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The Exiles

"Master storyteller Christina Baker Kline is at her best in this epic yet intimate tale of nineteenth-century Australia. I loved this book." —Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin

Where the Veil Is Thin

These are not your daughter's faerie stories...Around the world, there are tales of creatures that live in mist or shadow, hidden from humans by only the slightest veil. In Where the Veil Is Thin, these creatures step into the light. Some are small and harmless. Some are bizarre mirrors of this world. Some have hidden motives, while others seek justice against humans who have wronged them.In these pages, you will meet blood-sucking tooth fairies and gentle boo hags, souls who find new shapes after death and changelings seeking a way to fit into either world. You will cross the veil—but be careful that you remember the way back.

The Nothing Man

At the age of twelve, Eve Black was the only member of her family to survive an encounter with serial attacker the Nothing Man. Now an adult, she is obsessed with identifying the man who destroyed her life.

Lori and Max

'This thrilling, funny, perceptive detective story is in a class of its own.' The Times Children's Book of the Week

The Mission House

Fleeing the dark undercurrents of contemporary Britain, Hilary Byrd takes refuge in a hill station in South India. There he finds solace in life's simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town and staying in a mission house beside the local presbytery, where the Padre and his adoptive daughter Priscilla have taken him under their wing.

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables Novelization

When Gabby Duran moves to quiet Havensburg with her successful mom and overachieving little sister, she's recruited by her school principal for a special babysitting gig. The fearless and unapologetically bold new girl in town soon discovers her young charges aren't your standard unruly kids. They are very important extra-terrestrial children hiding on Earth with their families, and it's her job to protect them and their secret identities, and prove she's the best babysitter in the galaxy!

We Were Strangers Once

"Carter's warm and beautiful prose brings us love, tragedy, mystery and hope in a moving celebration of America and the people who have come to it."—Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky Us and Away For fans of The Nightingale and Brooklyn comes an exquisite and unforgettable novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City. On the eve of World War II Egon Schneider—a gallant and successful Jewish doctor, son of two world-famous naturalists—escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling into the unfamiliar rhythms of upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants, tenacious men and women drawn together as much by their differences as by their memories of the world they left behind. They each suffer...

Mrs Hudson's Diaries

One frosty winter morning, deep in the vaults of Cox & Co. at Charing Cross, a battered biscuit tin is discovered... Inside are the diaries of that longsuffering resident of 221b Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes’ landlady, the unflappable Mrs Hudson. She presents her portrait of life with the great detective and his ever-faithful companion with relish, mustard and no small amount of dropped eaves. Mysterious visitors, disappearances, shouts and bangs – life below stairs at 221b is often silly, slapstick and sentimental in equal measure. These diaries offer an affectionate and hilarious sketch of a remarkably enterprising Victorian female, whose humorous musings encompass talking to the spirit world, dancing with government officials and nights at the music hall. Interspersed with Mrs Hudson’s fascinating keepsakes – letters, recipes, calling cards and photos – this is a must-have addition for any Sherlock Holmes aficionado. Behind every great man is an...

A Year With the Millionaire Next Door

One year in England...A lifetime in love? A sabbatical in the UK for Stella Russo is the perfect break from her high-pressured job. But when she meets her new neighbour, wealthy scientist Linus Collier, he offers a distraction to the uptight American. Their mutual temptation might begin from a distance, but soon they can't resist acting on it... up close and personal!

Distant Voices

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past drawing her towards the truth... A nineteenth century parson's daughter is caught up in the excitement and romance of a smuggling intrigue... A young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city... Contemporary, historical, spooky, and humorous – there are over thirty delightful stories, each one guaranteed to capture the reader's imagination, and all demonstrating Barbara Erskine's unique powers as a storyteller.

О чем мечтать. Как понять, чего хочешь на самом деле, и как этого добиться

Продолжение бестселлера «Мечтать не вредно» рассказывает о том, как побороть хроническую самокритику и негативный настрой, как перестать ждать удачу и начать создавать ее, как сойти с проторенной дорожки, заново поверить в «давно забытые» цели и, наконец, решить, кем хочешь стать. Это очень нужная книга для тех, кто все еще не знает, чего он хочет от жизни.

Roxy & Jones

A hilarious modern fairy-tale mash-up set in a world in which witches are real, magic is real and fairy tales are not only real ... but recent history.

Slow Pitch

Life throws Tenner a curveball when he meets cocky Ross at his rec league softball team. With eight weeks to turn an explosion of lust into a relationship, can they connect to knock it out of the park?

The Helpful Hedgehog

At Zoe's Rescue Zoo only the cutest, cuddliest animals need apply!

When I Was You

"A heart-pounding thriller. When I Was You pitches two women with the same name against one another, and the rug is pulled out from under you the moment you decide to trust one of them." —Sandie Jones, USA Today bestselling author of The Other Woman"Amber Garza has upped the game on the classic stalker novel! . . . A fast-paced, beautifully plotted book." —Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely WifeYou meets Fatal Attraction in this up-all-night story of suspicion, obsession and motherhood.It all begins on an ordinary fall morning, when Kelly Medina gets a call from her son's pediatrician to confirm her upcoming "well-baby" appointment. It's a cruel mistake; her son left for college a year ago, and Kelly's never felt so...

Crescendo

A hidden story of human triumph, Crescendo takes you on the rare journey of a musical prodigy who changed an entire community forever.