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The best Indian food is cooked (and eaten) at home.
Real Indian food is fresh, simple, and packed with flavor. In Made In India,
Meera Sodha introduces you to the food she grew up eating every day.
Unlike the fare you get at your local Indian takeout joint, her food is
vibrant and surprisingly quick and easy to make.
"This is a great book for both experienced and beginning leaders looking
for a fresh outlook on the leadership development cannon."
Jon Kaplan, Principal & Founder, Corvantus Consulting and former CLO, Discover Card
"Andy delivers authentic and practical advice on how to be an effective
leader by focusing on ethics, truthfulness, listening, and lifelong
learning."
Paul Smith, CEO, Warlencourt Limited and Former CEO, CFA Institute
"His blend of wisdom and sincerity draws you in and makes you want to become a better manager."
Kate Eberle Walker, CEO, PresenceLearning and author of The Good Boss
“Success without balance is often more disastrous than failure with
balance.” So begins Dr. Andrew Temte’s collection of candid observations
on the challenges facing business leaders today. From top student to
high school dropout, from aspiring rock star to successful business
leader, Temte shares lessons learned on the importance of balance in all
aspects of life and work.
Balancing Act explores the
characteristics required of a new generation of leaders who must find
balance between strength and vulnerability; confidence and selflessness;
passion and measure; single mindedness and inclusivity; determination
and curiosity; and leadership and followership. He stresses that balance
is a journey, not a destination.
In Balancing Act, readers will learn:
The first book from AD100 interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins, known for his colorful, youthful traditionalism.
Corey
Damen Jenkins's bold interiors have won a devoted following. In his
first book, he presents his take on classic interiors that have been
beautifully reimagined for today's taste, sharing the building blocks of
this fun, vibrant traditional look. "Bold Standard" is about how to use
color in unexpected ways. "Good Bones" showcases architectural details.
"Less Is More" focuses on creating a minimal look within a traditional
interior. "Eclectic Exuberance" celebrates a collected appeal. "Night
and Day" is a new look at the classic, graphic pairing of dark and light
colors. "Haute House" looks at accessorizing with fashion-inspired
elements. "Age Appropriate" is about creating rooms that cater to
lounging, and nesting: kids' bedrooms, family rooms, reading nooks,
homework areas. With sidebars on practical questions such as how to hang
a salon-style picture wall and choosing the right window treatment,
this is a must-have book for fans of a fresh, traditional look.
With
sidebars on practical questions such as how to hang a salon-style
picture wall and choosing the right window treatment, this is a
must-have book for fans of a fresh, traditional look.
A new volume from the esteemed architecture firm Historical Concepts
features extraordinary homes rooted in tradition and enriched with a
modern sensibility.
Known for designing welcoming Southern
homes, Historical Concepts, one of today's leading traditional
architecture firms, is now working on diverse projects across America
and in exotic locales, such as the Caribbean and Patagonia. A
multigenerational team of architects is extending the firm's founding
philosophy--expressing both timeless and inventive perspectives on
design. Showcased are beautifully photographed country estates, coastal
retreats, and pastoral properties, all weaving the classical principles
of symmetry, scale, and proportion with vernacular motifs and artisanal
craftsmanship to create stylish and comfortable backdrops for
contemporary living. Sophisticated interior decoration and stunning
landscapes accompany the architecture, creating a harmonious sense of
place. Through engaging stories that inform, Andrew Cogar shows how to
reimagine the traditional home--whether an elegant Greek Revival
pavilion, a chic Hamptons summer house, or a reinterpretation of a
historic Charleston single house--to capture one's unique point of view.
Visions of Home is an invaluable resource for those who enjoy the
warmth and charm of traditional architecture.
Renowned interior designer and tastemaker Charlotte Moss celebrates
flowers and offers endless inspiration in their use as glorious
additions to decorating, entertaining, and everyday living.
Charlotte
Moss encourages readers to bring the garden indoors--with ideas for
arranging flowers, selecting containers, and placing blossoms around the
house. An inviting cluster of blooms on a guest room's bedside table,
lavish floral displays for parties and holidays, single stems adding
life to any corner of a room--Moss has been photographing her flower
arrangements for over a decade. This book is a celebration of her
artistry and a testament to flowers as part of day-to-day life.
