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A national crisis. A silent epidemic. A generation at risk. In KUSH: The Synthetic Trap – Youth, Mental Health, and Sierra Leone’s Struggle, the devastating truth behind one of West Africa’s most pressing social emergencies is laid bare. This powerful and deeply researched book unpacks the rise of Kush—a deadly synthetic drug ravaging the minds and futures of Sierra Leone’s youth—and explores its far-reaching consequences on mental health, education, national development, and public safety.

THE FORGOTTEN ONES. Some stories were never meant to stay buried. Five of horror's most compelling voices KD Davies, Deep Arya, Carl Bluesy, Don Campbell, and Hamo Woods, reach into their archives and pull something out. These are the pieces that existed before this book did, written in private, set aside for reasons only their authors know. Stories that waited. And now, finally, refuse to wait any longer. A woman's dream car whispers her name on a mountain road. A professor and a lawman descend into a crypt that shouldn't be empty.

The Chinese Communist Party had a problem—a “numbers” problem. After decades of telling the Chinese people they couldn’t have more than one child, their plan backfired and their population was declining precipitously. Unable to convince the people to have more children, they turned to Artificial Intelligence. They would rule the world through the control of AI. What they hadn’t counted on was a unique and focused assassin—Beckham De La Cruz. After having a tough upbringing through the foster system, he found himself extremely wealthy through a trust established by his anonymous father.

She was never meant to return…He was never meant to exist…Together, they must uncover the deadly secrets to their pasts before time runs out, and Death comes to reclaim her soul. A rich, immersive fantasy, filled with powerful magic, mystery, deadly curses, slow-burn romance, and unforgettable characters in a journey about resilience and finding light in the darkest places.

You're not going mad. But you deserve some honest answers. Are you Googling your symptoms at 3am? Have you come away from a GP appointment feeling dismissed, confused, or handed a leaflet that raised more questions than it answered? Are you experiencing things nobody warned you about — rage that comes from nowhere, electric shock sensations under your skin, a word that simply vanishes mid-sentence? The Menopause Q&A is the book that answers the questions women are actually asking. Not a 400-page medical textbook. Not a celebrity memoir.

Sphere of Eternity, is the first epic instalment of the Dragonfire series. An exciting fantasy novel for fans of dragons, griffins and high-fantasy in general. Blaze is a far from normal resident of an isolated village. When the illusion of his life reveals itself, he is set on a path of discovery into an unknown reality where he must find his true belonging. However, in this vast new world, such a thing may be the least of his worries.

Over the centuries, anything Ronan once found pleasure in has been replaced by blood and death. Every morning, he wonders if that will be the day he succumbs to the savage side of his vampire nature. As a born hunter, Kadence has never stepped beyond the walls of her home.

If ever a history book were a tract for the times, it is The Isles: A History ... a masterwork..' Roy Porter, The Times 'Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged...

Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa returns in the final installment of the Nameless Republic trilogy with a tale of villains, allies, and a world on the brink of destruction, perfect for fans of Tasha Suri, Evan Winter, and James Islington. The old world has fallen. Now is the time of...

A collection of tense thrilllers, each centered on a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it, set in the world of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling Six Four. Four novellas: Each taking place in 1998. SEASON OF SHADOWS "The force could lose face . . . I want you to fix this."...

A New Statesman best book of the year A Financial Times best economics book of 2019 An accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written by a leading expert To predict our future, we must look to the extremes. So argues the economist Richard Davies, who takes listeners...

THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT. For five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter’s kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would...

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness. In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite...

Advancements in technology have made gay online dating easier than ever. Rather than being restricted to website logins, the next generation of online dating comes via mobile apps that allow constant and instant access to countless dating options. For the gay man in search of a serious relationship, the opportunity has proven that as technology evolves, human behavior devolves. Author S. W. Davies returns for his third book exploring gay online dating, as well as taking an ongoing and unapologetic look at the increasing shortcomings of the gay community.

When Brentworth MacTherm receives a shocking phone call in a crowded airport, his world stops: his best friend, Sterling Ravenbarrow, is gone. A man larger than life, Sterling was the kind of person who turned every moment into legend—reckless, brilliant, fiercely loyal, and utterly unpredictable. Drawn back to a small town for a funeral unlike any other, Brentworth reunites with Kathy Mathis, the third member of their inseparable college trio.

Paul has always lived with intrusive thoughts - those fleeting, irrational urges everyone gets and everyone ignores. Everyone, that is, except Paul. Cruising the high seas, alone in the cabin bathroom miles from shore, he gives in to one reckless thought he cannot shake.

In the modern workplace, productivity, performance, and profit are measured with relentless precision. Quarterly reports, KPIs, and bottom lines often dictate the pace and tone of organizational life. But beneath the surface—behind every graph and performance metric—lies an often overlooked but profoundly important reality: the mental health of employees. It is an invisible current, flowing through boardrooms and break rooms alike, shaped more than anything by one variable—leadership. Leadership is the keystone of any workplace environment.

A man is accidentally knocked down outside 221B Baker Street by a carriage. His dying words are he has seen a man rise from the grave. At the same time a visitor arrives with a mystery of unparalleled international importance. The Viscount Wrexham is missing, presumed dead, in strange circumstances. In the North, rumours stir of a dead man haunting the moors. Broomheath Hall is beset by ghostly lights and spectres. What does it all mean? Can arcane knowledge bring people back from the dead?

It's summer in London, and things are quiet. But while Holmes and Watson chafe at their inactivity, a train, carrying a vital encoded communication, is entering a tunnel in an obscure region of the Balkans – never to be seen again. The case of the disappearing train is only the beginning of the nation's difficulties. The missing message must be found and decoded, and a diplomat's wife must be rescued from the clutches of a pernicious blackmailer.

'I am loving this series! The plots are great… the characters, their wit, their tangents are all brilliant.' ★★★★★ Not all secrets stay buried with the dead… The four members of Norcester's crime fiction reading group have been invited as guests of honour to a weekend celebrating...