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Discover how setting biblical boundaries can improve your parenting and your relationship with your children. Join Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, as they share the research and guidance you need to raise your kids to take responsibility...

The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by a unique plethora of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden. 

The third best-selling volume in the powerful story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s. Helen has managed to achieve a small measure of independence. At 17, she has fought and won two bitter battles with her parents, the first for the right to educate herself at evening classes, the second for the right to go out to work. Though her parents are still as financially irresponsible as ever, wasting money while their children lack blankets, for Helen the future is brightening.

Sarah understands only too well how big a part teachers and schools play in helping children get the best and right start in life. She spent 11 years in the English education system, yet nobody identified her moderate-to-severe ADHD, severe dyspraxia, dyscalculia, or sensory processing disorder, meaning she failed her 12+ "spectacularly" and spent four wasted years at a secondary school she shouldn’t have been at.

A forgotten mansion. A wartime secret. What lies behind the door of the Cornish house? Cornwall, 1944: As her beloved brother fights the Nazis in Europe, Mary Trewallis works tirelessly on the makeshift hospital wards for injured servicemen that have taken over her family's grand ancestral home...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, now includes an additional final chapter! 'Funny, reflective and honest. Reading this book is like sitting down with your bestie for a proper mumlife debrief’ – Giovanna Fletcher ‘More demanding than ‘hell’, this is parenting purgatory for authentic...

A librarian’s discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful novel from the author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. 'A gem of a book. I loved it.' Sarah Morgan, author of The Christmas Book Club 'A lovely, heart-warming story.' B A Paris, author of...

THE #2 BESTSELLERDiscover the latest chilling, unputdownable novel, from the Richard and Judy bestseller. A child who does not know her name… In 1903 fishermen find a wrecked boat containing a woman, who has been badly beaten, and a young girl. An ambulance is sent for, and the two survivors...

Discover the ultimate handbook for success on the autistic spectrum written from lived experience."I feel like everyone else got a handbook with all the answers, and I never got my copy." This is a common thought among autistic adults, because society is built with neurotypical people in...

With exclusive bonus audio material! Oloni discusses dilemmas from real women and imparts her indispensable advice. ‘The reigning sex and relationship guru of Twitter’ VOGUE Are you ready to have the best sex of your life? Oloni – Twitter’s famous sex and relationships educator – is on...

The first doctor-written guide to becoming a dad. Combines the medical knowledge of a health-care professional with real-life experience. At this crucial life moment, knowledge is power, but you probably know less than you think: what's a cervix? Can we still have sex? Why's the midwife doing that? How do I make up a bottle and is that poo normal? Dad's role is more important than you might ever have imagined, so what can you do to help? 

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled ‘one of the most abused girl in Rotherham’, now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. Aged just 15, lonely and bullied by her peers...

Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in LA alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet. 

Bloomsbury presents Dyslexia Unlocked: How to be successful in work and life, written and read by Natalie Brooks You are capable of achieving anything you want in life. It’s not your dyslexia that’s holding you back, but the way you engage with it. Learn simple, practical solutions to manage...

Hast du dich am Startpunkt einer Wanderung schon einmal völlig fehl am Platz gefühlt? Eingeschüchtert von Bergsportlern in 500-Dollar-Jacken? Vielleicht wolltest du schon immer mal mit Tageswanderungen anfangen, um den Kopf frei zu bekommen, aber die schiere Menge an verwirrender Ausrüstung...

In this story, I share from my perspective the divorce process I went through and how it affected my daughters. The facts and events presented here are real, as incredible as they may seem. There will be people who, upon reading my book, disagree with my version of facts, and that's...

Um guia bem-humorado e perspicaz para ajudar mães e pais a gerenciar o estresse, evitar (as próprias!) crises de choro e se tornarem cuidadores mais calmos e felizes. Depois de procurar no Google "como parar de gritar com minhas filhas" durante uma noite cansativa, Carla Naumburg percebeu que...

God's Got This... Family Edition is a podcast for anyone who's ever wondered where God is in the middle of their story. Hosts Brian and Brittni Raff open up about their own journey through infertility and adoption, then invite families, experts, and everyday people to share theirs — infertility, adoption, foster care, single parenting, birth moms, and every shape family can take. Each episode pairs real, honest conversation with Scripture and hope, landing on one truth every time: no matter what season you're in, it's not too late for God in your story. God's Got This. Family Edition — ...

You learned to read the room before you learned to trust yourself. To anticipate other people's needs before recognizing your own. To work harder for love, approval, and connection than you ever should have had to. And now, years later, you may still be paying the price.

A stunning new memoir from the number one bestselling, award-winning author of All the Things Left Unsaid and Staring at Lakes. Michael Harding was twenty three when his father died; a parent who was sometimes distant and aloof, yet had a profound effect on the writer's life. In the summer of...