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Brought to you by Puffin. Learn all about the human body with this audio bundle of Kay's Anatomy and Kay's Marvellous Medicine from bestselling author, Adam Kay. From what's going on inside our bodies, to when and why we discovered how our insides actually work, Adam Kay has every (slimy and...

This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story. By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs...

Em toda a sua vida adulta, Elena Konnikova ficou sempre nas sombras. Filha de um jornalista russo que desapareceu misteriosamente, ela foi obrigada a se casar com um amigo de infância, Vladislav, para conseguir emigrar para os Estados Unidos. Vlad, também conhecido como Russo, é um jogador profissional de hóquei em Nashville que pensava estar satisfeito com seu casamento de conveniência. Porém, ele percebe que é muito difícil levar adiante um relacionamento não correspondido.

Alexis Carlisle se tornou conhecida depois de denunciar seu antigo patrão, um chef renomado, por assédio sexual. Com a fama, seu café se transformou em um espaço de apoio e acolhimento para vítimas de violência e assédio. Mas ela nunca poderia imaginar que a fama atrairia uma nova cliente alegando ser sua irmã e fazendo um pedido muito difícil. Sem saber como agir, Alexis recorre ao único homem em quem confia–seu melhor amigo, Noah Logan.

Liv Papandreas tem o emprego dos sonhos: ela é chef confeiteira do restaurante mais badalado de Nashville, comandado por Royce Preston, uma celebridade da TV. O problema é que, longe das câmeras, seu chefe é um mau-caráter. Certo dia, Liv flagra Royce assediando uma jovem recepcionista e, ao confrontá-lo, acaba demitida. Ela jura vingança, mas vai precisar de ajuda para derrotar alguém tão poderoso.

Gavin Scott é um astro do beisebol, devotado ao esporte. No auge de sua carreira, ele descobre um segredo humilhante: a esposa, Thea, sempre fingiu ter prazer na cama. Magoado, Gavin para de falar com ela e acaba piorando o relacionamento, que já vinha se deteriorando. Quando Thea pede o divórcio, ele percebe que o orgulho e o medo podem fazê-lo perder tudo. Desesperado, Gavin encontra ajuda onde menos espera: um clube secreto de romances, composto por alguns dos seus colegas de time.

Echte Männer lesen Liebesromane. Findet zumindest Geschäftsmann Braden Mack. Er gehört einem geheimen Buchclub an, in dem Männer Romances lesen und diskutieren, um Frauen besser zu verstehen. Theoretisch klappt das bestens, praktisch stellt ihn Liv, die Schwägerin seines Freundes Gavin, vor ein Rätsel. Er ist hin und weg von ihr, aber egal was er versucht, sie lässt ihn abblitzen. Doch als sie ihren Job verliert, schäumt sie vor Wut und bittet Mack um Hilfe: Sie will ihren Ex-Chef bloßstellen, der sexuelle Belästigung für ein Berufsrisiko hält.

After a lackluster season and a disastrous performance that cost his team the World Series, Vegas Aces Pitcher Eric Weaver now faces an ultimatum from team management: Fix what's wrong with his game by the end of spring training, or else. When they tell him they're bringing in a new pitching coach to tweak his technique, he grits his teeth and agrees to be coached like a Little Leaguer again. He has sacrificed everything for his career and will do whatever it takes to save it. Until they tell him who the new coach is.

What Seems to Be the Problem with Adam Kay and Mark Watson reveals the intriguing and hilarious ways the body can go wrong - and the amazing stories that unfold when the medical world tries to help.... In conversation with his (very health-anxious) friend, the comedian Mark Watson, best-selling doctor-turned-writer Adam Kay takes a scalpel to the bizarre past, often-surprising present and fantastical future of medicine.

The Stantons and the Nortons were families in the truest, oldest sense: extended networks of kin stretching across the mountains, everyone within hiking distance. They’d come from the British Isles and settled in the Appalachians of North Carolina during the 1700s, bringing with them their dearly loved songs and their clannish ways, their ties to the land ultimately becoming as strong as their ties to one another.

Liebesromane sind auch (k)eine Lösung. Noah Logan hat ein Problem: Er ist in seine beste Freundin Alexis verliebt. Und das ist ein Problem, weil... na ja, weil sie eben seine beste Freundin ist. Er will Alexis auf gar keinen Fall verlieren. Nur, wenn er ihr seine Gefühle gesteht, könnte genau das passieren. Noah hat keine Ahnung, wie es weitergehen soll. Und verzweifelte Männer tun verzweifelte Dinge. Wie sich dem Secret Book Club anzuschließen. Die Jungs aus dem Buchclub sind der Überzeugung, dass sich jede Beziehung mit Hilfe von Liebesromanen verbessern lässt.

Die Ehe von Profisportler Gavin steckt in der Krise. Genau genommen ist sie sogar vorbei, wenn es nach seiner Frau Thea geht. Und das darf nicht sein. Thea ist die Liebe seines Lebens! Und er versteht, verdammt noch mal, nicht, was überhaupt passiert ist. Eigentlich müsste SIE sich bei IHM entschuldigen! Gavin ist ratlos und verzweifelt - bis einer seiner Freunde ihn mit zu einem Treffen nimmt. Einem Treffen des Secret Book Club. Hier lesen und diskutieren Männer heimlich Liebesromane, um ihre Frauen besser zu verstehen. Gavin hält das für Schwachsinn.

Jax Tanner knows this is it - one last season of summer ball before his dreams of being a Major League draft pick dry up and scatter in the wind like the dunes of Silver Lake. Once a Top 20 prospect, he’s now a wait-and-see thanks to a shoulder injury. If he doesn’t literally hit a homerun - lots of them - the only baseball in his future might be the community rec team sponsored by his family’s hardware chain. But baseball isn’t Jax’s only unfinished business in Silver Lake. There’s also her.

Ever Beckinsale is as competitive as any other athlete in Rio, but the American equestrian has at least one more reason than most for pursuing gold. If she can win, she’ll finally have the leverage she needs to live her life on her own terms and escape the stifling expectations of being the daughter of one of America’s richest families. But she’ll still have one last unfulfilled dream - finding the mysterious stranger who showed her an unexpected kindness two years ago.

In Dear NHS, an amazing list of inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day - selflessly, generously, putting others before themselves, never more so than now.

Astro do country, Colton Wheeler sente uma sincronia perfeita entre ele e Gretchen Winthrop... só que ela não está interessada em compromisso. Um ano depois de um primeiro encontro que não deu certo, Colton tenta superar a paixão e enveredar por outros caminhos da música, tentando retomar o sucesso de antes. Não fosse a magia do Natal e o apoio do Clube do Livro dos Homens, ele estaria sofrendo encolhido num canto.

Princess Kalei of Marama is moon-blessed, allowing her to resurrect her kingdom's loyal subjects. But when she's attacked in her safe lighthouse by a fiery pirate, her worldview is shattered once she learns what her power is really being used for. Determined to prove her innocence and willingness to stop her father, she has no choice but to trust her would-be killer to safely deliver her to the Vodaeardean princess. But who can she trust in when it seems Captain Evhen is not the only one who wants her dead?

If you’re wondering whether there’s life on the other side of deconversion, or if you’re trying desperately to understand a loved one who is losing their faith—this book is for you. Edited by philosophy of religion scholar, Sarah Bacaller, with a foreword by Bart Campolo (the first humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California), this book offers gripping insights into the deepest aspects of the deconversion journey.