From
Moss's grander displays in the city to her more informal and breezy
creations at her home in the country, as well as in the refined
interiors of her clients, the visual result is a chronicle of the myriad
ways flowers provide inspiration--indoors and out. Readers will be
further motivated as Moss describes the contributions of past
tastemakers: Gloria Vanderbilt for her ingenious use of floral patterns
in her licensed products, Pauline de Rothschild for her fantastic
tablescapes, Bunny Mellon for her profusive use of topiaries, Constance
Spry for the use of inventive containers and for her groundbreaking
artistry, and Lady Bird Johnson for her embrace of the simple, exquisite
wildflower. With nature as her muse, Moss implores us to create the
backdrop for a life well lived, imbuing every day with flair, beauty,
and elegance.
100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from
around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone
trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning,
best-selling, and beloved author of How to Read a Poem
Implicit in poetry is the idea that we are enriched by heartbreaks, by
the recognition and understanding of suffering—not just our own
suffering but also the pain of others. We are not so much diminished as
enlarged by grief, by our refusal to vanish, or to let others vanish,
without leaving a record. And poets are people who are determined to
leave a trace in words, to transform oceanic depths of feeling into art
that speaks to others.
In 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, poet
and advocate Edward Hirsch selects 100 poems, from the
nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates them, unpacking
context and references to help the reader fully experience the range of
emotion and wisdom within these poems.
For anyone trying to process grief, loneliness, or fear, this collection of poetry will be your guide in trying times.
Il nuovo libro di Alberto Angela, il primo della “Trilogia di Nerone” dedicata al più controverso imperatore di Roma e all’incendio del 64 d.C.
Roma, sabato 18 luglio 64 d.C. È una calda notte estiva, la città sta per svegliarsi con le sue strade brulicanti di attività e di persone, ed è del tutto ignara di quello che accadrà tra poche ore…
"Roma è ancora addormentata, e ad accompagnare i nostri pensieri ci sono solo i canti di alcuni usignoli che nidificano sui tetti, il rivolo d’acqua di una fontana, l’abbaiare di un cane chissà dove e le esclamazioni lontane e indecifrabili degli ultimi carrettieri che durante la notte hanno rifornito le botteghe. È la quiete prima di una nuova giornata caotica e frastornante.”
Saranno Vindex e Saturninus, due vigiles di turno quel giorno, a guidarci per le strade alla scoperta della vita quotidiana di uno dei più grandi centri abitati dell’epoca. Durante la loro ronda, il possente veterano e la giovanissima recluta svolgeranno un lavoro fondamentale per l’ordine e la sicurezza della popolazione: controllare ed eliminare le innumerevoli fonti di pericolo in una città dove il fuoco si usa per tutto e la tragedia è sempre in agguato…
Seguendoli nel loro lavoro quotidiano, scopriamo una Roma in gran parte fatta di legno, entriamo nelle botteghe colme di merci infiammabili che si affacciano sulle strade, sentiamo i rumori e gli odori che provengono da ogni parte e assistiamo a scene all’ordine del giorno in una Roma multiculturale che somiglia a quella di oggi molto più di quanto si pensi.
Basandosi su dati archeologici e fonti antiche, e grazie al contributo di storici ed esperti di meteorologia e del fuoco, Alberto Angela ricostruisce per la prima volta un importantissimo episodio che ha cambiato per sempre la geografia di Roma e la nostra Storia: il Grande incendio del 64 d.C.
Con questo suo libro, il primo della Trilogia di Nerone, ci guida nella vita delle persone realmente esistite al tempo di Nerone (dai più noti Plinio il Vecchio e Tito a quelli sconosciuti come lo scenografo di corte Alcimus e la pescivendola Aurelia Nais) e ci regala un racconto storico dallo stile cinematografico, incredibilmente coinvolgente, unico nel suo genere.
