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Alysee is four years old when her father begs her in a panic, for God's sake, not to fall asleep. But the little girl's eyes flutter shut. When she wakes up, her father is dead. Brutally murdered. The fear of sleep never leaves her. Years later, Alysee learns that her father has left her a former luxury hotel on the German-Polish border.

A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Times best-selling author Maggie O'Farrell. It is a book to make you question yourself. What would you do if your life was in danger, and what would you stand to lose?   

When Matthew Farley uncovers a crystal obelisk hidden deep within a forgotten cave, he has no idea he has awakened something ancient—or that it has been waiting for one man. Dr. Jack Magnus, a brilliant chemist and physicist, is haunted by a strange spiral birthmark and soon discovers the artifact is tied not only to lost civilizations but to his own hidden origins. Guided by a Navajo prophecy, forbidden Vatican archives, and a retired secret space program operative, Jack is drawn into a cosmic struggle over time itself.

In The Intelligent Golf Swing, Todd Graves partners with an artificial intelligence to explore the biomechanics behind Moe Norman's legendary swing. Through an engaging dialogue that pairs human insight with advanced reasoning, Graves and his intelligent companion uncover the body's natural movement patterns that form the Single Plane Swing and reveal why traditional golf instruction often fights against them.

Behind every successful organization is a mountain of invisible labor that keeps the engine of progress turning. Organizational success depends on more than just strategy; it thrives on the unacknowledged, unpaid, and often overlooked efforts that sustain team culture and operational flow. In Invisible Engines, global HR executive and researcher Bruce Decaster pulls back the curtain on the hidden economy of effort disproportionately carried out by women.

Impact the world — Gain Points. In a world where every action is watched, every thought is recorded, and every step is calculated — survival is earned. Merit is power. Merit is life. Merit is the only path to ascend. Kael Arden was born in a remote frontier village and expected nothing more than an ordinary life. When, through a series of his choices, he gains merit, he is thrust into a world far larger and more dangerous than he ever imagined—a world of evolving monsters, hidden civilizations, imperial academies, and wars fought for power beyond human understanding.

Good, modern, civilized Western men today are expected to think like "citizens of the world" - obligated to everyone and no one. Natural, meaningful tribal connections have been substituted with synthetic, disposable consumer identities. Without a sense of who they are and what group they have a place in, modern men are becoming increasingly detached, disoriented, vulnerable, and ever more easily manipulated.

Lottie is the greatest spy at Crabtree School. If anyone wants to know anything, Lottie will know the answer. But when the school cat, Lady Lovelypaws, goes missing, and Lottie is totally clueless. There's no trace! Will she be able to solve the greatest mystery Crabtree School has ever seen!...

Zoe and Ava have been best friends for ever. So have Lottie and Isabel. All four of them together make the perfect group. Zoe thinks life is just as it's meant to be - until an extra chair appears in the Year 3 classroom. Now Ava is having playdates with the new girl. And Isabel is making...

When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct’s Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. As a Magical Examiner, Henri Davenforth is immediately called in. To his astonishment, Captain Gregson has him work the case like a detective. More astounding, he assigns Henri a partner - The Shinigami Detective. The woman is famous for killing the most destructive rogue witch of the century, and no one is quite certain where she’s from. Every officer in the precinct is either in awe of her, or a little frightened by her. Henri is just baffled.

What is masculinity? Ask ten men and you'll get ten vague, conflicting answers. Unlike any book of its kind, The Way of Men offers a simple, straightforward answer - without getting bogged down in religion, morality, or politics. It's a guide for understanding who men have been and the challenges men face today. The Way of Men captures the silent, stifling rage of men everywhere who find themselves at odds with the overregulated, overcivilized, politically correct modern world.

Gotrek Gurnisson was the greatest monster slayer of the age, who met his doom at the End Times. The heroic duardin stepped forth into the Realm of Chaos to fight the daemons gnawing at the world's ending and satisfy his death oath, leaving behind his companion Felix Jaeger. Now Gotrek has returned, having outlived the old gods and the Old World. Spat from the ruinous depths with his redemption unfulfilled, he emerges into the Mortal Realms, a strange new world where gods walk the earth and dark forces are ascendant. Nothing is as he remembers.

Isabel has always been the most well-behaved girl at Crabtree School, and she's definitely done the most to help the school with the recycling Green planet Award. But when another girl is given the prize, Isabel suddenly isn't sure that being good is the best thing any more. Maybe she should be...

Read by the authors Kevin Olusola and Donovan Dee Donnell Success May Not Be What You Think It Is Grammy Award winner Kevin Olusola of the multiplatinum a cappella group Pentatonix and international life coach Donovan Dee Donnell have seen it all. They've had the applause, money, and everything...

Henri is quite accustomed to dangerous and unusual cases landing in his lap. Being partnered to the Shinigami Detective likely has something to do with it. What he is not accustomed to is the queen herself marching into his lab and handing them such a case.

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, read by Elisa Donovan. From Facebook's COO and Wharton’s top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and...

Ava Alexandra Hughes is 7 Years, 4 months and 15 days old. She's looking forward to her first day of Year 3 at Crabtree School for Girls. But there is a serious problem: Crabtree School is just too good. It's such a good place that the Lear 6 class from last year refuse to leave. Now those pesky...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “A landmark manifesto" (The New York Times) that's a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential. In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women...

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness. 

A sweeping, action-packed saga of the legendary last stand at the Alamo, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory. On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused...