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The First Gentleman
Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever. The President of the United States is up for re-election. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a kille? pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question. ____________________________‘Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It’s a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths’ USA Today'It's a novel that only those two could conjure up... gripping.' BBC Online‘I really enjoyed it, read it in just two sittings.’ Ross King, ITV Lorraine'Even better and more political than its predecessors... A gripping tale that leaps off the page’ Daily Mail____________________________PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING'The political thriller of the decade' Lee Child'A bullet train of a thriller' A.J. Finn'A first-rate collaboration... Engrossing from page one' David Baldacci'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast' Michael Connelly'A big, splashy juggernaut of a novel ... truly authentic' Harlan Coben
RISE OF THE GOBLIN QUEEN
Odin returns in a gripping tale of Greek and Norse mythology, sorcery and battling goblins. Aldo and the Comic Club must once again fight to save the world! Aldo's cat Odin was different from all other cats, because he was... the REAL Odin-the Norse god of poetry and war reincarnated into a cat. Odin sacrificed himself in the epic battle against the Shadow Wolves to save the world from Ragnarok. Much to Aldo's surprise, Odin is actually alive - and his cat is as stubborn and annoying as ever! Hecate, the Goblin Queen, has also discovered that Odin lives, and she's convinced that Aldo's newborn brother, Verci, is Odin in disguise...! With the help of her nasty goblins, Hecate hatches a wicked plan to gain Odin's power to ultimately destroy the world. Can Aldo, Petra and the Comic Club save Verci and foil the evil queen in time?
Archangel's Eternity
THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE GUILD HUNTER SERIES BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR NALINI SINGHElena and Raphael return for the hauntingly poignant conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's genre-defining Guild Hunter series. A thousand years. It's been a millennium since Elena's fateful first meeting with Archangel Raphael. She has survived war and loss, experienced beauty and cruelty. But no matter what, she has always held on to her mortal heart, as she and Raphael have held on to each other. Passionate and vibrant, they've built a life that has stood the test of time, growing ever stronger with each turn of the sun. But change is coming-of a magnitude they could have never imagined-and it will forever alter the trajectory of their existence. Even as they grapple with the cataclysmic shift in their personal lives, the Cadre of Ten, which has maintained a hard-won peace for centuries, begins to simmer with dangerous fault lines. The spectre of madness looms in one archangel, the promise of war burns between two others, and in darkness far from mortal and immortal eyes stirs an ancient, slumbering power. Suddenly, the future is terrifyingly uncertain . . . at the very moment that Elena and her archangel need to protect a treasure infinitely more precious than eternity. ****READERS LOVE NALINI SINGH'Nalini Singh masterfully blends action, suspense, and character development, creating a riveting story that keeps readers engaged until the very end' ?'Any book from the Guild Hunter series is an auto-buy!' ?'Sweet, hearth warming, gut twisting, funny and very romantic with just enough action and intrigue. Loved every minute!' ?'The series gets better and better. Nalini is an amazing author. With an unmatched imagination that drags you into every book' ?
Governing the Future
A logistics manager in Dubai reroutes ships through an AI-powered trade platform. A policymaker in Riyadh uses an AI-powered model of the national economy to test how fiscal choices affect growth, spending, and debt. A graduate in Astana is turning to an algorithmic jobs accelerator to find her path in global markets. Across economies and institutions, artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of decision-making, governance, and value creation. It marks the dawn of a new economic era that is powered by intelligence, driven by insight, and grounded in inclusion. AI Economics is where this transformation takes shape. It represents the fusion of data, technology, and policy into a living system of governance that anticipates shocks, adapts in real time, and empowers people through knowledge and inclusion. This timely book explores how nations can navigate this transformation through ten defining policy questions that range from redesigning labour markets to rethinking trade, fiscal policy, and institutional trust. Each question translates the promise of artificial intelligence into a practical pathway toward a more resilient, adaptive, and participatory governance, where data becomes foresight and foresight becomes action. AI Economics is not about replacing human judgment. It is about reimagining how intelligence, in all its forms, can serve society with precision and purpose. Provocative, precise and visionary, Governing the Future challenges policymakers, economists and citizens alike to rethink how nations govern in the new age of artificial intelligence.