La storia di Roma racconta la parabola del più grande impero occidentale
con la scrittura affilata che ha negli anni appassionato - e appassiona
tutt'ora - i lettori di Indro Montanelli. Abile, la penna dell'autore
ripercorre i rivolgimenti culturali e politici della società romana
dalle sue origini al crollo dell'impero, unendo alla sempre precisa
cronaca degli eventi, ritratti vivaci delle figure che di Roma hanno
incarnato la storia. Il risultato è un racconto coinvolgente e scevro da
accademismi, che invita a conoscere meglio il passato e, allo stesso
tempo, a riflettere sul mondo contemporaneo. Dalle guerre puniche
all'affermazione del Cristianesimo, dall'austerità di Catone al
magnetismo di Giulio Cesare fino agli eccessi di imperatori come Nerone o
Eliogabalo, dallo stoicismo delle origini alla decadenza del tardo
impero; la Storia di Roma e i suoi protagonisti rivivono oggi in una
nuova edizione che abbina le parole ironiche e pungenti della prosa
montanelliana a splendide rappresentazioni artistiche, antiche e
moderne, per una versione illustrata di un classico tra i più amati dai
lettori.
Da non perdere. Tutti i luoghi da vedere e i consigli degli esperti per
rendere il vostro viaggio indimenticabile. Vita in città. Scoprite i
segreti della città con una guida alle zone più amate dagli abitanti. Il
meglio di Roma. Itinerari a piedi, cibo, arte, shopping, panorami, vita
notturna e altro.
Stando al racconto contemporaneo su Roma - propugnato tanto dai media
quanto dai residenti - la città è prossima al collasso. Ogni anno la si
ritrova qualche gradino più in basso nelle classifiche di vivibilità. Ai
problemi di tutte le grandi capitali - turismo mordi e fuggi, traffico,
scarto tra centro radical-Airbnb e periferie degradate - negli ultimi
anni Roma sembra voler aggiungere una lista di nefandezze tutta sua: una
serie di amministrazioni fallimentari, corruzione capillare, rigurgiti
fascisti non più minoritari, criminalità diffusa, mafia. Una situazione
apparentemente irredimibile che ha trovato il simbolo perfetto nel
record mondiale di autòbus pubblici che prendono fuoco da soli. Ma
questa narrazione dello sfacelo sembra contraddetta da altrettanti
segnali in direzione opposta. La prima cosa che stupisce è l'assenza
dell'emigrazione di massa che normalmente ci si aspetterebbe: la
larghissima maggioranza dei romani non si sogna nemmeno per un istante
di «tradirla», e i tanti nuovi arrivati che negli ultimi decenni l'hanno
popolata sono spesso indistinguibili dagli autoctoni nelle attitudini e
nell'amore profondo che li lega a questa «città vischiosa» che «ti si
appiccica addosso con le sue abitudini e le sue mancanze». A ben
guardare sono infinite le contraddizioni e gli opposti conciliati da
Roma, una città «incredibilmente ingannevole: sembra ciò che non è ed è
ciò che non appare». La si pensa grande e invece è immensa, la metropoli
più estesa d'Europa. I suoi confini si spingono enormemente più in là
dei capolinea della metro e ben oltre la cerchia della più grande
autostrada urbana d'Italia, il Gra, che ne racchiude solo una frazione.
Ma soprattutto, in contrasto con lo stereotipo più falso di sempre, per
quanto fondata oltre 2770 anni fa, Roma è una città profondamente
moderna, come il 92 per cento dei suoi palazzi, e tutt'altro che eterna,
se la sua crescita dal dopoguerra a oggi ha «distrutto vestigia di
migliaia di anni e sconvolto la geografia di mezza regione». E per
capirla e guarirla - o quantomeno provarci - bisognerebbe considerarla
una città normale «allo stesso titolo di Chicago o Manchester». Solo,
dannatamente più bella.
La figura del legionario romano ci è familiare oggi quanto lo era ai
cittadini ― e ai nemici ― dell'Impero romano duemila anni fa. Questo
libro, superando gli stereotipi più diffusi, vuole mettere in evidenza
ciò che l'esercito dí Roma fu dal costituirsi della prima milizia
cittadina, all'inizio della Repubblica, fino all'eccellenza della
legione imperiale, e ancora oltre, nel momento delle mortificanti
sconfitte subite per mano dei Goti e degli Unni nel Basso Impero.
Ricostruendone l'evoluzione di tattiche, armamento e addestramento,
l'opera ci permette di conoscere a fondo le forze che consegnarono a
Roma il più grande impero che la storia ricordi. Il volume, tuttavia,
non si limita a ripercorrere i mutamenti di questo formidabile apparato
militare attraverso i secoli, ma si sofferma anche sull'eccezionalità
degli uomini che condussero quei soldati in guerra, in particolare nella
rievocazione delle grandi battaglie, quali Canne, Farsalo, Adrianopoli.
