For fans of romance graphic novels with an intoxicating blend of action and comedy like Spy x Family, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and The Fall Guy. This hit WEBTOON comic with over 4 million subscribers follows Davina on her first assignment out of the Elite Nanny Academy: protect the young son of notorious mafia underboss, Gabriel Angelini. Tensions rise as a harmless play date for Mikey turns into a fierce confrontation between Gabriel and an opposing mafia family, which has Davina reflecting on the extent of Mikey’s security protocol. As Davina seeks more information about Gabriel and his true intentions with Mikey—as well as herself—Valentine does her own digging on the mysterious nanny. Suspicious of Davina’s past, she brings up her concerns with Gabriel, who then reveals the truth about why he chose Davina to protect his heir. Meanwhile, Davina gets invited to be Gabriel’s escort to a mob-run art auction. However, the night takes a heated turn when Gabriel bumps into a few familiar faces—and after a serious accusation, Gabriel finds himself making more enemies than he anticipated. This volume collects episodes 27 to 40 of the smash hit WEBTOON series The Mafia Nanny, which has more than 31 million views on the platform. Readers who love romance and action comedies will love this bingeable, genre-crossing smash hit WEBTOON comic.

Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... This 75th Anniversary Edition includes: • A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction • A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984 “ The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching... A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time. • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •

7 wunderbare Indianerfilme in einer Box. Das Herz einer Unbeugsamen: Mary Ingles, eine 23-jährige Frau, ist schwanger, als Shawnee-Indianer in ihr ruhiges Holzhaus in den Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains eindrangen, Männer und Frauen töten, und sie gefangen nehmen. Da sie dem Shawnee-Häuptling Wildcat gefällt, wird sie gut behandelt. Trotzdem will sie nicht in diesem 'Gefängnis' leben, und sucht den Weg in die Freiheit. Rose Hill: Vier Boston Straßenkinder adoptieren ein junges Baby, das sie in einem abgestellten Wagen entdecken, als sie sich auf der Flucht vor der Polizei befinden. Sie nennen das Kleine Mädchen Mary Rose. Da sie zusammen aufwachsen, siedeln die fünf schließlich über nach Blue Belle, Montana. Rin Tin Tin im Wilden Westen: Leutnant Rip Masters ist mit Sergeant Biff O Hara und seiner kleinen Militäreinheit von Ford Apache unterwegs, um das Land zu erkunden und zu vermessen. Mit von der Partie sind der Zehnjährige Waisenjunge Rusty und sein schlauer Schäferhund Rinnie, den die Soldaten auch Rin Tin Tin nennen. Silent Tongue - Schweigende Zunge: 'Schweigende Zunge' heißt die Indianerfrau ohne Zunge, die vor Jahren von einem weißen Mann vergewaltigt wurde und zwei Mischlingstöchter zur Welt brachte. Awbonnie, die älteste Tochter, wurde von ihrem Vater gegen Pferde eingetauscht, die jüngere, Valeda, ist die Hauptattraktion in einem heruntergekommenen Zirkus Cheyenne Warrior: Als der Krieg sich zwischen der Union und der Konföderation dem Ende entgegen neigt, reisen Matthew und Rebecca Westen nach Oregon, um ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Auf dem Weg stoppen sie an einem entfernten Handelsposten, wo sie auf einige Cheyenne Indianer treffen. Die Rache des Halbbluts: Sein Name ist Siringo, US Deputy Marshall. Eigentlich hat er sich nach der blutigen Verhaftung von Wade Lewis, einer der grausamsten Mörder des Westens, zurückgezogen. Doch jetzt muss er den Stern wieder anheften: Denn Wade Lewis floh aus dem Gefängnis in die Wüste, und dort zieht er eine blutige Spur hinter sich her. Pocahontas – Die Legende: Der englische Captain John Smith landet 1607 in der Neuen Welt. Mit an Bord ist auch sein Erzfeind, ein aufgeblasener Edelmann, der nur des Goldes wegen nach Amerika gekommen ist. Die ansässigen Powhatan-Indianer wollen von den Fremden vor allem Feuerwaffen.

