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With secrets and corruption hidden behind locked doors, this historical thriller is perfect for fans of Conclave________________Buenos Aires, 1976. A military junta has taken power and rules Argentina with an iron fist. People are going missing. There are whispers of secret detention centres, of torture and murder behind locked doors.Pablo Morales, a young priest, doesn''t believe the rumours, until he hears a series of confessions that force him to confront the truth of the government''s crimes - as well as the complicity of the Catholic Church.Torn between his faith, his ambition and his conscience, Pablo knows he must investigate.But the deeper he explores this dangerous world rife with corruption and violence, the harder it will be to ever escape it . . .____________________Readers love John Donoghue . . .''One of the best books I have read in a very long time''''Excellent''''A gripping read''''Full of hope''''Written with considerable flair''____________________MORE PRAISE FOR JOHN DONOGHUE''Heartfelt and immaculately researched'' THE TIMES''Compelling'' BIG ISSUE''Written with feeling and integrity'' HERALD

Readers love THE PLAYERS''Totally riveting... Perfect.''I was transported every time I picked up this highly imaginative story''''Everything I love about historical fiction''''This is historical fiction at its best''''Good to see female characters having strong roles''''I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys history, literature and a "jolly good read"''REBELLION. RETRIBUTION. REDEMPTION.England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II''s illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth''s army is quickly defeated by King James II''s superior forces and charged with high treason. Those found guilty will be hanged, drawn and quartered.As Dorset braces for carnage, the redoubtable Lady Jayne Harrier and her enigmatic son, assisted by the reclusive daughter of a local magistrate, contrive ways to save men from the gallows.Compelling and powerful, The Players is a story of guile, deceit and compassion during the dark days of The Bloody Assizes. Secrets are kept and surprising friendships formed in a dangerous gamble to thwart a brutal king''s thirst for vengeance...''Fascinating ... told with the masterful skill of a true storyteller'' Anne O''Brien''An immersive joy that will stand the test of time'' Elizabeth Chadwick

More than two decades after teaching English in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach China's next generation. In doing so, he is able to tell an intimately unique story about the country's incredible transformation. Hessler's students embrace the astonishing new opportunities China's boom affords as they navigate governmental restrictions with pragmatism and a sense of irony. And through his own twin daughters' education, he witnesses first-hand the intense pressures of China's extreme meritocratic system. Other Rivers demonstrates how education is the perfect lens for examining China's past, present and future - one that also shines a mirror onto how we raise our own future generations.

The international bestseller that has captivated Europe__________________________________In an Italian monastery, an infamous sculptor lays on his death bed. During Mimo''s final hours, he reveals his life story: his impoverished childhood, his unlikely rise to fame and most importantly, his meeting with Viola, the daughter of a powerful aristocratic family.Mimo and Viola are instantly drawn to one another. Together, they traverse the unrest of the twentieth century. While Mimo becomes a celebrated artist, Viola fights to claim her education and independence.Over the decades, they will lose and find each other, but never will they give up on the love they share._________________________Readers around the world love Watching Over Her''One of the most beautiful, best-written books I have ever read''''Something truly special''''Reading this book is pure joy''''An authentic masterpiece''''It is a long time since I have been so impressed by a novel''

March 2028: Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea. After victory in Ukraine, Putin's long-mooted encroachment into the Baltic states has begun. Europe's slow rearmament and its compromised military and intelligence capabilities is now clear for its enemies to exploit. Does Article 5 of NATO apply? What will the alliance decide? Will they risk nuclear war? In If Russia Wins, military expert and Professor of International Relations at the University of Munich, Carlo Masala explores these questions and underlines what is at stake in Ukraine in the starkest possible terms. For those of us who have only ever known peace, we are accustomed to everything turning out well in the end. But what if it doesn't?

