The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons . London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war. With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious 'job', she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort - if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn't, they'll all die. At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she's grown up in isn't as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting? An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice. "A smart and original young adult riff on the dark academia aesthetic, SF Williamson's book is a glorious mix of dragons, rebellion, language and romance, and the world-building is a joy." - Observer, best children's books of 2025 A Language of Dragons was Children's #1 bestseller in the TCM chart on 07 January 2025.

Rezepte aus Großbritannien: Kreative, vielfältige und unwiderstehlich leckere Schlemmer-Ideen aus dem britischen Königreich Großbritannien ist Ihnen als Superstar des Rock’n’Roll; der Royal Family und des Great Empire bekannt – aber gerade für kulinarische Höhenflüge wird das Kingdom nicht gerühmt? Ein häufiger Irrtum, denn die einst als wenig verlockend geschmähte Inselküche hat sich längst zum Feinschmecker-Paradies gemausert – und mit diesem Buch holen Sie sich original britischen Genuss ganz einfach auf den Tisch! Fish & Chips sind vielleicht nicht der Gipfel des Gourmet-Genusses, aber wer die britische Küche nicht weiter kennt, hat eine Menge verpasst! Denn das heutige Essen auf die feine englische Art schöpft nicht nur aus der ungeahnt reichhaltigen und rustikal-deftigen Tradition der Insel selbst, sondern kombiniert vielfältige Einflüsse wie Asiatisch oder Indisch aus dem gesamten ehemaligen Empire. Kein Wunder also, dass britische Spezialitäten heute definitiv zum Genießer-Repertoire gehören, und hier erleben Sie die ganze Vielfalt: Vom legendären Frühstück über Salate, Snacks und Suppen bis hin zu herzhaften Hauptgerichten mit Fleisch und Fisch sowie verführerischen Desserts entdecken Sie hier Schlemmerei für jede Situation – und da das hippe Königreich stets am Puls der Zeit ist, kommen auch Veganer und Vegetarier voll auf ihre Kosten. Komplizierte Zutatenbeschaffung? Keine Sorge! Bodenständige Klassiker bilden die Basics vieler Rezepte, was Sie darüber hinaus benötigen, finden Sie längst im gut sortierten Einzelhandel, und dazu gelingen die kinderleichten Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen auch Kochtopf-Newcomern auf Anhieb! English Breakfast: Beginnen Sie den Tag mit Full English Breakfast, Crumpet-Frühstückspfannkuchen, Schoko-Haferbrei oder traditionellem Frühstücksfleisch wie im mondänen London-Hotel. Snacks, Suppen & Salate: Hähnchen-Curry-Coronation-Salat, Mulligatawny-Pfeffer-Suppe, Windsor-Suppe oder Five-o‘clock-Scotch-Eggs sind perfekt als Vorspeise oder für den kleinen Hunger. Go Veggie! Mit Veganer Shepherd’s Pie, Bubble and Squeak-Gemüse-Bratkartoffeln, Süßkartoffelsuppe oder Kohlsalat genießen Vegetarier und Veganer Gourmet-Genuss der modernen Art. Klassiker mit Fisch und Fleisch: Clam-Showder-Muschelsuppe, Fish Pie, Beef Wellington oder Kalbfleisch-Auflauf bringen herzhaft-deftige Britannien-Tradition auf den Teller. Süße Berühmtheiten & Drinks: Ob zum legendären Five-o’clock-Tea oder nach dem Essen – süße Jam-Roly-Poly-Teigrollen, Erdbeer-Baiser, Pimm’ s Frucht-Bowle oder Zitronen-Gin sind immer eine Genuss-Sünde wert. Dieses Kochbuch liefert britischen Speisegenuss frei Haus und zeigt Ihnen die überraschende Vielfalt der Königreich-Küche. Mit zusätzlichen Rezepten für Saucen, Dips & Co. wie Rotweinsauce oder Brandy-Vanille-Butter runden Sie jedes Gericht perfekt ab und sorgen für Rundum-Genuss auf die echte englische Art.

