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Our modern world is infinitely more complex than the one previous generations inhabited, and the pace of life much quicker. Yet the way our grandmothers lived their lives - using knowledge passed down through the family - is as relevant today as its always been.Homemaking and Housekeeping celebrates the practical rites and rituals that for centuries have marked the seasons around the world, from natural spring cleaning to the planting of seeds, through the summer months where home and garden can be enriched with floral and edible bounty, from rose petal pot pourri to fresh herb cheeses; in the autumn, harvest time offers an abundance of preserving, pickling and drying, while winter brings remedies for sore throats, recipes for steamed puddings, and instructions on how to make candles and decorate your home for the holidays.Content includes:Spring: Spring flowers, posies and bulbs, spring lamb, asparagus, pancakes, dealing with slugs and snails...Summer: Windowsill herbs, remedies for hayfever and summer colds, sliced peach jam, salts and fizzies...Autumn: Toffee apples, drying pears, root vegetable crisps, bird boxes and ladybird houses, compost heaps...Winter: Winter in the garden, pot pourri and pomanders, marmalade, steamed puddings...

101 Things To Do with Science brings together fun and creative games, projects, challenges and crafts in a handy to use flexiback book format - simply flip open to any page to find your next favourite activity.Whether you are searching for something new to do outside on a summers day or looking for the best way to spend time having fun inside, this book gives you over 100 ideas for how to engage with fun science experiments and enjoy creative activities that dont use a smartphone, tablet or computer. Why not make a bathtub paddleboat or pinhole camera? Or try building a constellation nightlight and make ice cream? Theres a whole world of exciting ideas and fun things to try within the pages of these books.These 101 activities will give you all the inspiration you need to explore fun-filled science projects and embrace your spare time without glaring screens and bleary eyes.Activities include:- Make a gravity-powered water siphon- Build a hovercraft- Create bubble art- Eat a rainbow- See your own DNAOther titles in the series:101 Things to do Outside, 101 Things to do on a Rainy Day, 101 Things to do Screen-Free

Ever wondered where Caesar Salad comes from? Who was Benedict and whats he got to do with combining poached eggs with ham and hollandaise sauce?In this fascinating journey into culinary history James Winter provides the answers to these questions and explores the origins of classic dishes from around the world. Who came up with them? When and what inspired them to combine certain ingredients? And why have they endured to become classics that we turn to again and again?Discover the story behind 50 classic recipes, from Battenberg Cake and Peach Melba to Sole Veronique, Chicken Kiev and Bloody Mary. Who Put The Beef into Wellington? includes the quintessential version of each recipe plus hints and tips from top chefs, this book will inform, inspire and tantalise your tastebuds in equal measure.Content includes:- Light bites: Caesar Salad, Eggs Benedict, Coronation Chicken and Oysters Rockefeller- Mains: Lamb Balti, Woolton Pie, Steak Diane and Pizza Margherita- Something Sweet: Peach Melba, Baked Alaska, Bananas Foster and Opera Cake- And to Drink: Margarita, Tom Collins, Mint Julep and Negroni

The irresistible new historical novel in the Cliffehaven series from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court.___________________________Cliffehaven, 1947In the wake of heartbreaking loss, Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaughter Bella that they will cross the Wye Valley and travel to Cliffehaven to find the family she left with no warning nearly fifty years ago.As the pair embark upon their journey, theres no telling who they will find and whether they will be welcomed with open arms when they get there.Meanwhile Roisins estranged brother Ron has been drawn back into his own memories of the past even in spite of his daughter-in-law Pauline going missing and his son Jim suffering as years spent fighting in Burma catch up with him.The war may be over, but there are plenty of storms still to weather.Will love be enough to hold the Reilly family together?

Find out about the incredible ways snakes live and survive with hilarious cartoon strips.Snakes may be incredible predators but their lives can still be tough! In this book, cartoon strips explore black mamba dangers, how anacondas swallow their prey whole and the strange and cunning ways a hognose snake avoids being eaten. Alongside the cartoon strips, we explore topics such as the variety of snake species, food chains, habitats and threats, to build a picture of life as a snake.Its Tough to Be is a series of fun educational books that help children aged 7 plus understand how animals adapt to survive in different habitats. Each book features hilarious cartoon strips and incredible science facts.Titles in the series: A Tiger (and other cats) / A Shark (and other sea creatures) / A Black Mamba (and other snakes) / A T-rex (and other dinosaurs) / An Eagle (and other birds) /A Giant Panda (and other bears)

THE KOREAN SENSATIONFor lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away ***If youre lost, youll find The Memory Bookshop Where the shelves are endless. The books, strangely familiar. And where memories are bound in pages. When Jiwon cautiously crosses the threshold, shes met by Manager K and offered no explanation, only a mysterious hourglass and a rare opportunity: to travel back to three chapters of her life. But returning to the past isnt without risk. In exchange, Jiwon has to give up time in her future. As she wanders between the shelves, the bookshop humming with memories and regrets, she must ask herself: can the past truly be rewritten? Or does the real magic lie in the life shes yet to live? Warm, wise and full of wonder, The Memory Bookshop is a story about the power of books to carry us home. Step inside the bookshop Available to pre-order now.

