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*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT*The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The BindingUtterly original ensnared me from the very first page EMILIA HART Storytelling at its most immersive ERIN KELLYThe whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY In the Factory, the looms clatter all day. Cobwebs found in ancient Mediterranean glades are spun into a precious fabric that silences the world. But what happens to those who fall under its spell? And who is harnessing its power? After all, a world of silence can bring peace, but it can also conceal the deeds of the wicked The Silence Factory is an enthralling story about complicity, desire and corruption a novel to lose yourself in. Breathtaking GLAMOUR A gorgeous, gothic read i PAPER A world that exists on the edge of time and magic this is storytelling at its most immersive ERIN KELLY

Norman Parkinson will never go out of styleVOGUEMeet the man who invented style. Through his beautiful photographs for British, American, French and Australian Vogue magazines, Norman Parkinson defined the way we saw fashion in 20th century, from the New Look of 1950s Paris to the Swinging Sixties in London.The breathtaking book collects hundreds of Parkinsons greatest photographs taken for Vogue magazine, gathering pioneering fashion shoots, iconic cover images, royal portraits, celebrity pieces and more.Accompanied by detailed captions and features on key models and collaborators from Grace Coddington and Jerry Hall to Iman and HRH Princess Anne STYLE: Photographs for Vogue is a sublime, glamorous tribute to an eternally stylish magazine and the dazzling vision of a man who shaped the face of fashion across six decades.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLERUtterly brilliant. We all need to read this book CLAUDIA WINKLEMANPatricks book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics JOE LYCETT We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didnt have many but those we had were important to us. Wed cherish them, repair them and pass them on. And making them provided fulfilling work for millions of skilled people locally. Today the average person has nearly five times as many clothes as they did just 50 years ago. Last year, 100 billion garments were produced worldwide, most made from oil, 30% of which were not even sold, and the equivalent of one bin lorry full of clothing is dumped in landfill or burned every single second. Our wardrobes are full to bursting with clothes we never wear so why do we keep buying more? In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but despairing of a broken global system Patrick Grant considers the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better-quality things. Weaving in his personal journey through fashion, clothing and the other everyday objects in his life, this is a book that celebrates craftsmanship, making things with care, buying things with thought and valuing everything we own. It explains how rethinking our relationship with clothing could kickstart a thriving new local economy bringing prosperity and hope back to places in our country that have lost out to globalisation, offshore manufacturing and to the madness of price and quantity being the only things that matter. Presents a new way of thinking about the things we buy KEITH BRYMER-JONES

NOW WITH NEW MATERIAL - the first book to analyse government documents released in January 2025.SensationalDaily ExpressA bombshell bookDaily MailA breath-taking review of WWIIs greatest betrayal and the moment that changed history foreverSunday PostMr. Verkaik relates the complex stories of Lindemans and Blunt with the economy and verve of a spy novelistThe Wall Street JournalOriginal, thought-provoking and exceedingly well written.Robert Kershaw, author of It Never Snows in SeptemberEach chapter of Verkaiks book leaves you yearning to learn more New York Journal of BooksThe end of the Second World War is in sight. Following D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin all seek to shape the global future to their own ends and win the race to Berlin.The British launch Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne operation the world has ever seen. It is a bold roll of the dice, which, if successful, will end the war in weeks. But behind the scenes, spies are working, and plans are betrayed, the operation fails and thousands of Allied soldiers die.The Traitor of Arnhem tells a never-before-told story of this iconic operation, and of the very different figures working in secret to cause the catastrophic defeat: one Dutch resistance fighter, one English gentleman, both working for the Russians. Drawn from unseen records and shedding fresh light on the operation and the spies responsible for its failure, this is an incredible account of the battle that would go on to shape the twentieth century.Amazing ... a remarkable answer to the vexed question: why were the Nazis unexpectedly lying in wait?Jewish ChronicleA powerful and timely reminder of how the failure to tackle Stalins threat to the West at the end of World War 2 has forced the world to face up to the aggression of Vladimir Putin today.Bill Browder, author of Red Notice

Excellent EconomistMost women in the developed world are dissatisfied with their breasts. They dismiss them as silly boobs, lament their less-than-ideal forms, or renounce thinking about them altogether. Why is this emblem of womanhood so often derided and maligned?Tits Up investigates breasts through the eyes and lives of women experts. It explores the truths of mammary glands, from strip clubs to operating rooms, human milk banks, and bra designers studios. With refreshing optimism, Thornton unmasks the sexism behind the perceived profanity of breasts and hopes to liberate them from centuries of patriarchal prejudice.Will make any woman reconsider her body, and any man reconsider how he treats the bodies of the women in his life IndependentTits Up asks readers to reimagine the bosom . . . as a site of empowerment and even divinity - New York Times

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A stunning package for classic film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike, all the forbidden fun of Pre-Code Hollywood and the Prohibition and speakeasy era meet in this stylish cocktail book. What might Jean Harlow have sipped for Dinner at Eight? What did Barbara Stanwyck take to steel herself in Baby Face? If youre a classic film fan whos ever pondered these questions, or are a bartender or at-home entertainer who adores Prohibition-era cocktails, this guide to mixed drinks inspired by Pre-Code Hollywood is essential reading. The stars and stories of the forbidden time in moviemaking before strict censorship was enforced and the movies reflected a raucous freedom that would be unseen again for decades take the spotlight in Forbidden Cocktails. With 50 film-and-drink pairings and packaged handsomely with more than 100 full-color and black-and-white photos throughout, this is a practical and stunning homage to a singularly exuberant and evocative era. Movie-and-cocktail pairings include: The Divorcee / Balanced Account; Hells Angels / Platinum Blonde; Dracula / Count Draiquiri; Strangers May Kiss / Strangers Kiss; The Public Enemy / Tom Powers; Night Nurse / My Pal Rye; Shanghai Express / Shanghai Lily; Scarface / First Ward; One Way Passage / Passage to Paradise; Trouble in Paradise / Lubitsch Touch; Call Her Savage / Greenwich Village; Sign of the Cross / Naked Moon; Gold Diggers of 1933 / Pettin in the Park; Flying Down to Rio / Hotel Hibiscus; It Happened One Night / It Happened One Morning; The Thin Man / Asta

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024An epic family odysseyGuardian, Book of the DayOver seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the Cassar family is buffeted by conflict, struggling to find its feet - separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all.This Strange Eventful History is above all a family story: of patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them and stifles their children; of François and Denise, devoted siblings connected by their familys strangeness; of Françoiss union with Barbara, a woman so culturally different they can barely comprehend one another; of Chloe, the result of that union, who believes that telling these buried stories will bring them all peace.Inspired in part by her own familys history, Claire Messud animates her characters rich interior lives amid the social and political upheaval of the recent past. This Strange Eventful History is an immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history.[A] wise and insightful novel about identity and familyThe Times, Book of the DayA rich, sprawling saga... This Strange Eventful History may be Messuds finest bookSunday Telegraph

Woven with pure sunshine and rainbows AMY LEAFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Match - a charming romance novel about second chances and the healing power of love, with a never-before-seen chapter.Sometimes, love finds you when you least expect it . . .Evie Jones has dedicated her life to Southern Service Paws, the company that matched her with the love of her life: Charlie, a service dog trained to assist with her epilepsy. But, as the company struggles to make ends meet, its up to her and her longtime mentor and boss to keep the doors open with the fundraiser of the century.When Evie meets Jacob Broaden at a client consultation for his daughter, Sam, there are instant sparks - but not the good kind. Still, it doesnt take long for Jacob to be convinced that a service dog, and possibly Evie, might just be the best thing for his family.As Evie spends more time with Jacob and helps Sam find her perfect match, she starts longing for the loving family shes never had. For Jacob, falling in love with Evie is the last thing he should be doing, but love has a way of finding those who need it most . . .

