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With a dangerous stranger still on the loose and rabbits still going missing in the Green Forest, nobody is safe. Tortoise continues his quest to uncover the identity of the outsider if only to help put Rabbit’s mind at ease. Having hatched a crafty plan to lure the unwanted guest into a trap, Tortoise must wait to see if his idea works.

London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a double murder at 10 Rillington Place, three years ago, and the killer was hanged. Did they get the wrong man?

Ein Umzug nach Valencia - das ist für den fünfjährigen Tristan gar nicht so schlimm. Sonne, Strand und Meer, wenn da nur nicht der Neuanfang in einem fremden Kindergarten wäre, der ihm Sorgen bereitet. Doch viel Zeit zum Nachdenken bleibt Tristan in seiner neuen Heimat nicht, denn nachts bekommt er unerwarteten Besuch. Von einem Drachen, der tagsüber im Briefkasten seines neuen Zuhauses wohnt und der ihn in aufregende Abenteuer mit wundersamen Wesen verwickelt, die die beiden zu Freunden werden lassen und an deren Ende sich für beide einiges verändert hat.

Princess Teddy Buckingham has felt the pressure of her destiny since she could first understand it, and finding someone to love when you’re an object of interest to the whole country is nearly impossible. Teddy learned that the hard way when her childhood sweetheart broke her heart by leaving when the attention became overwhelming. Summer Fisher congratulates herself on dodging a bullet as she watches Princess Teddy’s latest love affair hit the news. Teddy was her first love, and now that Teddy’s been with woman after woman, it appears Summer made a lucky escape.

In this riveting true story, Kate Summerscale mines the archives to uncover the lives of Christie’s victims, the tabloid frenzy that their deaths inspired, and the truth about what happened inside the house. What she finds sheds fascinating light on the origins of our fixation with true crime—and suggests a new solution to one of the most notorious cases of the century.

Nicola explores being single in a world designed for couples, and how to make the most of life in the face of stigma and misunderstanding. If you are newly single, long-term single, avowedly single, reluctantly so, considering leaving your current relationship or just wondering what to say to your aunt when she asks if you'll ever get married - this book is for you.

Magic is outlawed. A corrupt king rules the land. A mysterious plague fells the people. Rumors spread that the origins of the plague are stemming from the industrial revolution taking place in The Continent’s capital of Owenoak. Time is ticking for the crown prince to mount a rebellion, form allies, and reunite the ancient magical families before his elder brother’s greed and ignorance swallows the world in a wave of sickness and death.

In this short tale for fans of Cinderella and Bridgerton, Pearl’s ball gown may carry the whiff of mothballs, but her dance card for the duke’s ball is full…until she loses a shoe. In her enthusiasm, Pearl’s foot slides out of her too-big damask slipper in the middle of a dance and gets kicked around the ballroom to the amusement of the sophisticated guests. What is a spirited but clumsy heroine to do? Can her composure and good humor save her social dignity?

When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit—and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll. Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny finds that chaos greets them wherever they go. Arguments about who gets to sing the lead? Check. Rowing about recording contracts? Check. Selling out for a TV talent show? Check.

Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother, working in the local chip shop, watching the regular customers come and go. But underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics.

It’s 1995, and The Cobb Family Band, led by Rainey’s rock star parents, has arrived for a week-long gig at the Midwestern resort owned by Juliet’s family. Dazzled by Juliet’s carpe diem attitude, DIY tattoos, and passion for grunge, Rainey falls hard. And when Juliet gives Rainey a mixtape that unlocks her heart’s secret yearnings, Rainey starts seeing herself—and her vagabond show-biz life—through new eyes.

In the Dartmoor town of Ashburton, reluctant antique shop owner and accidental amateur sleuth Juno Browne has cash-flow problems. So, when the mild and gentlemanly bookbinder Frank Tinkler rents a room above the shop, he seems like the answer to a prayer. At home, Juno accidentally disturbs intruders and shortly afterwards, one of them falls to his death from a viaduct. Was it accident, suicide or murder? When Juno recognises his accomplice as Frank’s nephew, Scott, she decides to investigate.

