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Brought to you by Penguin. As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from drowning. A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love. And a young man leaves prison with only one desire - to see his son again. Kit de Waal's characters light...

It's not the end of the world...well, I suppose, literally, it is. A research student goes to his tutor in despair, his whole world on the verge of collapse. His project is evolving badly. Should he have tried a more intelligent design? Is it too late for his tutor to save him? Meanwhile they await the results of the competition for the most prestigious science prize of all time.

Faye Walters knows that today's women are sorted and stylish. They have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe. They cope with the pressures of singledom, marriage and having kids with peanut allergies. And they all do it effortlessly, with nothing more than a women's mag and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them. So why can't she pull it off? 

Brought to you by Penguin. The electrifying new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under. ‘A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller whose tension ratchets up and up to an ending of extraordinary lyricism and virtuosity’ Observer, Fiction to Watch Out For in 2020...

Bran Losing your eye in an alley bar fight will change you. And I don't just mean physically. I thought my biggest hurdle was accepting that I look different. Turns out, my personal Everest is realizing that other people don't accept me. Specifically, women. I'm ready to throw in the towel on...

Rock bottom isn’t the end, It’s the beginning. On his deathbed, Beau’s father reveals a life-changing secret that sends him into a tailspin of boozing and denial. Enter Beck, a single mom new to town. When she shows up at Beau's automotive shop, he isn’t expecting to meet the woman who...

He's bossy, controlling and dangerously handsome. He's also completely and utterly off limits. Leave it to me to fall for an arrogant, powerful attorney, who moonlights as the most aggravating man ever. But he can wear a fitted suit like it's his job, and that sultry swept back hair? Don't get...

A clever, funny mystery from author Laurie Morrison, about soccer teammates trying to solve the disappearance of their beloved team captain—and facing a few secrets of their own. Why did Ella leave? Eighth Graders Sadie and Pug don’t have anything in common except for their love of soccer...

In early 2011, Yolanda Hadid was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines, and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multitasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country's top hospitals and doctors, but due to the lack of definitive diagnostic testing, she landed in a dark maze of conflicting medical opinions.

A provocative, personal, blazingly intelligent examination of one of the most vexing questions facing the United States today: Who is, and should be, a citizen? “[A] fascinating, urgently needed new book.”—Chicago Tribune “How did ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...

Discover the true story of Maria Pepe, an eleven-year-old girl who changed the course of Little League history. Maria Pepe loved baseball. When Little League formed in her hometown in 1972, she was eager to prove herself as a competitor. There was only one problem: Little League was not open to...

Give your child a full year of peaceful bedtime moments with 365 calming stories—one for every day of the year. Each short tale is gentle, easy to follow, and thoughtfully designed to help little listeners slow down, relax, and settle in for sleep. Your child will drift into simple adventures filled with friendship, courage, curiosity, problem-solving, and kindness. Every story is read in a warm, real human voice that engages without overstimulating, paired with steady, soothing pacing to support a smooth transition into rest.

Selbstvertrauen und die Kraft der Musik – in Der Große Auftritt folgen wir dem begabten jungen Geiger Tom, der die Magie der Musik entdeckt. Seine außergewöhnliche Reise beginnt, als er eine mysteriöse Geige findet und erkennt, dass es eine ganz besondere Verbindung zwischen ihm und der Violine gibt. Seine Fähigkeit, mit Tönen nicht nur Melodien, sondern auch Emotionen und lebendige Farben zu erzeugen, führt zu einem Auftritt vor einer Jury. Wird Toms Auftritt die Jury überzeugen?

In this new Audible Original series – Daisy’s first ever podcast - she’s invited six celebrity friends to try to covert her to books by telling her all about their favourite classic. She promises she’ll definitely read one of them by the end of the series. Maybe.

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers! When Mariella Morse accuses her boyfriend, Vik Gomez, of murdering her wealthy...

Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive and precociously talented 16-year-old who loves to write stories. One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest child, 11-month-old Theo, has vanished without a trace. He is never found, and the family is torn apart and the house abandoned.

From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Fever Dream comes a hotly anticipated new collection of eerie short stories. Playful and unsettling, teeming with the energy of barely contained violence, Seven Empty Houses dismantles the neat appearance of domesticity to expose the darkness and discomfort that lies beneath.

A deal struck in a dark place set an outlaw mage on the path to revenge. And now that it’s led to places even darker, she and everyone she knows may pay the price for her bargain in the final novel of “an unforgettable epic fantasy” trilogy (Publisher’s Weekly). Sal the Cacophony has...

Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother, Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet. Don't Laugh, It Will Only Encourage Her is the endearingly honest and hilarious memoir from the creator and star of award-winning BBC comedy This Country.

In an era of public versus private personas, a young woman decides to shake up her ordinary life by becoming a contestant on a reality television show. The manufactured paradise has no clocks, no way to contact the outside world, and nothing but time, a pool, and gorgeous people. As the days or weeks or months pass by, she discovers more about herself through the people around her and challenges her notions of identity and love. In a paradise where the only game is to fall in love, what will she do to win?