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FIVE OLD FRIENDS.
A REUNION TO DIE FOR . . .
A weekend on the wild, beautiful Dorset coast. Seven adults, six kids.
A nanny: the ultimate special treat.
It should be perfect: old friends, a stunning house, champagne and
windswept beaches. But it isn't.
Past grudges won't rest. Secrets won't stay put.
And by the end of the weekend, at least one of them will be dead.
Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Lucy Clarke, this is a gripping
locked-room thriller brimming with secrets and lies.
Meet your knights in shining darkness in this fan-favorite series
about eternal love.
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and
the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return
to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to
school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school,
protecting the Day Class from the Academy’s dark secret: the Night
Class is full of vampires!
A new collector’s box set of the entire Vampire Knight series! Includes
the Day Class planner and an exclusive art book!
The untold story of two of Toman's toughest officers is revealed in
this all-new Tokyo Revengers tale!
And don't miss the full series, available in 2-volume omnibus releases
in print!
The Tokyo Manji motorcycle gang has carved out a reputation as the
toughest band of delinquents in Tokyo. No matter who stands against
them in a fight, no matter how bad the odds, Toman always emerges
undefeated. Yet its members all carry the scars of "Bloody Halloween,"
the night when a showdown with a rival gang saw their First Division
Captain, Keisuke Baji, get senselessly murdered. Months later,
vice-captain Chifuyu Matsuno is still struggling to make sense of what
happened. When he receives a letter from Keisuke Baji--written on the
day of his death--it stirs up memories of all their years together...
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Peggy
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Rebecca Godfrey, Leslie Jamison
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'I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it' PEGGY
GUGGENHEIM
VENICE, 1958. Peggy Guggenheim, heiress and now legendary art
collector, sits in the sun at her white marble palazzo on the Grand
Canal. Hers has been a thrilling, tragic, near-impossible journey. She
has defied every expectation, followed her heart, and finally found
contentment. She is independent. She is a true original. And she'll
never stop believing in the transformative power of art.
Peggy is fourteen when her father dies on the Titanic and her
cloistered life is turned upside down. The youngest daughter of two
Jewish dynasties, Peggy is determined to pursue a life of passion and
personal freedom. But unexpected restrictions come with her vast
fortune.
As society changes and war sweeps through Europe, she navigates the
decadent, sexist and anti-Semitic art worlds of New York and Paris. She
loves and is loved - sometimes for herself, often for her money - yet
no-one ever takes her intellect, talent or vision seriously. Until she
learns to believe in it herself.
Rebecca Godfrey's final book - completed by her friend, the acclaimed
bestseller Leslie Jamison, following Godfrey's death in 2022 - brings
to life the singular woman who helped make the Guggenheim name
synonymous with art and genius.
One weekend in paradise.
Ten dysfunctional colleagues.
A billion dollar deal.
The Aurora management team are so close to their wildest dreams.
Yes, there are tensions. Bitter grudges. Illicit affairs. But if they
can just hold it together for a few days at a corporate retreat in
Miami, the sale of the company will go through, and each of them will
be set for life.
But after one night out, they wake up to discover one of the group is
missing.
They knew they couldn’t trust each other. But they never suspected
anyone might be capable of murder…
Fujihashi Ryo enjoys her job as an office worker well enough, but
it doesnât hold a candle to the exciting job of her childhood
friend Mizuno Souma, who works as a fireman. He and his handsome
buddies are more than happy to entertain ladies with their heroic
tales. Ryo wants to set up Souma with a girl in her office, but
heâs too much of a playboy to settle downâŚor so she thinks. It
turns out that he has the hots for her, and when he rescues her
from a fire in her building, a different kind of spark begins to
fly! In this sexy romance for Mature Readers, one fiery couple
really turns up the heat.
A sizzling, feel-good, opposites-attract holiday romance from Tessa
Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One
Summer—now in a beautiful new package!
Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are
decorated in red and green satin. Stella is standing alone outside a
famous department store, when a charming man asks her opinion on the
décor.
It’s a tragedy in tinsel, she says, unable to lie. Then he asks for a
better idea, with a twinkle in his eye. She didn’t know he owned the
place, when he put her on the spot, and now she’s working for that man,
trying to ignore that he’s hot.
But as a down-on-her-luck girl with a difficult past, Stella knows how
to make a good opportunity last. So she gives it her all, working
without stopping. Trying to resist temptation, because she’s just
window shopping.
