: FBI agent Ian Slade wants to track the leader of the crime family who murdered his parents–not protect the man's niece. But with Esme Dupree's uncle determined to silence her, Ian and his K-9 partner are duty bound to guard her. As he and Esme fight to survive in the Florida Everglades, it becomes clear to Ian that she's nothing like her family. And soon he must choose between forgiveness and the vengeance he's craved for so long.

Bowlaway, Elizabeth McCracken

Bertha Truitt has always been an enigma to people in Salford, Massachusetts. She was discovered unconscious in a cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century– nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person. She marries and starts a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. The bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark.

Six minutes, Petronella McGovern

How can a child disappear from under the care of four playgroup mums? One Thursday morning, Lexie Parker dashes to the shop for biscuits, leaving Bella in the safe care of the other mums in the playgroup. Six minutes later, Bella is gone. Police and media descend on the tiny village of Merrigang on the edge of Canberra. Locals unite to search the dense bushland.

The guilty party, Melanie McGrath

On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do nothing to help. Later, a body washes up on the banks of the Thames - and the group realises that ignoring the woman has left blood on their hands.

The scrivener's tale, Fiona McIntosh

In the bookshops and cafes of present-day Paris, ex-psychologist Gabe Figaret is trying to put his shattered life back together. When another doctor, Reynard, asks him to help with a delusional female patient, Gabe is reluctant until he meets her. At first Gabe thinks the woman, Angelina, is merely terrified of Reynard, but he quickly discovers she is not quite what she seems. As his relationship with Angelina deepens, Gabe's life in Paris becomes increasingly unstable.

Kassie's cowboy, Lindsay McKenna

A brutal blue norther is battering Wind River Valley just in time for Christmas when retired Marine Travis Grant spies a driver spinning out of control on black ice. It's probably a tourist who doesn't understand the deadly conditions, and Travis knows he has to help. The last person he expects to find behind the wheel is his childhood sweetheart, Kassie Murphy. She's injured, but alive.

Hidden river, Adrian McKinty

Alexander Lawson is a former detective for Northern Ireland's police force and a rising star at cracking difficult cases. After he is assigned to the force's dangerous, corruption-ridden drug squad, he becomes addicted to heroin - under unusual circumstances. Forced to resign in disgrace, Alex is twenty-four and still entrapped by the needle when he learns that his high school love, beautiful Victoria Patawasti, has been murdered in drought-scorched Denver, Colorado.

Two can keep a secret, Karen M McManus

Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it. It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother lands in rehab. No one knows what happened to either girl, and Ellery's family is still haunted by their loss. Malcolm grew up in the shadow of the Homecoming Queen's death.

How death becomes life: notes from a transplant surgeon, Joshua D Mezrich

Gripping and evocative, how leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he examines more than one hundred years of remarkable medical breakthroughs, connecting this fascinating history with the stories of his own patients.

Railsea, China Mieville

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King Rat, China Mieville

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Iron council, China Miéville

This edition contains an excerpt from China Mi?ville?s Embassytown. China Mi?ville returns with his Del Rey debut. With a fresh and fantastical band of characters, he carries us back to the decadent squalor of New Crobuzon?this time, decades later. It is a time of wars and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming city to the brink.

Wild Irish Rose, Ava Miles

Trevor Merriam doesn't like being ordered around by his older brother, much less to a sleepy Irish village to complete a business deal for their family company. Worse: the owner of the land he needs to buy doesn't want him there. In fact, Becca O'Neill loathes him so much that she won't even serve him the award-winning scones her famed Wild Irish Rose Bed and Breakfast is known for.

Underestimating Miss Cecilia, Carolyn Miller

Shy, sweet Cecilia Hatherleigh has always been in love with Edward Amherst, the boy next door. Yet he's never seen her as anything but the quiet girl in the background as he flirts with the other vivacious women of the ton. When a near tragedy brings Edward's attention to his family duties, this prodigal son decides he needs to settle down with a proper wife. Cecilia hopes to convince him to choose her—but God may want her to forget the wayward nobleman and put her future in His hands alone.

A groom for Ruby, Emma Miller

After arriving from Lancaster County in hopes of finding a husband, Ruby Plank stumbles literally into the arms of one of Seven Poplars's most eligible bachelors. To her amazement, Joseph Brenneman doesn't care if Ruby is clumsy or outspoken.The shy, handsome mason thinks she's wonderful exactly as she is. If only others felt the same! Though Joseph's mother hired the matchmaker to find her son a wife, she insists Ruby isn't good enough.

A love for Leah, Emma Miller

Widow Leah Yoder married for love once. Now that she's come home to Seven Poplars, she wants a marriage of convenience that will provide a longed-for family without dishonouring the memory of her late husband. A steady, serious older man would be ideal–someone completely unlike handsome, fun-loving Thomas Stutzman.

Winnie the Pooh, A A Milne

Join Christopher Robin and all of his friends, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Little Roo, and, of course, Winnie-the-Pooh himself, in the magical Hundred Acre Wood. Pooh, the sweet and simple Bear of Very Little Brain, finds no end of trouble, but, along with all of his friends, is able to turn every problem into a wonderful adventure. Author A.A.

Winnie-the-Pooh, A A Milne

Meet the boy Christopher Robin and his friends that live in the Hundred Acre Wood, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and more.

The last house guest, Megan Miranda

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Seasick: the global ocean in crisis, Alanna Mitchell

The world's oceans make up 99 per cent of the living space on our planet and are home to more than half of all the earth's creatures. They are our life support, regulating the global climate — and when this delicate ecosystem is threatened, so is our survival. The first book to look at the planetary environmental crisis through the lens of the global ocean, Seasick dives down on a journey through the planet's hidden realms.

Dime a demon, Devon Monk

Myra Reed's life is going great. Being a cop is great. Guarding the library of arcane secrets is great. Even dealing with the monsters and gods vacationing in the little beach town of Ordinary, Oregon is great. Then the demon, Bathin, strolls into town and steals Myra's sister's soul. So much for great. Luckily, Myra has a plan to evict the demon and save her sister's soul. Step one: shut down the portals to hell popping up in town. Step two: get rid of the pink know-it-all unicorn.

Rock paper scissors: ordinary magic stories, Devon Monk

Rock candy: Police officer Jean Reed doesn't normally mind pulling the graveyard shift in Ordinary, Oregon. But one mob of cursed gnomes, one haunted harbour festival, and one chilling visit from Death makes this October stranger than most.
Paper stars: Police Chief Delaney Reed loves the holidays in Ordinary, Oregon. But when a demon, a dragon, and a god bearing unusual gifts get thrown on top of her to do list, Delaney must roll up her sleeves and make this holiday unforgettable.

Buddhism for meat eaters: simple wisdom for a kinder world, Josephine Moon

For many years Josephine Moon struggled with the question of eating meat, fervently wishing to live as a vegetarian yet requiring meat in her diet.

The way we are, Sinéad Moriarty

It's Valentine's Day and Alice's house is a sea of elaborate cards and billowing heart-shaped balloons. These gifts are not from her husband, Ben, but from a gaggle of boys madly in love with their fifteen-year-old daughter. After nearly two decades together, Alice and Ben barely have time for romance. Their roles are clear: Alice is a busy GP who also keeps their home and girls on track. Ben has the more exciting if demanding career as a surgeon.

The good mother, Sinéad Moriarty

Kate has been through the fire with her three children ... Having been left devastated and homeless after her husband's affair and the break-up of their family, somehow she has pulled through. Though times are still tough, she's beginning to see the start of a new life. But when twelve-year-old Jesssica is diagnosed with cancer, Kate's resilience is put to the ultimate test.

Me before you; &, After you, Jojo Moyes

Me before you: Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live.

The brink: an Awakened Novel, James S Murray

The opening of the brand new Z-train subway line beneath the Hudson River, the supposed shining moment of his tenure. But the ribbon-cutting ceremony turned deadly when the train carrying Cafferty's wife and other citizens was attacked by a horde of hyper intelligent, bloodthirsty creatures previously unknown to humanity. Everything changed for Cafferty, ex-NYPD officer Sarah Bowcut, and tech-expert Diego Munoz that day. They had uncovered the deadly truth: the attack was no accident.

Resistance, Jennifer A Nielsen

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people.

Birds in a cage: the remarkable story of how four prisoners of war survived captivity, Derek Niemann

This is the inspiring true story of how a passion for birds enabled four young men to escape the horror of internment in a German PoW camp ... and brought about an extraordinary moment of cooperation and mutual understanding between them and their captors. Soon after their incarceration at Warburg in 1941, Peter Conder, John Buxton, John Barrett and George Waterston discovered a shared love of birdwatching.

