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Dr Briana Ortiz's life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalised, her brother's running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants . . . ? Oh, that's probably going to the new man-doctor who's already registeringeighty-friggin'-seven on Briana's 'pain in my ass' scale.But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter. It's a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn't actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny andsubversively likeable guy who's terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her 'sob closet' and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses.When Jacob turns out to be the perfect donor for her brother, Bri starts to realise that this quietly sexy new doctor might just be her perfect match, too.

This Oxford Children's Classic contains the complete unabridged text of A Christmas Carol andother Christmas stories written by Charles Dickens. It also features an introduction by Neil Gaiman and other bonus material including insights for readers,facts, activities, and more . . .Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spectral spirits on Christmas Eve. They guide him on a journey through his past, present, and future, showing him the joys of Christmas and the consequences of his wicked ways.

HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series.'So vivid that you'll be hooked within a few pages' The TimesSummers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.

Grumpy cowboys and steamy romance . . . Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. Perfect for fans of Devney Perry, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison. Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome militaryhero with a tortured past. I'm the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He's thirty-five and all man, I'm twenty-two and all . . . virgin. He's also my fiancé. Correction: my fake fiancé. We start out as a bet. He doesn'tbelieve that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point. It's a win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family's prying, and I get a chance to shed my family's reputation while I save up to ditch this small town. Hesays all I have to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend I can't keep my hands off of him in public. But it's what happens between us in private that blurs all those carefully drawn lines . . . It's what transpires behind closed doors thatdoesn't feel like pretending at all . . . This engagement was supposed to be for show. This agreement? It has an end date. He once told me he'd never fall in love. And yet here I am, head over heels for my fake fiancé.

A Misogallo az olasz és a világirodalom egyik legkülönlegesebb remekműve. Melyek a Misogallo különlegességei? Mérföldkő: ezzel a művel kezdődik a risorgimento, de legalábbis irodalmilag vele válik tudatossá. S mint ilyen: halhatatlan, feledhetetlen,ahogy a magyaroknak a Himnusz, a Szózat, a Nemzeti dal. Örök érvényű, mint általában a remekművek. A Misogallo együtt a Szatírákkal a keresztény Európa erkölcstanának kódexe. Vonzó és érdeklődést keltő: párizsi, franciaországi, európai napló, amely az1789-1798 közötti évtized napjaiban készült. Szemtanú, fültanú, sőt résztvevő, aki írta. Nemcsak híve, belsőleg elkötelezett híve az európai felvilágosodás eszméinek - szabadság, egyenlőség, testvériség-, hanem egyik alkotója is. Örök érvényű: mondandójama is mindenütt érvényes, ahogy megfellebbezhetetlenül és feltétel nélkül Itáliában 1798-ban.Kiadónk Simon Gyula fordításában publikálja Magyarországon először a két művet, s ez egyben főhajtás, a tisztelet kifejezése is: éppen 150 éve, hogy a risorgimento, az olasz nép szellemi, politikai, katonai erőfeszítéseinek eredményeképpen megszületettaz egységes, független Olaszország.

This special edition invites fans inside the world of Anne Elliot. It includes the full text of Persuasion, plus gorgeous, removable replicas of the characters' letters and other paper ephemera.Captain Wentworth's letter to Anne Elliot remains one of the literature's most unforgettable confessions. It is the jewel at the heart of Persuasion, Jane Austen's captivating story of second chances and enduring love. Throughout the story, letters,newspapers, maps, and other paper ephemera reveal the characters' deepest motivations and shape their destinies. Anne's snobbish father obsesses over a written history of their noble family, and a page from the Bath Chronicle reveals the elaborate socialscene of the town where the lovers are finally reunited.This deluxe edition brings all of this and more to life. As you read the novel, you will find pockets throughout containing replicas of thirteen items from the story, re-created with exquisite calligraphy and painstaking attention to historical detail.For anyone who loves Jane Austen or still cherishes the joy of letter writing, this book deepens the experience of a favorite story in an entirely new way.BELOVED STORY: PERSUASION is a much beloved classic, cherished by romantic readers everywhere. This project hits all the sweet spots for Austenites while offering something new to beguile them.PERSUASION ADAPTATIONS IN THE WORKS: With not one but two new film adaptations of Persuasion on the horizon, now is the perfect time to revisit the original text in a unique way, with physical ephemera that links you directly to Austen's world.UNIQUE FORMAT: From the masterful calligraphy to the painstaking attention to historical detail to the hand-folding of the letters to the quality of the materials-each book is an object made by fans for fans. This edition offers an immersive experienceof the story, stands apart on the shelf, and makes for a truly lovely gift and keepsake.

An exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the entire natural world from the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of TreesDid you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth?Or that wolves can alter the course of a river?Or that earthworms control wild boar populations?The natural world is a web of intricate connections, many of which go unnoticed by humans. But it is these connections that maintain nature's finely balanced equilibrium.Drawing on the latest scientific discoveries and decades of experience as a forester, Peter Wohlleben shows us how different animals, plants, rivers, rocks and weather systems cooperate, and what's at stake when these delicate systems are unbalanced.'Peter Wohlleben doesn't merely look, he sees. Let's all learn as much from him as we can, and quickly' Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows

A BRAND NEW TRILOGY from the author of the legendary WITCHER series, set during the vibrantly depicted Hussite wars.Reinmar of Bielau, called Reynevan flees after being caught in an affair with a knight's wife.With strange, mystical forces gathering in the shadows and pursued not only by the Stercza brothers bent on vengeance, but also by the Holy Inquisition, Reynevan finds himself in the Narrenturm, the Tower of Fools, a medieval asylum for the mad, or forthose who dare to think differently and challenge the prevailing order.

Once, I'd chosen my mate instead of freedom. Now, I'll play the games of the Fae. Even if I have to become the villain to do it...For weeks, we retraced our steps back to Mistfell and the lingering shadow of the Veil at the boundary between realms. Travelling through the kingdom, I denied the evidence in front of me, unable to fathom that I wasn't the lost princess of Faerie.Instead, it is Fallon who must fear the consequences of her heritage, which leaves me with a single, unanswered question.Then, I awoke, caged high above the throne of the Queen of Air & Darkness.Mab is the Queen who keeps Alfheimr held squirming within her clawed grasp. She uses the children of Faerie to sustain the magic granted to her by the cursed gem atop her crown, which has carved her from the girl she once was into a dark vessel, obsessedwith power. She thrives on cruelty and wields our love as an instrument for pain.I'm a curiosity, my presence an enigma that was never foreseen. I may not be Mab's daughter, but she still keeps me close as she forges me into a weapon against humans and Fae. Mab may not own me yet, but she controls the life of the man I love. There isnothing I wouldn't do to see him freed.

The landmark new novel from Ross Welford, one of the fastest-growing and most critically acclaimed middle grade authors in the UK, this funny, moving and brilliant sixth book cements his position as the most exciting storyteller around for readers of10+.When eleven-year-old Malky and his younger brother Seb become the owners of a Dreaminator, they are thrust into worlds beyond their wildest imagination.From tree-top flights and Spanish galleons, to thrilling battles and sporting greatness - it seems like nothing is out of reach when you can share a dream with someone else.But... impossible dreams come with incredible risks, and when Seb won't wake up and is taken to hospital in a coma, Malky is forced to leave reality behind and undertake a final, terrifying journey to the stone-age to wake his brother...

**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4**Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer

**THE TIKTOK SENSATION**Read THE razor-sharp satire that everyone is talking about...On the surface ,our narrator has everything you could want in life. She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance.But there is a vacuum in her life and she's got the perfect solution. She's going to take a year under sedation to relax and hide away from the world.What could possibly go wrong?Blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, is the perfect read for fans of The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.PRAISE FOR MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION:'The book that everyone is talking about' The Times'Diamond-hard entertainment' Guardian'Electrifying...compelling...Moshfegh's protagonist is an unlikely revolutionary' Vanity Fair

Por la autora del fenómeno A todos los chicos de los que me enamoré.Tercer volumen de la Trilogía El verano en que me enamoré.Belly sólo ha querido a dos chicos en su vida. Y ambos se apellidan Fisher. Tras salir con Jeremiah durante los últimos dos anos, está casi segura de que es su alma gemela. En cambio, Conrad no ha superado el error de haberla dejado escapar, así quecuando Belly y Jere deciden dar un paso más en su relación, sabe que ha llegado el momento de hablar o callar para siempre. Decida lo que decida, Belly deberá enfrentarse a lo inevitable: tendrá que romperle el corazón a uno de los dos.®Este libro tiene todo lo que una chica quiere en verano.¯ Sarah Dressen®Si pudiera vivir dentro de este libro, lo haría.¯ Lauren Myracle

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girlinstead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three

