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A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICEA powerful, unflinching portrait of a generation fighting for change in Iran, Afghanistan, and Ukraine "Salas dispatches are as immersive and original as they are anthropologically probing... [They] come alive in ways that ordinary newspaper journalism rarely does."The New York Times Book ReviewIn The Fire, acclaimed journalist Cecilia Sala takes readers on a gripping journey through some of the worlds most volatile regions, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East. Through the eyes of people like Kateryna, a Ukrainian soldier; Assim, an Iranian student at the forefront of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests; Nabila, a queer Muslim kickboxing champion; and Zarifa, a political activist in Afghanistan, Sala offers an intimate portrayal of those fighting for a better life. By immersing herself in their daily lives and political battles, Sala crafts a poignant narrative that captures the human dimension of some of the worlds most intense conflicts. The Fire is a testament to the courage of a generation at the forefront of global change.

An essential operating manual for how to get well and stay well. I learned so much from this book. - James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of BreathStill struggling to get over last weeks cold?Sick of heartburn after every meal?Tired of it taking longer each night to fall into a restful sleep?Discover how to harness your bodys innate healing mechanisms to recover faster and more completely from a range of illnesses and conditions: from common colds and upset stomachs to UTIs, anxiety and much more.What if your body already has all the healing tools it needs and you just need to learn how to activate them?In this groundbreaking book, Dr Victoria Maizes, a pioneer of integrative medicine, reveals the remarkable power of what she calls the rapid recovery reflex your bodys built-in ability to restore balance and heal from illness, injury and stress.Drawing on forty years of medical experience and cutting-edge research, Dr Maizes shows that complete recovery is possible for a surprising and wide range of conditions when you know how to support your bodys natural healing processes. From short-term ailments like colds and sprains to chronic conditions like asthma and type 2 diabetes to recovering from surgery, this book offers evidence-based strategies to heal faster and more completely.Inside youll discover: Science-backed strategies that can speed up recovery from common ailments (like GORD, UTIs, anxiety, asthma, and eczema), chronic conditions, and even surgery. Surprising reasons why you should sometimes let your bodys natural inflammatory response do its healing work. A personalized Recovery Toolkit with essential supplements, practices, and remedies for different conditions. Integrative tools that really work when managing mental health, stress, and anxiety. Rather than merely treating symptoms, Dr Maizes shows how to address the root causes of illness while providing practical tools for activating your rapid recovery reflex.This comprehensive guide empowers you to take charge of your health and tap into your bodys remarkable ability to heal itself.

The light was never meant to be kind.It was meant to be precise.In the kingdom of Solmere, light governs more than sight. It shapes law, sanctifies ritual, and preserves a world that believes survival must always be paid for in equal measure. The Covenant calls this balance. The city calls it necessary. Few question what is taken, as long as the light continues to burn.Caelan Viremont has spent his life learning how to stand inside that brightness without being consumed by it. Trained to witness rather than intervene, he understands the discipline of restraintthe way silence holds weight, the way bodies are arranged so that some lives are chosen and others are spared. He does not seek to disrupt the system that raised him. He knows too well how deeply it is woven into stone, ceremony, and breath itself.Elowen Asteriel enters this world not as rebellion, but as alignment.The light responds to her with unsettling ease, and the kingdom reshapes its meaning around that response, eager to justify what feels ordained. Where others see purity, Caelan registers something more dangerous: the way proximity tightens, the way air changes when choice is quietly redirected. What draws them together is not hope or promise, but a shared awareness of what the light demandsand what it erases in return.As ritual approaches, love does not arrive as comfort.It arrives as pressure.When the light is no longer resisted, survival becomes more complicated than victory, and sacrifice refuses to remain abstract. The question is no longer who will be saved, but what kind of world will be allowed to continueand whether love can exist without being turned into justification.When the Light Is Loved is a slow-burning romantasy about witness rather than rescue, about grief that reshapes ethics instead of dissolving into redemption. Told through intimate, bodily prose that privileges sensation over declaration, it explores love that does not save the world, but changes how the world chooses.This is not a story about undoing death.It is a story about what remains afterward.For readers who seek poetic fantasy, restrained romance, and emotional pressure that lingers long after the final page, this novel offers a quiet, devastating meditation on choice, memory, and the cost of light that is allowed to burn.

