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Alice Rose is a foundling, discovered on the Yorkshire moors above Haworth as a baby. Adopted but then later rejected again by a horrid step-mother, Alice struggles to find a place where she belongs. Only baking – the scent of cinnamon and citrus and the feel of butter and flour between her fingers – brings a comforting sense of home • So it seems natural that when she finally decides to return to Haworth, Alice turns to baking again, taking over a run-down little teashop and working to set up an afternoon tea emporium • Luckily she soon makes friends – including a Grecian god-like neighbour – who help her both set up home and try to solve the mystery of who she is. There are one or two last twists in the dark fairytale of Alice’s life to come . . . but can she find her happily ever after?

I don't know how you've made it this far • Sami's childhood is much like any other - school with his friends, dinners with his family, playing with his pets (stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof) • But with Syria at war with itself, nothing is really normal. And Sami's hopes for a better future are about to be ripped away • Inspired by extraordinary true events, The Stray Cats of Homs is the breathtaking story of a young man who will do anything to keep the dream of home alive

Meet Private Detective C. W. Sughrue • Private detectives are supposed to find missing persons and solve crimes. But more often than not Sughrue is the one committing the crimes – everything from grand theft auto to criminal stupidity. All washed down with a hearty dose of whiskey and regret • At the end of a three-week hunt for a runaway bestselling author, Sughrue winds up in a ramshackle bar, with an alcoholic bulldog. The landlady’s daughter vanished a decade ago and now she wants Sughrue to find her. His search will take him to the deepest, darkest depths of San Francisco’s underbelly, a place as fascinating, frightening and flawed as he is

How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age? And why can't we tickle ourselves? • Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest, fastest growing and yet least understood organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It's also one of the first things people see about us and is crucial to our sense of identity. Our skin plays a central role in our lives. And yet how much do we really know about it? • Through the lenses of science, sociology and history, Dr Monty Lyman leads us on a journey across our most underrated and unexplored organ. Examining our microbiome, our love of tattoos and whether or not beauty products really work, he reveals how the skin is far stranger and more complex than you've ever imagined

Покидая свой дом одним прекрасным утром, Гарольд Фрай даже не подозревает, что отправится в путешествие на другой конец страны • У него нет ни специальной обуви, ни карты или компаса, дождевика или даже мобильного телефона. Но он знает, что должен идти дальше. Чтобы спасти чью-то жизнь • Гарольд Фрай – самый обычный человек. Но может стать нашим героем • По мотивам романа Рейчел Джойс «Невероятное паломничество Гарольда Фрая» был снят фильм Вторая жизнь Гарольда Фрая • Книга на английском языке • When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other • He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking

Познакомьтесь с Ребеккой Блумвуд • У нее отличная квартира, потрясающий гардероб, полный модных вещей сезона, и работа, которая учит других людей, как распоряжаться их деньгами. Она проводит свой досуг в походах по магазинам • Розничная терапия — это решение всех ее проблем. Она знает, что должна остановиться, но не может. Она пытается сократить расходы, она пытается заработать больше денег. Но, похоже, ни то, ни другое не работает. Письма из банка становится все труднее игнорировать. Сможет ли Бекки когда-нибудь сбежать из этого мира грез, найти настоящую любовь и снова пользоваться своей кредитной картой? • Книга Софи Кинселлы «Тайный мир грез шопоголика» — остроумный роман, отличный подарок любителям шоппинга и легких теплых и оптимистичных историй

'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death' • The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato also developed his own philosophy of a life guided by self-responsibility. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house, debating the nature of piety, while the Apology is his robust rebuttal of the charges against him. In the Crito, awaiting execution in prison, Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. Finally, in the Phaedo, he is shown calmly confident in the face of death

Jack Sparks died while writing this book • It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed • Then there was that video: forty seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account • Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed - until now

A vivid portrait of life in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, focusing on the secrets, lies and traumas of the inhabitants of a Caracas apartment block on the eve of his death • Venezuela 2012: The President's illness casts a shadow over the lives of his citizens - he divides opinion, but life without him is almost unimaginable • Miguel Sanabria is a retired oncologist, ambivalent towards the President but caught between a virulently anti-Chavez wife and a equally vehement pro-Chavez brother. He is asked by his nephew to hide a mobile phone carrying secret footage that could shed new light on the President's condition • His neighbour Fredy has found a fresh angle for a new book about Chavez, but to take advantage he must agree to a "green-card" marriage and leave his girlfriend and their son for two months, even as their landlady plots to repossess their home

Лето 1980 года. Джон Леннон впервые за долгие годы создает новые музыкальные композиции и готовится их записать. Он полон сил и готов к тому, чтобы начать все с чистого листа, и ему не терпится показать миру эти свежие песни. В то же время Марк Чепмен увольняется с работы в службе безопасности и садится на рейс в Нью-Йорк с пистолетом и пулями, спрятанными в багаже. Через несколько месяцев случится непоправимое событие, после которого мир уже не будет прежним • Джеймс Паттерсон, автор книги "Последние дни Джона Леннона" рисует достоверную картину заката жизни всеми любимого музыканта - лето и осень 1980-го. На страницах этой честной книги оживают два главных героя. Один из них Джон Леннон, кумир миллионов, чья прекрасная музыка дарит свет и вдохновляет мир по сей день