Corredato di illustrazioni, fotografie e mappe dettagliate, L'esercito
di Roma è un fondamentale testo di riferimento sulle forze armate romane
dall'VIII secolo a.C. fino al V secolo d.C., dopo la caduta dell'Impero
romano d'Occidente.
Anno 166 della nostra era: primi nella storia, alcuni cittadini romani
entravano in Cina dopo un lungo viaggio per mare dall'impero
dell'Occidente alle coste annamite dove sbarcarono. Avevano percorso
l'Egitto, attraversato il mare Eritreo, erano approdati in India da dove
si erano diretti verso la penisola malese, avevano costeggiato
l'Indocina per gettare infine l'ancora a nord del Vietnam e percorrere
la via terrestre che doveva condurli fino all'Impero Celeste. Questo
straordinario episodio, ricordato dagli storici cinesi, costituisce il
punto di partenza per l'affresco di Jean-Noël Robert, che racconta la
storia affascinante della ricerca di un contatto tra i due più grandi
imperi dell'antichità. Un viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio che parte da
Alessandro Magno e, concentrandosi sul II e III secolo dopo Cristo,
tocca non solo l'Impero romano e quello cinese, ma tutto l'intreccio
delle civiltà tra Europa e Asia. Gli scambi economici, culturali e
religiosi, insieme ai contatti politici e agli scontri militari,
diventano legami profondi tra Roma, la Persia dei Parti, l'India e la
Cina, senza dimenticare i popoli nomadi dell'Asia Centrale. Una storia
profonda quanto nascosta rispetto alle narrazioni usuali, ricca di
suggestioni e significati, per illuminare alcune pagine del progresso
dell'umanità, sulle tracce di quei viaggiatori guidati dalla loro
vocazione a diventare i cittadini del mondo.
Tutti gli imperi sono stati fondati sul sangue.
E tutti gli imperi sono destinati a cadere.
In questo Roma non fa differenza.
Ciò che fa la differenza, invece, è quello che rimane.
Molti imperi scompaiono avendo lasciato dietro di sé un campo di sterminio, rovine, massacri e… niente altro.
Roma ha lasciato una civiltà. Viviamo ancora nella sua legge, ci
avvantaggiamo del suo sistema di comunicazione, delle poderose e geniali
tecniche costruttive, parliamo la sua lingua, in tante e diverse parti
del mondo.
Alcuni dei popoli che sono stati interessati dalla
dominazione romana non avrebbero poi avuto alcuna pietà quando, a loro
volta, si sarebbero trovati nel ruolo degli invasori. Avrebbero
distrutto, ucciso, saccheggiato: in questo, la storia del genere umano è
tristemente quella che è.
Gli “altri” non erano migliori.
Una volta ancora la differenza è in ciò che rimane dopo. O che non rimane affatto.
La narrazione storica rifugge illusorie classifiche morali, ma quel che
è certo è che bisogna sentirsi orgogliosi della civiltà che l’antica
Roma ci ha lasciato, orgogliosi di esserne, in tanti, eredi.
Dalla
dura lezione delle pandemie al razzismo, dal virus della corruzione alla
tensione per l’innovazione, l’entusiasmante epopea di Roma – a saperla
leggere – può scacciare il buio che spesso ci inghiotte, illuminare il
nostro presente, edificare il nostro futuro.
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the steamy first novel in her new adrenaline-fueled Richter series.
As an employee of MacBain Security and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman.
Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them.
Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring targeting young girls. The closer they get to the truth and the closer they get to each other, however, the deadlier their task becomes. As Claire and Cooper risk their lives to bring down their target, will their hearts be the final casualties?
Sofía Vidal ha infranto la campana di vetro sotto la quale è vissuta per
anni per lanciarsi nella più grande avventura della sua vita.
È
arrivata nelle sterminate pianure de los Llanos colombianos alla ricerca
dell'emozione e del brivido per i quali valga la pena di essere
vissuti.
La prima persona nella quale s'imbatte è Nicolás Montero,
un addestratore di cavalli estremamente rude, sexy e con un senso
dell'umorismo che non combacia con il suo.
