Follow the thrilling animal adventures of young otter Portly - including all your favourite characters such as Mole, Ratty and Toad, from the countryside classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. The perfect Spring gift!¿ "A magical tale of one mischievous otter bursting with charm, wit and wonder" - Hannah Gold From bestselling author of Adventures on Trains, M.G.Leonard, and beautifully illustrated in full colour by award-winning illustrator of The Hug, Polly Dunbar, this gorgeous hardback gift book is inspired by and celebrates the 95th anniversary of EH Shepard's iconic artwork for TheWind in the Willows. There is a time in a young otter's life when they must be introduced to their river. For Portly, today was that day ... Told across four seasons in one year, little Portly has the greatest of adventures. Among other fur-raising encounters, the youngest of Mrs Otter's pups learns to swim, battles a large trout, rescues a human girl, outwits the weasels and stoats of the Wild Wood and sleeps in the care of the god Pan - a scene familiar to readers of the original book. Full of all the charm, nostalgia and sounds of splashing in the river that fans of The Wind in the Willows have fallen in love with over the years, M.G.Leonard's faithful spin-off will enchant an entirely new generation. The perfect Easter gift for both new readers and existing fans - young and old! ¿ "This magical retelling bubbles with wonder, joy and love." - Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild "A glorious future classic" - Alexander Armstrong, author of Evenfall "Marvellous tales, full of sparkle and charm" - Sophie Anderson, author of The Girl Who Speaks Bear "One of the loveliest books I've read in a long time" - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars "A story that ripples with the gentleness of childhood wonder and friendship." - Leah Lane, @mymulberryhouse ¿Pre-order now!

'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford Winner of best smart thinking book (Business Book Awards) and a Guardian best books of 2021 When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a 'soldier' mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalising in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe - and shoot down those we don't. But if we want to get things right more often we should train ourselves to think more like a scout. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world - which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. ' Highly recommended. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger Bregman 'With insights that are both sharp and actionable, The Scout Mindset picks up where Predictably Irrational left off. Reading it will teach you to think more clearly, see yourself more accurately, and be wrong a little less often' Adam Grant

A demi-fey gets abducted and taken to a spy school where she's trained to fight an evil fey king in this first book in the riveting contemporary romantasy Fey Academy for Spies trilogy that's Fourth Wing meets Arthurian legend. Avalon Academy rules: spy on your enemies, resist temptation, and try not to die in the process. Bookseller Nia has saved up for years for her dream vacation: drinking champagne on a beach with her favorite books. But her dream turns into a nightmare when she's kidnapped by a muscular, tattooed jerk of a fey named Raphael. Yes, kidnapped. It turns out Nia has a rare power that allows her to cross the magical barrier separating the human world from the feys', making her an invaluable asset in the fight against the evil fey king. So, whether Nia wants to or not, Raphael demands that she train at Avalon Academy, Camelot's elite school for spies whose agents are pivotal to the war effort. But Nia is in way over her head-asthmatic and out of shape. She'll be lucky to get out of there alive. Still, there's no escape when Raphael is watching her every move. He's lethal, arrogant, and hot as hell. And with every dangerous mission they're sent on together, he becomes harder to resist. But romance is forbidden at the academy-a distracted spy is a dead spy. Touching him is playing with fire. Is she ready to get burned?

