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As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a day, the end of a relationship, and ultimately the end of life. And accompanying each ending is a beginning, though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. In How We Live Is How We Die, Pema Chödrön shares her wisdom for working with this flow of life—learning to live with ease, joy, and compassion through uncertainty, embracing new beginnings, and ultimately preparing for death with curiosity and openness rather than fear.

It was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar. . .while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield. Surely what their meddlesome fathers insisted must have been true-that he was a reckless seducer determined to destroy her...

The second book in an irresistible duet by the globally bestselling author of the Bridgerton series. If you loved Bridgerton, you'll adore the Lyndon Sisters . . . Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell - quite literally - into her life. When Charles Wycombe...

Take the Tibetan Buddhist approach to mind training with lojong, a practice of simple contemplations and pithy “slogans” to train the mind in enlightened compassion, or bodhichitta. A centuries old, time-tested method, lojong remains readily applicable to daily life.

Figure out what your baby is thinking from the moment they are born. Your baby has a strong desire to communicate, but it isn’t always easy to work out just what they are trying to tell you. In this fascinating, research-led book, parenting author Tanith Carey and Clinical Psychologist Dr...

A serial killer to chill your bones. A gripping and heart-pounding thriller that gives a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath even more terrifying than Hannibal Lecter. If you like Mo Hayder and Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs, you’ll love Rattle and The Collector. A SERIAL KILLER TO...

It’s time to go back to the beginning. A psychopath with a sinister obsession. A troubled teenager training as his apprentice. The search for Clara Foyle – and the detective desperate to find her. From Fiona Cummins, The Collector is the gripping, heart-pounding sequel to Rattle. ‘Cummins...

In How Not to Miss the Point, beloved Buddhist teacher Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche presents the Buddha’s core teachings as a guide to avoid modern-day spiritual pitfalls and offers an inspiring call to embrace one’s inherent goodness and potential for awakening

*DISCOVER YOUR NEW SUMMER OBSESSION* One summer's day. Two families. Countless secrets . . . Kate is new to the idyllic village of Fletching. She's determined this move will be a fresh start for her family, though she misses her old life. Melody has it all: she's as beautiful as her house, with...

Just as the archetypal hero possesses the heart to face trials and tribulations for the sake of helping others, the bodhisattva has a remarkable resolve to free others from suffering so that all may achieve true happiness and awakening. Through each challenge, the Buddhist hero of compassion develops rich inner qualities that empower them to be of true benefit to others.

Bloomsbury presents How to Think Like an Artist by Catherine Daunt, read by Olivia Darnley. An illuminating guide to history’s most influential and inspiring artists – from Leonardo da Vinci to Frida Kahlo – and how they can teach us to see the world more clearly. How did the greatest...

From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossman’s Soon I Will Be Invincible and George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards. When Chrissie Chambers (model actress...

Leonie is one of 12 jurors chosen to decide the fate of a nurse accused of murdering his patients with lethal doses of adrenaline. Britain is under chemical attack, and the courthouse is locked down. The accused has escaped his cell and is on the loose, playing twisted games with the group, and Leonie is his next target. Because he knows something about her. A secret she's kept hidden from the others – about just how far she'll go to tip the scales of justice in her favour.

IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE THEY GRADUATED...BUT REVENGE NEVER GETS OLD. The Class of 2000. The Actress. The Techie. The Bimbo. The Sportsman. The Bad Boy. The Writer. The Singer. The Lecturer. The Musician. The Mature Student. The Weirdo. But who is The Murderer? It's Bathory University's 25-year...

The tyrannical Mrs Churchill is convinced someone is trying to kill her. But it's unclear whether she is more concerned about a possible murderer or the fact that Jane Fairfax has won the heart of her nephew, Frank. Either way, she has hired the talented and devious Harriet Smith to break up...

You have fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love will be lost forever, what will you do with that time? The internationally bestselling author of the “brilliant, gripping must-read” (Glamour) Try Not to Breathe brings suspenseful thrills in this unputdownable novel...

The Cotswolds village of Babblebrook is filled with the scent of hot chocolate and gingerbread this Christmas. Could love be in the air, too . . . ? After leaving her cheating husband, Marnie needs a fresh start. With her thirteen-year-old daughter, Lauren, she moves back to her childhood...

A cosy Cornish village. A baker with a broken heart. And the community who piece it back together. After a crushing breakup and the loss of her beloved grandmother Ruby, Lola escaped to the charming Cornish village of Polcarrow to start over with just her dreams of opening a café to keep her...

'Ruth Kelly is my go-to for destination thrillers' - Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author of No One Saw A Thing 'A slick, multi-layered thriller with a fabulous Amsterdam setting' - Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet *** She was your best friend. Now she's...

Darkness descends over Sotenäs... When the daughter of an American ambassador is found lifeless in the famous marble pool on the small island of Hållö, the case lands on Sandra Haraldsson and Dennis Wilhelmson's desks. Garnering enormous attention from the public, not least from the White House, the duo is soon led to an old lighthouse on Hållö: a lighthouse with plentiful of secrets.