Rezepte aus Großbritannien: Kreative, vielfältige und unwiderstehlich leckere Schlemmer-Ideen aus dem britischen Königreich Großbritannien ist Ihnen als Superstar des Rock’n’Roll; der Royal Family und des Great Empire bekannt – aber gerade für kulinarische Höhenflüge wird das Kingdom nicht gerühmt? Ein häufiger Irrtum, denn die einst als wenig verlockend geschmähte Inselküche hat sich längst zum Feinschmecker-Paradies gemausert – und mit diesem Buch holen Sie sich original britischen Genuss ganz einfach auf den Tisch! Fish & Chips sind vielleicht nicht der Gipfel des Gourmet-Genusses, aber wer die britische Küche nicht weiter kennt, hat eine Menge verpasst! Denn das heutige Essen auf die feine englische Art schöpft nicht nur aus der ungeahnt reichhaltigen und rustikal-deftigen Tradition der Insel selbst, sondern kombiniert vielfältige Einflüsse wie Asiatisch oder Indisch aus dem gesamten ehemaligen Empire. Kein Wunder also, dass britische Spezialitäten heute definitiv zum Genießer-Repertoire gehören, und hier erleben Sie die ganze Vielfalt: Vom legendären Frühstück über Salate, Snacks und Suppen bis hin zu herzhaften Hauptgerichten mit Fleisch und Fisch sowie verführerischen Desserts entdecken Sie hier Schlemmerei für jede Situation – und da das hippe Königreich stets am Puls der Zeit ist, kommen auch Veganer und Vegetarier voll auf ihre Kosten. Komplizierte Zutatenbeschaffung? Keine Sorge! Bodenständige Klassiker bilden die Basics vieler Rezepte, was Sie darüber hinaus benötigen, finden Sie längst im gut sortierten Einzelhandel, und dazu gelingen die kinderleichten Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen auch Kochtopf-Newcomern auf Anhieb! English Breakfast: Beginnen Sie den Tag mit Full English Breakfast, Crumpet-Frühstückspfannkuchen, Schoko-Haferbrei oder traditionellem Frühstücksfleisch wie im mondänen London-Hotel. Snacks, Suppen & Salate: Hähnchen-Curry-Coronation-Salat, Mulligatawny-Pfeffer-Suppe, Windsor-Suppe oder Five-o‘clock-Scotch-Eggs sind perfekt als Vorspeise oder für den kleinen Hunger. Go Veggie! Mit Veganer Shepherd’s Pie, Bubble and Squeak-Gemüse-Bratkartoffeln, Süßkartoffelsuppe oder Kohlsalat genießen Vegetarier und Veganer Gourmet-Genuss der modernen Art. Klassiker mit Fisch und Fleisch: Clam-Showder-Muschelsuppe, Fish Pie, Beef Wellington oder Kalbfleisch-Auflauf bringen herzhaft-deftige Britannien-Tradition auf den Teller. Süße Berühmtheiten & Drinks: Ob zum legendären Five-o’clock-Tea oder nach dem Essen – süße Jam-Roly-Poly-Teigrollen, Erdbeer-Baiser, Pimm’ s Frucht-Bowle oder Zitronen-Gin sind immer eine Genuss-Sünde wert. Dieses Kochbuch liefert britischen Speisegenuss frei Haus und zeigt Ihnen die überraschende Vielfalt der Königreich-Küche. Mit zusätzlichen Rezepten für Saucen, Dips & Co. wie Rotweinsauce oder Brandy-Vanille-Butter runden Sie jedes Gericht perfekt ab und sorgen für Rundum-Genuss auf die echte englische Art.

The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons . London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn't worried. She's going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war. With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious 'job', she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort - if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn't, they'll all die. At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she's grown up in isn't as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting? An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice. "A smart and original young adult riff on the dark academia aesthetic, SF Williamson's book is a glorious mix of dragons, rebellion, language and romance, and the world-building is a joy." - Observer, best children's books of 2025 A Language of Dragons was Children's #1 bestseller in the TCM chart on 07 January 2025.

