Outback Western Australia, 1958: for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it’s an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed. One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered. Then, instead of leaving wounds to heal, Fate comes for them yet...
1915, the Cabrach. In the fierce, wild beauty of this remote corner of Scotland, an isolated community makes a discovery: an ancient body in a peat bog, perfectly preserved.Two people haul the body from the ground: Lizzie, the wife of a wealthy local landowner, and Johnny, a nomadic singer and farm hand.Soon afterwards, strange events begin to occur. At hearthside and inn, people whisper: what have we unearthed?As tensions run high and men leave for war, old fears and secrets...
A groundbreaking new understanding of happiness to help us build a fuller, more authentic life.We all want a good life. But do the simple, predictable pleasures we call happiness lead to complacency and regret? Does a life of purpose invite narrow or misplaced loyalties?Now, one of our foremost psychologists Shigehiro Oishi proposes a new way to live. Psychological richness is a concept that prioritizes curiosity, exploration and a variety of experiences. These can be as simp...
Much of what Donald Trump does seems maverick and even mad. His actions and policy pronouncements are a stark rupture from the American style of leadership that we have lived with all our lives. But whether we like them or not, his trade tariffs, his determination to deport tens of thousands of people, and his apparent contempt for the rule of law are deeply rooted in American history.Since Donald Trump took office plenty of people – on both sides of the Atlantic – have argue...
The perfect plan to win back your ex. The rookie mistake? Falling for the man that's teaching you how. When your favourite rockstar offers to be your wingman there's only one thing you cannot do – fall for him. For fans of Practice Makes Perfect and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.Maria Antonieta “Marianto” has her life perfectly mapped out – a long-term relationship with her dream man, Alejandro, and a coveted job at Latin America's biggest digital magazine. But within hours o...
Acclaimed Hollywood filmwriter and director Nora Ephron examines the indignities of ageing in a collection of wickedly witty autobiographical pieces such as 'I Hate My Handbag', 'Blind as a Bat' and 'What I Wish I'd Known'. I Feel Bad About My Neck offers the consolation that no matter how much your neck sags, your boobs droop, your skin wrinkles and your children don't appreciate you, someone has been there before you.Nora Ephron captures the essence of what it means to be a...
The compulsive, page-turning new novel from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy book club pick The Herd, perfect for fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere and Liane Moriarty.'Brilliantly done' Sarah Turner, bestselling author of Stepping Up'Addictive, thought-provoking, and cleverly told' Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing GirlWhat happens behind closed doors stays there. Doesn't it?Rosie and Seb Kent are happily married, living in the sleepy seaside town of Wa...
Born Aurore Dupin in 1804, by the time she was thirty she was internationally renowned as George Sand, her novels out-selling Victor Hugo in the English language. Soon, the legend of Sand herself - cigar-smoking, cross-dressing and promiscuous - scandalised Paris, seeming to break every rule set for women in polite society.What can we learn from the way she lived? Was her iconoclasm simply an act of courage, a declaration of absolute autonomy, or did her sexual and emotional ...
**LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**‘Riveting and explosive. This is the business story of our time.’Christopher Leonard, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kochland and The Lords of Easy Money'A hard-hitting analysis of Amazon’s dominance. Makes a compelling case that no company should be this powerful.'Financial Times---From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of A...
'I learned first-hand how people, flora, and fauna interact. All that breathes on this Earth is interconnected'Across a bridge in a quiet neighbourhood in Tokyo, a seasonal cherry blossom sits on the river. Nearby is the Marble Cafe, where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favourite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees...Taking a walk along the rive...
Good friends keep your secrets. Best friends bury them for you.Sophia, Safa, Ella, Ajola and Caoimhe have always stuck together. Birthdays, weddings, children…So when they find Sophia’s husband dead on the living room floor – and then find themselves framed for his murder – the answer is obvious.Stick together once more and bury his body.And it seems they’ve got away with it, until Sophia receives a chilling text . . .I know where you buried your husband.They promised to prot...
Don't miss the new forced proximity, forbidden workplace romance, perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Ali Hazelwood - available to preorder now!Jess Cole’s rules for keeping it professional:Do apply to a major investment competition to get funding for your game-changing women’s therapy appDo stay laser focused on winningDon’t apply under your brother’s name, however fed-up you are with the male dominated industryDon’t hook up with a ridiculously hot man, Oliver, only to f...
From Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story – by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming – of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.‘What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve’s story is my story.’ — SOPHIE KINSELLAEve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side...
One bad date too many calls for desperate measures . . .Nora is well and truly fed up. After more painfully bad dates than she can count, she’s had enough of leaving it to fate to find her perfect match – but she's not quite ready to give up on her love life just yet.As a statistician, Nora trusts numbers more than her gut, so when she finds a formula that could help her conquer the dating game, she has to give it a go.Putting her love theory to the test takes Nora to some qu...
Get ready for your new obsession - the unputdownable No.1 bestselling thrillerYour neighbours have secrets. How far would they go to keep them?Look what you started.You text your sister. Your message is full of gossip about your neighbour. But you accidentally send it to the entire local community WhatsApp group instead.Now everyone knows.As rumour spreads like wildfire through the picture-perfect neighbourhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will q...
Family is everything, even when it falls apart.There is a heatwave across Europe. Goose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.Alhough the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, th...
From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it.Coli is special among AI robots. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion.Today, Coli is feeling particularly in awe – of the sky in all its wondrous shades of blue.Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots.Together, they will save a life.But first, they must make friends, put themselv...
Raya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own.One night, on her subway ride home, Raya’s thoughts wander too far. She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. The train’s endless journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life – but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out.On board, Raya meets a charming, handsome artist named Q and together they ra...
Level Up is a revolutionary 6-step programme from the founder of The Mindset Mentor podcast, to harness your willpower to build small actions every day into life-changing success.When it comes to setting goals, we all know what we want - to advance in our career, find a life partner, get in better physical shape, make more money, or live a fulfilling life. So why is it that no matter how hard we try, we never seem to get what we want?Rob Dial, host of the popular podcast The...
'Two Women Living Together is a wonderfully calming and cosy read. I always adore stories of women who choose to live beyond the confines of cultural expectation—and this book might just be my new favourite!'- Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of both fiction and non-fiction, and a former judge for the 2025 Women's Prize. ‘Everything about this compelling, curious, beautiful story of two women moving in together, in midlife, is delightful ...I loved every moment!'-...
The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena.This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security.The intelligence agencies and...
You're the love of her life. You just don't know it yet.Fleabag meets Baby Reindeer, a fresh, funny and deeply affecting debut novel, about a thirty-something woman who begins stalking a celebrity comedian - and about what happens when it all becomes a bit too real.You're the love of her life. You just don't know it yet...'I really REALLY felt for Esther. This is such a great book. People will LOVE it!’ Marian Keyes'I loved this book. A wild ride of a read, funny yet poignant...
'Indefatigable reporting . . .it has become newly topical, too' TelegraphIn this engrossing and deeply disturbing exposé from the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen tells the gripping story of a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. In the chaos following the Second World War, the US government faced a critical decision: what to do with the great scientific minds of the Third Reich. Many w...
The funny and moving autobiography offering extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourette's Syndrome. From the award-winning Scottish campaigner.NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO AND MAXINE PEAKE.'An astonishing tale about an amazing man.'- JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You and Someone Else's Shoes'Funny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us non-sweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit a...
