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This year's wedding season is coming to an end for flatmates Lexie and Scarlet. Scarlet sets Lexie one last challenge as part of their summer-long wedding bingo - to kiss the best man, Josh. But while Lexie is looking for Josh, she meets Chris. Their connection is instant, and they can't stop talking. As she runs inside to grab them Champagne, she finally finds Josh at the bar and connects with him too. Returning to Chris, he tells her in a matter of moments he's leaving the UK to go home to New York. They're reluctant to leave things where they are. The laughter, fun and conversation feels so real, so meant to be. So Chris makes a split-second decision and invites Lexie to go with him to New York, just for the weekend, just for a few days, just to see. With two men, and one moment to make a life-changing decision, what will Lexie decide?And what if fate has other ideas?PRAISE FOR ELLE COOK'A total delight. Achingly romantic, full of suspense and a beautiful cast of characters. This is going to be huge!' Laura Jane Williams'This is an uplifting romcom to warm you on these autumnal nights' Prima'Told with tenderness, humour and warmth' Holly Miller'A compelling modern love story brimming with emotion and heart' Fiona Gibson'One of the best books I've read this year. I was swept up in Tom and Abbie's story from the first page to the last' Emma Cooper'A heart-wrenching rollercoaster full of missed opportunities and tenderness. I was rooting for Tom and Abbie right from the start and was swept along by their exquisite will-they-won't-they love story' Caroline Khoury

The stunning sequel to The Crimson Crown, which follows Ayleth, a powerful witch and the very wickedest of all as she wrestles with love and betrayal.

We all want to flourish. We want to create harmony, well-being and joy in our lives and those around us. The question is, how?Daniel Coyle has spent the last six years researching and visiting 'holistic hotbeds': groups, teams, businesses, and communities which have, accidentally or on purpose, created deep, thriving relationships that generate high levels of shared success and well-being. From a small town in Vermont that has produced 11 Olympians over the past 40 years - where most of the Olympians return to live and work after their athletic careers are over - to a Michigan deli that accidentally grew into a $70 million business. And from a grassroots organization in an impoverished Kenyan settlement that has produced Ivy League students, to a successful multi-billion dollar company that functions like an extended family.Coyle discovered that all these groups flourish using three skills, which form the three parts of this book. In Skill 1 - The Surrendering - we'll learn about our brain's holistic-awareness system and how to use it to create connection and belonging. In Skill 2 - The Unleashing - we'll learn how creating small instabilities can ignite energy, ownership, and self-organizing action toward a shared horizon. In Skill 3 - The Deep Fun - we'll learn how audacious experiments can generate new versions of yourself and your group.The overarching idea is that flourishing is created by a matrix of quiet but powerful group interactions that create interdependence, energy and growth. Flourishing isn't a puzzle you solve alone; it's a set of living relationships that generate the shared capability to shape your future, together.

'Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation' Colson WhiteheadOn the west coast of America, virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, a plain white room that can become a jungle, a painting or a vast Byzantine cathedral. Adie Klarpol, a disillusioned artist, is fascinated by this cutting-edge technology.In a war-torn city on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, an American teacher - Taimur Martin - is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room.What can possibly join two such remote places? Only the shared imagination, a room that these two people unwittingly build in common...'Spectacular... Riveting' New York Times

THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION'Radical and exciting' Jessie Burton'Breathtaking' Barbara Kingsolver'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it' Barack Obama'Really, just one of the best novels, period' Ann PatchettA wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. An Air Force crewmember in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. This is the story of these and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by the natural world, who are brought together in a last stand to save it from catastrophe.

Read this thrilling and timely novel of the human soul from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory.After many years of living abroad, a young writer returns to the United States to take up a position at his former college. There he encounters Philip Lentz, an outspoken neurologist intent on using computers to model the human brain.Lentz involves the writer in an outlandish and irresistible project - to train a computing system by reading a canonical list of Great Books. Through repeated tutorials, the machine grows gradually more worldly, until it demands to know its own age, sex, race and reason for existing.'An ingenious, ambitious, at times dizzily cerebral work... It soars and spins... The novel attains an aching, melancholy beauty' New York Times

'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York TimesIn Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer.This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation.Clare & Company's stunning growth reflects America's kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.

'A psychological thriller, a flawed love story, a study of authenticity in emotions, a commentary on America's relations with itself and the world, humanity and ecology... undoubtedly magnificent' The TimesOn 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. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what really happened. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition.

Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2024 offers a superbly sharp and wickedly witty record of a year of landmark landslides, Trumpian trials, Post Office revelations, and one soggy Sunak. This collection features the work of Peter Brookes, Steve Bell, Morten Morland, Nicola Jennings, Christian Adams, Dave Brown, Ella Baron and many more of the nation's finest cartoonists, alongside captions from Britain's leading cartoon expert. It's a magnificent record of twelve months of political pandemonium and savage satire, and the perfect gift for friends, family, or just for yourself.

