As the summer season gets into full swing at Duntisbourne Hall, it looks as if love is in the air again for Max Black but life is getting complicated. His daughter, Charlotte, has decided to spend the summer with her father and the arrival of Hector Schofield, an author on a mission to find Lord Rochester's famous monkey, threatens Max's future happiness. When a momentous discovery at the Hall propels Hector from confidante to suitor, Max thinks things couldn't get much worse until a mindless prank by one of the students puts him, his daughter and his colleagues in danger of losing everything they hold dear.

Kate MacManus is fleeing from her ex-husband, a convicted child killer. Intent on revenge for betraying him to the police, he seeks her out in her hideaway in Scotland where she is living with her schoolchum Annie. A strange man has moved into the area. Handsome but unfathomable - Kate is smitten. Who is he? What is he? How can she escape from the murderous intent of her ex? Strange happenings along the lochs of Scotland add to the turmoil in Kate's mind as she battles with doubts and fear.

The bombing of an American Embassy in Africa pulls Special Agent Jack Randall out of his current doghouse status with the FBI and sends him on the trail of one of the worlds most wanted terrorist. While sifting through the debris, his team discovers a mysterious shipment of medications. Medications they soon discover that are valuable enough to kill for. Jack is forced to embark on two missions, catching the terrorist responsible for the bombing and discovering the source of the medications. The trail leads him from the deserts of Africa, to the Centers for Disease Control, and on to the higher offices of the United States Government. As the team uncovers the true nature and purpose of the medications, Jack is faced with a decades old plot involving secret treaties, biological warfare, and deadly plagues.

A teenage girl is kidnapped in Mexico City as a young boy in Afghanistan is wounded by artillery fire. A plane crashes in Florida while a man waits for a new heart in Maryland. A senator's daughter survives a car accident while a captured drug runner makes a deal with the DEA. Soon all of their fates converge into a twisted web of deceit driven by greed, desperation and hope. As Jack Randall of the FBI and his friend Lenny Hill of Interpol work to untangle the web, they soon discover that evil exist everywhere, and its deeds can be forced on anyone.

Soos papierblomme in die wind, so het haar lewe verwaai. Sal sy dit regkry om die flentertjies weer op te tel? Daar is net een uitweg… Janine was klein toe haar ouers dood is en sy die deur tussen haar en Jesus toegemaak het. Net sy het dit geweet. Sy wou groot wees en wegkom van die klein dorpie waar almal mekaar ken. Haar kans kom toe Greg Walker die Engelsklas oorneem. Met drome in haar oë is sy Londen toe waar sy groter hartseer leer ken, maar ook die grootste  ontdekking van haar lewe maak. 

Since the end of the war with Japan in 1945, an almost continuous search has taken place on many of the islands captured by the Japanese for the legendary hoard of gold looted during the capture of Malaya, Singapore and the Philippine Islands. The intention of the Japanese had been to send the gold, silver and precious stones to Japan to assist in financing the war, but American submarine activity in the Sea of Japan prevented this. Our story covers the present-day search and the rewards that favour those who seek The Tiger's Hoard.

This is the first book in a series of magical adventures with Hannah and her pony. When an unexpected visitor appears in the woods just beside the meadow on the farm where Hannah lives with Brandy, he asks for help , and all things change. Hannah and Brandy embark on a magical adventure where new friends come in all shapes and sizes, and their challenges are just beginning. Can they complete their quest to save the kingdom from destruction and defeat the Dragon King?

Because at Christmas there's no place like home ...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.

But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?

Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.

In 1942 a small child watches the swirling vapour trails of Spitfires and Messerschmitts battling in the summer skies as he stands in the fields outside his Hertfordshire village and thinks how far away from his world that conflict is. Thirty-four years later a man is woken from sleep in an affluent suburb of Auckland hearing the whooshing rush of air as a bomb goes off and blasts through the front of his family house. Even before the dust has cleared the man is reaching for a weapon and planning the demise of the person who arranged the bombing. How has the child from the peaceful English village become the target of a key figure in the Antipodean criminal underworld? Join adventurer, sailor, raconteur, con man, businessman and story teller Len Russell as he recounts the trials and tribulations of a life at sea and on land, at peace and at war, in times of poverty and great wealth, through hilarity and sadness as he makes his way from an English childhood through a life in New Zealand and Australia and finally back home to England.

