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‘The book is written with that depth of thought about crime and humanity that characterises the best of Leon’s work.’ Independent‘[A] fine, atmospheric novel…Twenty-one books on, [Leon] has lost none of her delightful skill and wit.’ Evening StandardWhen a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate. He is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere, but with a pair of distinctive shoe...

A profound and provocative journey through the human body from the award-winning writer, broadcaster and surgeon.'Exceptional, beautiful and absolutely absorbing' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'A book of wonder' SARAH MOSSFor Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. Medicine teaches us how a body functions, but it doesn't help us navigate the reality of living in one. As she became a surgeon, a mother, and ultimately a patient ...

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with 150 illustrations and artworks of saints from every part of the world, this book will fascinate anyone interested in inspiring religious figures from Biblical times to John Paul II.

A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing. I've been running from the past for most of my life, hiding in a small town and hoping no one discovers who I truly am. Which was working just fine until my brother moved his best friend onto our property.Now, I'm stuck trying to avoid the brooding billionaire's probing questions and piercing stares. And it doesn't help that I almost killed him the first time we met. Oops.But I can’t ignore him forever. And when all...

Having a seat at the table doesn't mean that your voice gets heard. Knowing something is wrong doesn't make it easy to speak up. But this silencing - intentional or not - has profound consequences on our work and life. It blocks talent, skews decisions and causes teams and individuals to fail. So what if there was another way?Drawing on her experience as a lecturer at Harvard Law School and as a Managing Partner at one of the world's leading leadership development companies, ...

Navigate power dynamics, build effective relationships with higher-ups, and earn more authority, freedom and confidence at work.'Outstanding. A better way to get ahead at work' Greg McKeown'Turn potential conflicts into opportunities for growth' Daniel H. PinkDo you feel vulnerable to the whims of your boss, peers or internal politics?Do you push through each day with an undercurrent of anxiety?Are you micromanaged, interrupted in meetings, saddled with busy work or overlooke...

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller.Over 7 million copies sold around the world.The original book from Morgan Housel, the New York Times bestselling author of Same As Ever.As featured on the Dr Chatterjee podcast Feel Better, Live More and the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett.Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.Money – investing, personal finance, and b...

'Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it's the one about him' Marina Hyde, Guardian'Jaw-dropping . . .A tell-all tome' Financial TimesSarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook's potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different.From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to ri...

Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturall...

Gdy w 1900 roku w różnych punktach Chojnic, niewielkiego miasteczka w Prusach Zachodnich, zostają znalezione fragmenty ciała gimnazjalisty Ernsta Wintera, lokalna społeczność przeżywa wstrząs. Podejrzenie szybko pada na żydowskiego rzeźnika, który według pogłosek zabił osiemnastolatka i wykorzystał jego krew do wypieku macy. Z czasem nastroje antysemickie nabrzmiewają do tego stopnia, że rząd ogłasza najwyższą w historii Cesarstwa Niemieckiego nagrodę za pomoc w schwytaniu sp...

O czym myślimy w różnych sytuacjach społecznych to publikacja edukacyjna i terapeutyczna adresowana do dzieci, które mają trudność z przyjmowaniem perspektywy innych osób i budowaniem wypowiedzi.Pomaga ona zrozumieć, że w zależności od sytuacji społecznej, w której się znajdujemy, nasze myśli się zmieniają.W publikacji przedstawiono 45 ilustracji. Na stronach parzystych znaj­dują się ilustracje dla dziecka. Na stronach nieparzystych umieszczono mały obrazek dla dorosłego (ter...

Rok 1670 – początek panowania Michała Korybuta Wiśniowieckiego, wybrańca szerokich kręgów braci szlacheckiej. Frakcja profrancuskich magnatów z Polski i Litwy nie zamierza jednak złożyć broni. Zrywają kolejne sejmy i dążą do detronizacji monarchy, a nawet… planują zamach na jego życie. Aquila – zamaskowany szlachcic – działa u boku drobnoszlacheckiego stronnictwa regalistów oraz podkanclerza, biskupa Andrzeja Olszowskiego, i staje do walki o bezpieczeństwo Rzeczypospolitej. S...