Midnight for Charlie Bone, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the castle of mirrors, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the hidden king, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the shadow of Badlock, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the time twister, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the wilderness wolf, Jenny Nimmo

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Charlie Bone and the blue boa, Jenny Nimmo

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A beach wish: a novel, Shelley Noble

Zoe Bascombe has never said no to her family. When she blew her Juilliard audition, she caved to their wishes and went to business school. But when her mother dies and leaves instructions for Zoe to spread her ashes at a place called Wind Chime Beach, she defies her brothers and starts out for a New England town none of them has ever heard of and discovers a side of her garden club mother that her wildest dreams hadn't imagined. Zoe has another family. Her first instinct is to run home.

A city through time, Steve Noon

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The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream, Barack Obama

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called "the audacity of hope.

The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis, Barbara O'Connor

In Fayette, South Carolina, the highlight of Popeye's summer is learning vocabulary words with his grandmother until a motor home gets stuck nearby and Elvis, the oldest boy living inside, joins Popeye in finding the source of strange boats floating down the creek.

The dangerous kind, Deborah O'Connor

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Buddhism: an introduction to the Buddha's life, teachings, and practices, Joan Duncan Oliver

A modern guide to the teachings of Buddhism Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices is an indispensable guide to a 2,600-year-old wisdom tradition that has transformed the lives of millions across centuries and around the world. Readers will learn how Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of all time, and discover how they too can follow his revolutionary methods to attain happiness and inner freedom.

Radio silence, Alice Oseman

What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is on the inside. But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself.

Cribsheet: a data-driven guide to better, more relaxed parenting, from birth to preschool, Emily Oster

With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision making in the early years of parenting.

Not doing,  OverDrive Inc

So many people today are struggling with the increasing pace of change and the constant and excessive busyness that comes with it. Many feel stretched, overwhelmed and exhausted, besieged by the demands of complex projects and workplaces. They are engaged in a kind of "doing" that is more effort and struggle, rather than a "doing" that comes from a place of presence, openness and aliveness. This is not only ineffective and unsustainable, but ultimately ends in stress, anxiety and burnout.

Adventures of the Yorkshire shepherdess, Amanda Owen

Millions of viewers of Our Yorkshire Farm watched Amanda Owen, husband Clive and their nine children share their daily lives at Ravenseat, one of the most remote hill farms in the country. It's a beautiful place, high in the Dales, and a rewarding existence close to nature. But Ravenseat is a tenant farm and may not stay in the family, so when Amanda saw a nearby farmhouse up for sale, she knew it was her chance to create roots for the next generation.

Unleashed, Diana Palmer

She vowed never to trust another man...until she met him.

Harden & Harley, Diana Palmer

Enjoy two classic Lone Star romances from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer! HardenRancher Harden Tremayne was the toughest, loneliest man to come out of Texas. Until he met Miranda Warren...the lovely widow had an overwhelming passion for the long, lean cowboy. But after she discovered the tragic secret he harboured deep in his soul, would her love be enough to melt his heart?HarleyAlice Jones has been called to Jacobsville, Texas, after a man's body is discovered.

Sudden mischief, Robert B Parker

When Susan's ex-husband, Brad, appears after a decades-long absence, nearly broke and the object of a sexual-harassment suit, Spenser reluctantly agrees to help. As he investigates the circumstances surrounding the suit, he discovers that fund-raiser Brad is swimming in very deep water: mobsters, who were using his fund-raising campaigns to launder money, have discovered he was cooking the already cooked books and aren't at all pleased.

Now & then, Robert B Parker

Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all. Not surprisingly, Spenser catches Jordan with another man, tells Dennis what he's found out, and considers the case closed. But a couple of days later, all hell breaks loose, and three people are dead.

Bad business, Robert B Parker

When Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to see if her husband, Trent, is cheating on her, he encounters more than he bargained for: Not only does he find a two-timing husband, but a second investigator as well, hired by the husband to look after his wife. As a result of their joint efforts, Spenser soon finds himself investigating both individual depravity and corporate corruption.

Melancholy baby, Robert B Parker

Boston P.I. Sunny Randall - as conflicted as she is beautiful - helps a troubled young woman locate her birth parents only to uncover some dark truths of her own. The fourth novel in the bestselling series featuring Sunny Randall who now faces the unthinkable: the marriage of her ex-husband, Richie, to someone else. Despite the formality of divorce, Sunny and Richie's relationship had continued, in its own headstrong way, until Richie's desire for marriage overtook Sunny's need for freedom.

Lies, lies, lies, Adele Parks

Daisy and Simon's marriage is great, isn't it? After years together, the arrival of a longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. A happy little family of three. And so what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes - Daisy's used to it, she knows he's letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly out of control. And that happy little family of three will never be the sam again..."

Juror no. 3, James Patterson

Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defence counsel in a racially charged felony. The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction.

18th abduction, James Patterson

When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer takes the lead in the investigation. But with no clues and no suspects, the odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second. Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who's seen a ghost, a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco.

Private Sydney, James Patterson

Even for Private Investigations, the world's top detective agency, it's tough to find a man who doesn't exist ... Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as the CEO of a high-profile research company, Eric Moss shouldn't be difficult to find. Except it's not just the man who's gone missing, all evidence he ever existed has vanished too.

The new baby and toddler sleep programme: how to have a peaceful night, every night, John Pearce

Discusses a program to help infants and toddlers sleep through the night, discussing how routines affect a child's sleep, normal sleep patterns for children, and how to help a child cope with nighttime fears.

Baby and toddler sleep programme: how to get your child to sleep through the night, every night, John Pearce

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Can American capitalism survive?: why greed is not good, opportunity is not equal, and fairness won't make us poor, Steven Pearlstein

If anyone can save capitalism from the capitalists, it's Steven Pearlstein. This lucid, brilliant book refuses to abandon capitalism to those who believe morality and justice irrelevant to an economic system." 'Ezra Klein, founder and editor-at-large, Vox Pulitzer Prize-winning economics journalist Steven Pearlstein argues that our thirty year experiment in unfettered markets has undermined core values required to make capitalism and democracy work.

Wilde women, Louise Pentland

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East of Croydon: travels through Southeast Asia, Sue Perkins

A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet. Up until that point, the farthest East I'd been was Torremolinos, in the Costa Del Sol. Here's the thing: I am scared of flying. I have zero practical skills. I can't survive if I am more than a three minute walk from a supermarket. For the last seven years I have suffered with crippling anxiety. I bolt when panicked.

Going off grid, SJD Peterson

When the oil company they work for folds, Clay and Elliott decide to fix up an old cabin and become self-sufficient.

Out of the ashes, Tracie Peterson

Katherine and Jean-Michel once shared a deep love that was torn apart by forces beyond their control.

To have and to hold, Tracie Peterson

When Audrey Cunningham's father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking this will help keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors buying up land to build a grand resort on the secluded island–and they want the Cunninghams' acreage. Contractor Marshall Graham can't imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would beckon him to Bridal Veil Island.

To love and cherish, Tracie Peterson

When the love of her life, Evan, goes missing after a hurricane strikes Bridal Veil Island in 1898, Melinda Colson returns to search for him, but as she settles into a new job, and a new life, how long will she be able to hold out hope?.

Under the midnight sun, Tracie Peterson

Fleeing her past, naturalist Tayler Hale accepts a position at the popular Curry Hotel in Alaska. There she must work with Thomas Smith, who calls the hotel home. As Thomas struggles to get used to the idea of a female naturalist, unexpected guests and trouble arrive at the Curry. They'll have to band together to face the danger that follows.

A daughter's inheritance, Tracie Peterson

Cousins Amanda, Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the terms of his will just might destroy their bond.

The village behind the wall,  Peyo

Follows the adventures of the residents of Smurf village as they discover a new village filled with an entire population of new Smurflike creatures.

The most difficult thing, Charlotte Philby

On the surface, Anna Witherall personifies everything the aspirational magazine she works for represents. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has a beautiful home and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create.

Murder mix-up, Lisa Phillips

His brother was the intended victim...now someone's after him! After a man is killed while carrying his brother's navy ID, Secret Service agent Declan Stringer is determined to figure out why - even if it turns a killer's sights on him. But first he must convince NCIS agent Portia Finch to partner with him on the case. As attraction sparks between them, Portia knows she's on dangerous ground...because Declan is hiding deadly secrets.

