From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this is the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by a world-leading paleontologist. Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and are under dire threat today. They are the longest surviving vertebrate on Earth, outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet. How did they thrive so long? By developing superpower-like abilities that allowed them to ascend to the top of the oceanic food chain. John Long, who has been on the cutting edge of shark research for decades, weaves a thrilling story of sharks’ unparalleled reign. The Secret History of Sharks showcases the global search to discover sharks’ secret history, led by Long and dozens of other extraordinary scientists. They embark on digs to all seven continents, investigating layers of rock and using cutting edge technology to reveal never-before-found fossils and the clues to sharks’ singular story. As the tale unfolds, Long introduces an enormous range of astonishing organisms: a thirty-foot-long shark with a deadly saw blade of jagged teeth protruding from its lower jaws, a monster giant clams crusher, and bizarre sharks fossilized while in their mating ritual, and also includes startling new facts about the mighty megalodon, with its sixty-six-foot-long body, massive jaws, and six-inch serrated teeth. With insights into the threats to sharks today, how sharks contribute to medical advances, and the lessons sharks can teach us for our own survival, The Secret History of Sharks is a riveting story of scientific discovery with ramifications far beyond the ocean.

From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this is the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by a world-leading paleontologist. Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and are under dire threat today. They are the longest surviving vertebrate on Earth, outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet. How did they thrive so long? By developing superpower-like abilities that allowed them to ascend to the top of the oceanic food chain. John Long, who has been on the cutting edge of shark research for decades, weaves a thrilling story of sharks’ unparalleled reign. The Secret History of Sharks showcases the global search to discover sharks’ secret history, led by Long and dozens of other extraordinary scientists. They embark on digs to all seven continents, investigating layers of rock and using cutting edge technology to reveal never-before-found fossils and the clues to sharks’ singular story. As the tale unfolds, Long introduces an enormous range of astonishing organisms: a thirty-foot-long shark with a deadly saw blade of jagged teeth protruding from its lower jaws, a monster giant clams crusher, and bizarre sharks fossilized while in their mating ritual, and also includes startling new facts about the mighty megalodon, with its sixty-six-foot-long body, massive jaws, and six-inch serrated teeth. With insights into the threats to sharks today, how sharks contribute to medical advances, and the lessons sharks can teach us for our own survival, The Secret History of Sharks is a riveting story of scientific discovery with ramifications far beyond the ocean.

Seltsame Zuflucht 10 Erzählungen (1925-1939) von F. Scott Fitzgerald, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. Der permanente amerikanische Traum von Ruhm, Macht und Geld, das ständige Streben nach persönlichem Erfolg, die Mystifikation der Liebe, Teenagersorgen, rauschende Schulfeste und Geldprobleme, Höhenflüge und Abstürze ins Bodenlose – alles das sind die wichtigsten Themen seiner Erzählungen, seines Lebens und Werkes. Bei F. Scott Fitzgerald nimmt die exaltierte Welt der Reichen und Schönen und der Emporkömmlinge mitunter bizarre Formen an, das zeigen aufs Unterhaltsamste die hier versammelten Kurzgeschichten. Es sind zehn kleine Meisterwerke aus der Feder eines Hauptvertreters der amerikanischen Moderne, sie fangen die Stimmung der ›Roaring Twenties‹ ein, gipfeln schließlich in der Depression der 30er Jahre und bestechen stets durch ihre sprachliche Ausdruckskraft. 1. Der Ins-Gesicht-Schläger (1925) 2. Der Vermittler (1926) 3. Heißes und kaltes Blut (1926) 4. Vermutung (1926) 5. Eine versnobte Geschichte (1930) 6. Shaggy's Morgen (1935) 7. Musik in drei Akten * (1936) 8. Zu süß für Worte (1936) 9. Der Gast in Zimmer Neunzehn (1937) 10. Seltsame Zuflucht (1939) Neu übersetzt aus dem Amerikanischen von Peter Eckhart Reichel nach den Veröffentlichungen der rechtefreien Originaltexte des Project Gutenberg of Australia. Diese zehn Erzählungen sind auch als E-Book unter dem gleichen Namen in allen guten Downloadshops des Buchhandels erhältlich. Titelgestaltung: unter Verwendung einer Vecotorgrafik von shutterstock_274304018 Coverschrift gesetzt aus der Dusty Rose NF. Musikeinspielungen* in "Musik in drei Akten" : 1. Tea For Two - Vincent Youmans; Irving Caesar; Joe Mooney Quartet; Joe Mooney and Ensemble / 2. Blue-Skies -William Roby; Irving Berlin / 3. All Alone - Irving Berlin; John Mccormac / 4. Allways - Irving Berlin; gesungen von Josephine Baker / Schlussmusik: Cheek-to-cheek - Irving Berlin (Ausschnitt). Über den Sprecher: Ingolf Kloss, geb. 1973, kam 1994 als Co-Moderator zu Radio Leipzig, später Moderator und Produzent bei Radio Energy; seit 2000 ist er fest angestellter Moderator, Produzent und Musikredakteur bei Radio SAW, dort auch für alle Künstler-Interviews verantwortlich (u. a. Paul McCartney, Depeche Mode, Lenny Kravitz, Herbert Grönemeyer), seit 2003 hat er seine eigene tägliche Nachmittagsshow. Er lebt in Leipzig und Magdeburg. Nach seinen umfangreichen Romanlesungen "Der große Gatsby" und "Zärtlich ist die Nacht" von F. Scott Fitzgerald folgten etliche weitere Literaturinterpretationen unterschiedlicher Werke von diversen Autoren.

