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Beginning with the origins of distilling in 1200BC by alchemists in China and India, journey through whisky's early origins as an illicit alcohol made in the hills of Scotland and Ireland, to the exciting small batch whiskies being produced today by craft distillers and master blenders all over the world. Through over 100 stories, legends and anecdotes, discover the origins of the quaich, whisky glass and corkscrew: and look inside iconic distilleries from around the world with stunning photographs and historic images. Award-winning writers Charles MacLean and Gavin D. Smith offer a rollocking narrative; describing the adventures of the legendary characters who shaped the whisky industry. With flavour influenced as much by history, craft and tradition as it is by science, in The Story of Whisky, find out why your drink tastes the way it does, where whisky flavours come from and how they are changing to embrace the future..

Who should you trust? Warrior King Maddox Kyronan's fire magic has earned him a ruthless reputation. But now his kingdom is slowly burning, a blaze he cannot control, and his one chance to save it is a marriage alliance with the neighbouring royal family of Astranza and their power to manipulate the weather. Who should you love? As war looms on the horizon, Princess Jory's home needs this alliance. But her family is hiding a dangerous secret: their magic is fading. When she meets her intended he sets her heart aflame, but what will he do when he realises she's deceiving him? Who should you kill? Once a young nobleman causing mischief with Jory in Astranza's palace, Asher is now part of the Hunter's Guild. When a lucrative job arises, he can't refuse - until he sees the targets. Someone wants King Maddox and Princess Jory dead. Now Asher must decide what he's willing to do to protect the woman he loves and the king she's about to marry.

'For years I'd known exactly who I was to Gabe. It was a long story but I could tell it confidently, like a bartender sharing a recipe for her signature cocktail. Now things were so jumbled, I didn't know where to begin…' When Julia's first-love-turned-close-friend Gabe, a successful indie musician, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world. The search for these items leads Julia to Elizabeth, the last woman Gabe loved, in an interaction that leaves Julia with more questions than answers. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide, and soon find themselves engaged in a complex dance of withholding and revelation. Together, the two must reconcile their conflicting memories of Gabe and who he was to each of them…and who they now are to each other. From the Emmy Award-winning writer behind Hacks and Parks and Recreation,?Loved One is a wise, witty and profoundly moving coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, set to become an instant classic.

Sixth and final in a series of collectible boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien. Set #6 presents hardback editions of the three 'Great Tales' of Middle-earth, printed in full colour and with new art in each, and housed in a matching slipcase decorated with stunning new artwork by the books’ artist, Alan Lee. THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Túrin and his sister will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Húrin, the man who dared defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil his curse and destroy the children of Húrin. BEREN AND LÚTHIEN Deeply opposed to the marriage of Beren, a mortal man, to his daughter Lúthien, the great Elvish lord, Thingol, imposes an impossible task that Beren must perform before they might wed. Undaunted by Lord Thingol’s challenge, Beren and Lúthien embark on the supremely heroic attempt to rob Morgoth, the greatest of all evil beings, of a Silmaril, one of the hallowed jewels that adorn the Black Enemy’s crown. THE FALL OF GONDOLIN Central to the enmity of two of the greatest Powers in the world – Morgoth and Ulmo – is the Elvish city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor largely refuse to support Ulmo. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin, where he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. Then Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs.

'A historically insightful read' Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest ‘A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism’ Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata, authors of It’s A Continent We need to think differently about African economics. For centuries, Westerners have tried to ‘fix’ African economies. From the abolition of slavery onwards, missionaries, philanthropists, development economists and NGOs have arrived on the continent, full of good intentions and bad ideas. Their experiments have invariably gone awry, to the great surprise of all involved. In this short, bold story of Western economic thought about Africa, historian Bronwen Everill argues that these interventions fail because they start from a misguided premise: that African economies just need to be more like the West. Ignoring Africa's own traditions of economic thought, Europeans and Americans assumed a set of universal economic laws that they thought could be applied anywhere. They enforced specifically Western ideas about growth, wealth, debt, unemployment, inflation, women’s work and more, and used Western metrics to find African countries wanting. The West does not know better than African nations how an economy should be run. By laying bare the myths and realities of our tangled economic history, Africonomics moves from Western ignorance to African knowledge.

Fake wedding + vampires = happily ever after? 'An addictive and fun supernatural rom-com with perfect Addams Family vibes, a cosy, spooky delight!' Nadia El-Fassi, author of Love at First Fright Pandora has real problems. She still lives with her parents, she’s working a dead-end job and, oh yeah, she’s a vampire who must get married by her birthday in three months’ time or she won’t inherit the ancient family fortune. One slight catch: she’s single. She manages to find her perfect fake husband: her work crush, Victor, a PhD student with mountains of student debt. She can marry him, inherit, pay off his debt and divorce him. It’s a foolproof plan – well, unless Victor discovers she’s a vampire… But the road to the altar won’t be an easy one for this vampire and human couple. Pandora’s little crush on Victor is growing, and with their big fat vampire wedding looming, will their promise of ‘till death do us part’ be fake after all? The perfect fake-engagement spooky sexy romance you NEED!

Progress is power. But our modern story of progress is a very dangerous fiction. In the pursuit of progress, of growth and expansion, we have levelled cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe and ushered in a new geological epoch unique in our planet’s 4.5-billion-year history. The idea of progress has compelled societies toward exploration, invention, and grandiosity on one hand, and on the other, genocide, slavery, ecocide, and conquest: it is the root of our civilization’s success, as well as its looming demise. Geographer Samuel Miller McDonald offers a radical new perspective on the myth upon which the modern world is built, illuminating its blood-strewn lineage and suggesting an urgent alternative. He traces the history of how human societies broke from their pasts, broke from their environments, and broke from longstanding egalitarian values that sustained them, supplanting these with one imperative to rule all others: progress. If humanity is to have any chance of a future, then we must fundamentally change the way we think about one of our most basic political ideas. This landmark work shows us where to begin.

