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Nour is a young Syrian girl who has lost her father to cancer. Wanting to be close to her relatives, Nour's mother - a cartographer who makes beautiful hand-painted maps - moves her family back to the city of Homs. Nour's father was a real storyteller, and he told her that the roots of the trees connect to the ground across the world. She knows they left her father in the ground back in America, so she starts telling him the ancient fable of Rawiya, whispering it into the ground so he might hear. Rawiya left her home dressed as a boy in order to explore the world. 

After the death of her mother, whom she had spent her life caring for, Ruth Latham is lucky to find work as a typist at the Potteries Tramway Company in Stoke. While conscription forces more men to leave for the battlefields, Ruth finds herself growing closer to shy, but kind, mechanic, Stan Bristow. . . even if their courtship makes her enemies in the office. But the Great War causes scars at home and abroad and when trouble comes to The Potteries, tearing families apart and causing heartache for her greatest friends, Ruth must play her part in the difficult times ahead.

Violet dreams of becoming a midwife. Off to university to start her training, all that stand between her and her future are anxiety, self-doubt, and three years of hard work. With best friend Zoe by her side, can she overcome the obstacles to make her dreams come true? This volume contains the entire Lessons of a Student Midwife series, including Life Lessons, Love Lessons and Lessons Learned.

A debut novel to charm all readers, that shows beyond all doubt that it's books, along with love, that make the world go round. It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel...

The shocking climax to the Carter Brothers series and another gripping gangland read from bestselling author Kerry Kaya! An eye for an eye… Once the top dog, Danny Mckay has walked away from his old gangland life. He’s on the straight and narrow now, looking forward to settling down and...

Ever since the accident that changed Sophie’s life, she sees numbers everywhere. From the leaves on a tree to the volume of a puddle, everything has its number. And every person she meets? Their number is counting down the number of days they have left. Despite being lonely, Sophie has decided she’s not dating anyone with a number smaller than 20,000 days: 55 years together should be plenty. Which is fine, until Adam—her first love and most definitely the one that got away—suddenly reappears. And his number? Just 24 days…

The epic sequel to Taran Matharu’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar… ‘A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion’ Amélie Wen Zhao on Dragon Rider Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of...

The passionate account of a young man's growing awareness of his own identity, of his involvement in the secret and dangerous world of petty crime, and how, influenced by a precocious schoolmate, he rebels against convention and discovers not only the great joy of independence, but his own new powers for good and evil.

Der phänomenale neue Roman der New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin! Rochester, 1977. Nina Larkins Leben scheint perfekt: Sie schreibt eine erfolgreiche Food-Kolumne, organisiert Dinnerpartys und kümmert sich liebevoll um ihre beiden heranwachsenden Töchter. Doch als eine geschiedene Nachbarin ihr ein ebenso skandalöses wie befreiendes Buch in die Hände spielt, wird Nina plötzlich bewusst, was ihrer Ehe seit Jahren fehlt: Leidenschaft. Während ihre älteste Tochter Clara sich zum ersten Mal verliebt, erwacht in Nina die Sehnsucht nach einem Leben jenseits gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if paradise became the only world you knew—and the greatest mysteries were hidden within your own heart? In *The Blue Lagoon*, Henry De Vere Stacpoole transports listeners to a breathtaking tropical island where innocence, survival, and the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Rudolf has spent nine years guarding the forest of Bishou, learning its trails, rivers, creatures, and hidden dangers so thoroughly that the forest feels less like a place he protects than a life he belongs to. But there are things even Rudolf cannot...

Mia egyedülálló, független, kissé meghökkentő természetű nő. Biztonságban érzi magát abban a szerepben, amelyet elvárnak tőle. Jó, sőt tökéletes feleség, társ, szerető és mostohaanya. Minden reggel úgy ölti magára irodai ruháját, mintha új bőrbe bújna. Ám a felszín alatt egy másik nő is lappang, aki ki akar törni ketrecéből… Miután egy nyugtalanító esemény darabokra zúzza konvencionális életet, amelyet oly kemény munkával felépített, Mia komoly dilemmával szembesül: Továbbra is olyan életet él, amely megfelel a könyörtelenül ítélkező társadalom elvárásainak, vagy inkább a maga útját járja?

Det är många som blir överraskade när de upptäcker vad prästen Tingvoll planerat i hemlighet – särskilt Emilie och hennes resesällskap.Gunnar tror att han har bestämt sig för vem han vill ha som fickvän. Dock finns det en sak som han inte har räknat med.”Sagan om Emilie” är en...

Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written. Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, reading the book became a rite of passage for many runners, and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK A BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL...

 So Big is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina Peake DeJong and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of a challenging marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. 

It's been precisely 10,000 days since Kate met the most gorgeous man alive. The man she married. The man with whom she built a life. The man who died. Kate still sleeps with her husband's T-shirt, but it doesn't smell of Luke any more. She misses him every day. One morning, Kate wakes up back at college. She's 18 years old. She remembers everything. And she realises that this is the week that she will meet Luke for the first time. What if the man you lost could be found again? But then, what if he doesn't know he's lost? And what if he's still just a boy?

Brought to you by Penguin. Meet Adina: a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times, a companion to anyone who has ever felt homesick at home Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a...

The extraordinary first novel from the internationally acclaimed playwright. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. His Dad left home after falling in love with a five-string banjo; his fun-hating Gran believes she should have married Jean-Paul Sartre...

After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilise a fractious, warring people. But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies.