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Mayfly Season
What if the child you mourned had never die? harrowing family story about forced adoption, a sinister chapter in East German history, and father-son relationships expressed through a shared love of nature and fishing. 1978, near Leipzig, East Germany. For Katrin and Hans, every parent’s worst nightmare comes true when they are told that their newborn baby Daniel has died. Amidst the shock and horror of the news, Katrin doubts what the doctors have told her, feeling that they are lying and that Daniel is still alive: doubts which Hans refuses to acknowledge, and which lead to the end of their marriage. After the collapse of the GDR, happy in a new relationship, Hans receives an unexpected phone call which prompts him to investigate the past. His research, which takes him deep into recent history, is met with resistance and silence at every turn, until at last a fishing expedition enables the family to start healing from their trauma. Mayfly Season is an extraordinary portrait of totalitarian state cruelty, the promise of a new beginning and the infinite healing capacity shared by humanity and nature.
The Library After Dark
'Dripping with secrets.' ? ?Discover this brand new, puzzle-box murder mystery that's guaranteed to keep you hooked until the very last page... perfect for fans of Sarah Pearse and Eight Detectives. 'Irresistible - bright, sharp and rife with danger.' A.J. FINNIn the centre of New York stands the city’s most notorious library. It has a history of mysterious disappearances and freak accidents. But tonight, it opens its doors to welcome a group of strangers for an exclusive after-hours tour. The famous author. The journalist. The professor. The bookseller. The architect. They are here to see a legendary book – one of the most valuable in the world. But each visitor also has other, more sinister reasons for being in the library after dark. As the tour takes them deeper into the building, one of the guests meets a gruesome, inexplicable end – and the others realise they are living on borrowed time. The search for the murderer forces them to confront awful truths about themselves and decide which secrets are worth dying – or killing – to keep. Readers can't put down The Library After Dark:'Obsessed. This is 100% getting a permanent spot on my bookshelf. Constant twists.' ? ?'A wild ride. If you love a twisty whodunnit, you'll absolutely love this book.' ? ?'Perfect for lovers of thrillers, books-about-books and mysteries to keep you on your toes. Highly recommend!' ? ?'WOW! One of the best books I have read in 2026.' ? ?'Twists and turns everywhere. I really couldn't put it down until I finished.' ? ?'This is a must-read. So good, I couldn't put it down.' ? ?'I loved this book - a fantastic thriller.' ? ?'Devilishly clever and gripping right until the end.' IAN MOORE'A spine-chilling thriller.' - Kirkus'Atmospheric, chilling and brilliantly clever.' -Sian Gilbert, author of She Started It'Stephen King meets Agatha Christie in this brilliant thriller - a triumph. Do not miss this.' - Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of All This Could Be Yours'‘Richly imagined and wonderfully atmospheric… a fast-paced, locked room thriller.’ - Mary Watson, Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Cleaner'The Library After Dark is Agatha Christie by way of the Brothers Grimm’ - Kelsey Cox, bestselling author of Party of Liars'I devoured it in one breathless, brilliant sitting' - Ryan Pote, author of Blood and Treasure'Smart, edgy, and utterly unique, The Library After Dark will beckon you in… but it might never let you out’ - Tara Goedjen, author of Please Enjoy Your Stay'A chilling and highly addictive locked-room thriller. Get ready for a ride!' - Darby Kane, international best-selling author of Pretty Little Wife
The Ever King
For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm.
Until his enemy’s daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever, and Erik makes her the unwitting pawn in his vicious game of revenge.
She’s innocent. He’s vicious. But he will take back what he lost, no matter the price.
Unless she steals his heart first…
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Andromeda
A myth rewritten. A name reclaimed.
Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her - until a single, fateful proclamation changes everything.
When the queen defies the gods with a blasphemous claim, Poseidon, fearsome God of the Seas, delivers a deadly ultimatum that puts the queen's life in Andromeda's hands. Poseidon sends his loyal servant, the shape-shifting Ceto, to seal the princess's fate.
But Ceto is not just a servant. With a sharp tongue and hardened heart, she has little interest in the princess's appearance - and even less in the games of gods. Yet an undeniable tension begins to bloom between them, and both quickly realise Andromeda's beauty is not only a gift, but a weapon to wield. As Poseidon's judgement draws ever closer, the two women find themselves pulled into something far more passionate - and dangerous - than either could have predicted...
Albion
The Brooke family are gathering in their eighteenth-century ancestral home - at the heart of a thousand acres of English countryside - to bury Philip: husband, father and the blinding sun around which they have all orbited for as long as they can remember.
They must grapple with their shared grief as well as their shared inheritance. Each of his children is adamant that their father has given them his blessing, and none are willing to back down, as dreams of rewilding the English countryside clash with a vision of a psychedelic haven for the super-rich.
But as they debate the future of the land, a stranger arrives bearing a truth that will fracture all the dreams on which they've built their lives.
The Given World
April brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.
In the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.
A woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family's past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.
