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Cold Sunset
The new stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal.‘Boyd does shadowy worlds and moral complexity better than anyone’ OBSERVER'For page-turning glamour, you can bank on a William Boyd novel to hit the spot' GUARDIAN'Extravagantly enjoyable' THE TIMES‘Storytelling genius’ MICK HERRONCOLD WAR MOSCOW IS A PLACE SMOLDERING WITH SECRETS . . .Gabriel Dax is on route to Russia, tasked with delivering a mysterious Blanco drawing to celebrated defector, Kit Caldwell. But Caldwell is convinced that the KGB suspects him of treachery and he wants to get out - now.When Gabriel is ordered by his enigmatic handler Faith Green to help, he is pulled into a web of shifting loyalties and dangerous escape plans. As tensions rise and trust fractures, he is forced to confront the fine line between devotion and deception. But which will he choose?COLD SUNSET is the third thrilling novel by William Boyd to star Gabriel Dax: travel writer, reluctant spy and accidental hero. The Sunday Times bestselling series also features GABRIEL'S MOON and THE PREDICAMENT.
The Art of Junji Ito Collection
A unique and official collection of concept art and artwork from the pioneering anime series Junji Ito Collection, based on the artwork of hugely popular horror manga icon Junji Ito.Discover the stunning and haunting artwork of Junji Ito Collection, a horror anthology anime based on the works of award-winning artist, writer and “Godfather of Horror Manga” Junji Ito.This book offers fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the anime, featuring hundreds of captivating images, concept art and insider commentary. Uncover the intricate and iconic characters, including fan-favourites such as Tomie, Soichi, and Fuchi. Delve into the surrealist and distinct art and explore Junji Ito’s unique psychological exploration into humanity through the artwork of the anime’s mesmerising tales.
How Can My Manager Be So Stupid
'Silly, poignant, and utterly relatable' Mara Faye Lentham'A charming, delightful gem' Susan Coll'A wry read perfect for anyone who's ever worked in a customer facing job' Mackenzie ReedKyoko Tanihara still loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookstore is starting to get her down.Instead of promoting her favorite stories, she finds herself distracted, tearing her hair out at the mere sight of her infuriating manager, who can't seem to do anything but get in her way of success. From his obsession with self-help books to his "inspirational" speeches at staff meetings, everything about Takeru Yamamoto seems designed to set her teeth on edge. As the store lurches from crisis to crisis, facing criticism from customers and authors alike, only the prospect of changing a life by handing over the perfect book keeps her going.Until one day she is handed a book that speaks to all her frustrations, and opens her eyes to an alarming possibility. What if there's actually more to Yamamoto's obnoxious antics than meets the eye? What if, just maybe, her manager isn't so stupid after all?How Can My Manager Be So Stupid is the perfect read for anyone who has felt that they can't even . . . with the idiots that walk among us. Translated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell
A Carnival Jangle
From the landmark writer and activist of the Harlem Renaissance, Alice Dunbar Nelson, A Carnival Jangle is a powerful and unflinching collection of stories inspired by her early life in New Orleans.These are stories of love, betrayal and fortitude, peopled by an array of vivid characters whose dramas bring alive Creole life in the late nineteenth century.Women must walk a tightrope between respectability and desire in stories such as 'A Carnival Jangle'. Poverty is tackled head-on in the moving stories 'M'sieu Fortier’s Violin' and 'Little Miss Sophie', whilst Catholic faith mixed with Creole spirituality looms large in 'The Goodness of St. Rocque and Odalie'.This series of pocket-sized paperbacks celebrates the art of the short story and marks Macmillan Collector's Library's 10th anniversary. Each contains a curated selection of short stories from a literary giant: Katherine Mansfield, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Alice Dunbar Nelson, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rabindranath Tagore.
It Just Works : The Nine Simple Rules of Apples Success
Simplicity is Apple’s competitive advantage. It Just Works shows you how to make it yours.What is the secret ingredient in every billion-dollar product, from the iPhone to ChatGPT to Lego? Simplicity. Humans love simplicity; it’s a hard-wired obsession. Apple has built one of the world's most valuable companies on this single principle.But Apple’s dedication to simplicity goes deeper than the products billions of us use every day. Simplicity is at the heart of all the ways Apple wins.In It Just Works, Apple veteran Neil West explores the principles of simplicity behind Apple's success to offer a clear, actionable guide for leaders, entrepreneurs and anyone ready to make a bigger impact in work and in life.This book will show you how to:Build effective solutions from the ground up.
