Award-winning journalist Charlotte Bauer's warm, witty and wise quest for the meaning of life after youth and how to navigate the menopausal years.

A deliciously funny and sage guide to midlife - an unscientific, flaws-and-all account of one woman's adventures and misadventures through the dark comedy of the wilderness years.

Through her own experiences as a fifty-something woman, and those of her three sisters, her indomitable mum and rebellious auntie, Charlotte tackles the big questions every woman seeks answers to at this time of our lives - chiefly: How the hell am I going to get over being young in a world obsessed with youth?

Written with warmth, wisdom and irreverence this guide to midlife is perfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Caitlin Moran and India Knight.

Rein in your anxiety with this simple guided journal.

Worrying is human. Worry can help to keep us safe and warn us of potential dangers. But when worrying becomes anxiety, and begins to get in the way of our everyday lives, we need strategies to overcome it.

Written by a professional counsellor and full of ways to help you understand and take control of your anxiety, this book is the ideal guide to help you dial down that constant worry, tackle unhealthy thought patterns and build habits to help prevent anxiety from taking over.

Full of guided exercises and spaces for self-reflection, as well as beautiful illustrations and inspiring quotes, it is perfect for the over-worriers everywhere.

London psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass is charismatic, highly respected and at the top of his game. When Detective Superintendent Washburn asks Glass to analyze a beautiful woman who has been linked to the mysterious death of a famous sports star, his entire world is turned upside down. The woman is Catherine Tramell, best-selling American crime novelist whose fiction has a habit of turning into reality.

The magnetism between the two is immediate and Glass is captivated by Catherine both mentally and physically. Quickly sucked into her web of lies, seduction and intrigue, Glass' own basic instincts are uncovered as professional boundaries start to get blurred.

But as people around him are mysteriously being murdered, a deadly battle of wits ensues between Glass and Tramell, leading to a startling climax in which he must make a choice that will change both of their lives forever.

One natural death can be regarded as a misfortune. Two begins to look like murder. A woman drowns unnoticed in the Thames. She was an alcoholic, and the police barely look into her death, or her life. A theatre-goer is found dead in his seat. This time the police are interested, and Detective Caius Beauchamp and his team set to work. Or they will, once they can identify the dead man, who had no ID or personal belongings in his hotel room. As the case points back towards a historic disappearance, Caius needs to pull himself together: he's ate a whole carrot cake for lunch, and hasn't brought in vegetable smoothies for his team in days. Then a mysterious invitation arrives for Caius, complete with a tailored suit he could never afford. It promises to lead him further into the corrupt world of the rich and powerful - but it might also allow him to understand the death of a woman who would otherwise be forgotten. Is that a compromise he's prepared to make?

The Blame by Charlotte Langley is a debut psychological suspense police thriller in which two detectives begin a love affair, only for one of them to become a prime suspect in a chilling murder. Detective Erin Crane is assigned to the investigation into sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson's murder along with her partner, detective Tom Radley. Over the years they’ve formed a close professional bond built on mutual trust and a shared contempt for the unscrupulous head of the anti-corruption team, Walker. This case will prove a bigger test of their relationship than either of them could ever have imagined. During the investigation, Tom discovers Erin’s biggest secret: that she put a man in prison under false evidence. But to her surprise, far from driving them apart, the revelation brings them closer together, and Tom and Erin embark on a love affair – despite the risk to their careers and the case. Then Erin discovers dashcam footage from a van driver, showing Sophie Madson getting into Tom’s car barely an hour before she died. Tom becomes the prime suspect in the murder case and everything Erin thought she could trust begins to crumble...

Look again and again and again at the gorgeous illustrations in this picture book. If you look closely, you will see that a little blue car, a fakir on a magic carpet and a yellow balloon are traveling with you all the way! Join us on a journey across the world! 32 beautifully illustrated pages without text that will captivate the imaginations of young and old.

