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Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler.
1914: As America’s century of dominance dawns, the country’s greatest detective, Van Dorn agent Isaac Bell, is pitted against a master thief and his assassin accomplice. They’re plotting to pull off the greatest heist in America’s history: the theft of a billion dollars from the newly created Federal Reserve.
When an aerial attack is launched against Woodrow Wilson’s yacht during a meeting among the Federal Reserve’s branch leaders, Bell thwarts it, only to find that the strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit. It’s up to Bell to find the link between the attack, the mysterious death of a Newport heiress, and growing evidence of an unimaginably audacious heist.
Double-cross and betrayal are Bell’s stock and trade, but this time, the deeper he delves into the puzzle, the less he seems to understand. He is in a race against his most ruthless opponent yet, to prevent a financial panic that would bring the United States to its knees.
Gabriel Laucus has lost his job and his parent’s home is about to be
repossessed. Desperate and on the brink of financial ruin, he devises a
risky insurance scam to salvage his crumbling life. This sets in motion
a catastrophic chain of events.
Soon, Gabriel and his friends have a psychopathic hitman, a ruthless
drug lord, and a relentless investigator on their tail. As Gabriel
navigates a world of fraud and dangerous alliances, he must outwit his
pursuers and confront the harrowing repercussions of his choices.
Deadly Benefits is a heart-pounding journey through the high-stakes
game of survival. The price of one wrong move could mean life or death.
In this ground-breaking and inspiring guide, a renowned Harvard
psychologist demonstrates how turning everyday habits into rituals can
improve our work, our relationships and our lives.
- Think of the quirky traditions that you keep up with your friends.
- Or the unusual ways that you and your family mark special
occasions.
- Or the gifts that your partner gives – and what you’d think if
they’d bought the same for an ex.
These are rituals: practices that are imbued with symbolic meaning. And
they have the power to turn black-and-white moments into technicolour.
Along the way, Norton shares stories from sporting superstars (Serena
Williams always bouncing the ball five times before her first serve),
million-dollar companies (Zipcar urging staff to destroy their old
desktops with sledgehammers) and ordinary people (inventing their own
“ritual signatures”), who reimagine everyday moments, build
camaraderie, and spark joy.
Rituals can help us to forge winning teams, heal families experiencing
grief and encourage us rise to challenges, big or small. Now it’s time
to create yours.
Harry Potter se somervakansie is aaklig: nie net was dit die slegste
verjaarsdag ooit nie, maar boonop verskyn ’n vreemde huiself genaamd
Dobby om hom te waarsku om nie weer na die Hogwarts Skool vir Towerkuns
en Heksery toe terug te gaan nie – vreeslike dinge gaan daar gebeur. En
vreeslike dinge gebeur inderdaad. Dit is Harry se tweede jaar op
Hogwarts en nuwe probleme wag op hom. Hy hoor vreemde fluisterstemme
deur leë gange – en dan begin die aanvalle . . .
A glorious and tantalising new escape from #1 New York Times
bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER and MEET ME AT THE LAKE,
Carley Fortune.
This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won't give
into temptation. This summer will be different.
The first time Lucy and Felix met she was on vacation on Prince Edward
Island. And a tour of the beaches wasn’t the only thing he showed her.
But when she discovered his true identity as her best friend, Bridget’s
brother, their electric night should have become a distant memory . . .
Each year with Lucy and Bridget’s return for a summer escape, she
promises herself she won’t end up in Felix’s arms, but it’s easier said
than done.
Not this year though. This year it will be different. With Bridget
facing the biggest crisis of her life, Lucy must join her for one last
trip to the island.
But Felix’s sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with
something new, something more and Lucy’s beginning to wonder just how
safe her heart truly is.
Newman se Voëls volgens Kleur bied vir die beginnervoëlkyker ’n
vinnige, eenvoudige manier om Suider-Afrika se algemeenste voëls
volgens hul kleur te identifiseer. Die vierde uitgawe van dié nuttige
geïllustreerde gids is bygewerk met die nuutste gewone voëlname,
uitgebreide habitatinligting en die mees onlangse verspreidingkaarte.