'Oh my goodness. Nicholas has stolen my darn heart. No spoilers but that scene . . . literally had my heart racing and swooning. Forgot that I am in LOVE . . . The sweetness. The romance. The banter. EVERYTHING in this book is real.' --- CORA Since my mother died, I've been raised by men - a hard-working single father and an overprotective older brother who would drop dead if he knew I was musing on the three-letter-word. And let's not forget his best friend and team Captain, Nicolas Kane, who, aside from his magnetic green eyes and cocky smile, is the worst offender when it comes to keeping me in a bubble. And he happens to be the only one I want breaking it . . . NICHOLAS This girl is going to be the reason I go to jail. Especially if she keeps acting out the way she has been . . . coming home drunk, jumping out of planes, talking about sex? I've been through it all with my best friend, including keeping his defiant kid sister in line. But it's becoming damn hard when suddenly my protective nature looks more like possessive when she's around. Because Cora Knight is slowly but surely . . . becoming mine. TROPES: Brother's best friend Hockey romance Age gap Forbidden love Dual POV Becoming Mine is the first book in the MUST-READ Blades of Heart hockey romance series. Perfect for fans of Stephanie Archer, Chelsea Curto and Elle Kennedy. --- Readers can't get enough of the Cora and Nicholas's story! 'The sexual tension between Nicholas and Cora was ahhhmazing! Do yourself a favour and add this to your TBR ASAP' Reader Review, 5* 'OBSESSED with Nick and Cora!! This book was beyond amazing . . . 5 stars (if I could give it more I would!!)' Reader Review, 5* 'I freakin loved this! I devoured it so fast! Brother's best friend is my all-time FAVORITE trope and this one was just absolutely AMAZING! Add in hockey and it's PHENOMENAL!' Reader Review, 5* 'This book was so freaking good! I loved the chemistry between Nicholas and Cora. I read this book in one sitting!' Reader Review, 5*

A global security expert draws on psychological insights to help you master the art of social engineering—human hacking. Make friends, influence people, and leave them feeling better for having met you by being more empathetic, generous, and kind. Eroding social conventions, technology, and rapid economic change are making human beings more stressed and socially awkward and isolated than ever. We live in our own bubbles, reluctant to connect, and feeling increasingly powerless, insecure, and apprehensive when communicating with others. A pioneer in the field of social engineering and a master hacker, Christopher Hadnagy specializes in understanding how malicious attackers exploit principles of human communication to access information and resources through manipulation and deceit. Now, in this guide to essential communication skills, he shows you how to use social engineering as a force for good—to help you regain your confidence and control. Human Hacking EPB provides tools and persuasion techniques that will help you establish rapport with strangers, use body language and verbal cues to your advantage, steer conversations and influence other's decisions, and protect yourself from manipulators. Ultimately, you'll become far more self-aware about how you're presenting yourself—and able to use it to improve your life. Hadnagy includes lessons and interactive “missions”—exercises spread throughout the book to help you learn the skills, practice them, and master them. With Human Hacking EPB, you'll soon be winning friends, influencing people, and achieving your goals. Human Hacking EPB provides a complete toolkit for ethical influence and better communication: Actionable Strategies: Go beyond theory with interactive “missions”—practical exercises spread throughout the book designed to help you learn, practice, and master the skills of social engineering. Read Body Language: Learn to interpret nonverbal cues to your advantage, understand what people are truly thinking, and present yourself with confidence and control. Build Instant Rapport: Establish genuine connections with strangers, coworkers, and friends by being more empathetic, generous, and kind. Defense Against Manipulation: Uncover how malicious attackers exploit principles of human communication and learn to protect yourself from manipulators in any situation.

Become your own bartender and create new, delicious concoctions at home with this collection of artisan cocktail recipes. In addition to craft drinks and techniques, this book also covers traditional mixology methods and features classic cocktails that never go out of styles, such as the Mai Tai, Marilyn Monroe, and Zombie. Are you craving a cocktail but not the alcohol? Try your hand at making mock-tails with recipes for the Ginger Fizz, Long Boat, Sober Sunday, or Cranberry Energizer. Let the cocktail hour commence with more than 200 recipes to choose from! Explore the chemistry of cocktails and mocktails with The Art of Mixology. Become your own bartender and create new, delicious concoctions using the best of traditional and contemporary recipes. Have fun and make yourself a drink! Collect all of the titles in our Mixology series - the original Art of Mixology, Bourbon & Whiskey, Rum, Word Search Intoxicating Puzzles, Mocktails and holiday essential Making Spirits Bright.  CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY RECIPES: The best of traditional and contemporary mixology for all occasions. For a romantic dinner, special celebration, holidays, entertaining and more, there is a perfect, well-loved drink for every get-together. ACCOMMODATES ALL LEVELS: This ultimate cocktail recipe book is made for beginners, experts, and everyone in between, featuring non-alcoholic drink recipes or mix drinks with alcohol favorites including whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, brandy, and bubbles. ANY OCCASION: Whether it's creating a cocktail hour martini or fixing a Brandy Alexander nightcap, this is the stylish guide to exclusive drinking that will capture the beautiful cocktail artistry for all drink enthusiasts. EASY AND SIMPLE: Includes a beginner bartender's guide to cocktails and a stunning anthology of cocktail recipes for novice to experienced bartenders to make at home as well as beautiful photographs. MAKES A GREAT GIFT: Makes a great gift for a birthday, holiday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and more. This is a great bartending book gift for a new home or to complete any renovated home bar.

