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The World Beneath Our Feet
'Thrilling and delightful' - George Monbiot'Vital, brilliant, wholly absorbing... A masterpiece of science writing' - Isabella treeTo appreciate the wonders of the world around us, we're often told to look up. But what if we need to look down instead?Everything that happens below ground sustains all life above it - yet we rarely think about this mysterious, dark underland. In The World Beneath Our Feet soil ecologist Frank Ashwood scratches the surface and takes us on an eye-opening safari through this precious ecosystem, from the ancient forests of New Zealand to the vast black soil deposits of the US and China. Every layer of the pedosphere is a world of its own, each more alien than the last as we travel deeper into the Earth.The ground beneath our feet hums with a staggering abundance of winding roots, interconnecting fungal networks, wriggling creatures and mind-blowing microbial life. This hidden ecosystem is the single most biodiverse habitat on the planet. Half of all our species exist underfoot, and just a handful of soil can contain an entire world. Without soil, there would be no life as we know it.In a story of connection and communication, we meet pioneering plants and minute animals that are essential to the health and wellbeing of our planet. We learn how soil makes our very existence possible, allowing us to cultivate crops as well as storing precious carbon and the water we need to survive. We marvel at soil as the Earth's fertiliser and one the building blocks of evolution, transforming decaying matter into the birthplace of new life.The World Beneath Our Feet opens our eyes to the hidden, wondrous world of soil and invites us all to play a part in protecting it for future generations.
The Serpents Bride
"I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH… I just couldn’t put it down… When I finished, I just screamed because that cliffhanger was perfection and so unexpected… I absolutely love this… I will be talking about it all the time… Fantastic." shelflife_bookreview, ????? I will disguise myself as the vampire’s bride. I will win over his family. And then I will murder every last one of them. All my life I’ve been training to take revenge on the vampire who killed my parents. But Raziel Nostrom is a prince of the city’s most powerful mafia clan—completely untouchable.When I learn that Raziel is marrying a woman he’s never seen before, I know my chance has finally come…I will disguise myself as Raziel’s sacrificial bride. I will gain access to his vicious and beautiful family. And I will murder every last bloodsucking one of them.Raziel is just as ruthless and deadly as I expected, but I had no idea how magnetic he would be up close, with an intoxicating smile and ruby-red eyes that seem to look right into my soul. There’s a dangerous tension between us that I’m struggling to ignore.I have to strike fast. Every second I wait brings new danger to my life—and my heart. But as I sharpen my blades and prepare to take my revenge at last, I need to face the truth…I’m falling in love with Raziel Nostrom.The first book in a spicy vampire romantasy series perfect for fans of true enemies-to-lovers romance and marriages of convenience tropes. Readers who could not get enough of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Haunting Adeline will love The Serpent’s Bride.See why readers love The Serpent’s Bride:“I am obsessed. This was FIRE… Phenomenal… had me in a chokehold… Seriously delicious… 100/10 stars… Incredible!!!!!” Always.reading_lisa, ?????“OOOOOH YALL THIS WAS GOOOOOOD!… I devoured this in two sittings… my GOD Raziel?????? Please, I would volunteer to be a personal human capri sun for this man in a heartbeat.” Literarybrii, ?????“I ATE. IT. UP. The spice was spicing. The FMC was a baddie and the MMC was a daddy (metaphorically) and I simply need more. The way this book just ended has me begging for more. I NEED ITTTTT NOWWWWW.” Thespicyreader, ?????“Nadi & Raziel's romance was the STEAMIEST, and when it finally got to the spice? OMGGG!!!! ?… literally had me screaming!!… PERFECT!!!” Acourtofkiararose, ????“Dark, spicy, addicting and wild… I loved it. Every second of it. I finished it in one sitting. I could not stop… Absolutely amazing… I need more!!! I absolutely need more!!!” Thenarnianreader_, ?????“Consumed my soul I swear... 10/10… The best ?tension? going. I ate this book up in a single day because I simply couldn’t put it down… an absolute 5* from me & I cannot recommend it enough to the dark romance girlies!??” Daniellespurrrfectreads, ?????“My jaw is on the floor… I couldn’t put it down!... It totally blew me away. 5 stars, EASY… The action, the brooding, the intensity… unputdownable.” Books.and.babies, ?????“WOW! Just wow… snuck up on me and kept me in a vice grip the entire time. Absolutely. Unputdownable… phenomenal! My jaw was on the floor and then I started jumping all over the place.” Summer.sometimesreads, ?????“Keeps you hooked from the very first second. I could not put it down… The plot twist at the end had me screaming. Absolute 5 star read and one of the best reads of the year!” Marlies_magical_library, ?????
