A collection of novellas & stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires & alien musicians, tramps & feral cats. In The Homecoming, Lady Carillion Carrock & a number of other Jamaillian nobles are sailing to the Cursed Shores. Their journey is not by choice: for plotting against the Satrap, their wealth has been confiscated & they have been exiled. Until now, Carillion has done nothing but lead a life of privilege. She believes they are bound for wondrous cities, cities where ancient kings & queens dusted their skin with gold & wore jewels above their eyes. But when she is marooned by the ship's unscrupulous captain, she will soon discover the grim reality of what survival in the Rain Wilds entails. The Silver Lady is a would-be writer, ekeing out a dull existence by working in a Sears store. The one day a man comes in: fortyish, pleasant-looking. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except he says his name is Merlin, & he's about to change her life. Rosemary got involved with the wrong man. Pell is lazy, good for nothing, a bully. Her best friend Hilia knew it & so did her tom cat, Marmalade. But love is blind: Rosemary had Pell's baby, renovated the cottage his grandfather left in his will, turned its land to good use; & then he left her for another woman. Now he's back, & something must be done! ...

A billion-dollar fortune to die for. A deadly game. The winner takes all... Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. & no one, least of all Avery, knows why. Now she must move into the mansion she's inherited. It's filled with secrets & codes, & the old man's surviving relatives
- a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got 'their' money. Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing. But just how far will they go to keep their fortune? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780241476178 •†Author:   Jennifer Lynn Barnes •†Publisher:   Penguin Random House Children's UK •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 376 •†Dimensions:†13 x 19.6 x 3.3 cm
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The Inmate is a propulsive, mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt―and who has to pay for it, from bestselling author Freida Mc Fadden. The guiltiest people aren't always the ones behind bars… As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: Treat all prisoners with respect. Never reveal any personal information. Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious & dangerous inmates. They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart―the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there. But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. & he will never forget. Product Information:  •†ISBN:†9781464221385 •†Author:  Freida Mc Fadden  •†Publisher: Sourceb... ...

The delightful tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak & lonely pub
- The Tan Hill Inn
- located in the bleak landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Having seen an article in the newspaper about the pub's search for a new manager, they arrived just three weeks later as the new landlords of the The Tan Hill Inn. It is a wild, wind-swept place, set alone in a sea of peat bog & heather moorland that stretches unbroken as far as the eye can see. With only sheep & grouse for company, their closest neighbour was four miles away & the nearest town twelve. They had no experience of licensed trade or running a pub, no knowledge of farming & a complete inability to understand the dialect of the sheep farmers who were their local customers. Eager, well-meaning, but in over their heads, our two heroes embarked on a disaster-strewn career that somehow also turned into a lifelong love affair with the Dales. The Inn at the Top is an entertaining ramble around the Inn, the breath-taking Dales countryside & a remarkable array of local characters, giving an insight into life in a very different different time & place.

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On 12 CD's. Vincent Marzello reads John Grisham's gripping tale of a terrible miscarriage of justice, based on a true story. In 1982, a 21 year-old cocktail waitress in Ada, Oklahoma, called Debra Sue Carter was raped & murdered. For five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson
- a major league drop-out
- & his friend Dennis Fitz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 & charged with capital murder. With no physical evidence, the prosecution's defence was built on hearsay & unreliable testimonies. Dennis Fritz was found guilty & given a life sentence; Ron Williamson was sent to Death Row. John Grisham's first work of non-fiction is an exploration of small-town justice gone terribly awry.

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As five we were mighty, the points on a star? Once we five joined, it was never boys against girls? Two of our triangles cut themselves off & ran away together, & we were never whole again. Never. As five we were mighty, the points on a star? Once we five joined, it was never boys against girls? Two of our triangles cut themselves off & ran away together, & we were never whole again. Never. Years ago, they were the best of friends. But as time passed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, & began to forget about the past ? & the terrible lies they shared. But now Gordon, the youngest & wildest of the five, has died & the others are thrown together for the first time in years. Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today? Is it more dangerous to admit to what they?d done or is it the strain of keeping the secret that is beginning to wear down on their souls. ...

' Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe & the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a book so funny & provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life. He was making his first responses to the Old World
- to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, & Bethlehem. For the first time he was seeing the great paintings & sculptures of the ' Old Masters'. He responded with wonder & amazement, but also with exasperation, irritation, disbelief. Above all he displayed the great energy of his humour, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.
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You must not use police or intelligence services to carry out your investigation. Those channels are compromised.

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Books Wellbeing Books Welcome to the Insecure Girls' Club! At some point or another, we all feel insecure. Whether it's about our body image, friendships, workplace politics or comparison more generally, it's something we all have in common. But we don't have to let it rule our lives. A reassuring hug when you're having a bad day, The Insecure Girl's Handbook is for anyone who wants to manage their anxiety better, stop imposter syndrome in its tracks or halt those unwelcome waves of self-doubt. Offering tips, coping mechanisms & small pearls of wisdom, Olivia Purvis is here to guide you through those feelings that hold you back & empower you to put yourself first & make a change.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781841883885 •†Author: Liv Purvis  •†Publisher:†  Seven Dials •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:† 12.95 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm ...