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‘A wonderful book: Nancy Campbell is a fine storyteller with a rare physical intelligence. The extraordinary brilliance of her eye confers the reader a total immersion in the rimy realms she explores. Glaciers, Arctic floe, verglas, frost and snow — I can think of no better or warmer guide...

Esta é a história de Menina, que, aos 8 anos, vivencia a morte da avó. Querendo protegê-la do sofrimento, seus pais acreditam que o melhor é poupá-la do assunto. Eles simplesmente dizem que a vovó amada descansou e foi para o céu. Mas não são capazes de apagar sua ausência. Então a garotinha precisa enfrentar sozinha a raiva e a tristeza, sem saber o que realmente aconteceu.

Vauhini Vara's debut novel begins in India in the 1950s, following a young man born into a Dalit family of coconut farmers in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh. King Rao, as he comes to be known, later moves to the US, where he studies in Seattle, meeting the love of his life and his business partner, the smart and self-assured Margie. King Rao ultimately rises up through Silicon Valley to become the most famous tech CEO in the world and the leader of a powerful, corporate-owned global government. Yet he ultimately ends up living on a remote island.

Per salvare la villa di famiglia Alexa Maria McKenzie sarebbe disposta a tutto. Ma mai avrebbe immaginato di incappare nel fratello maggiore della sua migliore amica, uno degli uomini più ricchi, potenti e appetibili di cui parlano le cronache mondane e di cui, da teenager, Alexa si era perdutamente innamorata. Il miliardario Nicholas Ryan, da parte sua, non crede nel matrimonio, ma per ereditare l'azienda di famiglia è costretto da un patto a trovare una moglie.

Para integrar la educación emocional en tus hijos, primero tendrás que hacerlo en ti. Solo de esta manera les proporcionarás las herramientas necesarias para conocer sus emociones, superar con resiliencia las adversidades, ser asertivos, respetarse a sí mismos y a los demás, disfrutar de la vida y hacer de la positividad, el respeto y la empatía piezas clave en sus relaciones....

Can a tiny vehicle provide the space to rebuild a life? Thunderstone: a sculpted & fearless memoir from the award-winning author of Fifty Words for Snow - a Waterstones Book of the Month. ‘It was believed lightning would not strike a house that held a thunderstone. And so these fossils were...

The tried and tested 'On This Day in History' format has elevated the stories of many people and their impact on the wider world. However, of those considered noteworthy by the Establishment, just a fraction are women. But this is not the whole story - not by half. Our past is full of influential women many of whom have been unfairly confined to the margins of history. Politicians, troublemakers, explorers, artists, writers, scientists and even the odd murderer; these women have shaped society around the globe.

Scarlett is a university graduate with a master’s in biophysics. Artie is a retired professor of art history. They’ve been hired by a wealthy collector to authenticate a cache of paintings discovered under the floorboards of an Italian townhouse. The two women take an instant dislike to each other. The calculus shifts when they stumble on something unexpected—a manuscript written by Leonardo da Vinci’s last pupil. It’s an astonishing firsthand account of the great master as he grapples with a murder at the prestigious Aldine Press.

When Jess Tidy was Mark Winter's student, she made a shocking accusation. Mark maintained his innocence, but the damage was done. Karen Winter stood by her husband through everything, determined to protect her family. Now, 10 years later, Jess is back. And the truth about that night is finally going to come out....

Meili, a young peasant woman living in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a distant descendant of Confucius. Desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant without waiting for official permission. When family planning officers storm the village to arrest violators of the population control policy, the family escape to the Yangtze River and begin a fugitive life.

They say there's no place like home. It's where the heart is....Meet the little boy who believes in miracles. Meet the mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket. Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife. Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst standing at the kitchen sink. In this prize-winning short story collection, Carys Bray weaves together moments of joy, heartache, sadness and unwavering love as told through 17 very different notions of home.

Pop quiz: Do you prefer when things go according to plan or when the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: our best memories are the surprising ones. We feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they're not.

As night falls in Delhi, a mother spins tales from her past for her sleeping daughter. Her now grown-up child is a puzzle with a million pieces whom she hopes, through her words and her love, to somehow make whole again. Meanwhile, as the last train from Rajiv Chowk Station pulls away, a young man rides the metro and dreams of murder. In another corner of the city, a newborn wrapped in a blood-red towel lies on the steps of an orphanage as his mother walks away.

¿Te sientes abrumado en eventos sociales o tus pensamientos te impiden iniciar una conversación? No estás solo. Ansiedad social para gente normal ofrece consejos prácticos para ayudarte a afrontar estos desafíos. Escrito en un lenguaje claro y accesible, este libro brinda soluciones prácticas y herramientas que puedes aplicar en situaciones sociales cotidianas. Ya sea que busques ganar confianza, mejorar tus habilidades de comunicación o simplemente sentirte más cómodo con los demás, esta guía te acompaña en cada paso del camino.

Diana Parks is a beautician with a temper, and she's not the only member of Ottersea WI who's had enough of bullies and slimeballs. When the body of lecherous landlord, Raj Sumal, washes up on the beach, it's up to Detectives Jim Paddon and Grace Brown to solve the mystery. They start to suspect Raj's wife, Sukhi, who likes walking on the cliffs. Meanwhile, at Ottersea Oceanworld, Jane the Octopus hears people's secrets and understands everything during a sweltering summer of strange deaths, new friendships, and a whole lot of ice cream.

Después de un matrimonio falso, debo salir corriendo hacia mi tierra natal para reencontrarme con una familia que, sin saber que ya lo estoy, también quiere casarme. La muerte de mi abuelo me obliga a hacerme cargo de una empresa que me da exactamente igual, de un edificio que es más solicitado que un caramelo en la puerta de un colegio y de huir constantemente de un pretendiente baboso.

“One of my ten best reads of the year. Easy five stars.” — Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of None of This is True A twisty and consuming thriller, Perfectly Nice Neighbors asks: When your dream home comes with nightmare neighbors, how far will you go to keep your family...

* International Bestseller * A Book of the Month Club Pick* The Little Paris Bookshop meets Jojo Moyes in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole. From the simple melody of running her violin shop to the full-blown...

At Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, where the animals never age but time takes its toll, one woman must find the courage to overcome the greatest loss of her life in this “beautifully written and engrossing novel” (Jacqueline Ward, author of Perfect Ten). Four years after her husband...

The good feminist's guide to being hot. And cool. And fit (all senses). And maybe - just maybe - a little bit thinner. Or firmer (all senses). And definitely extremely well-dressed. And uncompromised. And right. Polly Vernon, Grazia columnist, Times feature writer, the artist formerly known as The Observer's Cocktail Girl provides us with a new perspective on feminism.