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Ghosts passed through the cottage sitting on the peak of Townsend Hill like passengers in a train station. Some, Teddy Ingram knew, stayed longer than others. More than half a year has passed since the disappearance of Gemma Eakley and Teddy Ingram still has no clue as to whether she is alive, dead or something worse. With Gemma''s young daughter left in his care Teddy haunts the rural haven of Townsend like one of its many spirits.But then Aurelia ? his beloved ex-rival ? returns with the news that her own mother is dead ? and a ghost forms from the pages of her farewell to give the would-be lovers a message: They won?t let me rest.One coven''s efforts to reverse the looming extinction of witches involves resurrecting the dead. Meredith''s old coven wants to know what secrets she took with her to the funeral pyre; did she have the key to fixing their botched attempts at necromancy?From the acclaimed author of Modern Divination comes the dark and magical concluding part of the Spells for Life and Death duology.

We have ignored a fundamental truth at the heart of modern world history – with dramatic consequences for our age of polycrisis.The years we most associate with human progress – the Enlightenment, the birth of democracies, the Industrial Revolution – were at the same time catastrophically destructive.In this trailblazing work of revisionist history, Professor Clifton Crais argues that the growth of global capitalism between 1750 and the early 1900s should be seen not as the Anthropocene, but the Mortecene: the Age of Killing. Killing brought the world together and tore it apart, as profiteering merchant warriors committed mass-scale slaughter of humans and animals across Africa, Asia and the Americas. This new network of global connections and economies killed tens of millions of people and sparked an environmental crisis that remains the most pressing catastrophe facing the world today.Drawing on years of scholarship and a range of new sources, THE KILLING AGE turns our vision of past and present on its head, illuminating the Mortecene in all its horror: how it has shaped who we are, what we value, what we fear, and the precarious present we inhabit today.

‘Iron Hope proves that with a little direction, we can all develop the mental toughness to accomplish anything we set our mind to. This is essential reading for anybody with goals – not just athletes’ – Cameron Hanes, New York Times bestselling author of EndureThe ultimate guide to mental toughness by James ‘Iron Cowboy’ Lawrence – the greatest endurance athlete in human history. In 2015, Lawrence set his third Guinness World Record by completing fifty full-distance triathlons in fifty states in fifty consecutive days – a 2.4 mile swim, 112 miles on a bike, then a 26.2 mile run, all in under seventeen hours each day. Pushing himself further, in 2021 at the age of forty-five he set out to complete one hundred triathlons in one hundred days - a challenge so difficult that he wondered if he would survive it. By persevering, he hoped to inspire people to do the same for whatever difficulties they may be going through. Lawrence has subjected his body to exhaustive physical testing, to every genetic analysis known to science. The stunning discovery is that, physically, he is unspecial in every way. The secret to his bulletproof body is his bulletproof mentality. Vividly describing how how he got through the 100 triathlons, and including practical advice for achieving your goals, in this life-changing book he reveals how to:Say yes to opportunitiesDevelop confidenceOvercome obstacles holding you backForge an iron will by making and keeping small promisesFoster hope and resiliencePage by page, point by point, Iron Hope shows you how to reach for your dreams, whatever they are and accomplish big things.

Preschoolers will love learning all about robots in The Big Book of Robots by Campbell Books – a very first introduction, with sliders, flaps and a pop-out scene!Perfect for hands on learning, little ones can move the sliders to build the robots, lift the big flap to peek inside a robot's brain . . . and much more. Featuring a wide array of robots, from squishy octo-bots, to giant exoskeletons and AI-powered space robots. All introduced by a friendly cast of robot inventors!With easy to understand facts, perfectly pitched for preschoolers, and colourful illustrations by Yujin Shin, this is the perfect book to get little ones learning through play. Preschoolers can have more fun learning with: My First Body Book, My First Space Book and My First Journey Around Planet Earth.