Corsair, Dudley Pope

In the 1660s Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by Spain but settled by the English and French. When Admiral of the Brethren, Ned Yorke, a brave, loyal Buccaneer, learns that Spain is mounting a Caribbean fleet perhaps to protect the treasures of Spanish ships, or carry an army to Jamaica, he vows to find out the truth. Yorke's audacious attacks on Spanish camps reveal all and the Buccaneers must fight a bloody, desperate battle to try and hinder them.

Galleon, Dudley Pope

As England falls under a blanket of peace with the restoration of Charles II, in distant Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is no peace 'beyond the line'. It seems that the West Indies have become the private estate of the King of Spain. But Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor in Jamaica who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency. The Buccaneers must not remain idle.

Decoy, Dudley Pope

It is February 1942 and the war in the Atlantic looks grim for the Allied convoys. The 'Great Blackout' has started, leaving the spy centre of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire at a loss as to what the Nazis are planning. U-boat Command has changed the Hydra cipher. The Enigma code cannot be broken. Cipher experts can no longer eavesdrop on Nazi command, which leaves convoys open for attack by packs of marauding Nazi submarines.

Hope blooms, Jamie Pope

When tragedy destroys everything you've built, how do you find the strength to go on' In Jamie Pope's powerful novel, one woman must come to terms with grief-and a passionate but uncertain chance at remaking her future. In one shattering instant, schoolteacher Cassandra Miller lost everything that mattered to her. Stricken with guilt and sorrow, she has no reason to care about tomorrow. The last person she wants help from is the man she wants to forget.

Love blooms, Jamie Pope

An unstable childhood and a bad marriage have left Nova unable to trust anyone–especially herself. She'd do anything for her young son, but feels she'll never be a good enough mother. She's got major talent as a stylist and makeup artist, but big-time success would mean leaving the safety of Martha's Vineyard and the only family she has left. Still, she needs to kick-start her life in a new direction. The last thing she needs is her childhood frenemy, Tanner Brennan, confusing her even more.

Bodyguard for Christmas, Carol J Post

Someone's after his little boy. She has one chance to save them both. When his young son is nearly kidnapped, assistant district attorney Colton Gale needs a Christmas refuge &#8211 and a live-in bodyguard. Though former military police officer Jasmine McNeal fights to shield them 24/7, she refuses to get attached. But growing close to the little boy and his father might be her only shot at keeping them alive &#8211 and becoming a family beyond the holidays.

The echo maker, Richard Powers

On a winter night, Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near-fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin – who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister – is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother's behaviour, Karin contacts neuroscientist Dr Gerald Weber. But what Weber discovers in Mark begins to undermine even his own sense of self.

Cinderella and the duke, Janice Preston

Falling for a duke in disguise! Never welcomed into society circles, Rosalind Allen gave up her marriage prospects long ago. So she's shocked when an encounter with a mysterious stranger makes her long to reconsider.

Supernatural, Tobie Puttock

Whatever your reason for doing it, removing or reducing animal products from your diet doesn't have to mean sacrificing on convenience or flavour. Nor does it require obscure, expensive ingredients or meat substitutes. By making best use of fresh produce and unlocking the versatility of plants, you can create simple and delicious dishes while knowing that your food choices are helping your health and the planet.

Rocky Mountain cowboy, Tina Radcliffe

The last person cowboy Joe Gallagher thought he'd see on his ranch was high school sweetheart Rebecca Anshaw Simpson. Twelve years after she married another man, she's back as his physical therapist. But healing his body is nothing compared to guarding his heart from the woman he never forgot. There's much the single mom would rather forget, but Becca won't let regret and a surly rancher get in the way of her job and the chance to start over with her little girl.

The marriage clock: a novel, Zara Raheem

Yes, Leila Abid wants to marry, but after 26 years of singledom her parents are panicking, the neighbors are talking, and she's wondering if her expectations are too high. She's looking for a Bollywood romance, where real love happens before marriage, not the other way around.

Seeking the truth, Terri Reed

Her investigation could prove fatal... By secretly investigating the New York City K-9 Command Unit chief's murder, reporter Rachelle Clark puts a bull's-eye on her back. Single dad and K-9 unit officer Carter Jameson thought Rachelle was reporting on police-field-dog trials - not his brother's death. Though he's not happy about her true purpose, the danger is real...and he and his trusty German shepherd must save her.

The key to it all, Joanna Rees

Your darkest secrets revealed. Your deepest desires fulfilled. When five random people simultaneously receive 'the key', they don't realize that their lives are about to change forever. Shrouded in secrecy, the mysterious silver key is delivered to each of them along with a code, a web address and a promise that - if used wisely - it can unlock a door to luxury and privilege beyond their wildest dreams.

In the shade of the blossom tree, Joanna Rees

In the high-stakes world of international gambling, where success is measured by the roll of a dice or the spin of a roulette wheel, the lives of two women will become entwined in ways neither could have imagined. Privileged party-girl Savannah Hudson has everything she's ever wanted - apart from the love of her cold and distant father, Michael. A self-made casino mogul in Las Vegas, he has little time for his daughter when competing with the other empires that line the famous strip.

The tides of change, Joanna Rees

From Moscow to Marrakech, and Los Angeles to London, the reach of the super-elite stretches far and wide. Within this glamorous world where wealth means everything, three women are brought together.

Daisy Jones & the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six. They sold out arenas from coast to coast. Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy. But on July 12 1979, on the night of the final concert of the Aurora tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now. This is the whole story, right from the beginning; the sun-bleached streets, the grimy bars on the Sunset Strip, knowing Daisy's moment was coming.

Life before, Carmel Reilly

Suspense and family secrets surround a pair of estranged siblings in a compelling debut thriller.

Dude!, Aaron Reynolds

A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark – with unexpected results.

Burnt Island, Kate Rhodes

As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the tiny community of St Agnes prepares for their annual Fifth-of-November festivities. Moments before the fireworks are scheduled to commence, an islander discovers a charred body left on the bonfire, and quickly it becomes clear that a killer is at large. Ben Kitto is the Deputy Chief of Police for the Scilly Isles, and with a killer on the loose, he has no choice but to forbid all residents from leaving the island.

The dogs were rescued (and so was I), Teresa J Rhyne

We rescue dogs and bring them into our lives ... and often they rescue us in return. What would cause a cheese-loving, meat-eating lawyer to become a vegan? Her dog. Teresa Rhyne and Seamus the beagle both survived cancer once, so when Seamus develops yet another cancer, Teresa vows to fight again. She finds better food for Seamus, and a plant-based diet becomes her own guide, but she realized that's not enough for her-and it's not enough for the animals.

Elegant defense: the extraordinary new science of the immune system: a tale in four lives, Matt Richtel

An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that transcends the genre. On one level it is a fascinating and engrossing account of the latest, and quite astonishing, discoveries involving the human immune system and how it works. But it is also a story about people facing mortality, about the passion of scientists searching for truth, and a meditation on death and how all of us struggle with the ultimate mystery.

How to think like a Roman emperor: the stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, Donald Robertson

The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was the final famous Stoic philosopher of the ancient world. The Meditations, his personal journal, survives to this day as one of the most loved self-help and spiritual classics of all time.

How to cook for Crohn's and colitis: more than 200 healthy, delicious recipes the whole family will love, Brenda Roscher

The recipes in How to Cook for Crohn's and Colitis are designed for the home cook, with easy-to-understand directions and ingredients found in local grocery stores. Because they are simple, many of the recipes can be prepared quickly, which makes them convenient for busy cooks. Finally, the recipes are designed with families in mind, to create meals that everyone can enjoy. How to Cook for Crohn's and Colitis also contains informative sidebars on such topics as: Tips on Dining Out, Organic vs.

More than somewhat, Damon Runyon

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The me I used to be: a novel, Jennifer Ryan

After serving time for a crime she didn't commit, Evangeline returns home to a cold welcome. Her mother blames her for her father's death, and her brothers want her out of their way. When Evangeline learns she's solely responsible for their failing ranch, putting her family's future squarely on her shoulders, she'll have to find a creative way to save their home before they lose it all. Her only ally: the cop who sent her away.

Tell me how you really feel, Aminah Mae Safi

Follows two girls on opposite sides of the social scale as they work together to make a movie and try very hard not to fall in love. The first time Sana Khan asked out a girl – Rachel Recht – it went so badly that she never did it again. Rachel is a film buff and aspiring director, and she's seen Carrie enough times to learn you can never trust cheerleaders (and beautiful people). Rachel was furious that Sana tried to prank her by asking her on a date.

Silent prey, John Sandford

Nestled in a cabin in the woods, Lucas Davenport's life is free from conflict - and it's making him restless. Until, that is, former flame Lily Rothenberg summons him to New York to help track down a murderer who has escaped from custody, a murderer Lucas knows only too well: the unhinged serial killer Mike Bekker. Lucas knows he should have killed Bekker when he had the chance. Now he has a second opportunity … and he won't hesitate again.

Naked prey, John Sandford

Lucas Davenport's old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up and taken Lucas with her, creating for him a special troubleshooting job for the cases that are too complicated for others to handle–cases like when two people, a white woman and a black man, are found hanging naked from a tree in the woods of northern Minnesota.

Hidden prey, John Sandford

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The times, life and moral dilemma of Beria, Andrew Sangster

There are some figures in modern history who stand out not just for their amoral conduct but their cruelty. This book explores the life of the notorious Beria, Stalin's henchman. The first part provides an outline of the turbulent history of Russia from 1900 to 1953, in order to set the background from which Beria emerged.

More than words, Jill Santopolo

Nina has always known who she's supposed to be. But is that who she truly is? Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And Tim, her devoted boyfriend and best friend since childhood, feels the same. But when Nina's father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core.

Every tool's a hammer: life is what you make it, Adam Savage

Adam Savage star of Discovery Channel's MythBusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. This book is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It's an exploration of making and of my own productive obsessions, but it's also a permission slip of sorts from me to you.

Last wishes, Victoria Schwab

At first glance, Aria seems like your average twelve-year-old girl. But there's much more to her than meets the eye. Aria is a guardian angel, sent here to earn her wings. But to do that she'll have to help three different girls....This time, Aria must help Mikayla, whose family is having financial troubles. Her parents are putting pressure on her to be an award-winning dancer. Mikayla wants to help her family, but she's not sure this is the life she wants.

Second chances, Victoria Schwab

There's more to Aria than meets the eye. She's a guardian angel. And to earn her wings, she'll have to help three different girls… .This time, Aria comes to Caroline Mason. At her all-girls' prep school, Caroline is being bullied. She eats lunch alone and is picked on by her classmates every day. The ringleader of the mean girls is Lily Pierce. But Lily isn't an ordinary bully: she used to be Caroline's best friend. When Aria arrives, she can see Caroline is suffering.

The kissing stone, Amanda Scott

For decades, a feud has divided the Mackintoshes of Clan Chattan and the Comyns of Raitt. Though Raitt Castle lies not far beyond the next ridge, headstrong Lady Catriona "Katy" MacFinlagh of Clan Mackintosh has never seen it. When her curiosity and rebellious spirit compel her to scale a nearby peak in hopes of catching a glimpse, Katy loses her footing, and a broad-shouldered stranger, appearing seemingly out of nowhere, saves her from a fatal fall.

Red dust dancer, Eva Scott

Everyone deserves a second chance–and another dance. Tamsin Cooper's career as a Parisian showgirl is coming to an end. Nearly thirty, with no boyfriend and no prospects of a family of her own, she decides to take up her inheritance–her Uncle Ted's cattle farm in Queensland. Farm life seems to be suiting her until Tamsin discovers that Uncle Ted had a secret–and her sexy neighbour Angus Walker helped him keep it.

Red dust runaway, Eva Scott

One jaded rock star. One sheltered classical musician. One hell of a red dust road trip...Sheltered, coddled, gifted, Iris longs for something more than practice and performing. She wants to rebel, break the rules, have a hot affair, fall in love–to really live before happily committing to her classical music bubble. But her strict parents and her stricter schedule keep her confined to her gilded cage, even as she yearns desperately to be free.

Betting on paradise, Lizbeth Selvig

Grace's relentless honesty and devotion to family - not to mention the way she turns him on - has Ty thinking too much with his heart. Ty's passionate love for his daughter and his encouragement of Grace's half-baked ideas - not to mention his knee-weakening kisses - has Grace wondering if she's found her unlikely match in a rough-around-the-edges cowboy.

Missing by a heartbeat, Lizbeth Selvig

Dr. Victoria Sterling knows her way around race horse injuries better than vets with twice her experience, and she's used to defending her scrupulously honest reputation in a world where rule-bending beats honesty. Tori has also learned the hard way that her demanding, animal-focused life is too hard for any man to understand much less share–so she wastes no energy looking for love. Trainer Winton Crosby has finally made it to his dream destination: the venerable Churchill Downs.

The Night Butterflies: a short story, Zoe Sharp

The Night Butterflies is a standalone short story. It's the story of a man who thought he'd left his violent past behind him, but discovers it is only a chance footstep away.

The blood whisperer, Zoë Sharp

The uncanny abilities of London crime-scene specialist Kelly Jacks to coax evidence from the most unpromising of crime scenes once earned her the nickname of The Blood Whisperer. Then six years ago all that changed. Kelly woke next to the butchered body of a man, the knife in her hands and no memory of what happened. She trusted the evidence would prove her innocent. It didn't. Now released after serving her sentence for involuntary manslaughter, Kelly must try to piece her life back together.

Quit like a millionaire: no gimmicks, luck, or trust fund required, Kristy Shen

From the vanguard of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bold, contrarian guide to retiring at any age, with a reproducible formula to financial independence-no gimmick, luck, or trust fund required. Quit Like a Millionaire is a bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living the life you've always dreamed of.

Oh my gods, Alexandra Sheppard

In ancient legends, Helen is the irresistible beauty who kicked off the Trojan war and changed history. But that's just a myth. In real life, Helen is a dorky goddess living in modern London with her chaotic family. Forget Greek comedy. Her life is a total tragedy! Between Aphrodite's new fame as a beauty vlogger and Apollo's push to be a world-famous DJ, trying to keep a low profile is impossible. There's no help from her dad, Zeus. He's way too busy to care.

The playground is like the jungle, Innes Shona

Going into the playground can be like setting off on an adventure in the jungle - exciting, a little bit wild and filled with lots of different creatures. You'll meet lots of people having their own adventures in the playground, and sometimes you might want to play together. There's a lot to learn, but there's also lots of fun to be had.

Life is like the wind, Innes Shona

The life inside your body is tricky to see, but you can feel it. Life lets you run and laugh and play - like how the wind helps kites to fly across the sky and leaves to dance across the ground. But where does the wind go when it stops blowing? And where does life go when it leaves the body? This series deals with emotive issues that children face in direct and gentle terms, allowing children's feelings and problems to be more easily shared and discussed with family and friends.

Duckling ugly, Neal Shusterman

Cara is so ugly, mirrors would rather break than show her reflection. Not even her own parents can deny her ugliness, and nothing can make up for the cruelty of her schoolmates. Tormented and tortured by the shallow people of Flock's Rest, Cara's life is miserable. Then Cara receives a shimmering note from some exotic place suggesting that there's more to her than meets the eye.

The dark side of nowhere, Neal Shusterman

Jason is having a bad day. The kind of day when you just don't feel like yourself. Only for Jason, it's not just a feeling. He really isn't himself. Not anymore. Who is he' That's the problem. Jason isn't sure. And it's not just him. Everyone in town is acting weird. His friends. His parents. Everyone. Billington is usually such a normal town. As Jason is about to discover, nothing will ever be normal again'.

The new girl, Daniel Silva

She was covered from head to toe in expensive wool and plaid, the sort of stuff one saw at the Burberry boutique in Harrods. She carried a leather bookbag rather than a nylon backpack. Her patent leather ballet slippers were glossy and bright. She was proper, the new girl, modest. But there was something else about her ...

Cursed, Karol Ruth Silverstein

Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent juvenile inflammatory disease diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school.

A beggar's kingdom, Paullina Simons

Is there a fate beyond the fates? Julian has failed Josephine once. Despite grave danger and impossible odds, he is determined to do the unimaginable and try again to save the woman he loves. What follows is a love story like no other as the doomed lovers embark on an incredible adventure across time and space. Racing through history and against the merciless clock, they face countless dangers and deadly enemies.

Junior High drama: a graphic novel, Louise Simonson

Welcome to Memorial Middle School, where drama fills the classrooms and follows students home on the bus. Social awkwardness. Mean girls. Hallway gossip. It's all part of life in junior high, but maybe it helps to know you aren't alone.

The last widow, Karin Slaughter

A routine family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end... they find nothing. A month later, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, medical examiner Sara Linton is at lunch with her boyfriend Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, when the serenity of the summer's day is broken by the wail of sirens.