Die leersame inleiding bevat praktiese wenke oor die uitken van voëls,
inligting oor voëlanatomie en -klassifikasie, en raad oor waar om vir
voëls te soek en wat jy op só ’n uitstappie moet inpak.
“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across
the picket fence. I clutch my daughter’s hand and smile back: but the
second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her
face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home.
My past is far, far behind us. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way…
I used to clean other people’s houses—now, I can’t believe this home is
actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge
yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give
our children the life they deserve.
Even though I’m wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites
us over for dinner it’s our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the
door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly
what it’s like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills…
The Lowells’ maid isn’t the only strange thing on our street. I’m sure
I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at
night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words
chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.
Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?
I thought I’d left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet
suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?
How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder? This is the question sports agent Myron Bolitar asks himself when two FBI agents visit him in New York.
The man they are looking for is Myron’s former client and rival, Greg Downing. Greg’s DNA has been found at the scene of a high profile double-murder, and he is now the FBI’s main suspect. But Greg died three years previously, Myron says. He went to his funeral and gave the eulogy. The FBI are disbelieving, and Myron knows he has to find some answers – and quickly.
Could Greg Downing still be alive?
The more Myron and his close friend Win dig into what really happened, the more dangerous their world becomes . . .
Secrets, lies and a murderous conspiracy that stretches back into the past lie at the heart of Harlan Coben’s blistering new thriller.
The heartbreaking sequel to A Thousand Boy Kisses.
After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. When Savannah's therapist suggests joining a trip around the world for grieving teens she agrees to go clutching tightly to the unread journal her sister left behind.
Seventeen-year-old Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother his life has spiraled. Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, Cael can no longer step onto the ice. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad no part of him wants to go.
As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey they begin to find solace in each other. As they start to heal piece by broken piece, could this be the start of a love they never thought they'd feel again?
A Thousand Broken Pieces is a beautiful and life-affirming novel about grief, love and friendship from the international bestselling phenomenon Tillie Cole
Funny, feelgood, heartlifting story about the power of
intergenerational friendship and finding love in unexpected places -
perfect for fans of The One Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Through
the Window and The Rosie Project
Eddie Winston is ninety years old. He has lived and he has loved, but
he has never been kissed.
A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days
volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of
the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along
the way. It is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who,
aged twenty-four, has just lost the love of her life.
When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she
resolves to help him finally find love, sparking an adventure that will
take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie to the
moment he has waited for all his life.
As Bella helps Eddie and Eddie helps, well, everyone, a soul-stirring
story of friendship and kindness unfolds as we see how those we love
are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.
Patrick Watson is currently South Africa’s most innovative and versatile landscape architect. Known for designing extensive mega-sites, such as Sun City and an entire Indian Ocean Island, he is also the creator of exquisite small gardens in private homes and quiet spaces for reflection, such as the Apartheid Museum and the Garden of Hope at St George’s Anglican Church in Parktown, Johannesburg.
In all he does, he combines artistic intuition with extensive botanical knowledge and a deep concern for the conservation and restoration of nature. His projects are creative, fresh with inspiration, and often bold, and he uses plants, colours, landforms and space to create visual and emotional experiences.
Covering 23 gardens and landscapes, and richly supported by sensitive photography and some specially commissioned artworks, the book is a beautiful record of a remarkable local talent, a visionary whose art is informed by nature. It recognises and celebrates the combination of knowledge, skill and instinct that make up the man, and the radical influence he has had on his profession.