*** If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran *** 1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time. Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met. But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing. Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own. Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers an unforgettable ending. 'An enchanting romance' MY WEEKLY 'Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience' BOOKLIST 'Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful... This book broke my heart again and again' Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHT 'What a pleasure - a novel that is all at once masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by characters who are arresting, lovable and so real' Elinor Lipman, author of TURPENTINE LANE 'A beautiful and sensitive novel that I loved from the first page' Alyson Richman, international bestselling author of THE LOST WIFE 'A beautifully immersive tale ... brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating characters who once called it home' Jasmin Darznik, New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD DAUGHTER and SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD 'A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'The unfurling stories... will stun readers... For those who enjoy getting caught up in romance while discovering unfamiliar history of another country' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'Grab your tissues' BOSTON MAGAZINE 'A tender story of enduring love.' MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE 'I! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book!' COSMOPOLITAN.COM

When Don Stevens is asked at short notice to stage a pre-season summer show at the Golden Sands Theatre, Great Yarmouth in 1969 he pulls together variety acts he has worked with before, with one exception - the leading lady, June Ashby. Making up the company are 'Man of Magic' Mystic Brian, comedian Ted Ricer, the Jenny Benjamin Dancers, the Maurice Beeney Orchestra and fresh from Opportunity Knocks, the Dean Sisters, a mind-blowing balancing act. Lots of interest is aroused by the return of June Ashby to the stage. The locals are intrigued about why a West End leading lady should play an end-of-the-pier show after being absent from the theatre for five years. Will this be a new beginning for the once-loved star, or will her world come tumbling down - ? Has Don Stevens bitten off more than he can chew by going "twice nightly"? Will Maud Bennett at the box office ever finish her knitting? What secret is cleaner Lilly Brockett hiding? And will Freda and Muriel ever agree on what to give their paying guests? Intrigue, mystery and comedy abound; this is a story that will appeal to all those who love variety entertainment and have experienced a holiday in a British seaside resort.

"Beautifully complex and deftly drawn...In Every Mirror She's Black is a sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life. A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege—a life she's not sure she wants—as the object of his unhealthy obsession. And Somali refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny's office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home. Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She's Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society. Lola Akinmade Åkerström is an African-American (Nigerian-American) award-winning author, speaker, and photographer based in Sweden. This is her first novel. Praise for In Every Mirror She's Black: "In Every Mirror She's Black is a wise and complicated exploration of the lives of three Black women in America and Sweden. Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page."—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six "In Every Mirror She's Black highlights the struggles of three women fighting to assimilate into a society that ignores their worth. These characters will pull at your heartstrings. Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight. In Every Mirror She's Black will stay with readers for a long time."—Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of bestselling novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy "In Every Mirror She's Black is an absolute must-read. From its relatable and three-dimensional characters, to its delving into racism and tokenism, to its unique and sometimes heartbreaking examination of the lives of Black women in a Nordic setting, this novel delivers an emotional punch. Kemi, Brittany, and Muna's lives come alive on the page. If you're looking for a novel that will stay with you even days after you've read the last page, then make sure you grab a copy of Lola Akinmade Åkerström's In Every Mirror She's Black. This is a very different and unpredictable portrayal of Black women's search for love and self, and it's pure magic."—Kim Golden, USA Today bestselling author

It seems that anyone, with some assistance from TV chefs, can whip up a meal worthy of serving at the classiest highbrow "a la carte" restaurants. Wrong! Somewhere between TV "celebrity chefs" and "Come Dine With Me" lays a void for the ordinary person. Not So Perfect Cooking fills that void. The focus is on good wholesome meals for the working family, using fresh vegetables from the garden or allotment. The recipes are easy to follow with your own variations being encouraged. But that's not all! Alongside the recipes is a new kitchen experience, the "ABC" game, which focuses on fun in the kitchen. There are prepared examples and recommendations on new topics to play along with the family whilst waiting for the meals to be cooked.

A middle aged, middle-class couple are spending a holiday in Cornwall. The husband wakes on the beach after lunch to find his wife has disappeared. It is totally out of character and, for a while, he is puzzled but not too worried. This is the beginning of twenty-three days of torment and fear for him as he involves the police and tries to discover exactly what has happened to his staid, school mistress wife. It is also the beginning of twenty-three days for his wife, Jannah, as she flings her cap over a windmill and goes off to an uncertain future. Often, in later life, we all wonder about rekindling an old liaison, about opportunities missed, wrong roads taken and maybe reminisce about what would, or could, have been if we had done things differently. How has that special person fared? What are they doing now? Are they happy and content? Given the opportunity of a reunion, what would most of us do? Read on and see what Jannah did...

Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there. Their love of video games becomes a shared world -- of joy, escape and fierce competition. But all too soon that time is over.

When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. Their collaborations make them superstars.

This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow takes us on a dazzling imaginative quest as it examines the nature of identity, creativity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play and, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

When Bob Gifford takes up a one-year appointment as counselor at elite Biltmore College, Minnesota, he has no idea his life will soon be in danger. Okay, the hostility from most of his colleagues is evident from the outset - as an orphan brought up in a boys' home, with degrees from obscure state colleges in Arkansas and Texas, he will never fit in to their privileged, blue-blood world. But it soon becomes obvious that workplace politics constitutes the least of his worries. One of his student clients dies in a car crash shortly after hinting that she has something to tell him about the recent, violent death of a professor on the Biltmore campus. Immediately afterwards, a home-made bomb explodes in Bob's apartment. Then he finds secret messages being left for him in the university library. Someone, or some organization, it appears, believes Bob is on the brink of uncovering a conspiracy. But what is it they think Bob knows? Who are they? And is he being encouraged to dig deeper or being warned off? Gradually he comes to realize he can trust no one - not the college staff, not his landlord, and not the police. It is even too risky to confide in Steve Washington, the flamboyant black colleague and fellow "outsider" who has been almost alone in offering Bob friendship, or Janet, the spirited Jewish woman with whom Bob has a tantalizing on-off relationship. And just when a new appointment in back-of-beyond Texas appears to offer an escape route, Bob comes closer than ever to death. City of Shadows combines the qualities of a superior thriller with a deep understanding of human nature and insights into the claustrophobic, competitive world of academe. With as many twists as a mountain road, and set-piece confrontations that would have made Hitchcock proud, it is as entertaining as it is compelling.

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The death of her beloved father, has left artistic and idealistic Tempera and her stunning, scatterbrained stepmother Lady Rothley bereft not only of love but also of money. So when Lady Rothley's womanly wiles attract an invitation from none other than the Duke of Chevingham to join him in the South of France, it's a Godsend. At last ? the prospect of a handsome, aristocratic suitor for Tempera's Belle-m?re who would keep them both in the style to which they would dearly love to be re-acquainted To arrive without a lady's maid is inconceivable ? to afford one impossible. So Tempera escorts her Belle-m?re in the guise of a servant and attempts to coach her in fine art, the Duke's consuming passion. While her stepmother flirts with C?te D?Azur society Tempera contents herself with capturing the local flora's beauty on canvas. And when the flair she inherited from her father captivates and mystifies the magnificent Duke, something stirs in Tempera that she has never felt before. Is it love? Or is it betrayal?

If Fiona was surprised when she inherited Claymore Hall she was even more surprised to find that she had two sitting tenants in the form of mother and son. Yet upon meeting Bertha Carpenter she wondered whether she should have followed her partner's advice and sold the place, but then Clive's eyes had registered like a cash machine at the time. Not that he was prepared to give up his quest however but by this time other characters had appeared on the scene; the man in charge of plotting a route for pylons to serve the National Grid; a secretive character by the name of James Fuller and not least William Carpenter himself who apparently had interests of his own! Thus perhaps the scene was now set for even more sinister happenings destined to disturb the peace of the tranquil Scottish countryside beset now with gold mining rumours. Events that followed forced Fiona into becoming involved as well as falling in love quite unexpectedly!

Baxter Bixley (Two Xs if you please) wins 16 million pounds on the National Lottery. So begins the transition from shop sweeper to multi-millionaire. Not only that but Baxter, unwanted and friendless, finds true companionship in the shape of an aged and diminutive pensioner called Hugo Harper. Together they share a series of adventures that stretch from his end-of-terrace house in Neasden to Venice, Milan and Monte-Carlo. Hugo and Baxter meet many people on their travels including such illustrious names as Lana Turner, Rex Harrison and Alfred Hitchcock. Jane Eyre and James Cagney together with a baby called Dolores and another baby called David Copperfield join in en route as does a fluffy dog aptly named Fluffy. Ava Gardner and The Queen have walk on parts as does Roy Rogers and Tony Blair. It could be true. But I doubt it!