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'Re-imagines a story of gay men in London 200 years ago and under the pain of their betrayal and injustice, he uncovers loyalty and above all, love' SIR IAN MCKELLAN'An imaginative, layered, clever story' THE TIMESLondon, 1809. By day, minister John Church preaches to a congregation of commonfolk in Southwark. By night, he is drawn to the secretive, alluring world of a molly house on Vere Street. There, ordinary men reinvent themselves as outrageous queens: lads on the make flirt with labourers and princes alike, and John finds himself ordaining marriages between men.When he meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, one of a group of African abolitionists who attend his chapel, John falls in love with Ned's tender nature and discovers how quickly desire can turn to obsession.Based on the true story of one of the most important events in queer history, RADICAL LOVE is a sensuous and prescient story about gender and sexuality, and how the most vulnerable survive in dangerous times.'One of the boldest novelistic explorations of desire I have read in some time' KEIRAN GODDARD'Compellingly real' DAILY MAIL

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATIONPRIZE WINNER OF FRANCE'S FIRST NOVEL AWARD'Riveting' OBSERVER'Totally addictive' ALICE SLATER'I couldn't put it down' JOHN BOYNEFrom the outside, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him - setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .With the surprise of Gone Girl, the bleakness of The Talented Mr Ripley and the sinister charm of the Netflix thriller You, My Husband is a bold and exhilarating story of passion and the dark secrets that lie beneath a seemingly healthy marriage.

Tony Blair's major new book on the art and science of leadership_______________________________'Engaging, insightful, provocative' Observer'A fascinating treatise on leadership . . . I am glad Blair has written it. It will fascinate anyone interested in the art of governing, even in the abstract' Nicola Sturgeon, Guardian'Filled with ideas and insight for every reader' i__________________________________Tony Blair learnt the precepts of governing the hard way: by leading a country for over ten years. In that time he came to understand that there are certain key characteristics of successful government that he wished he had known about when he started.Now he has written the manual on political leadership that he would have wanted when he first took office in 1997, sharing the insights he has gained from his personal experience and from observing other world leaders at first hand, both while he was prime minister and since, through his Institute's work with political leaders and governments globally.Written in short, pithy chapters, packed with examples drawn from all forms of political systems from around the world, the book answers the key questions: How should a leader organise the centre of government and their office? How should they prioritise and develop the right plan and hire the right personnel, cope with unforeseen events and crises, and balance short-term wins with longterm structural change? What's the best way to deal with an obstructive or inert bureaucracy, to attract investment, to reform healthcare or education, and to ensure security for the citizen? And how should governments harness the massive opportunities of the 21st-century technological revolution?This is a masterclass on leadership in general, and political leadership in particular, from a master statesman.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER__________________________________________**Order now to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stocks last!**The Collector's Edition features a gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket and is exclusive to the first print run in the UK only.________________________________'Breathtaking and brilliant!' Jeffery Deaver'The pages turn themselves' Daily Mail'As thrilling and jaw-dropping as Jurassic Park' Don Winslow'Heart-pounding storytelling at its finest' T.J. Newman'One of the most entertaining novels I've read in years' Adrian McKinty________________________________Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller.A once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii.But a decades-old military secret could turn the volcano into something even more terrifying...Now it's up to a handful of brave individuals to save the island - and the entire world._______________________________Readers are loving Eruption...'Absolute classic''Enthralling read''Classic Crichton and fantastically brought to a climax by Patterson''What a roller coaster ride''Great storytelling'________________________________MORE PRAISE FOR ERUPTION'Fast-moving and fun' NEW SCIENTIST'Enjoyable' TELEGRAPH'An astonishing story' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Patterson's skill as a storyteller is evident' FINANCIAL TIMES'An electrifying thriller' Essential Marbella MagazineEruption was a No. 2 Sunday Times Bestseller and No. 1 New York Times Bestseller 16/06/2024