PRE-ORDER the stunning paperback edition of The Things God's Break now! Love was never meant to survive the underworld...but she's rewriting the rules of the gods. The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. - THE GODS WANT HER DEAD...HADES WILL BURY THEM. You'd think I'd have learned by now: Don't mouth off to deities. Don't fall for the King of the Underworld. And definitely don't get dragged into a divine deathmatch where I'm the cursed mortal prize. But here I am - trapped in Tartarus, humanity's worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks. And guess what? I'm the key. To escape, I'll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me. To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming. Oh, and Hades? He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote. Because to save me . . . the god of death will burn the world. But if I break free? So do the Titans. And the world won't just suffer - it'll beg for the end. - Readers are OBSESSED with The Games Gods Play series: 'If you love The Hunger Games and Greek mythology, this one is a total must in your tbr!' 5* Reader Review 'Why did I not read this sooner??' 5* Reader Review 'Hunger games but the game makers are Greek gods? Oh yes. Sign me ALLLLL the way up' 5* Reader review 'Fast paced and leaves you wanting more' 5* Reader Review

PRE-ORDER the stunning paperback edition of The Things God's Break now! Love was never meant to survive the underworld...but she's rewriting the rules of the gods. The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. - THE GODS WANT HER DEAD...HADES WILL BURY THEM. You'd think I'd have learned by now: Don't mouth off to deities. Don't fall for the King of the Underworld. And definitely don't get dragged into a divine deathmatch where I'm the cursed mortal prize. But here I am - trapped in Tartarus, humanity's worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks. And guess what? I'm the key. To escape, I'll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me. To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming. Oh, and Hades? He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote. Because to save me . . . the god of death will burn the world. But if I break free? So do the Titans. And the world won't just suffer - it'll beg for the end. - Readers are OBSESSED with The Games Gods Play series: 'If you love The Hunger Games and Greek mythology, this one is a total must in your tbr!' 5* Reader Review 'Why did I not read this sooner??' 5* Reader Review 'Hunger games but the game makers are Greek gods? Oh yes. Sign me ALLLLL the way up' 5* Reader review 'Fast paced and leaves you wanting more' 5* Reader Review

Struggling artist Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming... Literally! One minute she's celebrating placing as a finalist in a prestigious portrait-painting competition, the next she's lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a "probably temporary" condition known as face blindness. She can still see - but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. As she struggles to hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog Peanut, she falls in love - not with one man but two. The timing couldn't be worse. Making judgment calls on anything right now is a nightmare. If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to have it all... ***** PRAISE FOR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER KATHERINE CENTER 'My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center's signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy.' EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers 'Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off.' HELEN HOANG, bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient 'Absolutely, unequivocally delightful!' JODI PICOULT, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'Katherine Center writes about falling down, growing up, and finding love like nobody else.' BRENÉ BROWN, bestselling author of Dare to Lead 'Serious Nora Ephron vibes.' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, #1 bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 'Oh, how I love Katherine Center's writing!' JODI PICOULT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here