Holiday secrets, Susan Sleeman

When his ex is thrust into the crosshairs of a deadly syndicate, FBI agent Gavin McKade will do whatever it takes to protect her. Even work the case with his stubborn sheriff dad. Gavin's holiday homecoming isn't exactly warm and fuzzy, but he must set aside the past to make sure Lexie Grant survives. As if protecting Lexie from professional killers isn't difficult enough, the unlikely reunion has rekindled their complicated romantic connection.

To Night Owl from Dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan

Avery (Night Owl) is bookish, intense, likes to plan ahead, and is afraid of many things. Bett (Dogfish) is fearless, outgoing, and lives in the moment. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and their dads are dating each other. Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same camp for the summer vacation. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends - and possibly, one day, even sisters.

Winning your wife back: before it's too late: a game plan for reconciling your marriage, Gary Smalley

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Silent city, Carrie Smith

NYPD Detective Claire Codella has just won a tough battle with cancer. Now she has to regain her rightful place on the force. She hasn't even been back a day when Hector Sanchez, a maverick public school principal, is found murdered. The school is on high alert. The media is howling for answers. And Codella catches the high-profile case at the worst possible time. As she races to track down the killer, she uncovers dirty politics, questionable contracts, and dark secrets.

Forgotten city, Carrie Smith

NYPD Detective Claire Codella is chomping at the bit for a new case. Lieutenant McGowan is determined to keep her out of the news, but she's about to be back in the public eye in a big way. Broadway legend Lucy Merchant has tragically succumbed to early onset Alzheimer's. At age fifty-six, she's tucked away in the dementia care unit of the ultra-exclusive Manhattan care facility Park Manor.

I capture the castle, Dodie Smith

The story of seventeen year old Cassandra and her extraordinary family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Cassandra's eccentric father is a writer whose first book took the literary world by storm but he has since failed to write a single word and now spends most of his time reading detective novels from the village library.

Never kiss a Scot, Lauren Smith

Joanna is a fine bred English lady—pretty, intelligent, witty—yet no man will offer her marriage. Desperate, she turns to Brock Kincade, the only man who seems to want her. He's a darkly handsome, brooding, intense Scottish lord with secrets and enemies. A race to Greta Green and a hasty anvil marriage will change their lives forever.

Bewitching the earl, Lauren Smith

Daphne Westfall is a lady desperate for a future, one that doesn't involve her dark past. On a cold night she receives aid from a mysterious stranger, one who tells her she can change her destiny, as long as she agrees to marry the man who wins her. The brooding Scottish lord that offers her his name and home is handsome but there's something sorrowful in his eyes that feels all too personal to her. Lachlan Grant never wanted to be an earl, but fate has been less than kind to him.

Nathalia Buttface and the most embarrassing five minutes of fame Ever, Nigel Smith

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Nathalia Buttface and the totally embarrassing bridesmaid disaster, Nigel Smith

Nat is more embarrassed than ever. Nat's class is going on a week-long field trip to hunt for fossils. Cue mouldy log cabins, potholing, map reading and other totally boring geography-related stuff - all the things that Nat hates...and Dad loves! Of course he volunteers to come along with the class as a parent helper.

Nathalia Buttface and the most epically embarrassing trip ever, Nigel Smith

Laugh-out-loud funny for girls in this hilarious new series from TV and radio comedy writing talent Nigel Smith.

Nathalia Buttface and the most embarrassing dad in the world, Nigel Smith

The Most Embarrassing Dad in the World was embarrassing Nathalia even before she was born. He went and married Mum, didn't he' Mum's last name was De Montfort. Thanks to Dad she wasn't Nathalia De Montfort. She was Nathalia Bumole. "It's pronounced Bew-mow-lay," Dad would tell her patiently, time and again. "If anyone says differently, the joke's on them." But as Nathalia knows only too well, the joke will not be on them. It will be on her. Massively.

Nathalia Buttface and the embarrassing camp catastrophe, Nigel Smith

Nat's class is going on a week-long field trip to hunt for fossils. Cue mouldy log cabins, potholing, map reading and other totally boring geography-related stuff – all the things that Nat hates ... and Dad loves! Of course he volunteers to come along with the class as a parent helper.

Monsoon, Wilbur A Smith

The sun went down behind the storm clouds, and stained them with its blood, then the rain fell upon the ship in torrents. Solid sheets of water hammered the wooden decks so hard that the din drowned the men's voices and blotted out their vision." They leave as brothers. They must return as men. Famed sailor Hal Courtney is now a man of land and family.

Read something else: collected & dubious wit & wisdom of Lemony Snicket, Lemony Snicket

Looking for wit, wisdom, and inspiration all within the pages of one useful book? Read Something Else. Life is a turbulent journey, fraught with confusion, heartbreak, and inconvenience. This collection of wit and wisdom from New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket is unlikely to help. It includes a new introduction filled with curious aphorisms, a handful of never-before-seen-or-heard quotations, and fan favourites from works over the years.

The unauthorized autobiography, Lemony Snicket

The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations.

The Eyes of Tamburah, Maria V Snyder

'He thinks you are the thief...'Shyla is a researcher who resides in the underground desert city of Zirdai, which is ruled by the wealthy Water Prince and brutal Heliacal Priestess. Even though Shyla is sun-kissed - an outcast, considered cursed by the Sun Goddess - she is still renowned for uncovering innumerable archaic facts, lost artefacts, ancient maps, and obscure historical documents.

A radical guide for women with ADHD: embrace neurodiversity, live boldy, and break through barriers, Sari Solden

Women with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often feel misunderstood and experience a sense of alienation because of their differences. This radical guide empowers readers to challenge the cultural stigma and deeply internalized shame of being a woman living with an invisible disorder.

The art of statistics: learning from data, D J Spiegelhalter

Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data.

A September bride, Kathryn Springer

All Annie Price has ever wanted is a place to call home. Growing up in the foster care system, that dream seemed far away, but now Annie's dream may be coming true. A friend she met in an online book group wants to retire and has offered Annie a fresh start managing her little bookstore. Believing the opportunity is an answer to prayer, Annie packs her suitcase and moves to Red Leaf, Wisconsin. The residents of Red Leaf welcome Annie into the fold …

Autumn brides: a year of weddings novella collection, Kathryn Springer

Happily ever after begins today. The honour of your presence is requested at three autumn weddings. A September Bride by Kathryn Springer: When Annie moves to Red Leaf, she's ready to call the little town home. Deputy Jesse Kent can't believe his mother has handed the keys to her bookshop over to a woman she met on the internet. Jesse has seen his mother taken advantage of before, and he decides to keep a close eye on this Annie Price.

Blood will tell, Dana Stabenow

Kate was formerly the star investigator of the Anchorage D.A.'s office; now all she wants to do is enjoy the first weeks of autumn on her isolated homestead. Alone. But duty calls, in the form of Ekaterina Shugak, Kate's grandmother, the imposing matriarch of her extended family.

A fatal thaw, Dana Stabenow

Eleven days ago, Roger McAniff bought himself a new Winchester 30.06 rifle. Ten days ago he went out to test it. Now nine people are dead. But only eight were killed by McAniff. Stephen Syms. Patrick Jorgensen. Lyle and Lucy Longstaff. Lisa Getty. The Weiss family, John, Tina, and their two children. All slaughtered. Considering she would have been his final victim, Kate Shugak almost regrets not killing Roger McAniff. But Lisa Getty was killed by a different rifle.

A cold day for murder, Dana Stabenow

Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine, and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. It's December in Alaska and a ranger is missing.

See, love, be: mindfulness and the spiritual life: a practical eight-week guide with audio MP3 CD meditations, Tim Stead

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Lost and found, Danielle Steel

What might have been? This tantalizing question propels a woman on a cross-country adventure to reunite with the men she had loved and let go. Madison Allen is a renowned, career-driven photographer. Sifting through old photos in her fashionable New York fire-house apartment, she reflects on what could have been. She'd had three men in her life who were very important to her in different ways, but it was the fourth love, her job, which always won in the end.

Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

Thea Stilton and the phantom of the orchestra, Thea Stilton

After Violet is chosen to play in the orchestra for a London production of "Romeo and Juliet," Thea and her friends investigate acts of sabotage before the culprit can ruin the show.

The deadly experiments of Dr. Eeek, R L Stine

Reader beware—you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! Top secret and dangerous. That's what your mom, a famous scientist calls, the research she's been doing at the labs of Dr. Eeek. You're dying to know what it's all about. Then one day you get lost in the labs. Before you know it you've become a human guinea pig in Dr. Eeeks deadly experiments! If you choose one lab, you meet a dog wearing sneakers. He's half dog, half kid.