The Cinnamon Spice Inn
? ? ? ?Love is the sweetest spice of all.Madison has convinced herself she belongs in NYC. But then she's called back to Maple Falls to save her childhood home, The Cinnamon Spice Inn. She's NOT looking forward to seeing her ex, Zach-now a sexy handyman who knows exactly how to push her buttons. But she won't let anything distract her from the inn's relaunch... right?Zach is frustrated in more ways than one when his latest job brings him face-to-face with the girl who got away. He's already agreed to renovate her family's inn. But the last thing he wants is to work side-by-side with that stubborn, infuriating-fine, totally gorgeous-red-head.Will Madison save the inn and have a second chance at love, or will it all go up in flames?Grab your favourite spiced latte and settle in with this steamy romance, packed with small-town charm, scorching chemistry, and the perfect HEA. If you love Laurie Gilmore, Emily Henry, cozy autumn vibes and plenty of spice, this is perfect for you!? ? ? ?Tropes:Enemies to loversForced proximitySmall-town vs. city lifeOpposites attractSecond chance romanceChildhood sweetheartsWork romanceSpicy
The Sea Stone Sisters
Across land, sea and time, the stones will summon them home . . .'A stunningly good read' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Wonderfully compelling' KAREN SWAN'A captivating, sweeping dual-timeline saga' SORAYA LANECompelling, atmospheric, and spellbinding - it all begins with The Sea Stone Sisters. Combining magical realism with an epic family saga that spans decades and continents, The Sea Stone Sisters takes the reader to the most beautiful and aspirational locations in the world.? And readers can't get enough! ?'This mesmerising story will sweep you off your feet and transport you . . . If you enjoy Lucinda Riley, this is perfect for you' ? ? ? ? ?'Wow, what a page-turner of a read. Perfect for Lucinda Riley fans' ? ? ? ? ?'Fans of sweeping, emotional family sagas such as Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series will find much to love here. I certainly did!' ? ? ? ? ?8;'A beautifully written novel that paints vivid pictures of wonderful landscapes, and mystery. I couldn't put it down' ? ? ? ? ?'Transports the reader from the Scottish Highlands, to Ceylon, Australia and London. It was absolutely compelling with romance, mystery and danger all blending beautifully' ? ? ? ? ?_________________________The four of them had sat upon the fallen stones the night before Iris left.Like the stones in their rings, the sisters were meant to stay together.Now they were scattered across the world.1931. When Iris Blackmore's father knocks down the Sisters of Skara standing stones, a dark shadow falls on the Blackmore family. With his fortune lost and wife dead, his four daughters are forced to leave their home, taking only the rings they inherited from their beloved mother.Iris is the first to depart, travelling east in search of an uncle who might be able to help the family.Present day. Roz Chatton moves to London from Australia, bringing very little with her other than her mother's old ring. Grieving and adrift, she stumbles on a painting of four ancient standing stones which ignites an uncanny connection to the ring on her finger.Determined to learn more about the origin of the painting, Roz unearths the full story of Iris Blackmore, unravelling a family history she could never have imagined.Four lost sisters. An epic journey home. Will you follow?_________________________The Sea Stone Sisters is the first of a sweeping and moving series, perfect for fans of Soraya Lane, Lucinda Riley and Clare Flynn. Let yourself be whisked away from Scotland to Ceylon and from Australia to London in this epic tale about family mysteries, unexpected love and enduring courage.'A gorgeous immersive epic' KRISTIN HARMEL'The perfect successor to Lucinda Riley' ZOE MARRIOTT'Evocative, immersive and completely involving' CLARE FLYNN'An enchanting, edge-of-your-seat tale' CHRISTINA COURTENAY
Twisted Pike
Their arrival could mean the end of everything...The remote, isolated village of Withered Hill is rocked by unexpected visitors, a film crew hoping to make a low-budget horror movie. Despite the villagers' misgivings, the small crew insists on staying, desiring to put their plans for the film Twisted Pike into action. They are not in Withered Hill by accident.But they are not there to make a film. They are there to destroy this cursed place, and all who live there. The reverberations of their attempts will be felt across the nation, and by the ancient gods who exist beneath the ground, waiting for their chance to rise once againAn utterly bewitching folk horror novel of apocalyptic proportions from the author of Withered Hill.Perfect for fans of Andrew Michael Hurley and A.M. Shine.
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The Wives
They took their wedding vows.Now they're taking lives.Rose Cromwell, is a mother of two, grandmother to four and has just celebrated her thirty-fifth wedding anniversary to husband Mike.An ordinary, enviable marriage... until the night that Rose wakes up to see Mike stabbed to death in their marital bed, and the murder weapon in her hand.Close by, Divya Sharma is happily planning a lavish meal for her devoted husband, Karthik. But their special night ends in horror when she butchers him to death with the meat cleaver she used to lovingly prepare his meal.Two perfect marriages, cut short by unimaginable bloodshed, pull Detective Mumtaz 'Moomy' Ali of the Met Special Crime Unit and DCI Sarah Heaton into a perplexing investigation with no clues to follow.
