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Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books - selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude - have been described as ‘virtuoso performances’ and ‘small masterpieces'. Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche.

Rosie Bunting has spent her life caring for others, often at the expense of her own hopes and dreams. But when she overhears somebody describing her as ‘boring’, she decides it’s time for a change. Little does she realise that the outdoor pursuits weekend brochure handed to her at the local Art Café will kick start a summer that will see her abseiling down a Welsh cliff face in ‘eye watering’ leggings, rediscovering her artistic side and unexpectedly inheriting an old fire engine.

For two people who run competing arts centres in Cornwall, Sybill Helyer and Coren Penhaligon get on rather well. So well, in fact, that Sybill often wishes the owner of Pencradoc Arts Centre would look up from his spreadsheets for a minute and notice her. Unfortunately, even that is too much to ask from workaholic Coren. However, when the pair join forces to run an exhibition on the wild and wonderful life of Elsie Pencradoc, a talented artist who lived at Coren’s estate in the early 20th century, they’re in for a surprise.

A reimagined and modern take on the holiday favorite, this picture book weaves together the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker and the true-life story of 12-year-old ballerina Charlotte Nebres, the first Black girl to play Marie in the New York City Ballet’s production. The only...

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When things get tough in her real life, all she has to do is throw on some nicer clothes, adopt a new accent and she can escape. That's how it started: looking round houses she couldn't possibly afford. Harmless fun really. Until it wasn't. Because a man who lived in one of those houses is dead. And everyone thinks Vanessa killed him.

Brought to you by Puffin. A festive audio collection of magical Christmas stories from a range of Puffin's much-loved authors as well as six brand-new tales! Cosy up and get ready for a magical Christmas with this festive collection of 12 Puffin tales, featuring much-loved Puffin authors. This...

The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology from #1 New York Times bestseller and tik tok favorite Tessa Bailey, in which a Hollywood “It Girl” is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local...

For fans of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and Tiny Beautiful Things, this behind-closed-doors exploration from an acclaimed psychotherapist of the twelve fundamental psychological needs we all share “provides a road map of how one might approach their own transformation by becoming willing...

Fans of Scream and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this "wholly chilling and unputdownable" horror debut (Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author). Be careful what stories you tell around the campfire . . . they just might come true. While camping in a remote...

Une seule personne pourrait-elle sceller le sort de l’humanité ? Cette dernière pourrait disparaître de bien des manières. Celle dont parle ce roman serait si surprenante et si soudaine que personne ne l’aurait vu venir. Et pourtant....

Une ancienne danseuse a assassiné sa mère sans avoir jamais expliqué son geste. Quinze ans plus tard, après avoir purgé sa peine de prison, elle est de retour dans son village natal, en Alsace. La vie de ses proches va en être profondément perturbée. Tous cherchent encore des réponses à leurs questions, certains refont l'enquête quand d'autres réclament justice.

You may have heard the tale of Beauty and the Beast, but you've never heard it told like this. When young Claire is seduced by the handsome but shallow Duke Gastard, it's not long before she meets a she-wolf who may have a secret of her own. In this tales of lies and conspiracies and kingdoms rising and falling, how will this beauty tame this beast?

Ami lecteur, sache que tout ce que je raconte est vrai. C'est l'histoire d'un mec qui a découvert son hypersensibilité sur le tard et qui souhaite partager cette magnifique expérience. Le sentiment que j'ai au quotidien, c'est d'avoir une parabole au-dessus de la tête. Elle capte énormément d'informations olfactives, auditives, visuelles... tous mes sens s'exacerbent. Je suis comme le personnage de la série Mentalist, mais moi, j'ai décidé de ne pas résoudre d'enquête criminelle. Enfin pour l'instant.

¿Se siente a menudo cansado y lento? ¿Está lidiando con el dolor crónico que proviene de la inflamación y sus muchas enfermedades que pueden ralentizar su vida? ¿Ansía constantemente azúcares y le cuesta decir que no, incluso si el peso sigue subiendo y no puede detenerlo? Si todo esto le suena familiar, es hora de obtener una detox de azúcar. Esta desintoxicación lo ayuda a eliminar las causas profundas de su dolor y sufrimiento, y le brinda a su cuerpo una forma natural de limpiarse y sentirse mejor.

It hits her: the same strange smell that’s been following her for weeks, and the shadow of an image slides into her mind, but is gone just as quickly. Gripped by an ice-cold fear, in that one terrible moment, she realises: it’s not a dream she’s remembering. It’s something that actually happened.

Living the unexamined life may not be the most successful way to proceed through this world. It certainly hasn't worked for 30-year-old Arthur Loveday, who has failed to impress both his employers and the woman he's fallen in love with. An industrial psychologist attempting to assess him for future employment says he can never succeed at anything until he works out who he really is. From that point on, Arthur finds himself persistently chivvied by fate into a spiritual quest to find his true self.

Es steht ein neuer Hengst auf der Green Valley Ranch. Sein Name ist Oregon. Er stammt von einem Hof, auf dem Pferde misshandelt wurden und ist deswegen sehr scheu. Zusammen mit einer Pferdeflüsterin machen sich Leonie, Grace und Tiffy daran, Oregons Vertrauen zu gewinnen. Doch schon wenige Tage später verschwindet Oregon. Als dann ein Pferd auf der Koppel auftaucht, dass ihm zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht, vermuten Leonie und ihre Freundinnen, dass hier irgendetwas nicht stimmen kann.

¿A qué le llamamos orden? La palabra “orden” tiene muchos significados; sin embargo, aquí usaré el concepto más común y el que probablemente llegó a tu mente apenas leíste la palabra.

Esme had thought she was free, but a shocking revelation forces her to return to Stonewood. There she must deal with life-altering secrets and lies, as well as face the consequences of running away. Caleb is angrier than ever, hell-bent on punishing her for what he considers to be the greatest betrayal. As she delves deeper into the past with the aid of unlikely allies, even more secrets resurface, making her and everyone around her question the very foundation of their lives.

Two young ladies, born in the shadow of the siege of Metz and the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by the Prussians, are swept up in the changing cultural, industrial, medical, scientific, and geo-political tides of the late 19th century in France; they act without hesitation on the new empowerment of women, in business and in love. Against this background and the art nouveau of the École de Nancy, a solitary sculptor is drawn into the girls’ lives.