Escape from the carnival of horrors, R L Stine

Readers are invited to test the creepy rides at the annual carnival, such as Reptile Petting Zoo and Booger Bog, in this scary adventure packed with over 20 spooky endings.

The doctor, Lisa Stone

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Becoming Superman: my journey from poverty to Hollywood with stops along the way at murder, madness, mayhem, movie stars, cults, slums, sociopaths, and war crimes, J Michael Straczynski

In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Marvel's Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder and a terrible secret.

The lager queen of Minnesota, J Ryan Stradal

A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate, and the secrets of making a world-class beer, from the author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest.

Age of legend, Michael J Sullivan

Each culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and New York Times Bestseller Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind. After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland, but no farther. Now comes the pivotal moment.

The poison jungle, Tui Sutherland

Sundew, and most of the other LeafWings are nursing a deep hatred for the HiveWings, who have ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala, except those in Poison Jungle where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding, waiting for a dragon clever and powerful enough to exact their revenge–and now they are searching for the jungle's oldest and darkest mystery, one that could destroy them all.

Extraordinary insects: weird, wonderful, indispensable, the ones who run our world, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

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Canadian survival, Jeff Szpirglas

Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival senarios, Canadian style! You begin your quest for survival stranded in the Rockies with an injured guide. You quickly find out she's not who she appears to be. Is she a friend or foe? And what's with that secret compound in the dam? The danger escalates... the dam is sabotaged...

Three women, Lisa Taddeo

All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired.

Undercover jeopardy, Kathleen Tailer

A love rekindled...or a deadly undercover reunion? Taken hostage in a bank robbery, the last person Detective Daniel Morley expects to find disguised as a robber is his ex-fiancée, FBI agent Bethany Walker. Now, with a mole in law enforcement putting Bethany's life in danger, Daniel must join her undercover to protect her. But can this pretend couple confront the issues that ended their real relationship...

Perilous pursuit, Kathleen Tailer

Evidence in their hands...and a crime ring on their trail. Someone will do anything to get Mackenzie Weaver's documentary footage - even kill her. US deputy marshal Jake Riley won't let anyone harm Mackenzie, especially since he's beginning to see her as more than his late friend's little sister. But exploring their growing connection isn't an option...because keeping an emotional distance is his best hope of outmaneuvering criminals determined to make this project Mackenzie's last.

You make me feel like glamping, Daisy Tate

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Do you really want to yurt me?, Daisy Tate

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Teepee for two, Daisy Tate

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We are the glampions!, Daisy Tate

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Your nutrition solution to Type 2 diabetes: a meal-based plan to help manage diabetes, Kimberly A Tessmer

The correct diet plan can be the key to lowering or even eliminating the need for prescription medications and living a life without the worry of medical complications due to type 2 diabetes. Your Nutrition Solution to Type 2 Diabetes will give you: The latest medical information on type 2 diabetes as well as prediabetes along with a complete yet simplified overview of the disease to enhance your understanding.

The pines of Winder Ranch; Cold Creek reunion, RaeAnne Thayne

Come home to Winder Ranch in these two beloved stories, where broken hearts can find exactly what they need to heal–and love again. A Cold Creek Homecoming: When Quinn Southerland returns home to Winder Ranch, Idaho, to find former high school queen bee Tess Claybourn serving as his dying mother's hospice nurse, he's far from pleased. But recently widowed Tess has done a lot of growing up since then.

Night music, Jenn Marie Thorne

Ruby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it's clear that music has publicly dumped her. Now Ruby is suddenly just … Ruby. And who is that again? All she knows is that she wants away from the world of classical music for good. Oscar is a wunderkind, a musical genius. Just ask any of the 1.

The Inspector Trave trilogy, Simon Tolkien

Simon Tolkien's gripping Oxford-based thriller trilogy which sees Inspector Trave in a race for justice against deception, conspiracy and the long shadow of the past. Orders from Berlin: It's 1940, and Bill Trave is a Detective Constable in his early thirties working in West London. Almost single-handedly Winston Churchill maintains the country's morale, with the German enemy convinced that his removal would win them the War.

Four respectable ladies seek part-time husband, Barbara Toner

It's September 1919. The war is over, and everyone who was going to die from the flu has done so. But there's a shortage of husbands and women in strife will flounder without a male to act on their behalf. And in the southern New South Wales town of Prospect, four ladies bereft of men have problems that threaten to overwhelm them. Beautiful Louisa Worthington, whose dashing husband died for King and Country, is being ruined by the debts he left behind.

The wonder of lost causes, Nick Trout

A single mum learns that her son can talk to a very special dog - and the lessons the dog teaches will transform them all.

No ocean too wide: a novel, Carrie Turansky

In this historical adventure for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the three youngest McAllister children are taken to Canada as British Home Children without their mother's knowledge or permission. The oldest McAllister sibling follows them across the Atlantic to search for them and bring them home.

Tina Turner: my love story, Tina Turner

Tina Turner; the long-reigning queen of rock 'n' roll and living legend, sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir. From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history; her trials, her triumphs, and everything in between.

Shot down: the powerful story of what happened to MH17 over Ukraine and the lives of those who were on board, Marianne van Velzen

On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above Ukraine. Aboard were 298 people, 38 of whom were Australians. No one survived. Subsequently it was shown that the airliner was almost certainly hit by a Buk surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian separatists aided by the Russian military. The debris from the plane's disintegration mid-air was spread over 50 square kilometres, but for weeks rescue teams and investigators were denied access.

Mountain refuge, Sarah Varland

When someone tries to grab Summer Dawson on a secluded mountain path, she escapes–but soon discovers she's a serial killer's latest target. Her brother's friend, ex-cop Clay Hitchcock, promises she won't become the next victim, though, even if it means putting himself at risk. Clay thought he was done with law enforcement, but after finding Summer running for her life off a mountain trail, he's back in cop mode. Determined to protect her, Clay shadows the brave, beautiful mountain runner.

The sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut

When Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode Island, once every fifty-nine days and then only for an hour. But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will be.

Slapstick: or Lonesome no more!, Kurt Vonnegut

Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today's follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Vonnegut's pen into hilarious farce - a final slapstick that may be the Almighty's joke on us all.

The lady's guide to celestial mechanics: Olivia Waite, Olivia Waite

As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover's sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn't until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess' London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled.

Again the three just men, Edgar Wallace

Ten thrilling tales from the secret files of the world's most famous vigilantes An honest workingman tries to intimidate his wife's blackmailer and winds up in prison. Only the organization known as the Four Just Men can save him by taking the law into their own hands. A noted professor is found strangled to death in his laboratory, and the prime suspect is his sinister-looking son.

The council of justice, Edgar Wallace

In their second explosive adventure, the Four Just Men must sacrifice one of their own Her rise through the ranks of the Red Hundred was swift and inexorable. From scraps of conversation overheard in her father & rsquo;s kitchen, she crafted speeches that brought men to tears. When the time came for bloodshed, she did not hesitate & mdash;generals and princes died by her hand. As her beauty grew, so did her influence.

The law of the four just men, Edgar Wallace

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Available light, Dayton Ward

The past comes back to haunt Captain Jean-Luc Picard in this brand new thriller set in the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Section 31, the covert organization which has operated without accountability in the shadows for more than two centuries, has been exposed. Throughout the Federation, the rogue group's agents and leaders are being taken into custody as the sheer scope of its misdeeds comes to light.

Moon: an illustrated history: from ancient myths to the colonies of tomorrow, David Warmflash

Chronologically presents 100 milestones in the Moon's development and exploration. Starting 4.5 billion years ago when the Moon formed, this stunning volume moves from the hypotheses of the Moon's formation (4.5 billion years ago) to sixth-century BCE predictions of solar eclipses, from the twentieth-century Space Race between the US and the Soviet Union to private space companies and possible future lunar colonies.

The 4 habits of joy-filled marriages: how 15 minutes a day will help you stay in love, Marcus Warner

What separates happy marriages from miserable ones?Surprisingly, it's not healthy communication. It's not conflict resolution skills. It's actually the size of the marriage's joy gap . Joy Gap/joi gap/ (n.)-1. The length of time between moments of shared joy When the joy gap gets bigger, problems are more likely to overwhelm you, resentment creeps in, and you start to feel distant and alone in your marriage.

Summer of the burning sky, Susan May Warren

An elite Alaskan Smokejumping team is all that stands between a small town, an oil refinery and the massive forest fire that could destroy them all. When western Alaska erupts in a devastating fire, the elite firefighting crew of the Jude County Hotshots is called in to save the day. The fire threatens the small town of Copper, Alaska. Standing in the gap are seasoned smoke jumpers Tucker Newman and Riley McCord, along with rookie Skye Doyle.