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story . . .'An engrossing mystery and a story with emotional heft' Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door'A master storyteller. You won't want to miss this one' Harlan Coben, bestselling author of I Will Find You'The best mystery of the year' Jennifer Garner_________Sometimes those we love hide the darkest secrets... One beautiful Californian evening, a wealthy businessman falls to his death from his secluded cliff-top house onto the rocks below.A tragic accident? Or murder?Nora and her half-brother Sam suspect it may be the latter, and team up to uncover the truth of what really happened that night.But their relationship has never been easy, and it is about to be tested to the limit as they start to question how well either of them really knew their elusive father.Unravelling his mysterious past takes them back to a world they knew nothing about, to a tangled love affair and a web of relationships that other people would far rather stay buried...Filled with passion, intrigue, lies, and dark, dark family secrets, The Night We Lost Him is a page turning mystery you won't ever want to put down._________Readers love The Night We Lost Him . . .'I loved everything about this book. The characters, the mystery and above all, the ending.' 5-star reader review'An engrossing family drama with thriller elements ... I finished it in a day because I couldn't put it down!' 5-star reader review'There were so many twists in this book I didn't see coming.' 5-star reader review'I genuinely loved this book. And I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys slow burn literary mystery novels with realistic characters and a great love story behind it all.' 5-star reader review'It's rare for a book to keep me up past my bedtime, but I just couldn't stop with this gripping thriller.' Good Housekeeping'Dave is the founder and master of a new kind of thriller. One that sets love, not death, at its centre. A tour de force of emotion.' Rebecca Serle, bestselling author of In Five Years'Genuinely moving.' The New York Times'Promises to serve up Dave's signature blend of pulse-pounding suspense and moving family drama.' People'Dave pulls off something that feels both new and familiar: a novel of domestic suspense that unnerves, then reassures.' Bookpage

Your life online is their product.In the past, colonialism was a landgrab of natural resources, exploitative labour and private property from countries around the world. It promised to modernise and civilise, but actually sought to control. It stole from native populations and made them sign contracts they didn't understand. It took resources just because they were there.Colonialism has not disappeared - it has taken on a new form.In the new world order, data is the new oil. Big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources - our data - exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our information to control our views, track our movements, record our conversations and discriminate against us. Every time we unthinkingly click 'Accept' on Terms and Conditions, we allow our most personal information to kept indefinitely, repackaged by big Tech companies to control and exploit us for their own profit.In this searing, cutting-edge guide, two leading global researchers - and founders of the concept of data colonialism - reveal how history can help us both to understand the emerging future and to fight back.

'For anyone who has wondered whether they'll ever be in charge of their emotions, this book has the answer: yes' - Angela Duckworth, author of Grit'This book does much more than make sense of emotions - it breaks new ground on how to manage them' - Adam Grant, author of Think Again'A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life' - Charles Duhigg, author of SupercommunicatorsWhether it's anxiety about the dentist, boiling rage when we're stuck in traffic or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiralling. But as difficult as our emotions can be, they are also a superpower. When they're activated in the right ways and at the right time, they function like an immune system, alerting us to our surroundings, telling us how to react to a situation and helping us make the right choices.But how do we make our emotions work for us rather than against us? Acclaimed psychologist Dr Ethan Kross has devoted his scientific career to answering this question. In Shift, he dispels common myths - for instance, that avoidance is toxic or that weshould always strive to live in the moment - and provides a new framework for shifting our emotions so they don't take over our lives. Shift weaves groundbreaking research with riveting stories of people struggling and succeeding to manage their emotions - from a mother whose fear prompted her to make a spur-of-the-moment decision that would save her daughter's life mid-flight to a nuclear code-carrying Navy SEAL who learned how to embrace both joy and pain during a hellish training activity. Dr Kross shows us that we already have access to a wide array of tools and demonstrates how to harness them to be healthier and more successful.Filled with actionable advice, cutting-edge research and inspiring stories, Shift puts the power back into our hands, so we can control our emotions without them controlling us - and help others do the same.

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING***'Read this book. Don't put it off until you'll supposedly be strong enough and ready for the reading. If you put it off, you'll find yourself defenseless in the face of evil.'- Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Chernobyl PrayerIn the darkest of times, in the midst of it all, a journalist has one single task: to document everything that is happening. It is time to slow down and listen to the voice of a human being.On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since that day, prize-winning independent journalist Katerina Gordeeva has travelled to refugee centres across Europe to record the human voice and cost of war. Take My Grief Away reveals twenty-four raw, heartbreaking first-person accounts from people united in grief and their first-hand experiences of the brutality and senselessness of war. These twenty-four voices will transform what you think you know about war, grief and human nature.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the international phenomenon Surrounded by Idiots.Studies suggest two people who have never met before will tell three lies within the first five minutes. Astounding. But why?Why do we choose to lie even when we know it's wrong? To protect the people we love? To paint ourselves in a better light? To win short-lived praise? Or, are there simply far more obscure reasons behind why we lie?In Surrounded by Liars, international bestselling author and behavioural expert Thomas Erikson unpacks the psychological reasons behind why we lie, and reveals the impact lying has on our relationships.With the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, discover how to detect the liars in your life and shatter their deception for good!