'Everything you want from a rom com and satisfyingly knotty with proper, recognisable characters. She just gets better and better' JOJO MOYES'I LOVE her books PASSIONATELY and this is her best yet' MARIAN KEYES'She's so ridiculously talented . . . consider this recommendation my personal gift to you and your life' EMILY HENRYWhen Joe and Roisin join their group of friends for a weekend away, it's a triple celebration - a birthday, an engagement and the launch of Joe's new crime drama on TV.But when Roisin sees secrets she shared with Joe play out on the TV screen, she knows that between us means nothing at all.Roisin finds herself searching for clues to the truth - about her life, their history, and the man she thought she loved. And it's then that Roisin finds the most unexpected plot twist of them all. Among those same old friends, there's a surprisingpotential for new beginnings . . .EVERYONE LOVES BETWEEN US'Mhairi McFarlane's ninth novle is a treat . . . totally swoonworthy'The Times'Mhairi writes with such magic, I am completely in awe . . . smart, funny, compelling - all things I've come to expect from Mhairi McFarlane's books and more' LUCY VINE'I love Mhairi McFarlane's books and this was no exception . . . it's clever and engrossing and sharp' LOUISE O'NEILL'No one writes like Mhairi and somehow she gets better with every book. So clever, so heartfelt and so unbelievably funny, Between Us is a perfect book' LINDSEY KELK'So funny and smart. She's brilliant at writing characters you really fancy, and characters you love to hate' DAISY BUCHANAN'Mhairi is simply the best of the best, I adore everything she writes and I'm forever in awe of her talent . . . she makes me howl with laughter' EMMA HUGHES'Buoyant and funny and warm, but still with enough realism and wryness to satisfy the cynic . . . A total treat!' NIAMH HARGAN'Another cracking read, but something different too. Wise, clever . . . a brilliant rollercoaster of a romance' PERNILLE HUGHES'A heart-swelling romance'Best

A norvég Jo Nesbo a világ egyik leghíresebb krimiírjója. Regényeit 50 nyelvre fordították le, és világszerte több mint 40 millió példányban keltek el. A fiatal és tehetséges nyomozó a város bűnbandájának felszámolására teszi fel életét, ám amikor sikereinyomán magasabb pozícióba kerül, őt is megkísérti a hatalom csábítása. A hatalom megszerzése érdekében szörnyű gyilkosságok sora, és ezzel párhuzamosan egy szövevényes nyomozás veszi kezdetét. A krimi és a thriller műfaji határán egyensúlyozó műben ahatalmi harc a végsőkig éleződik és feszül, és fokozatosan borít el mindent a végzetes paranoia. A Macbeth című krimit Shakespeare tragédiája ihlette. Nesbo szemében a darab a hatalomért vívott harc thrillere, melynek színhelye komor, viharos, noir-szerűtáj - ezt a sötét helyet bravúrosan jelenít meg regényében a szerző.

I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. 'No!' Edward roared ...Dazed anddisoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with avampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may justbe beginning ...Passionate, riveting and deeply moving, NEW MOON, the compelling sequel to TWILIGHT, irresistibly combines romance and suspense with a supernatural twist.

Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweight Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsycurses him with a single word, Thinner. Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.

Discover this sweeping debut steeped in Chinese mythology, the enchanting power of brewing tea, and a magical tournament to decide a country's fate, sure to thrill fans of Adrienne Young and Leigh Bardugo. I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all Ican think is, These are the hands that buried my mother. For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her-the poison tea that now threatens toalso take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi--masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making--she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess,which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life. But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be the one in more danger.

The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY, followed with MAN AND WIFE and end ten years on with MEN FROM THE BOYS. Ten years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry!

Loved by millions of children around the world Pippi Longstocking is one of the most popular children's characters of all time. This story sees Pippi, Tommy and Annika go on their greatest adventure yet - to Koratuttutt Island, where Pippi's father isking.This new edition contains brand new black and white artwork by award-winning illustrator Mini Grey.

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for herwithout warning.Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, sherealizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers.To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood ofsurvival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of.In this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. And she shows once again why she's one of the world's bestselling authors.

Ive been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson Each of her novels is just a marvel Anne Tyler

Au moment ou Hercule Poirot s'apprete a déguster son chocolat chaud, un savant atomiste l'appelle a la rescousseBlack Coffe est la premicre picce de théƒtre d'Agatha Christie. Charles Osborne en a tiré un roman digne de la reine du crime : plein demystcre et d'un humour trcs british !

In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brotherRodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles are all part of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Can Greg help Löded Diper becomethe legends they think they are? Or will too much time with Rodrick's band be a diper överlöde?