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How can we create more meaningful and intimate connections with our loved-ones? By using moments of discord to strengthen our relationships, explains this original, deeply researched book. You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of a good relationship, but the truth is that human interactions are messy, complicated, and confusing. The good news, however, is that we are wired to deal with this from birth and even to grow from it and use it to strengthen our relationships, according to renowned psychologist Ed Tronick and paediatrician Claudia Gold. Scientific research including Dr Tronicks famous Still-Face Experiment has shown that working through mismatch and repair in everyday life helps us form deep, lasting, trusting relationships; resilience in times of stress and trauma; and a solid sense of self in the world. This refreshing and original look at our ability to relate to others and to ourselves offers a new way for us to think about our relationships, and will reassure you that conflict is both normal and healthy, building the foundation for stronger connections. Autorid: Ed Tronick, Claudia M. Gold

The bestselling Australian classic, now available for the first time in the UK. Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep? Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in their rollicking search for the green sheep. Autorid: Mem Fox, Judy Horacek

From Felicita Sala comes this exquisite sequel to the bestselling Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street. In each garden, someone is tending to their produce. Maria is picking asparagus, Ramons mum is watering the cucumbers, and a gaggle of kids are eating cherries fresh from the tree and even wearing some as earrings! Meet the many people of Fleurville, delight in their harvests, learn their recipes, and find comfort in the cycle of the seasons. A Year in Fleurville is a cookbook, a mini guide to gardening, and a picture book rolled into one. This glorious celebration of community is filled with recipes from all over the world and with simple instructions perfect for young chefs. Autorid: Felicita Sala, Felicita Sala

Sunday is market day. We are looking for pumpkin, apples, eggs, and bread. What else will we find? Where did it come from? And what will we make with it? Learn all about produce in this delightful childs tour of a food market, full of fun facts, delicious new discoveries, and charming characters. A loving ode to the people who bring food to our table and connection to our community, from acclaimed artist Alice Oehr. Autorid: Alice Oehr

A poetic new essay collection in which the symbols of the tarot brush up against life in a changing world. The Tarot de Marseille is a 16th-century set of playing cards, the deck on which the occult use of tarot was originally based. When Jessica Friedmann bought her first pack, the unfamiliar images sparked a deep immersion in the art, symbols, myths, and misrepresentations of Renaissance-era tarot. Over the years that followed, and as tarot became a part of her daily rhythm, Friedmanns life was touched by floods and by drought, by devastating fires and a pandemic, creating an environment in which the only constant was change. Twenty-Two Impressions: notes from the Major Arcana uses the Tarot de Marseille as a touchstone, blending historical research, art history, and critical insights with personal reflections. In these essays, Friedmann demonstrates how the cards of the Major Arcana can be used as a lens through which to examine the unexpectedness and subtle beauty of 21st-century life. Autorid: Jessica Friedmann

Like so many people who live south of the border in England, Helen thought that she knew all about Scotland. It was a part of Britain after all, a place that was surely more the same than it was different. But then she actually went there - and everything changed... Helen discovered a place altogether different from her home country down south. Over a few days in Edinburgh, Helen was charmed by Scotland's magic. A spell was cast on her undulating walk across ancient volcanoes - the story of getting from one side of the city centre to the other - and as she was bewitched by the landscape she also found herself charmed by the country's famously chatty people. Helen left wanting more, and so in 2017 - after the sudden loss of her mother - she returned to explore properly. Over three months Helen undertook a personal journey around Scotland, uncovering stories about the history, geography and people of this peerless, magical country. Autorid: Helen Ochyra

LIVE MUSIC IS OUTLAWED. Set in the sun-scorched city of Wydeye, the totalitarian Authority controls its citizens through fear and cultivated dependence. Live music is deemed a threat to order and is forbidden by law. Punishment for participation is severe. Chase Newell discovers his sister is missing. His search for her leads him to the underground music Scene, with its ageless Troubadours who must risk their lives to perform in order to survive. To do this, they rely on Bluemantle. As the Authoritys control-obsessed leader, Governor Blix, and her evil-incarnate Chief of Command, Wulfwin, step up their efforts to seize the Troubadours and destroy the Scene, the risks escalate. While the Troubadours are forced to act, will the citizens of Wydeye wake up to Bluemantles invitation and find choice beyond the caves of their own making? Autorid: Karen Langston

Kabul 2005: the body of Waheed, a UN agency driver, is found in a vehicle riddled with bullet holes. Gil Moncrief, an agency advisor already struggling over his wife's mysterious disappearance, searches for Waheed's killer in a city of intrigue and insecurity where police have no modern methods of detection or interest in solving the case. Through his search, Gil comes up against the ruthless men involved in schemes of bootlegging, corruption, kidnapping and heroin production. In the centre of it all is a small plastic figure of Elvis that dangles from the windscreen; the key to unmasking the killer. DS Macdonald weaves an intricate mystery influenced by his own experiences while travelling and working in Afghanistan. Autorid: DS Macdonald

A story of love, conflict, and corruption spanning half a century. After experiencing a passionate summer of love, two young people part after making a Covenant which haunts them for a lifetime until they are drawn back to where it all began. Their epic life journeys are glittering, yet corrupting - contrasting and clashing with the ideals nurtured during the iconic revolutionary era of "love and peace". With dizzying careers, their lives brush with the rich and powerful, including some of the most influential people in the world. Both seek to make a difference, but is success worth the price? Idealism battles pragmatism in an era of political and historical turmoil including some of the greatest tragedies and scandals to rock the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. One day, 50 years after they first met, a crazy, spontaneous moment changes everything. Autorid: Christopher Kerr

Forces and Motion - The Stickmen take a you on a tour discovering what makes stuff move. Expect to find a croc pushing a shopping trolley and stickmen on space hoppers to show how shapes change with force and more Stickmen make light work of science! Stickmen Science Stars brings the ever-helpful and popular Stickmen back to have fun with early science for 4-6-year olds. They fly in to help with Forces & Motion, Light & Sound, Electricity, and Materials making for a soft-learning experience which not to be missed. Autorid: Emily Kington

Illustrated with over 180 color photos, this first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East concentrates on locomotive-hauled traffic and details a wide range of trains. An extensive range of different liveries are shown. There is also a small selection of DEMUs in some of the areas they once operated. The first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses mainly on Sussex but also includes small sections of Surrey and Kent. It concentrates on locomotive-hauled traffic and details a wide range of trains including inter-regional passenger, parcels and mail, fuel, heavy freight, test trains, engineers traffic, Rail Head Treatment Trains, Snow and Ice Treatment Trains, railtour excursions and the luxurious Orient Express. An extensive range of different liveries, many now consigned to history on the main line, are shown. There is also a small selection of DEMUs in some of the areas they once operated. Over 180 color photographs, the vast majority of which have never been published before, serve to illustrate some of the wonderful countryside to be found in this corner of England as well as the trains that run through it. They are complemented by informative captions detailing not only the trains themselves but also some of the infrastructure and features found along the routes covered. Autorid: Andy Thomas

Merseyside can claim to have a greater variety of transport than anywhere else in Britain. It is these images, including road, rail, sea and other transport, that illustrate the key aspects of the richly varied scene. This book gives a full-color view of the historic transport that was part of the Merseyside townscape from the 1950s to the 1970s. Merseyside can claim, with some justification, to have provided the transport enthusiast with a greater variety of transport modes than anywhere else in Britain. By the 1950s, with many long-standing scenes about to disappear, photographers began faithfully to record what they saw in color. It is these images, including road, rail, sea and other modes of transport, that illustrate this nostalgic pictorial portrait of key aspects of the richly varied scene. Taking the reader on a journey from Liverpool and its suburbs to Birkenhead and Wallasey, with one small detour to include views of the remarkable Runcorn Transporter Bridge, this book gives a full-color view of the historic transport that was part of the Merseyside townscape from the 1950s to the 1970s. Autorid: Martin Jenkins, Charles Roberts