Eppure tra di loro la scintilla è innegabile!
Sofía decide così di vivere questa storia con tutto l'abbandono che mai si è concessa. Si vive una volta sola, non è così?
Il patto con Nicolás è però chiaro. Tra di loro sarà solo una storia di sesso e lui non dovrà mai chiederle di innamorarsi!
Sofía non vuole né l'amore né la pietà di nessuno. Riuscirà a tenere separati il corpo, la mente e il cuore?
Nicolás
ha una sola ossessione: trovare ed eliminare Don Rafael Santander
Carvajal, un uomo crudele, che ha ucciso sua madre e che ha reso la sua
esistenza miserabile.
Lo troverà e lo ucciderà senza nessuna pietà!
Peccato che la presenza della nuova maestra della scuola Arcoiris sia diventata un vero tormento.
Anche
se razionalmente quella donnina che si veste in modo ridicolo e che
parla come un libro stampato è molto lontana dalle donne che frequenta,
l'attrazione divampa irrazionale.
L'unico modo per liberarsi di lei e
potersi concentrare sul suo obiettivo, si dice, è quello di cedere e
sedurla per poi passare oltre.
Lo ha sempre fatto con tutte le
altre, ma se Sofía fosse diversa? E se il suo cuore dovesse perdersi per
lei? Potrebbe rinunciare anche alla sua vendetta in nome dell'amore?
Ambientata
negli sconfinati paesaggi delle pianure orientali della Colombia, tra
personaggi indimenticabili, passioni turbolente e desiderio di vendetta e
speranza, la storia di Nicolás e di Sofía vi lascerà senza respiro.
Nuovo appuntamento (autoconclusivo) de LE BALLATE DE LOS LLANOS!
Nel secondo capitolo, Neope la Guardiana di Cydonia, scopre che qualcuno
di molto pericoloso l'ha seguita attraverso lo spazio e il tempo. La
guerriera proveniente dal futuro marziano si trova così costretta ad
accettare una difficile alleanza con il misterioso e affascinante Daren e
la razza di vampiri da secoli nascosta sulla Terra. Inoltre una nuova
terribile minaccia si affaccia da un'altra dimensione, un essere antico e
distruttivo, che Neope dovrà neutralizzare per salvare il pianeta che
la ospita.Riuscirà la Guardiana a ritornare a casa? Sarà capace di
lasciare i suoi affetti e soprattutto i profondi sentimenti che prova
verso l'agente speciale Moreno?
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a
chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash
between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path
from there to a nightmarish global conflagration.
On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones,
conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China
Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke
billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major
Chris "Wedge" Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of
Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian
airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and
Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the
Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which
involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry that render US
ships and planes defenseless. In a single day, America's faith in its
military's strategic pre-eminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era
is at hand.
So begins a disturbingly plausible work of
speculative fiction, co-authored by an award-winning novelist and
decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary
admiral who has spent much of his career strategically outmaneuvering
America's most tenacious adversaries. Written with a powerful blend of
geopolitical sophistication and human empathy, 2034 takes us
inside the minds of a global cast of characters--Americans, Chinese,
Iranians, Russians, Indians--as a series of arrogant miscalculations on
all sides leads the world into an intensifying international storm. In
the end, China and the United States will have paid a staggering cost,
one that forever alters the global balance of power.
Everything in 2034
is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground
combined with the authors' years working at the highest and most
classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant
work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too
close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the reader a dark yet
possible future that we must do all we can to avoid
**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
"An
unforgettable―and Hollywood-bound―new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian
suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
―Entertainment Weekly
The Silent Patient
is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence
against her husband―and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her
motive.
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous
painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a
grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most
desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a
fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then
never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any
kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far
grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia
into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent
patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a
secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal
psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work
with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the
mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into
his own motivations―a search for the truth that threatens to consume
him....
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
'The Sanatorium will
keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric
thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists
you'll never see coming. A must-read.' Richard Osman
'An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat.' Reese Witherspoon
EVERYONE'S IN DANGER. ANYONE COULD BE NEXT.
An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last
place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a
detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to
celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice
but to accept.
Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm,
Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about
the hotel, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her
nervous - as does her brother, Isaac.
