BREAKING NEWS: a chocolate monster is on the loose! Keep watch, & close all cupboard doors. No chocolate bar`s secure. If left at large, The Chunk will turn up at YOUR house, for sure. & worse still this fiend will make sure you take the blame! Keep your eyes peeled & join in the hunt for The Chunk in this brilliant new picture book charmingly illustrated by rising star Laura Hughes. ...

THE AWARDWINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEREven in hell, hope can flower` Eger`s remarkable spirit shines through in every word` Stylist In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, her bravery helped her sister to survive & led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. In The Choice, Edith Eger shares her life, remarkable because her years in the concentration camp encouraged her to find a hope & resilience that most of us would never think was possible. It wasn`t easy but, as she tried to find a future for herself after the Second World War, partly by helping many others through their own versions of trauma, she discovered an honesty, strength & empowerment within herself that makes for a memorable & inspiring read. Compelling, truly remarkable, & ultimately triumphant, The Choice is the unforgettable memoir of a woman who has seen the worst & lived the best. ...

” The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare & eternal stories that you don`t want to end & that leave you forever changed”. (DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate). In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. Over the coming months, Edith`s bravery helped her sister to survive, & led to her bunkmates rescuing her during a death march. When their camp was finally liberated, Edith was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. In The Choice, Dr Edith Eger shares her experience of the Holocaust & the remarkable stories of those she has helped ever since. Today, she is an internationally acclaimed psychologist whose patients include survivors of abuse & soldiers suffering from PTSD. She explains how many of us live within a mind that has become a prison, & shows how freedom becomes possible once we confront our suffering. Like Viktor Frankl`s Man`s Search for Meaning, The Choice is life changing. Warm, compassionate & infinitely wise, it is a profound examination of the human spirit, & our capacity to heal. ...

The Chopra Centre for Well Being is a retreat that serves as a beautiful, nurturing place where people can come to heal their physical pain, find emotional freedom, empower themselves, & connect to their inner spiritual life. The food is at the heart of this mission, designed to delight the senses, enliven vitality & tap into the joy of being alive. Now, Deepak Chopra & his colleagues from the Chopra Centre offer you marvellous recipes from this extraordinary place of healing
- showing how nature provides us with all the nutrients we need to create meals that are delicious as well as nutritious. Combining modern nutritional science & Ayurveda
- the most ancient healing system on the planet
- ” The Chopra Centre Cookbook” features more than 200 appetising breakfast dishes, snacks & desserts that take the guesswork out of choosing food that is good for the body, as well as 30 days of balanced meal plans. From Courgette Pecan Bread, Vegetarian Paella & Breakfast Burritos to Rosemary White Bean Soup, Braised Salmon with Mango Tomato Salsa & Unbelievable Double Chocolate Cake, you`ll discover a new flavour & enjoyment as the authors show you how to eat food that is good for you, re-establishes the mind-body connection & reverses the aging process.


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The Am Spiegelgrund clinic, in glittering Vienna, masqueraded as a well-intentioned reform school for wayward boys & girls & a home for chronically ill children. The reality, however, was very different: in the wake of Germany`s annexation of Austria on the eve of World War Two, its doctors, nurses, & teachers created a monstrous parody of the institution`s benign-sounding brief. The Nazi regime`s euthanasia program would come to determine the fate of many of the clinic`s inhabitants. Through the eyes of a child inmate, Adrian Ziegler, & a nurse, Anna Katschenka, Steve Sem-Sandberg, the author of the award-winning The Emperor of Lies, explores the very meaning of survival. An absorbing, emotionally overwhelming novel, rich in incident & character, The Chosen Ones is obliquely illuminated by the author`s sharp sense of the absurd. Passionately serious, meticulously researched, & deeply profound, this extraordinary & dramatic novel bears witness to oppression & injustice, & offers invaluable & necessary insight on an intolerable chapter in Austria`s past. ...

Eva Dunbar wakes in a large metal box. She has no idea who has taken her. She has no way out. She isn`t the first young woman to disappear. & with no leads Detective Ian Bradshaw has precious little time. When at last a body is found, the police hope the tragic discovery might at least provide a clue that will help them finally find the kidnapper. But then they identify the body
- & realise the case is more twisted than they ever imagined... __________________`THIS STORY WILL CAUSE NIGHTMARES, IT IS THAT GOOD` DAILY MAIL`DARK, CLEVER & ENGROSSING` C. L. TAYLOR`I WAS HOOKED FROM START TO FINISH` LJ ROSS__________________A gripping crime thriller that`s perfect for readers of LJ Ross, Angela Marsons or Ann Cleeves, this is the latest in the Ian Bradshaw, Tom Carney & Helen Norton series.
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When Father Christmas sets off to deliver the presents, poor Bear is left behind in the workshop! How will he make it to Tom`s house in time for Christmas morning? Lift the flaps to find out, as he chases Santa`s sleigh through icy seas & snowy forests, all the way from the North Pole to Tom`s cosy bedroom. With a laugh-out-loud text full of witty rhymes & silly scenarios from Ian Whybrow, & illustrations by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, that are bursting with funny details, The Christmas Bear is a Christmas book with a difference
- & there`s a flap to lift on every page, so children can join in the fun! Also from Axel Scheffler & Ian Whybrow: The Tickle Book & The Bedtime Bear.
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A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman`s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned admist the glitz & glamour of Oxford Street`s Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder. This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season
- from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude & E. C. R. Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside. This is a gripping seasonal collection sure to delight mystery fans.
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From the BBC1 presenter & bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries & Toast comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice. The Christmas Chronicles is the story of Nigel Slater`s love for winter, the scent of fir & spruce, ghost stories read with a glass of sloe gin, & beeswax candles with shadows dancing on the ceiling. With recipes, decorations, fables & quick fireside suppers, Nigel guides you through the essential preparations for Christmas & the New Year, with everything you need to enjoy the winter months. Taking you from 1 November all the way to the end of January, The Christmas Chronicles covers everything from Bonfire Night, Christmas & New Year to Epiphany. Throughout the season, Nigel offers over 100 recipes to see you through the build-up, the celebrations & the aftermath. Here are much-loved classics such as goose & turkey (and making the most of the leftovers), mincemeat & the cake; recipes to make the cold months bearable, like ribsticker bread pudding with Comte & Taleggio, salt crust potatoes with blue cheese & goat`s curd, & hot-smoked salmon, potatoes & dill; as well as bright flavours to welcome the new year, including pink grapefruit marmalade, pear & pickled radish salad & rye, linseed & treacle bread. Packed with feasts, folktales, myths & memoir & all told in Nigel`s warm & intimate signature style, The Christmas Chronicles is the only book you`ll ever need for winter. ...

A poignant, exquisitely illustrated Christmas story, with words by Delia Huddy & pictures by rising star Emily Sutton. When the ugly little fir tree is taken to the city, no one wants to buy him; they prefer the big tall trees. But a homeless boy asks the shopkeeper if he can take the tree, & down by the river in a cardboard box, decorated with a few candles, the tree finds itself at the centre of a magical Christmas Eve it will never forget. A Christmas tale with a classic feel but a modern theme at its heart. ...