A gorgeously illustrated tale about childhood friends, unrequited
love, and the power of imagination! Back when Tasuku was a kid, he
harbored a secret: he was in love with his friend Maika. But Maika
moved away for school before he could gather his courage and
confess. Now, as adults, theyâve reconnected as friends, and
being together brings back memories of their shared past. It was so
easy to fantasize about wild things when they were children, but
what has become of those fantasies now that theyâve grown up?
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Night Watch
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Jayne Anne Phillips
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A mesmerising story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in a
mental asylum in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War.
In 1874, in the wake of the war, trauma haunts civilians and veterans,
renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee
and her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year, arrive at
the Trans-Allegh eny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the
hospital's entrance by a war vet eran who has forced himself into their
lives. There, far from family, a beloved neighbour, and the mountain
home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives.
The twin horrors of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their
history: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western
Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee's father, who left for the war
and never returned. Meanwhile in the asylum, they begin to find a new
path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid; Eliza responds slowly
to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility - the
mystery behind the man they call the Night Watch; the child called
Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at
the head of the institution.
Epic, enthralling and meticulously crafted, Night Watch is a brilliant
portrait of family endurance against all odds and a stunning chronicle
of surviving war and its aftermath.
An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could
trust in the start of an immersive debut fantasy series filled with a
sizzling reluctant allies-to-lovers romance, a world to get lost in,
dangerous quests, and dragon bonds.
She is vengeance. He will be her sword.
No one in Imirath had ever seen a dragon, until five eggs long thought
fossils hatched in the presence of their young princess, Elowen Atarah.
Fearing the power his daughter would wield through her soul-bond with
the creatures, King Garrick imprisoned her for many years, desperately
trying to break the bond that united them, until a daring rescue saved
Elowen from his clutches - but left her five precious dragons at his
mercy.
Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her dragons.
Having established a queendom of her own, she is ready to do whatever
is necessary to save her people from starvation and seek vengeance
against her father. Even if that means leaving the home she built for
herself. Or having to align herself with the Commander of Vareveth,
Cayden Veles, the most feared and dangerous man in all the kingdoms of
Ravaryn and her father's sworn enemy.
Cayden promises to help Elowen if she will stand with him and all of
Vareveth in the pending war against Imirath. Despite their contrasting
motives, Elowen can't ignore their undeniable attraction as together
they plot to infiltrate her father's impenetrable castle to steal back
her dragons and seek revenge on their common enemy.
The pull between Elowen and Cayden becomes impossible to resist, even
when trusting each other seems both reckless and essential. But with
the threat of war looming over them, the imminent heist will be their
most dangerous adventure yet.
Kate Greathead's razor-sharp but big-hearted excavation of millennial masculinity.
If you haven’t had the misfortune of dating a George, you know someone who has. He’s a young man brimming with potential but incapable of following through; sweet yet noncommittal to his long-suffering girlfriend; distant from but still reliant on his mother; charmingly funny one minute, sullenly brooding the next. Here, Kate Greathead paints one particular, unforgettable George in a series of droll and surprisingly poignant snapshots of his life over two decades.
Despite his failings, it’s hard not to root for George at least a little. Beneath his cynicism is a reservoir of fondness for his girlfriend, Jenny, and her valiant willingness to put up with him. Each demonstration of his flaws is paired with a self-eviscerating comment. No one is more disappointed in him than himself (except maybe Jenny and his mother). As hilarious as it is resonant and as singular as it is universal, The Book of George is a deft, unexpectedly moving portrait of one man―but also countless others.
Ghost stories reached the height of popularity in the late nineteenth
century and this collection offers a fine selection of ghostly tales
from that time.
Many of the contributors are amongst the most famous writers in the
English language led by the master of the genre, M. R. James. What all
the stories have in common is that they give the reader a delicious
sense of terror but in different ways. Rudyard Kipling in ‘The Phantom
Rickshaw’ and Charles Dickens in ‘The Signalman’ expertly twist their
protagonists’ emotions, creating fear and dread. Mary Elizabeth Braddon
and E. Nesbit aim for downright terror in their tales ‘The Shadow in
the Corner’ and ‘Man-Size in Marble’ and there’s even room for some
spooky humour with Saki’s tale, ‘Laura’.
With tales of revenge, supernatural malevolence and ghostly goings on,
this anthology is full of expertly crafted and terrifying ghost stories.
This series of gorgeous pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmilan
Collector's Library celebrates the very best Gothic and horror
literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.
Sail the high seas between worlds with this first book in a new
sizzling fantasy romance series from the New York Times bestselling
author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.
Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of bad impulses: terrible taste
in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she
steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm,
she's fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their
telekinetic captain. She's immediately given a choice - join their
group or die.