As Mumtaz circles closer to the heart of the case, she finds a connection that might be responsible for turning these gentle, loving wives into brutal murderers. But exposing the truth brings Moomy into the sights of some powerful people who will stop at nothing to stay in the shadows. Can she solve the case, without becoming the next victim on the list?A fast-paced, heart-racing, dark and sinister mystery novel, set in London. Fans of M.W. Craven, Ajay Chowdhury and M.J Arlidge will be hooked.
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Trafalgar
'A kind of magical realism for science fiction ... Quite, quite brilliant' TorPart pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the bars and cafés of Rosario, Argentina, he recounts tall tales of his space escapades - involving, among other things, time travel and dancing troglodytes.Cosmopolitan, philosophical and, above all else, pure fun, Angélica Gorodischer's Trafalgar is a unique blend of science fiction, magical realism and shaggy-dog tale from one of Argentina's most distinctive writers. 'A unique brand of science fiction ... unlike anything I've ever read' Los Angeles Review of Books
Treatise on Superfluous Things
Written in the 17th Century by Chinese scholar Wen Zhenheng, Treatise on Superfluous Things offers a compelling glimpse into the tastes and cultural values of the educated elite in late Ming China. This guide to everyday items – from window frames and old master paintings to caged birds, fruits, and vegetables – is the most complete surviving account of the material and cultural tastes of the era in one of China’s largest and richest cities. It is also a guide to finding joy, pleasure and harmony in the objects all around us every day.
The Golden Huntress
PRE-ORDER YOUR NEXT FANTASY ADVENTURE OBSESSION NOW!What the River Knows meets The Mummy in the first instalment in a heart-pounding, richly imagined fantasy romance duology from the New York Times bestselling author of To Kill a Shadow, Katherine Quinn.
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23,99 €
Wants and Needs
FROM THE AUTHOR OF AS YOUNG AS THIS'So wryly funny ... Roxy Dunn writes so smoothly about the limitations - and liberations - of adult love with such delicacy and honesty' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of Talking at Night'A thoroughly amusing coming of age (in your thirties) novel written with wit, honesty and tenderness' CLAIRE POWELL, author of At the TableIndependence seems to be drifting away from Misty. Just months ago, she was living with her fiancé and planning their life together. Now she’s single, back in her childhood bedroom, on crutches from knee surgery, and relying on her mother to help her with the smallest of tasks. This isn’t how thirty-two was meant to look.When Misty turns to dating apps, she's immediately intrigued by charismatic, handsome Christopher – so intrigued that she doesn't doesn’t even notice the acronym ‘ENM’ on his profile. By the time she discovers that it stands for ‘ethical non-monogamy' – and that he’s in a long-term open relationship – she already feels such undeniable, dizzying chemistry that she decides to give things a go.And so Misty makes a pact with herself to date Christopher for the next six weeks while his partner is away. It’s all part of her plan: she wants to learn to become less attached, and to prepare herself for her next ‘real’ relationship. But is what she wants really what she needs?'So enjoyable ... The writing is just so good and moreish. I loved it' Catherine Airey, author of Confessions'Roxy Dunn is oh so good on love ... Wants and Needs is witty, warm and seriously sexy' Chloë Ashby, author of Wet Paint
The Four Wives of Windsor
The first joint biography of the women who have shaped - and shaken - the modern Royal Family.
_________________________________________________'Truly original .... full of insight and intrigue.' - Camilla Tominey, Daily Telegraph'Sympathetic, perceptive and sharp ... essential reading for understanding how royal marriages shape the monarchy - for good or ill.' Valentine Low, Sunday Times bestselling author of Courtiers 'Compelling' - Matt Wilkinson, Royal Editor, The SunDiana. Camilla. Catherine. Meghan.Outsiders by birth, insiders by marriage. Four women united by their decision to enter the most famous family in the world, and by their place in the centre of its greatest upheavals. From Diana’s emotional revolution to Camilla’s unlikely ascent, from Meghan’s dramatic break to Catherine’s quiet consolidation of power, these are the true stories of the women who have shaped – and shaken – the modern royal family. Drawing on decades of experience as one of Britain’s most trusted royal correspondents, Simon Vigar takes readers behind palace walls to reveal the private tensions, public battles and shifting alliances that have shaped the House of Windsor. Insightful, revealing and rich with untold detail this is the definitive story of the women who didn’t just marry into the Royal Family, but transformed it forever.
You Already Know
A Financial Times best book of 2025'This is the guide you've been waiting for'Steve Chen, co-founder, YouTube‘Masterfully reveals how to combine the rigour of data with the nuance of personal experience - and make better decisions in every aspect of life’Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets
You Already Know reveals how to harness your intuition - your brain’s natural blend of experience and data - to make smarter decisions and achieve more.Drawing on groundbreaking research and hundreds of interviews with top performers, Huang shows that gut instinct isn't random - it's trainable. With practical exercises and a science-backed model, she helps you transform intuition from passive hunches into a powerful, intentional tool for success.
