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Life with the Blessings and Curses Volume 2: The Last Dance and Ascent. He was a message carrier. Now he carries a nation. Well returned from death with cursed skills and a vow to bring law to the Commoner Land. But in Aaravlok, law has a price. When 100,000 bandits and a Demon King attack, Well...

Lord Andrew believes that he has won the vote for the club chairmanship: his time has come, his victory is total. But not complete. What's the next challenge for the tennis player who's just won Wimbledon? To win the Australian Open in Oz of course, so our hero bids farewell to his beloved tennis club and sets off on his journey to Melbourne (known in the 'real' world as HM Prison North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire where our hero is serving out his sentence for arson having set fire to the tennis club's racquets.)

FOR THE FIRST TIME UNABRIDGED IN AUDIO READ BY ALAN CUMMING and ANGUS KING WITH ARCHIVAL RECORDINGS FROM ALASDAIR GRAY HIMSELF 'Probably the greatest novel of the century' Observer Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven...

Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.

Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. Nominated for the 2026 Edgar Award—Best Paperback Original. Finalist for the 2026 Audie Award. In this poignant and funny novel, a man who is defined by his limitations sets out to fight a murder charge—and discovers unexpected truths about himself, his...

You can fix your life. Probably. In theory. If you have ever tried to improve your sleep, eat better, exercise more, become productive, manage your time, organize your life, control your emotions, improve your relationships, or age gracefully —and somehow ended up more confused than when you started —this book may be for you. In You Can Fix Your Life (in Theory), H. S. Moon tackles twenty familiar self-improvement problems with the help of an extremely questionable collection of animal experts. There is a sheep with opinions about sleep.

Rusty here, back on the galactic road with another cargo bay full of surprises. This time around, we're haulin' an alien carnival, complete with rides to make ya scream, games to bruise your ego, and enough sweet treats to give a dentist night terrors. And once it's up and runnin', we plan to enjoy every last thrill, spill, and sugar crash with our friends. Let me tell ya, there's nothin' like sharing a roller-coaster with a bark-skinned daredevil, a blob with motion sickness, and a robot who screams like dial-up internet.

A funny, feel-good holiday romance from MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh. Sun, sea and inescapable exes... Peach is excited to hear that her sister, Di, is getting married. Of course, she would have preferred her little sister to be engaged to someone she's known longer than a week...

In these wonderfully funny and poignant stories, Willett’s eccentric, complex characters think and do the unconventional. Soft, euphonic women gradually grow old; weak, unhappy men confront love and their own mortality; and abominable children desperately try to grow up with grace. With a unique voice and dry humor, Willett gives us a new insight into human existence, showing us those specific moments in relationships when life suddenly becomes visible. Critically acclaimed when it was first published, Jenny and the Jaws of Life is being brought back due to popular demand. 

Desperate to escape their high-pressure life in Los Angeles, the Finch family moves to rural Oregon. But it doesn’t take long to learn that “small town” is not code for “stress-free.” As the new owners of Applegate's one and only general store, the Finches find that the simple life’s anything but simple when your little store is the town's only grocery store, gas station, hardware store, fire station, and occasional dentist’s office.

Gary just wanted a quiet curry and trousers that didn't emotionally undermine him. Instead, in the fourth Hungry Table story, Mr Sharma hands him five black chillies — chillies that absorb light, judge your life choices, and come with three rules Gary forgets before he's left the shop. Within hours, he's triggered a hidden "sentinel" chilli, watching it slam into the smoke alarm with the precision of a brain surgeon and the aggression of a pigeon that's declared war on humanity. Now The Harp pub is awake. The table spells insults.

By his own admission, things haven’t gone too easily for Ben Parker of late. However, hopeful of turning his fortunes around at his newest business, the Life’s a Pitch campsite, there was an air of quiet confidence wafting around the campground wherever he stepped. Until, that is, some unexpected news from his ex-wife throws something of a spanner into the works, placing him in a serious financial pickle as a result.

Five feet one and full of fizz, Jennifer Brown lights up the room. She has a gorgeous partner, a wicked best friend, and a boss who doesn’t mind that she’s the worst typist on the planet. She’s loyal, generous and irredeemably ditzy. Everyone loves Jennifer Brown. But can she learn to love herself? When her world caves in, she needs every ounce of her steely core to step back from the abyss and take charge of her life, reinventing herself first as cook and housekeeper to a saucy sexagenarian, then as manager of a tumbledown country estate with sensitive secrets.

International bestselling author Marian Keyes is back with a hilarious novel about finding the life—and love—you may not have been expecting In her own words, Stella Sweeney is just “an ordinary woman living an ordinary life with her husband and two teenage kids,” working for her sister...

Born into an unconventional Northern Vicarage family, and with a face resembling a farm vehicle, young Bollony is pitched into frequent fiascos alongside his siblings. Late Sixties and Seventies family holidays bring unexpected celebrity encounters: Michael Foot rescues baby Bollony from drowning off a Cornish beach, while Roy Orbison inspires the board game ‘Roy or Bison?’ and writes and performs a birthday ditty for the patriarch.

What if you suddenly became famous for the worst performance of your life? The head of an elite girls’ school sees her polished life unravel when her cult-movie past is revealed in this funny, hopeful novel about second chances. Magnolia Wade has become famous overnight—all because of a...

Surrey, 1986: Sent back in time after a lifetime trapped in a loveless marriage, Lucy Hart is determined to find the courage to take back control of her life. In 2025, reeling from the death of her husband, Lucy must face the truth that she has wasted forty-five years with a man who never truly loved her. At his funeral, shocking revelations come to light, including affairs, a secret love child, and a will that tears her family apart. Given the chance to return to the past, Lucy finds herself back in 1986, with two small children and a husband whose ambitions leave no room for hers.

Ever wished you could trade your life in for a better one? One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a simple good deed. When the result is a terrible car accident, she meets a handsome with a Range Rover who wants her number - no, for insurance purposes - and in...

When Linda is made redundant, she plans to travel and do all the things she never had a chance to do when she was working. Her plans are scuppered, however, when her mother is rushed into hospital. Moving back home opens up a new life for Linda that she could never have imagined for herself. This is a short story by the author of A Reason to Stay, C. H. Clepitt, and in the short time you spend with these characters, you'll feel like you really know them.

Linda returns in this, second installment of the Life Begins at Forty-Eight series. This time she is faced with making preparations for her mother to come out of hospital and introducing Tim to her family. Together, they also take on flat-packed furniture. Patience is a Virtue is a short story by C H Clepitt, jam packed with humor. It is also moving and heart-warming. By the time the story is finished you will feel you really know the characters, and will want to know what happens next.