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The most definitive, deeply researched and authoritative account of the most tumultuous election in US history. In 2024, Donald Trump made a political comeback on a scale that stunned the world. How did the first US president to become a convicted felon regain control of the White House? And at what cost? Here, three award-winning reporters bring us the definitive and explosive account of how Trump and his advisers overcame a dozen primary challengers, four indictments, two assassination attempts, and his own past mistakes to defeat the Democrats. It is a damning and revelatory inside account of an election that tested American democracy - and which has already transformed the future of the free world.

This gorgeous hardcover edition features beautiful designed endpapers and a reversible jacket with in-world fan art by Jester Lavorre. Available while stocks last! A merchant's daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars. As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere's path has been predetermined: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family's station, and live quietly as a lordling's obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations, for freedom and passion and adventure. Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, the aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack. Unlike Guinevere, Oskar's path is not so set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship abandoned, all that's left is a long, lonely walk to a land he's never seen to find family he's never met. The last thing he needs is a spoiled waif like Guinevere slowing him down - even if the spark between them sizzles with promise. Despite his cold exterior, Oskar is brave and thoughtful and unlike anyone Guinevere has ever met. And while Guinevere may be sheltered, she brings out a softness in him that he has never dared to feel before. As the flames of their passion grow, they realize that soon they'll need to choose between their expected destinations or their blossoming romance. Written by Sunday Times bestselling author Thea Guanzon at the behest of Critical Role's Jester Lavorre, Tusk Love brings the most romantic story on Exandrian bookshelves to life.

From the bestselling thriller writer, discover the emotionally gripping new novel about a young woman who plans to do the unthinkable in order to change the world.You—all of you—are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up.What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire’s Ridgemont Academy is shocking.Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family.Her best friends point to her most recent social media.Her teachers, even her father, say it’s a drastic cry for help.But Emma doesn’t want help. She wants to make a difference. Not tomorrow. Today. Now.She’s going to walk through fire to change the world.____________________________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.'' JEFFERY DEAVER''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.'' LEE CHILD''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' MICHAEL CONNELLY''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' IAN RANKIN''The master storyteller of our times'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' PATRICIA CORNWELL''Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there''s no stopping his imagination'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW''Patterson is in a class by himself'' GUARDIAN

In this epic conclusion to Star Wars: The High Republic, the Jedi face a final confrontation against the Nihil and Marchion Ro. The Force is everything. A single life connected to all life. All things connected to all other things. This is what the Jedi believe, and this is why they fight. For life . . . and the light. For too long, the light has been threatened by Marchion Ro, a sinister despot who will stop at nothing in his quest for power. The conflict with Ro and his marauding Nihil forces has left scars across the galaxy and held the Republic hostage. Countless lives have been lost, beacons of hope have fallen, and the collective courage and resolve of the Republic have been tested like never before. Through it all the Jedi Order has endured, an unwavering candle against the encroaching darkness. But the Jedi have yet to solve the mystery of the Nameless creatures who feed on the Force. Ro has loosed them upon the galaxy, striking fear into the heart of even the most stalwart Jedi. And yet with every life saved and world freed from Nihil control, the all-consuming blight, which devours everything wherever it appears, threatens to wipe it all away. Everything now depends on nine brave Jedi, led by Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann, who embark on a treacherous journey to the Nameless homeworld. Their quest: to finally solve the mystery of the Nameless and their connection to the Force, and to stop the blight before its damage becomes irreversible. But a final confrontation with Marchion Ro awaits. Ro, who is willing to sacrifice everything he's achieved to secure a final victory against the Jedi and carve his name into the very stars for all time. Nothing less than the fate of everything, perhaps even the Force itself, is at stake.

‘This dystopia has BLOWN me away‘ @emilymiahreads‘One of my new FAVOURITE books’ @abbysbooks‘In my TOP BOOKS of the year’ @amymaybooks''I’m absolutely obsessed!'' ALI HAZELWOOD''Thoroughly addictive – I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough'' L.K. STEVEN__________________________________________WELCOME TO SILVER BLOCK - DISCOVER THE OBSESSION THAT IS SILVER ELITE.**PRE-ORDER EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION WITH SPRAYED EDGES & SILVER FOILED DESIGN UNDER THE DUST JACKET. AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**In this sizzling dystopian romance, perfect for fans of­ Fourth Wing ­and ­The Hunger Games, your secrets can be a death sentence, and there are rules to survival:TRUST NO ONE.Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She’s one of the most powerful in existence.But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes - those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago - want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers.LIE TO EVERYONE.Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes’ oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent’s military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her - and the Uprising - the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks.AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T FALL FOR YOUR GREATEST ENEMY.That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer.Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving.__________________________________________READERS CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF SILVER ELITE - DYSTOPIAN IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER:‘I’m IN LOVE with this book’ @libraryoflanie‘My new FAVE book’ @porschreads‘I gasped, I giggled and FLABBERGASTED near the end’ @cultofbooks‘I’m OBSESSED’ @acourtofspicybooks

What happens when you find love, but life keeps getting in the way? When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and - he insists - half an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal. And yet ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam (though let's face it, mostly Coralie) have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself. Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, bringing to life how the intimate drama in our homes inescapably competes for energy and attention with the shared drama of our times. Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.

