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Paddy Meehan has just started work on the Scottish Daily News when a toddler is abducted. Two eleven-year-old boys are arrested for his murder and Paddy is shocked to discover that one of them is her fiance's cousin, Callum. When the boy's name is reported in the media, Paddy's family believe that she is to blame. Shunned by those closest to her, she finds herself dangerously alone.

Maureen O'Donnell is a psychiatric patient, stuck in an affair with Douglas, a shady therapist. She’s about to end it with him when she wakes up one morning to find him in her living room with his throat slit. Viewed by the police as both a suspect and a witness, even Maureen’s family suspects her. Panic-stricken, she retraces Douglas' last days, finding a trail of rape and deception at a psychiatric hospital where she’d been an inmate. The patients won't talk and staff are afraid. Then a second brutalised corpse is discovered and Maureen realises that her life is in danger.

Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Gone by Min Kym, read by Rebecca Yeo. 'The hours fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love, loss, and above all devotion to art. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class...

“This story of the unlikely meeting of two vulnerable women is a beautifully woven page turner. The battle-weary woman and the pin-up girl who meet, connect, separate: each changed by the brief union.” --Heather Morris, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz A...

A tu vida ha llegado un bebé con síndrome de Down, un pequeño que trae consigo extraordinarias lecciones de vida. Este manual ha sido creado pensando en personas afortunadas como tú. Se trata de una guía cargada de grandes mensajes que también incluye temas médicos, sociales y de desarrollo. Un ser muy valioso ahora es parte de tu hogar, prepárate para vivir experiencias maravillosas junto a él. Sé que en este momento pueden existir miedos, dudas, lágrimas. Pero hoy te digo que este camino, aunque diferente, está lleno de amor, aprendizaje y momentos que nunca olvidarás.

Parel van China vertelt het indrukwekkende verhaal van twee meisjes uit compleet verschillende families in China die niet zonder elkaar kunnen. Naarmate ze ouder worden, gaat Wilg op in het maoïsme, terwijl Pearl een Nobelprijs wint voor haar schrijftalent. Hun vriendschap wordt op de proef gesteld wanneer de burgeroorlog uitbreekt en Pearl het land uit wordt gezet. Zelfs Wilg, een voorbeeldige communist, wordt gestraft voor haar vriendschap met Pearl. Zal de hechte vriendschap tussen de twee vrouwen standhouden, ondanks de pijn, oorlog en gevangenschap?

Bloomsbury presents Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee, read by Jennifer Sun Bell. **FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PACHINKO** ‘This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel..’ The Times ‘Exquisitely evoked.’ USA Today ‘Ambitious and...

Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese on the island of Cebu, Philippines, during World War II. Despite losing every friend in his unit and suffering from torture and deprivation that would “warp men’s souls,” Bill Miner professed, “I am lucky. People fell beside me and people were blown apart beside me. Anywhere I went as a prisoner, I tried to be aware of the situation and use it the best I could to survive.”

For the first time, The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into connection with its reverberations in the present. It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across Australia for more than 150 years. This is equivalent to the combined total of all Australians killed in foreign battles to date. But there are few memorials marking these first, domestic wars.

In a world that constantly tells you who to be, Identity Revealed: A Journey in Discovering Who You Are in Christ invites you to step away from the noise and embrace a truth that never changes. Through 15 powerful chapters, this book will help you break free from the shifting standards of social media, culture, and personal insecurities. Instead, you'll discover the unshakable identity that God has already given you.

Ashes and Sky is a deeply personal and powerful memoir about love, loss, and survival. When eighteen-year-old girl loses her beloved father in a tragic accident, her world shatters overnight. Thrust into adulthood, she becomes the backbone of her grieving family in Tehran, navigating silence, societal expectations, and the secret pain of a hidden trauma.

Beyond Grief: Lessons in Love, Healing, and Growth is a companion for anyone navigating loss. Through personal stories, soul reflections, and gentle healing practices, this book offers guidance back to yourself. More than grief, it's about transformation-remembering love, choosing growth, and finding light even in the darkest moments.

Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Māori wisdom to develop modern teachings Shares Māori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss Tells...

Eat to Climb is a comprehensive guide to nutrition for climbers. Whether you're a weekend warrior or a seasoned pro, this book will help you cut through the noise of nutrition fads and make informed, confident decisions about fuelling your body. The book is split into two sections – principles and methods.

Colorado, New Mexico und Berlin: Die Wirtschaftskrise erschüttert die Welt und stellt die Breitenbachs vor nie gekannte Herausforderungen. Felix trifft eine folgenschwere Entscheidung und steht jäh vor den Scherben seines Lebens. Unterdessen ist es für Sam und Gracie, die sowohl europäische als auch indigene Wurzeln haben, Zeit, die Weichen für ihre Zukunft zu stellen. Während Sam mit falschen Anschuldigungen kämpft, ringt Gracie mit ihrer Identität zwischen zwei Welten.

Hyo Hakai is a hellmaker. But when a curse destroys her village, she and her brother are forced to flee to the Island of Onogoro—a place where Gods live among humans. Hyo expects the bodies when they show up, but as she investigates she is drawn into a tangled web of demons, death, conspiracy, and secrets.

In this heart-pounding thriller and sequel to the Reese Witherspoon book club pick Conviction, Anna and Fin find themselves on another breathtaking chase across Europe—and another race to save their own lives. Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. Anna McDonald has made a...

Febbraio 1954. La guerra di Corea è finita da un anno, dopo che è stato firmato l’armistizio. Eppure, per il paese è ancora difficile tornare alla normalità. Gli orfanotrofi sono pieni di bambini affamati e sopravvivere è molto difficile. Alice J. Kim è una dattilografa e traduttrice che lavora per l’esercito americano e che vorrebbe tornare alla vita che aveva prima che la Corea fosse distrutta. Decide così di accettare un lavoro di soli quattro giorni, ma ben pagato. Dovrà essere l’interprete di Marilyn Monroe, che è appena arrivata in Corea in tour per le truppe dell’esercito del suo paese.

Tullo non ama gli dei. Non capisce l'ostinazione con cui il suo re, Numa Pompilio, li onora e li compiace con feste e preghiere. Come se i numi, quegli esseri oscuri e capricciosi, fossero lì per ascoltare le richieste degli uomini. Le sue, di sicuro, non le hanno mai esaudite, neanche il giorno in cui hanno lasciato morire Clara, la sua splendida moglie, una ragazza in boccio che faceva invidia alle ninfe. No, Roma non ha bisogno di sacrifici e orazioni; ciò che le serve è un sovrano che pensi al popolo, non a Giove.

Nove racconti dal futuro prossimo dell’umanità. Nove visioni straordinarie su altrettanti scenari che spaziano dagli algoritmi di compatibilità ideati per aiutare la gente a trovare l’anima gemella, alla contraffazione di qualunque merce, persino di ottima carne di qualità stampata in 3D, fino al tentativo – tra il bizzarro e il disperato – di sedurre un panda gigante da monta, che non ne vuole sapere di riprodursi, tramite un robot-panda artificiale che simula l’originale.