Bowen and his crew are bound by vow to patrol through Threshold, the
magical sea between realms, keeping the portals to other worlds safe.
When he rescues Evelyn, he doesn't expect to be attracted to the
unflappable pickpocket, but the longer he spends in her presence, the
more he begins to question if his heart is the next thing she'll steal.
As tension heats up between Bowen and Evelyn, the danger escalates as
well. Because Evelyn has no intention of keeping her vows, and if she
betrays the crew, both she and Bowen will pay the ultimate price . . .
Tydens ’n staatsgreep in die Kongo, val ’n ekstremis en sy handlangers
’n sendingstasie aan met gruwelike gevolge. Een van die oorlewendes
vlug vir haar lewe deur die reënwoud by die kuslyn af tot haar paaie
haar terug lei na Suid Afrika.
Petro beland by Toevlug – ’n skuilplek vir randfigure soos sy met haar
seer, ontnugterde hart. Daar ontmoet sy vir Riaan, ’n dominee wat hom
oor haar ontferm, maar Petro wil niks weet van ’n God wat toegelaat het
dat sy aan soveel genadelose geweld en hartverskeurende verlies
blootgestel is nie.
’n Jaar later ontdek twee noodlenigingswerkers ’n verrassende vonds by
’n ou, versteekte mynskag in die reënwoud ... Ida en Gary tref reëlings
om hulle kosbare ontdekking terug te neem na Suid-Afrika waar hulle
werk hul ook na Toevlug neem.
Die een verloor haar geloof en die ander moet leer om te glo ... maar
is dit te veel gevra om te hoop dat alles tog ten goede sal uitwerk?
Kan blote geloof vertroosting bied en diep geëtste hart wonde weer
gesond maak? Wat maak ’n mens met die letsels op jou hart wanneer
oorbegin jou roep? En dan is daar ook die onmiskenbare samevloeiing van
iets groters as hul albei wat hierdie vroue onlosmaaklik aan mekaar
verbind. Beide Petro en Ida word tot die uiterste toe beproef ...
“U is ’n toevlug … ’n skuilplek …” het Jesaja gesę. Tussen aksie en
avontuur, ongelooflike verlies en lyding, en die verbete houe van die
noodlot, vind twee vroue mekaar in hul eie besonderse geloofsreise in
Toevlug.
From Lily King, beloved author of Writers and Lovers, Father of the
Rain is a mesmerising novel about the complexity and power of familial
love.
Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife
is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His
daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’
conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of her mother and the
conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when the pair
divorces, Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the
chasm between all of them widens.
As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father’s prejudices and
embarks on her own life – until Gardiner hits rock bottom. Returning
home to help her father get sober, Daley risks everything, including a
chance at love, in an attempt to repair a trust that was broken long
ago . . .
The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the
twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national
identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a
young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets of
Manhattan. For Julius the walks are a release from the tight
regulations of work, from the emotional fallout of a failed
relationship, from lives past and present on either side of the
Atlantic. Isolated amid crowds of bustling strangers, Julius
criss-crosses not just physical landscapes but social boundaries
too, encountering people whose otherness sheds light on his own
remarkable journey from Nigeria to New York - as well as into the
most unrecognisable facets of his own soul.
A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts,
family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram
Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and ‘Queen of African Horror’.
For readers of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri and Koji Suzuki.
Bata, an 11-year-old girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night
to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin’s door. Her cousin
is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the
murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.
A supernatural possession helps Bata battle and vanquish the vengeful
ghost bride, and following a botched exorcism, she is transported to
Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides. There, she receives secret powers
to fight malevolent ghost-brides before being sent back to the human
realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives
to protect those whom she loves.
By turns touching and terrifying, this is vivid supernatural horror
story of family drama, long-held secrets, possession, death - and what
lies beyond.
Two heartbroken people from totally different worlds go on a
fake-dating vacation of a lifetime. What could possibly go wrong?
Margot Ortega always struggled to be the princess in her own fairytale:
a successful career, a huge salary, a gorgeous apartment, and a perfect
fiancé. But on her wedding day, she suffers a major panic attack and
has to call it off.
Devastated and ashamed, Margot decides to drown her sufferings in a mad
night of alcohol and dancing. The next day, she goes back to the sleazy
club to retrieve her sister's cell phone, and has a crazy encounter
with David Sánchez, the handsome, fun-loving bartender who persuades
her to pretend to be his new girlfriend in order to make his ex
jealous. David recognizes the sadness in her eyes, and together they
conspire to help each other get their exes back. Little do they know
how much fun they'll have and how much they'll complicate their lives.