In World War Two, allied armies were issued with identification guides to the enemy armor they might encounter on the battlefield. This book features a unique collection of color illustrations, showing in detail the development and differences in design. The artwork is accompanied by descriptions and technical information. In World War Two, allied armies were issued with identification guides to the enemy armor they might encounter on the battlefield. These black and white printed books were a vital aide for soldiers dealing with the confusion of fighting and the difficulty of identification at distance or in all weathers. The German tanks were often lethal to become entangled with and known to be formidable pieces of military engineering. The German army deployed a wide variety of tanks in many different variants and forms of camouflage. The likes of the Tiger have become famous and continue to be fascinating examples of World War Two firepower. This book features a unique collection of color illustrations, showing in detail the vehicles’ development and differences in design. The artwork is accompanied by descriptions and technical information about each tank, written by respected expect Craig Moore, making this an essential handbook for anyone interested in the German armed forces and World War Two armor. Autorid: Craig Moore

The years between 2006 and 2015 saw many changes in Central Scotland’s railways with projects such as the rebuilding and reopening of the lines from Maryhill to Anniesland and the Larkhall branch, as well as the opening of the Stirling to Alloa and Kincardine line in 2008, followed by the Airdrie to Bathgate route in December 2010. Illustrated with over 150 color photographs, this volume looks at the transformation of the main route network in Central Scotland, over the ten-year period, detailing changing franchises, different liveries and new lines, locomotives and rolling stock. The years between 2006 and 2015 saw many changes in Central Scotland’s railways with projects such as the rebuilding and reopening of the lines. With over 150 photos, this book looks at the transformation of the main route network in Central Scotland, detailing changing franchises, different liveries and new lines, locomotives and rolling stock. Autorid: Ian Lothian

George Orwell left post-war London for Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura, to write what became Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was driven by a passionate desire to undermine the enemies of democracy and make plain the dangers of dictatorship, surveillance, doublethink and censorship. Typing away in his damp bedroom overlooking the garden he curated and the sea beyond, he invented Big Brother, Thought Police, Newspeak and Room 101 and created a masterpiece. Barnhill tells the dramatic story of this crucial period of Orwells life. Deeply researched, it reveals the private man behind the celebrated public figure his turbulent love life, his devotion to his baby son and his declining health as he struggled to deliver his dystopian warning to the world. Autorid: Norman Bissell

A dystopian page-turner about the coming of age of a young hero, which won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature. A fishing village at the end of the world. A lake that is drying up and, ominously, pushing out its banks. The men have vodka, the women troubles, the children eczema to scratch at. Born into this unforgiving environment, Nami, a young boy, embarks on a journey with nothing but a bundle of nerves, a coat that was once his grandfather’s, and the vague idea of searching for his mother, who disappeared from his life at a young age. To uncover the greatest mystery of his life, he must sail across and walk around the lake, and finally dive to its bottom. The Lake is a raw account of life in a devastated land and the harsh, primitive circumstances under which people fight to survive. Autorid: BIANCA BELLOVA, Alex Zucker

BERLIN, 1932 Intelligent, artistic and precocious, fourteen-year-old Sophie Riedesel dreams of nothing more than becoming an actress and spending time with her beloved Jewish neighbour, Isaac Zarco. But when her father and boyfriend become Nazi collaborators and Hitlers meteoric rise to power gathers momentum, she is forced to lead a double life to protect those closest to her. Invited by Isaac into the Ring, a secret circle of underground activists working against the government, Sophie soon learns the ways of espionage and subterfuge. But when a series of sterilisations, murders and disappearances threatens to destroy the group, Sophie must fight to expose the traitor in their midst and save all that she loves about Germany whatever the price. Thrilling, suspenseful and evocative, The Seventh Gate is at once a love story, a tale of fierce heroism and a horrifying study of the Nazis war against the disabled. Autorid: Richard Zimler

Edited with an introduction by Peter Wakelin. Part of the Modern Wales series. Originally published in 1945, Miner's Day tells of the coalmining life of the thirties in south Wales. Autorid: B. L. Coombes

