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Sara Davies is the queen of crafts. Whilst working as an intern in a small company, Sara noticed a gap in the industry and decided to pursue it. By the time she left university, she was running a business with a half million-pound turnover from her student bedroom. When she became the youngest of BBC 1's iconic Dragons, that turnover was ?25 million. Today, she is one of Britain's biggest business names • In her first book - as full of warmth, wit and wisdom as she is - Sara shares what it took to get there: from manning factories overnight with her mam and dad to hitting the trade shows of Las Vegas alone, armed with little more than ambition and passion • We Can All Make It chronicles everything from what she looks for in a business investment to how she manages to find time to enjoy family life while running an empire

Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books and some things that aren't even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice • Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackville Street (est. 1761) to interview for their bookselling apprenticeship, a decision which has bedevilled him ever since • He'd intended to stay for a year before launching into some less dusty, better remunerated career. Unfortunately for him, the alluring smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap proved irresistible. Soon he was balancing teetering stacks of first editions, fending off nonagenarian widows with a ten-foot pole and trying not to upset the store's resident ghost (the late Mr Sotheran had unfinished business when he was hit by that tram)

Everyone loves a pie. Pies are part of our food culture and heritage, as British as ... pork pie • And they are more than a comforting plate-full for the winter months. Throughout the year, the team at the award-winning Pieminister search out the best fresh, natural ingredients, creating an ever-changing, wonderfully varied menu. And in Pieminister - A Pie for All Seasons, you will find recipes that are filled with seasonal ingredients, great for spring suppers, summer parties and autumn lunches • Small pies, big pies, breakfast pies, fruit pies, family pies and pies that make you go oooooh! • Recipes include • pork, chorizo and prawn pie • asparagus, pea and ricotta pie • chili con carne pie • smoked haddock and cider pie • smoked aubergine and olive strudel • pulled pork, sage and apple pie • pheasant and Bath chaps pie • paneer, spinach and pea pie • rhubarb and custard pie • chocolate 'hedonist' pie • Fantastic ingredients and the best pastry you've ever tasted

The funny, moving and uplifting new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Never Greener and Us Three • Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades • But to do that she must find her daughter Alys - the only person who can help to put things right • And when she finds her - if she does - she risks betraying granddaughter Elin. Who is far less forgiving of the past, with its hurts and secrets and lies. Meanwhile Grace's great-grand-daughter Beca is oblivious to all these worries, too busy navigating the highs and lows of teenage life and keeping secrets of her own • All families have their problems

Why do some friendships last a lifetime, while others fade away? • How do you break up with a friend? • How many 'best' friends should we be aiming for? • From the time we start school, we are fed a diet of 'Best Friends Forever' - the idea that you should have a female soulmate to whom you tell all your secrets and who always has your back. It's the stuff of Hollywood films, but for most of us it isn't achievable. We spend years striving for a vision of female friendship that isn't realistic instead of searching for what suits us best or appreciating what we've already got • BFF? is an agenda-setting, personal and humorous book that pulls back the cover on the most underappreciated relationships in our lives to interrogate what modern friendship means, why we need it and what we can do to get the most from it

AD 400. Rome and its Empire are failing • Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadrian's Wall • Through a combination of military prowess, brutality and bribery, Marcus has spent twenty years keeping the savage Picts at bay. Feared by his enemies and hated by his superiors, his strength of will is the only thing that has held the disgruntled, poorly paid garrisons of the Wall in place as the failing Roman Empire's grip on Britannia weakened • Yet as this tour of the wall progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that this is more than a routine inspection. Why is Marcus stripping the defences of cavalry to strengthen his own force? Is he negotiating with the Picts - or conspiring with them? And who is the mysterious figure who follows Marcus' every move and yet hides in the shadows? • Segeduno, Cilurno, Brocolitia, Vindolanda: each fort holds memories and friendships, hides rivals, or conceals enemies

Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. Ridiculous, you might say... What is this elixir? • Confidence • If you have it, it can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. But if you don't, it can have a devastating effect on your future. Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen • Exploring the science and neuroscience behind confidence that has emerged over the last decade, clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson tells us how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies. He explains where it comes from and how it spreads - with extraordinary economic and political consequences

When did you last feel exhilarated and lighthearted? • When were you last engaged, focused and completely present? • When is the last time you felt fully alive? • In other words, when did you last have fun? • In our always-on, tech-addicted lifestyles, we often think of the pursuit of fun as an indulgence. When we do find time to relax, we often turn to activities that are not actually that enjoyable, let alone fun: bingeing on television and movies, doomscrolling the news, or feeding our FOMO on social media • But award-winning science journalist Catherine Price has learned the truth: far from being frivolous, fun is the key to living a more meaningful, fulfilling and happier life. If you make fun a priority, you will be healthier and have more energy

Are you keen to lose weight without spending a fortune? Do you find it hard to stick to a budget when you are on a diet? In Save Money, Lose Weight, the book to accompany the ITV series, Dr Ranj Singh brings you a 28-day plan that shows you how to make nutritious, calorie-controlled, budget-conscious meals for the whole family • As well as 80 delicious recipes, this book includes • - Shopping lists • - Meal planners • - Tips to slash your weekly grocery bill • - Easy, no-cost exercise ideas • Let the nation's favourite doctor, Ranj Singh, show you how to break the cycle of habit without breaking the bank

Change is in the air for Jack Sheffield and the Ragley village school • It's 1987, and after a decade as head teacher at Ragley-on-the-Forest School, Jack Sheffield is looking to the future. He and his wife are expecting a new baby, the school is preparing for the introduction of the new National Curriculum, and the coming year promises a whole host of other surprises. Whether it's combing the church for an escaped pet mouse or dealing with the obnoxious new school governor, life in the village is always entertaining • So when Jack is offered an opportunity that could change everything, he knows he has a difficult decision to make. Endings are never easy, but perhaps the thrill of a new beginning is exactly what Jack needs • Hilarious, nostalgic and heart-warming in equal measure, Last Day of School is the final novel in the much-loved Teacher series

My name is Jack Reacher • No middle name, no address • I'm a man with a rule • People leave me alone, I leave them alone • If they don't, I don't • As every Reacher fan knows, you don't have to break the rules if you make the rules • Rule 1. Never volunteer for anything • Rule 2: Be on your feet and ready • Rule 3. Show them what they're messing with • Rule 4: Don't break the furniture • Rule 5: If in doubt, drink coffee

Everyone is moving on... and then, there's Hanna • By thirty, Hanna expected to have it all (or at least some of it) • * A fulfilling and successful career • * A healthy, long-term relationship, maybe even an engagement ring • * A house (or at least a flat) of her own • But in reality, she's back at square one • * Single after breaking up with someone she's not sure ever loved her • * Flooded with wedding invitations and pregnancy scan pictures from friends • * Unable to afford to live on her own and forced to move in with her father who is also single and dating • Everyone moves at different paces, but Hanna's life is in reverse. With the pressure to keep up and her dad's insufferable musings on Tinder, will she be able to figure out what she really wants?