Become your own bartender and create new, delicious concoctions at home with this collection of artisan cocktail recipes. In addition to craft drinks and techniques, this book also covers traditional mixology methods and features classic cocktails that never go out of styles, such as the Mai Tai, Marilyn Monroe, and Zombie. Are you craving a cocktail but not the alcohol? Try your hand at making mock-tails with recipes for the Ginger Fizz, Long Boat, Sober Sunday, or Cranberry Energizer. Let the cocktail hour commence with more than 200 recipes to choose from! Explore the chemistry of cocktails and mocktails with The Art of Mixology. Become your own bartender and create new, delicious concoctions using the best of traditional and contemporary recipes. Have fun and make yourself a drink! Collect all of the titles in our Mixology series - the original Art of Mixology, Bourbon & Whiskey, Rum, Word Search Intoxicating Puzzles, Mocktails and holiday essential Making Spirits Bright.  CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY RECIPES: The best of traditional and contemporary mixology for all occasions. For a romantic dinner, special celebration, holidays, entertaining and more, there is a perfect, well-loved drink for every get-together. ACCOMMODATES ALL LEVELS: This ultimate cocktail recipe book is made for beginners, experts, and everyone in between, featuring non-alcoholic drink recipes or mix drinks with alcohol favorites including whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, brandy, and bubbles. ANY OCCASION: Whether it's creating a cocktail hour martini or fixing a Brandy Alexander nightcap, this is the stylish guide to exclusive drinking that will capture the beautiful cocktail artistry for all drink enthusiasts. EASY AND SIMPLE: Includes a beginner bartender's guide to cocktails and a stunning anthology of cocktail recipes for novice to experienced bartenders to make at home as well as beautiful photographs. MAKES A GREAT GIFT: Makes a great gift for a birthday, holiday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and more. This is a great bartending book gift for a new home or to complete any renovated home bar.

The #1 New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Our Missing Hearts comes a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more

The #1 New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Our Missing Hearts comes a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more

After being relentlessly criticized by her evil boss, Harmony runs into what she thinks is the ladies room...and finds herself in Hidden Hollow instead. Can a handsome, growly Orc and the residents of the quirky magical town convince her to stay? Or will she be sucked back into the horrible Human Realm for good? I have the worst boss. And no, this is not a sexy billionaire-boss, enemies-to-lovers story. This is a story about how my horrible boss made me so upset I ran through the door of what I thought was the ladies room...and found myself in the magical town of Hidden Hollow. Hidden Hollow is a town surrounded by a magic bubble that only lets in monsters (or Creatures as they call themselves) and humans with magical talent. But I don't have any talents that I know of-so how did I end up here? And even worse, how did I manage to run straight into an eight-foot-tall Orc, bang my head on his armor, and knock myself out? When I wake up, the Orc is cradling me in his arms. There's an instant connection between us, but I can't stay in Hidden Hollow with him-I have to go back home to my awful boss and my soul-crushing job. But what happens when my cruel supervisor turns out to be even more evil than I ever imagined? Will my magic manifest in time to save me? And what about the Orc...is he really my Heartmate? Maybe so. Because in the magical town of Hidden Hollow...Anything is possible. Things you can expect from this Spicy, Cozy, Small Town, Magical Romance: A quirky magic town filled with witches and monsters like Orcs, Centaurs, Minotaurs, Krakens, Fairies, Pixies, and Demons. A curvy witch with undiscovered powers coming into her own. A sweet and spicy romance with extreme size difference (He's 8 ft. tall!) No 3rd Act Misunderstanding and Breakup-just spicy sweetness with a protective vibe you'll melt for. An Orc with (two!) endowments who's extremely eager to protect and please his human woman. A Bonus Daddy section at the end if you're into that kind of thing. (If you're not, just ignore it.)

