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When Posie Parker, London’s premier female Detective, accidentally runs into an old family acquaintance, she is persuaded to leave town immediately and return to the place of her childhood roots - the beautiful and bleak Norfolk coast - to investigate a closed-room murder mystery which local police believe has a foregone conclusion. But have the police got it right? Posie must race against the clock as the Murder Trial is scheduled to begin in just two days’ time.

Kimberly gathers survivors in an uneasy alliance to put an end to the fever of white nationalism. They are put on a collision course with Right Nation; their own unity threatened when Coby is kidnapped by white supremacists and Scot insists on rescuing her alone.

In the quiet world of rural English clergy, lives are full of challenges, conflicts, desires and expectations. George Eliot’s first published work of fiction (1857) comprises three separate stories and has the hallmarks of her famous later works–her gentle wit and clever satire, her psychological insight, and her keen observation of human nature and frailty. These are beautifully written and poignant tales, set in and around the fictional Midlands town of Milby.

The World My Wilderness was published in 1955 and follows the story of Barbary Deniston, a 17-year-old girl growing up in London during World War II. Barbary’s parents are divorced, and she divides her time between her mother’s bohemian lifestyle and her father’s more conventional life. The novel explores themes of identity, family, and the impact of war on individuals and society. It is considered one of Macaulay’s most personal and autobiographical works.

Au cœur du merveilleux royaume d’Auréa, où le sublime côtoie la plus grande des violences, embarquez pour une aventure exaltante dans la pure tradition des romans de fantasy !

For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement. Through the captivating individual voices of the people who lived it, The Movement tells the intimate inside story of what it felt like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist crusade, when women rejected thousands of years of custom and demanded the freedom to be who they wanted and needed to be.

People are dying in the West Yorkshire city of Fordley, from the kind of random, everyday accidents that happen in a busy city. Or are they? Forensic pathologist Elle Richardson, doesn't think so. She believes there's a serial killer, stalking the streets. But with no hard evidence to go on, West Yorkshire police are treating them as unfortunate deaths. Convinced she's right, Elle turns to her good friend, Forensic Psychologist Doctor Jo McCready. Working as a police consultant, Jo's methods have proved successful in the past. But this time, she'll have to go it alone.

The date is Saturday 6th December, 1924. It’s snowing heavily outside, but in the little white Swiss Church in London, packed to the rafters with beautifully-dressed guests, everything is just right. All going to plan. Or is it? Where is the normal vicar? Who has changed all the flowers? And where the blazes is Posie’s beloved groom? Don’t miss this short story. Goes perfectly with a glass of something sparkling!

New Nigeria is a good, clean, all-American town. The husbands are smiling and handsome, the wives are strong, rich, and powerful, and Nat Turner High is the best public school in the state. Yet, the citizens of this idyllic community find themselves in a rapidly changing country and, to be perfectly honest, some of them are a teeny bit uncomfortable with it all.

During the two years since they created the Off the Books Task Force, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis have had their share of difficult cases, but their next one hits close to home. Too close.

Born to inherit the Kings' empire, my birthright was stolen by my ruthless younger brother upon Papà’s death. Tired of lurking in his shadow, the upcoming war offers the perfect opportunity for me to seize back my throne. That's when Rose storms into my life—a wild, unpredictable force of nature, a tantalizing distraction I can't afford but can't resist. She was meant to be nothing more than a fling, a fleeting escape from the dark world I inhabit.

Louise et Madeleine. Deux écrivaines, deux générations. L'une écrit pour fuguer, l'autre fugue pour écrire. L'une débute dans l'écriture, l'autre n'écrit plus. À travers une correspondance intime, elles partagent leurs doutes face à la création et à leurs vies de femmes artistes, d'épouses et de mères. Être prête à décevoir, à déplaire, à oser dire ce que l'on pense et à faire ce qui doit être fait pour devenir la personne que l'on devait être.

In this fascinating and entertaining look at games throughout history, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game, and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives. Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card games, and dice contests that link Chaucer to Warren G, The Game Changers will show you why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us win more often, become better losers and stay one step ahead - on and off the board. Through play, we become fully ourselves.

Quando a Lizzie viene assegnato il compito di trovare un servizio sveglia per Theo, il suo scontroso CEO, pensa: be’, sarà tanto difficile? Risposta: praticamente impossibile! A quanto pare, nessuna compagnia al mondo vuole fornirgli un servizio sveglia. Ne hanno tutti fin sopra i capelli di lui. Ma Lizzie non vuole perdere il lavoro, quindi inizia lei stessa a chiamarlo – ogni santissimo giorno, alle 4:30.

Thirlmere hides a deadly secret... Drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. The case quickly becomes personal for DI Kelly Porter when she discovers it's the remains of an old classmate, missing for over twenty years. Then a day later, another body is found in a caravan park, its head broken and bloody. Kelly suspects these two crimes are linked. But if she's right, that means there's a ruthless killer somewhere in her community – someone who will do anything to keep the truth buried.

Diecisiete años después de su partida, Gabriela regresa a Paraguay. El motivo inicial es que Andrei, un gran amigo de antaño y casi mentor suyo, ha muerto, y le ha legado un cuaderno muy personal. Pero regresa a Paraguay por algo más, para saldar una deuda con una época fundamental de su vida, feliz y dolorosa a la vez. En un cruce continuo entre el presente y el pasado, la novela cuenta la historia de Andrei, un joven croata que, desencantado de su realidad, se embarca rumbo a Argentina; durante la travesía traba relación con dos científicos, Ladislao Biró y Palamazczuk.

It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly implausible conspiracy theories. Dogwhistles and Figleaves explores ways in which such changes—both of which defied previously settled norms of political speech—have been brought about. Jennifer Saul shows that two linguistic devices, dogwhistles and figleaves, have played a crucial role.

Rebecca is a wife, mother and the author of an unmanageable number of to do lists. Her attempts to coerce her life into something she has any hope of controlling are failing. Her family can’t manage without her but she’s starting to think they should. So she makes a decision. Only it doesn’t quite go to plan. Rebecca finds herself in therapy with a doctor poking around in her brain, asking questions about her childhood. She wants to get better but that means telling someone how she feels. How she really feels. She’s gone to pieces. Can she put herself back together?

Ivy is in trouble. A recent break-up has left her humiliated and raw, so when her best friend, Regan, offers her a month-long escape in the form of a trip to Australia, it feels like a lifeline, one that Ivy grabs with both hands. Regan is everything Ivy’s not. But Ivy is drawn to a calmer type of holiday, so when she spots an ad for crewmembers on a small yacht being sailed by a doting father and his daughter, the girls decide to take the job. Together with a handsome third crewmember, they set off north into tropical heat, but it's not long before doubts start to creep in.

Depuis plus de 35 ans, des parents se tournent vers le livre Parler pour que les enfants écoutent, écouter pour que les enfants parlent d'Adèle Faber et Elaine Mazlish pour ses solutions respectueuses et efficaces face aux interminables défis liés à l'éducation des enfants. Aujourd'hui, en réponse à la demande croissante, Joanna, la fille d'Adèle Faber, en collaboration avec Julie King, adapte les habiletés de communication de Parler pour que les enfants écoutent aux enfants de 2 à 7 ans.