True Home

When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn souffles and soft moss-lined beds. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. It might also be a home.

Swanee Burrows, the restless, razor-sharp fifteen-year-old daughter of a scandal-ridden congressman and a flawed yet magnetic socialite, struggles to find her footing as her parents' bitter and very public divorce spirals out of control. In the rain-soaked landscape of the Pacific Northwest, Swanee's runaway attempts and the intricate web of deception surrounding her family bring her dangerously close to the edge of no return.

The Convent is the shocking true story of Marie Hargreaves, the girl who survived an evil nun’s care home from hell. When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going on holiday. But little does she know she will not see her home again for four...

Brought to you by Penguin. The remarkable story of the Real 'Dad's Army', from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park With the threat of invasion from Hitler's forces looming large in 1940, men of all ages and backgrounds assembled under the banner of the Home Guard. A...

Bloomsbury presents Runaways by E.L. Norry, read by Emily Jackman & Terrell Lewis 'Extraordinary. I loved it.' Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear 'I LOVED Runaways. It has note-perfect voices and two important stories at the heart of it all. I couldn’t put it down.' Joanna Nadin...

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was concerned that middle-aged men were being cold-shouldered from service and so on 14th May 1940, Anthony Eden broadcast to the nation, announcing the formation of the Local Defence Volunteers. Within 24 hours over ¼ million men had offered their services, grateful for the chance at last to do something for their Country's defence. At the end of July this force was proudly renamed, and the Home Guard were born. Featuring stories told by Ronald Quartington, Keith Chisman, John Smythe and James Roffey.

Follow the adventures of one extraordinary heroine as she lives through many lifetimes, each a step on the path to spiritual awakening and self-realization: a princess in ancient Egypt, a peasant with the power to heal in medieval Scotland, a spoiled, pampered courtesan in renaissance Venice, a slave captured in Africa and brought to colonial America, and a native American of the Lakota tribe, finally ascending to the angelic being she was always meant to be.

Humans are master pretenders. We often seem stronger, calmer and more mature than we really are, while the truth is we're full of doubts and self-criticism that pushes us to borrow reassurance from friends, beliefs from strangers on the internet, or attention that, in the moment, makes us feel successful, but leaves us totally hollow and burnt out. Dr. Smith uses examples from her own life and the lives of her therapy patients to explain how we borrow confidence, calmness and beliefs from our relationships and offers solutions and steps for building a life with our own best-thinking.

Ever felt the inkling - or maybe the inner scream - that you aren't being true to yourself and living the life that's really meant for you? It's time to rediscover your real, genuine and authentic self. Because life is too short to live any other way. Authenticity coach Kat John finds many of...

If you have lost yourself – as a result of harmful conditioning, trauma, major life changes or significant loss – how do you find your way back home? Gillian McMichael takes you on a journey of self-discovery, using her own experience of transformational change to demonstrate the powerful effect of forgiving yourself and breaking free of past conditioning. Step by step, she walks you through each stage of a self-healing process that will help you return meaning and purpose to your life, and agency to your true self.

You are always creating. Everything and everyone can be perceived as a gift you create and gift to yourself—unconditional love, always ready to enhance your gifts to co-create with, and without waiting for your acceptance of shared thoughts. The apprentice and the master craftsman working together, shaping and creating your world.—Moustapha Kemal Ozturk (2025)

In True Grit & Horse Spit, horseman and farrier Jody Burrage recounts the extraordinary true adventures that come from a lifetime in the saddle. Whether in the scorching Sonoran Desert, where rattlesnakes strike without warning, snowy rides over mountain trails, or through haunted Civil War battlefields, each story reveals how unpredictable the wilderness, wildlife, and the people in it can be. Some rides bring danger. Some bring laughter. Some bring encounters so strange they sound like fiction. But every story in this book really happened. Most people think horseback riding is peaceful.

'Powerlessness of Knowledge, Knowledge of Powerlessness' is a personal guide as it concerns homeowners, and similarly situated household heads in the US. This special message carefully deciphers why so many private home decision-makers are vulnerable to home improvement fraud, while an exclusive segment successfully averts it. Most importantly, it debunks the notion that what we know about avoiding home improvement fraud is in and of itself 'power' to do so.

Still Finding Myself in Britain read by author Amy Boucher Pye, is a spiritually infused memoir recounting how American Amy navigated the culture shock of life and faith as she made her home in an English vicarage. Updated and Revised 10th Anniversary Edition. Moving to the UK from America after marrying a British vicar, Amy Boucher Pye recounts some of the uniquely British things she negotiated as she settled into her new life. Working through the church year and seasons, Still Finding Myself in Britain captures the uniquely British take on life and faith from the outside looking in.

Can a tiny vehicle provide the space to rebuild a life? Thunderstone: a sculpted & fearless memoir from the award-winning author of Fifty Words for Snow - a Waterstones Book of the Month. ‘It was believed lightning would not strike a house that held a thunderstone. And so these fossils were...

The Unholy Silence is a harrowing true account of one family’s descent into spiritual warfare after moving into a seemingly ordinary home in Idaho. What began as a fresh start quickly spiraled into a nightmare of ghostly apparitions, shattered mirrors, demonic voices, and eerie manipulations that targeted their children, faith, and sanity. Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, this memoir follows the author—a devoted husband, father, and Catholic—as he battles unseen forces that twist reality, test his beliefs, and slowly dismantle the life he built.

Heartwarming tales of homeless dogs who are matched with new owners, based on much-loved Channel 4 series 'The Dog House'. 'The TV series of the decade stars a bunch of rescue dogs' Caitlin Moran Sometimes it's love at first sight. Sometimes it takes a while. But the staff at Woodgreen are...

Being a man today comes with pressure most people never prepared you for. You are expected to lead, provide, and protect, yet many men were never shown how. Call Me First is a direct, practical guide for men ready to step into leadership at home. Damian Lewis shares real experiences, lessons from failure, and the mindset shifts required to lead with discipline, accountability, and clarity. This is not about perfection. It is about responsibility. You will learn how to build respect in your home, strengthen your relationships, and become the man your family depends on.

Salvador arrives in the United States from Argentina with one big, unfocused goal: to become successful at something. He knows that America is the land of opportunity, and if he works hard, he will triumph. Together with his childhood sweetheart, he settles in the Big Apple, where dreams come true. But this ambitious young immigrant soon learns that it takes more than hard work and charisma to succeed and is changed by the harsh realities of living in New York.

As Lance and his bedraggled group of survivors trek wearily across a wasted American nation, fighting off bands of criminals that would take everything they own, they discover that the most serious threat is still before them. Their numbers depleted at every stage, they now enter Raton Pass, New Mexico, a place where any semblance of rational thought or empathy for other human beings has long since ceased to exist.