The raven, crane, and firebird each chose a tribe of man, granting humans heavenly magic. But power in man's hand caused endless wars for land. With mankind's destruction, the birds perished taking with them their magic. Magic is now rare, war common. The discarded daughter of an emperor, Khamilla Zahr-zad is raised with her mother's nomadic tribe until a violent raid ends that peaceful life. Amid the chaos of death, the heavenly magic of nur awakens within her, granting her the power to wield a cosmic light. Khamilla suddenly goes from outsider to weapon, finally accepted into her father's court. Now worthy, she trains in combat and poisons, pledging loyalty to his throne. But tragedy strikes again and when her clansmen are defeated by a rival empire, Khamilla vows lasting vengeance as she escapes. However Khamilla is not alone - for something shadows her, feeding her darkness. Hiding her identity, Khamilla infiltrates the enemy's army academy. She studies jinn, magic, and martial arts from cutthroat mystic monks in a bid to bring down an empire from within. However, through her studies Khamilla begins to question her father's teachings of war and rule. With war escalating across kingdoms and a twisted magic spreading, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: revenge or freedom. With gorgeous prose and a captivating magic system, layered with morally grey characters, Dawn of the Firebird embraces rich Islamic culture and raises provocative questions about individual power, choice, and the cost of war.

A demi-fey gets abducted and taken to a spy school where she’s trained to fight an evil fey king in this first book in the riveting contemporary romantasy Fey Academy for Spies trilogy that’s Fourth Wing meets Arthurian legend. Avalon Academy rules: spy on your enemies, resist temptation, and try not to die in the process. Bookseller Nia has saved up for years for her dream vacation: drinking champagne on a beach with her favorite books. But her dream turns into a nightmare when she’s kidnapped by a muscular, tattooed jerk of a fey named Raphael. Yes, kidnapped. It turns out Nia has a rare power that allows her to cross the magical barrier separating the human world from the feys’; making her an invaluable asset in the fight against the evil fey king. So, whether Nia wants to or not, Raphael demands that she train at Avalon Academy, Camelot’s elite school for spies whose agents are pivotal to the war effort. But Nia is in way over her head—asthmatic and out of shape. She’ll be lucky to get out of there alive. Still, there’s no escape when Raphael is watching her every move. He’s lethal, arrogant, and hot as hell. And with every dangerous mission they’re sent on together, he becomes harder to resist. But romance is forbidden at the academy—a distracted spy is a dead spy. Touching him is playing with fire. Is she ready to get burned?

¿Dragons. Romance. Magic.¿ 'Unique, twisty, spicy, and full of both drama and dragons! If you are a romantasy fan, the A Fire in the Sky series is unmissable' Ali Hazelwood 'FABULOUS! If you love sizzling romantasy, epic world building, gripping characters, and DRAGONS do not miss this page-turner!' Kresley Cole * * * * MAGIC AWAKENS. DARKNESS SWELLS. AND A HERO RISES. It's been a year since Tamsyn transformed from the enemy in Fell's bed to the wife he sacrificed himself to save. From an ordinary girl to Penterra's best hope to keep magic from disappearing forever. With Fell torn from her side in the dangerous swirling mists of the Crags, Tamsyn is alone among the dragon pride. An outsider learning to survive in her new home, she trains until her muscles burn and her blood spills. And slowly, a warrior emerges. But is Fell truly beyond Tamsyn's reach? Their bond pulls at her, as does the fierce drive to protect both humans and dragonkind from a relentless enemy determined to destroy her - and all magic. Magic stirs in the darkness, strengthening all who believe in it. But will it be enough to save the pride, the kingdom, and a love fated to endure for centuries? In this explosive sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling A Fire in the Sky, the fate of magic rests on one warrior's shoulders - but it could cost her everything ... ¿ Fated mates ¿ Magic, dragons, and witches ¿ Spice * * * * Praise for Sophie Jordan: 'Fast paced, page turning, well written with heart stopping cliff hangers, a must read for who loves a spicy well paced adventure' Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿ 'This was incredible, the story was the gripping, the twists and the turns had me itching to finish this book in one day ... I need the next one immediately' Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I fell in love with Tamsyn and Fell. The way the relationship grew, and their sexual tension was on point! I can't wait for the next book!' Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes “Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A captivating and emotionally investing journey.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT—the most powerful explosion ever visited on a human population, save for HIroshima and Nagasaki. Mont-Blanc was vaporized in one fifteenth of a second; a shockwave leveled the surrounding city. Next came a thirty-five-foot tsunami. Most astounding of all, however, were the incredible survival stories and heroism that soon emerged from the rubble. This is the unforgettable story told in John U. Bacon's The Great Halifax Explosion, a gripping work of narrative nonfiction about the fateful decisions that led to doom, the human faces of the blast's 11,000 casualties, and the equally moving individual stories of those who lived and selflessly threw themselves into urgent rescue work that saved thousands. The shocking scale of the disaster stunned the world, dominating global headlines even amid the calamity of the First World War. Hours after the blast, Boston sent trains and ships filled with doctors, medicine, and money. This single event in Canadian history would revolutionize pediatric medicine; transform U.S.-Canadian relations; and provide physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who studied the Halifax explosion closely when developing the atomic bomb, with history's only real-world case study demonstrating the lethal power of a weapon of mass destruction. Mesmerizing and inspiring, Bacon's deeply-researched narrative brings to life the tragedy, bravery, and surprising afterlife of one of the most dramatic events of modern military history. One ship, one city, and one catastrophic morning that would shape the course of the 20th century— WWI History: Follow the munitions ship Mont-Blanc on its perilous journey up an Atlantic coast prowled by German U-boats, carrying a cargo of 3,000 tons of explosives. A City Leveled: Witness the moment of the blast—a 2.9-kiloton explosion that vaporized the ship, flattened Halifax, and triggered a devastating thirty-five-foot tsunami. The Boston Response: Learn how a massive and immediate relief effort from Boston not only saved thousands of lives but also forged an enduring bond between two nations. History of Science: Uncover the explosion's surprising legacy, from revolutionizing pediatric medicine to providing J. Robert Oppenheimer with a real-world case study for the atomic bomb.