LEGO® Star Wars™ Actionkinderspielzeug zum Sammeln und Bauen Darth Maul verfolgt in seinem Sith Infiltrator Qui-Gon Jinn! Hüte dich vor seinen Shootern und den DRK-1-Sondendroiden, die aus dem Sternenschiff fallen. Am Boden geht das Actionabenteuer dann mit Darth Mauls Bloodfin Speeder weiter. Tu dich mit Anakin Skywalker zusammen und benutze Qui-Gon Jinns Lichtschwert, um Darth Mauls Doppelklingen-Lichtschwert abzuwehren. Kannst du diesen mächtigen Sith Lord besiegen? LEGO® Star Wars™ Spielzeug-Sternenschiff: Baue Darth Mauls Sith Infiltrator und seinen Bloodfin Speeder aus LEGO Steinen und stell mit diesem Bauspielzeug für Kinder Szenen aus Star Wars: Die dunkle Bedrohung nach Bauspielzeug mit 4 LEGO® Minifiguren für viele Fantasy-Abenteuer: Darth Maul, Anakin Skywalker und Qui-Gon Jinn sowie die exklusive Minifigur Saw Gerrera (mit Ständer) zum 25-jährigen LEGO Star Wars™ Jubiläum Spielfunktionen: Die Flügel lassen sich zum Fliegen ausklappen, und man kann das Fahrwerk einziehen. 2 Shooter können abgefeuert werden. Und ein Auslöser öffnet eine Luke, um 3 DRK-1-Sondendroiden aus dem vorderen Laderaum abzuwerfen Bauspielzeug zum Sammeln und für ein kreatives Spielerlebnis: Darth Maul kann sich imCockpit des Sternenschiffs auf seinen Bloodfin Speeder setzen. Das Set beinhaltet außerdem sein Doppelklingen-Lichtschwert sowie Qui-Gon Jinns Lichtschwert Geschenkidee für Kinder ab 9 Jahren: Dieses LEGO® Star Wars™ Sternenschiff ist ein faszinierend es Bauspielzeug und ein tolles Geburtstagsgeschenk für Jungen und Mädchen sowie für alle Star Wars Fans und Sammler Nützlicher Helfer: In der LEGO® Builder App können Kinder unter anderem beim Bauen eine digitale 3D-Ansicht dieses Bauspielzeugs vergrößern, drehen und näher betrachten, ihren Baufortschritt verfolgen und ihre Sets speichern Star Wars™ Bauspielzeuge zum Sammeln für Fans jeden Alters: LEGO® Star Wars™ Sets lassen Kinder und erwachsene Fans klassische Szenen nachstellen, eigene Geschichten als Rollenspiele darstellen oder die gebauten Modelle einfach nur ausstellen Bauen, spielen und ausstellen: Das Star Wars™ Spielzeug-Sternenschiff aus diesem 640-teiligen LEGO® Bauset ist 7 cm hoch, 27 cm lang und 20 cm breit

From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth’s ultimate survivors, by world-leading paleontologist John Long. “Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and today are under dire threat. They are the longest-surviving vertebrate on Earth, outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet. But how did they thrive for so long? By developing superpower-like abilities that allowed them to ascend to the top of the oceanic food chain. John Long, who for decades has been on the cutting edge of shark research, weaves a thrilling story of sharks’ unparalleled reign. The Secret History of Sharks showcases the global search to discover sharks’ largely unknown evolution, led by Long and dozens of other extraordinary scientists. They embark on digs to all seven continents, investigating layers of rock and using cutting-edge technology to reveal never-before-found fossils and the clues to sharks’ singular story. As the tale unfolds, Long introduces an enormous range of astonishing organisms: a thirty-foot-long shark with a deadly saw blade of jagged teeth protruding from its lower jaws, a monster giant clams crusher, and bizarre sharks fossilized while in their mating ritual. The book also includes startling new facts about the mighty megalodon, with its sixty-six-foot-long body, massive jaws, and six-inch serrated teeth. With insights into the threats to sharks today, how they contribute to medical advances, and the lessons they can teach us about our own survival, The Secret History of Sharks is a riveting look at scientific discovery with ramifications far beyond the ocean.

Love was never meant to survive the underworld...but she's rewriting the rules of the gods. The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN featuring spray-painted edges with a stenciled design, as well as gorgeously detailed endpapers. This breathtaking first edition is available for a limited time and while supplies last! - THE GODS WANT HER DEAD...HADES WILL BURY THEM. You'd think I'd have learned by now: Don't mouth off to deities. Don't fall for the King of the Underworld. And definitely don't get dragged into a divine deathmatch where I'm the cursed mortal prize. But here I am - trapped in Tartarus, humanity's worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks. And guess what? I'm the key. To escape, I'll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me. To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming. Oh, and Hades? He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote. Because to save me . . . the god of death will burn the world. But if I break free? So do the Titans. And the world won't just suffer - it'll beg for the end. - Readers are OBSESSED with The Games Gods Play series: 'If you love The Hunger Games and Greek mythology, this one is a total must in your tbr!' 5* Reader Review 'Why did I not read this sooner??' 5* Reader Review 'Hunger games but the game makers are Greek gods? Oh yes. Sign me ALLLLL the way up' 5* Reader review 'Fast paced and leaves you wanting more' 5* Reader Review

Love was never meant to survive the underworld...but she's rewriting the rules of the gods. The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN featuring spray-painted edges with a stenciled design, as well as gorgeously detailed endpapers. This breathtaking first edition is available for a limited time and while supplies last! - THE GODS WANT HER DEAD...HADES WILL BURY THEM. You'd think I'd have learned by now: Don't mouth off to deities. Don't fall for the King of the Underworld. And definitely don't get dragged into a divine deathmatch where I'm the cursed mortal prize. But here I am - trapped in Tartarus, humanity's worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks. And guess what? I'm the key. To escape, I'll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me. To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming. Oh, and Hades? He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote. Because to save me . . . the god of death will burn the world. But if I break free? So do the Titans. And the world won't just suffer - it'll beg for the end. - Readers are OBSESSED with The Games Gods Play series: 'If you love The Hunger Games and Greek mythology, this one is a total must in your tbr!' 5* Reader Review 'Why did I not read this sooner??' 5* Reader Review 'Hunger games but the game makers are Greek gods? Oh yes. Sign me ALLLLL the way up' 5* Reader review 'Fast paced and leaves you wanting more' 5* Reader Review

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¿ USA TODAY BESTSELLER ¿ INDIE BESTSELLER "An amazing and gripping tale, full of suspenseful twists and cinematic details" -New York Times Book Review A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come. The Kuehns, a prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard's sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party, the two hit it off, and they had an affair. But Ruth had a secret-she was half Jewish-and Goebbels found out. Rather than having Ruth killed, Goebbels instead sent the entire Kuehn family to Hawaii, to work as spies half a world away. There, Ruth and her parents established an intricate spy operation from their home, just a few miles down the road from Pearl Harbor, shielding Eberhard from the truth. They passed secrets to the Japanese, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. After Eberhard's father was arrested and tried for his involvement in planning the assault, Eberhard learned the harsh truth about his family and faced a decision that would change the path of the Kuehn family forever. Jumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family's secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, Family of Spies is fast-paced history at its finest and will rewrite the narrative of December 7, 1941.

Bloomsbury presents Partition Voices written and read by Kavita Puri. UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read ... We need a candid conversation about our past and this is an essential starting point' Nikesh Shukla, Observer 'Thanks to Ms. Puri and others, [that] silence is giving way to inquisitive—and assertive—voices. In Britain, at least, the partitioned have learned to speak frankly of the past—and to search for ways to reckon with it' Wall Street Journal ________________________ Newly revised for the seventy-fifth anniversary of partition, Kavita Puri conducts a vital reappraisal of empire, revisiting the stories of those collected in the 2017 edition and reflecting on recent developments in the lives of those affected by partition. The division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. It happened far away, but it would shape modern Britain. Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. But their memory of partition has been shrouded in silence. In her eye-opening and timely work, Kavita Puri uncovers remarkable testimonies from former subjects of the Raj who are now British citizens – including her own father. Weaving a tapestry of human experience over seven decades, Puri reveals a secret history of ruptured families and friendships, extraordinary journeys and daring rescue missions that reverberates with compassion and loss. It is a work that breaks the silence and confronts the difficult truths at the heart of Britain's shared past with South Asia.