Written by Grandmaster Daniel King, How To Win At Chess introduces each piece and its moves, explains key principles such as check and how to open a game, before exploring tricks such as forks, pins and skewers. With a fresh, contemporary new design, it’s packed with graded test positions and training exercises to help young players improve their game as they progress through the book. What’s more, readers can brush up on the fascinating history of chess, with features on legendary matches and the greatest players, including the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen.Chess has been revolutionized in recent years – thanks to the success of Netflix’s world-beating The Queen’s Gambit, the rise of chess streaming on Twitch, the desire for self-improvement during lockdown, and the global appeal of Magnus Carlsen, the youngest player ever to top the world rankings – and its newfound popularity with young and old alike shows no sign of waning.

A Sunday Times Book of the YearA Press Association Book of the Year'Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil'- Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens‘Haunting and beautiful . . . Even in Mere's brutality, there is a rare tenderness to be found’- Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The LambNorfolk, AD 990. Deep in the Fens, an order of holy sisters lives in quiet isolation, cut off from the outside world by a treacherous marsh known as the mere. Convent healer Hilda and her fellow nuns follow God’s path under the steely guidance of their abbess. But when a young servant boy goes missing in the marsh, rumour and division spread like wildfire through the community and the abbess's grip falters. Where is the boy? Who took him? Why can he not be foun? hen, newly arrived Sister Wulfrun has a vision: a curse is upon them and change must be brought. As the convent is swept up in a fight for its very survival, Hilda finds herself caught in her own battle between her conscience and her growing feelings for the enigmatic Wulfrun . . . ‘A forbidden and passionate love story which held me captivated to the last page’- Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ugly is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity and revenge. Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into - Spyglass, an enchanting old house in the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls - nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that this stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying. Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner named Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel and, as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs. My Husband's Wife weaves a tangled web of deception, obsession and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step inside Spyglass - if you dare - to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.

On a Beautiful Day is an uplifting and inspiring novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond. A transformative tale of friendship and love amidst life''s unforeseen twists.''A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar'' – Katie Fforde, author of A Country EscapeWhat starts as a joyous birthday lunch in Manchester spirals into stark, life-altering moments, as the friends bear witness to a shocking accident.For Laura, it’s a wake-up call to heed the ticking of her biological clock. Sensible Jo finds herself throwing caution to the wind in a new relationship. Eve, who has been trying to ignore the worrying lump in her breast, feels helpless and out of control. And happy-go-lucky India is drawn to one of the victims of the accident, causing long-buried secrets to rise to the surface..On a Beautiful Day is a novel about the startling and unexpected turns life can take. It’s about luck – good and bad – and about finding bravery and resilience when your world is in turmoil. Above all, it’s about friendship, togetherness and hope.

From billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel, The Devil’s Daughter is a fascinating portrait of two very different sisters: one a beautiful sociopath; the other, an academic, who loves her no matter what. Billie and Mickie Banks grew up on a small farm in the American Mid-West. As sisters, they couldn’t be more different. Billie, kind, loving and a gifted science graduate, longs for love. While hard-hearted Mickie, who has no interest in education or her sister, relies on her striking looks and charm, and has no regard for who she hurts to get everything and everyone she wants. Determined to seek fame and fortune, Mickie moves to Los Angeles and becomes a model. She swiftly becomes involved with Alex Addison, a rich, smooth-talking, but unscrupulous surgeon. Billie, who has joined her sister in LA where work is more plentiful, becomes deeply suspicious of the mystery around Mickie’s new life and the person she’s involved with, but her concern and love for her sister is met with contempt. But just as Mickie discovers the life of wealth and extravagance she’s always craved, a major scandal threatens to blow her seemingly perfect world apart. Is Alex a criminal or is he a genius? As Mickie risks a prison sentence, Billie must ask herself whether bad people can ever truly change.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one thing: to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn’t have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic. When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. ‘Fabian’ is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange – what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? – but he’s getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well . . . Little does Saskia know that the ‘wizard’ she’s falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, he’s in danger from Saskia’s enemies – and her new-found allies, too. So when Saskia finally discovers the truth, will their love save them . . . or be their doom?