Pre-order now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION— only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector’s hardcover features a luxurious dust jacket, sprayed edges, illustrated endpapers, and beautiful flipbook style art throughout. Magic awakens. Darkness swells. A hero rises—and she’s ready to fight… New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan is back with an all-new epic romantasy set in the high-stakes world of A Fire in the Sky. It’s been a year since Tamsyn transformed. From royal whipping girl in the palace of Penterra to the bride of Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands. From the enemy in the Beast’s bed to the wife he sacrificed himself to save. From an ordinary girl...to a dragon. And not just any dragon—a powerful fire-breather...and the best hope to keep magic from flickering out forever. With Fell gone, torn from her side in the dangerous swirling mists of the Crags, Tamsyn is heartbroken and alone among the dragon pride. An unwelcome outsider still learning to survive in this fiery skin of hers within a new cutthroat society, she trains in the arena until her muscles burn and her blood spills. Slowly, Tamsyn forges herself into a warrior in the shadow of Fell’s enigmatic brother, Vetr, whose silver eyes track her with distrust...and maybe something more. But is Fell truly beyond her reach? Their bond pulls at her, as fiercely as the drive to protect both humans and dragonkind from the growing threat posed by Stig, once her closest friend, now a relentless enemy determined to hunt her down and destroy her—and with her, all things magic. Magic stirs in the darkness, strengthening all who believe in it. But will it be enough to save Tamsyn, the pride, the kingdom...and a fiery love fated to endure for centuries, as deep as a scar in the bone?