Make work simpler for you and your colleagues.
Remove friction from products, processes and decisions.
Solve problems that your customers don't even know they have.
Communicate simply, persuasively and quickly.
Stay focused and drive change.Based on decades of experience at the cutting edge of innovation, West delivers a set of simplification methods you can apply immediately – without permission or additional resources – to transform your output and your results.
The Golden Hours
Our lives have changed so much . . .It’s December 1962, and the Cazalet family are gathering to celebrate Christmas. With the family’s beloved Home Place long sold, Polly and Gerald have offered up their rambling stately pile, Fakenham Hall in Norfolk, to parents, siblings, cousins and children.The old guard – brothers Hugh, Edward, Rupert and their sister Rachel – look on as the England they knew and understood fades from view. Cousins Polly, Louise and Clary, all now on the brink of turning forty, are struggling to balance the demands of midlife with their personal desires – however secret. And then there are the young – a new generation growing up in a society on the cusp of real change.In this spellbinding novel, familiar faces reappear, newcomers are introduced, and the legacy of the Cazalets carries on into the Swinging Sixties . . .Continuing the story of one of the most beloved families in British literature, The Golden Hours is the brilliant new novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s iconic Cazalet Chronicles.
Hawk & Sparrow
The sumptuous YA romantic fantasy from the New York Times-bestselling author Ayana Gray, Hawk & Sparrow is perfect for fans of Divine Rivals. A young reporter gets embroiled in a murder investigation and must fake a relationship with a wealthy sorcerer to save her livelihood, and find the truth.In the industrious city of Basalton at the height of the gilded age, highborn families use enchantments to flaunt power and status, while the lower classes dabble in cheap counterfeit enchantments.Seventeen-year-old orphan Vesper Evans doesn't trust magic, or the sorcerers who wield it. Instead, she commits herself to her job as a writer for the Basalton Herald. But when her newspaper finds itself under threat and she happens to witness a murder first-hand, everything changes.Maximilian Kite is not only the heir to one of Basalton’s wealthiest families, he’s also a sorcerer, and one with a bold proposal for Vesper. If she can use her investigative skill to prove his innocence he’ll pay her more money than she's ever seen in her life.Max is everything Vesper despises – but his offer is too good to pass up. And to infiltrate the upper class, Vesper must pretend they are courting. What ever could go wrong?
The Incredible Pop-up Octopus
Come and explore the ocean's depths and discover the bizarre and beautiful creatures that live there - from the dumbo octopus and the gulper eel to curious deep-sea corals.
Packed with multi-layered pop-ups and flaps to lift, this incredible feat of paper-engineering invites you to immerse yourself in one of the least explored parts of our planet and learn how the animals there have adapted to their otherworldly underwater home. Be dazzled by brilliant bioluminescence, marvel at the epic battle between a whale and a giant squid and brave scalding hydrothermal vents as The Incredible Pop-up Octopus reveals wonder after wonder, page after page.
Written by award-winning wildlife journalist and nature nerd Ben Hoare and illustrated in striking colour and texture by rising star Jasmine Floyd, this fact-packed pop-up book shows the true beauty of the deep sea and the creatures that thrive in its depths. Perfect for readers from 7 to 100.
The City Without Jews : Life and Death in Nazi Vienna
‘A truly major work, both deeply moving and incredibly powerful. A masterpiece of research, structure and writing . . . unforgettable’ - Sir Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad'Painful, profound, prescient . . . a magisterial work' - Sonia Purnell, internationally bestselling author of Kingmaker and A Woman of No ImportanceIn 1938, Vienna was the second largest Jewish city in Europe, home to nearly 200,000 Jewish people.By 1946, only a few thousand had survived.In this heart-wrenching story of loss, fear, courage and hope, acclaimed historian Douglas Smith chronicles the Nazi destruction of Jewish Vienna. Drawing on hundreds of long-forgotten voices, from Jews to Nazis to Gentile collaborators and bystanders, The City Without Jews centres on one remarkable person: Mignon Langnas.Watching as nearly every Jew she knew was expropriated, forced to migrate, or deported to the killing fields and death camps in the East, Mignon vividly recorded her world in diaries and letters, creating an indispensably detailed and poignant account of life under Nazi rule. What emerges from the wreckage of a city bent on Jewish eradication is a story like no other – one of betrayal, sacrifice, impossible choices and survivor guilt.