FLORIAN WIRTZ Football Wonderkids | Inspiring Soccer Book for KidsFlorian Wirtz is one of the most exciting young football stars and rising soccer superstars in the world. From small training fields in Germany to the famous stadiums of Liverpool, the Premier League, and the Champions League, his journey is a true football dream. While most kids were still playing in their neighborhood, Florian was already amazing fans with his goals, assists, skills, and dribbling on the pitch.In this inspiring Florian Wirtz kids book, young readers discover the true story of a young football prodigy who followed his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. From his early days in German youth football and the Bundesliga to playing for FC Liverpool and representing Germany at the World Cup, Euro, and European Championship, Florians journey shows how talent, hard work, and confidence can create a true football hero.This Florian Wirtz biography for kids is part of the Football Wonderkids series and is written especially for children who love soccer, football, and exciting true sports stories about real athletes, champions, and future legends.Kids will learn: How Florian Wirtz started his football journey What it takes to become a professional soccer star Why teamwork, training, and dedication are so important How young players can follow their own football dreamsPerfect for kids, parents, teachers, and young football fans, this Florian Wirtz soccer book for kids combines real football history with an easy-to-read, bedtime story style and an inspiring biography. It is the perfect football book for children, a great gift for birthdays and Christmas, and a must-have for anyone who loves world football, the Champions League, the World Cup, and young superstar athletes.Join Florian Wirtz and discover what it means to become a true Football Wonderkid.

ENDRICK Football Wonderkids | Inspiring Soccer Book for KidsEndrick is one of the most exciting young football stars in the world and a true Brazilian wonderkid. From the streets of Brazil to the bright lights of Real Madrid, the Champions League, and the World Cup, his journey is a powerful soccer dream that inspires children everywhere. With his incredible skills, speed, and goal-scoring talent, Endrick became one of the most talked-about young footballers in world football.In this inspiring Endrick kids book, young readers discover the true story of a boy who followed his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. From his early days at Palmeiras to joining Real Madrid and representing Brazil on the international stage, Endricks journey shows how hard work, confidence, and belief can turn a young player into a true football champion.This Endrick biography for kids is part of the Football Wonderkids series and is written especially for children who love soccer, football, and exciting true sports stories about real heroes, athletes, and future legends.Kids will learn: How Endrick started his football journey in Brazil What it takes to become a professional soccer star Why training, teamwork, and dedication are so important How young players can follow their own football dreamsPerfect for kids, parents, and young football fans, this Endrick soccer book for kids combines real football history with an easy-to-read, bedtime story style and an inspiring biography. It is the perfect football book for children and a great gift for birthdays, Christmas, and anyone who loves world football, the Champions League, and young superstar athletes.Join Endrick and discover what it means to become a true Football Wonderkid.

MOHAMED SALAH Football Wonderkids | Inspiring Soccer Book for KidsMohamed Salah is one of the most famous football superstars in the world and a true global soccer icon. From his childhood in Egypt to the bright lights of Liverpool, the Premier League, and the Champions League, his journey is one of the most inspiring stories in world football. With his incredible speed, skills, and goal-scoring power, Salah became a hero for millions of fans around the globe.In this inspiring Mohamed Salah kids book, young readers discover the true story of a boy who followed his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. From his early days in African football to lifting trophies in Europe and playing at the World Cup, Salahs journey shows how hard work, confidence, and belief can turn a young dreamer into a true football champion.This Mohamed Salah biography for kids is part of the Football Wonderkids series and is written especially for children who love soccer, football, and exciting true sports stories about real heroes, athletes, and legends.Kids will learn: How Mohamed Salah started his football journey in Egypt What it takes to become a professional soccer star Why training, teamwork, and dedication are so important How young players can follow their own football dreamsPerfect for kids, parents, teachers, and young football fans, this Mohamed Salah soccer book for kids combines real football history with an easy-to-read, bedtime story style and an inspiring biography. It is the perfect football book for children and a great gift for birthdays, Christmas, and anyone who loves world football, the Champions League, and superstar athletes.Join Mohamed Salah and discover what it means to become a true Football Wonderkid.