Readers fell in love with Jeannette Walls' unforgettable family in The Glass Castle. Now discover how it all began for the Walls family... 'I never knew a girl to have such gumption,' [Mom would] say. 'But I'm not too sure that's a good thing.' Meet Lily Casey Smith: horse-trainer, airplane pilot, flapper, mother and teacher. Born in 1901 in the rolling grassland of West Texas, Lily grows up with a passion for horses and an indomitable spirit. At age 15 she leaves home, riding 500 miles across the American West on her beloved pony Patch, her pearl-handled six-shooter by her side. Her goal: a teaching post in a frontier-town school. Lily will handle everything life throws at her - flash-floods, tornadoes, the Great Depression, a swindling husband, love and heartbreak - with courage, determination and a smile as wide as the Texas skies.*~*~* 'With convincing, unprettified narration , Walls weaves her own ancestor into this collective rough-and-tumble heritage... [Walls is] the third generation of a line of indomitable women whose paths she has inscribed on the permanent record, enriching the common legend of our American past' New York Times 'A commendable chronicle of an admirably tough woman on America's western frontier' Washington Post 'Has immense power and readibility ... What it does with aplomb is to track the birth of a nation: the conjuring of modern America from a scorched, dusty wasteland' The Times

Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV(1494) Single Malt Whisky Fife befindet sich innerhalb der Whiskyregion der Lowlands. Sie ist eigentlich dafür bekannt, dass die zahlreichen dort ansässigen Destillerien Grain Whisky für Blends herstellen. Lowland Malt hingegen besitzt Seltenheitswert und wird nur von sehr wenigen Brennereien destilliert. Umso mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient der vielversprechende Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) Single Malt Whisky aus Schottland, der die Brücke zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart schlägt. Er stellt den ersten seit mehr als 500 Jahren in Fife produzierten Scotch dar Der grandiose Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) Single Malt Whisky stammt von einem Familienbetrieb, der Tradition mit Innovation kombiniert. Schon seit mehr als 100 Jahren befindet sich das Anwesen mit den Ruinen der alten Abtei im Besitz der Familie McKenzie Smith. Sie hat die Lindores Abbey Distillery auf die Beine gestellt und will damit die Tatsache ehren, dass 1494 an eben diesem Standort zum ersten Mal offiziell schottischer Whisky gebrannt wurde. Was im kleinen Stil in der Klosterbrennerei begann, wird heute mit viel Liebe zum Detail wieder aufgegriffen. Der Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) Single Malt Scotch Whisky profitiert dabei von einer extra langsamen Gärung und von einer besonderen Destillationsmethode. Außerdem hat sich die Firma dazu entschieden, ihn in drei verschiedenen Fassarten reifen zu lassen. Produktinformationen zum Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV(1494) Single Malt Whisky: Kennzeichnend für den goldenen Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) Single Malt Whisky ist, dass er als dreifach gelagerter schottischer Whisky viel zu bieten hat. Man merkt es ihm an, dass er nicht nur von Bourbonfässern, sondern auch von Sherryfässern und Weinfässern beeinflusst wurde. Dieser hochwertige und komplexe schottische Whisky begeistert im Aroma mit süßen und fruchtigen Noten. Vanille geht Hand in Hand mit Karamell, Apfel und Birne. Im reichhaltigen Geschmack zeigt sich der Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV (1494) Single Malt Whisky von der cremig weichen und gut ausbalancierten Seite. Toffee und Trockenfrüchte gesellen sich zu Zitrusfrüchten und einer sanften Würze. Das Ganze mündet in einen mittellangen Abgang, der bei all seiner Beharrlichkeit und Eleganz delikat erscheint.

An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics-contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William "Braveheart" Wallace to James Bond. And no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots-or the modern West-in the same way again.