You Deserve the Little Treat
From the artist and social media sensation, featuring original artwork never seen before, explore the absurdity and silliness of everyday life - the habits and thoughts that guide each one of us, from growing up to surviving work, from cultivating friendships to marrying your best friend.Why are the hardest battles given to the silliest sausages? How can we do more of the things we love?And, most importantly, why are you always hungry?Weaving philosophical theories with his hand-drawn cast of animal characters, You Deserve The Little Treat invites you to find the joy again in modern life.*You really do deserve the little treat*
The Merge
A chilling dystopian debut set in a world where Earth has been pushed to breaking point, giving rise to a controversial new medical procedure.
The Blood We Crave Part Two
From Monty Jay comes a dark and emotionally charged romance where obsession turns ruthless and love becomes a catalyst for vengeance.
She believed her love could save him. Protect him from the darkness closing in.
She was wrong.
As the copycat killer draws closer, leaving a trail of bodies behind, the threat becomes impossible to ignore-and impossible to escape. Every move feels deliberate. Every step brings the danger closer to home.
Closer to them.
But when the unthinkable happens and he is taken from her, everything changes. The person she fought to protect is left broken, and the fragile hope she once held onto is replaced with something far more dangerous.
Vengeance.
With time running out and no clear answers, she steps into the darkness she once feared, determined to uncover the truth and make those responsible pay. This time, it isn't just the Hollow Boys seeking justice.
It's her.
As grief turns into fury and love twists into something unrecognizable, she embraces the role she never wanted-but was always destined for.
Because if they wanted a villain…
She's ready to become one.
The Ancient Ways
Step into an ancient world of rituals and folklore in this stunning seasonal guide.Tales of gods and goddesses told around a crackling fire. The light of the rising sun streaming through an ancient site on a solstice morning. Hot cider poured over the roots of apple trees to wake them for the spring.Told through the pagan wheel of the year, The Ancient Ways explores how nature changes throughout the seasons, looking at solstices, equinoxes, legends, and festivals and how these stories and traditions can help you deepen your connection with nature. Discover megalithic sacred sites where crowds still gather to see the sun rise and fall through doorways of the past. Meet Eostre, goddess of the spring and dawn or the Cailleach, queen of winter and the Green Man, a personification of the wild. Celebrate festivals like Beltane, a summer celebration of fire and fertility or Samhain, the festival of the dead and precursor to modern Halloween.Hedgewitch Seren Hawley-Plows weaves these myths and stories together beautifully with tools and inspiration of how to bring the power of ancient tradition into a modern world and help you find magic in the wilds of nature.With stunning illustrations, seasonal recipes and more, whether you live in a sleepy village or a bustling city, The Ancient Ways takes you on a journey of untamed landscapes, old communities and connection - the perfect gift for yourself or others.
The New Dark Ages
The world we knew is passing away and nothing will ever be the same again.
Welcome to the post-literate society. Books are dying. Across the world the number of people reading is in free fall. Literacy is declining or stagnating in most developed countries. At universities, students are unable to read the books assigned to them. Addictive digital entertainment technologies have colonised our free time with infantilising ‘slop’. For the first time since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ushered in the Dark Ages, the golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through the centuries is breaking. The decline in reading is the most important cultural shift of our time.The New Dark Ages is an impassioned defence of the written word and an attack on the trivial and meaningless culture of the screen. Drawing on history and classic works of literature and theory, The New Dark Ages argues that reading and writing are essential for innovation, creativity and critical thinking.Above all, the culture of print is essential to the functioning of modern democracies which require their citizens to grapple with ideas at length and in depth. And as print dies, we risk returning to the chaos, tribalism, and rage of a pre-literate society.