What's Going Right
In a world where it’s easy to feel like everything is going wrong, world-renowned psychiatrist Paul Conti asks – what’s going right? Despite the increasing availability of mental health resources and freedom of people talking about it, the data around mental health shows a steady decline in happiness. Why are all the metrics heading the wrong way? With his characteristic warmth, optimism and expertise however, Dr Paul Conti wants you to flip the narrative and ask yourself the empowering question: how can we go righ? ased on his Generative Drive framework, and as seen on the wildly popular podcast series on Andrew Huberman’s Huberman Lab, What’s Going Right will guide readers to understanding and assessing their mental health. Also informed by Paul’s own journey and his decades of experience helping patients, this book will provide you with a simple, science-based framework for improving mental health, fortified with practical tools that you can tailor to yourself in the real world. With all Dr. Conti's straightforwardness and sincerity, What’s Going Right is an accessible and inspiring mental health protocol that will empower you to reach your fullest potential – starting with what’s going right.
Big Book of Big Tractors
Open the giant fold-out pages of this bright, friendly book to discover some of the biggest and most amazing tractors ever built - and some little ones too. Colourful pictures show all kinds of machines, from combine harvesters to snow and sea tractors, with facts about their special equipment. Includes links to video clips to see tractors at work.
The book covers different types of tractors, and the machines they pull, as well as showing some very specific - and absolutely MASSIVE - tractors.
Look Inside Football
What goes on behind the scenes in the world of football?
This fun-filled flap book celebrates the world's most popular sport played by women, men, boys and girls all over the world.
Learn about the history of the game, how footballs are made, and how YOU can become a top professional player. Find out how your local club is run, visit a team's training ground, and pick up tips to sharpen your football skills.
With over 60 flaps to lift, there's so much to explore!
Feed your Dragon
Oh no, your dragon is breathing bubbles instead of fire! It must need feeding. But what do dragons eat? Turn the wheel to find out. In this giggle-inducing novelty book, young readers will love being in control. Will your dragon like ice cream? Birthday cake? Hot chocolate? Each time you turn the wheel a different food will appear on the page, and the dragon's reaction will change. Make sure you feed your dragon well, and see if it can breathe fire at the end! A novelty book that's so much fun it will rival screen time. - An embedded easy-to-turn wheel on each spread for lots of interactive fun- Lots of play value to encourage a love of books
Our Islands
When Bear’s cosy island life is interrupted by a wild storm, he finds himself adrift and alone. Washed ashore on a new island, fear turns to wonder as he encounters an unlikely friend, Isla. Together, they join forces to help Bear find his way home. As they set off, they begin to explore the vibrant surrounding islands, discovering all kinds of different homes. But after all the amazing sights they see, Bear still longs for the comfort of his island home. Can Isla help Bear navigate the sparkling islands, or will he forever be adrif? oin Bear on this heart-warming adventure to discover if the path back home might bring the greatest of adventures and the truest of friendships.
Detective Games for Clever Kids®
<p><b>With more than 100 mind-boggling puzzles to solve, this book is the perfect way for kids to put their sleuthing skills to the test.</b><br><br>There are sequences to solve, mazes to unravel and cryptic conundrums to complete.<br><br>Written by bestselling author Dr Gareth Moore, creator of the Clever Kids® series.</p>
Tractors on the Go!
Join two hard-working tractors on their very busy day, in this rhyming adventure perfect for little tractor enthusiasts!Chugga-chugga, vroom vroom! From ploughing the fields to spreading seeds, and harvesting the fields to spreading muck – yuck! – the two tractors have so many jobs to do, all year round! But there’s a sheep on the loose, and they’re about to cause some chaos on the farm... can the tractors save the day? Of course they can!The latest in the Busy Vehicles series from award-winning author Michelle Robinson, Tractors on the Go! is bursting with farm vehicles and their doggy drivers, and with a wind-down bedtime ending, this book is sure to keep little tractor fans busy spotting. Also in the series:Red Lorry, Yellow LorryTrains, Boats and Planes
Wild Camping 3rd edition
Beautiful wildernesses; tiny budgets and environmentally-friendly… What’s not to like? Welcome to the world of wild camping, where anyone can camp, sleep and wake in Britainand Ireland’s most secluded and beautiful places. From getting back to nature with a hammock, some snacks and a few litres of bottled water, to enjoying a pub dinner and camping out in the garden afterwards, this book shows you how to get stuck into wild camping in all its forms. It’s all accessible right here, without the need for a flight or a big budget. This guide opens up this amazing experience for all, covering: what is wild camping and why bother? different ways to do it (bivvying, tenting, hammocking, on the water) the rules and staying legal getting started: essential gear, food and water, where to go, when to go, safety 100 of the best places to go in England, Wales, Ireland and ScotlandEach of the 100 locations links to at least one trail (a path, river, canal, track, bridleway or drovers’ road), connecting you to thousands of miles of ‘off-piste’ routes through true wilderness. This thoroughly updated Third Edition features eye-catching photos and helpful maps, and weighs up the impact of the Dartmoor legal battle. With a Foreword by Ed Stafford, Wild Camping gives you the knowledge and inspiration to escape the noise, clutter and stress of day-to-day life and go wild. Beautiful wildernesses, tiny budgets and environmentally friendly… What’s not to like?
