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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

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A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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Jancee Dunn

Hilarious, candid and actually useful, this book can’t do the washing but it might just save your marriage. 
 
'This book can help preserve the greatest gift you will ever give your baby: a loving relationship between the baby's parents.' John Gottman, bestselling author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work 
 
‘Funny, honest and helpful.’ Grazia 
 
How did I become the ‘expert’ at changing a nappy? Jancee Dunn wondered. 
 
This, combined with a lack of sleep, a suddenly unfair division of household chores and her husband’s new found passion for very long bike rides, meant that Jancee found it hard to look at her well-meaning, clever, funny husband playing with his iPhone without feeling a white-hot rage. 
 
Like many expectant parents, they’d spent weeks researching the safest car seat but little time thinking about the titanic impact the baby would have on their marriage — and the way their marriage would affect their child. 
 
Tired of having the same fights over and over, Dunn consults the latest relationship research, solicits the counsel of renowned sex and couples therapists, canvasses friends and parents, and even consults an FBI hostage negotiator on how to effectively contain an ‘explosive situation’. 
 
Could it be that the person who got her into this position is the ally she'd forgotten she had?

How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

Surviving the Highs and Lows of Parenting Together

M. Scott Peck

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELF-HELP CLASSIC 
 
‘Few writers have touched more lives, and few messages have empowered more people.’ OPRAH WINFREY 
 
'Perfect reading for these spiritually searching times.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 
 
'Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.' 
 
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process that most of us attempt to avoid. And our very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. 
 
In this timeless classic in personal development, psychiatrist Dr M. Scott Peck suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. Drawing on his own professional experience, he discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to recognise true compatibility, how to distinguish dependency from love, how to be a more sensitive parent, and how to connect with your true self. 
 
'Sound advice on how to build a happy life.' DAILY MAIL 
 
'The granddaddy of self-help manuals and among the wiser of them.' THE TIMES 
 
'Magnificent . . . This is not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity.' WASHINGTON POST

The Road Less Travelled

Dan Heath

Chip Heath

'This book is a gift to anyone who needs to get a message across and make it stick.' New Statesman 
 
'Smart, lively . . . such fun to read.' Guardian 
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Mark Twain once observed, 'A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.' His observation rings true: urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas - entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists - struggle to make them 'stick'. 
 
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain how to make ideas stickier, such as applying the Velcro Theory of Memory, using the human scale principle and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, they reveal that sticky messages of all kinds - from the infamous 'kidney theft ring' hoax, to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship, to a vision for a new product at Sony - draw their power from the same six traits. 
 
Made to Stick reveals the vital principles behind winning ideas - and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick. It will transform the way you communicate. 
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'Anyone interested in influencing others . . . can learn from this book.' Washington Post 
'This is great for anyone planning a speech or trying to get their message across at work.' Psychologies

Made to Stick

Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck

Thomas A. Harris

OVER 15 MILLION COPIES SOLD 
 
'Illuminating. An accessible and powerful book to help you find the freedom to change.' 
PHILIPPA PERRY 
 
 
We all have an internal voice that determines how we make decisions and view the world. We are either guided by our inner Child, Parent or Adult, and this has a huge impact on our relationships, family, work and life. 
 
In this classic book, one of the world's best psychiatrists, Thomas A. Harris, explains the fundamentals of Transactional Analysis and reveals how our interactions with others hold the key to understanding ourselves. It will teach you how the human mind operates, why we do what we do, and how to break old patterns in order to gain control of yourself and your future.

I'm Ok, You're Ok

A Practical Approach to Human Psychology

A practical guide to Transactional Analysis

Susie Orbach

'A classic that will help you face the demands of 21st century living' Stylist 
 
'Revolutionary' The Times 
 
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Susie Orbach's seminal work, now established as a worldwide classic, shows how fat is not about food, but rather about politics, defiance, protection, sex, strength, assertion, anger, love. 
 
This edition includes a new introduction that explores how the landscape of bodies and food has shifted in our online age, bringing this iconic book to a new generation of readers. 
 
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'Groundbreaking in 1978, Orbach's original exploration of the body fascism of diets and body obsession is even more relevant today' Guardian 
 
'A pioneering feminist text' Vice

Fat Is A Feminist Issue

Robin Norwood

THE INTERNATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER HELPING MILLIONS OF WOMEN FIND HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS 
 
'A life-changing book' ERICA JONG 
 
'Really brilliant. I absolutely related to it.' MARIAN KEYES 
 
'Revelatory, groundbreaking' DAILY MAIL 
 
Is your relationship the most important thing in your life? Are you constantly thinking and talking about your partner, or finding excuses for their bad behaviour? 
 