Tate, Susan May Warren

What will it cost this bodyguard to save the woman he loves? Bodyguard Tate Marshall has always been the family troublemaker. Maybe it's his impulsive propensity to get into the middle of problems that don't belong to him. But once in, he can't stop himself from trying to solve them and that includes his recent dilemma. He's in love with the woman he's supposed to protect, the beautiful Gloria, 'Glo' Jackson, daughter of US Senator and presidential hopeful Reba Jackson.

Baroness, Susan May Warren

Coming of age in the turbulent Roaring Twenties, two daughters of fortune can have everything they possibly want–except freedom. Expected to marry well and take the reins of the family empire, Lilly and Rosie have their entire lives planned out for them. But Lilly longs to flee the confines of New York City for the untamed wilds of Montana. Her cousin Rosie dreams of the bright lights of the newly emerging silver screen.

Duchess, Susan May Warren

The Golden Age of Hollywood is in the business of creating stars. Rosie Worth, now starlet Roxie Price, has found everything she's wanted in the glamour of the silver screen. With adoring fans and a studio-mogul husband, she's finally silenced the heartache of the past. Her future shines bright–until the fated Black Friday when it all comes crashing down. When Roxy loses everything, she finds herself disgraced and penniless.

Heiress, Susan May Warren

With the wrong smile, her sister could destroy Jinx's world. The beautiful heiress daughters of newspaper magnate August Price have been given everything their hearts desire. But what if they want only to be loved–without an enormous price tag attached? When one daughter pursues a desirable marriage, she secures for herself a comfortable and glamorous life.

Sober curious: the blissful sleep, greater focus, limitless presence, and deep connection awaiting us all on the other side of alcohol, Ruby Warrington

Would life be better without alcohol? It's the nagging question more and more of us are finding harder to ignore, whether we have a "problem" with alcohol or not. After all, we yoga. We green juice. We meditate. We self-care. And yet, come the end of a long work day, the start of a weekend, an awkward social situation, we drink. One glass of wine turns into two turns into a bottle. In the face of how we care for ourselves otherwise, it's hard to avoid how alcohol really makes us feel. terrible.

Always the children: a nurse's story of home and war, Anne Watts

Anne Watts grew up in a small village in north Wales in the 1940s. She trained as a nurse & midwife, joined the Save the Children Fund, & was posted to Vietnam in 1967. Here, Anne was faced with a vision of hell she wasn't prepared for.

The second generation, Margaret Weis

Years have passed since the end of the War of the Lance. The people of Ansalon have rebuilt their lives, their houses, their families. The Companions of the Lance, too, have returned to their homes, raising children and putting the days of their heroic deeds behind them. But peace on Krynn comes at a price. The forces of darkness are ever vigilant, searching for ways to erode the balance of power and take control.

Last night at Chateau Marmont, Lauren Weisberger

Brooke and Julian live a happy life in New York – she's the breadwinner working two jobs and he's the struggling musician husband. Then Julian is discovered by a Sony exec and becomes an overnight success – and their life changes for ever. Julian's new-found fame means that Brooke must face the savage attentions of the ruthless paparazzi. And when a scandalous picture hits the front pages, Brooke's world is turned upside down.

Revenge wears Prada: the Devil returns, Lauren Weisberger

Everything's in place for the season's hottest launch: Tall latte (with two raw sugars)? Check. Gucci trench (draped over desk)? Check. Outrageous, unreasonable demands? Check. Andy has just turned thirty and is an incredibly successful magazine editor, working closely with her best friend Emily, another Runway survivor. She's about to get married, life's on track and she's been careful to stay clear of Miranda Priestly, her dreadful first boss. But Andy's luck is running out.

Love & inheritance trilogy, Fay Weldon

The Dilberne family lurch from diamond-studded tea gowns to bankruptcy and back again, their fortunes dependent on steam-powered automobiles, Spiritualist gatherings and Christmases at Sandringham. But as the century turns, the rigid rules of society are beginning to soften.

Eye of the earthquake dragon, Tracey West

The evil wizard Maldred has stolen the gold and silver keys which will allow him to release the Naga, the powerful earthquake dragon at the center of the earth–so Drake and several of the other Dragon Masters travel to the Naga's Temple in the Dragon Islands, to try and stop Maldred, and prevent him and the earthquake dragon from destroying the kingdom.

Swimming pool Sunday, Madeleine Wickham

One shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, the Delaneys open their pool to the whole village for charity. Louise is there with her daughters, and while the children splash and shriek in the cool blue waters, she basks in the sunshine, attempting to ignore her estranged husband and dreaming of the new man in her life, a charismatic lawyer. The day seems perfect. Then a sudden and shocking accident changes everyone's lives forever. Recriminations start to fly.

The wedding girl, Madeleine Wickham

At 18, Milly was up for anything. So when a friend asked her to marry him just so that he could stay in England, she didn't hesitate. To make it seem real she dressed up in wedding finery and posed on the steps of the registry office for photographs. Now, 10 years later, Milly is a very different person. Engaged to Simon - who is good-looking, wealthy and adores her - she is about to have the biggest and most elaborate wedding imaginable, all masterminded by her mother.

The gatecrasher, Madeleine Wickham

Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats. Beautiful and utterly irresistible, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. Fleur wastes no time in seducing her latest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour. His children are caught up in a whirlwind as their father's new girlfriend descends on the family estate.

The Christmas key, Lori Wilde

There's a legend in Twilight, Texas. If you sleep with a kismet cookie under your pillow on Christmas Eve, you will dream of your one true love. It's impossible! Naomi Luther was standing face-to-face with the man she'd dreamed about over a year ago. Was it the magic of kismet Christmas cookies that brought him to her? Or is there an even greater force at work? All Naomi knows is she is falling, hard and fast, for the one man all good sense says she should not have.

Mortal ties, Eileen Wilks

When the prototype of a magical device is stolen from their clan, FBI agent Lily Yu and her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, must race against time to recover their missing property before it falls into the hands of Robert Friar, a killer, madman, and acolyte of the Old One the Lupi are at war with.

Ritual magic, Eileen Wilks

On her fifty-seventh birthday, Lily's mother suddenly loses all her memories beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More ... and darker. When Lily and Rule discover that others have suffered the same mysterious memory loss– at the same time and on the same night– their investigation into the darkness begins.

Unbinding, Eileen Wilks

After questing through the sidhe realms with her ex-hellhound lover, Nathan, Kai Tallman Michalski has finally returned home. But she knows Nathan will eventually be called back to serve his queen–and Kai will have to decide whether to enter her majesty's service as well. Sure, the job comes with great bennies, but there's one big downside: she would have to swear absolute fealty to the Queen of Winter.

Dragon blood, Eileen Wilks

The battle against a vengeful goddess reaches a climactic point as Lily Yu must now face the ultimate challenge in a dangerous new realm - without her husband, Rule. When a mission to rescue five children stolen by an Old One falls apart under the assault of a demon prince, Lily wakes up in a strange reality - and is immediately taken captive by the dragon spawn who rule there. Jumping worlds has fractured her party, and Cynna is her only companion.

Death magic, Eileen Wilks

Recovering from an attempt on his life by an FBI traitor, Lily Yu's boss forms a ghost unity that will operate in secret-and outside the law. Lily's conscience won't let her join. Her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, has no such reservations. But when a senator is killed, Lily's decision becomes a matter of life and death-and all the magic in between.

Blood challenge, Eileen Wilks

Lily Yu and Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There{u2019}s hate mail. Death threats. Lily's car is vandalized. But professionally, things are going smoothly ... until a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree. Then Rule's brother, Benedict, catches a lovely intruder–twice. The first time she's sneaking around the home of the leader of Humans First. The second time, she sneaks into Nokolai Clanhome with a mysterious potion.

Dragon spawn, Eileen Wilks

Lily learns she was right. Tom Weng, a powerful sorcerer allied with the Old One who keeps trying to take over the world, is still alive. But that's not the worst. Weng is a dragon spawn, the product of a botched hatching given a human form in an attempt to keep him from going mad. A failed attempt? Meanwhile, Lily's husband Rule is facing a Challenge to the death. Then there?s the possible reappearance of another sorcerer.

Dreaming of Rome, T A Williams

After a painful break-up, she's decided she doesn't believe in love. Then, while on a professional trip to the magical city of Rome, she meets Corrado, a scientist and her brother-in-law to be, who doesn't believe in love either. To him, it's just a biochemical reaction. So what's the problem? Well, he's gorgeous for a start, as well as charming, generous, intelligent and attentive, and she feels herself immediately falling for him, despite her new outlook.

