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Lamentation
Summer, 1546. king henry viii is slowly, painfully dying. his protestant and catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of henry’s successor, eight-year-old prince edward. as heretics are hunted across london, and the radical protestant anne askew is burned at the stake, the catholic party focus their attack on henry’s sixth wife, matthew shardlake’s old mentor, queen catherine parr. shardlake, still haunted by events aboard the warship mary rose the year before, is working on the cotterstoke will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings. then, unexpectedly, he is summoned to whitehall palace and asked for help by his old patron, the now beleaguered and desperate queen
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Finding Love At The Christmas Market
Cosy up with the new christmas book from best-selling author jo thomas residential-home caterer connie has had one online-dating disaster too many. hurt in the past and with her son to consider, now she’s feeling hesitant. then one of connie’s residents sets her up on a date at a beautiful german christmas market – with the promise she’ll take a mini-bus full of pensioners with her… amongst the twinkling lights and smell of warm gingerbread in the old market square, connie heads off on her date with a check-list of potential partner must-haves. baker henrich ticks all the boxes, but when connie meets henrich’s rival william, she starts to wonder if ticking boxes is the answer. will connie’s wish for love this christmas come true, and if so – with who? praise for jo thomas: ‘magically romantic… best read in front of a crackling log fire’ milly johnson ‘the characters went straight to my heart’ katie fforde ‘a sparkling, heartwarming hug of a story’ miranda dickinson ‘like the very best kind of holiday’ lucy diamond
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Child’s Play
You think you know what’s best for your grown-up children. but you’ll find they have lessons they can now teach you. kate morgan is an esteemed manhattan lawyer. after losing her beloved husband in a tragic accident, she’s successfully raised their three children single-handedly. now in their twenties, she slightly smugly feels that they are well set up to travel the path she planned. except why is her eldest daughter, tamara, a high-flying marketing executive, so secretive and why won’t she commit to a relationship? then there’s anthony, kate’s middle child, who is engaged to a wealthy new york socialite – it will be the wedding of the year, so why doesn’t he seem happy? and as for her youngest daughter, claire, at twenty-six she’s on a successful career path until she suddenly reveals she’s in love with, in kate’s opinion, the ̀wrong man’. we all know that life rarely turns out the way we plan for our children. but it’s about listening, learning when to let go and letting them live the life that makes them happy.
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Heads You Win
Heads you win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the clifton chronicles and kane and abel, jeffrey archer. can one man achieve his destiny?
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Azincourt
An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of agincourt from the number one historical novelist azincourt, fought on october 25th 1415, st crispin’s day, is one of england’s best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in shakespeare’s henry v, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected english victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow – a weapon developed by the english which enabled them to dominate the european battlefields for the rest of the century. bernard cornwell’s azincourt is a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well-researched account of this momentous battle and its aftermath. from the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the english soldiers.
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Dating Dr. Dil
Nisha sharma’s hilarious new romantic comedy inspired by the taming of the shrew features a love-phobic tv doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. kareena mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. when her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with dr. prem verma, host of the dr. dil show, goes viral. now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want. dr. prem verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. the dr. dil show was doing just that, until his argument with kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. that’s when kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic. even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time prem spends with kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. but for prem and kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate. “nisha sharma always delights.”–meg cabot, #1 new york times bestselling author on radha and jai’s recipe for romance
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Fire Study
As the sitian council, deeming her dangerous due to her soulfinder abilities, decides her fate, yolena, who can capture and release souls, embarks on a dangerous journey to her homeland to save her people from a murderous sorcerer.