The #1 New York Times bestseller! Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting." -Jodi Picoult "To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears." -Reese Witherspoon "Extraordinary . . . books like Little Fires Everywhere don't come along often." -John Green From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned-from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren-an enigmatic artist and single mother-who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town-and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood-and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.

The #1 New York Times bestseller! Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting." -Jodi Picoult "To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears." -Reese Witherspoon "Extraordinary . . . books like Little Fires Everywhere don't come along often." -John Green From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned-from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren-an enigmatic artist and single mother-who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town-and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood-and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.

A totally unputdownable, addictive murder mystery , perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Mary Grand and Frances Evesham! Salutations, sunrise... and sabotage. Jude Gray is delighted to hear that her friend Kerry is setting up a wellness retreat with her new boyfriend. If anyone deserves to find peace and happiness, it's Kerry and a retreat at the foot of the Malvern Hills sounds perfect. So Jude - as any good friend would - offers to pitch in. But the appearance of charismatic keynote speaker Inigo Sage sets Jude's instincts on edge. With his mystical mantras and too-perfect smile, he strikes her as more showman than spiritual guide. Still, he keeps the guests happy, and with a few unexpected extra arrivals, Jude and Kerry certainly have their hands full. When a fatal accident shatters the peace, the weekend of relaxation descends into anything but tranquility. And Jude learns that Inigo's connections to many of those at the retreat go back decades, and their shared secrets have been deeply buried. As tensions flare and old resentments bubble to the surface, can Jude find the truth before someone else gets hurt? While this novel features the same characters as the other books in the Malvern Fam Mysteries series, it can be read as a STANDALONE Praise for Kate Wells: 'A complex and intriguing murder mystery set in beautiful British countryside where the farm animals are as demanding as the local residents. Kept me guessing all the way to the end.' T A Williams 'An original setting and clever plot. Had me hooked from page one.' E.V. Hunter 'A tantalising corkscrew of a plot ... featuring a plucky quartet of very different women working together to uncover the truth about a series of dreadful crimes...' Debbie Young 'I loved this rollercoaster of a book! It was stylish, pacy and gripping, with engaging characters. I rooted for Jude the sleuth from the first page. It's a hugely supenseful story, compelling, well-crafted and cleverly calculated.' Judy Leigh 'A cryptically clever cosy mystery that will transport you to the beautiful Malvern Hills. I couldn't put it down!' Jessica Bull

An utterly gorgeous romantic read. It made me want to pack my bags for Paris!' Sandy Barker Irena and Sacha come from two very different worlds. An heiress to a fortune, Ren's home-from-home is the Ritz, while the handsome and brooding Sacha has grown up in Paris's less salubrious suburbs. So when an accident brings them together, romance seems an unlikely outcome.When Ren's society engagement reaches a very public end, Irena's over-protective grandmother wants her home in London. Ren needs an excuse to stay in Paris, and so after some persuasion, Sacha agrees to pose as her new boyfriend. But only for the twenty-one days Ren's grandmother has allowed her to nurse her broken heart before heading home to face the music.Over the course of three weeks, Ren realises the world outside her exclusive bubble is more beautiful than she could have imagined. While Sacha reluctantly begins to see the goodness of the woman behind the wealth. When their time is up, will Ren want to return to her gilded cage, and will Sacha be able to let go of the woman he's been 'pretending' to fall in love with...Let Leonie Mack whisk you off the City of Lights for a tale of love against the odds, and of following your dreams. Perfect for fans of Mandy Baggot, Jo Thomas and Sarah Morgan. 'I love her beautiful settings and brooding heroes!' Sarah BennettWhat readers are saying about Leonie Mack:'This is one of those books where you want to get to the end but you also don't want it to end because you know you're going to miss it when it's done. A great read. ''Ah the romance - I really loved every moment, as the two main characters I'd really taken to my heart fought that magnetic pull between them when you really, really wanted them to have their happy ending. This was one of those perfect summer reads, but with a depth and emotion that was particularly satisfying - most definitely one I'd recommend to others.' 'A burst of pure joy... It has all the feel good elements needed for an irresistible romance you can't help but root for, even though you know the odds aren't in their favour! 'Beautifully written, this is a great take on the opposites attract theme.