Dreaming of Christmas, T A Williams

It's the dream Christmas: snow, mountains... and, er, an ex-boyfriend. But can Zoe still find love in the Alps? Dumped on Christmas Eve by her long-term boyfriend, it's been a rough year for Zoe Lumsley. But then she gets an invitation she can't refuse: an all expenses paid skiing holiday with old university friends. The bad news: her ex, Grant, will be there with his new girlfriend. But so will her former flatmate Billy, the organiser, and in the meantime he's done rather well for himself.

The summer country, Lauren Willig

Barbados, 1854: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous English merchant clan-merely a vicar's daughter, and a reform-minded vicar's daughter, at that. Everyone knows that the family's lucrative shipping business will go to her cousin, Adam, one day. But when her grandfather dies, Emily receives an unexpected inheritance: Peverills, a sugar plantation in Barbados-a plantation her grandfather never told anyone he owned.

That summer, Lauren Willig

2009: When Julia Conley hears that she has inherited a house outside London from an unknown great-aunt, she assumes it's a joke. She hasn't been back to England since the car crash that killed her mother when she was six, an event she remembers only in her nightmares. But when she arrives at Herne Hill to sort through the house–with the help of her cousin Natasha and sexy antiques dealer Nicholas–bits of memory start coming back.

The sea king, C L Wilson

He wasn?t supposed to choose her?She didn't dare wed him...Until evil threatens everything they hold dear?When pirates kidnap Summer and her sisters, Dilys begins a desperate quest to save the woman he loves. Only?by combining his command of?the seas with the unleashed fury of Summer?s formidable gifts can they defeat their brutal enemies and claim the most priceless victory of all: true love.

Island of secrets, Patricia Wilson

All her life, London-born Angelika has been intrigued by her mother's secret past. Now planning her wedding, she feels she must visit the remote Crete village her mother grew up in. Angie's estranged elderly grandmother, Maria, is dying. She welcomes Angie with open arms - it's time to unburden herself, and tell the story she'll otherwise take to her grave.

Villa of secrets, Patricia Wilson

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The border, Don Winslow

What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you're on? The war has come home. For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War On Drugs.

Undercurrent, Rita Wong

Reunited, and pregnant, Joss Wood

PR whiz Cady Collins' personal and professional lives both desperately need a reboot. So when millionaire Beckett Ballantyne decides to rebrand his company, Cady is determined to land the job. The only complication is her romantic history with her devilishly handsome boss, whose smouldering blue eyes still make her swoon. And the only complication with that is the fact she's already pregnant. Beck doesn't mind that he's not the baby's father–he only knows he burns for the mum-to-be.

One night to forever, Joss Wood

He's put family first for years. Now he wants to be wild. So his best friend's little sister is off-limits. Right?Lachlyn Latimore is the long-lost Ballantyne daughter, but she wants no part of her famous family. Too bad the paparazzi missed the memo. Enter Reame Jepsen, the wealthy security expert who's vowed to keep his best friend's sister safe. Even if that means moving in, staying close and giving in to the forbidden ...

Little secrets: unexpectedly pregnant, Joss Wood

Will a baby on the way reunite ex-lovers? Three years after Tyce Latimore let Sage Ballantyne walk away, they end up back where they started–in bed. Now she's carrying his child...and there's no way he's losing her again.Tyce is tempting. Dangerous. Addictive. Sage left him for all the right reasons. But one passionate mistake could reunite her with the world-famous artist for all the wrong ones. A baby on the way ups the ante.

Convenient Cinderella bride, Joss Wood

Prince Charming–with strings attached! Billionaire playboy Jonas Halstead has exactly ninety days to marry–or be cut off from his family's hotel dynasty. What he needs is a practical, like-minded woman who isn't looking to be swept off her feet.Jonas's seductive offer could save Katrina Morrison from financial ruin.

Mrs Hemingway, Naomi Wood

In the dazzling summer of 1926, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley travel from their home in Paris to a villa in the south of France. They swim, play bridge, drink gin, have parties - and everywhere they go they are accompanied by the glamorous, irrepressible Fife. She is Ernest's lover. Hadley is the first Mrs Hemingway, but neither she nor Fife will be the last.

The express bride, Kimberley Woodhouse

The Daughters of the Mayflower series continues with The Express Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse. Jackie runs a Pony Express station in a wilderness where fugitives and criminals try to hide.

Deep undercover, Lenora Worth

A dangerous undercover assignment... To take down a serial bomber, NYPD K-9 officers Brianne Hayes and Gavin Sutherland must go undercover &#8211 as a married couple. But now the bomber is targeting them to halt the investigation.

The promise: tales of love and loss, 1958- Xinran

A tall, dark cowboy Christmas, Maisey Yates

It's Christmas in Gold Valley, and this wounded widower is about to get another shot at love... Grant Dodge didn't expect to find a woman sleeping in an abandoned cabin on his family ranch. He also never expected to find her so intriguing. Unlike every other woman in town, McKenna Tate doesn't know Grant's a widower. There's no pity in the looks she gives him. McKenna wants him, and Grant has forgotten what it's like to feel like a man.

Want me, cowboy, Maisey Yates

Her rancher boss is looking for the perfect wife...and she wants the job! Poppy Sinclair kept her feelings for Isaiah Grayson secret for a decade. When her infuriatingly gorgeous Stetson-wearing boss enlists her help in finding him a convenient wife, she threatens to quit.

Unbroken cowboy, Maisey Yates

In Gold Valley, Oregon, forbidden love just might be the sweetest... Unbroken CowboyDane Parker traded in his trailer-park roots for glory as a bull rider. But when a serious injury sidelines him for months, the last thing he wants to deal with is sweet family friend Bea treating him like one of her wounded animals - or the unexpected attraction that suddenly flares between them.Beatrix Leighton has loved Dane for years, while he's always seen her as another sister.

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Relentless: the first person to solo kayak the Tasman, Scott Donaldson

The story of Scott Donaldson's relentless journey to be the first person to cross the Tasman sea solo in a kayak Unpredictable and unforgiving, the Tasman Sea is one of the most hostile stretches of water in the world. An Australian adventurer attempted to kayak across in 2007, disappearing without a trace. In 2018 Kiwi adventurer Scott Donaldson spent two months alone at sea to achieve a world first. It was his third attempt, having fallen a heartbreaking 80 kilometres short in 2014.

Perform under pressure, Ceri Evans

Perform Under Pressure will help you not only survive but thrive in situations that up until now have been holding you back. Targeting the moments when you are most stressed and uncomfortable, Dr Ceri Evans' red-blue mind model converts his clinical insights into a simple approach that will help you gain emotional control when you need it most.If you want to be better at what you do, pressure is unavoidable.

Katherine Mansfield: story-teller, Kathleen Jones

Widely acknowledged as New Zealand's finest writer, Katherine Mansfield holds a special place in the hearts of New Zealanders. A new biography is a significant literary event. Katherine Mansfield: The Story-teller is the first new biography of Mansfield for a quarter of a century. It is published at a time when interest in Mansfield and her work is increasing throughout the world.

Katherine Mansfield: a secret life, Claire Tomalin

Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Sexually ambiguous, craving love yet quarrelsome and capricious, she glittered in the brilliant circles of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, her beauty and recklessness inspiring admiration, jealousy, rage and devotion.

Dog Zen: everything you need to know to transform your dog, Mark Vette

Mark Vette shows you how to transform your dog and create a harmonious life-long bond. This book looks at how the dog evolved from the wolf, and the ancient co-evolved bond that exists between humans and dogs, before explaining how to get your dog into a fundamental calm 'learning state' so you can encourage the behaviours you want from your pet.

How to escape from prison, Paul Wood

At 18, Paul Wood thought he had lost everything. He had committed an act he knew would send him to prison for many years. To a young man like Paul, it might as well have been for the rest of his life. Plunged into a nightmarish world of extreme violence, solitary confinement, gang allegiances, drugs, vindictive wardens and regular stabbings, Paul spent the next 11 years confined in some of New Zealand's toughest jails.

Is it bedtime yet?: Parenting, the hilarious, the hair-raising, the heart-breaking, Emily Writes

The experience of parenthood is different for everyone. And every day can be different too. Read a hilarious and moving collection of perspectives from the well-loved Emily Writes and her friends. Some of them are experienced writers, others have put pen to paper for the first time. If it takes a village to raise a child, then this writing comes from the whole village.