Andrew Marsden has no desire to marry, at least not anytime soon. He's having too much fun to tie himself down to home and hearth, and he doesn't give any woman a second glance. He has wicked charm, and a devilish sense of humor that appeals to the ladies of the ton, and many are more than willing to join him in his bed. So he sees no reason to make a change. Until Sofia Leone comes to London for a visit. She is much more alluring than he recalls, and apparently not susceptible to his charismatic demeanor. She's a siren, and he is willing to answer her call, if only she'd let him....

Tom si sveglia in un vicolo con le mani e i vestiti imbrattati di sangue. Adele, una giovane donna affetta da una rara allergia all’acqua, è costretta a uscire di casa durante un temporale e lungo il tragitto ha la malaugurata idea di fermarsi ad aiutare un uomo. Rocco lavora come commesso in una stazione di servizio. Pensa al suo amore per Giada, la ragazza che lo ha salvato. Nessuno di loro è chi sembra o chi crede di essere. Almeno non del tutto.

I tarocchi hanno due storie: una moderna, affascinante e ingannevole, e una antica, tortuosa e sorprendente. Daniele Palmieri racconta entrambe le origini di questo "libro collettivo", ricostruendone le fondamenta storiche e guidandoci attraverso un labirinto di fonti originali e aneddoti preziosi. Carta dopo carta, ricorrendo all'analisi della simbologia esoterica, filosofica e teologica degli Arcani Maggiori, si svela il senso del sentiero iniziatico che tutti siamo chiamati a percorrere.

The proliferation of social media platforms and our increasing reliance on the internet for connection and communication has caused the line between the “real” world and the online world to blur. So much of our lives can be impacted by online interactions—and not all those interactions are positive. Why does the internet seem to encourage bad behavior from some users? Why do we feel we need to share so much of our private lives with the online world? Is screen time really as addictive as the headlines say?

In the Nłeʔkepmxcín language, spíləx̣m are remembered stories, often shared over tea in quiet hours between Elders. Rooted within the British Columbia landscape, and with an almost tactile representation of being on the land and water, Spíləx̣m explores resilience, reconnection, and narrative memory through stories. Captivating and deeply moving, this story basket of memories tells one Indigenous woman’s journey of overcoming adversity and colonial trauma to find strength through creative works and traditional perspectives of healing, transformation, and resurgence.

Come fare a raggiungere l'Aldilà, il più antico dei continenti, i cui confini misteriosi giacciono dentro di noi lambiti dal burrascoso mare della psiche? Chi sono gli esploratori e le esploratrici che hanno raggiunto quelle sponde, e quali sono i segreti che hanno nascosto dentro le loro storie? Dopo "I confini del mondo", con "Le porte dell'immaginazione" Igor Sibaldi torna a mostrarci il sentiero per raggiungere i luoghi più inesplorati di noi stessi e per recuperare il senso di appartenenza a quell'io più grande che abbiamo dimenticato.

When you’re bored with your current life, take a trip. That always changes things, right? What Analisa Meunier didn’t realize is that every decision you make in your life can change everything. A new life, a new country, a new family, a new threat to all of that…will she survive? Will they? Baroness Lydia Von Horn has never met an American like Analisa Meunier. Hiding her own identity leads to problems in their initial relationship, but making a family, a life, and surviving with both intact is the real challenge. Their lives, trials, and tribulations take them around the world.

1876. Among the depravity of Covent Garden's flower markets, orphaned Irish sisters Flora and Rosie Flynn sell posies of violets and watercress to survive. 1912. Twenty-one-year-old Tilly Harper leaves her native Lake District to become assistant housemother at one of London’s homes for orphaned and crippled flower girls. It is a chance to leave her own troubled past behind. Hidden between the pages of a lost notebook, Tilly finds dried flowers and a heart-breaking tale of loss and separation, as Flora's entries reveal how she never stopped looking for her lost sister.