As World War II came to an end and America''s nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shocked the world, it became clear that the nascent Cold War would be as different a conflagration from WWII as that war was from WWI. Believing that the UK was extremely vulnerable to nuclear attack, it was quickly determined that only ''the threat of large-scale damage from similar weapons'' could prevent a Soviet attack. And, thus, V-Force was born.Entered into service between 1955 and 1957, the three models of V class bombers that made up Britain''s strategic nuclear strike force - the Vickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor - were modern marvels of machinery. Capable of both high- and low-level attack with their slick delta wing designs, and supremely quick despite the massive bomb loads they carried, these aircraft were central tenets of Britain''s nuclear weapons development.Despite a fall as precipitous as their rise when the Royal Navy took over Britain''s nuclear deterrent role in 1968, like a phoenix from the ashes, the V bombers enjoyed a second life as conventional bombers: the Valiant gaining fame in the Suez Crisis; the Victors in the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, and the Vulcans undertook the longest bombing raid in history for Operation Black Buck in the Falklands Campaign of 1982.V-Force is both an ode to these most resilient, beautiful and underrated of British aircraft, and a lens through which to view Britain''s Cold War experience.

''Mesmerising... the work of a writer possessed of a rare power and vision'' Daily TelegraphOne evening, Gillis - a young Scottish minister who technically doesn''t believe in god - falls into a hole left by a recently dug up elm tree and discovers an ancient disembodied hand in the soil. He''s about to rebury it when the hand... beckons to him. He spirits it back to his manse and gives it pen and paper, whereupon it begins to doodle scratchy and anarchic visions. Somewhere, in the hand''s deep history, there lies a story of the Scottish reformation, of art and violence, and of its owner long since dead. But for Gillis, there lies only opportunity: to reinvent himself as a prophet, proclaim the hand a miracle and use it for reasons both sacred and profane... to impress his ex-girlfriend, and to lead himself and his country out of inertia and into a dynamic, glorious future.

THE #1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERFor almost forty years, Paul Williams has chronicled the life and crimes of some of Ireland''s most notorious godfathers, killers and thieves. In Crooks he brings his readers for a ride-along, taking us behind the scenes of his most notorious scoops, describing the run-ins he''s had with unsavoury, dangerous criminals and the high price of his line of work.From pursuing the General to death threats from PJ ''The Psycho'' Judge, exposing the Westies and tracking the Kinahan cartel, Paul''s extraordinary career doubles as an eyewitness account of the evolution of organized crime in Ireland.

''A novel you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever'' Karen Russell''Very funny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful'' Elif BatumanThe Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love each other deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There''s Daddy, a struggling, cash-thirsty editor whose Russian heritage gives him a surprising new currency in the upside-down world of 21st century geopolitics; his wife, Anne Mom, a progressive, underfunded blue blood from Boston who''s barely holding the household together; their son, Dylan, whose blond hair and Mayflower lineage give him pride of place in the newly forming American political order; and, above all, the young Vera, half-Jewish, half-Korean, and wholly original. Observant, sensitive, and always writing down new vocabulary words, Vera wants only three things in life: a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother, Mom Mom, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love''s survival in this great, mad, imploding world.Both biting and deeply moving, Vera, or Faith is a boldly imagined story of family and country told through the clear and wondrous eyes of a child. With a nod to What Maisie Knew, Henry James''s classic story of parents, children, and the dark ironies of a rapidly transforming society, Gary Shteyngart''s newest novel is among his best and shows why, in the words of Jonathan Safran Foer, he is ''a national treasure''.

Cairo, 1938Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he''s a missing person.His daughter, Prim, hasn''t seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she''s never given up on him, and now she''s on her way to Cairo to assist in the search.Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there''s more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she''s not going to like.As Prim and Harry uncover the layers of Archie''s existence in Cairo, they find themselves drawn in to more than one conspiracy. And soon they''ll discover that Archie may not be the only one in danger...

''AS COMPELLING AS ANY OF DU MAURIER''S OWN WORKS'' SUNDAY TIMESShe wrote her stories in his shadow. Now Daphne''s past is catching up with her...In a beautiful house in the wilds of Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Tangled in a self-destructive love affair that threatens to unravel her marriage, she is also distracted by worry for the family friend whose shadow looms over her childhood: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.Daphne tries to escape into writing her new book, but the line between fiction and reality blurs dangerously when her own characters start manifesting before her eyes - in particular a woman called Rebecca who looks suspiciously like her husband''s alluring ex-girlfriend.Daphne must confront the dark truth that lurks beneath the fantasy of Peter Pan and the secret life that has plagued her since she found fame. Unless she can solve these mysteries and reckon with who she truly is as an artist, her next great work may be lost to history . . .''Fascinating'' Elizabeth Buchan''Elegant and immersive'' Essie Fox''Glorious'' Jane Johnson

Repulsion is the surest test of magnetism...Physicists Dr Erin Monaghan and Dr Ethan Meyer are bitter rivals. Each at the forefront of their opposing fields and competing for everything: grant money, lab time, government backing. But fate has lined up a meet-cute on the pages of sci-fi magazine Galactica. Erin''s short story and Ethan''s illustration are paired for publication, and when they meet online as their alter egos, sparks fly. Will the course of true love for once run smooth when Erin and Ethan are forced to collaborate on a government contract? Or will their rivalry prevent them from realizing the truth about their feelings in the material as well as the virtual world?