The Diverging Lives of Bethany Raven
Physics genius Bethany Raven must find her way back to her own reality with the help of her annoyingly attractive nemesis, in this warm, funny multiverse rom-com, perfect for fans of IMPOSSIBLE by Sarah Lotz and THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio! 'Really, really good … It’s such a great idea and I’m so jealous she came up with it because I wish I’d written this book. It’s so good!’ LUCY VINE 'Smart, lively and bursting with delicious ingenuity’ JANICE HALLETT Just when she thought she had everything figured out… Waking after a career-defining breakthrough, physics genius Bethany Raven expects to find her multiverse theorem written in the notebook by her bed. Instead the pages are blank … and her new flip-flops are white rather than the beige she remembers buying with her sister, Cesca. At first she shrugs it off, but then certified lazy-girl Cesca calls from the gym at 7 a.m. and Bethany can’t deny something is seriously wrong. She’s skipping through alternate universes trying on other Bethanys’ lives, other Bethanys’ increasingly diverging lives. And with each skip her relationship with Cesca becomes more and more distant. Desperate to find a way home to her own world and her own Cesca, she’s forced to seek out the only person who might be able to help. Shame he’s her bitter rival – the cocky-as-all-hell darling of the physics world, Tyler Adams. But when Tyler turns out to be very different to the man she thought she hated, Bethany discovers that working with him to get back to her reality might not be all bad … Perfect for fans of: ?🔥 Infuriatingly attractive arch nemesis 🌎 Accidental multiverse shenanigans 👩?👨 Enemies-to-lovers 🔬 Genius women in STEM 👯? Soul sister bonds Praise for The Diverging Lives of Bethany Raven: 'An utterly mesmerising, high-concept story that's intelligent and wildly romantic' CARON MCKINLAY 'Brilliantly written, witty and clever all at the same time – I devoured it!' CLARE SWATMAN 'Witty, sweet and very entertaining. You will fly through this multiverse story the way Bethany Raven flies through her diverging lives' SYLVIA LEATHAM 'Fresh and fun, The Diverging Lives of Bethany Raven is a creative and compelling glimpse into the infinite possibilities of life and love. Sarah Bonner is a rising star' VIKKI PATIS
F1 Racing: Drive
<p><b>How do two drivers, two of the best twenty in the world, drive on the same racetrack and have such different results? This is Formula One unlocked, revealing the strategy and skill behind the most successful drivers in the world.</b><br><br><b>With exclusive insider access</b>,<i> F1 Racing: Drive</i> reveals the tactics of the top teams and strategies they use to optimize driver performance, <b>explaining how drivers succeed</b>, why they fail and those marginal adjustments that are the difference between winning and losing.<br><br>Why does one driver become a champion and another the nearly man? <i>F1 Racing: Drive</i> will examine the <b>myriad driving styles </b>Formula One serves up across all the different temperaments, conditions, backdrops and strategies that inform this global sport.<br><br><b>Sit in the driver’s seat with Sky Sports F1 commentator Rachel Brookes</b> as she examines the make-or-break moments across <b>75 years of Formula One</b> and beyond. Bringing together exclusive access to key players across the sport, Brookes draws comparisons between <b>modern drivers alongside their iconic predecessors</b> in a dramatic yet detailed look at how the sport has progressed.</p>
The Shipwreck Atlas
Why do ships sink? What really happens when they go down? Join Dr Profundo on a voyage across the world’s waters to uncover the astonishing true stories behind real-life shipwrecks. With more than 50 fascinating case studies uncovering the mysteries surrounding shipwrecks beneath the waves, The Shipwreck Atlas offers a captivating journey through maritime history and discovery. Written by Jo Arnold, a trusted voice in children’s books, this immersive guide provides an expert yet accessible look at what lies hidden on the seabed. For example, readers will learn about: The Mary Rose, a shipwreck which left historians scratching their heads for centuries. The SS Gairsoppa which sank in just twenty minutes. The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror which were trapped in ice before sinking in Arctic Waters in 1848. SS Sultana’s deadly explosion on the Mississippi River. . . . and many more extraordinary stories from across the world’s waters. Each spread features full-bleed artwork and engaging annotations, bringing the drama and mystery of each wreck to life. Discover the ships in their glory days and their resting places on the ocean floor, zoom in on remarkable artefacts and learn fascinating facts through ‘Did you know?’ bubbles and ‘In numbers’ lists. Perfect for curious minds, The Shipwreck Atlas combines adventure, history and science in a visually stunning package. This is the ultimate book for young explorers, budding historians and anyone fascinated by the secrets that lie beneath the sea.