A trip to Greece together that Margot sees as a much-needed getaway
creates an unexpected connection and depth of intimacy between two
people who belong to two totally different worlds. What starts as a
simple escape for fun and adventure becomes complicated and devastating
when the depth of their feelings pulls the two lovers in different
directions and forces them to make a life-altering decision.
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Of Mice and Men
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John Steinbeck; Edited by Barbara Heavilin
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A special student edition of the iconic American author's most enduring
novel, with an introduction and study notes
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie have
nothing in the world except the clothes on their back – and a dream
that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they
find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes
are dashed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength.
This special student edition of John Steinbeck’s moving novel of
friendship and inequality is specifically designed for readers who are
studying the text in detail. It has extra-wide margins to leave space
for notes, and includes and includes an introduction, chapter synopses
and a vocabulary list by Steinbeck expert Dr Barbara Heavilin.
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The Coven
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Harper L. Woods
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“Your destiny is not to do what is right. Your destiny is to destroy us
all.”
Willow Madizza never thought she’d accept a place at Hollow’s Grove
University, the secret and prestigious institution where the best and
brightest of her fellow witches learn to wield their magic.
But Willow has reasons for being at Hollow’s Grove beyond the education
it offers. Raised to be a weapon against the Coven that presides over
the University, she must find the bones of her ancestors in order to
reclaim the magic that is her destiny.
Her only obstacle is Alaric Grayson Thorne, the University’s beautiful
and infuriating Headmaster. Gray is ruthless, manipulative, dangerous –
he represents everything Willow has been taught to despise. But despite
their mutual loathing, Gray understands Willow better than anyone, and
he might just be the key to unlocking her full power . . .
An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that
never closed . . .
Akureyri, Northern Iceland, 1983.
High up in the most northern part of Iceland stands The Akureyri
Sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now
sits haunted by the ghosts of its past.
One wing of the hospital remains open and houses six employees: the
caretaker, two doctors, two nurses and a young research assistant.
Despite the wards closing decades ago they remain at the hospital to
conduct research. But the cold corridors, draughty windows and echoey
halls are constant reminders of the building’s dark history.
When one of the nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, they discover
that death has never left this place – and neither did its secrets.
None can escape this terrifying legacy.
Despite just five suspects the case is never solved and remains open
for two decades. Until a young criminologist named Helgi Reykdal
attempts to finally lay the ghosts of the hospital's past to rest . . .
The stakes are never higher when the charge is murder…
Explore the riveting twists and turns of some of the most notorious and
controversial murder trials in history, such as the O. J. Simpson, Phil
Spector, and Oscar Pistorius cases.
Each of the trials detailed in this book—the latest in DK's highly
successful series of true crime investigations—dominated the world's
news media and gripped public attention. After examining the evidence,
if you had been a member of the jury, what would have been your
verdict? Guilty? Or Not Guilty?
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The Liars
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Katherine Fleet
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I thought I saw her today. Down by the water. It was her hair I
noticed. Do you ever see her, Lex? Does she haunt you too?
I haven’t been back to Eos since I first met my step-sister, Lex.
It’s been twenty-five years since that summer.
Since we went from strangers to sisters.
Since Abigail went missing.
Since we told the first lie.
Now we’re back together on the island.
So much has changed since we were teenagers.
We’ve both tried to move on from the past – from each other.
But the island won’t let us escape our secrets.
Only me and Lex know the truth about Abigail.
We’ve been living a lie for so long.
And if the truth comes out – neither of us will survive it…
He can jump between worlds. But can he save his own?
As a totalitarian Inspectorate tightens its grip, one man discovers the
power to slip through the gaps and traverse alternate universes. World
Walkers by Neal Asher is an exhilarating standalone novel set within
the Owner universe.
Ottanger is a rebel and mutant on an Earth governed by a ruthless
Committee. But after its Inspectorate experiments on him, he discovers
the ability to reach alternate worlds. The multiverse is revealed in
all its glory and terror – and he can finally flee his timeline.
Then Ottanger meets the Fenris, an evolved human visiting Earth from
the far future. He’d engineered the original world-walking mutation, so
those altered could escape the Committee’s regime. Yet this only aided
a few, while millions still suffered. And Ottanger sees that the
Committee will become unstoppable if not destroyed.
However, the Fenris's visit also attracted the Hive. With the power of
its trillion linked minds, it craves world-walking biotech and will do
anything to get it. As conflict looms at home, and war threatens the
multiverse – the Fenris, Ottanger and his companions must prepare for
battle . . .
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