'Brimming over with gossip' Guardian'The new Gwyneth Paltrow biography is juicy as hell' Marie ClaireCome inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarizing celebrities of the last thirty years. Love her or hate her, Gwyneth Paltrow has managed to stay on the A-list, her influence spanning entertainment, fashion and the wellness industry. Throughout her career, Paltrow has participated in countless carefully managed interviews, but the real Gwyneth - the basis of her motives, desires, strengths, faults and vulnerabilities - has never been fully revealed, until now. Drawing from extensive conversations with more than 220 sources, including close current and former friends and colleagues, Amy Odell provides insight and behind-the-scenes details of Paltrow's relationships, family, friendships, iconic films and tenure as the CEO of Goop. Gwyneth is the definitive account of how Paltrow rose to prominence, has stayed in the limelight and continues to shape culture - for better or worse.

''Fun, rooted in science... May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.'' Cat Bohannon A myth-busting vindication of women''s physical strengths For decades, Starre Vartan - like most women - was told that having a woman''s body meant being weaker than men. Like many women, she mostly believed it. Not anymore. Following a half decade of research into the newest science, Vartan shows in The Stronger Sex that women''s bodies are incredibly powerful, flexible, and resilient in ways men''s bodies aren''t. Tossing aside the narrow notion of the tall, muscular man as the measure of strength, Vartan reveals the ways that women surpass men in endurance, flexibility, immunity, pain tolerance, and the ultimate test of any human body: longevity. In interviews with dozens of researchers from biology, anthropology, physiology, and sports science, plus in-depth conversations with runners, swimmers, wrestlers, woodchoppers, thru-hikers, firefighters, and more, The Stronger Sex squashes outdated ideas about women''s bodies. It''s a celebration of female strength that doesn''t argue "down with men" but "up with us all."

The acceleration of Earth''s spin begins gradually. At first, days are just a few seconds shorter than normal. Awareness of the mysterious phenomenon hasn''t reached Tanner, a young man who flees his Alaskan hometown to work at CWC, a corporation which runs a network of massive aircraft that orbit the Earth, allowing people to visit Paris for an evening or order sushi from Japan. But a wave of social unrest presents challenges for CWC. That unrest sweeps up Winnie. A high school outcast, she falls in with a group of teen activists who blame the company for the planet''s acceleration. As days on Earth quicken to twenty-three hours, then twenty, the sun rising and setting ever faster, causing violent storms and political meltdowns, Tanner and Winnie''s stories spiral closer together.Three-hour days. Two-hour days . . .A propulsive exploration of capitalism, technology, and our place within a system that dwarfs us, Circular Motion is one of the most ingenious debut novels of our time.

''Moderation is a novel that refuses to do things by halves. It is a piercing, laser-precise exploration of big tech... breathtakingly funny...and a highly charged, passionate and tender love story. A wonderful book.'' Kaliane Bradley, bestselling author of The Ministry of TimeGirlie, a thirty-something Filipinx-American, works a day job at a social-media moderation centre, flagging and removing the very worst that makes it on to the internet. She''s good at it, too - dispassionate, unflinching, maybe because she learned by necessity to cauterise all her emotions when she was still a kid - so it''s no surprise to anyone when the social-media company for which she works offers her a big pay rise and an office to start moderating its new venture: virtual-reality theme parks, stunning simulations of civilizations long-since dead. Girlie takes the job, and it almost seems too good to be true. Almost. Sure, she signed up for having to deal with the ambient racism and misogyny of pretty much any virtual space, but as she begins to explore the intricate worlds that she moderates, she notices two deeply troubling things: that there might be something much darker built into the very code of the company, and that William, technically her new boss, a man whose barriers are as mighty as her own, might just be that long-forgotten thing... Girlie''s type.