If you have ever found yourself obsessing over an undeserving partner, this book was written for you. Many women are repeatedly drawn into unhappy and destructive relationships, and then struggle to make these doomed relationships work. In this bestselling psychology book, leading relationship and marriage therapist Robin Norwood reveals why we get into unhealthy relationships and how powerfully addictive they are - and shares her effective framework for finding and sustaining love. 
 
First published in 1985 and translated into dozens of languages, Women Who Love Too Much has changed the lives of millions of women around the world. Let it change yours too. 
 
Updated edition with a new introduction 
 
What readers are saying: 
'A must read for everyone, women and men alike' 
'One of the best self-help books I have read' 
'A life changing book - brutally honest and straightforward - yet full of love and compassion' 
'Such an insightful read' 
'Brilliant, life-changing'

Women Who Love Too Much

Tara Mohr

'At last. At last this very important book has been written . . . It will empower legions of women to step into their greatness.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE 
 
What could you achieve if you were confident enough to take risks? How much more fulfilled would you be if you ignored other people's perceptions and forged your own path? 
 
All too often talented women feel unable to share their opinions, challenge the norm or take the lead. But now it's time to play big. 
 
As the founder of a global leadership programme for women, Tara Mohr has spent her career teaching exceptional women to find their voice and their confidence. In Playing Big she shares her proven techniques for mastering self-doubt, dealing with criticism and communicating with authority. She also demonstrates how to become self-assured enough to stop planning and take a leap forward so that you can achieve the things you want most. 
 
'The perfect catalyst for any woman who wants to go outside her comfort zone, find her voice and embrace the biggest possibilities of her life.' Kelly McGonigal, PhD, author of The Willpower Instinct

Playing Big

For Women Who Want to Speak Up, Stand Out and Lead

Matt Morsia

EATING PIZZA WON'T MAKE YOU FAT. 
EATING A SALAD WON'T MAKE YOU SKINNY. 
LOSING LOADS OF WEIGHT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ISN'T A GOOD THING. 
 
Diets don't work but the things I tell you in this book do. 
 
AS SEEN IN BBC ONE'S GLADIATORS TV SERIES AS LEGEND AND AUTHOR OF FITNESS UNLOCKED. 
 
As someone who has a degree in Sports Therapy and Exercise Physiology, and who has competed internationally in both athletics and powerlifting (with over fifteen years' experience as a sports coach and personal trainer), I'm going to give you the knowledge and skills you need to make permanent changes to your life. 
By understanding how calories work and the impact different types of exercise have on your body, you won't need to be constantly flicking through the pages of this or any other book. Once you've read it you'll be ready to achieve whatever fitness or body goal you set your mind to. 
 
This advice is not a short term fix - it's about learning how to live your life in a more healthy, sustainable and happy way - and how to maintain that 24/7. Forever.

The 24/7 Body

The Sunday Times bestselling guide to diet and training

Elke Wiss

The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships. 
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WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS? 
 
In an increasingly polarized world, asking better questions in our daily and working lives is a radical shortcut to personal and professional success. It can create space for us to rethink our positions, find answers together, and even change our minds for the better. 
 
Drawing on the lessons of Socrates and other great thinkers, practical philosopher Elke Wiss lays out an essential toolkit to help you: 
· Transform debates into dialogues 
· Embrace your doubts like a true philosopher 
· Ditch your ego and become an active listener 
· Discover an open and curious Socratic attitude 
· Learn Sherlock Holmes's powers of observation 
· Open conversations up or dig down deeper with key question types 
· Explore thorny issues and avoid classic question pitfalls 
· Face your fear of asking and start connecting 
 
The right questions can unlock the answers to anything - and help you know everything, without being a know-it-all. 
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 
'Read this book, it will enrich your life!' 
'A disarming and urgent book in today's world!' 
'A great book for anyone who wants to better understand themselves and others!' 
'Everyone should read this. What fascinating conversations we would have then!' 
'A clear and practical book for brave thinkers who want to start having better, deeper conversations.' 
'I found this book so valuable! A real enrichment to my daily life.' 
 'What a gem this book is!' 
'Highly recommended for anyone who usually gets bogged down in discussions, quarrels, disagreements that lead to nothing.' 
'A ray of hope in a time of dispute and polarization.' 
 'Elke Wiss makes practical philosophy manageable for everyone. A must read!' 
'A cheerful, unconventional book.' 
 'An inspiring, easy-to-read book, full of practical exercises to get yourself started right away. For me it's a must read!' 
'Its powerful message urges us to connect more with each other and with ourselves.' 
'Some books can actually change your worldview or your daily actions, and as far as I'm concerned this is one of them. I recommend it to everyone.'