The sensational Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a finalist for a Hugo Award The hit of the yearGuardianA civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering expats from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role is to work as a bridge: living with, supporting and monitoring expat 1847 - Commander Graham Gore, a former Victorian polar explorer. Gore, an adventurer by trade, soon adjusts to this bizarre new world of washing machines, feminism and Spotify; and during a long, sultry summer the pair move from awkwardness to friendship to something more.But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy that history when it is living in your house?AddictiveIndependentCrack this book open and youll see how time can disappearFinancial TimesReaders, I envy you: theres a smart, witty novel in your futureWashington PostKaliane Bradleys fish-out-of-water rom-com has a winning premise. [...] The books combination of whimsy and seriousness works brilliantly.Sunday Times, Summer ReadsThis time-travelling love story is the perfect mix of witty, sexy and moving.Good Housekeeping, 50 best ever beach reads A Barack Obama reading pick Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize Longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize Longlisted for a British Book Award A book of the year for: the Sunday Times, New York Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard, Spectator, Red, NPR, Vanity Fair, People, Slate, Advocate, Sydney Morning Herald, Globe and Mail, Den of Geek, Good Housekeeping, Goodreads, NetGalley and Smithsonian Magazine*** This book has been printed with four different colour cover designs, available for limited time only. Colours will be assigned at random when your order is despatched. ***

An instant New York Times bestseller, this profound book (Wall Street Journal) charts how and why some societies chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilizationsometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling the end of political systems, cultures, and epochs. Though much has changed over the millennia, human nature remains the same. Modern societies are not immune from the horror of a war of extinction. In The End of Everything, military historian Victor Davis Hanson narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World to show how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration. In the stories of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he depicts wars drama, violence, and folly. Highlighting the naivete that plagued the vanquished and the wrath that justified mass slaughter, Hanson delivers a sobering call to contemporary readers to heed the lessons of obliteration lest we blunder into catastrophe once again.

One of the best thriller writers we have HARLAN COBENDark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, loveIRISH EXAMINERIn Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone - ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk - has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty. But most is not all. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wifes guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never have been built. A house, and what dwells beneath.One of the greatest writers of our generation NICHOLAS SPARKSIrelands answer to Stephen KingEXPRESS

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Eye-openingNew StatesmanUtterly brilliant Helena KennedyThought-provoking, challenging and very humane Michael WooldridgeNo longer an uncertain technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence is starting to shape every aspect of our daily lives, from how we think to who we love.In this urgent polemic, leading barrister Susie Alegre explores the ways in which artificial intelligence threatens our fundamental human rights - including the rights to life, liberty and fair trial; the right to private and family life; and the right to free expression - and how we protect those rights.Touching on the many profound ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies, and full of fascinating case studies, Human Rights, Robot Wrongs is a rallying cry for humanity in the age of AI.

MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin has a passion for Scottish produce and flavours and for feeding people. Being a food lover encompasses not just a passion for the ingredients themselves, but also for the seasons and weather which nurture them, and the people who tend, harvest and prepare them. Taking those ingredients and creating something delicious for those you love is the highest compliment you can pay any vegetable, beast, fish or fowl. In Kith, Sarah shares stories on her family favourites, the inspiration for her recipes, and why food is the greatest way to show your love. Kith is a collection of practical and inviting seasonal dishes, mixing the traditional and the contemporary, and celebrating the extraordinary versatility of Scotlands larder in a hundred recipes: from Grouse with beetroot and cherry, to Arbroath smokie souffle, Squash ravioli with sage butter, and Lemon posset with caramelised white chocolate and oat crumble. It also includes a section of drinks and canapes. The chapter Things of Beauty encompasses brines, pickles, ketchups and a range of other extras that make the food you serve shine a little brighter, and a section named Firm Foundations helps to arm the home cook with a repertoire of sauces, stocks, pastry, bread and pasta, and butters and creams.

Méfiez-vous des inconnus trop bienveillants ! Une pépite noire et machiavélique.Suite à une panne de voiture, Alfredo Traps trouve refuge pour la nuit dans la maison dun juge à la retraite. En plus d