And when they wake the
following morning to discover his fiancée Laure has vanished without a
trace, Elin's unease grows. With the storm cutting off access to and
from the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining
guests start to panic.
But no-one has realized yet that
another woman has gone missing. And she's the only one who could have
warned them just how much danger they're all in . . .
____________________
'The Sanatorium is an absolutely splendid Gothic thriller.' A. J. Finn
'An addictive, creepy and twisting read.' Stylist
'I absolutely loved The Sanatorium - it gave me all the wintry thrills and chills.' Lucy Foley
'A menacing, creepy debut [...] echoes of Hitchcock and du Maurier.' Daily Mail
'Dark, suspenseful and downright chilling, The Sanatorium is a triumph.' Sally Hepworth
'A chillingly vivid thriller in a fantastic setting.' T M Logan
'One of the best books of 2021 [...] guaranteed to give you goosebumps.' Woman & Home
Readers love The Sanatorium:
***** 'Thrilling, chilling - a tingles down my spine type of read.'
***** 'Imagine a universe where Agatha Christie and Stephen King collaborated on a book.'
***** 'Sarah Pearse wastes no time in ramping up the tension and is clearly destined to be a master of this genre.'
“If you love a mystery, then you’ll devour [Northern Spy] . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book.”—Reese Witherspoon
“A chilling, gorgeously written tale…Berry keeps the tension almost unbearably high.” –The New York Times Book Review
The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most riveting novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRA
A
producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in
Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA
may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday
Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats,
security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city
have become features of everyday life. As the news reporter requests the
public's help in locating those responsible for the robbery, security
footage reveals Tessa's sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over
her face.
The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but
Tessa is convinced she must have been abducted or coerced; the sisters
have always opposed the violence enacted in the name of uniting Ireland.
And besides, Marian is vacationing on the north coast. Tessa just spoke
to her yesterday.
When the truth about Marian comes to light,
Tessa is faced with impossible choices that will test the limits of her
ideals, the bonds of her family, her notions of right and wrong, and her
identity as a sister and a mother. Walking an increasingly perilous
road, she wants nothing more than to protect the one person she loves
more fiercely than her sister: her infant son, Finn.
Riveting, atmospheric, and exquisitely written, Northern Spy is
at once a heart-pounding story of the contemporary IRA and a moving
portrait of sister- and motherhood, and of life in a deeply divided
society.
As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.
October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he’s shocked to come face to face with the killer.
Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she’s working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she’s been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill—reasons that go back to the last war.
As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain’s intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett’s state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the “series that seems to get better with every entry” (Wall Street Journal).
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF 2020
“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient
"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” -- New York Times Book Review
A
wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked
and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.
And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
“A vibrant,
engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional
punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then
linger in your mind long after you have finished it.”
―Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds
Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between.
Duchess
Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for
other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother,
Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of
taking care of herself, let alone her two kids.
Walk has never
left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have
become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound
of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King,
to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and
her brother.
Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released. And Duchess and Walk must face the trouble that comes with his return. We Begin at the End is an extraordinary novel about two kinds of families―the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
“The reigning queen of historical fiction” -- Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.
1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything—beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses—but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart.
1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer...
Winner of the Man Booker Prize
“Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique.”―The Guardian
In
an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She
reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night
classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman
begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes “interesting,” the last thing
she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister’s attempts to avoid him―and
to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend―rumors
spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of
the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the
wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told
with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.
“Part detective tale, part thriller…touching and genuine.” —The New York Times
#1
bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about
the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
SOMETIMES GROWING UP
MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS
The
son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary
childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural
ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else
can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using
this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an
NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened
to strike from beyond the grave.
LATER is Stephen King
at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the
trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s
classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.
In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Harlan
Coben, a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante
antihero—drawing him down a dangerous road.
Over twenty years
ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her
family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months.
Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her
family were never recovered.
Until now. On the Upper West Side,
a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two
objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase
bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities
have a lead — not only on Patricia's kidnapping, but also on another FBI
cold case — with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward
one man.
Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends
call him — doesn't know how his suitcase and his family's stolen
painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued,
especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin
was also behind an act of domestic terrorism — and that the conspirators
may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades,
but Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the
case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice.
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