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024. SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD. Chloe enters the local talent show, seeking fame, fortune and a ticket out of town. Meanwhile, her mother, Angie, wakes up hungover on the morning of her fourth wedding day. William ponders his impending autism diagnosis through the lenses of Descartes and Hollywood heartthrob Clive Owen. Jimmy, the hot-headed proprietor of a firework shop, rages at the emergence of a rival store, as his ex-wife considers the existential ramifications of her uncanny resemblance to TV cleaning personality Kim Woodburn. Local Fires sees debut writer Joshua Jones turn his acute focus to his birthplace of Llanelli, South Wales. Sardonic and melancholic, joyful and grieving, these multifaceted stories may be set in a small town, but they have reach far beyond their locality. From the inertia of living in an ex-industrial working-class area, to gender, sexuality, toxic masculinity and neurodivergence, Jones has crafted a collection versatile in theme and observation, as the misadventures of the town's inhabitants threaten to spill over into an incendiary finale. In this stunning series of interconnected tales, fires both literal and metaphorical, local and all-encompassing, blaze together to herald the emergence of a singular new Welsh literary voice. Autorid: Joshua Jones

How does a scientist find God in the universe? My Theology: Finding God in the Universe is the personal reflection of a Jesuit brother and astronomer, the director of the Vatican Observatory. Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ insists that science is more than observing the universe; its learning how to pay attention, how to concentrate on one aspect while setting aside, at least momentarily, all the other interesting aspects that can distract us from a deeper knowledge of the universe. or of God. In his telling, Joy is our compass, Truth is our goal; and Imagination weaves the story where we situate the joy that leads us to truth. Most importantly, both science and theology are done within a community of fellow seekers, where we share the stories that teach us how to explore, and with whom we can try to make sense of what we think we have found. Autorid: Guy Consolmagno

For over five hundred years, Gypsies, Roma and Travellers have been persecuted, misrepresented, enslaved and even murdered in whatever land they reside, and there is a deep ignorance of the absolute centrality of religious conviction at the heart of GRT communities. Steven Hornes Gypsies and Jesus lights the touchpaper on the grace-filled, intimate and unheard core of GRT religiosity that is Traveller Theology. This is a field of study that has long been dominated by non-GRT voices. In this book Dr Horne attempts to take back the pen and reclaim a past and a future for Gypsies and Travellers. Gypsies and Jesus: A Traveller Theology identifies and threads cultural strands (beliefs and customs, narratives and histories, and rituals and traditions) from Gypsy and Traveller culture into a coherent message that speaks of collective piety and cultural purity. Testimonies from members of the GRT community develop this message further. All of these factors are supported with a biblical exegesis to produce an exciting, revelatory and at times sobering book that, for perhaps the first time, hands over the reins of Gypsy-Christian identity to Gypsies themselves. Autorid: Steven Horne

From cathedral choirs, football chanting, and birdsong, to castrati, protest songs and artificial intelligence, On Voice explores the world of the voice that exists between the mouth and the ear. This is a book about the sound that journeys from the lips to the heart; how we speak it, how we hear it and how we embody it as people made in the image of the God whose voice created the heavens and the earth. Victoria Johnson, the new Dean of St Johns College, Cambridge, was previously Precentor of York Minster, the first woman to inhabit that role in a history which reaches back over a thousand years. A Precentor is someone who orchestrates worship and sings first, hers is the voice which invokes God to open our lips, so that our mouth can show forth praise. When a new voice inhabits such an ancient role does anything change? Do the stones resound in a different way? This book aims to explore the sonics of voice - human and divine expressed through speech, song and silence. Through the lens of Christian worship, theology and culture, the voice is explored as a spoken, sung and heard phenomenon. As an animateur of worship and working towards a theology of voice, Victoria reflects on the power of the churchs musical and liturgical heritage to cut through the clamour of our modern-day echo chambers and the roar of populism, empower those who are seldom heard, and speak into the challenges of contemporary life. Autorid: Vicky Johnson

A slightly abridged edition of this classic wargame text with artwork for the Red and Blue armies as individual Paperboys . Plus a working cannon which provides the firepower in the game. It seems that another element wants to join the action from a different Wells book, and that may provide some apocalyptic chaos. A slightly abridged edition of this classic wargame text with artwork for the Red and Blue armies as individual Paperboys. Plus a working cannon which provides the firepower in the game. It seems that another element wants to join the action from a different Wells book, and that may provide some apocalyptic chaos. Autorid: Peter Dennis