In a world where allergies and food intolerances are becoming more and
more common, The South African Guide to Gluten-Free Baking will make
your time in the kitchen a little sweeter. This cookbook will teach you
how to seamlessly pivot from ‘normal’ baking to gluten-free baking, so
you can enjoy your favourite baked goods and sweet treats without the
guilt – or any unpleasant side effects. As a go-to guide for baking all
things gluten-free, the book includes a section on how to stock your
pantry for gluten-free baking (including a breakdown of the best
gluten-free flours to use, and which combinations work best for
different recipes), what ingredients are safe to use for a gluten-free
diet, as well as the equipment and tools you’ll need to become an
expert gluten-free baker.
Gluten-free baking can seem daunting, but The South African Guide to
Gluten-Free Baking will inspire readers to learn how to make their
favourite baked goods gluten-free – without being able to tell the
difference! – so they can walk into the kitchen with confidence. Expect
recipes for everything from decadent triple-layer celebration cakes,
cute cupcakes and one-bowl brownies, delicious doughnuts, decadent
cheesecakes, comforting pies and easy pizzas, South African favourites
like malva pudding, as well as a chapter on easy air-fryer bakes.
Lily Black was presumed dead for years.
Now, she's back in the arms of her devoted husband, Kane.
Where she's been is a mystery, but she can't escape her past - nor the
danger following her.
Aliyah, Kane's mother, has has never believed Lily is who she says she
is, and seeks any opportunity to expose her. This leaves Amy, her
daughter-in-law, a pawn in the dangerous games this family plays. But
Amy has her sights on the biggest prize of all.
Three women consumed by their different desires.
But could they have more in common than they know?
From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking
historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings.
Lore, legend, and history tell us of the Vikings: warrior-kings on epic
journeys of conquest and plunder. But the stories we know are not the
only stories to tell. There is another story, one that has been lost to
the mists of time: the saga of the dark queen.
That saga begins with Yafeu, a defiant yet fiercely compassionate young
warrior who is stolen from her home in the flourishing Ghanaian empire
and taken as a slave to a distant kingdom in the North. There she is
thrust into a strange, cold world of savage shield maidens, tyrannical
rulers, and mysterious gods.
And there she also finds something unexpected: a kindred spirit. She
comes to serve Freydis, a shy princess who couldn’t be more different
than the confident and self-possessed Yafeu.
But they both want the same thing: to forge their own fate. Yafeu
inspires Freydis to dream of a future greater than the one that the
king and queen have forced upon her. And with the princess at her side,
Yafeu learns to navigate this new world and grows increasingly
determined to become one of the legendary shield maidens.
For Yafeu may have lost her home, but she still knows who she is, and
she’s not afraid to be the flame that burns a city to the ground so a
new world can rise from the ashes. She will alter the course of history
- and become the revolutionary heroine of her own myth.
She said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods.
There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be
killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had
many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s
known simply as “B.”
And he wants to be able to die.
In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can
help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when
an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event
ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself.
One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.
In a collaboration that combines Miéville’s singular style and
creativity with Reeves’s haunting and soul-stirring narrative, these
two inimitable artists have created something utterly unique, sure to
delight existing fans and to create scores of new ones.
When age makes you invisible, secrets are easier to hide.
Daphne knows that age is just a number. She also knows that society no longer pays her any attention – something she’s happy to exploit to help her hide a somewhat chequered past.
But finding herself alone on her 70th birthday, with only her plants to talk to and neighbours to stalk online, she decides she needs some friends. Joining a Senior Citizen's Social Club she’s horrified at the expectation she’ll spend her time enduring gentle crafting activities. Thankfully, the other members – including a failed actor addicted to shoplifting and a prolific yarn-bomber – agree.
After a tragic accident, the local council threaten to close the club – but they have underestimated the wrong group of pensioners...and with the help of a teenage dad and a geriatric, orphaned dog, the incongruous gang set out to prove it.
As long as their pasts don't catch up with them first…
From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The
Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's
endless strategic greed, its pursuit of total domination, by any means
necessary, and the growing efforts to stop it.
For over twenty years, Amazon was the quintessential American success
story, whilst its “customer obsession” approach made it indelibly
attractive to consumers across the globe. But the company was not
benevolent; it operated\ in ways that ensured it stayed on top, coming
to dominate over a dozen industries beyond retail, growing voraciously
by abusing data, exploiting partners, copying competitors, and avoiding
taxes—leveraging its power to extract whatever it could, at any cost
and without much scrutiny. Until now.
With unparalleled access, and having interviewed hundreds of people –
from Amazon executives to competitors to small businesses who rely on
its marketplace to survive – Dana Mattioli exposes how Amazon was
driven by a competitive edge to dominate every industry it entered,
bulldozed all who stood in its way, reshaped the retail landscape,
transformed how Wall Street evaluates companies, and altered the very
nature of the global economy.
In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission filed a monopoly lawsuit against
Amazon in what may become one of the largest antitrust cases in the
21st century.
As Amazon’s supremacy is finally challenged, The Everything War is the
definitive, inside story of how it grew into one of the most powerful
and feared companies in the world – and why this is the most
consequential business story of our times.
Are you overwhelmed by conflicting nutritional advice?
Do you struggle to make healthier food choices?
In theory, we all know what works and what doesn’t work for our bodies;
we know that we should eat more vegetables, consume less refined sugar,
and avoid eating too many ultra-processed foods. We also know that what
we choose to eat has a direct consequence on our health and our
happiness.
But, in reality, we have lost touch with the food we eat; it’s produced
far away from our day-to-day lives and often arrives prepared and
pre-packed to our supermarkets, our homes and our desks. Consequently,
the food environment in which we live is based on marketing and
arbitrary targets, instead of responding to our biology and nourishing
our individual needs at different stages of our lives.
That’s why in Every Body Should Know This, medical scientist and Head
Nutritionist at ZOE, Dr Federica Amati explains how to make the most
beneficial decisions for maintaining good health at every life stage.
This first-of-a-kind book combines nutrition, medical science, and
public health advice to create a simple, evidence-based guide to what
we should all know about the food we love to eat and how it affects us.
Packed with jargon-free advice, and informed by the latest scientific
research, Dr Amati explores each life stage, from conception right
through to our senior years, and delivers clear, targeted nutritional
recommendations for all, so that everybody can have a better insight to
what works for them personally.
Order now and reclaim the power and pleasure of your food.
A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians.
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money.
Should he marry Solène de Courcy, a French hotel heiress with honey blond tresses and a royal bloodline? Should he pursue Martha Dung, the tattooed venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or should he follow his heart, betray his family, squander his legacy, and finally confess his love to the literal girl next door, the humble daughter of a doctor, Eden Tong? When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans—and their reputation—go up in flames.
Can the once-great dukedom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for two decades, reveal a shocking twist?
In a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Los Angeles to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan unfurls a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.
I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's
always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept
away. I'll tell you about her.
It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister,
and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other
missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.
Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State
woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but
alive.
But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who
is she protecting?
Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the
next girl is taken.
Change your mind to change your life—discover the neuroscience of a
better you in this revolutionary book from neuroscientist and online
sensation Nicole Vignola that teaches you how to rewire your brain to
achieve peak mental wellbeing.
Are you stuck in a habit of believing you are not good enough?
Do you fixate on a particular story about yourself that you wish you
could change?
Are negative beliefs holding you back from reaching your fullest
potential?
Do you sometimes feel like it’s just too hard, or too late, to change?
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S YOUR BRAIN
If any of this sounds familiar, don’t worry – it’s not you, it’s your
brain. With Rewire, your personal guide to understanding the
neuroscience of your behaviour and why you are subconsciously
programmed to repeat certain habits and how you can do, or undo, any
type of behaviour, you will become fully equipped to finally become the
person you want to be.
BREAK THE CYCLE
In clear language, neuroscientist Nicole Vignola demystifies the
science of breaking bad habits and how to make good ones, the
principles of neuroplasticity, and neurohack methods for changing
behavioural patterns. In the end, she helps you to see yourself in a
different way and control how you react to any life situation, from
overcoming negative, limiting beliefs to managing stress and achieving
peak mental wellbeing.