How to Know Everything

Ask better questions, get better answers

Tyson Fury

AS SEEN ON NETFLIX'S AT HOME WITH THE FURYS 
 
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 
 
** TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ** 
DOUBLE WINNER: BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY &amp; BEST OVERALL SPORTS BOOK OF 2020 
 
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'Incredible stories... you don't have to be a boxing fan to enjoy it' SCOTT MILLS, BBC RADIO 1 
'One of sport's most heart-warming stories' SUNDAY TIMES, SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 
'A must-read for any boxing fan.' WORLD BOXING NEWS 
'If you know someone who is a fan of the People's Champion then they'll love this.' TALKSPORT XMAS GIFT GUIDE 
 
The extraordinary story of the rise and fall and rise again of Tyson Fury... 
 
THE GYPSY KING. 
 
A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound at birth, Tyson (named after his father's boxing hero) grew up to become one of the most unlikely heavyweight champions in history. This 'dream come true' soon turned to nightmare, however, as alcohol and cocaine abuse took hold and Tyson was stripped of his titles. What followed was the darkest moment of his life - detailed in this book for the first time - in which he came within seconds of ending everything. 
 
THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION. 
 
Like all the greatest stories, though, there is redemption and Tyson defies all the odds and literally drags himself to his feet. 10 million people around the globe watched Fury fight Wilder in the biggest fight of the boxing calendar. Speaking candidly about his struggles with mental health, this is Tyson Fury as you have never seen him before. 
 
A BRITISH ICON. 
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Behind the Mask is an unflinching story from the greatest boxer of our time and a man who has demonstrated strength of a very different kind by conquering his demons. 
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'It's a great book, if I could read, I'd buy it' BILLY JOE SAUNDERS, WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion 
 
'I didn't believe boxers could be role models, but Tyson Fury has changed my mind... This 30-year-old Mancunian has made us all think twice about the possibilities of redemption.' 
SIMON KELNER, INDEPENDENT 
 
'Tyson Fury has become Britain's most unlikely inspirational figure... the sight of a broken Fury caught a mood with the public. Never was the epithet &quot;People's Champion&quot; more apt' 
RON LEWIS, THE TIMES 
 
'Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion' SYLVESTER STALLONE, star of Rocky 
 
'You may not have any interest in boxing at all and you will find this story about Tyson's life fascinating' BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 
 
'An unusual, heartening story, nicely told. There is much to amaze and admire' SUNDAY TIMES

Behind the Mask

Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book of the Year

Kevin Dutton

'A surprising, absorbing and perceptive book. I found it altogether fascinating' PHILIP PULLMAN 
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Psychopath. No sooner is the word out than images of murderers, rapists, suicide bombers and gangsters flash across our minds. 
 
But unlike their film and television counterparts, not all psychopaths are violent, or even criminal. Far from it. In fact, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths are fearless, confident, charismatic, ruthless and focused - qualities tailor-made for success in twenty-first-century society. 
 
In this groundbreaking adventure into the world of psychopaths, renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals a shocking truth: beneath the hype and the popular stereotype, psychopaths have something to teach us. 
 
With a new introduction from the author 
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'Highly original . . . provocative and humorous' V. S. RAMACHANDRAN 
 
'This startling study considers whether or not we have anything to learn from psychopaths . . . it's good to know that rubbing shoulders with such dangerous characters hasn't destroyed his sense of humour.' THE TIMES 
 
'Inspiring and revelatory. Dutton's book gave me an insight into who I really am' ANDY McNAB 
 
'Dutton's curiosity takes him from boardrooms and law courts to neurological labs . . . Psychopaths, we learn, are the ultimate optimists; they always think things will work in their favour' GUARDIAN 
 
'The Wisdom of Psychopaths is captivating. Dr. Dutton's book invigorated my consideration of not just a certain television character, but slow-pulsed overachievers everywhere' MICHAEL C HALL (Dexter)

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Esther Wojcicki

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'Esther Wojcicki is leading a revolution . . . [She] shows us how to be our best so our children can be their best.' ARIANNA HUFFINGTON 
 
'A brilliant book. It should be on the bookshelf of every parent.' FROST MAGAZINE 
 
Being a parent is complicated - but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think 
 
 Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki's three daughters are all hugely successful in both their professional and personal lives. What's her parenting secret? 
 