In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equality became instead, through a confluence of bureaucracy, war, and sheer happenstance, the exact opposite: the now all-too-familiar panic around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes.In The Other Olympians, Michael Waters uncovers, for the first time, the gripping true stories of Koubek, Weston, and other pioneering trans and intersex athletes from their era. With dogged research and cinematic flair, Waters also tracks how International Olympic Committee members ignored Nazi Germany's atrocities in order to pull off the Berlin Games, a partnership that ultimately influenced the IOC's nearly century-long obsession with surveilling and cataloging gender.Immersive and revelatory, The Other Olympians is a groundbreaking, hidden-in-the-archives marvel, an inspiring call for equality, and an essential contribution toward understanding the contemporary culture wars over gender in sports.

'A crucial read.' Marshall Goldsmith'A must-read.' Marcus BuckinghamChange and innovation are the cornerstones of dynamic and modern business.Or so we are told.Whether it's a merger or re-org; a new process, policy, or IT "solution"; or reconfiguring the office layout, change has become the ultimate easy button for leaders, who pursue it with abandon and thereby unleash an endless torrent of disruption on employees. The result is life in the blender: a perpetual state of upheaval, uncertainty, and unease.Yes, companies need to grow, innovate, and adapt to changing needs. But stressed-out employees rarely go the extra mile, chaos rarely produces agility or speed, and it's hard innovate or grow while bleeding talent to turnover and quiet quitting. This is how change stymies the very progress that it seeks.Drawing on decades spent leading HR operations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall explores the essential nature of human performance and offers a radical new alternative to the constant turbulence that defines corporate life. By prioritizing team cohesion (instead of reshuffling teams at will), by communicating in real words (rather than corporate speak), by striving for predictability (instead of charisma), by honoring shared rituals (instead of corporately-mandated bonding), by fixing only the things that are truly broken (instead of moving fast and breaking everything in sight) and more, leaders at every level can create environments that allow people to do the best work of their lives.

'Funny, merciless, brilliant... I loved it'CURTIS SITTENFELD, bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDYSeamus, Fyodor, Ivan, Noah and Fatima are running out of time to decide on their futures.In a university town in the American Midwest, this circle of lovers and friends ask themselves: what is the right thing to stake a life on? Work, love, money, dance, poetry? Is love possible without harm? And what does true connection look like in an age of precarity?The author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Real Life returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women trying to work out what they want, and who they are.'Taylor is a sharp chronicler'RAVEN LEILANI, author of LUSTER'Assures Taylor's position as one of the most important novelists of his generation'GUARDIAN'Remarkable'FINANCIAL TIMES'Elegant... Taylor has a Chekhovian generosity'CLAIRE MESSUD, author of THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN

An uncoming-of-age in New York City'Has literary oomph' SUNDAY TIMES'An impressive debut novel' OBSERVER'Intelligent, confident and original' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTSpring 2015, New York.On the surface Dylan has achieved the impossible - a life in New York, eight years of making this stick. And yet it is not the thing she'd imagined (what had she imagined?). When she walks out of her career, then apartment, and into a housesit for an artist she's never met, she does not tell her friends, her parents back in England, or Matt, her boyfriend, living on the West Coast.Job-free, rent-free, she'll make good on her book, herself, other things too, she's thinking, when her neighbour Kate shows up and invites her to a party. There she meets Gabe, who happens to be married to Kate but insists, 'it's not a thing'. The affair that follows consumes her and she begins to consider what is fixed and what is variable. Can a person be both? Is Gabe the thing he seems? Is she?As spring turns to summer, her experiments in living test loyalties and boundaries until an unexpected encounter between the two couples forces her to confront her future.'Brilliant... Luscious prose' ANNIE LORD'Unsettling and original' TESSA HADLEY***A MARIE CLAIRE BEST BOOK OF 2024***

