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'A hugely entertaining mystery' – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller Children's Previews 'One to Watch' Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring. But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich...

Greer has just recovered from her terrifying experience during the S.T.A.G.S. play. Was she really put on trial by the sinister Dark Order of the Grand Stag? Or was it purely her overheated imagination? The imprint of an M for murderer that has appeared on her thumb, though, is puzzling but incomplete evidence.... Meanwhile Ty is staying on at Longcross Manor and Greer, Nel and Shafeen are increasingly worried for her safety. When Ty sends a cryptic message directing them to Cumberland Place, the de Warlencourts' palatial home in London, they decide to risk a visit.

Would you risk the future to change the past? Greenwich, London, 1894. Luna, Konstantin and Aidan are time-travelling thieves, stealing artefacts from the future to bring progress forward. And they are about to venture on their most treacherous mission. For The Butterfly Club have their eyes on...

Link is a fish out of water. Newly arrived from America, he is finding it hard to settle into the venerable and prestigious Osney School. Who knew there could be so many strange traditions to understand? And what kind of school ranks its students by how fast they can run round the school quad - however ancient that quad may be? When Link runs the slowest time in years, he immediately becomes the butt of every school joke. And some students are determined to make his life more miserable than others....

Determined to crush the Order of the Stag once and for all, and in a desperate last throw of the dice, Greer walks willingly into the lion's den by accepting a sinister invitation to Castle McLeod, a Scottish stately home in the Isle of Skye. Greer will be aided and kept safe by Shafeen and Nel, and the enigmatic Abbot Ridley. Plus, of course, Henry de Warlencourt, who will accompany her and insists he has changed his colours. But as their darkly fraught romance evolves, can Greer trust him as she places her life in his hands?

A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening. 'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole, 'The Well' by W. W. Jacobs, 'The Scrupulous Father' by George Gissing, 'The Debt' by Edith Wharton, 'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post, 'The Purple Wig' by G. K. Chesterton, 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'Humplebee' by Geroge Gissing.

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general listeners. Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were peasants, humble people living socially below the knights, bishops, and kings who figure so large in history books. Judith M. Bennett shows that peasants, too, made history.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. The zenith of Empire is bookended by two catastrophic wars that slaughter vast swathes of humanity. And yet authors manage to record and create fragile libraries of humanity, its talents, its dreams and increasingly its nightmares.

Shafeen's father, Prince Aadhish, has had a heart attack and is close to death. Desperately worried, Shafeen and Greer race from Stags to Rajasthan. But Prince Aadhish is in a coma and unresponsive, and they begin to realise that the prince received a terrible shock, triggered by a decades-old guilty secret. But as Shafeen and Greer attempt to unlock the secret, they come to believe the answer lies with the de Warlencourt ancestor, Colonel Montgomery, founder of the T.I.G.E.R. shooting club.

A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain to early 20th-century England. Over 50 different authors share hundreds of real life stories and tantalizing tidbits discovered while doing research for their own historical novels.

Sage Chiasson, racing royalty and heir to Chiasson Sport, has fought to reclaim her rightful place at the top after a devastating crash nearly ended her career. With unwavering determination and a chip on her shoulder, Sage is ready to prove that she's more than just a rich, pretty girl in a fast car. But there's one person standing in her way: Jagger Banks, the woman she blames for the accident that shattered her dreams. Jagger Banks, a street racer with raw talent and unflappable charm, has always been the outsider looking in.

Main character energy meets hard-hitting swagger… Grayson "Lights Out" Dawes has spent years at the top of the MMA world. Her focus is unwavering, her resolve hardened by years in the ring—but time is catching up, and she knows her final shot at the championship is looming. Just as she’s ready to step away, a new kind of opponent enters her life—one who fights with glamor and ambition, not fists. Nova Priest is a rising star on the verge of her big break. Cast in the gritty role of a fighter, she's eager to prove she’s more than a Hollywood ingénue.

A delightful collection of humorous classic tales by some of the world's greatest racconteurs.

Tres amigas, mujeres en sus cincuenta, se proponen recorrer «el sendero de larga distancia más hermoso del mundo»: el sendero John Muir. Desde el principio, su aventura se complica por accidentes autoinfligidos y un clima feroz, para luego enriquecerse cuando «adoptan» a una joven excursionista abandonada por su grupo en el camino.

A meadow is a boring, yucky thing when all the rainbow caterpillars have disappeared. At least that's what Nothing thinks. Feeling dismal and sad, she embarks on a lonely mission to bring the colors back to her meadow.

Der große Traum vom kleinen Hotel am Meer... Nilas Leben ist ein Scherbenhaufen. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Verlobten verliert sie auch noch den Job. Von Geldsorgen geplagt, kommt das Angebot der exzentrischen Renée Durand gerade recht. Sie soll die alte Dame zum Familienanwesen in die Provence begleiten, um dessen Verkauf abzuwickeln. Doch Nila verliebt sich auf Anhieb in das alte Gemäuer, das die perfekte Grundlage für ihren Jugendtraum wäre - ein kleines Hotel am Meer.

Aside from a delicious fruit best enjoyed with chocolate, Black Cherry is a collaborative effort by 18 Black queer authors and poets sharing a singular vision. With stories and poems ranging from saccharine to downright sultry, Black Cherry is full of sensual delights. Black Cherry celebrates the unique, powerful, intimate connection between Black women. L.M. Bennett delivers her delightfully snarky short “Regards, My Dear", Dujuana Sharese drops truth bombs in the stunningly introspective “Self Deflection", and much, much more.

A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.

Leadership isn’t defined by your job title. It’s shaped by the discipline, awareness, and growth you invest in—long before and long after the title is assigned and in Beyond Your Title, healthcare executive and veteran M. Trevor Bennett shares a compelling, deeply personal blueprint for becoming the kind of leader others want to follow.

As a young man of 27, Kian accepts a position on a distant world where he can escape the hardships and dangers of pushing drugs and the complications of a toxic relationship. However, he discovers that there is only more to run from. He barely acknowledges the impossible before realizing he never had the ability to outrun his past.