 As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety, Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax. 
 
 Her tried and tested TRICK approach will help you: 
 
 · Let your child discover their own passions 
 · Move on from past parenting mistakes 
 · Build rock-solid foundations for a lifelong relationship 
 · Be brave enough to give your child freedom 
 · Work with your children, not against them 
 · Set healthy relationships with technology 
 
 Your children are the future. If you change your parenting, you can change the world.

How to Raise Happy and Successful Children

Barbie Probert-Wright

Two sisters. 
One extraordinary true story. 
 
Germany, 1945. Trapped between advancing armies, stranded hundreds of miles from their mother, and with their father missing in action, sisters Barbie and Eva were confronted with an impossible choice. 
 
Should they stay and face invasion or risk their lives to find their mother? 
 
Together, they set out on a perilous three-hundred mile journey on foot across a country ravaged by war. Fuelled by courage and love, Eva and seven-year-old Barbie encounter incredible hardship, extraordinary bravery, and overwhelming generosity. 
 
Against all odds, they both survived. 
But neither sister came out of the journey unscathed . . . 
 
This is the powerful true story of their escape.

Escape

Our journey home through war-torn Germany

Peter D'Adamo

Eat Right 4 Your Type harnesses the power of our own amazing bio-chemistry to help you to cast aside the fad diets for good! 
 
*Kick start the New Year with your own personalised plan to suit your body type* 
 
Dr Peter D'Adamo and Catherine Whitney are back with a fully updated and revised edition of their sensational book to demonstrate how working with your blood type plays a key role in losing weight, avoiding disease and promoting fitness and longevity. 
 
After selling over a 7 million copies worldwide, this revised edition of the global phenomenon blood-type diet is packed with even more material – including a 10-Day Jump-Start Plan – to help you tailor your diet to suit you and your blood type, enabling you stay to healthy, live longer and achieve your ideal weight.

Eat Right 4 Your Type

Fully Revised with 10-day Jump-Start Plan

Judith Verity

Pete Cohen

In April 2001 Century published Lighten Up, an eight-week plan developed by the company behind the most successful slimming programme in the UK: the average success rate for a diet programme is only 5%. However a stunning 67% of people who've followed the Lighten Up course not only achieved their target weight but - a year later - had kept the weight off. 
 
Now, the team are back with the Four-Week Weight Loss Plan: the same principles, the same success rate, but in a four-week course designed to give you everything you need to get the body you want forever in just 28 days...

Lighten Up

The Four-Week Weight Loss Plan

Will Darbyshire

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 
 
This Modern Love is a unique crowdsourced book of letters, stories, and photographs about the state of modern romance by YouTuber 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 YouTube, Twitter and Instagram channels, Will asked his followers to share their innermost thoughts about their relationship experiences, in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails. 
 
After 6 months and over 15,000 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 and end of a relationship. 
 
Tender, funny and cathartic, This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, resentments and fears that reminds us that, whether we're in or out of love, we're not alone.

This Modern Love

Linda Papadopoulos

It comes as no surprise that men and women see things differently - from the way that they approach problems to how they deal with emotional difficulties - but when it comes to relationships, there is certainly never a dull moment. 
 
Just how can we penetrate the language barrier of 'manspeak'? What exactly does he mean when he says 'you have curves'? When he suggests you grab a coffee, does he just want a coffee or does he really want to grab a whole lot more? And why do we ever ask 'Does my bum look big in this?' when no answer on the face of this planet is ever correct? Dr Linda Papadopoulos takes us on a journey through a relationship lifespan from the first-date disasters through to meeting the parents and popping the Big Question and beyond, looking at the common pitfalls and how to avoid them. 
 
By utilising the principles of the revolutionary Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, we learn how to identify the problems, how to become more aware of our own thought processes and perceptions and how to analyse them to make communication that bit easier. 
 