Roland Boutique TB-03 Bass Line ist ein Virtuel-Analoger Synthesizer der den Klang der TB-303 Bass Line reproduziert. Zusätzlich zu der authentischen klanglichen und optischen Replikation bietet die Boutique TB-03 Bass Line Effekte ein Display einen Trigger Eingang und MIDI (IN/OUT) sowie eine USB Schnittstelle für MIDI und Audio. Die originale Roland TB-303 prägte den Sound von Acid House und Techno mit markantem Sound: zwitschernde Resonanz-Sounds und knarzende Bässe - alles das beherrscht auch die neue Roland Boutique TB-03 Bass Line. Klangerzeugung und Sequenzer der TB-303 nachgebaut Die Synthese der Roland Boutique TB-03 Bass Line basiert auf der originalen Sägezahn- und Rechteck-Wellenform welche im Anschluss das berühmte Filter mit dem markanten Akzent passiert. Auch der besondere Step-Sequenzer lässt sich genau wie bei der originalen TB-303 programmieren. Dank MIDI Schnittstelle und CV/Gate-Ausgängen können auch externe Instrumente und Modular-Synthesizer vom dem legendären Sequenzer angesteuert werden. Intern können 96 Patterns und sieben Tracks/Songs abgespeichert werden. TB-303-Sound inklusive Effekte Damit hat die Roland Boutique TB-03 dem Original sogar etwas voraus denn Verzerrung und dubbige Echo-Effekte sind unverzichtbar für diesen typischen Synthesizer-Sound. Interne Overdrive- und Delay-Effekte geben trockenen Signalen das gewisse Etwas. Es stehen zwei verschiedene Verzerrer-Effekte (Overdrive und Distortion) und zwei Delay-Variationen (Tape Echo und Digital Delay) zur Verfügung. Anstelle eines Delay-Effektes kann wahlweise auch ein Hall-Effekt (Reverb) gewählt werden. Analoge oder digitale Ausgabe der Klänge Die hochauflösenden Audiosignale (24bit/96kHz) können wie bei allen Roland Boutique Instrumenten wahlweise analog abgegriffen oder digital per USB gestreamt werden. Roland TB-03 im Überblick: Wellenformen: 2 (SAW SQUARE) Speicher: 96 Patterns 7 Tracks/Songs Drehregler: VOLUME TUNING CUT OFF FREQ RESONANCE ENV MOD DECAY ACCENT OVERDRIVE DELAY TIME DELAY FEEDBACK WAVE FORM TRACK PATT. GROUP Auswahl MODE TEMPO VALUE Taster: PATTERN CLEAR RUN/STOP PITCH MODE FUNCTION Keyboard (C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C) TIME MODE TRANSPOSE UP/DOWN ACCENT SLIDE BACK TAP Effekte: OVERDRIVE (Overdrive/Distortion) DELAY (Tape Echo/Digital Delay/Reverb) Anzeigen: 7 Segment 4 Charakter (LED) PITCH MODE LED NORMAL MODE LED TIME MODE LED Verbindungen: TRIGGER IN CV OUTPUT GATE OUTPUT PHONES OUTPUT MIX IN MIDI (IN OUT) USB port: Micro-B type (Audio MIDI) Stromspeisung: Batterie (AA LR6) x 4 USB bus power Stromverbrauch: 500mA (USB bus power) Abmessungen: 308 x 130 x 52mm Gewicht: (inklusive Batterien ohne Boutique Dock) 940 g Zubehör: Boutique Dock: DK-01 (Silver) 4 x Batterien Roland Boutiques - TR-09 TB-03 VP-03

Max Wolfe is back! This is the long-awaited seventh instalment in the popular crime series from the number-one bestselling author of Man and Boy. 'This is Parsons at his scintillating best ' Geoffrey Wansell 'A spectacular novel' Natasha Harding 'Parsons is at the very top of his game ' Matthew D'Ancona __________ Emma Moon is out . She's served 16 years for a notorious armed robbery that left two men dead - and enriched many more. But Emma Moon never talked. She kept the code. She never revealed who was with her on the day of the robbery. She never told who killed those two men. And now she is free - and everything has gone. Her family. Her share of the money. And her faithless husband. So Emma Moon is in a hurry. Because it is payback time. And after all those years inside, she has friends who will do anything for her. As the bodies of the innocent and the guilty pile up, only one detective stands between a career criminal and her quest for revenge. The same man who, as a fresh-faced policeman, arrested her all those years ago. Max Wolfe is back. Single parent to a teenage daughter, owner of an ageing dog, music lover, hopeless romantic - and a murder detective who has his own code of honour. __________ Praise for the Max Wolfe series... ' Spectacular ! Tense and human, fast and authentic' Lee Child 'A must-read ' Jeffrey Deaver ' Eye-widening twists ' Sophie Hannah ' Brilliant stuff' Peter James 'A breakneck crime thriller' Woman's Own book club ' Ingenious and original' 5-star reader review 'It's a brilliant book and I loved every minute of it!' 5-star reader review 'An easy 5* especially with the twist I never saw coming ' 5-star reader review Tony Parsons, Sunday Times bestselling author, May 2024

For fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat itFor centuries, prominent thinkers have treated male domination among humans as natural or inevitable. But how would our understanding of gender inequality—our imagined past and contested present—look if we didn't assume that men have always ruled over women? If we saw gendered oppression as something fragile, that, alongside other forms of inequality, has had to be constantly remade and reasserted?In this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy, uncovering a complex history of how it first became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present. She travels to the world's earliest known human settlements, analyzes the latest research findings in science and archaeology, and traces cultural and political histories from the Americas to Asia, finding that:Matrilineal societies are more common than we appreciate, existing under a variety of different social and environmental circumstances, and in some cases for thousands of years.From around seven thousand years ago, there are signs that a small number of powerful men were having more children than other men.In societies where women left their own families to live with their husbands, marriage customs came to be informed by the widespread practice of captive taking and slavery, later influencing laws that alienated women from systems of support and denied them equal rights.There was enormous variation in gender and power dynamics in many societies for thousands of years, but colonialism and empire dramatically changed ways of life across Asia, Africa, and the Americas, spreading rigidly patriarchal customs and undermining how people organized their families and work.In our own time, despite the pushback against sexism, abuse,.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A collection of one hundred deeply personal stories—covering love and heartbreak, growth and resilience—brought to life by the creator of the wildly popular TikTok account @HunterProsper. Every person has a story. Dick knew that it was love at first sight when he saw Nancy across the church steps—they got married a week later and have been best friends ever since, still going strong over fifty years later. Nathalia’s first boyfriend told her that her facial scars made her even more beautiful, and it gave her the confidence to become the strong woman she is today. When Ghada learned that her young son was ill, she refused to give up—he’s thriving over twenty years later. We’re more alike than we are different. In Stories from a Stranger, Hunter Prosper—creator of the viral social media phenomenon of the same name—brings together these three and ninety-seven other unforgettable, never-before-published interviews that illuminate the depths of the human heart. He asks the questions that matter most: Who was your greatest love? What’s the most painful thing you’ve been told? What do you see when you look in the mirror? The answers reveal raw, breathtaking glimpses into lives filled with love, resilience, and hope. As an ICU nurse, Hunter has stood at the crossroads of life and loss, bearing witness to whispered confessions, final goodbyes, and moments of unexpected grace. In the midst of turmoil, he turned to storytelling—first to make sense of his own emotions, then to give voice to those who could no longer speak. What started as a simple question evolved into a movement, resonating with millions longing for connection. Moving, humbling, and profoundly inspiring, Stories from a Stranger is more than a book—it’s a celebration of our shared humanity and the invisible threads that bind us together.

Love was never meant to survive the underworld...but she's rewriting the rules of the gods. The games continue in the highly anticipated and thrilling follow-up to The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN featuring spray-painted edges with a stenciled design, as well as gorgeously detailed endpapers. This breathtaking first edition is available for a limited time and while supplies last! - THE GODS WANT HER DEAD...HADES WILL BURY THEM. You'd think I'd have learned by now: Don't mouth off to deities. Don't fall for the King of the Underworld. And definitely don't get dragged into a divine deathmatch where I'm the cursed mortal prize. But here I am - trapped in Tartarus, humanity's worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks. And guess what? I'm the key. To escape, I'll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me. To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming. Oh, and Hades? He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote. Because to save me . . . the god of death will burn the world. But if I break free? So do the Titans. And the world won't just suffer - it'll beg for the end. - Readers are OBSESSED with The Games Gods Play series: 'If you love The Hunger Games and Greek mythology, this one is a total must in your tbr!' 5* Reader Review 'Why did I not read this sooner??' 5* Reader Review 'Hunger games but the game makers are Greek gods? Oh yes. Sign me ALLLLL the way up' 5* Reader review 'Fast paced and leaves you wanting more' 5* Reader Review