The Poison Daughter
To err is human. To avenge is Divine.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next.
But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort.
Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.
The Young Nietzsches Education : An Interpretation of Nietzsches Untimely Considerations
A new interpretation of what is arguably Nietzsche's most neglected work.
This study is an interpretation of the four essays that comprise Nietzsche's Untimely Considerations (also called the Untimely Meditations) as a single, coherent whole whose focus is to educate their readers toward self-cultivation and genuine culture and ultimately to the philosophic life. Jozef Majerník engages in a close reading of each of the essays, finding in them Nietzsche's theoretical understanding of human life in general as well as the best possible kind of life and plans for large-scale cultural reform in conjunction with Wagner's Bayreuth project. The focal point of Majerník's interpretation is the complex understanding of the nature of the human soul found in the Untimely Considerations, which he terms the "erotic-historic soul" after its two main constituent parts, desiring and memory. He argues that this conception of the soul is, at its core, the same model that we find in Nietzsche's mature works.
The Kiss
This book tells the surprising history of our most intimate gesture: the kiss. Richly illustrated, it explores a millennium of kisses, asking how and why the kiss has retained its power over the centuries, and what it might mean today. From the furtive kisses of fated lovers Heloise and Abelard to The Godfather’s ‘kiss of death’, Katie Barclay shows how the kiss can be romantic, peaceful, transgressive, intimate, erotic and more. There are kisses that are bad ideas, dangerous kisses and funny ones. New kisses are invented and old ones fall out of favour. While the kiss continues to change, Barclay shows that we kiss fewer people, and less often, than we used to.The Kiss reveals a cultural inheritance transmitted in story and song, art and literature, and through the everyday kisses that we receive from our parents, or reserve for our lovers; when we kiss, we kiss with the weight of history.
The Fifth Element: A Visual Retrospective
A curated in-depth gallery of the concept art, costumes, and script for the cult classic film The Fifth Element.
The Fifth Element: A Visual Retrospective is the first sumptuously-illustrated, image-led book on the science-fiction cult classic film. Full of beautiful high-quality photography, never-before-seen concept art, blueprints, props, and costumes, this book is a Fifth Element gallery exhibition on your coffee-table. It also contains the complete original script, with anecdotes from the film’s creatives, giving fans a unique insight into how the film was made.
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Think Like a Stoic
In a world overflowing with abundance and information, the calm and clarity of stoicism has never been more necessary. In this new book, bestselling author Ken Mogi explores the ancient Greek philosophy as well as its resonance with other cultures around the world, not least his own Japanese perspective. The result is a new version of stoicism that is practical, global, future-proof and, above all, optimistic.With his expertise as a neuroscientist, Mogi uncovers the cognitive foundations of the resilience that is so central to stoicism. Rooted in science, he finds in stoicism robust coping strategies for the challenges of modern life, and ways to balance self-discipline with enjoying life's pleasures.But stoicism is also a mindset that uniquely equips us to handle the future, from global challenges such as the climate emergency to the rise and rise of AI. Thinking like a stoic, he argues, can offer us not just a path for personal growth and wisdom, but the key to the future of humanity.
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15,99 €
The French Illusion
'One of the great storytellers of our time. No one does it better' CHRIS WHITAKERBestselling author John Grisham delivers a new gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong - and the nightmare that follows.After Paul and Chelsea Tanner's fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them - and why?It appears this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride - gripping and impossible to put down.?350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER?
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29,99 €
Under Story
The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love, cementing Chloe Benjamin’s place among our best, and most lasting, storytellers.“We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.”At the edge of the world, biologist Laurel Salter is hiding from everything she’s ever known. For ten hours a day, six days per week, she works as a dishwasher at McMurdo Station, an isolated research base in Antarctica. She tells no one that before she arrived, she was a renowned young scientist with a promising career and a family.But even in this remote outpost, Laurel can’t escape her past. When a strange light appears across the ice—and draws a group of physicists to McMurdo—her former husband, Eli, won't be far behind. Laurel is captivated by the Arc: its surreal glow; the way it seems almost alive. And though Eli is reluctant to test her wildest theory, Laurel is convinced that the Arc leads down a rabbit hole and into a world they can barely imagine. Can she persuade him to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between them—to turn back the clock and live their story a second time?A breathless page-turner and a love letter to our planet, Under Story grapples with the great questions of our time: human hubris, the precarity of the natural world, and the mysterious webs of consciousness that bind us. A modern epic of science and soul, of bravery and redemption, it offers a vision of the future that demands we reckon with what we owe to one another, and to the earth itself.