Agatha Christie meets Made in Chelsea 'Brilliantly compulsive . . . I could not stop reading this book.' DENISE MINA 'As sharp, witty and energetic as it is bitingly satirical.' JANICE HALLETT The night before Rupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning after His girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about Classics degrees and aristocrats, Instagram influencers and who knows who. Or is it whom? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and as into self-improvement as Clemmie - but as he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxury, a wall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it's begun. Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other half live, and die, before the case is taken out of his hands? Bitingly funny, full of twists, and all too close to reality, this is a stunning debut from your next favourite crime writer. 'An incredible crime debut.' ERIN KELLY 'Scintillating.' HARRIET TYCE 'Delicious, searing . . . What a great new voice she is in detective fiction!' S. J. BENNETT WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'A perfectly horrid cast of over the top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious.' 5* review 'Such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre . . . I loved this book!' 5* review 'It was fast paced and twisty and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I loved it.' 5* review 'It's the characters that really make this book and I'd love to see a TV series based on these detectives.' 5* review 'Highly recommend if you enjoy Lucy Foley, I raced through this in less than a day!' 5* review

Kyk weer en weer en weer na die gedetailleerde prente in hierdie boek. As jy mooi kyk, sal jy sien dat 'n blou motortjie, 'n boef, 'n fakir op 'n vlieende tapyt en 'n geel ballon die hele reis saam met jou meemaak! Kom saam op 'n wereldreis! 32 pragtig geillustreerde volkleurbladsye sonder teks, wat jonk en oud op 'n verbeeldingsvlug sal meevoer.

'Imagine Florence Broadhurst baking Nana's tastiest favourites on acid and you've pretty much got Charlotte's Ree-markable first book' Matt Preston Discover the art of baking and the magical world of Charlotte Ree. Instagram sensation Charlotte Ree is famous for her simple and delicious sweets ... and her love of puns. Her easy, user-friendly creations are designed to taste amazing, rather than just look pretty (though pretty they most certainly are!). Just Desserts showcases 30 of Charlotte's most popular and delicious cake, biscuit, slice and dessert recipes in one outrageously gorgeous little package. Featuring essentials, such as chocolate brownies, shortbread caramel slice and chocolate-chip cookies through to show stoppers, such as layered berry pavlova and chocolate ganache & blackberry bundt, Just Desserts is the ideal gift for the baker and sweet-lover in your life - even if that's YOU!

Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Bennett star in this psychological thriller, adapted from Paula Hawkins' novel. The film follows Rachel Watson (Blunt) who, after getting divorced from her husband Tom (Justin Theroux), takes the train to work every day, passing by her old home and fantasizing about a couple, Megan and Scott Hippwell (Bennett and Luke Evans), who live down the same street, and their perfect life together. After seeing Megan with another man, Rachel is so distraught she turns to alcohol and heads out for a night in the city. The next morning, with no memory of what she did the previous night, Rachel awakens to discover that Megan's disappearance is headline news. She quickly becomes obsessed with the case and tries to find out more about Megan's life but discovers her own interest in the couple's lives also makes her a suspect in the eyes of the police.

Cross stitch is one of the oldest forms of hand embroidery, popular all over the world, and it is little wonder that it remains so. Not only is it easy to learn - cross stitch is usually the first embroidery stitch taught to children - but it's quickly arranged into patterns, pictures and letters by following grid charts where each square represents a single stitch. The pleasure in achievement can become quite addictive as the design grows and different colours are added.
This book has been prepared with beginners in mind. The essentials of counted cross stitch are set out here with plenty of illustrations to guide you, and a basic range of free-style embroidery stitches has been added in a supplement to the counted thread method. The book also aims to act as a refresher for those who first learned to cross stitch years ago and would like to pick it up again. There are sections on equipment and various threads and fabrics, as well as advice on how to read charts and create your own, including numerous motifs and alphabets for you to use. The terminology used throughout is UK-standard, together with the relevant US terms in square brackets ] to make this a practical guide for all readers.
The art of cross stitch dates back at least as far as the 6th or 7th century CE when it was used to decorate household linens with floral or geometric patterns, worked simply in black or red thread. Folk costumes, especially from northern and eastern Europe, are often decorated with similar traditional designs; medieval Assisi work and Tudor blackwork were beautiful, intricate developments of the same technique. Later came the familiar multicoloured sampler, which served several purposes: to record patterns or motifs in the absence of pattern books; to teach children how to stitch; and finally to demonstrate a young woman's prowess with the needle.
Nowadays, we happily incorporate cross stitch designs into many items, from greetings cards to buttons, bookmarks, pot covers and paperweights; while larger projects - including elaborate preprinted kits - are stitched with skill and patience, hopefully to be framed as future family heirlooms.

'A hilarious and modern Cinderella story that feels like eating warm chocolate cake.' - Talia Hibbert, author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown Finding love was not the only goal . . . When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he's never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can't imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper. And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they'll never be anything other than at odds. But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item for a public who's ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. Or at least, it feels like it's pretend--until each slow burn step in their fake relationship sparks a heat neither can control. Now they just have to decide: is this sizzling chemistry just for show? Or something so real it might just give them their fairytale ending? When Grumpt Met Sunshine is a steamy, opposites-attract romance with undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous and very sunshine-y ghostwriter. For fans of Ted Lasso and Tessa Bailey.