A Tibetan Buddhist anthology of accessible and authentic contemplative exercises to help cultivate innate yet undeveloped powers of mind, emotion, and body. A Penguin Classic Drawn from Tibet's rich contemplative literature, Buddhist Meditation offers classic exercises focused on the opportunities and challenges of life; cultivating inner calm; fostering a wider perspective on oneself in relationship to others; working with negative emotions, and the highest values of the Buddhist tradition, love and compassion. Several dozen meditation instructions are collected in twelve chapters. All major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism are represented. The book is structured on "foundation practices", practice manuals that immerse the reader in the search for meaningful and compassionate responses to the ubiquity of human suffering, and in the contemplative techniques that translate that search into consequential action. Spiritual exercises introduce 1) the opportunity for self-betterment and to be of benefit to other living beings; 2) the inescapable persistence of suffering in life, and the reality of death; 3) the workings of ethical cause and effect, otherwise known as karma; and 4) the ever-repeating succession of frustration known as cyclic existence, or samsara. The second set of foundation practices provide tools to build upon including: 5) taking refuge in Buddhism—a deep formal commitment to integrate Buddhist contemplative and ethical teachings into one's life; 6) cultivating love and compassion for all living beings; 7) clearing away cognitive, emotional, and behavioral impediments to actualizing love and compassion; 8) developing with wisdom and the experience and excellent qualities necessary to put love and compassion into practice; and 9) dedicating oneself to a spiritual mentor to serve as a guide through this intensive program of training. Part existential philosophy, part ethics, part self-help program, part cosmology—the foundation exercises present a complete Buddhist picture of life, the ethical universe, and the first steps in making a positive impact in life for ourselves and others, steps anyone can begin to take by dedicating themselves to train in contemplative exercises.

The history of human development records the courageous efforts made by the generation of teacher educators to train the school leaders who are responsible to implement educational policies. They have endured the burden and challenges of the times and refine the pedagogies and education systems with many innovative approaches. As the world faces increasing uncertainties and shift to knowledge economy, education plays a larger role in creating productive persons. Designing and managing learning school organizations that can sustain a competitive advantage in this fast-changing environment demands transformative leaders who would envision building intellectual capital for the future. Many books on teacher education, educational management and leadership exist in the past. But most books do not keep up with the fast-changing educational scene and only a few include future scenarios. This book presents anticipated trends and demands of the new knowledge economy, achieving goals with the use of various tools, generative and collaborative efforts, increasing leadership capability in dynamic and complex contexts, enculturation of cutting edge knowledge for educational advancement and creation of teams that focus learning organizations. The book brings together prominent and leading teacher educators and researchers from around the world to present their scholarship, theories and practice, case studies, state-of-the- art approaches and future-oriented predictions. This book embodies collective knowledge inquiry and represents professional conversations. The chapters provides information on recent trends and development in teacher education, the important role of educational management and leadership in educational transformations, promising practices for desired outcomes. The book is a critical and specialized resource that describes how transformative leadership can play an important role in achieving excellence in education. The topics are covered in the book are: educational leadership and effective teaching, research in transformational leadership, and professional development and social capital building in schools.

Bloomsbury presents The Other Pandemic by James Ball, read by Ned Rudkins-Stow. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic. Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers, trains, or air traffic to spread it, all you need is an internet connection. In this gripping investigation, Pulitzer Prize winner James Ball decodes the cryptic language of the online right and with a surgeon's precision tracks the spread of QAnon, the world's first digital pandemic. QAnon began as an internet community dedicated to supporting President Trump and intent on outing a global cabal of human traffickers. A short, cryptic message posted by an anonymous user to a niche internet forum in 2017 was the spark that ignited a global movement. What started as a macabre game of virtual make-believe quickly spiralled into the spread of virulently hateful, dangerous messaging – which turned into tragic, violent actions. Incoherent, chaotic, free from agendas: QAnon is a one-size-fits all cult conspiracy. From a standoff at the Hoover Dam, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021, to protesting COVID-19 lockdowns, this digital pandemic has spread globally and shows no signs of stopping. In The Other Pandemic Ball takes us into the niche pathways through which these digital pathogens spread, mutate and infect people all across the globe – but he also argues that the prognosis doesn't have to be dire. He shows us that it is possible to treat and cure this virus in order to build up our digital immune systems, and be better prepared to survive the next wave. *A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023*