ALTER YOUR THOUGHTS
Think of your brain as your hardware and your mental health as your
software. Your hardware must work well before you can upgrade your
software; Once you learn the fundamentals of rewiring your brain, you
can instill new habits, shift your mindset, and change unwanted
behaviour to create the best version of yourself.
CREATE LASTING CHANGE
We all have habits and behaviours that hold us back from reaching our
fullest potential. This book will help you see that you are not stuck
and show you how to rewrite your story.
June 1944: In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army
soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged their defeat
in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The same month saw the Allies triumph
on the beaches of Normandy, but, despite the myths that remain, it was
the events on the Eastern Front that sealed Hitler's fate and destroyed
Nazism.
In his new book, bestselling historian Jonathan Dimbleby describes and
analyses this momentous year, covering the military, political and
diplomatic story in his evocative style. Drawing on previously
untranslated German, Russian and Polish sources, we see how
sophisticated new forms of deception and ruthless Partisan warfare
shifted the Soviets’ fortunes, how their triumphs effectively gave
Stalin authority to occupy Eastern Europe and how it was the events of
1944 that enabled Stalin to dictate the terms of the post-war
settlement, laying the foundations for the Cold War . . .
The price of love is loss.
We all pay it eventually. . .
Some moments are too painful to be endured, and some moments will break
you if you let them.
And yet I can’t afford to let anything break me. Because we have one
chance to win this war. One chance to create a better life for everyone
across the four kingdoms.
Even as our enemies ally with each other, and our own allies are forced
to betray their kingdoms, their people . . . and themselves.
And even as Regner plans something so cruel, so wholly evil, he’s
poised to douse the last remaining spark of hope in this world.
Unless we kill him first.
An inspirational new collection on turning tragedy into triumph by
Holocaust survivor and multi-million copy bestselling author of Man's
Search for Meaning.
During his lifetime, world renowned psychiatrist and Auschwitz survivor
Viktor Frankl had an unshakably optimistic outlook on life. He believed
that regardless of circumstance, we can all find meaning and fulfilment
in our lives, even in the face of great adversity.
But how much influence do we have on shaping our own lives? How do we
seize opportunities and create a meaningful life? And in doing so, can
we still respect the dignity of others and tolerate all views?
Published in English for the first time, Embracing Hope shows that by
exercising our freedoms, we have a duty and responsibility to
ourselves, to others and to the world around us. This collection of
timeless lessons offers hope and consolation, admonition and warning,
and reveals how to turn tragedy into triumph and lead a fulfilled,
purposeful life.
Gaan hulle mekaar vind of vernietig?
Lucas Jordaan sluit sy bosveldlodge naby Hoedspruit nadat sy meisie
onder raaiselagtige omstandighede verdwyn. Dan stop joernalis Renske du
Toit voor Jagtersrus se hekke, gestuur deur ’n reistydskrif om oor die
lodge te skryf.
Die aantrekking tussen hulle is dadelik tasbaar, al probeer albei dit
ontken. Maar wanneer Renske begin stories hoor van die
duiwel-in-die-bos wat glo sy eks uit die weg geruim het, ontdek sy ’n
donker kant aan Lucas wat haar bang maak, maar ook bedwelm.
Intussen duik nog onheilspellende raaisels op. Wat steek hy vir haar
weg? Hoekom waarsku almal haar oor hom? Wat beteken die hangertjie om
sy nek? En wie stuur vir hom gedurig kriptiese, dreigende boodskappe?
Hoe meer Renske hom leer ken, hoe sterker haar aangetrokkenheid, maar
ook hoe groter die gevaar. Gaan hulle mekaar in hierdie waaghalsige
stryd vol begeerte vind of vernietig?
Droomjagter is ’n erotiese spanningsverhaal vol kinkels wat jou om meer
as een rede uitasem sal laat.
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