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Whitman 'Win' Tagore and Leo Milanowski are the greatest love story of our time. International movie star meets the beautiful son of a millionaire. Their kisses write headlines, and their fights break the internet. Nobody needs to know it's not real. Win knows that Hollywood demands perfection - especially from a woman of colour. Leo just wants to enjoy life, and shift press attention away from his dysfunctional family. Together they control the narrative.

Brought to you by Penguin. How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its...

Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to send an assassin after her. And when Ananna faces him down one night, armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally activates a curse binding them together.

When I was a kid and I’d lost something, my dad always said, ‘Go back to the place you last had it’. The problem is that what I’ve lost is...me. Kate loves her family more than anything, but recently she has started to feel invisible. Lying awake at three a.m. as her husband snores, panicking about shopping lists, birthday parties and the school bake sale...She finds herself in the kitchen, gulping water, staring at a postcard of the Eiffel Tower from Shannon, her best friend.

A young boy who met the Lord of Death, a king who pleaded a cart driver to teach him lessons of life and thunder who left a message for the gods, demons and humans. Curious, aren’t you? These stories and many more form the heart of the Vedas and the Upanishads, one of the oldest written Hindu texts. Daaji’s keen curatorial selection brings an array of ancient tales of adventure, quests and wisdom. He engages with the narratives and simplifies the ancient wisdom to make it understandable and at the same time feed the imagination of children and set them on a path to self-discovery.

Xanthe loves visiting her grandmother in her tower-block flat with its lush rooftop garden. And when Nani is diagnosed with dementia, Xanthe is determined to help her remember who she is, and her family history. A mysterious cat leads Xanthe to some unexpected answers: secret mementoes from Nani's past reveal her as a girl who, long ago, was forced to leave everything she loved behind.

Every year on Leila's birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two candles. One each for herself and for Riz, the husband at her side. But as Shalini walks from the patch of grass where she held her vigil the man beside her melts away. It is 16 years since they took her, her daughter's third birthday party, the last time she saw the three people she loves most dearly: her mother, her husband, her child

'Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often...

The only way to secure competitive advantage is to ensure that creative thinking is driving your organization. It will enable workplace satisfaction, boost performance, and encourage new ideas throughout teams. To tackle our uncertain environment - and to win in the world of future business - we all need to get serious about creativity and the potential it can unleash. The authors of Belonging have now written A Year of Creativity, which will make creativity accessible to everyone.

Divorce is not just a legal process; it's a devastating emotional experience which all too often brings both parties to the ground. But it doesn't have to be so traumatic.... Author Charlotte Friedman is a former family law barrister who decided to move from the courtroom to the therapist's chair in order to transform the way we handle divorce. In her view, the system sets both parties up for a fight, forced as they are to face lawyers, forms and life-defining court negotiations when they are also brimming over with grief and anger.

Bloomsbury presents Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie, read by Tania Rodrigues. _______________ 'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times 'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled … Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian...

Worries and anxieties are familiar to us all. Worrying can be helpful when it prompts you to take action and solve a problem, but unrelenting doubts, fears, and negative possibilities can dominate your mind, affect your ability to manage your everyday life and well-being, your sleep and appetite, your social life, and your ability to concentrate. But it doesn't need to be like this; there are ways that you can manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Overcoming Anxiety explains how to manage anxiety and stop it from taking over.

Bloomsbury presents Everything is True by Roopa Farooki, read by Tania Rodrigues. CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN 'A STAND OUT' SUNDAY TIMES 'STARTLINGLY HONEST AND DEVASTATINGLY GOOD' RACHEL CLARKE 'YOU EMERGE KNOWING HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO HAVE READ IT' ALI SMITH, NEW...

This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European. Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity...

What if you don't need pills, patches or creams to reach perimenopause and menopause symptom relief? What if you already have everything you need? In this groundbreaking book, you will discover how to completely transform your experience of midlife change. Natural symptom relief, an inner sense of well-being, and feeling like your true self once more are all on offer. Award-winning author and transformative coach Tania Elfersy shares how she witnessed all her physical and emotional perimenopause symptoms disappear within days of a profound insight.

The Sunday Times bestseller From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls, G.I. Brides weaves together the real-life stories of four women who crossed the ocean for love, providing a moving true tale of romance and resilience. The ‘friendly invasion’ of Britain by over a million American G...

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson gleans life lessons learned by inspirational women from around the world in a personal and inspirational book. In Ruth Davidson's YES SHE CAN we meet world-beating women from fields as diverse as science, politics, the military, business and...

Durante as décadas de 1860 e 1870, o Caso Tichborne gerou comoção no Reino Unido com uma trama de identidades falsas, disputa de riquezas e tensões colonialistas. O Requerente alegava ser Sir Roger Tichborne, herdeiro de uma grande fortuna. A defesa, porém, tentava provar que o homem não passava de um golpista. O julgamento se torna uma obsessão na casa do romancista William Harrison Ainsworth. Especialmente para Sarah, sua ex-criada e agora segunda esposa, que crê sem ressalvas na versão dos fatos oferecida pelo Requerente, e para Eliza Touchet, governanta e amante ocasional do escritor.

"How do I know it's God?" is one of the most commonly asked questions of new and mature Christians alike, and the aim of God Conversations is to both equip and inspire the listener and show them that hearing the voice of the Spirit is accessible to everyone who chooses to follow Jesus.

Elegantly covering topics such as the nature of reality, the power of memory and the priceless value of literature, in this sophisticated collection of essays, Woolf more than ever focuses her attention on the fleeting moments of life that meaningfully shape the human experience. In the title essay, The Moment, she pursues the powerful, albeit brief, moments that enable a potent feeling of being utterly understood, and consequently, wholeheartedly alive.