Funny, frank and extremely accessible, What Men Say, What Women Hear is an indispensable guide for the modern woman who may be able to run countries, juggle a hectic household and power walk in high heels but who, no matter how hard she tries, just can't seem to understand what the man in her life means.

What Men Say, What Women Hear

Tim Samuels

Of the 200,000 years homo sapiens has been wandering this planet, this has to be the most absurd and challenging time to be a man… 
 
How can you hunt and gather in an open-plan office? 
Is monogamy fighting a losing battle against testes size? 
Why do men make up 95% of FTSE CEOs yet 95% of the prison population? 
 
Trapped in bodies barely changed since caveman days, males are now contending with corporate culture, lifelong commitment, rampant depression and crazy expectations to be a success at work and home. 
Enter award-winning BBC broadcaster and journalist Tim Samuels with Who Stole My Spear? &shy;- which stops at nothing to explore how men should actually be living these days. From relationships, religion, and the rise of ISIS, to porn, fatherhood and the oppression of office life. Nothing is taboo: Is it less serious when a man has an affair? Why don’t new parents want boys? 
 
Who Stole My Spear? is an inspiring rallying call for men and ‘good masculinity’ which cannot be ignored – that will leave you rethinking much about life’s big questions. And for women who wonder what’s on a man’s mind, this is the book that offers the entertainingly explosive answer.

Who Stole My Spear?

Rosemary Conley

There really is a better way to diet! Rosemary Conley has devised a plan to suit the way you eat. Whether you are a 'constant craver', a 'feaster' or an 'emotional eater', Rosemary will show you how to diet to suit your personality. 
 
Research has shown that overweight or obese people can be characterised into three types: 
 
Constant Cravers are always hungry and would happily eat all the time. 
Featers find that once they start eating it is difficult to stop. 
Emotional Eaters tend to turn to food at the slightest emotional upset. 
 
And now, Rosemary Conley has created a unique selection of healthy eating plans to suit your eating type - including gluten free and lactose free options - which dieters loosely follow for five days a week. Then for just two days, they follow Rosemary Conley's 2 Day Eating Plan based on 800 calories per day. 
 
What makes this diet plan very different is that the 2 Day Eating Plan menus are designed to complement your different personality type. 
 
This is a unique and very exciting weight-loss concept which has been tried and tested with amazing results!

Rosemary Conley’s 3-2-1 Diet

Just 3 steps to a slimmer, fitter you

Frank Tallis

Here, leading clinical psychologist, Dr Frank Tallis, explores our age-old preoccupation with love and in particular romantic love.  Love is rarely described as a wholly pleasant experience and Tallis considers our experiences and descriptions of love and why the combinations of pleasure and pain, ecstasy and despair, rapture and  grief have come to characterise what we mean when we speak about falling in love. Obsessive thoughts, erratic mood swings, insomnia, loss of appetite, recurrent and persistent images and impulses (irresistible urges to phone or text), superstitious or ritualistic compulsions (she loves me, she loves me not), inability to concentrate - so much so that it affects your work, delusion, (are his eyes really deep pools of oceanic azure?).  Exhibiting just five or six of these symptoms is enough to merit a diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode, according to the recognized medical criteria.  Drawing on the writings of poets, philosophers, songwriters, zoologists and scientists Tallis shows how throughout time - and particularly in the West, the metaphor of illness and specifically mental illness has been used to describe the state of being in love. And asks why it is that we continue to search out this kind of love, with the ecstasy seeming to blind us to the agony.

Love Sick

Alastair Campbell

How people succeed – and how you can, too. 
***Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller*** 
 
Alastair Campbell knows all about winning. As Tony Blair’s chief spokesman and strategist he helped guide the Labour Party to victory in three successive general elections, and he’s fascinated by what it takes to win. 
 
How do sports stars excel, entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve their ambition? Is their ability to win innate? Or is the winning mindset something we can all develop? Drawing on the wisdom of an astonishing array of talented people – from elite athletes to top managers, from rulers of countries to rulers of global business empires – Alastair Campbell uses his forensic skills, as well as his own experience of politics and sport, to get to the heart of success. He examines how winners tick. He considers how they build great teams. He analyses how they deal with unexpected setbacks and new challenges. He judges what the very different worlds of politics, business and sport can learn from one another. And he sets out a blueprint for winning that we can all follow.