'I’m a liar, to begin with.' I wasn’t always a goddess, you see. My only real power was my beauty – you’ll have heard. It’s legendary. But that was never going to be enough for me. It took a web of lies to convince the gods of Olympus I was one of them. But I did. I was that good. Zeus gave me a title and riches and loved me. And all he wanted in return was for me to love him back. But of course, Zeus was a tyrant. (Not entirely surprising when you’re ninety per cent insecurities and ten per cent raw power.) I couldn’t live at someone’s mercy. Really, I had no choice. I had to take on the mightiest Olympian of all. And this bit’s not a lie… I intended to win. From the award-winning author of Herc, this is the riveting tale of how a nobody became a goddess, and then planned to take down the most powerful god of them all.

In the whimsical world of Tangleroot Valley, magic flows like the seasons, and every witch has her cat dragon - except Aloysia Papplewick. She's far from bonding with her fiery feline familiar, and with her magical farm in chaos, her prattling pumpkin patch meddling in her life and the annual Harvest Festival to prepare for, Aloysia has enough to handle - even before her best friend's insufferable brother, Hollis, brings danger and distraction to her door. When she and Hollis are whisked away on a quest to a mysterious mountain, Aloysia must contend with magic, mayhem - and a spark she never expected. Embrace the magic as this delightful tale weaves a cozy spell of adventure, self-discovery, friendship and romance. For fans of Studio Ghibli, Harry Potter, The Spellshop and cottagecore.

Paige Mossová se svou agenturou pro sportovkyně odvádí velmi dobrou práci na poli ženských sportů. Ale konkurenční agentura mladého sympatického Zacha Armstronga se jí nejspíš chystá přebrat klientelu! Když se tihle dva rivalové setkají na sportovním veletrhu ve Vegas, jejich přitažlivost vyústí v noc plnou vášně. Dokáže láska překonat překážky osudu?

Lord William Lancaster se vrací z daleké Indie, kde s přítelem vydělal velké jmění a kde, bohužel, jeho přítel přišel o život. William se zavázal, že doprovodí bezpečně zpátky do Anglie jeho krásnou sestru, devatenáctiletou Annu. Čekala je půlroční dobrodružná plavba, během které se jeden druhému dostal pořádně pod kůži. Nezkrotná, přímá a nevinná Anna Williamovi nejednou zvedla pořádně tlak, a ani ona nezůstala vůči jeho temnému a charismatu imunní. A co bude, až dorazí do Londýna a jejich cesty se rozejdou? Dokážou na sebe zapomenout?

Povinnost, to bylo Gianlukovo oblíbené slovo. Inu, pro krále je povinnost na prvním místě. Jenže co má dělat, když jeho mladá manželka věří v něco jiného? Ve štěstí… a snad dokonce v lásku! A tak ji obviní, absurdně obviní, z něčeho, co nespáchala. A kromě žhavých nocí jí neposkytne nic! Helene by se za Gianluku provdala, i kdyby byl úplný nikdo! Stačilo, když ho poprvé uviděla, když s ním poprvé promluvila. Jenže jí ukradené chvíle vášně přestaly stačit. A přestalo ji bavit být krásná a poslušná. A tak se rozhodla Gianluku zachránit!

Kim rozhodně nebyla připravená na to, že jí zničehonic do života vstoupí – znovu! – Diego, její manžel! A že když odejde, zůstane po něm jenom spáleniště. Zůstanou po něm jenom trosky jejího dokonale naplánovaného života. Diego se vrátil jenom proto, aby se naposledy popásl pohledem na ženě, která byla ochotná obětovat se pro všechno, jenom ne pro jejich vztah. Jenže pak zjistil, že odejít od ní už nemůže. (Pokračování příběhu Svatební cesta do Paříže z minulého měsíce)

Maka a Jennu to k sobě roky táhlo, ale shodli se na tom, že pro ně bude lepší, když zůstanou pouze přáteli. Čistá a sladká Jenna věřila na lásku navždy a Mac věděl, že její sen nemůže naplnit. Když se však ocitli jako svatební hosté na ostrově Bora Bora, najednou tu byli jako muž a žena, kteří po sobě touží, a je jim jedno, co bude zítra…

Povinnost, to bylo Gianlukovo oblíbené slovo. Inu, pro krále je povinnost na prvním místě. Jenže co má dělat, když jeho mladá manželka věří v něco jiného? Ve štěstí… a snad dokonce v lásku! A tak ji obviní, absurdně obviní, z něčeho, co nespáchala. A kromě žhavých nocí jí neposkytne nic! Helene by se za Gianluku provdala, i kdyby byl úplný nikdo! Stačilo, když ho poprvé uviděla, když s ním poprvé promluvila. Jenže jí ukradené chvíle vášně přestaly stačit. A přestalo ji bavit být krásná a poslušná. A tak se rozhodla Gianluku zachránit!

Aby z Remyho a Angelique, dvou lidí, kteří mají dobrý důvod se nesnášet, byli během pár hodin manželé, to je přece jen nečekaný zvrat osudu! Jak dlouho budou muset hrát tuhle šarádu? Angelique jde pouze o to, aby od Remyho dostala nazpět rodinné sídlo, odkaz matky, o nějž ji připravil nezodpovědný otec. A Remymu jde o odvetu. Angeličin otec se neprovinil pouze na své dceři… Jenže… Nejde náhodou oběma i o něco úplně jiného? O něco, co neumějí nebo se bojí pojmenovat?