'Gripping... irresistible... brilliant' The Times'Perfectly judged and intimately alive' GuardianNayan Olak hasn't risked love since his young son died.Instead he has ploughed his grief and energy into his work at the union, trying to create the world he would have wanted for his boy. Now he's running for the leadership: a huge moment for Nayan, the culmination of everything he believes.As he grows closer to the mysterious Helen Fletcher, and to the possibility that their pasts may have been connected, much more is suddenly threatened than his chances of winning. And when Megha Sharma, a new candidate with new politics, bursts into the picture, the race of a lifetime is on.'A plot-packed, propulsive story' New York Times'Restless, inquiring, utterly topical. The Spoiled Heart may be his finest yet, with a tumultuous but perfectly sustained ending that proves both moving and revelatory' Financial Times'Executed with rare literary intelligence. . . a page-turner' The Critic Books of the Year 2024Readers are obsessed with The Spoiled Heart:**'A deft and artful novel when it comes to speaking around the philosophical questions that define our current 'culture wars''**'A compelling story that looks at a number of social and cultural issues but is basically a very absorbing narrative'**'A masterful novel which asks important topical state-of-the-nation questions'**'My favourite of Sahota's novels'

'This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for. Kirsty Greenwood has a new fan!' - Colleen Hoover, bestselling author of It Ends With Us_______________If she wasn't dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. She's entered the afterlife wearing the sort of pyjamas you don't want anyone to see and finds herself face-to-face with the most handsome man she's ever encountered. And he's smiling at her.As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise - until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth.In a twist of fate, Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to her previous life and reconnect with the mysterious man she's sure is her soulmate.The challenge? She only has ten days to find him.Ten days to make him fall for her.Oh, and he has no recollection of them ever having met...Tropes:RomCOMFound familyLondon romanceOnly one bedFake datingVirgin heroineLove triangle _______________Praise for The Love of My Afterlife: 'Quirky and romantic and oh so gorgeously memorable - I only wish I'd written it first! I lost a whole day to it and I don't regret a second' Josie Silver'How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days meets The Good Place ... Original and romantic - I loved it' Sophie Cousens'Kirsty writes like a witty dream. She's the real deal.' Mhairi McFarlane'An utterly charming romcom that is as hilarious as it is poignant. Reading this book is like receiving a big hug from a dear friend' Carley Fortune'A gorgeously addictive romp of a romantic comedy, with added magic. I adored it' Clare Pooley_______________Readers cannot get enough of The Love of My Afterlife...***** 'I loved it all, from the unique premise to the wonderful all-the-feels ending, this book was chef's kiss.'***** 'I don't think I even have words for how much I loved this book but I'll try: phenomenal, outstanding, wonderful, groundbreaking, hilarious, adorable, heartwarming, etc. etc.'***** 'I loved everything about the romance [...] a bit quirky, very British, and full of shenanigans that actually made me laugh out loud.'***** 'The Love of My Afterlife not only exceeded my expectations, but also contained some surprising twists for a romantic comedy. It was sexy, sweet, utterly satisfying...'***** 'What a FRESH and unique magical romance! It was funny, swoon-worthy, quirky [...] and the perfect amount of sexy romance.'_______________MORE praise for The Love of My Afterlife... 'A romantic, tender and hilarious page-turner. Every page will bring you joy' Cathy Bramley'Reading it is like hanging out with your funniest and cleverest best friend - I never wanted it to end' Isabelle Broom'Utter joy. Funny and relatable' Prima'This book is a perfect summer read - it's light, funny, with enough emotional depth to allow you to become truly invested in the characters' Sunday Express The Love of My Afterlife is my dream book and I can't wait for everyone on the planet to read and love it as much as me' Lucy Vine'One of the most life-affirming books I've read' Cressida McLaughlin'One of the best, most hilarious and unique romcoms I've read in a long time!! Kirsty Greenwood absolutely killed it!' Amy Lea'So smart and so joyous' Lia Louis'Kirsty Greenwood is the funniest, freshest romcom writer in the genre' Cesca Major'Funny, joyful, uplifting, page-turning and unpredictable. This will undoubtedly be one of the biggest books of 2024' Becky Hunter'I'm going to be telling every person in my life to read this book' Alicia Thompson'A truly dreamy love story. I adored every page' Uzma Jalaluddin'Utter joy' Prima