Winners

And How They Succeed

Karen Dolby

'Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it' 
 
How many times have you said: 'I've got a memory like a sieve'? Who hasn't cursed their inability to remember information for exams? And been jealous of those that seem to be able to retain anything with ease? Well, it's not a God given talent. It's something you can easily learn. 
 
If you want to remember poetry, speeches, lists, I will show you how. Everything from language and spelling, general knowledge, history, astronomy, science, geography, which monarch followed which, how many days in each month, the sequence of planets and much much more. Did you know that there are just 100 words in French, Spanish and German that give you the fundamentals to communicate? Did you know how easy it is to remember numbers and shopping lists and indeed almost anything? 
 
After all, I'm just like you. I've got a memory like a sieve as well. That's why I wrote this book!

Mrs Dolby's Memory Magic

A Comprehensive Compendium of Tools, Tips and Exercises to Help You Remember Everything

Rosy Edwards

The laugh-out-loud true story of one girl's experience of life on Tinder. 
 
Rosy Edwards is the epitome of a contradictory twenty-something year old. She’s frugal when it comes to food shopping, but is willing to splash out on shampoo. She’s career minded, she just doesn’t know which career to have in mind right now. And although she’s happy being single, a part of her kind of wants a boyfriend. 
 
So after a few unsuccessful dates with friends of friends (read: being forced to date their shortest/dullest/oddest acquaintance), she put herself on Tinder, the app that has transformed the world of online dating. And she soon learns the unspoken rules the hard way: always reject a guy with black and white profile pics (he is ginger and/or ugly); is wearing a hat (bald); has a shot of his torso (moron) or is not standing beside anything scaleable (5”8 and under). 
 
And then there are the dates themselves. From a sky-high dinner date to a borderline drug bust in Chelsea, Rosy has experienced it all, swinging through her love life on the trapeze of Tinder. She falls for the wrong guys, ditches the nice ones, but can she finally find her happy ending. 
 
Brilliantly honest and hilariously funny, Rosy’s story shows us all that the key to a successful love life could just be a swipe away.

Confessions of a Tinderella

The in-depth practical companion to the hugely popular bestselling self-help book, Women Who Love Too Much. These meditation exercises will help readers feel happier within themselves, and will pave the way towards happy, successful relationships. 
 
In her bestselling self-help book, Women Who Love Too Much, Robin Norwood revolutionised the way we look at love, with a compassionate, intimate book offering a detailed psychological recovery programme for women who love too much – women who are attracted to the wrong men, who neglect their own interests and friends and who are unable to leave tormented relationships for fear of being 'empty without him'. It is a book that speaks to nearly every woman who has ever loved and lost. 
 
With multiple millions in sales throughout the world, Women Who Love Too Much remains an invaluable guide to a successful relationship and is an eagerly sought source of help to women and men everywhere. Norwood now enhances the practical wisdom of that book with years' worth of deep reflection and study. The result is a practical guide to relationships, containing a series of daily meditations that promote sane loving and serene living no matter what is – or isn't – happening in your personal life. Each page of Daily Meditations stimulates awareness, offers guidance and enables self-development. Whether you breeze through this charming book in one sitting or savour each meditation a day at a time, the pages of Daily Meditations of Women Who Love Too Much offer fresh inspiration and insights with every reading. It is the ultimate how-to book for anyone in need of relationship help.

Daily Meditations For Women Who Love Too Much

The internationally bestselling author Robin Norwood responds to letters from women who need advice and help in their recovery from addiction - whether drugs, alcohol or dangerous men 
 
In her bestselling self-help book, Women Who Love Too Much, Robin Norwood revolutionised the way we look at love, with a compassionate, intimate book offering a detailed psychological recovery programme for women who love too much – women who are attracted to the wrong men, who neglect their own interests and friends and who are unable to leave tormented relationships for fear of being 'empty without him'. It is a book that speaks to nearly every woman who has ever loved and lost. 
 
In this follow-up to her bestselling book, Robin Norwood presents selected letters from readers about their reactions to the book. 
 
Norwood, a Dallas therapist, responds to her correspondents with diagnoses of the maladies they describe. The book, "a closer look at relationship addiction and recovery," is divided into 10 sections involving women who are battered, in therapy, addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, as well as to dangerous men. 
 
Although the letters are filled with pain, they also express hope for new beginnings, together with thanks from women who say they have learned that they are not alone in their suffering. The closing chapter is devoted to letters from men describing their own destructive relationships.