The number of Internet users is steadily growing. Currently, 55% of all Germans go online on a regular basis compared to 28% in 2001 – and there is no end in sight to this upward trend. Today’s young people are growing up with the Internet and the Internet is growing up with them. It is evolving: the term for what is happening now in cyberspace is "Web 2.0", an expression coined at a conference in 2004 by the web-business mogul Tim O'Reilly, to describe a new evolutionary phase of the Internet. The phrase is shorthand for the second Internet boom, which now follows the one that ended in late 2001 with the biggest destruction of investors' capital in history. The bursting of the so-called dotcom bubble 6 years ago marked a turning point for the web. At that time, many people concluded that the Internet was over-hyped. Bubbles and the subsequent shakeouts, however, appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. They have always marked the point at which real success stories developed their full scope and showed their strength. The defining feature of the current evolutionary phase of the web is that established companies are giving huge amounts of money to start-ups which have three things in common: they have grown from nowhere with astonishing speed; they often have no revenue stream to speak of; and most of their content is produced by their users. Google paid $1.65bn for the acquisition of Youtube, Rupert Murdochs’s News Corp. bought Myspace for $ 580m, and Holzbrinck fully took over Studivz.net for about € 85m, to give just a few examples of recent “Web 2.0 deals”. What makes these so-called online communities so valuable? The answer to this question may be surprising: The deployed technologies are more or less the same as 6 years ago, but what all these new sites share is a new approach to creating things: "user-generated content", in the jargon. The Internet is no longer about corporations telling users what to do, think or buy; it is about the content people create themselves. Participation, not publishing, is the keyword. This development is particularly interesting for corporations which have noticed the importance and potential of the “do-it-yourself Web” as both a strategic marketing tool and a source of valuable information about consumer preferences and opinions. Tomorrow’s consumers will no longer be interested in what companies say about their products and services, they will rely on opinions of other “normal” people. Chris Anderson, chief editor of Wired Magazine, states: “Your brand is what Google says about it. Not what you say about it”. Corporations which have spent huge amounts of money on questionable market research projects in the past can get even better information for free in the future, as consumers and interested users exchange experiences and opinions about brands and products in online discussion forums anyway. As a result, marketing activities and product offers can be customized by gathering, processing and analyzing information about consumer preferences – it remains to be seen which companies will exploit these new opportunities and which will not. Very little is known about the factors that influence the content production. Often online communities fail because participation drops to zero – and nobody knows why. In order to maximize the participation level and, thereby, the benefits that can be drawn from their contributions, it is important to examine what drives people to produce content. Therefore, this thesis aims to identify the most important factors that influence the level of user-generated content production in online communities. More specifically, a comprehensive conceptual framework of the relevant determinants will be proposed and tested on an empirical basis. The results are supposed to serve as a guideline for researchers and community operators in the future.

"Invaluable for so many partners looking to reconnect and grow closer together." -Gwyneth Paltrow, founder and CEO of goop "Stan Tatkin can be entirely followed into the towering infernos of our most painful relationship challenges." -Alanis Morissette, artist, activist, and wholeness advocate The complete "insider's guide" to understanding your partner's brain, sparking lasting connection, and enjoying a romantic relationship built on love and trust-now with more than 170,000 copies sold. "What the heck is my partner thinking?" "Why do they always react like this?" "How can we get back that connection we had in the beginning?" If you've ever asked yourself these questions, you aren't alone, and it doesn't mean that your relationship is doomed. Every person is wired for love differently-with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people's minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and routines, making it possible to neurologically prime the brain for greater love and connection and fewer conflicts. This go-to guide will show you how. Drawn from neuroscience, attachment theory, and emotion regulation, this highly anticipated second edition of Wired for Love presents cutting-edge research on how and why love lasts, and offers ten guiding principles that can improve any relationship. This fully revised and updated edition also includes new guidance on how to manage disagreements, as well as new exercises to help you create a sense of safety and security, establish healthy conflict ground rules, and deal with the threat of the third-any outside source which threatens the harmony in your relationship, including in-laws, alcohol, children, and affairs. You'll find proven-effective strategies to help you strengthen your relationship by: Creating and maintaining a safe "couple bubble" Using morning and evening routines to stay connected Learning how to see your partner's point of view Meeting each other halfway in a fight Becoming the expert on what makes your partner feel loved By using simple gestures and words, you'll learn to put out emotional fires and help your partner feel appreciated and loved. You'll also discover how to move past a "warring brain" mentality and toward a more cooperative "loving brain." Most importantly, you'll gain a better understanding of the complex dynamics at work behind love and trust in intimate relationships. While there's no doubt that love is an inexact science, if you understand how you and your partner are wired differently, you can overcome your differences, and create a lasting intimate connection.