Find out about the incredible ways the dinosaurs lived with hilarious cartoon strips.T-rex may have been an amazing predator with few natural enemies but being the worlds scariest dinosaur could still be tough! In this book, funny cartoon strips explore the complex world of the dinosaurs, and how they lived, and eventually died out. Alongside the cartoon strips, we explore topics such as dinosaur adaptations and habitats.Its Tough to Be is a series of fun educational books that help children aged 7 plus understand how animals adapt to survive in different habitats. Each book features hilarious cartoon strips and incredible science facts.Titles in the series: A Tiger (and other cats) / A Shark (and other sea creatures) / A Black Mamba (and other snakes) / A T-rex (and other dinosaurs) / An Eagle (and other birds) /A Giant Panda (and other bears)

A CHILLING THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON, THE WHISPER MANI read it in almost one sitting...an outstanding read Luca Veste---When young police office Mark Nelson is assigned to Detective John Mackeys team, hes thrilled to work with a legend of the force.Following the death of his girlfriend years before, Mark has thrown himself into his work, determined to be the best. And if theres anyone who can help him get there, its Mackey. No one has cracked more cases.But theres one case that hes never managed to solve - The 50/50 Killer. A man who preys on copules, taking them hostage before forcing them to play a twisted game. He asks them to make a simple choice. Who should live? And who will die? When a tortured young man stumbles into the police station one morning, he reveals to Mark that hes barely escaped The 50/50 Killer with his life - but his girlfriend is still in danger.Has the victims escape sealed his girlfriends fate? Or can Mark and Mackey put a stop to the killers spree, once and for all? ---Praise for Alex NorthThe best crime novel of the decade Steve CavanaghA thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking. Mesmerising and masterful Mark BillinghamThis is a true skin-crawlerGuardianShades of Thomas Harris and Stephen King but brilliant in its own right C.J. TudorFirst its spooky. Then its scary. Then its terrifying A.J. Finn

Hugely enjoyable and compelling LOUISE DOUGLAS A rollercoaster of a novel, full of twists and turns an immersive read that I cannot recommend enough. I inhaled it in two days! RACHEL BURTON Atmospheric and captivating JANE BETTANY The memories of that summer wont stay buried forever 1976. Its a long, hot summer, and all Jo Salway wants is to bask in the freedom of the holidays with her life-long friends. But when little Pippa Jenkins suddenly vanishes without a trace, the friends must close ranks to protect themselves. And in doing so, change the course of their futures forever 2024. Haunted by the events of fifty years ago, Jo has never returned to her childhood home of Hareton Wick. But in the aftermath of trauma and with her only respite found at the bottom of a bottle, Jo knows that the only way to start afresh is to unravel the secrets of her past. But when the tangled web of Pippas disappearance starts to lead closer to home, who will Jo be able to trust, and who will she betray Readers are HOOKED by The Vanished Girl Full of friendship, grief, love and loss a stunning read Kathleen McGurl is the undisputed queen of dual timeline historical fiction Very addictive Plenty of twists to keep me guessing. Couldnt put the book down What a great read! This really is a tragic tale one of my favourite books to date A heart-tugging and addictive journey Perfect for fans of: Dual timeline Gripping mysteries Shocking twists

Rediscover the brilliance of The Cost of Living in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers. A witty and characterful novel about the aftermath of a party thrown by singletons Marianne, a freelance typist in her mid-thirties and twenty-six year old Alexandra, a freelance portrait painter, who live in the same apartment building and have decided its time to meet some men . . . With a foreword by Jane FallonYoure always so cynical. It doesnt do. It makes men feel inferior.Quite a few of them are . . .Idealistic Alexandra is throwing a party to meet a more glamorous crowd. Marianne, more sardonic, worries itll be the usual sort.The party is in Alexandras attic flat. Marianne will contribute a few bottles of red optimistically labelled Bordeaux. Can it be judged a success? Theres Donald the bus conductor with high-brow dreams, nervous bespectacled Bernhardt and Marius the ghostwriter. Not to mention a brace of Peters. Its left to sexy, young Pisa and riotous, middle-aged Mummy (neither invited) to steal the show.Yet, after the party both Marianne and Alexandra find themselves caught in unexpected sometimes far from romantic relationships. Meeting people, it turns out, has the most peculiar consequences. Is that really the cost of living?Praise for Kathleen Farrell: Genuine wit, an acute feminine intelligence and a natural distinction of styleSpectator A distinctive voice, and she provided her readers with subtle pleasures Guardian