WELCOME TO SILVER BLOCK - DISCOVER THE OBSESSION THAT IS SILVER ELITE. In this sizzling dystopian romance, perfect for fans of- Fourth Wing -and -Divergent your secrets can be a death sentence, and there are rules to survival: TRUST NO ONE. Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She's one of the most powerful in existence. But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes - those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago - want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers. LIE TO EVERYONE. Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes' oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent's military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her - and the Uprising - the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T FALL FOR YOUR GREATEST ENEMY. That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer. Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she's willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving.

Real-life, hard-won wisdom on how to start, run and grow a successful business, from the founder of The Sweaty Startup. If you ask the average person who an entrepreneur is, they’ll probably say people like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. But the truth is, you don’t need to know how to code or raise VC money to start a business. There are hundreds of millions of small business owners globally, with most creating simple, straightforward services that customers need. Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup and several million-dollar businesses, challenges the prevailing Silicon Valley wisdom by demonstrating that success as a small business owner is based on the essential principle of doing common things uncommonly well. In The Sweaty Startup, Nick offers readers the simplest, easiest, and lowest-risk path to reclaiming entrepreneurship, generating value, and forging a new path to get ahead on their own terms. By returning to the most foundational business tactics, this book is a refreshing burst of clarity and simplicity in a world that’s obsessed with technology startups, the suffocating squeeze of digital innovation, and the elusive lure of billion-dollar payouts. Filled to the brim with practical insights, inspiring real-life stories, and actionable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, Nick will reveal how to create a business that succeeds on the most essential level: making money, consistently and predictably over the long term. His book will redefine entrepreneurship and become the go-to handbook for years to come.

The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn’t even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities ? and one that has a deeper history than you might think. Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines like archaeology and anthropology, and the warehousing of stolen art and human skulls in museums ? including the one in which he is a curator. Part history, part biography, part excavation, the story runs from the Yorkshire wolds to the Crimean War, from southern Ireland to the frontline of the American Civil War, from the City of London to the University of Oxford ? revealing enduring legacies of militarism, slavery, racism and white supremacy hardwired into the heart of our cultural institutions. Every Monument Will Fall offers an urgent reappraisal of how we think about culture, and how to find hope, remembrance and reconciliation in the fragments of an unfinished violent past. Refusing to choose between pulling down every statue, or living in a past that we can never change, the book makes the case for allowing monuments to fall once in a while, even those that are hard to see as monuments, rebuilding a memory culture that is in step with our times.

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Dark secrets from former Detective Sami Kierce’s past comes back to haunt him in the unmissable new thriller from the global No. 1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once.''I couldn’t put it down'' Lauren Laverne, BBC The One Show''He never disappoints'' Stephen King''Unbelievably brilliant'' Richard Osman__________The present day is hard enough for former Detective Sami Kierce, but his past isn’t through with him yet…Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He begins to scream - and then he runs.Twenty two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It’s unmistakably her. But as soon as he makes eye contact with her, she bolts.For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day.His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past. Soon he discovers that some secrets should stay buried...__________Readers are loving Nobody’s Fool:‘I was hooked right from the start!’ 5-star reader review‘Compelling, addictive, and seriously electric’ 5-star reader review‘Jaw-dropping’ 5-star reader review‘A heart-pounding thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat’ 5-star reader review‘This story is genius! So clever and so addictive’ 5-star reader review‘I couldn''t put this one down!’ 5-star reader review‘Coben is a master’ 5-star reader review‘Epic!’ 5-star reader review‘Highly addictive and entertaining’ 5-star reader review‘A twisty thriller, packed full of suspense, drama and mystery’ 5-star reader reviewPraise for Harlan Coben:''A GREAT writer'' JOHN GRISHAM''Never lets you down'' LEE CHILD''Simply one of the all-time greats'' GILLIAN FLYNN''The modern master of the hook and twist'' DAN BROWN''One of the world''s finest thriller writers'' PETER JAMES

''A cleaning guru'' - Daily MailStress-free, simple hacks to spruce up your home in a matter of minutes.In The Five Minute Clean Routine, Anna Louisa (also known as @anna_louisa_at_home) shares her secrets to a fresh, shining home. Breaking down household cleaning tasks into 5-minute chunks, Anna Louisa shows how you can create a satisfying routine that works for you for every room - from kitchen to bathroom and everywhere in between. Written in Anna’s trademark warm style, this book is bursting with ideas to make both everyday and deep clean tasks totally hassle free, whether it''s getting rid of grease from your air fryer, vanishing limescale in an instant or using store cupboard ingredients to keep your home smelling fresh. Including: Over 100 cleaning techniques for the homeTried and tested cleaning product combinationsPlanner pages and lists to tick off as you goThe Five Minute Clean Routine promises to show how your household and cleaning routines can become easy and efficient.