The number of Internet users is steadily growing. Currently, 55% of all Germans go online on a regular basis compared to 28% in 2001 – and there is no end in sight to this upward trend. Today’s young people are growing up with the Internet and the Internet is growing up with them. It is evolving: the term for what is happening now in cyberspace is "Web 2.0", an expression coined at a conference in 2004 by the web-business mogul Tim O'Reilly, to describe a new evolutionary phase of the Internet. The phrase is shorthand for the second Internet boom, which now follows the one that ended in late 2001 with the biggest destruction of investors' capital in history. The bursting of the so-called dotcom bubble 6 years ago marked a turning point for the web. At that time, many people concluded that the Internet was over-hyped. Bubbles and the subsequent shakeouts, however, appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. They have always marked the point at which real success stories developed their full scope and showed their strength. The defining feature of the current evolutionary phase of the web is that established companies are giving huge amounts of money to start-ups which have three things in common: they have grown from nowhere with astonishing speed; they often have no revenue stream to speak of; and most of their content is produced by their users. Google paid $1.65bn for the acquisition of Youtube, Rupert Murdochs’s News Corp. bought Myspace for $ 580m, and Holzbrinck fully took over Studivz.net for about € 85m, to give just a few examples of recent “Web 2.0 deals”. What makes these so-called online communities so valuable? The answer to this question may be surprising: The deployed technologies are more or less the same as 6 years ago, but what all these new sites share is a new approach to creating things: "user-generated content", in the jargon. The Internet is no longer about corporations telling users what to do, think or buy; it is about the content people create themselves. Participation, not publishing, is the keyword. This development is particularly interesting for corporations which have noticed the importance and potential of the “do-it-yourself Web” as both a strategic marketing tool and a source of valuable information about consumer preferences and opinions. Tomorrow’s consumers will no longer be interested in what companies say about their products and services, they will rely on opinions of other “normal” people. Chris Anderson, chief editor of Wired Magazine, states: “Your brand is what Google says about it. Not what you say about it”. Corporations which have spent huge amounts of money on questionable market research projects in the past can get even better information for free in the future, as consumers and interested users exchange experiences and opinions about brands and products in online discussion forums anyway. As a result, marketing activities and product offers can be customized by gathering, processing and analyzing information about consumer preferences – it remains to be seen which companies will exploit these new opportunities and which will not. Very little is known about the factors that influence the content production. Often online communities fail because participation drops to zero – and nobody knows why. In order to maximize the participation level and, thereby, the benefits that can be drawn from their contributions, it is important to examine what drives people to produce content. Therefore, this thesis aims to identify the most important factors that influence the level of user-generated content production in online communities. More specifically, a comprehensive conceptual framework of the relevant determinants will be proposed and tested on an empirical basis. The results are supposed to serve as a guideline for researchers and community operators in the future.

From one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, a "fascinating" (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other's thoughts about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but "superlatively gifted science writer" (The Times) Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or "out there," is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives. Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge-to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: -Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? -Why are Super Bowl ads dominated by crypto? -Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? -Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign? -Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call? -Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable? Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, and "one of the most insightful books...about what makes us human" (Bill Gates), When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result.

From one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, a "fascinating" (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other's thoughts about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but "superlatively gifted science writer" (The Times) Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or "out there," is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives. Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge-to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: -Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? -Why are Super Bowl ads dominated by crypto? -Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? -Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign? -Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call? -Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable? Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, and "one of the most insightful books...about what makes us human" (Bill Gates), When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result.