'Leon's books are a joy, and the 19th Venice-based Commissario Brunetti novel is well up to her consistently high standard.' GuardianAs Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti escapes the city to spend time with his family. For Ispettore Vianello, however, the weather is the last thing on his mind. It appears his aunt has become obsessed with horoscopes and has been withdrawing large amounts of money from the family business. Not knowing what to do, h...

Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987, Harvey Whitehouse went to live with an indigenous community deep in the Papua New Guinea rainforest. His experiences there convinced him that, far from being wildly different, humans are fundamentally alike: their beliefs and behaviours rooted in a set of evo...

A swoony small-town romance that will set your heart racing.The scowl should've been my first sign to stay away from Anson Hunt. The sexy smirk and the fact that he's my brother's best friend? Reasons two and three.Anson is my opposite in every way: grumpy, rude, and loves his solitude. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to kill him with kindness; the man simply won’t crack.Until he sees me shatter.When my world falls apart, Anson catches me. And as so-called “accidents” ...

'True beauty lies in the sum of our qualities, used for positive purposes. In other words, using your power for the good.'This new book delves deeper into the stories behind the captivating images that have made Mihaela Noroc an online sensation. With 500 portraits from over 60 countries, including Japan, India, Peru, Namibia and the United States, The Power of Women is a celebration of courage, resilience and beauty in all its forms.

Traditionalism is founded on ancient teachings that, its followers argue, have been handed down from time immemorial, forming a basis of the sacred order that must be defended from modernity and the disorder it brings. It has been used to encourage respect for the environment, compose great music and reduce hostility between followers of different religions. King Charles is an avowed Traditionalist, and has used it as a framework to encourage protecting the rural landscape.Bu...

Your little one will soon learn some essential first words and pictures with this bright board book.There are 100 colour photographs to look at and talk about, and 100 simple first words to read and learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.

Jeśli wskazówki stały się niewidoczne, to nie znaczy, że czas się zatrzymał.Czy wewnętrzne demony mogą przybrać ludzką postać? A jeśli tak… czy potrafią stać się przyjaciółmi kogoś, kogo dotąd dręczyły?Dlaczego w dorosłym mężczyźnie wciąż tkwi dziecko? Co wydarzyło się w jego przeszłości, że ufa jedynie własnym snom?A może wszyscy, bez wyjątku, jesteśmy trochę… nienormalni?„Książka, której nie napisałem” to zbiór ośmiu niezwykłych historii z metafizycznymi wątkami w tle. Tuta...

Książka jest skierowana do szerokiego grona czytelników, a celem jej wydania jest przypomnienie oryginalnej twórczości międzywojennego poety. Pomyślana jest jako pierwsza z trzech części, której kontynuacją będą zbiory wierszy z lat wojny i londyńskiej emigracji oraz utworów rozproszonych.W projekcie odzwierciedlono właściwą dla praktyki Młodożeńca typografię eksperymentalną, która w oryginalnych edycjach pełniła nie tylko funkcję estetyczną, ale miała też wpływ na interpreta...

More and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism. More and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders. Young people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world. Distress has been commodified over many decades by pharmaceutical companies, the media and the psychiatric establishment. So how can we know when distress is normal and when it is something that needs to be treated? In Searching fo...

** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **'Insightful and heartfelt' GLAMOUR'Easy to inhale' GUARDIAN'Mesmerizing' BRIT BENNETT, author of THE VANISHING HALF *** New York City, 1999. Lily Chen is an unpaid intern, pursuing the American Dream, when she falls for a young financier – and the life of luxury his vast fortune promises. Everything she wants seems to finally be within reach. But deep down, she knows that her ambitious scientist mother, Mei, imagined so much more for...

The most accurate account of becoming a parent I have ever read.' PHILIPPA PERRY‘So clever, so funny, so astute, so healing. Becky Barnicoat is a stone cold genius.' LUCY JONESA glorious antidote to parenting books, this darkly humorous, candid and insightful graphic memoir brings the early years of parenthood to life – in all their chaos, wonder and delirium. Intimate, relatable and very funny, Becky Barnicoat explores everything from the anatomy of the hospital bag to the f...

'The familiar characters and Venetian location are described with remarkable freshness and, as always, the edifying result is both amusing and thought-provoking.' Sunday Telegraph'Donna Leon has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals.' Daily Mail A New York Times BestsellerWhen a local man is found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills, Commissario Brunetti's wife can't help but ask him to...