This handbook is a selection of primary sources about the intricate metaphysical cosmology where grease serves as the foundational medium for existence, retaining all historical and emotional memory across various realms. Much of the research, led by Stella Ponderosa, focuses on combatting the universal threat of Dryness and forced Attenuation, which causes reality to thin, fragment, and lose coherence. Scholars analyse Sizzle Resonance, the vibrational frequency produced by heating grease, as the sonic signature that maintains narrative flow and safeguards cosmic stability. This framework encompasses practical instructions for Afterlife Cartography, including complex methods for measuring viscous geography, and contains revised biographies of key figures like Glen The Fryer and Wotof Wongip, whose early culinary practices inform modern lubricity science. The texts detail the devastating Attenuation Crisis across dimensions, concluding that preserving lubricity and respecting the residue of history is essential to prevent the cosmos from dissolving into silent entropy.

The Metropolitan Police have an unsolvable problem: Lachy Wilson is a ruthless and obscenely rich British drugs lord who has bought off dozens of their officers. Thanks to these informants, no one can lay a glove on Wilson and he is considered untouchable.Wilson is dreaming of one last, game-changing shipment of heroin into the UK. The Met turn to the outside for help. Jonas Merrick is an MI5 officer, unspectacular in his own right but spectacular in the success hes had in dangerous counter terrorist operations. Can he thwart the drugs plot?Jonas has an ace in the hole: Kenny Chopper Harris is an ex-paratrooper and soon to be ex-member of the Flying Squad, looking for a new home, new loyalties. Jonas recruits him to get close to Wilsons Achilless heel: Julie Wilson is the heir apparent to the family drugs empire and Lachys go-between. Julie, like Chopper, is a lost soul - she dreams of life outside her fathers brutal orbit. Her fate is about to change at their first meeting. A bond is formed, a resolution is made: Chopper will get her free of her family, if shell betray her mission.Soon their desperate game of deception begins - a game which will inevitably end in a bloody denouement.

Before the Fingerprint Fades is a practical leadership guide for CEOs and executive teams navigating the transition from the Information Age into the emerging Ingenuity Age. As artificial intelligence accelerates decision-making, restructures work, and reshapes organisational power, leaders face a fundamental choice: drift into irrelevance or deliberately cultivate human wisdom at scale. Drawing on three decades of executive leadership, enterprise transformation, and psychological insight, Katharine McLennan introduces a twelve-month roadmap for organisational renewal. The book integrates two proprietary frameworks-ORG6, the six levers of organisational ingenuity, and VISTA, five leadership choices for the AI Age-to help leaders redesign strategy, culture, teams, and operating systems in an AI-accelerated world. Structured around a real-world executive journey, Before the Fingerprint Fades blends narrative, neuroscience, and practical tools. Each chapter offers clear diagnostics, thought experiments, and actionable practices that senior leaders can apply immediately with their teams. The result is a grounded, human-centred approach to leadership-one that shows how organisations can align human judgment and machine intelligence to build resilience, relevance, and long-term value. Katharines BioKatharine McLennan is an executive advisor, consultant, coach, and psychotherapist with over thirty years experience developing senior leaders and transforming organizations across Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. She has worked with more than fifty organizations across banking, health, technology, mining, and global manufacturing. She has led enterprise-wide transformations and served as the most senior executive in charge of Human Resources for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Global Chief of People and Culture (CHRO) at Cochlear. Prior to that, she advised on integrating strategy, psychology, and organizational performance at Booz Allen, Heidrick Struggles, and PwC. Her work brings together neuroscience, leadership development, and practical organizational design. Katharine is the creator of the ORG6 and VISTA frameworks, which underpin her consulting, coaching, speaking, and course programs. She holds degrees with highest honors from Duke University (BS in history and neuroscience), the University of New South Wales (MA in Political Science), and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA), and is a qualified clinical psychotherapist.