Max Wolfe is back! This is the long-awaited seventh instalment in the popular crime series from the number-one bestselling author of Man and Boy. 'This is Parsons at his scintillating best ' Geoffrey Wansell 'A spectacular novel' Natasha Harding 'Parsons is at the very top of his game ' Matthew D'Ancona __________ Emma Moon is out . She's served 16 years for a notorious armed robbery that left two men dead - and enriched many more. But Emma Moon never talked. She kept the code. She never revealed who was with her on the day of the robbery. She never told who killed those two men. And now she is free - and everything has gone. Her family. Her share of the money. And her faithless husband. So Emma Moon is in a hurry. Because it is payback time. And after all those years inside, she has friends who will do anything for her. As the bodies of the innocent and the guilty pile up, only one detective stands between a career criminal and her quest for revenge. The same man who, as a fresh-faced policeman, arrested her all those years ago. Max Wolfe is back. Single parent to a teenage daughter, owner of an ageing dog, music lover, hopeless romantic - and a murder detective who has his own code of honour. __________ Praise for the Max Wolfe series... ' Spectacular ! Tense and human, fast and authentic' Lee Child 'A must-read ' Jeffrey Deaver ' Eye-widening twists ' Sophie Hannah ' Brilliant stuff' Peter James 'A breakneck crime thriller' Woman's Own book club ' Ingenious and original' 5-star reader review 'It's a brilliant book and I loved every minute of it!' 5-star reader review 'An easy 5* especially with the twist I never saw coming ' 5-star reader review Tony Parsons, Sunday Times bestselling author, May 2024

In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger spent five years wandering the deserts of Arabia, producing Arabian Sands, 'a memorial to a vanished past, a tribute to a once magnificent people'. The Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Rory Stewart. Wilfred Thesiger, repulsed by what he saw as the softness and rigidity of Western life - 'the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets' - spent years exploring in and around the vast, waterless desert that is the 'Empty Quarter' of Arabia. Travelling amongst the Bedu people, he experienced their everyday challenges of hunger and thirst, the trials of long marches beneath the relentless sun, the bitterly cold nights and the constant danger of death if it was discovered he was a Christian 'infidel'. He was the first European to visit most of the region, and just before he left the area the process that would change it forever had begun - the discovery of oil. This edition contains an introduction by Rory Stewart discussing the dangers of Thesiger's travels, his unconventional personality and his insights into the Bedouin way of life. Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003) was a British travel writer born in Addis Ababa in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Thesiger is best known for two travel books: Arabian Sands (1959), which recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950 and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), an account of the traditional peoples who lived in the marshlands of southern Iraq. If you enjoyed Arabian Sands, you might like T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, also available in Penguin Modern Classics 'Thesiger is perhaps the last, and certainly one of the greatest, of the British travellers among the Arabs' Sunday Times 'Following worthily in the tradition of Burton, Lawrence, Philby and Thomas, it is, very likely, the book about Arabia to end all books about Arabia' Daily Telegraph

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A collection of one hundred deeply personal stories—covering love and heartbreak, growth and resilience—brought to life by the creator of the wildly popular TikTok account &#64,HunterProsper. Every person has a story. Dick knew that it was love at first sight when he saw Nancy across the church steps—they got married a week later and have been best friends ever since, still going strong over fifty years later. Nathalia’s first boyfriend told her that her facial scars made her even more beautiful, and it gave her the confidence to become the strong woman she is today. When Ghada learned that her young son was ill, she refused to give up—he’s thriving over twenty years later. We’re more alike than we are different. In Stories from a Stranger, Hunter Prosper—creator of the viral social media phenomenon of the same name—brings together these three and ninety-seven other unforgettable, never-before-published interviews that illuminate the depths of the human heart. He asks the questions that matter most: Who was your greatest love? What’s the most painful thing you’ve been told? What do you see when you look in the mirror? The answers reveal raw, breathtaking glimpses into lives filled with love, resilience, and hope. As an ICU nurse, Hunter has stood at the crossroads of life and loss, bearing witness to whispered confessions, final goodbyes, and moments of unexpected grace. In the midst of turmoil, he turned to storytelling—first to make sense of his own emotions, then to give voice to those who could no longer speak. What started as a simple question evolved into a movement, resonating with millions longing for connection. Moving, humbling, and profoundly inspiring, Stories from a Stranger is more than a book—it’s a celebration of our shared humanity and the invisible threads that bind us together.