The power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked goods, discovering the discarded remnants of someone else's late-night binge . . . In their Saitama office, Ashikawa is the kind of woman Nitani knows he will likely marry: sweet, obliging, and determined to wean him off his addiction to instant noodles. But he finds himself increasingly unable to respect her – or the sugary treats she shares around the workplace, winning their colleagues’ affection with baking rather than hard work. Oshio is bolder and uninhibited – she is Nitani's drinking buddy. In the oppressive office atmosphere, the pair grows closer, both outsiders struggling with the rigid status quo. Driven to behave in increasingly absurd ways by the workplace rules that govern their lives, they must navigate the tensions of modern life: between leisure and hard work; indulgence and restraint; the promise of delicious food, and the reality of a lonely pot noodle.

Before the Rebellion, the Empire reigns, in book one of a trilogy told through the eyes of Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Saw Gerrera - for fans of Andor. "In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire! For a safe and secure society!" With one speech, and thunderous applause, Chancellor Palpatine brought the era of the Republic crashing down. In its place rose the Galactic Empire. Across the galaxy, people rejoiced and celebrated the end to war-and the promises of tomorrow. But that tomorrow was a lie. Instead the galaxy became twisted by the cruelty and fear of the Emperor's rule. During that terrifying first year of tyranny, Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, and Bail Organa face the encroaching darkness. One day, they will be three architects of the Rebel Alliance. But first, each must find purpose and direction in a changing galaxy, while harboring their own secrets, fears, and hopes for a future that may never come, unless they act.

All Liam ever wanted was to help Cassie reach her full potential; to push her body to new extremes. Exercise, determination, being the optimum versions of themselves together forever. And Liam always knew what was best. Nothing could break their intense love for one another, not Liam's obsessive desire for physical perfection or his relentless control of every aspect of Cassie's life. Until the day he pushes Cassie far beyond her limits, and she walks out of their flat and away from their toxic relationship for good. Two years on and Cassie is stronger, fitter, healthier than ever before. And then she sees him - Liam - those green eyes, those stirring muscles. Something inside her flips. But she holds the power now. It's Liam's turn to sweat.

''Simon loves dreams and he wants you to live yours. This book will stop you from giving up on your goals and start building the life you want'' Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the On Purpose podcast''Simon is making a real impact. If you''re serious about becoming an entrepreneur, this book is a must read'' Richard Branson''Simon Squibb is the real deal! This book is amazing...so, so good. I read over 100 books a year, and this is definitely in the top 5!'' Chris Evans''The book I recommend if you want to start or grow a business'' Ali Abdaal, productivity expert and bestselling author of Feel-Good Productivity‘Inspiring stuff…Simon empowers you to follow your dreams without fear’ Jamie Oliver________________________________Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life.What''s your dream? It''s a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about.From early on, we are taught that there''s only one path to getting ahead: do well at school, get a certain kind of job, and avoid failure at all costs. We''re so busy trying to follow these rules that we never stop and ask ourselves: What''s my purpose? What do I really want? Do I have the power to make it happen?Simon Squibb is on a mission to change people''s lives for the better. Here, he shares the hard-won life lessons from his years in the business world plus his own personal life, from facing homelessness as a teenager to selling a multi-million pound business, and now inspiring a new generation of budding entrepreneurs. Simon will empower readers to identify their own meaningful goals, to remove the barriers that stand in the way, and ultimately to build a richer life. Sometimes, it just takes one person to believe in you...________________________________‘If you have a dream to start a business then make this book your first step!’Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author of The Greatness Mindset''One of the best business books I''ve ever read''Mark Tilbury''A must-read for any would-be entrepreneurs keen to turn their business dreams into reality''John Cauldwell, Phones 4U founder and author of Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire

What if everything you've been told about money is wrong? Have you ever been told that cutting your spending is the key to financial freedom? Or that only a fool would try to make money by picking stocks? Or that buying your home is always a smart investment? Most of us have heard these truisms from friends, from family, even from financial experts. They are held up as nuggets of timeless wisdom. There's just one problem: none of them is true. Over the last decade, the world of money has transformed - but the mainstream financial advice hasn't caught up. The result: most of us are being fed money advice that will only take us further from our financial goals. Here, a leading investor debunks seven of the most common misconceptions about money, and explains why the true path to wealth is dramatically different from what you've been told. Confounding and eminently practical, Seven Myths About Money sketches out a radically new route to financial freedom - one fit for the twenty-first century.