This richly illustrated concertina book takes the reader from the top of a mountain spring, through varying landscapes, and follows a river's journey from its source to the sea. With a focus on the important role waterways play in human and environmental survival, The River That Flows Beside Me explores the changing landscapes along a river's journey and the habits and ecosystems that call the river their home. A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book finds the river in the rocky peaks, and tracks it as it winds its way through coniferous forest, gushes through v-shaped valleys, and roars down magnificent waterfalls. Further downstream, readers will journey with the river past beaver dams, floodplains, oxbow lakes, paddle-boarders, bridges and more. On your journey, meet the animals that call the river home, including: White-tailed deer Grizzly bears Otter Smallmouth bass Dragonflies  With a primary focus on the river's ecosystems, wildlife and geological processesThe River That Flows Beside Me also explores the way that humans interact with the river landscape, using it both to survive and also to enjoy. The beauty and variety of river landscapes are bought to life by Jo Empson's rich illustrations.  This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.

Based on the video game series of the same name, this sci-fi adventure directed by Justin Kurzel follows the story of Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender), a career criminal saved from execution by the modern day Templars of the secretive Abstergo Industries. Using technology called the Animus, Callum is forced to relive the memories of his ancestor, Aguilar (Fassbender), an Assassin during the Spanish Inquisition. Alan Rikkin (Jeremy Irons) and his daughter Sophia (Marion Cotillard) conduct their experiments on Callum, while he gains the skills of his ancestor to fight the Templars of today.

For fans of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and Tiny Beautiful Things, this behind-closed-doors exploration from an acclaimed psychotherapist of the twelve fundamental psychological needs we all share "provides a roadmap of how one might approach their own transformation by becoming willing to admit their deepest desires" (Christie Tate, New York Times bestselling author). What do we want? And how do we get it? Chloe is beautiful and fiercely bright, but she feels desperately deprived. Elliot, lost and adrift, is secretly grieving the loss of his famous lover. Rosie has always tried to follow the rules of cultural expectations, but a year into her marriage, she still hasn't had sex with her husband. Dwight is determined to be upbeat, even in the face of his wife's betrayal. Each of us, at certain moments in our lives, can feel lost or confused. We often don't know how to get what we want, but we share some universal desires: to love and be loved; understanding, power, attention, freedom; to create, to belong, to win, to connect, to control; and we want what we shouldn't. In each of these twelve chapters, focused on one of these desires, psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber takes you behind closed doors of her therapy sessions as she guides clients towards startling insights and profound change. With a warm and compassionate voice, Weber blends dramatic and moving personal stories with careful research in this "brilliant and wise" (The Times, London) guide to living well that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

Post-apocalyptic thriller starring Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers and Bill Paxton. An attempt to compensate for the Earth being affected by global warming results in a technological hiccup which turns the planet's surface into one great snowy expanse. The few remaining survivors, who are now holed up in underground bunkers trying to find a solution to the meteorological disaster, are confronted with difficult living conditions and the ever present threat of extinction. Colony 7, which is led by the benevolent and world-weary Briggs (Fishburne), receives a distress call from the nearby Colony 5 and Briggs recruits a team to traverse the frozen landscape and help their fellow survivors. However, when they arrive, they realise that the distress call is part of a much bigger problem when they find that Colony 5 is under attack from a group of crazed cannibals who have turned against their kin in the hope of surviving the seemingly perpetual winter...

This richly illustrated concertina book takes the reader from the top of a mountain spring, through varying landscapes, and follows a river's journey from its source to the sea. With a focus on the important role waterways play in human and environmental survival, The River That Flows Beside Me explores the changing landscapes along a river's journey and the habits and ecosystems that call the river their home. A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes, and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book finds the river in the rocky peaks, and tracks it as it winds its way through coniferous forest, gushes through v-shaped valleys, and roars down magnificent waterfalls. Further downstream, readers will journey with the river past beaver dams, floodplains, oxbow lakes, paddle-boarders, bridges, and more. On your journey, meet the animals that call the river home, including: White-tailed deer Grizzly bears Otter Smallmouth bass Dragonflies With a primary focus on the river's ecosystems, wildlife, and geological processesThe River That Flows Beside Me also explores the way that humans interact with the river landscape, using it both to survive and also to enjoy. The beauty and variety of river landscapes are bought to life by Jo Empson's rich illustrations. This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.

Describes the different phases of the moon.