Quando o matrimônio é reduzido a um contrato revogável, mero assunto de Estado sem vínculo sagrado, é a família que sofre. Sob o impacto de leis divorcistas e de uma mentalidade antinatalista — que e

**AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!** THE GODS WERE HERE. AND THEY WERE ANGRY.For three hundred years the wild island of Croi has been subject to the Empire of the Answering. Clans have been subjugated, their language outlawed, their religion reduced to the whisper of fugitive priests. Until Crois prayers are answered. The Gods return. Feral and majestic, they stride the land as colossi, throwing the Empire into chaos. The dispossessed and the vengeful struggle for power. A ruthless priestess rallies the faithful, offering a simple choice - believe, or die - even as the empires Queen makes the first moves in a long and dangerous game. But for all their machinations, one woman will decide the fate of them all . . . Sister Wake, unwilling saint of the Goddess of Death.Be drawn into an action-packed epic fantasy filled with rebellion, intrigue, horror, dangerous gods, and Celtic mythology, perfect for fans of James Islington, John Gwynne, and Joe Abercrombie.AUTHORS LOVE THIS EPIC STORYThe rare epic fantasy that hits on all levelsANDREA STEWARTLike nothing youve ever readLEV GROSSMANQuite simply dazzling SOPHIE WHITEI absolutely loved its epic mix of weird horror and revolutionary intrigue GARETH HANRAHANA layered, epic world made all the more brutal by the return of gods terrifying and unknown DAVID DALGLISHTwo hundred-foot kaiju gods, necromancy, and anti-colonial rebellion - what more could you ask for? RYAN ROSEA brilliant, rebellious scream R.S.A. GARCIAAn uprising of furious pride and eldritch horror, where neither gods nor heroes can be trusted HELEN CORCORAN READER PRAISE FOR SISTER WAKEDark, devastating and brilliantly written I cant wait for the next book [E]xtraordinary and ferocious

A gripping new emotional saga from the author of A Sisters Dream.1950: Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister, Eliza, have the perfect lives, wanting for nothing in the huge house they live in with their parents in Sydney, Australia.But when her fathers mining company falls apart, the family are left with nothing. They have no choice but to return to Durham, England, to live with their harsh, mean-spirited grandmother. Life in England isnt what Jo expects, and as bad luck continues to follow the Cliffe family, shell need to rely on the local community if her family are to survive. But will Jo be able to find a new beginning in Durham? Or will she find a way to return to Australia for good?Sales Points711The fourth book in the Hilda House series, which also reads as a standalone.2Elizabeth Gill has written over 40 historical sagas in her career, writing heartbreaking yet hopeful stories full of compassion3Emotional saga set in the 1950s with strong female characters, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin4A Daughters Hope has a strong Australian connection, with the main characters emigrating back to the UK from Sydney

Nesta terceira edição, a Tramatura volta a abrir o túmulo da imaginação sombria e desenterrar dez histórias arrepiantes publicadas nas primeiras décadas do século XX, acompanhadas do conto inédito do

Life is great! Im in Aloreia and safe in my sweet little cottage. Im content watching cooking shows with Sila and I even got back to baking. Then, it hits me.Im wrapped in magic again, but this time, it isnt by Mace in Greewood. It was done by the very people that I started to trust. I wouldnt have figured it out if my own magic hadnt burned through their enchantments. Now? Its time to set things straight.