"Thoroughly researched and beautifully written history."—New York Times Book Review “Absorbing . . . a David-and-Goliath tale of the industrial age.”—Wall Street Journal A propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in the early years of the twentieth century, and the men who made it possible. Over thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States. Many sailed on steamships from Hamburg. This mass exodus was facilitated by three businessmen whose involvement in the Jewish-American narrative has been largely forgotten: Jacob Schiff, the managing partner of the investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Company, who used his immense wealth to help Jews to leave Europe; Albert Ballin, managing director of the Hamburg-American Line, who created a transportation network of trains and steamships to carry them across continents and an ocean; and J. P. Morgan, mastermind of the International Mercantile Marine (I.M.M.) trust, who tried to monopolize the lucrative steamship business. Though their goals were often contradictory, together they made possible a migration that spared millions from persecution. Descendants of these immigrants included Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Estée Lauder, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Lauren Bacall, the Marx Brothers, David Sarnoff, Al Jolson, Sam Goldwyn, Ben Shahn, Hank Greenberg, Moses Annenberg, and many more—including Ujifusa’s great grandparents. That is their legacy. Moving from the shtetls of Russia and the ports of Hamburg to the mansions of New York’s Upper East Side and the picket lines outside of the notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, The Last Ships from Hamburg is a history that unfolds on both an intimate and epic scale. Meticulously researched, masterfully told, Ujifusa’s story offers original insight into the American experience, connecting banking, shipping, politics, immigration, nativism, and war—and delivers crucial insight into the burgeoning refugee crisis of our own time.

Five essential steps to take you from "zero to superhero" with AI for marketing For marketers, the landscape is shifting underfoot. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept but a present-day reality, rewriting the rules of relevance, differentiation, and connection. Navigating this new era is the single greatest challenge, and opportunity, for marketing leaders. How do you move beyond scattered experiments and buzzwords to unlock AI's true transformative power? In the newly revised and essential second edition of The AI Marketing Canvas, top MBA marketing professors Rajkumar Venkatesan and Jim Lecinski provide the definitive roadmap. They distill complexity into clarity with a field-tested, five-step plan for marketers at every stage of their AI journey. This is not a speculative look at the future; it is a practical guide for winning your "AI Moment of Truth" now. The concepts, frameworks and examples in the book will enable you to: Master the two core functions of AI: Wield predictive AI for unparalleled insights and optimization, and generative AI for creating compelling content and communications at scale. Pinpoint your greatest opportunities: Use a powerful 2x2 framework to identify the highest-value AI use cases for your business, whether driving internal productivity or explosive external growth. Build your AI "exosuit": Learn how to augment your team's strategic expertise and human judgment with machine intelligence, turning your department into a marketing powerhouse. Lead with confidence: Navigate the critical challenges of ethics and governance while preparing for the next wave of disruption, from Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) to autonomous AI agents. Rich with case studies, best practices, and the latest insights on AI's impact on decision-making and customer engagement, this book empowers CMOs and marketers alike to harness AI's full potential. Whether you are laying the groundwork for AI adoption, scaling across functions, or reinventing your go-to-market approach, The AI Marketing Canvas provides clarity and confidence at every stage of your journey. It's not too late to be an early adopter, but the train is leaving the station. This book is your ticket to the forefront of marketing innovation.

