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Are you constantly racing through your days, juggling work, home and family, and feeling like life is slipping by too fast? Perhaps burnout has become your new normal. Psychologist Liz Anderson knows that feeling all too well. After years of living on autopilot, she discovered the quiet power of slow living, a mindful, evidence-informed approach to reclaiming time, calm and joy.

First published in 1916, Pop Corn Recipes by Mary Hamilton Talbott is a fascinating glimpse into early 20th century American home cooking—when popcorn was valued not merely as a treat, but as a versatile and nourishing staple.

Brought to you by Penguin. You’ve heard of IQ and EQ. But in today’s world, they’re no longer enough. We need AQ. In a time defined by nonstop disruptions, when jobs vanish overnight, industries evolve in months, and yesterday’s rules no longer apply, AQ—the Agility Quotient—is the...

Two novels by the award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields, dramatised for BBC Radio Carol Shields was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary authors. Often compared to Jane Austen, her deft, witty and compassionate works depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people won her numerous...

You’ve heard of IQ and EQ. But in today's world, they’re no longer enough. We need the Agility Quotient (AQ). “Holistic, practical, and easy to digest (without feeling corporate). If you’re looking for a quick, yet addictive read about how to manage uncertainty, this is one of those...

A love story by In-Sook Chappell. Locked out of her apartment, Poppy can either wait in the lobby for morning or accept Arthur's invitation to explore Hong Kong by night. With Oliver Williams, Liz Sutherland, Nina Kwok. Directed by Abigail le Fleming.

When V.I.'s close friend Lotty Herschel is approached by a man claiming to be a fellow Holocaust survivor, she's forced to recall a painful past she's tried desperately to forget. Coming to Lotty's aid, V.I. decides to investigate the mysterious stranger. But her findings lead to the exposure of something much darker involving an international conspiracy reaching all the way back to Nazi Europe - as well as a shocking truth which could potentially devastate her friend....

Having unexpectedly lost her husband, and lacking the means to support herself, Josie DiSanti and her two daughters take refuge in the small town of Mill River, to live with Josie's aunt, Ivy. The sisters, Rose and Emily, are inseparable growing up - until a shocking tragedy tears them apart. Years later Rose and Emily return to Mill River for the reading of their mother's will, where they learn that Josie would do anything to force their reconciliation.

Melanie finds herself single again after years of being one half of a couple. Her friends predict loneliness, frustration, disaster. Her parents are convinced she’s a failure in life. But Melanie is overwhelmingly excited to be able to do her own thing – she plans a programme of behaving badly, after a lifetime of behaving properly.

Readers of Carole Matthews, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Milly Johnson will love this delightfully light-hearted, witty and sparkling romantic comedy. Perfect to settle down with! 'Fast and fun' -- Woman & Home 'I loved it!' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping from beginning to end' -- *****...

Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Devastated by the mysterious murder of her husband, David, a local doctor, Frannie throws herself into her work. It is not long before another bizarre murder occurs and Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent...

V.I. Warshawski's impossible god-daughter Bernie convinces her to look for August, a young film-maker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V.I. from...

When forensic pathologist Lucy Trask stumbles across a mutilated body in her local Baltimore park, its face unrecognisable, her sole concern is that it might be her old school teacher Mr Pugh. But the victim is actually another man from her past. Who killed him and why he was left for Lucy to find is unclear but what appears to be a number "1" burned into his back indicates that this corpse won't be the killer's last victim. When a second branded body is discovered, Detective JD Fitzpatrick and Lucy are forced to ask themselves how many more lives are at risk.

Brought to you by Penguin. A SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and Women's Prize longlisted author, Dawn French. Dawn French is one of the greatest comedians of our time with a career that has spanned nearly four...

For the first few years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But from the age of six she was targeted by a vicious, manipulative but invisible enemy - and her life became a living hell. Before long she was suspended from school, alienated from her friends, completely bewildered and utterly terrified. Her happy childhood had been destroyed forever.

From her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story she has carried in silence—one marked by love, loss, and a devastating truth that reshaped her life forever. Orphaned young and raised in emotional distance, she is reunited with her father only to face a revelation so profound it fractures their bond and drives him toward irreversible despair.

In The Confidence to Write, Liz argues that we can help students reset their writerly self-regard by naming and examining their writing identity through practical activities she calls Metawrites. Metawrites are writing prompts that serve as invitations to students to think and write about their own writing. Woven throughout the book, along with commentary and advice from professional writers, Metawrites inspire students to confront and overcome the “I can’t write” mentality.

In The Story of the Fisherman and the Genie, an aging fisherman struggles each day to provide for his family, casting his nets into the sea with little success. On what seems to be another day of disappointment, he pulls from the water a strange sealed copper vessel—an object that soon unleashes a terrifying surprise. From the vessel emerges a powerful genie, imprisoned centuries ago by the great King Solomon. But freedom has not softened the spirit’s heart. Instead of gratitude, the fisherman is promised death.

AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGAN Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom...

Brilliantly read by comedian and BBC Radio 2 presenter, Liza Tarbuck. The Mubbles: The Good, the Bad and the Perky is the third audiobook, packed with music and sound effects, in the hilarious series by Liz Pichon, the globally bestselling creator of Tom Gates. “I laughed so much, I could...