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Platform Seven
As seen on itvx over half a million copies of apple tree yard sold ‘the perfect thriller.’ stylist ‘scarily plausible . . . desperately moving.’ guardian ‘gripping.’ good housekeeping the novel from sunday times bestselling author platform seven at 4am: peterborough railway station is deserted. the man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing november morning is confident he’s alone. as he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic – he’s as far away from the night staff as he can get. what the man doesn’t realise is that he has company. lisa evans knows what he has decided. she knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge. two deaths on platform seven. two fatalities in eighteen months – surely they’re connected? no one is more desperate to understand what connects them than lisa evans herself. after all, she was the first of the two to die . . . readers are gripped by platform seven: ***** ‘had me hooked from the start – a real page turner!’ ***** ‘brilliant . . . punches you straight in heart.’ ***** ‘amazing . . . a thriller with a difference!’ ***** ‘the best book i have read in along while’
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Water For Elephants
Beautifully written and completely unforgettable, water for elephants is an atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the us circus world circa 1932.
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The Museum Of Extraordinary Things
From the bestselling author of the dovekeeperscomes a spectacularly imaginative and moving new novel in the vein of the night circusthat has been acclaimed by jodi picoult as ‘truly stunning: part love story, part mystery, part history, and all beauty’. new york city, 1911. meet coralie sardie, circus girl, web-fingered mermaid, shy only daughter of professor sardie and raised in the bizarre surroundings of his museum of extraordinary things. and meet eddie cohen, a handsome young immigrant who has run away from his painful past and his orthodox family to become a photographer, documenting life on the teeming city streets. one night by the freezing waters of the hudson river, coralie stumbles across eddie, who has become enmeshed in the case of a missing girl, and the fates of these two hopeful outcasts collide as they search for truth, beauty, love and freedom in tumultuous times.
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Everything Is Beautiful: ‘the Most Uplifting Book Of The Year’ Good Housekeeping
‘this book took hold of me and wouldn’t let me go until i turned the final page’ beth o’leary ‘funny, tender and uplifting’ bbc radio 4 ‘beautifully written and thought-provoking’ katie fforde ‘this is one of those books you just want to gulp down in one’ good housekeeping see the stars, eleanor ray’s heartwarming new novel is available to preorder now! filled with heart and warmth, this uplifting novel reminds us all that we need the darkness if we want to see the stars. ……………………………………. when amy ashton’s world fell apart eleven years ago, she started a collection. just a few keepsakes of happier times: some honeysuckle to remind herself of the boy she loved, a chipped china bird, an old terracotta pot . . . things that others might throw away, but to amy, represent a life that could have been. now her house is overflowing with the objects she loves – soon there’ll be no room for amy at all. but when a family move in next door, a chance discovery unearths a mystery, and amy’s carefully curated life begins to unravel. if she can find the courage to face her past, might the future she thought she’d lost still be hers for the taking? perfect for fans of eleanor oliphant and the keeper of lost things, this exquisitely told, uplifting novel shows us that however hopeless things might feel, beauty can be found in the most unexpected of places. ……………………………………. everyone is talking about eleanor ray: ‘this novel is a treasure’ woman ‘a joy to read, and very beautiful indeed’ lisa dickenson ‘a total treat of a read – warm, enchanting and intriguing, with an unforgettable protagonist at its heart’ holly miller ‘there’s an intriguing mystery at the heart of this emotional but uplifting debut novel’ sunday express ‘beautifully written and full of compassion, kindness and hope’ irish independent ‘a gorgeous, warm hug of a novel’ sinead moriarty ‘a tonic for the soul’ lesley kara ‘charming and thrilling, romantic and gripping’ claire kendal ‘eleanor ray has perfectly captured how it feels to not quite fit in’ m w craven ‘a wonderful celebration of the power of kindness’ hannah tovey ‘heart-warming and thought-provoking, a mystery with a difference’ andrea mara ‘i relished it from start to finish. a beautiful book. thought-provoking. evocative. a treat to read’ amanda robson ‘a gently absorbing entry into the mystery-uplit canon’ vaseem khan ‘charming, endearing . . . will melt even the hardest of hearts’ joanna nell ‘my book of the year! an absolute must read’ lauren north ‘i loved every bit of it. i think the term in book reviewer lingo is “utterly captivated” – and i was, as it was not only so beautifully written but the story was brilliant, too’ fliss chester ‘a brilliantly original protagonist and an intriguing mystery – this book brings a tear to the eye and uplifts the spirit’ jackie kabler
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Matched
On her seventeenth birthday, cassia meets her match. society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. except he’s not. in cassia’s society, officials decide who people love. how many children they have. where they work. when they die. but, as cassia finds herself falling in love with another boy, she is determined to make some choices of her own. and that’s when her whole world begins to unravel . . .