On 30 October 1961, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR/Soviet Union) conducted a live test of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. Codenamed ‘Ivan’, and known in the West as the ‘Tsar Bomba’, the RDS-202 hydrogen bomb was detonated at the Sukhoy Nos cape of Severny Island, Novaya Zemla archipelago, in the Barents Sea.The Tsar Bomba unleashed about 58 megatons of TNT, creating an 8-kilometer/5-mile-wide fireball and then a mushroom that peaked at an altitude of 95 kilometers (59 miles). The shockwave created by the RDS-202 eradicated a village 55 kilometers (34 miles) from ground zero, caused widespread damage to nature to a radius of dozens of kilometers further away, and created a heat wave felt as far as 270 kilometers (170 miles) distant. And still, this was just one of 45 tests of nuclear weapons conducted in the USSR in October 1961 alone.Between 1949 and 1962, the Soviets set off 214 nuclear bombs in the open air. Dozens of these were released from aircraft operated by specialized test units. Equipped with the full range of bombers – from the Tupolev Tu-4, Tupolev Tu-16, to the gigantic Tu-95 – the units in question were staffed by men colloquially known as the ‘deaf-and-dumb’: people sworn to utmost secrecy, living and serving in isolation from the rest of the world. Frequently operating at the edge of the envelope of their specially modified machines while test-releasing weapons with unimaginable destructive potential, several of them only narrowly avoided catastrophe.Richly illustrated with authentic photographs and custom-drawn color profiles, Tsar Bomba is the story of the aircrews involved and their aircraft, all of which were carefully hidden not only by the Iron Curtain, but by a thick veil of secrecy for more than half a century. The first English-language publication providing a detailed reconstruction of live-testing of nuclear weapons by crews of the Soviet Bomber Aviation. Autorid: Krzysztof Dabrowski

Meet kids just like you whose acts of social enterprise are raising awareness around our responsibility to people and the planet. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here with you. This non-fiction picture book includes a how-to-help section, with simple steps to inspire young readers to take action at home and at school. With a foreword from crochet prodigy Jonah Larson. Autorid: Rebecca Hui, Anneli Bray, Jonah Larson

Travel back 400 years to visit rowdy theatres and royal palaces to understand what it was like to live in Shakespeares Elizabethan England and the influence it had on his ground-breaking work. This book charts Shakespeares phenomenal talent and peeks behind the curtain at his most famous plays, from tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet to comedies such as A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. Autorid: Emma Roberts, Sarah Tanat Jones

A companion title to An Interesting Word for Every Day of the Year, this title introduces first concepts including colours, numbers and shapes, as well as parts of the body, things that go, animals and the world around us. Compiled in consultation with a Harvard Professor of Early Learning and Development, this book will help your little ones develop their speaking, listening and observational skills as they learn to identify objects. Autorid: Dr. Meredith L. Rowe, Monika Forsberg

Follow Bear as he sets off on a festive Christmas present hunt adventure with his friends in the forest. Can you help them? Set to rollicking rhyming song with twelve presents to find and count. The perfect Christmas gift full of the joys of Winter! Autorid: Rachel Piercey, Freya Hartas

Bring the magic of music into your home with this interactive book, which features a wind-up mechanism that sounds just like a musical jewellery box. Wind and play the Waltz of the Flowers as you share the enduring joy of this classic ballet story. Autorid: Lily McArdle, Bodil Jane

"An essential mental-health handbook for the next generation" Vanessa Nakate HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE YOU FEEL? SAD? AFRAID? POWERLESS? GUILTY? YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE FEELING THIS WAY. Drawing on years of experience as a psychoanalyst, Anouchka Grose shares cutting-edge insights on how to manage your eco-anxiety. Youll find out how to validate your emotions. Youll learn how to build your resilience. Youll even discover the comfort that can be found in your community. Ten accessible steps will help you understand your eco-anxiety, and the toolkit at the end of each step will allow you to grow with the knowledge and learn how your are part of the solution. You'll finish this book feeling equipped with the solutions and practical action needed to make a real difference to the planet, to others, and to yourself. Autorid: Anouchka Grose, Lauriane Bohémier