Hot Desk
'Hilarious, heartbreaking, satirical, cutting and FUN' Laura Jane Williams'For anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach' Joanna Rackoff'Super smart and assured . . . Fans of Tom Lake and The Flatshare will love it'Sarra Manning'Rollicking and entertaining' People Magazine'Captures all the thrills and aches of setting out in the world' Morgan Dick1982Jane Kinloch arrives at the legendary townhouse offices of the East River Review as a wide-eyed intern with big dreams. When she strikes up a friendship with glamorous fellow intern Rose, the two soon become inseparable. But Rose’s attraction to their married boss, literary titan Edward David Adams, threatens to drive a wedge between them.2022Once upon a time in publishing, editors had their own offices. But now, to her great chagrin, Rebecca Blume of Avenue Publishing must share custody of a ‘hot desk’ with Ben Heath, editor at rival imprint Hawk Mills.What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-it notes about an unwatered cactus notes escalates after the death of renowned writer Edward David Adams. He has left behind an unpublished manuscript, and Ben and Rebecca are soon vying for the career-making opportunity to publish it.But when Rebecca discovers that the manuscript contains a decades-old secret about her mother, Jane, she is determined to stop it from seeing the light of day.Can she persuade her infuriating (and annoyingly handsome) rival deskmate to let it go?A funny, sexy, unexpectedly moving novel that weaves a contemporary workplace romance with a gripping historical narrative set in the 1980s New York publishing industry.
Last Night I Dreamt
'As compelling as any du Maurier mystery - an extraordinary family saga wonderfully told' GYLES BRANDRETH'An unforgettable portrait of Daphne du Maurier' TATIANA DE ROSNAY, author of Manderley Forever
An intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer Daphne du Maurier and her famous ancestors, by her eldest grandson
Born into a well-known artistic dynasty, Daphne du Maurier grew up in an atmosphere of carefree privilege - but at a time when women of her class were not expected to have a career. She however defied convention and moved to Cornwall to pursue her ambition to become a writer. There, over six decades, she dreamt up the stories that have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and still haunt our cultural imagination, including Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and 'The Birds'.Last Night I Dreamt explores how the turbulence and contradictions of Daphne's own life - spanning war, complex family dynamics, a marriage to a renowned but damaged general, and unrequited love - inspired her writing.It also uncovers the powerful influence of her notable forebears, in particular her domineering father Gerald, the most famous actor-manager of his generation; her grandfather George, a renowned Victorian novelist and cartoonist; and the mistress to the Duke of York, Mary Anne Clarke, another woman who refused to obey the rules.
Paul de Zulueta, Daphne's grandson, has drawn on private family archives, new interviews and his own memories of his grandmother, a woman who was central to his early life. In doing so, he gives us an extraordinary look into the world of Daphne du Maurier with rare closeness and emotional candour, and a moving portrait of one of the great British artistic families of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Fenomén Ostravsko
Kniha o území, kde už dávno nenajdete jen uhlí, ocel, kouř a průmysl. Autoři vás provedou Ostravou, městem v minulosti těžce zkoušeným, dnes městem moderním, obklopeným přírodou, řekami a rybníky. Od vývoje krajiny ještě před příchodem člověka přes typické, dnes již zelené, místy prohořívající haldy; přes podzemí, historicky zajímavá místa, architekturu průmyslových čtvrtí a dělnických kolonií až po osudy lidí, kteří Ostravu budovali. Strhující čtení pro každého, kdo chce tomuto městu opravdu porozumět.
Michaela Klevisová - BOX 2, 2. vydání
Kriminalista Josef Bergman hledá ve čtyřech samostatných příbězích pachatele vražd, které se odehrávají v pražském lesoparku (Kroky vraha), v zapadlé vesnici (Dům na samotě), v prostředí televizního seriálu (Zlodějka příběhů) i na odlehlé pláži v Holandsku (Ostrov šedých mnichů). Napínavé vyšetřování odhaluje spletité mezilidské vztahy a příčiny vedoucí ke spáchání zločinu. Ať už je vrahem kdokoliv, zkušenému Josefu Bergmanovi nakonec neunikne.
Někdo to udělat musel - limitované vydání
Tenhle příběh se může odehrávat kdekoliv. Záleží na dostupnosti lokací, na jejich ceně, na ceně štábu, přepravy, ubytování, na ceně všeho, ano, obvykle jde hlavně o peníze, ale já jsem zrovna v jižní Francii, v takovém roztomilém středověkém městečku. Hodně tady svítí slunce a v mé hlavě je tenhle příběh o dospívání slunce plný, proto se odehrává právě tady. Doufám, že ho odvyprávím přesně tak, jak se stal, ještě pořád se děje, naléhá na mě, píská mi v uších, musím ho dostat ven z hlavy, jinak se zblázním.