How do you find your daughter when no one believes she is missing? Single mother Jess and her daughter Issie have always been close. For sixteen years, it's been just the two of them.That is, until Issie meets Dylan.When the pair announce they're taking a year out to go travelling, Jess is devastated - Issie is still in school after all.And when she stops hearing from her daughter altogether, she's terrified.With Dylan refusing to tell her where Issie is, and the police unwilling to help, Jess is faced with a mother's worst nightmare.Can she find her daughter before it's too late? ______________Praise for Heidi Perks: 'A fun, compelling thriller - perfect to read beside the pool, or at home, dreaming of warmer times to come' The Observer'Heidi Perks has a gift for ratcheting up tension and suspense in her books, leaving this reader gasping for breath with the lights on in the middle of the night. Bravo!' Liz Nugent'The Other Guest is a fantastic sun-soaked thriller with a gripping mystery at its heart. It's the perfect read to take on holiday - but just keep one eye on those other guests!' Lucy Clarke'A twisty hot summer read in a location to die for. Literally!' Jane Corry'I raced through this in a weekend. A taut, clever whodunnit, masterfully structured, beautifully written, with an intriguing cast and some heart-wrenching moral dilemmas. Brilliant.' Gilly Macmillan'Pure, thrilling escapism. Whip-smart twists make this summer sizzler impossible to put down. The Other Guest is unforgettable' Chris Whitaker

A non-fiction title showcasing the brilliant work of teachers from the no. 1 bestselling author. __________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN

A gripping debut thriller with a killer twist at its core.When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she's the one who ends up being shocked to her core ...Because Noah left the company nine months ago, and she had no idea. How can she not have known?Now he isn't answering her calls. He won't respond to her messages. He's disappeared.As Claire desperately tries to find her fiancé, her world begins to shatter as the truth about who Noah really is starts to emerge.And things are about to spiral dangerously out of control . . .

THE TWENTY-FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANThe year of 1947 is almost upon them and the community of Cliffehaven is still feeling the tragic loss of Gracie. A loving home must be found for her young orphaned son and new-born baby before the worst of the winter sets in. Polish refugee and nurse Danuta made a promise to Gracie that she would love and cherish her children as her own. But her husband is less convinced. When his health deteriorates, it seems Danuta's promise cannot be fulfilled. As a bitter winter storm hits and the town of Cliffehaven becomes cut off, Peggy Reilly and the rest of the Cliffehaven community must pull together to keep everyone safe. Keeping a promise in the face of adversity is never easy. With the support of those around her, can Danuta find a way?READERS LOVE THE CLIFFEHAVEN SERIES:'Fantastic... So heartfelt and... told in an easy manner, with real life and emotions throughout. Absolutely love.' 'Like tucking into your favorite comfort food, curling up by warm fire on a snowy evening. I... feel like these people are a part of my family... my "home away from home".''Perfection!! I really feel like all the characters are my best friends... I just cannot wait for the next book!!''I've read all of the series. I just can't get enough of the tales of the people of Cliffhaven.'

The world is under attack. Failure is not an option.Disguised by his secret identity The Shadow, Lamont Cranston enacts vigilante justice in New York City.But he's not alone - his descendent and protégé Maddy has joined the fight. However, she has a lot to learn.From a destructive superweapon to a deadly virus, the fate of the world is in their hands. There is no room for mistakes - now more than ever.Maddy and Lamont must combine forces to eliminate these threats - and save all mankind.___________________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL

The old, top-down approach to leadership doesn't work any more. What we need is a more flexible, creative approach - one that empowers people to do their best work, rather than tells them to do so.In Creative Leadership, Rama Gheerawoo applies the mind of a design expert to the twenty-first-century organisation. In particular, his book shows how success in the future will increasingly be dependent on a mastery of three basic principles: creativity, clarity and empathy. Drawing on his own experience in leading over 100 design projects with government, business and the third sector, it sets out a blueprint for engagement and success that applies to everything from small enterprises, to large multinationals.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. This manhwa adaptation of Hong Heesu'swebnovel is now available in English print for the first time.Juvelian, infamous daughter of the legendary Duke Floyen, must rebuild her reputation if sheis going to survive the events that ended her previous life. Amid scandalous rumors of asecret lover, she makes careful plans for her reformed debut at an aristocratic birthday party.But finding a suitable date to the event proves more difficult than Juvelian expected.When she discovers that her father is making plans of his own - ones that see her married offto the tyrannical crown prince - Juvelian is determined to thwart them. The only problem isshe'll need to convince Max, her father's unpredictable protégé, to join in on the scheme.This volume collects episodes 15-31 of the webcomic Father, I Don't Want This Marriage.