Mit grandiosen Country - Klassikern und wunderbaren Bildaufnahmen atemberaubender Landschaften und Impressionen aus dem Wilden Westen Amerikas die aufregende Vergangenheit der USA erleben und spirituelle Kraft schöpfen! Die Größe und das Abenteuer Natur erleben, Kultur und Geschichte begegnen und von ihr lernen, ist das Ziel von vielen weltoffenen Menschen, die sich oftmals auf der Suche nach sich selbst befinden. Erleben Sie die aufregende und faszinierende Vergangenheit des Wilden Westens Amerikas, authentisch und unverfälscht. Erleben Sie Ihre eigenen Wurzeln und Sehnsüchte in einer grandiosen Naturlandschaft, unterlegt mit stimmungsvollen Klassikern der Country & Western Musik. Erleben Sie die Klischées des amerikanischen Westens endlich einmal ohne Ablenkung durch Cowboys, Film - Action oder eine nervige Handlung. Hier können Sie sich ganz auf die atemberaubende Atmosphäre dieser faszinierenden Vergangenheit der USA einlassen und den Wilden Westen völlig entspannt erleben. Tracklisting Audio-CD: 01 Hank Williams - Jambalaya 02 Gene Autry - Don't Fence Me In 03 Johnny Bond - Sick, Sober And Sorry 04 Hank Thompson - Whoa Sailor 05 Spade Cooley - Indian Summer 06 Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons 07 Tommy Duncan - Chattanooga Shoe Shine... 08 Gene Autry - South Of The Border 09 Ernie Ford - Shotgun Boogie Tennessee 10 Johnny Bond - Mean Mama Boogie 11 Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues 12 Carl Smith - I Overlooked An Orchid 13 Hank Williams - I Just Don'T Like... 14 Tennessee Ford - Mr.And Mississippi 15 Jesse James - Darling I Don'T... 16 Tex Williams - Drop Dead 17 Tennessee Ford - Anticipation Blues 18 Johnnie Lee Wills - Rag Mop 19 Tommy Scott - Gonna Paint The Town Red (recorded 1949) 20 Floyd Tillman - Slippin' Around (recorded 1949) 21 Eddie Kirk - Candy Kisses (recorded 1949)

The final chapter of Jim Henson's The Creation Myths Trilogy. BRIAN FROUD, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film THE DARK CRYSTAL, returns to the world he helped create in this stunning conclusion of the official prequel to original movie. The world of Thra is shattered. Following the events of The Great Conjunction, the once-powerful Urskeks have been split into two separate beings: the Skeksis and the Mystics. Only Raunip and Aughra know their true origins, but they are trapped in the bowels of the world of Thra, searching for the shard of the Dark Crystal. But as the aftermath of the Great Conjunction wreaks havoc upon the Gelfling tribes, the Geflings may have no choice but to rely upon the one race offering aid: the Skeksis. The species of Thra will have to decide who they can trust if they hope to keep their world together. Written by Matthew Dow Smith (Doctor Who, X-Files) and gorgeously illustrated by Alex Sheikman (Robotika) and Lizzy John (Fraggle Rock), this third volume is the epic conclusion to the Creation Myths saga. This volume features behind the scenes photos and concept sketches from the Jim Henson Company Archives documenting how creature and puppet designs that never made it into the film were adapted and brought to life on the page.

Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... This 75th Anniversary Edition includes: • A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction • A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984 “ The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching... A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time. • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •

DIA 5: SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 23 DE JULHO DE 2001, 5h53 "O sol está brilhando através das grades da minha janela, no que deve ser um glorioso dia de verão. Estou encarcerado numa cela de cinco passos por três durante doze horas e meia e só poderei sair de novo ao meio-dia. Dezoito horas e meia de confinamento solitário. Na cela abaixo de mim há um garoto de dezessete anos acusado de roubar uma loja: é seu primeiro delito, ainda nem foi condenado. Ele fica trancado por dezoito horas e meia sem poder falar com ninguém. Este é o Reino Unido no século XXI, não é a Turquia, não é a Nigéria, não é o Kosovo, e sim o Reino Unido". Na quinta-feira, 19 de julho de 2001, após um julgamento por perjúrio de sete semanas, Jeffrey Archer foi condenado a quatro anos de prisão. Ele deveria passar os primeiros vinte e dois dias e quatorze horas em HMP Belmarsh, uma prisão de alta segurança de Categoria A Dupla no sul de Londres que abriga alguns dos criminosos mais violentos do Reino Unido. Este é o registro diário do período em que o autor ficou confinado nesse local.Este audiolivro é narrado em português brasileiro por Márcio Simões, conhecido por suas dublagens de atores prestigiados como Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith, Bill Murray e Ralph Fiennes. A sua extensa carreira de dublagem também inclui personagens animados como Patolino e Frajola de Looney Tunes e grandes vilões como Coringa e Lex Luthor.-

1984 is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime lead by The Party. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101... This bilingual edition is an intriguing solution for those wishing to learn Ukraine and English. Вивчати українську та англійську мови шляхом захоплюючого читання з високим інтелектуальним тонусом допоможе ця книга білінгва «1984» Джорджа Орвелла. «1984» — антиутопія англійського письменника Джорджа Орвелла. Є найвідомішою і найцитованішою антиутопією у літературі. Сьогодні політичні еліти, транснаціональні корпорації, пропагандистські медіа і соціальні мережі ніби взяли на озброєння фантастичні знахідки Джорджа Орвелла: «Великий брат стежить за тобою», «Свобода — це рабство», «Мир — це війна». Роман розповідає історію Вінстона Сміта і його деградації під впливом тоталітарної держави, в якій він живе. Contents: 1. George Orwell. 1984 2. Джордж Орвелл. 1984