Five essential steps to take you from "zero to superhero" with AI for marketing For marketers, the landscape is shifting underfoot. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept but a present-day reality, rewriting the rules of relevance, differentiation, and connection. Navigating this new era is the single greatest challenge, and opportunity, for marketing leaders. How do you move beyond scattered experiments and buzzwords to unlock AI's true transformative power? In the newly revised and essential second edition of The AI Marketing Canvas, top MBA marketing professors Rajkumar Venkatesan and Jim Lecinski provide the definitive roadmap. They distill complexity into clarity with a field-tested, five-step plan for marketers at every stage of their AI journey. This is not a speculative look at the future; it is a practical guide for winning your "AI Moment of Truth" now. The concepts, frameworks and examples in the book will enable you to: Master the two core functions of AI: Wield predictive AI for unparalleled insights and optimization, and generative AI for creating compelling content and communications at scale. Pinpoint your greatest opportunities: Use a powerful 2x2 framework to identify the highest-value AI use cases for your business, whether driving internal productivity or explosive external growth. Build your AI "exosuit": Learn how to augment your team's strategic expertise and human judgment with machine intelligence, turning your department into a marketing powerhouse. Lead with confidence: Navigate the critical challenges of ethics and governance while preparing for the next wave of disruption, from Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) to autonomous AI agents. Rich with case studies, best practices, and the latest insights on AI's impact on decision-making and customer engagement, this book empowers CMOs and marketers alike to harness AI's full potential. Whether you are laying the groundwork for AI adoption, scaling across functions, or reinventing your go-to-market approach, The AI Marketing Canvas provides clarity and confidence at every stage of your journey. It's not too late to be an early adopter, but the train is leaving the station. This book is your ticket to the forefront of marketing innovation.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, ALSO AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG READERS AS FRITZ AND KURT DAILY MAIL & SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated by The Cut Out Girl and The Tattooist of Auschwitz ' A powerful and often uncomfortable true story that deserves to be read and remembered. It beautifully captures the strength of the bond between a father and son' Heather Morris, author of New York Times no. 1 bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz _______ Even in darkness, love brings hope. Gustav and Fritz Kleinmann are father and son in an ordinary Austrian Jewish family when the Nazis come for them. Sent to Buchenwald concentration camp in 1939 they survive three years of murderous brutality. Then Gustav is ordered to Auschwitz. Fritz, desperate not to lose his beloved father, insists he must go too. And though he is told it means certain death, he won't back down. So it is that father and son together board a train bound for the most hellish place on Earth . . . This is the astonishing true story of love and impossible survival. _______ 'Extraordinary' Observer 'The story is both immersive and extraordinary. Deeply moving and brimming with humanity' Guardian 'An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival' i Paper 'We should all read this shattering book about the Holocaust. An astonishing story of the unbreakable bond between a father and a son' Daily Mail 'A deeply humane account and a visceral depiction of everyday life in the camps. Could not be more timely and deserves the widest possible readership' Daily Express

THIS BOOK IS NOT SAFE TO READ AT WORK. And honestly, the less you know about it before reading . . . the better! Twenty year old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that's what the basilisk is for. Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince's hand in marriage. When Tem is matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she might actually stand a chance. But with tensions rising between the basilisks and the humans, Tem is torn in two directions. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection with the prince. And when she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two worlds . . . neither of which she can survive without. Read this book if you like any of the following: Golden fangs; inappropriate use of a claw; hot men with daddy issues; hot women with daddy issues; witty banter; long, dextrous fingers Guaranteed to make you blush (and then some), Kiss of the Basilisk is like if fanfic Draco Malfoy went on the Bachelor and had to compete with a snake. Sounds fun, doesn't it? That's because it is!! PRAISE FOR KISS OF THE BASILISK "So you're thinking, 'A basilisk? Really?' The answer is YES. REALLY. This book changed me." - @katiec "Absolutely not safe for work, but so addicting you'll read it in the break room anyway." - @bookbiche "I had to pray the rosary before and after each chapter." - @ktgroberts "Too hot to read in one sitting, pace yourself." - @michaela.whitney "A wild ride." - Lindsay's mom "What Lindsay's mom said." - @girly_pop_00