For her entire adult life, Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight. She never thought in her lifetime, medicines would provide hope, health, and healing for people like her. But as her conversations with Dr. Ania Jastreboff from the Yale School of Medicine reveal, we’ve learned that having obesity is not a choice. It’s not a question of willpower. Obesity is a disease. It’s a question of biology, created by our bodies' need to survive and the environment we created and now live in. And it’s treatable. The new medications can lower our body fat set point (our brain’s 'Enough Point'), so that we lose weight without battling biology with willpower. Dr. Jastreboff describes strategies to optimise health and manage side effects all with the reassuring perspective of decades of experience treating patients with obesity and leading studies with these medications. Many of her patients say the 'food noise' that plagued them for years has evaporated. They describe a new freedom from intrusive, persistent and disruptive thoughts about food. With treatment they begin a journey of healing with self-compassion, devoid of the shame and blame they’ve endured from society for decades. Oprah says she’s learned so much from Dr. Jastreboff about how, when it comes to weight, our bodies work with us ? and also against us. How each of our struggles are different and each of our choices in living with obesity may also be different. Dr. Jastreboff’s groundbreaking research offers a new way forward, not only for obesity treatment, but also for overall health, with significant implications for the prevention and reversal of hundreds of related diseases. As she demonstrates in this book, when science meets empathy, real healing becomes possible. Yes, there is a path to healing and leading the life you have always wanted, when your brain is reassured that you have 'enough.'

A thrilling and heart-healing supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors. The Bones Beneath My Skin is a gripping tale that explores what it means to be human - by the bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune. In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright is at a loose end: his parents are dead, his older brother has disowned him and he's been fired from his job. Looking for a sense of direction, he returns to his family's summer cabin in Oregon. The cabin should be empty - but it's not. Inside is a man named Alex and an extraordinary little girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. There's far more to Art than meets the eye. But as Nate and Alex bond over just how special she truly is, they discover that powerful forces are closing in - forces that want nothing more than to control her . . . There's nothing more human than a broken heart.

Discover the many faces of happiness in this inspiring collection of poems, which includes work by some of the world’s greatest poets. Poetry is the perfect medium to capture the elusive nature of happiness, and this beautiful anthology explores happiness in all its forms – whether it be a fleeting moment, the promise of freedom and adventure, surviving adversity or the comfort of nature. Poems for Happiness is an uplifting collection that includes beloved classics such as ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling, ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ by William Wordsworth and ‘Invictus’ by W. E. Henley. Alongside these well-known verses are lesser-known gems waiting to be discovered. An inspiring and cheerful volume that celebrates the joy, beauty and resilience of the human spirit through the power of poetry. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by writer, broadcaster and parish priest the Reverend Richard Coles.

Race through fun facts, stats and stories about your favourite drivers with F1 expert, Maurice Hamilton. Illustrated throughout by Cat Sims. Find out how Carlos Sainz became a racing legend! Covering his rise through the ranks, records and rivalries, this book tells you everything you need to know about the Spanish superstar. Easy to read and fun to share, Racing Legends: Carlos Sainz is perfect for fast and curious minds, whatever their reading ability. Check out the rest of the Racing Legends series for more books to speed through!Other racing legends in the series include Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, Fernando Alonso and George Russell.

Immersive mystery-solving fun - the perfect book for holidays, car journeys and rainy days! Mango and Brash are back, and this time they're asking you to help them crack the case! The InvestiGators have been given the G.R.I.D., a brand-new tool to help gather evidence and clues. Using the prompts in each chapter, readers can make their own deductions alongside the Gators and solve the case! Featuring plenty of familiar faces from investigations past, and packed full of hilarious hijinks, join Mango and Brash as they get to the bottom of cases big and small!

The perfect Holi gift for kids! Celebrate the festival of colours with the Happy Holi Sticker Activity Book. Join the family as they attend a Holi bonfire, make tasty sweets and drinks, prepare coloured powders, and much more. With over 400 stickers for plenty of funIncludes fluorescent stickersPacked with sticker scenes, colouring-in and fun activities to keep little ones busyFeatures simple facts about the festival for learning while you playPerfect to take on the goBright and bold illustrations by Santhya Shenbagam RadhakrishnanDiscover more celebration titles from Campbell Books with Busy Diwali: A Push, Pull, Slide Book. Coming in February 2027: Busy Holi: A Push, Pull, Slide Book.