Glenlivet Founder´s Reserve Whisky Lust auf einen Scotch, der vom Pionier der schottischen Whiskyherstellung stammt und viel zu bieten hat? Dann bietet sich der Glenlivet Founders Reserve Whisky an, der von Expertenseite aus reichlich Lob eingefahren hat. Im Jahre 1824 war The Glenlivet nämlich die erste lizenzierte Whiskybrennerei in Schottland. Sie wurde von George Smith gegründet, der es sich zum Ziel gesetzt hatte, einen weichen und zugänglichen Single Malt mit fruchtigen Hauptnoten und verführerischer Süße auf den Markt zu bringen. Sein Erbe lebt bis heute im Stil von Glenlivet Whisky aus Speyside weiter, und das greift der treffend benannte Founders Reserve - "founder" bedeutet zu Englisch "Gründer" - auf eindrucksvolle Weise auf. Der feine Glenlivet Founders Reserve Whisky wurde aus einem besonderen Grund heraus ins Leben gerufen: 2014 erreichte man bei der Glenlivet Distillery ein Ziel, mit dem man schon lange geliebäugelt hatte. Man verkaufte eine Million Käste Whisky weltweit und zementierte damit die Position als internationaler Spitzenreiter. Glenlivet Whisky steht seither hinter Glenfiddich an zweiter Stelle und ist einfach ein Muss für jede Hausbar. Der golden leuchtende Glenlivet Founders Reserve Whisky führt vor Augen, warum man eine so hohe Beliebtheit genießt. Er verkörpert all das, wofür die Destillerie stehen will und wofür man auch Speyside Malt im Allgemeinen schätzt. Man kann ihn pur, "on the rocks" und in finessereichen Mixgetränken erleben und wird ihn angenehm in Erinnerung behalten. Produktinformationen zum Glenlivet Founder´s Reserve Whisky: Das Aroma des Glenlivet Founders Reserve Whisky steht für die typisch fruchtigen Noten, die bei der Top-Marke gang und gäbe sind. Ein süßer Beiklang von Bonbons und Toffee schwingt genauso mit wie ein Hauch von Blumen. Im Geschmack punktet der runde Glenlivet Founders Reserve Whisky aus Speyside mit fast exakt denselben Zügen. Man vernimmt eine weiche, beinahe cremige Süße und eine vollfruchtige Sinfonie für den Gaumen. Zitrusfrüchte, allen voran Orangen, drängen sich in den Vordergrund. Der lang anhaltende Abgang überzeugt mit Süße und Weichheit.

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout American history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what's right, even when they have to fight to be heard. In early 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren's refusal to be silenced in the Senate inspired a spontaneous celebration of women who persevered in the face of adversity. In this book, Chelsea Clinton celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity, sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. They all certainly persisted. She Persisted is for everyone who has ever wanted to speak up but has been told to quiet down, for everyone who has ever tried to reach for the stars but was told to sit down, and for everyone who has ever been made to feel unworthy or unimportant or small. With vivid, compelling art by Alexandra Boiger, this book shows readers that no matter what obstacles may be in their paths, they shouldn't give up on their dreams. Persistence is power. This book features: Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor-and one special cameo. Praise for She Persisted: ★ "[A] lovely, moving work of children's literature [and a] polished introduction to a diverse and accomplished group of women." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Exemplary . . . This well-curated list will show children that women's voices have made themselves emphatically heard." -Booklist "[She Persisted] will remind little girls that they can achieve their goals if they don't let obstacles get in the way." -Family Circle "We can't wait to grab a copy for some of the awesome kids in our lives . . . and maybe some of the grown-ups, too." -Bustle "A message we all need to hear." -Scary Mommy "This will be a great read for kids (especially young girls)." -Romper "We cannot wait for the launch of Smart Girl Chelsea Clinton's new book to help remind kids everywhere that the fearlessness that characterizes the thirteen women in the book is what has emboldened us to constantly strive for progress and justice." -Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

