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Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad's finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot's coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding. But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father's wedding, she can't ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter.

Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times best seller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that's part of what makes it so amazing.

Five mentally ill teenagers in an inpatient wilderness program during the apocalypse face not only the end of the world, but also the end of their prescriptions.

'An unforgettable treat' JANICE HALLETT 'Beautifully written . . . moving and suspenseful' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Gripping . . . each strand adds tension and drama' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'One of my favourite recent reads' BARBARA KINGSOLVER, GUARDIAN In the heart of the Maine woods, an...

Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved - five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.

Brought to you by Penguin. Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality ‘These carefree faces, on which we allowed our smiles to spread, were for others the mask of tragedy.’ Jean Blomart...

'A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human. Visceral and vicious, horrifying, unflinching and unputdownable' RACHEL HARRISON You'd kill to look this good... Over three hundred pounds, Emmett Truesdale has never fit the...

In this revolutionary book, Ali Abdaal, Cambridge-educated doctor and the world's most-followed productivity expert, offers a scientifically proven way to get more done - by finding radical pleasure in everything you do. He starts by introducing the three 'energisers' that make work invigorating rather than draining - Power, Play and People. Then he delves into cutting-edge science that reveals how to integrate these forces into your daily routine - so you end every day feeling uplifted rather than exhausted.

The passion of the sin of Wrath can win the most difficult of battles, but demands a heavy toll — in blood, love, and everything beyond. Simon came to Laalmati to protect one woman. Now he has a village, a war, and a past closing in from all sides. The red soil of Laalmati turns a shade darker as Simon and the Syndicate go head to head. While the Syndicate tightens its claws around the village and the rebels, Simon confronts the ghosts of his past. An ultimate showdown of violence against brutality, wrath against redemption.

Ordinary kids: extraordinary powers: amazing adventures. There's a lot of strange stuff going on for Dax Jones. A mysterious gift from his long dead mother might lead to the truth about how he became a shapeshifter. A terrifying plot is emerging which could mean the end of the Children of Limitless Ability. Can Dax continue with his obsessive quest to find out more about his origins when his friends are in terrible danger?

The fantastic Shapeshifter series continues with Dax and his friends settling into their new secret hideaway in the Lake District. The whole place has been fortified so that the children of limitless ability won't ever be under threat again. After dodging death once too often for his liking, Dax is looking forward to a quieter time - building a treehouse in the grounds and shifting to a fox or a falcon and exploring the countryside. But all is not well in the spirit world - strange messages are coming through and Dax, Gideon, Lisa, and Mia must once again join forces.

From being misunderstood to making history: The incredible story of Aryan Pasha. On the day Aryan Pasha stepped onto the bodybuilding stage, he wasn't just competing-he was claiming his truth. Born a girl and raised in a body that never felt like his own, Aryan's journey from a suffocating...

This is one of a series of six meditation recordings by Glenn Harrold and Ali Calderwood, which are based upon the ancient solfeggio musical scale. Each note in this scale has specific healing properties, and this recording uses the first note, which resonates to a frequency of 396hz. This particular frequency works to release deep rooted feelings of guilt and fear and will also work with other similar emotional patterns, such as shame, regret, self-doubt, and low self-esteem.

A Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick “The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I’ve been waiting for.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes a “heartfelt...

Dax Jones will not be tamed. The Children of Limitless Ability can do all sorts of amazing things. Terrifying things too. Some can move things with their minds. Some can make themselves vanish. Dax Jones can change his form; can hurtle through the sky at 200km an hour, or swim underwater for minutes on end. But all is not well. Fenton Lodge, the school and home the COLA kids had grown to love over the past few years, is being turned into a prison.

The wrath of a man with nothing to lose, a village to protect and a bloody past to wash off, relives his old life mantra once more — "Violence, if it doesn't solve your problems, you're not using it right." Simon, a schizophrenic international criminal on the run from his past, takes up what should be a small-time protection job in Laalmati — a remote, lush, breathtaking village buried deep in rural India.

FFFHAMS is three books in one, with three different purposes. First, it's a spiritual guide that helps you understand your purpose and the world around you. Then, it's an instructional manual that teaches you how to escape the matrix and live a more fulfilling life. Finally, it's a collection of three powerful stories that explore the themes of self-discovery, forgiveness, and the pursuit of happiness.

Jo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the day. Perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond, Milly Johnson and Katie Fforde, SUNSET OVER THE CHERRY ORCHARD is a heartwarming, hilarious tale. It's time for Beti...

This groundbreaking book shows how to identify your own Unfair Advantages and apply them to any project. Drawing on over two decades of hands-on experience, including as the first Marketing Director of Just Eat (a startup now worth over £4 billion), the authors offer a unique framework for assessing your external circumstances in addition to your internal strengths. Hard work and grit aren't enough, so they explore the importance of money, intelligence, location, education, expertise, status and luck in the journey to success. 

Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children—from all walks of life—thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong and kind children to one day inherit the stewardship of society.