Letters from Women Who Love Too Much

Lisa Lynch

Updated with new material, The C Word is the incredibly moving, darkly humorous account of one woman's fight against breast cancer. Now a BBC Drama starring Sheridan Smith. 
 
The last thing Lisa Lynch had expected to put on her 'things to do before you're 30' list was beating breast cancer, but them's the breaks. So with her life on hold, and her mind stuffed with unspoken fears, questions and emotions, she turned to her computer and started blogging about the frustrating, life-altering, sheer pain-in-the-arse inconvenience of getting breast cancer at the age of 28. 
 
The C-Word is an unflinchingly honest and darkly humorous account of Lisa's battle with The Bullshit, as she came to call it. From the good days when she could almost pretend it wasn't happening, to the bad days, when she couldn't bear to wake up, Lisa's story is emotional, heartbreaking and often hilarious. The C-Word will make you laugh and cry, and ultimately reaffirm your faith in life.

The C-Word

Emma Cook

The fast way to get your life in shape. 
 
How the REVOLUTIONARY 5:2 approach can TRANSFORM your HEALTH, your WEALTH and your HAPPINESS. 
 
5:2 YOUR LIFE is your easy-to-follow guide to how the revolutionary principles of the 5:2 diet can be applied to key areas of your life, including: 
 
. Relationships 
. Exercise 
. Money 
. Drinking 
. Cultural Life 
. Screen Time and Technology 
. Worry 
. Environment 
 
With no complicated rules, 5:2 YOUR LIFE offers a clear and flexible strategy for lifestyle change, including advice, science, case-studies and input from specialist experts. 
 
LITTLE changes just 2 days a week can make a BIG difference – fast.

5:2 Your Life

How the revolutionary 5:2 approach can transform your health, your wealth and your happiness

Stephen Whitehead

Are you a Neanderthal (unreconstructed male)?  Or perhaps you're married to a Manchild (think midlife crisis)?  Is your brother a Cool Poser (he thinks he is)?  Or do you work with a Corporate Man? We all know that men come in many shapes and sizes - but do you know how to recognise the difference between an Achilles and an Adonis?  This highly entertaining guide shows you how to identify the man in your life - or recognise your own personality.  Written in a tongue-in-cheek, accessible style, this book contains serious insights into the nature of men and masculinity by a respected expert on gender studies.  Starting with a guide to modern men and their behaviours, it then goes on to reveal the 27 different faces of men in detail.  For every woman who wants to find out more about the man in her life (or how to recognise the ones she needs to stay away from in future), or for every man who wants to find out why he behaves the way he does, this book is a must.

The Many Faces Of Men

Simon Fanshawe

This is a book for those who unashamedly want manners in the world. They are the essence of living together. And we are struggling to find rules that we can agree on in a new world where change and uncertainty are a way of life and personal responsibility is at a disastrous low. 
 
No-one wants to bow and scrape to the rhythms of outdated etiquette any more.We need to seek out the original social purpose of manners and apply the principles to life today. We need rules of respect for each other and an agreement to stick to them. Combining an appeal to history, anthropology and common sense with a witty disdain for the sillier snobberies of the traditionalists, Simon Fanshawe has borrowed the format of Erasmus's great work on behaviour, De Civilitate Morum Puerilum, and created a modern basis for good manners. 
 
So it doesn't matter if you pass the port to the right or the left as long as it goes in one direction and that way everyone gets a drink. Hold your knife any way you want except as a weapon so strangers will never feel threatened at your table. Date, eat, work, speak, dress, talk on your mobile, tip, text, take your children to eat out in any way you like as long as you do it in a way that respects other people. This is a campaign. Join now and march.

The Done Thing

Paul Tough

Why character, confidence, and curiosity are more important to your child’s success than academic results. The New York Times bestseller. For all fans of Oliver James or Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys, Raising Girls, and The Complete Secrets of Happy Children. 
 
 
In a world where academic success can seem all-important in deciding our children’s success in adult life, Paul Tough sees things very differently. 
 
Instead of fixating on grades and exams, he argues that we, as parents, should be paying more attention to our children’s characters. 
 
Inner resilience, a sense of curiosity, the hidden power of confidence - these are the most important things we can teach our children, because it is these qualities that will enable them to live happy, fulfilled and successful lives. 
 
In this personal, thought-provoking and timely book, Paul Tough offers a clarion call to parents who are seeking to unlock their child’s true potential – and ensure they really succeed.

How Children Succeed

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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