THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER This Modern Love is a unique crowdsourced book of letters stories & photographs about the state of modern romance by You Tuber Will Darbyshire Question 1 What would you say to your ex without judgement?' Seeking closure after a tough break-up Will Darbyshire was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience Posting a series of questions via his You Tube Twitter & Instagram channels Will asked his followers to share their innermost thoughts about their relationship experiences in the form of h&-written letters poems photographs & emails After 6 months & over 15000 heartfelt submissions later from over 100 countries This Modern Love collects these letters together to form a compendium of 21st century love structured into the beginning middle & end of a relationship Tender funny & cathartic This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires resentments & fears that reminds us that whether we're in or out of love we're not alone ...

WINNER of the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year 2012 & the Honour Award for Illustration from Childrens' Books Ireland 2013 An exquisite new book featuring a boy & his moose from internationally bestselling multi-prize-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers Wilfred owned a moose He hadn't always owned a moose The moose came to him a while ago & he knew just KNEW that it was meant to be his He thought he would call him Marcel Most of the time Marcel is very obedient abiding by the many rules on How to Be a Good Pet But one dark day while deep in the woods someone else claims the moose as their own Is Marcel really Wilfred's pet after all? An beautifully-illustrated witty & thought-provoking story exploring the concept of ownership ...

A fictional account of the day a whale swam up the Thames in which the whale makes an environmental plea to the boy who first sees him At sunrise young Michael spots a whale on the shores of the Thames & thinks he must be dreaming But the creature is real & it has a message for him
- one that only an open-minded child can deliver to the rest of the world The whale warns that the earth's days are numbered & that humans must put right the damage they are doing but how can Michael fulfil his promise to tell others when neither his teacher nor his classmates will believe his story? Within hours the city & the wider world have learned of London's remarkable visitor & all eyes are on the whale's struggle against the receding tide Michael must now join his new friend in a race against time to reach the ocean & hold fast to his promise in the race to save the world itself
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The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey the runner & mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016 ' Come-back races? I've had more than a few the night of 10 May 2014 was the ultimate long shot I was a forty-year-old mother of two who had given birth eight months before I trained on a treadmill in a cupboard by the back door & I was wearing a running vest older than most of the girls I was competing against Was I crazy?' Jo Pavey was forty years old when she won the 10000m at the European Championships It was the first gold medal of her career & astonishingly it came within months of having her second child The media dubbed her Supermum' but Jo's story is in many ways the same as every mother juggling the demands of working life with a family
- the sleepless nights the endless nappy changing the fun the laughter & the school-run chaos The only difference is that Jo is a full-time athlete pushing a buggy on her training runs clocking up miles on the treadmill in a cupboard while her daughter has her lunchtime nap & hitting the track while her children picnic on the grass Heartwarming & uplifting This Mum Runs follows Jo's roundabout journey to the top & all the lessons she's learnt along the way It is the inspiring yet everyday story of a mum that runs & a runner that mums
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An essential item in any busy mum&s life! Bearing the very relatable words & This Mum Runs on Coffee& this ceramic travel mug ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD
- A RICHARD & JUDY PICK 2017A top-ten bestseller THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O' Farrell
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Control Alcohol Find Freedom Discover Happiness & Change Your Life‘ Brilliant’ – Stella Duffy Millions of people worry that drinking is affecting their health yet are unwilling to seek change because of the misery & stigma associated with alcoholism & recovery They fear drinking less will be boring difficult & involve deprivation & significant lifestyle changes This Naked Mind offers a new solution Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink it will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture Annie Grace brilliantly weaves psychological neurological cultural social & industry factors with her extraordinarily candid journey resulting in a must read for anyone who drinks This book without scare tactics pain or rules gives you freedom from alcohol By addressing causes rather than symptoms it is a permanent solution rather than lifetime struggle It removes the psychological dependence allowing you to easily drink less (or stop drinking) Annie’s clarity humor & unique ability to blend original research with riveting storytelling ensures you will thoroughly enjoy the process In a world defined by ‘never enough’ Annie takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of alcohol & specifically the connection between alcohol & pleasure She dispels the cultural myth that alcohol is a vital part of life & demonstrates how regaining control over alcohol is not only essential to personal happiness & fulfilment but also to ending the heartache experienced by millions as a result of second-hand drinking Finally with perfect clarity this book opens the door to the life you have been waiting for ...

A certain politician has his own private security group In that group is someone special That man is Aoi who's extremely capable at his job handling even dirty work with ease But in that heart lies not only cold reason but passion Can love survive in such circumstances & light a path out of the darkness? ...

Every summer Rose goes with her mum & dad to a lake house in Awago Beach It's their getaway their refuge Rosie's friend Windy is always there too like the little sister she never had But this summer is different Rose's mum & dad won't stop fighting & when Rose & Windy seek a distraction from the drama they find themselves with a whole new set of problems It's a summer of secrets & sorrow & growing up & it's a good thing Rose & Windy have each other ...

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWNAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4' Fabulous timely a marvellous achievement' Spectator'A richly resonant work which recasts our understanding of the Elizabethan era' Daily Telegraph In 1570 after plots & assassination attempts against her Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope It was the beginning of cultural economic & political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte received ambassadors from Morocco & shipped munitions to Marrakech in the hope of establishing an accord which would keep the common enemy of Catholic Spain at bay This awareness of the Islamic world found its way into many of the great English cultural productions of the day
- especially of course Shakespeare's Othello & The Merchant of Venice This Orient Isle shows that England's relations with the Muslim world were far more extensive & often more amicable than we have ever appreciated & that their influence was felt across the political commercial & domestic landscape of Elizabethan England
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