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Fourteen Days
‘compelling’ marie claire ‘immensely enjoyable’ observer ‘fascinating’ red one week into lockdown, the tenants of a manhattan apartment building have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories in this exciting new twist on the novel. with each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned buckets. gradually the tenants – some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now – become real neighbours. with each character secretly written by a different, major literary voice – from margaret atwood to john grisham and celeste ng, fourteen days is a heart-warming ode to the power of storytelling and human connection. includes writing from: margaret atwood, sylvia day, emma donoghue, dave eggers, diana gabaldon, tess gerritsen, john grisham, erica jong, celeste ng, tommy orange, doug preston, r. l. stine, nafissa thompson-spires, meg wolitzer and many more. ‘a valuable reminder that stories can teach, console and perhaps even change their readers’ financial times
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The Perfect Wife
Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. the man by her side explains that he’s her husband. he’s a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of silicon valley’s most innovative startups. he tells abbie she’s a gifted artist, a doting mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. five years ago, she suffered a terrible accident. her return from the abyss is a miracle of science, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that has taken him half a decade to achieve. but as abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband’s motives – and his version of events. can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together for ever? and what really happened to her, half a decade ago? a gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of the woman in the window and the wife between us.
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White Teeth
Chosen by the guardian as one of the best books of the 21st century from the man booker prize- and women’s prize-shortlisted author of swing time, on beauty and grand union ‘believe the hype’ the times the international bestseller and modern classic of multicultural britain – an unforgettable portrait of london one of the most talked about debut novels of all time, white teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. dealing – among many other things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book. ‘the almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages’ julian barnes, guardian ‘street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time’ new york times ‘outstanding’ sunday telegraph
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Swing Time
Two girls dream of being dancers – but only one, tracey, has talent. the other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. it’s a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either. a story about friendship and music and stubborn roots, about how we are shaped by these things and how we can survive them
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Sane New World
‘finally — a map for the troubled human mind. and it’s funny.’ – caitlin moran ruby wax – comedian, writer and mental health campaigner – shows us how our minds can jeopardize our sanity. with her own periods of depression and now a masters from oxford in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to draw from, she explains how our busy, chattering, self-critical thoughts drive us to anxiety and stress. if we are to break the cycle, we need to understand how our brains work, rewire our thinking and find calm in a frenetic world. helping you become the master, not the slave, of your mind, here is the manual to saner living.
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Mindfulness Guide For The Frazzled A
“500 years ago no-one died of stress- we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. we might have evolvedto be able to miraculously balance on seven-inch heels, but as far as our emotional development is concerned we’re still swimming with the pond scum. if we don’t advance our more human qualities then we’re doomed evolution-wise to become cyborgs, with an imprint of an ‘apple’ where our hearts used to be. ruby wax shows us a scientific solution to these modern problems- mindfulness. i know what you’re thinking – what if i don’t want to stare at a butterfly wing or hear the single ting of a wind chime? ruby’s definition of mindfulness isn’t about sitting erect on a hillock, legs in a knot, humming a mantra that’s probably the phone book sung backwards, it’s something that can help us all- learning to notice your thoughts and feelings so you can truly experience life. outrageously witty, smart and accessible, ruby wax shows ordinary people how and why to change for good. with mindfulness advice for relationships, for parents, for children and for teenagers, and a six-week course based on her studies of mindfulness based cognitive therapy with mark williams at oxford university, a mindfulness guide for the frazzledis the only guide you need for a healthier, happier life.”