Witness what the gods do after dark in the sixth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes content from creator Rachel Smythe."We have to make an example of her."Chaos reigns in Olympus as Zeus publicly declares Persephone a traitor and issues a warrant for her arrest. But Hades defies his brother's decree, sheltering Persephone in the Underworld - and as the pair spend more time together, they are able to speak openly about their pasts. The goddess of spring admits the truth behind the bloody secret that led to Zeus's ire, and the king of the Underworld shares the trauma he suffered at the hands of his power-hungry father, Kronos.But as Hades and Persephone's relationship grows stronger, others begin to fall apart. The bond between Hades and Zeus is stretched to its limit, threatening to fracture the peace between their realms. Persephone and Artemis's friendship hangs by a thread as the goddess of the hunt slowly uncovers the vile truth about her twin, Apollo. A line is being drawn in the heavens, putting everyone's loyalties into question as all the gods are forced to choose sides.And as the cracks in the foundation of the pantheon spread, something darker and more earth-shattering might soon be released...This edition of Smythe's original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.This volume collects episodes 127-152 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

*An Observer Book of the Year, 2024*'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John Kampfner, bestselling author of Why The Germans Do It Better'Vertigo is outstanding. Harald Jähner's gift for illuminating the big picture with telling detail gives the reader an uncanny sense of what it was actually like to be present in Germany during the Weimar Republic. This is history at its very best.' - Julia Boyd, bestselling author of Travellers in the Third ReichGermany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times.Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence and the transformation of Germany. Tradition is shaken to its core as a triumphant procession of liberated lifestyles emerges. Women conquer the racetracks and tennis courts, go out alone in the evenings, cut their hair short and cast the idea of marriage aside. Unisex style comes into fashion, androgynous and experimental. People revel in the discovery of leisure, filling up boxing halls, dance palaces and the hotspots of the New Age, embracing the department stores' promise of happiness and accepting the streets as a place of fierce political battles.In this short burst of life between the wars, amidst a frenzy of change, comes a backlash from those who do not see themselves reflected in the new Republic. Little by little, deep divisions begin to emerge. Divisions that would bring devastating consequences, altering the course of the twentieth century and the lives of millions around the world. Vertigo is a vital, kaleidoscopic portrait of a pivotal moment in German history.Praise for Aftermath by Harald Jähner:'Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write' - Max Hastings, Sunday Times'A masterpiece' - Spectator'Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here' - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph'Jähner is masterly in telling the tragic, despicable, comedic and uplifting stories of those who were there' - Katja Hoyer, The Times'Thought-provoking... Jähner's unflinching account is a reminder that historical truths are rarely simple and always nuanced' - Daily Mail'A reminder that the German experience will always stand apart' - Economist

'Absolutely gripping, deeply authoritative, hugely important and lethally lurid'Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The World: A Family HistoryYevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the world and as one of Vladimir Putin's chief rivals in Russia's tumultuous political climate, exiled after leading Wagner's attempted coup and killed in a mysterious plane crash. But what is the truth about this enigmatic figure, his role in the war with Ukraine, and the chaos unleashed across Russia by his turn against Putin? And, in the aftermath of his death, what is next for Russia in the new stage of late Putinism that Prigozhin's life forged?Drawing on years of research, this book traces the rise of Russia's most prominent non-state actor and examines the political climate that propelled a convicted gangster with no government office to the formidable role he came to occupy. An essential story of Russia's recent history, Downfall is also a compelling insight into its likely future.

'An essential how-to book to reduce stress, calm anxiety and keep your brain active' - NIR EYAL'Lucid, fascinating, inspiring' - JOHANN HARI'The antidote to our modern-day struggles' - RANGAN CHATTERJEEDo you want to reduce your stress levels, boost your memory, mood and focus, and be more creative? Then it's time to get moving!In this groundbreaking international bestseller, psychiatrist and mental health guru Dr Anders Hansen presents the simple yet effective method for reducing stress and anxiety, boosting your memory, raising your IQ, and even slowing down the ageing process.With practical and concrete advice on how we can all reap the benefits of daily movement, The Mind-Body Method is the book you need to help you to make life-altering changes, understand why your brain is wired to move, and motivate you to achieve your health and fitness goals.