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Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions. One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking...

Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan’s never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and...

*AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST* MAKE YOUR NEXT CONVERSATION THE ONE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING What’s the best way to handle a heated conversation? How do I stand my ground with confidence? Is there an effective way to work with difficult personalities? Trial lawyer Jefferson Fisher has...

The hilarious second novel, and Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller, from author of the smash hit Why Mummy Drinks. Monday, 25 July The first day of the holidays. I suppose it could’ve been worse. I brightly announced that perhaps it might be a lovely idea to go to a stately home and learn about some...

This year Christmas will be PERFECT. This is the year when all dreams come true, carol singers will carol the Wassail would Wass, or possibly Sail, children will frolic, extended family will get on and behave normally and not fall out and just eat the effing mince pies without questioning their organic/ gluten free/ vegan/ fairtrade status. Everyone will be delighted by their thoughtfully chosen presents and not surreptitiously rifle through the wrapping paper looking for the gift receipt, and the dogs will give the impression that Ellen is in charge of them and not the other way around.

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION 'PEOPLE THINK THAT STORIES ARE SHAPED BY PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.' At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that the mere act of asking for help was, in itself, healing. It was as if I had crept down to the docks under cover of darkness and floated a message out in a bottle...

What if curiosity, not confidence, was the real secret to unforgettable conversations? And what if your everyday life already contained more stories than you realize? How to Be Interesting: Daily Habits of Curiosity and Connection That Make You Unforgettable is Sage Monroe’s practical, psychology-backed guide for anyone who has ever said, “I’m not that interesting,” and believed it. This book flips that belief on its head by showing you how magnetic people think, listen, question, and notice the world, not how they perform for it.

We are all people-pleasers in one way or another – even those who deny it. Whether at work, home or in our relationships, we all know how it feels to want people to like us. The problem comes when we give up our own needs along the way. In this life-changing book, psychotherapist Emma Reed...

No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel. I just wanted them to stop wittering at me, eat vegetables without complaining, let me go to the loo in peace and learn to make a decent gin and tonic. Mummy has been a wife and mother for so...

Mummy dreams of a quirky rural cottage with roses around the door and chatty chickens in the garden. Life, as ever, is not going quite as she planned. Paxo, Oxo and Bisto turn out to be highly rambunctious rather than merely chatty, and the roses have jaggy thorns. 

A celebration of our female friendships, of our messy years, and of growing up together. Glittering with wit, heart, and humour, it’s a book to share with every woman you’ve ever been lucky enough to call a friend. “Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term...

'An engaging, emotionally-charged and intriguing story' Michelle Gorman On a normal day, in a normal house, on a normal street, wife and mother Fran has had enough. She packs a case, leaves a note for her bullying husband Pete, and one for her beloved twenty-year-old son Harry, and heads to the...

Lo is the ultimate middle-class mother, all perfectly polished Instagram posts and armchair activism. Dylan is just about surviving on a zero-hours telemarketing job from her flat, trying to keep food on the table. But when they meet at the school gates, they are catapulted into each other's homes and lives - with devastating consequences.

Fellowes doesn't try to hide his love of the funny, sealed, above-stairs world of dukes, duchesses, marquesses, nursery maids, herbaceous borders and breakfast kedgeree, all of which makes SNOBS such a a good, fresh read' Daily Telegraph Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. The attractive only...

A criminally good gangland thriller from bestselling author, Kerry Kaya Another brilliant story from Kerry Kaya, perfect for gangland fans everywhere! Her vengeance will be deadly… Cathy Townsend has it all, a loving husband, two handsome sons, and a lifestyle that many people envy. But one...

Christine Westermann und Mona Ameziane verabreden sich, um Ernst zu machen: Sie sprechen in diesem Hörbuch über die ganz großen Fragen. Ohne Publikum, ohne Ausreden – aber nicht ohne Humor und Wärme: Das Ergebnis ist wunderbar leichtfüßig, tiefgründig und inspirierend. Es sind die Gespräche zweier Frauen aus verschiedenen Generationen, die sich gut kennen und doch noch ganz viel über die andere erfahren wollen.

Brought to you by Penguin. A masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author of THE RETURN Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh...

‘Helen Rolfe is an absolute specialist at building cosy communities and making me want to live there. I want the characters as my friends!’ Sue Moorcroft Welcome back to Heritage Cove, the little village by the sea brimming with character, community and friendship. The perfect place to fall...

'A complex, dark and disturbing thriller, full of intrigue, toxic relationships and jaw-dropping twists.' Alex Stone Two siblings, both missing for twenty years, turn up within one day of each other. One dead. One alive. It was an ordinary school day, the day I lost my little brother. One moment...