Steeped in glorious magic and filled with fantastic friendships and eternal love SARAH BETH DURSTCAN SHE RECOVER HER HEART?Prague, 1769. In the Magic Quarter of the jewel-box city of Prague, Thea runs Stiltskins Apothecary. There, she brews potions to chase away nightmares and soothe heartache - and strikes bargains to change her customers fates. The only fate she cannot change? Her own. Seven years ago, Thea bargained away her heart and her memories to the apothecarys owner, the cold, yet enigmatic Jasper, for reasons she cannot remember, and a reward she cannot recall. Then one day a stranger arrives with an unusual request. One that will upturn Theas entire existence - and offer her a precious chance to recover her heart . . .Prepare to be enchanted by this spellbinding historical fantasy romance from the author of Midnight in Everwood, steeped in magic, found family and love.

She thought moving to a quiet street was a fresh start.She was wrong.When Mara Ellison arrives at Hallows Creek Lane with three boxes and a broken past, her neighbor Diane is already waiting on the porch. Warm. Welcoming. Holding a casserole.Within hours Diane knows things she should not know. Within days Mara realizes the move was not her own idea. Within weeks she understands that the kindest neighbor she has ever had knows exactly what happened the night her husband died.And she has been watching for a very long time.As Mara digs deeper into Dianes perfect life she uncovers a pattern stretching back years. Dead husbands. Quiet streets. Women who arrived broken and never quite left. An offshore account fed by secrets. A green notebook filled with names.Including hers.Mara has two choices. Become the next name on Dianes list. Or become the woman who ends it.But Diane has never met anyone who was watching in the same direction.Until now.A gripping psychological thriller about obsession, blackmail, and the dangerous comfort of a neighbor who knows too much. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl, The Woman in the Window, and Lisa Jewell.Some streets are quiet for a reason.

Rediscover the brilliance of Answer in the Negative in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers. A 1950s Fleet Street murder mystery for classic crime fans married couple and amateur sleuths Johnny and Sally Heldar are called into the National Press Archives to investigate some poison pen letters and cruel pranks, but things get a lot more sinister when the first murder happens . . .With a foreword by Sophie HannahA Hatchards Book of the MonthHe was lying sprawled on his stomach just outside the open doorway of his office, with his head and shoulders out of sight . . .Frank Morningside, assistant at The National Press Archives on Fleet Street, is receiving nasty poison pen letters. His superior Toby Lorn wants to put a stop to it, so he calls on his friends Sally and Johnny Heldar.Married amateur sleuths, Sally and Johnny agree to go undercover, posing as researchers to scout out the many suspects in the Archives. After all, Fleet Street is home to plenty of seedy types and murky happenings. But, soon after they begin, they find a body bludgeoned to death by a box of glass negatives.Suddenly, the genteel world of the Archives is a tangled web of suspicion and deadly danger. When another murder swiftly follows, the Heldars worry they are in over their heads.And it is only a matter of time before one of them is next . . .Reader praise for Henrietta Hamilton: A classic whodunnit, well written and engrossingReader Review *****Hugely enjoyable classic crime Reader Review *****A gem!Reader Review *****

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES Move over Rebus DAILY MAILOne of the best LITERARY REVIEWImmensely exciting and atmospheric ALEXANDER McCALL SMITHFew have matched the sustained quality of her output THE TIMES----------The wildest places often conceal the darkest secrets...DSI William Lorimer never expected that the next time hed visit the Isle of Mull - where he and his wife, Maggie, have often wandered its windswept coasts and picturesque lochs - it would be for the funeral of an old friend.Mary Grants sudden heart attack was a shock to the small community on the island, but Lorimer has no reason to suspect foul play, until he is approached at the funeral by one of Marys closest friends. She is convinced there was more to Marys death than meets the eye. And when she, too, dies in a sudden accident, Lorimer finds himself investigating a double murder.Mull is a place of spectacular beauty and characterful towns, but Lorimer knows that even here old secrets can resurface, resentments can run deep, and evil can lurk undetected.

A nuanced invitation to see the city as a place of wild co-existence and possibility. OLIVIA LAINGMeticulously researched and elegantly written VICTORIA BENNETTWhile its easy to think of the city as a human domain - a place that belongs to us alone - the reality is that nature is always present, always finding ways to thrive, even in the most unexpected places.From the remarkable adaptation of birds to the fearless resilience of mammals, there are stories from across the globe that attest to the growing realisation that nature is abundant in our cities - and it is time to discover a new way of living with it.Through her experience of cities, from London to Nairobi, San Francisco to New Delhi, anthropologist JC Niala is perfectly placed to offer a luminous exploration of city life - and ask what it means to live with nature rather than simply in it.Combining memoir, social history, and cultural commentary, JC celebrates nature in our cities and, by doing so, offers a powerful vision of the future where we can all belong.PRAISE FOR JC Niala:Moving and beautiful - Robert MacFarlane

The one-stop healthcare book that no home should be without, from the nations favourite GP, Dr Nighat Arif.This is your essential guide from a voice you can trust, so that you can feel confident dealing with the day-to-day of your familys health.From skin conditions in every skin tone to serious symptoms and what to do next, basic first aid to how to get what you need from a GP appointment, this is a thorough handbook to the most common health complaints, conditions and treatments for all ages.The Complete Guide to Family Health is your first port of call when you have a health concern, sharing straightforward advice without the medical jargon or complex technical information. Topics include:- The body: when to get help for a fever; how to recognise sepsis; and what to do about fatigue- Skin: how to recognise conditions like eczema, psoriasis and acne; how to treat bacterial, fungal and viral conditions; and how to stay vigilant against skin cancer- Immune system: how to support your immune system; living with autoimmune diseases; and how to respond to infections- Cardiovascular system: how to check your blood pressure; what to do about varicose veins; and diseases to watch out for including angina, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) and thrombosis- Womens and mens health: all the key health information you need whatever your sex or gender

She built herself from nothing. He built an empire and lost everything that mattered.Avery Sinclair had one rule after eight years of a marriage that slowly erased her: never go back. She walked away from wealth, from status, from a man who took her love and called it convenient and she built something better. A new city. A new career. A life that finally fit the woman she actually was.Ethan Cole had everything money could construct and nothing real left inside it. When the woman he failed becomes the woman the professional world cant stop talking about, he realizes too late that he didnt just lose a wife he lost the only person who ever made his life mean something.But Avery isnt the woman who waited anymore.He Chose Her Again is a billionaire romance unlike any youve read raw, emotionally honest, and fiercely real. No rescue. No surrender. Just two broken people doing the hard work of becoming whole, and the dangerous question of whether love rebuilt on honest ground can finally hold.

A teenage victim of a knife attack. A young girl who has nearly lost her leg in a boating accident. A survivor of a major terrorist attack at Westminster Bridge. Trauma surgeon Shehan Hettiaratchy has seen all these people on his operating table. In The Careful Surgeon he explains how it feels to take the lives of these people into his hands.In this powerful, blood-stopping and incisive insight into the life of a trauma surgeon, Shehan takes us into the heart of what it takes to train, practice, perform and - mostly - perfect his surgical skills. Through real-life case studies of patients, he explains how the emotional connection he makes with them must be set aside the moment he takes a knife to cut them open.With unflinching honesty, he shows us how things can go wrong within a heartbeat and how, when the darkness sets in, he is able to get up and do it all over again. For, ultimately it is Shehans patients who show him the light - coping with the very worst life can throw at them, fighting their way back to life - and allow him to do the job he so loves.Radiant with light and darkness, this is a book full of scenes of life and death that the rest of us rarely even glimmer.

Since the Hamas-led atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023, the Jewish world has been subjected to an unprecedented international onslaught. Israel has been portrayed as the most evil nation in the world through defamatory lies, and as a result Jews across the West have been targeted by murderous attacks, vilification, and social ostracism.Such Jews have been profoundly destabilized by this tsunami of hatred and baffling irrationality, which calls into question their very future. Many, if not most, are deeply unsure about the necessary balance between safety and resistance. They may lack the information or self-confidence needed to fight the lies, or else be traumatized by friendships or family relationships shattered by the divisions created by this bombardment.Fighting the Hate provides the help that Jews have been crying out for to cope with these intense pressures. Offering detailed advice across the political and religious spectrum, journalist Melanie Phillips maps out what Jews are up against and suggests specific responses to the many different kinds of attack they are suffering. Her book is a clarion call for a new strategy of Jewish self-confidence, the essential basis for survival in the face of an unparalleled threat.

The most honest account of addiction I have read. This is an invaluable book. Tony Adams.What is an addict? Who is susceptible, and why?How can I recover from addiction? Growing up in a fractious and dysfunctional family, life wasnt easy for the Secret Drug Addict. By the time he was 29, his chronic and intensive drug abuse threatened end not only his career, but also his life. After finally entering rehabilitation and various therapy programmes, he managed to find his way out of addiction and began to live with sobriety, in recovery, one day at a time. This is his story, and this book is for anyone who is struggling with addiction or thinks they might have a problem. It is a book for family and friends who live with the real-life consequences of addiction and want to know more about the illness and where and how to get help.Ive known the Secret Drug Addict for many years and there is no one better to write about addiction. A must read. Neville Southall.