Manchmal braucht es einen Schneesturm, um das Herz zum Schmelzen zu bringen.Als Notfallchirurgin Dr. Zara Khan dem Rettungsteam von Glencoe beitritt, rechnet sie mit Erfrierungen, Adrenalin und langen Schichten aber nicht mit Duncan Roberts, dem grummeligen Einsatzleiter mit der Ausstrahlung eines Highland-Gewitters.Er ist stur, schweigsam und der Meinung, Gefuhle hatten in den Bergen nichts zu suchen.Doch als ein plotzlicher Schneesturm sie in einer einsamen Berghutte einschliet, bleibt ihnen nur eine Wahl: Warme teilen und vielleicht ein Stuck ihrer Herzen.Zwischen Eis und Feuer, Stolz und Verlangen beginnt die Grenze zwischen Gegnern und Liebenden zu schmelzen.Ein sinnlicher, emotionaler Highland-Roman uber zwei starke Menschen, die lernen, dass Heilung manchmal dort beginnt, wo Kontrolle endet. Enemies to Lovers & Grumpy-Sunshine Eingeschneite Berghutte & Forced Proximity Zartlichkeit, Spannung und Highland-Leidenschaft Heilung, Vertrauen & zweite Chancen

En 2023, Valentin Hénault résidait en Inde pour réaliser un documentaire sur les femmes Dalit, des Intouchables régulièrement battues, violées ou assassinées. Pour avoir osé s’intéresser à ces pratiq

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. I am a dreamer; I have so little real life that I look upon such moments as this now, as so rare, that I cannot help going over such moments again in my dreams. White Nights is the bittersweet story of a lonely young mans love found and lost over four magical midsummer evenings in St. Petersburg. This collection brings together seven of Dostoyevskys beloved short stories, including Bobok, an eavesdrop on the conversations of the dead, An Unpleasant Predicament, which follows a brazen wedding-crasher, and The Crocodile, in which a man is gobbled up at the Arcade. This selection of tales bring to life the cunning wives, buffoonish officials, greedy men and political prisoners of imperial Russia, showcasing Dostoyevskys dry wit both absurd and satirical while revealing his deep compassion. Considered one of the most influential writers of all time, his empathy and idealism resonates today as a powerful antidote to the disillusionment of modern life. A selection of Dostoyevskys short stories: White Nights The Crocodile A Novel in Nine Letters An Unpleasant Predicament The Peasant Marey Bobok A Christmas Tree and a Wedding A Gentle Spirit

Snow, slopesand a shock proposal! In this Long-Lost Rossi Siblings story, wine heiress Amara seeks safety in solitude. But her guarded existence could cost her everything! Learning her grandfather doesnt want her running the family vineyard alone, Amara jets off to the Alps to consider her next moveand meets billionaire Gio. The Italian bachelor is skiing away from his own business dilemma, which has one solutionmarriage! An on-paper arrangement could save them both If Amara can keep their heated attraction from melting the ice protecting her wounded heart! Perfect for fans of: Marriage of convenience Billionaire International

Once upon an off-limits kiss The timing is ideal for antiques expert Sadie to be invited to work at the Lombardi Castello. Shell avoid a painful run-in with her estranged mother. The catch? Sharing the castle with her best friends stepbrother, Lorenzo. They shared a magical stolen moment before their different worlds opened a chasm between them. Yet after a near-fatal accident, his easy charm has taken on a brooding edge that draws her in again. And as Sadies sunshine brings light back to Enzos life, it illuminates old temptation Perfect for fans of: Cinderella Forbidden romance Best friends brother

Dating her boss is risky business Molly is the perfect executive assistant. Order in her professional life is the antidote to her unpredictable upbringing. Even a crush on her devastatingly handsome boss is convenient. Whats safer than love you can never have? Then CEO Liams plus-one drops out of a series of glamorous events, and ever-efficient Molly steps in. As workaholic Liam begins to lower his guard, their powerful mutual connection unfurls. Still, hes wary of only being wanted for his millionsdare Molly admit its him shes always wanted? Perfect for fans of: Fake dating Workplace romance Billionaire