Dora Pocket Library
Meet Dora and her friends in these six chunky board books that are perfect for little hands! Dora is a friend who loves to explore. Adventures are waiting outside her door! This Dora Pocket Library is the perfect way for children to enjoy stories on the go! Say hola to Dora and friends with this cute collection. Contains six mini board booksIntroducing Dora and her friends: Boots, Backpack, Map, Isa, Tico & BennyRhyming books that are fun to read to childrenPerfect for a bedtime routine or for taking on the go Flip the books over to make your own Dora puzzle pictureComes in a handy box, so you can take the books everywhere with you! Check out these other DORA books! DORA Adventure Awaits! Picture Book [9780008686352]DORA The Magic Tree Picture Book [9780008686376]DORA: Hola, Dora! Shaped Board Book [9780008686369]DORA Sticker Adventure Book [9780008686383]
Notre-Dame
A fascinating visual history of Notre-Dame, “the World’s Cathedral,” that highlights the burning and reconstruction of the cherished building from award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee. On April 15, 2019, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris was almost destroyed by fire, an event that shocked and riveted the entire world as it played out in real time on TV and across the internet. The story of the fire and its aftermath, along with the rebuilding of the historic cathedral, offers an exciting narrative around which Lynn Curlee builds an illustrated story for middle grade readers about this internationally cherished monument. In the way that only he can, Lynn illuminates captivating information about cathedrals, gothic architecture, French history, restoration of old buildings, heroism under fire, and even Quasimodo, the famous Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Late Learner
‘A superb writer… the Irish Jojo Moyes. Her books are beautifully written, and infused with warmth, humour and human understanding' Irish Examiner Ronda dares to dream… but will she dare to live? Ronda McCann lives a quiet, careful life. She cycles back and forth to her job at the local care home and plays chess with a robot in the evenings. At forty-four years old, she is perfectly okay with that. Then everything changes at once. Her mother threatens to sell their home. The care home is under siege from investors looking to buy. And a scruffy solicitor in a camper van sees something in Ronda that she's never seen in herself. Now, Ronda has a choice to make… Keep playing it safe on the sidelines? Or finally become the person she’s always imagined herself to be… Your favourite authors LOVE Ciara Geraghty: 'An evocative, thought provoking, poignant, and often hilarious read. A terrific book by a superb writer at the top of her game. I loved it' PATRICIA SCANLAN ‘Laugh-out-loud funny with a spikily endearing heroine… Fast-paced and hilarious’ CATHY KELLY ‘Bridget Jones meets menopause … sharp, funny and real’ CECELIA AHERN ’Witty, poignant and a complete page turner’ SINEAD MORIARTY ‘Tender, emotional and uplifting…I loved it’ LUCY DIAMOND
Fully Beloved
Discover the life-changing answer to your soul's deepest question: Am I loved? In Fully Beloved, author and pastor Timothy Jones leads you on a spiritually nourishing exploration of how God's nature of love really impacts your life, bringing deep healing, richer connection with others, and renewed passion for life. Whether in silence, busyness, or middle-of-the-night wonderings, many Christians know a lonely restlessness, a longing for richer communion with God, and a fundamental question about themselves they can't seem to shake: Am I loved? In Fully Beloved, pastor Timothy Jones helps you explore how answering the question, "Am I loved?" is both your lifetime's work and every moment's challenge. Weaving together personal stories from Jones' decades of pastoring, praying, grieving, and wrestling, alongside biblical insights, and the writings of spiritual mentors such as St. Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and Emily Dickinson, this book invites you to embrace:God's personal invitation to know true love in a hurting worldHow intimacy with God and your brokenness intertwineGreater passion for ancient Christian practicesDeeper connection with God, yourself, and othersRenewed awareness of how God redeems your pain and brokenness It is time to quench the thirst in your soul with a truth so full that it reaches deep into your heart's losses and transforms them into a stubborn and abundant joy that knows what it means to be Fully Beloved.




