Discover 15 stars, planets and constellations, and learn how to spot them in this spellbinding introduction to the night sky for all budding astronomers and astronauts. Understand the phases of the moon, learn to navigate by the North Star and discover how to travel through space and time from your own window. Follow the accessible descriptions of how to locate famous constellations and asterisms, including Orion's Belt, the Plough and the Great Bear. Then read the mythology and folklore associated with the night sky - from the man in the moon to Orion the Hunter - as the book uncovers how humankind has its history woven into the constellations that light up our skies. This book has stunning illustrations throughout and is theperfect introduction to the night sky for children everywhere. The perfect introduction to our solar system for readers aged 5+ · Discover famous constellations including Orion, the Great Bear, the Little Bear and the Plough and discover the mythology associated with them · Learn how to spot the North Star and all the planets · Explore curriculum science: understand the phases of the moon and the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse · Written by NASA science writer Noelia González · Gorgeous artwork on every page from bestselling illustrator Sara Boccaccini Meadows Words of praise for this book: "This book is stunning! It's wonderfully tactile and the illustrations are sumptuous and opulent" - Juno Magazine Autorid: Noelia González, Sara Boccaccini Meadows

Online investigative journalist Scott King investigates the death of a pop megastar, the subject of multiple accusations of sexual abuse and murder before his untimely demise in a fire &; another episode of the startlingly original, award-winning Six Stories series. &;First-class plotting&; S Magazine &;A dazzling fictional mystery&; Foreword Reviews &;Readers of Kathleen Barber&;s Are You Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novel&; Booklist &;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;A shamed pop star A devastating fire Six witnesses Six stories Which one is true? When pop megastar Zach Crystal dies in a fire at his remote mansion, his mysterious demise rips open the bitter divide between those who adored his music and his endless charity work, and those who viewed him as a despicable predator, who manipulated and abused young and vulnerable girls. Online journalist, Scott King, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the accusations of sexual abuse and murder that were levelled at Crystal before he died. But as Scott begins to ask questions and rake over old graves, some startling inconsistencies emerge: Was the fire at Crystal&;s remote home really an accident? Are reports of a haunting really true? Why was he never officially charged?Dark, chillingly topical and deeply thought-provoking, Deity is both an explosive thriller and a startling look at how heroes can fall from grace and why we turn a blind eye to even the most heinous of crimes&; &;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&;&; Praise for the Six Stories series &;Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted &; an exceptional storyteller' Andrew Michael Hurley &;Beautifully written, smart, compassionate &; and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction&; Alex North &;Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project &; a genuine chiller with a whammy of an ending&; C J Tudor &;Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction&; Benjamin Myers &;Frighteningly wonderful &; one of the best books I&;ve read in years&; Khurrum Rahman &;Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure&; M W Craven &;Bold, clever and genuinely chilling with a terrific twist that provides an explosive final punch&; Deidre O&;Brien, Sunday Mirror &;A genuine genre-bending debut&; Carla McKay, Daily Mail 'Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finish&; Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue &;The very epitome of a must-read&; Heat &;Wonderfully horrifying &; the suspense crackles&; James Oswald &;Original, inventive and dazzlingly clever&; Fiona Cummins &;A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like dark origami to reveal the black heart inside&; Michael Marshall Smith &;Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen, whose unsettling tale The White People provides an epigraph, will want to check this one out&; Publishers Weekly &;Matt Wesolowski has just the formula to meet your self-scaring needs&; &; Strong Words magazine &;A masterly piece of storytelling, very sinister, deliciously entertaining&; New Books Magazine Autorid: Matt Wesolowski

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story Another brilliant adventure in the company of Chastity Riley, the coolest character in crime fiction. Darkly funny and written with a huge heart Doug Johnstone, Big Issue Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers a truly unique voice in crime fiction Graeme Macrae Burnet Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller Will Carver ***WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger 2022*** ***WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award*** _______________ Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isnt empty. The body of Nouri Saroukhan prodigal son of the Bremen clan is soon discovered, and the case becomes a homicide. Public prosecutor Chastity Riley is handed the investigation, which takes her deep into a criminal underground that snakes beneath the whole of Germany. And as details of Nouris background, including an illicit relationship with the mysterious Aliza, emerge, it becomes clear that these are not random attacks, and there are more on the cards _______________ Praise for the Chastity Riley series 'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled' Publishers Weekly 'Buchholz doles out delicious black humor ... interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension' Foreword Reviews A stylish, whip-smart thriller Russel McLean Fierce enough to stab the heart Spectator Sharp and unrelenting CultureFly Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space Financial Times Deeply moody, atmospheric and evocative Blue Book Balloon An unconventional, refreshing new voice Crime Fiction Lover Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward Goethe Institute By turns lyrical and pithy, this adventure set in the melting pot of contemporary Hamburg has a plot and a sensibility that both owe something to mind-altering substances. Lots of fun Sunday Times Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve and the story itself is gripping and pacey Rosie Goldsmith A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel, written with great skill and popping with great characters Judith OReilly, author of Killing State Autorid: Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward

The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and the missing daughter of Jennys violent ex-husband present the Skelf women with their most challenging and deadly cases yet Book THREE in the addictive The Skelfs series! Simply stunning. Tense, funny and deeply moving Mark Billingham If you loved Iain Banks, youll devour the Skelfs series Erin Kelly Nobody portrays modern Edinburgh better than Doug Johnstone. The Great Silence speaks volumes about the power of story Val McDermid ______________ Keeping on top of the family funeral directors and private-investigation businesses is no easy task for the Skelf women, and when matriarch Dorothy discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself with potentially deadly results. Daughter Jenny and grand-daughter Hannah have their hands full too: The mysterious circumstances of a dying woman lead them into an unexpected family drama, Hannah's new astrophysicist colleague claims he's receiving messages from outer space, and the Skelfs' teenaged lodger has yet another devastating experience. Nothing is clear as the women are immersed ever deeper in their most challenging cases yet. But when the daughter of Jennys violent and fugitive ex-husband goes missing without trace and a wild animal is spotted roaming Edinburgh's parks, real danger presents itself, and all three Skelfs are in peril. Taut, dark, warmly funny and unafraid to ask big questions of us all The Great Silence is the much-anticipated third instalment in the addictive, unforgettable Skelfs series, and the stakes are higher than ever. ______________ This is their third outing and the stories get better each time Told with a wry humour and affection, the novel underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has become Daily Mail The power of this book lies in the warm personalities and dark humour of the Skelfs, and by the end readers will be just as interested in their relationships with each other as the mysteries they are trying to solve Scotsman Remarkable Sunday Times Crime Club STAR PICK Keeps you hungry from page to page. A crime reader cant ask anything more The Sun Mysteries aplenty a poignant reflection on grief and the potential for healing that lies within us all. A proper treat Mary Paulson-Ellis A thrilling, atmospheric book, set in the dark streets of Edinburgh. That great city really came alive for me in this gripping tale. Move over Ian Rankin, Doug Johnstone is coming through! Kate Rhodes An unstoppable, thrilling, bullet train of a book that cleverly weaves in family and intrigue, and has real emotional impact. I totally loved it Helen Fields This enjoyable mystery is also a touching and often funny portrayal of grief ... more, please Guardian Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and brave Sunday Times Exceptional a must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonists Publishers Weekly The Skelfs series has been: ***Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year*** ***Longlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year*** ***Shortlisted for Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Thriller of the Year*** Autorid: Doug Johnstone

Italy’s great chronicler of the macabre and hilariousterrors of growing up geeky arrives in English at last.Longbefore the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italy’s mostbeloved authors, cast his mind back to the days of his own childhood, and foundit crawling with monsters. Raisedon comic books and science fiction, the young Mari constructed an alternateuniverse for himself untouched by uncomprehending grownups or sadistic peers.Compared to the horrors of real life, Long John Silver and Cthulhu made forpositively cuddly company; but little boys raised by beasts may well grow upbeastly—or never grow up at all. Waking or sleeping, the obsessions of Mari’syouth seem to color his every adult thought. You, Bleeding Childhood standsas his first attempt to catalog this cabinet of wonders.Cultclassics since their first publication, these loosely connected stories standas the ideal introduction to an encyclopedic fantasist on a par with Kafka,Poe, and Borges. Autorid: Michele Mari, Brian Robert Moore

Shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 British Book Awards, Book of the Year Discover Award Longlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize Winner of a 2022 Somerset Maugham Award Cabbages . . . The Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, thats where we put the heroin . . . Theres a stash of heroin waiting to be imported, and no one seems sure what to do with it . . . But Aylas a gardener, and she has a plan. Offering a fresh and funny take on the machinery of the North London heroin trade, Keeping the House lifts the lid on a covert world thriving just beneath notice: not only in McDonald's queues and mens clubs, but in spotless living rooms and whispering kitchens. Spanning three generations, this is the story of the women who keep their family and their family business afloat, juggling everything from police surveillance to trickier questions of community, belonging and love. Autorid: Tice Cin

The protagonist of Ti Amo is a woman who is in a deep and real, but relatively new relationship with a man from Milan. She has moved there, they have married, and they are close in every way. Then he is diagnosed with cancer. Its serious, but they try to go about their lives as best they can. But when the doctor tells the woman that her husband has less than a year to live without telling the husband death comes between them. She knows its coming, but he doesnt and he doesnt seem to want to know. Ti Amo is an incredibly beautiful and harrowing novel, filled with tenderness and grief, love and loneliness. It delves into the complex emotions of bereavement, and in less than 100 pages manages to encapsulate an extraordinary scope and depth, asking how and for whom we can live, when the one we love best is about to die. Autorid: Hanne Orstavik, Martin Aitken

Winner of the 2024 James Tait Black Prize Fiction Winner of the 2024 Stella Prize Shortlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award Winner of the 2023 Queensland Award for Literary Fiction Shortlisted for the 2023 Queensland Premiers Award for a Work of State Significance, Queensland Literary Awards Longlisted for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize In a small Aboriginal town dominated by a haze cloud, which heralds both ecological disaster and a gathering of the ancestors, Cause Man Steel is chasing a mad vision: a national donkey transport scheme that will guarantee his peoples independence forever. He finds, however, as he bundles feral donkeys into his Ford Falcon and dumps them en masse in the cemetery, that not all of Praiseworthy agrees. Outrage ferments at his desecration of traditional land, while Causes wife Dance seeks refuge with butterflies and dreams of moving their family to China. Bad feelings reach fever pitch when citizens catch wind of the suicide of Aboriginal Sovereignty, Causes eldest son. All are distraught all, that is, except eight-year-old Tommyhawk Steel, who, with his brother gone, gleefully pursues his dream of becoming white and powerful. Told with the richness of language and scale of imagery for which Alexis Wright has become renowned, Praiseworthy is a marvel of explosive sentences, a shock to allegory, an outraged cry against oppression, and a biting satire for the end of days. Im awed by the range, experiment and political intelligence of Alexis Wrights work. She is vital on the subject of land and people. Robert Macfarlane, New York Times Book Review Autorid: Alexis Wright

The perfect gift for children to share with their dad or any father figure in their life! From birthdays or Christmas to special holidays - including Father's Day! - this keepsake activity book is for you to fill in together and keep forever. Inclusive content and artwork mean the activities work for all dads and kids. Autorid: Sam Hutchinson, Vicky Barker

The perfect gift for children to share with their mum or any mother figure in their life! From birthdays or Christmas to special holidays - including Mothers Day! - this keepsake activity book is for you to fill in together and keep forever. Inclusive content and artwork mean the activities work for all mums and kids. Autorid: Sam Hutchinson, Vicky Barker

Are you ready to learn some Spanish? Here is an activity book full of popular puzzles that you will know and love. But theres one big difference its for learning Spanish! From clothes and animals to opposites and likes or dislikes, each page presents first words and phrases in age-appropriate activities that take the fear out of getting started in Spanish. Perfect for beginners! So grab your pencils and READY, STEADY, GO! Autorid: Catherine Bruzzone, Ste Johnson, Nicolás Olucha Sánchez

Start speaking English with these 50 simple phrases. Essential English phrases are numbered on each page and the activities and games include lots of extra words. Its easy to learn English conversation skills and new vocabulary at home with this fun and friendly, action-packed book for children! The activities in this book cover all the important themes including greetings, colours, numbers, family, likes and dislikes. Includes link to free audio by a native speaker. Autorid: Susan Martineau, Catherine Bruzzone, Leighton Noyes