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The Garden Of Forgotten Wishes
The delightful sunday times bestselling novel from trisha ashley ‘one of the best writers around!’ katie fforde ‘full of down-to-earth humour.’ sophie kinsella _____ all marnie wants is somewhere to call home. mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. things she hopes to find in the rural west lancashire village her mother always told her about. with nothing but her two green thumbs, marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. the garden is beautiful – filled with roses, lavender and honeysuckle – and only a little rough around the edges. which is more than can be said for her next-door neighbour, ned mars. marnie remembers ned from her college days but he’s far from the untroubled man she once knew. a recent relationship has left him with a heart as bruised as her own. can a summer spent gardening help them recapture the forgotten dreams they’ve let get away? _____ readers are falling in love with the garden of forgotten wishes: ***** ‘gorgeous . . . a lovely rom-com to cheer your heart and ease your soul.’ ***** ‘once again another outstanding book full of intrigue, hope and a new beginning.’ ***** ‘a perfect read to escape with.’
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The Gift
A powerfully life-affirming story of the wonder of nature, the ties of family, and the healing power of love from bestselling novelist and national treasure alan titchmarsh *** an ordinary life. an extraordinary choice. adam gabriel has always been a child of nature. raised on his parents’ remote yorkshire farm, where life is measured by the rhythms of the flock, the turn of the seasons, and the yearly arrival of an itinerant local monk, he seems destined for a quietly contented life. as adam grows, luke and bethany see flickers of something extraordinary in their son – a healing touch that goes beyond his love for the land. but adam’s gentleness has always made him an outsider, and a powerful gift can also be a heavy burden… when tragedy turns the gabriels’ life upside down, adam faces a stark choice. can he keep faith in his talents, even if it means risking the suspicion of others? should he listen to the lure of new horizons, or does happiness lie closer to home? and when he needs it most, can he find the strength to save the people he loves? *** there’s an alan titchmarsh novel for every mood! if you’re looking for . . . an enthralling wartime mystery, head over to the scarlet nightingale ‘a perfect love story’ (katie fforde), search for the haunting an uplifting, enchanting novel about second chances, dive into mr gandy’s grand tour an absorbing family saga, head over to the page for folly an escapist family mystery, read bring me home praise for alan titchmarsh: ‘the story brims with intrigue’ – daily express on the haunting ‘a pleasurable read which fans will lap up’ – daily mail on mr gandy’s grand tour ‘it’s just brilliant – full of poetry’ – jilly cooper
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Go Set A Watchman
From harper lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece, to kill a mockingbird. maycomb, alabama. twenty-six-year-old jean louise finch – ‘scout’ – returns home from new york city to visit her ageing father, atticus. set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the south, jean louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. featuring many of the iconic characters from to kill a mockingbird, go set a watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past – a journey that can be guided only by one’s own conscience. written in the mid-1950s, go set a watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of harper lee. here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humour and effortless precision – a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. it not only confirms the enduring brilliance of to kill a mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context and new meaning to a classic.
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Gregor The Overlander
When eleven-year-old gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark underland, where spiders, rats and giant cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. this world is on the brink of war, and gregor’s arrival is no accident. gregor has a vital role to play in the underland’s uncertain future.
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Johnny And The Bomb
It’s may 21 1941, thought johnny. it’s war. johnny maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find mrs tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley . . . as long as it’s not the kiss of life. but there’s more to mrs tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch of dubious black bags. somehow she holds the key to different times, different eras – including the blackbury blitz in 1941. suddenly now isn’t the safe place johnny once thought it was as he finds himself caught up more and more with then . . . the third book in the johnny maxwell trilogy.
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Blood Rivals
Texts issued with separate title pages, bound back-to-back, inverted, and, with separate pagination.
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The Love Of My Life
A new york times bestseller a good morning america book club pick, march 2022 from the globe and mail and new york times bestselling author of ghosted comes a novel about what happens when you discover the person you trust most in the world isn’t who they say they are. i have held you every night for ten years and i didn’t even know your name. we have a child together. a dog, a house. . . who are you? emma loves her husband leo and their young daughter ruby: she’d do anything for them. but almost everything she’s told them about herself is a lie. and she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. leo is an obituary writer and emma is a well-known marine biologist, so, when she suffers a serious illness, leo copes by doing what he knows best – reading and writing about her life. but as he starts to unravel her past, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. even her name is fictitious. when the very darkest moments of emma’s past life finally emerge, she must somehow prove to leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was. but first, she must tell him about the love of her other life.