The Good Eye
Men and women confront the limits of their perception as reality shifts around them, in this startlingly original debut short-story collection
A stone appears in a woman's pocket like a charm only to end up lodged in someone's throat. A psychic harnesses her talent for animal communication to extract a perfect revenge. A condescending artist throws a dinner party, where he discovers a painful and consequential truth.
In these twelve exquisite and uncanny stories, the world can change in an instant. The beautiful can suddenly become grotesque, the exalted disgraced, the genius an imposter. Ranging across the globe through the worlds of art, crime and fantasy, each character turns their gaze on themselves and on each other, to confront what they see with their good eye - and their bad.
Beginning to Live
A user's guide to the everyday challenges of living, which looks to philosophy to reframe the way we understand ourselves and our relationships
How can we find our own direction and purpose? When life feels too much, is it possible to free ourselves from the concerns that weigh us down? Whether you're in therapy or prefer to find your own way through life's struggles, pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen offers a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world.
Beginning to Live is a practical invitation to step back and discover what really matters by considering each of the four key aspects of our experience in turn: physical, social, personal and spiritual.
Harnessing over fifty years' experience, this book is filled with wisdom and moving stories that show how to deal with dilemmas and difficulties of every kind, so that even when survival takes all you have, you can rekindle confidence in your own abilities and revitalize your capacity to relate to others. It is not about a quality of personality or character, which you either have or don't have, van Deurzen shows. It is about a way of being, which is available to each of us - enabling us all to find a more engaged way of living that is purposeful, deliberate and buoyant.
Your future is a work of art in progress. And it starts here.
Fenomén Novohradské hory
Příjměte pozvání do tajuplné a magické krajiny jedné z nejzachovalejších přírodních lokalit naší země. Do pohraničních hor, které nejsou zamořeny masami turistů, kde se můžete ponořit do ticha a do vzpomínek. Vydejte se na putování svěžími lesy kolem mlžných rybníků, bývalých hamrů i opuštěnýých vesnic. Krajinou, která neztratila svůj barokní ráz a jejíž tajemství čekají jen na vás.
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Oko (CZ)
Na samotě v horách žije slavný režisér hororových filmů Morbus Delacroix. Přestože propadl šílenství a misantropii, jeho jméno fanoušky děsivých filmů nepřestává fascinovat. A pak dojde k sérii odporných vražd, které by klidně mohly mít původ v jeho tvorbě. Kriminalistu Martina Servaze zavede pátrání až do ponurých kulis továrny na hororové filmy. V hrůzou prosáklých zdech se skrývá nejedno tajemství a na Servaze čeká možná největší záhada jeho kariéry…
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Temná koruna - Pageant 2
Soutěž krásy skončila, ale pro nás hra teprve začíná.
Konstantin, Ilja a Kirill mi v průběhu soutěže dělali ze života peklo a já jim to teď oplatím.
Chtějí mě a tajemství, co v sobě nosím, ale budou muset dokázat, že jsou toho hodni, než jim dovolím, aby mě nazývali královnou. Nebude to snadné, protože nás bude pronásledovat jejich minulost. Minulost prosáklá krví.
Lov začal a cena je tentokrát drahocennější než diamanty.
Cenou je moje srdce.
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Ženy slova
Není to proto, že by ženy nepsaly. Aby stvořily díla, která si stále zaslouží pozornost, musely odložit vařečky a vystoupit z rolí manželek a matek. Spisovatelky 19. a 20. století tvořily navzdory společenskému očekávání, životním útrapám i žárlivým manželům. Oblíbená autorka Jana Poncarová představuje intimní portréty osmi spisovatelek, na které školní osnovy zapomněly: F. Háj, Felix Téver, Růžena Svobodová, Amálie Kutinová, Vlasta Javořická, Olga Barényi, Marie Majerová a Popelka Biliánová.
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Around the World in 80 Clubs
Have you ever heard of the football club founded by ex-KGB officers, the 21-time champions of Moldova?
How about the Vatican Cup, contested by eight clubs made up of clerics, priests and Vatican members, where countless players have ended up in the sin bin?
Or maybe you're more familiar with the Spanish team that actually resides in North Africa?
Whether you're a football hipster or five-a-side novice, join renowned football writer and podcaster Paul Watson for an intrepid guide through the weird, wacky and wonderful world of football. Around the World in 80 Clubs takes the reader on a global tour of the beautiful game, from the squirrel-costume wearing fans of Andorra's UE Santa Coloma to the Buddhist monk ultras of Bhutan's Thimphu City, via Greenland's one-week season, through to priestly punch-ups in the Vatican City. This compendium is packed with footballing stories you have never heard of but will never forget.
A book for the football lover, there will be no Manchester United, no Juventus, no Boca Juniors here. Instead, Around the World in 80 Clubs is filled with unique stories that have never been told before, shedding a humorous and thrilling light on cultures and communities formed - and sustained - through football.
Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency: A Curious Catastrophe
Book 8 in the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series!‘I tell you this isn’t my cat! Either you’re blind or you’re all in on the conspiracy!’Christie and Agatha are on the set of a film starring none other than Charlie Chaplin – and a particularly mischievous cat. But when the cat’s owner claims that the feline on the set is a fake and that the real one is missing, the twins are hired both to clear Mr Chaplin’s name and find out what has happened to the real Fluffykins. About the Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency series:It’s not easy growing up in the 1920s. While Christie can usually be found up a tree or trying a spot of amateur engineering, her shy twin Agatha buries her nose in books and dreams of being a writer. The pair couldn’t be more different. But when a scientific discovery goes missing, they find that together they make a winning combination and Christie and Agatha’s Detective Agency is born. Join the twin detectives as they solve thrilling mysteries all over the world!
Air
"AIR is wonderful...Ryman is a true, graceful writer and this is a novel you move into and inhabit for as long as you can make it last" - Kit Reed"This book constantly surprised me ... great for a lot of seriously original ideas and a deep dive into the consequences" - Goodreads ReviewerMae Chung lives in the rice-farming village Kizuldah, in Karzistan. She's a self-styled fashion expert, guiding the village women in dress, make-up and hairstyle, which makes her an informal village leader. When the UN decides to test Air - a radical new technology that works without power lines or machines - Mae finds herself with the memories of a deceased village elder, Mrs Tung. Struggling with information overload, the resentment of much of the village, and a complex family situation, Mae works fiercely to learn what she needs to ride the tiger of change. Geoff Ryman's triumphant return to science fiction is a powerful, evocative story of information technology in a changing world.
Dad
A loving, funny and big-hearted tribute to all kinds of dads everywhere! In a small hardback format that is ideal for gifting, this the perfect picture book for Father's Day or new dads. There are as many ways to be a dad as there are dads in the world. Dad is a love letter to all of them. To the ups and downs, to the quiet and the loud – a loving celebration of the tender moments shared between a father and child. Dad is strong. Dad is sweet. Dad dreams of watching you grow . . . Written and illustrated by the multi-award-winning Christian Robinson, Dad draws inspiration from the animal world to break stereotypes of fatherhood and pay tribute to the huge range of relationships dads have with their little ones.
Wild Thing
'Randal's voice dares to diverge in a world built on conformity and tradition. I genuinely revelled in every moment. This book is raw, heartfelt, brave and just utterly alive' - Seán Ronayne, author of Nature BoyAt the age of 28, Randal Plunkett inherited the title of Baron Dunsany, alongside Dunsany Castle and the 1,600-acre estate and found himself at a crossroads. A reluctant aristocrat, he now lets nature run wild on grounds his ancestors farmed for centuries. What Randal had was a vision of Dunsany given back to nature. A memoir-with-a-message, Wild Thing showcases how this poisoned chalice - a cold, leaky, needy castle, with all the responsibilities to the generations before - inspired a personal journey toward fulfilment, a vital mission toward a better, more sustainable, future, and a call to arms for the environment, and the people who live in it.
Mother of the World
Reclaiming Turkmenistan from the margins of global attention, Hein offers a lively history of the ‘Mother of the World’ and its people. These days, it’s rare for news items to come out of Turkmenistan. It can be easy for us to assume that the country was always isolated, quirky or even irrelevant. But its real history paints a wildly different picture. Turkmenistan’s desert-dominated landscape has been an unheralded flashpoint at many key moments in history, whether as an integral but misunderstood part of the Soviet Empire, or as a major strategic prize in the brutal invasions of Genghis Khan. Sat exactly where East met West, yet often aloof from both, Turkmenistan was a key crossroads on the Silk Road, and once hosted the largest city on Earth, which doubled up as one of the world’s great seats of learning. It lays claim to conjuring up the world’s first monotheistic religion, and it may well have been one of the major players in that elusive turning point of history, the birth of civilisation—up there with Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley. No other nation can claim all of this, yet Turkmenistan’s past has long remained hidden from our understanding. This is the extraordinary story of a starkly beautiful land, its unique culture, and the wonderful people who now call it home.
SLANT
'A heartfelt celebration of all kinds of queer love' - Alice Linehan, Gay Community News A ground-breaking Irish lesbian love story, set across the decades from the 1980s AIDS crisis to the 2015 marriage referendum. Ro McCarthy, single in her fifties and working a quiet job, is sustained by her love of books and her deep friendships. Although she still doesn’t approve of marriage – not even for the straights – she is canvassing for yes in the 2015 marriage equality referendum. But, as the ghosts of her activist past join her on the campaign trail and her eagerness to confront a familiar discrimination turns to obsession and fury, Ro must finally face the long-buried trauma and loss of her youth. Thirty years earlier, Ro is a young Cork woman living her best life in Boston, undocumented and working multiple jobs, making life-long friends, and falling in love with Jenny. Soon, however, the young gay men who have become Ro’s new family – from Ireland and elsewhere – begin to die. Shocked and grieving, she finds purpose in AIDS activism and a community that is loving and living against all odds. In the wake of this macabre heyday which Ro just about survives, her charged entanglement with Jenny will bear witness to the resistance and survival of an invisible generation of warriors. Slant is a headbutt to the heart, told from within a protective community, that will reveal and celebrate all the kinds of love needed to sustain a life.

























