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Ugly Love
From colleen hoover, the #1 sunday times bestselling author of it ends with us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. when tate collins meets airline pilot miles archer, she doesn’t think it’s love at first sight. they wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. the only thing tate and miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. once their desires are out in the open, they realise they have the perfect set-up. he doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as tate can stick to the only two rules miles has for her. never ask about the past. don’t expect a future. they think they can handle it, but realise almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. hearts get infiltrated. promises get broken. rules get shattered. love gets ugly.
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Radleys
Families. sometimes they’re a bloody nightmare . . . life with the radleys: radio 4, dinner parties with the bishopthorpe neighbours and self-denial. loads of self-denial. but all hell is about to break loose. when teenage daughter clara gets attacked on the way home from a party, she and her brother rowan finally discover why they can’t sleep, can’t eat a thai salad without fear of asphyxiation and can’t go outside unless they’re smothered in factor 50. with a visit from their lethally louche uncle will and an increasingly suspicious police force, life in bishopthorpe is about to change. drastically.
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The Iliad
Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honour and revenge are filled with magic, mystery and an assortment of gods and goddesses who meddle freely in the affairs of men. the iliad recounts the war between the trojans and achaeans and the personal and tragic struggle of the fiery-tempered achilles. the odyssey chronicles odysseus’s return from the trojan war and the trials he endures on his journey home.
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Chicken Soup For The Soul
Two of america’s best-loved inspirational speakers share the very best of their collected stories and favorite tales that have touched the hearts of people everywhere. canfield and hansen bring you wit and wisdom, hope and empowerment to buoy you through life’s dark moments.
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The Hobbit
Bilbo baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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Carve The Mark
On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. while most benefit from their currentgifts, akos and cyra do not — their gifts make them vulnerable to others control. can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world? cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the shotet people. cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. but cyra is much more than just a blade in her brothers hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. akos is from the peace-loving nation of thuvhe, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. though protected by his unusual currentgift, once akos and his brother are captured by enemy shotet soldiers, akos is desperate to get his brother out alive — no matter what the cost. when akos is thrust into cyra’s world, the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. they must decide to help each other to survive — or to destroy one another.
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Desperation
Desperation is a deserted mining town in the nevada desert. it’s not a place to visit by choice, and the few unhappy travellers who are forced to stop there witness the familiar-looking town undergo a terrible transformation. in the struggle between good and evil, sacrifice may be the only answer.
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This Poison Heart
_______________’kalynn bayron does more than re-write a fairy-tale … she breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after’ – brigid kemmerer’brings much-needed inclusivity and contemporary flavor to the teen fantasy genre’ – kirkus reviews’a delicious mix of intoxicating fantasy and coming of age, steeped in greek mythology and peppered with references to the jordan peele films get out and us’ – observer new review_______________ever since she can remember, briseis has had power over plants. flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. it’s a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. and then briseis inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first time. but as briseis starts to bring the house’s rambling garden back to life, she finds she has also inherited generations of secrets. a hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches stretching back to ancient times, and a hidden garden overgrown with the most deadly poisonous plants on earth. and briseis’s long-departed ancestors aren’t going to let her rest until she accepts her place as the keeper of the terrible power that lies at the heart of the poison garden. cinderella is dead author kalynn bayron brings a message of proud inclusivity to this empowering fantasy about a young woman finding the strength to challenge everything she has been told is true. don’t miss the sequel, this wicked fate, where to save the people she loves, briseis must change the most dangerous of fates ahead of her …
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Cell
‘civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. by halloween, every major city from new york to moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory.’ the event became known as the pulse. the virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. within ten hours, most people would be dead or insane. a young artist clayton riddell realises what is happening. and together with tom mccourt and a teenage girl called alice, he flees the devastation of explosive, burning boston, desperate to reach his son before his son switches on his little red mobile phone…
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Think And Grow Rich
Read yourself into a fortune with this time-tested classic that teaches you invaluable money-making secrets. over 15 million copies sold worldwide! this book could be worth a million dollars to you. andrew carnegie attributed his great fortune to his discovery of a magic formula for success. carnegie demonstrated its soundness when his coaching brought wealth to those young men to whom he had disclosed his secret. think and grow rich teaches you that secret—and the secrets of other distinguished achievers like him. it shows you not only what to do but also how to do it. if you learn and apply the simple basic techniques revealed here, you will have mastered the secret of true and lasting success—and you may have whatever you want in life!
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
** sally rooney’s new novel intermezzo is available now ** the sunday times and global number one bestseller winner of novel of the year at the an post irish book awards over one million copies sold across all faber editions ‘a tour de force.’ anne enright, guardian ‘rooney’s best novel yet.’ brandon taylor, new york times ‘get ready to have your heart broken all over again.’ red ‘the book moved me to tears more than once.’ the times alice, a novelist, meets felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to rome with her. in dublin, her best friend eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with simon, a man she has known since childhood. alice, felix, eileen and simon are still young – but life is catching up with them. they desire each other, they delude each other, they worry about sex and friendship and the times they live in. will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? sally rooney’s book beautiful world, where are you was a #1 sunday times bestseller w/c 11-09-2021