THIS BOOK IS NOT SAFE TO READ AT WORK. And honestly, the less you know about it before reading . . . the better! Twenty year old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that's what the basilisk is for. Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince's hand in marriage. When Tem is matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she might actually stand a chance. But with tensions rising between the basilisks and the humans, Tem is torn in two directions. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection with the prince. And when she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two worlds . . . neither of which she can survive without. Read this book if you like any of the following: Golden fangs; inappropriate use of a claw; hot men with daddy issues; hot women with daddy issues; witty banter; long, dextrous fingers Guaranteed to make you blush (and then some), Kiss of the Basilisk is like if fanfic Draco Malfoy went on the Bachelor and had to compete with a snake. Sounds fun, doesn't it? That's because it is!! PRAISE FOR KISS OF THE BASILISK "So you're thinking, 'A basilisk? Really?' The answer is YES. REALLY. This book changed me." - @katiec "Absolutely not safe for work, but so addicting you'll read it in the break room anyway." - @bookbiche "I had to pray the rosary before and after each chapter." - @ktgroberts "Too hot to read in one sitting, pace yourself." - @michaela.whitney "A wild ride." - Lindsay's mom "What Lindsay's mom said." - @girly_pop_00

'Very little makes me laugh. I would say the one exception is anything by David Sedaris' GRAHAM NORTON 'Sedaris is the God of the comic essay... Sedaris' only rule: be funny or perish' LENA DUNHAM In The Land and Its People, David Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveller, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of carer after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. An ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of 'Countries I Have Been To,' he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest's cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. Time takes its toll: Scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn't bear to outline and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn't. It's easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, 'Enough is Enough.' And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants. Throughout these essays - at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound - Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit. 'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdness' ADAM KAY 'Wonderful' IAN McKELLEN 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' HADLEY FREEMAN 'The funniest writer alive today' JONATHAN ROSS

A demi-fey gets abducted and taken to a spy school where she's trained to fight an evil fey king in this first book in the riveting contemporary romantasy Fey Academy for Spies trilogy that's Fourth Wing meets Arthurian legend. Avalon Academy rules: spy on your enemies, resist temptation, and try not to die in the process. Bookseller Nia has saved up for years for her dream vacation: drinking champagne on a beach with her favorite books. But her dream turns into a nightmare when she's kidnapped by a muscular, tattooed jerk of a fey named Raphael. Yes, kidnapped. It turns out Nia has a rare power that allows her to cross the magical barrier separating the human world from the feys', making her an invaluable asset in the fight against the evil fey king. So, whether Nia wants to or not, Raphael demands that she train at Avalon Academy, Camelot's elite school for spies whose agents are pivotal to the war effort. But Nia is in way over her head-asthmatic and out of shape. She'll be lucky to get out of there alive. Still, there's no escape when Raphael is watching her every move. He's lethal, arrogant, and hot as hell. And with every dangerous mission they're sent on together, he becomes harder to resist. But romance is forbidden at the academy-a distracted spy is a dead spy. Touching him is playing with fire. Is she ready to get burned?

Two Roses depicts the heartbreaking story of Holocaust survivors Rose Lipszyc and Rose Finkielsztajn as presented in graphic narrative form. Produced as part of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, it is a powerful account of sacrifice, survival, and solidarity. Born in Lubin, Poland in 1929, Rose Lipszyc was only ten years old when Nazi Germany invaded Poland setting off the Second World War. In October 1942, as her family was being deported from their home in Osmolice, Rose managed to escape sure death. While on their way to the train station, Rose’s mother pushed her out of line to help her get away, sacrificing herself for the sake of her daughter. Barely a teenager, Rose fled with the help of strangers and friends by using a false identity. She was then reunited with her aunt in Lublin, and the pair went on to work as forced labourers in a factory in Bremen, Germany by impersonating Polish gentile sisters. Depicting how these two women came together and survived the war under vulnerable aliases, Two Roses portrays the incredible depth of their connection and perseverance even as most of their family and relatives were being killed. Once liberated, Rose settled in Toronto and in 2021, she was awarded the Order of Canada for her work in Holocaust education. A co-creation between award-winning graphic novelist Miriam Libicki and survivor Rose Lipszyc, this book disrupts the narratives of victimization that often undermine the stories of Holocaust survivors. Instead of painting victims of human rights abuse as mere case studies, this book illuminates a crucial part of our shared history with radical care, honesty, and creativity.