*Shortlist, Debut Fiction, 2023 Nero Book Awards * The Sunday Times Novel of the Year * A Times and Guardian Book of the Year * London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Oscar Wilde trial ignites public outcry, everything they long for could be under threat. 'Beautifully written' Graham Norton ' Clever and kind ... A book of wonderful generosity and compassion' Alice Winn 'Subtle, sexy and beautifully crafted' Sarah Waters After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John has finally found a man who returns his feelings. Meanwhile, Henry is convinced that his new unconventional marriage will bring freedom. United by a shared vision, they begin work on a revolutionary book arguing for the legalisation of homosexuality. Before it can be published however, Oscar Wilde is arrested and their daring book threatens to throw them, and all around them, into danger. How high a price are they willing to pay for a new way of living? 'Lavishly imagined' Sunday Times 'A very fine new writer' Kate Atkinson 'I loved this book' Zadie Smith 'Some of the best writing on desire I've read' Douglas Stuart 'Filled with nuance and tenderness . . . charting the lives of men and women who inspired not only political progress but an entire new way of living and loving' Colm Tóibín

“Toor’s evocative, tenderly executed paintings begin to pluck at your heartstrings almost as soon as you see them.” –Roberta Smith, New York Times Known for his moody figurative works that combine academic technique with a quick, sketchlike style, Salman Toor’s paintings depict intimate scenes in the imagined lives of young, queer men residing between New York City and South Asia. As Baltimore Museum of art curator Asma Naeem describes in her introduction, “his paintings resonate as journal-like entries that record moments of kinship, bonding, playfulness, lust, loneliness, rejection—pastel-inflected; gossamer-covered flights of the imagination with wispy Brown boys that mine the complexities of being an immigrant, queer and human.” This monograph, produced in conjunction with the artist’s first retrospective exhibition, collects Toor’s most essential works alongside significant new texts, by exhibition curator Naeem and painter Evan Moffitt, that examine the works for both their formal innovations and their influences. Also included is an original new short story by author Hanya Yanigahara, illustrated by Toor’s paintings. Lavishly designed by Topos Graphics, No Ordinary Love is an exquisite introduction to a powerful young talent. Salman Toor was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1983 and currently lives and works in New York. He studied painting and drawing at Ohio Wesleyan University and received his MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Salman Toor: How Will I Know, the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition, was recently presented at the Whitney Museum (2020–21).

**WINNER OF THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2024** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024** Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine. ‘ I absolutely loved it ’ MONICA ALI ’Remarkable… My heart will never be the same’ BARBARA KINGSOLVER ‘A vital storyteller’ ALI SMITH After years away from her family’s homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. On her arrival, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new. When Sonia meets the charismatic Mariam, a local director, she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing with a dedicated, if competitive, group of men – yet as opening night draws closer, it becomes clear just how many obstacles stand before the troupe. Amidst it all, the life she once knew starts to give way to the exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home. ‘A novel to savour’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Spectacular’ NAOMI KLEIN ‘Captivating…deeply moving’ HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘Powerful… Hammad is a pretty flawless writer’ THE TIMES A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BOWKER PRIZE 2024 * A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND VULTURE *

'A hymn to friendship . . . Will leave you moved, hopeful and inspired in equal measure.' DAISY HAY 'I absolutely loved this book.' KATHERINE ANGEL 'I urge you to read it.' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB 'I'm grateful for Bad Friend.' AMY KEY A rebellious new history of female friendship and timely reclamation of the 'bad friend'. Move over idealised BFFs, glossy gal pals and indestructible work wives. Meet the bad friends. The dangerously romantic school girls of the 1900s. The office gossips of the 1930s. The mum cliques of the 1950s. The angry activists of the 1970s. The coven - women who choose to live together in old age - of the present day. These 'bad' friends broke the rules about femininity they didn't write. Their relationships were controlled, patrolled and judged too intimate, too consuming and in some cases, too powerful. In this history of women's friendship, celebrated cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith reckons with the ways we understand this complex and vital connection. She takes us from Japan to the Ivory Coast, The Mindy Project to Zadie Smith's Swing Time, from prisons to film sets to hospital wards and elder communities, untangling the assumptions about good and bad friends we live by. Weaving together history, interviews and memoir, Bad Friend offers what's long overdue: a more expansive, more rebellious vision of friendship fit for twenty-first-century life.

Bloomsbury presents The Pentecost Papers by Ferdinand Mount, read by Paul Blezard 'Gloriously inventive, wonderfully entertaining, wickedly knowing . . . Read it and revel' JOHN BANVILLE 'The unsung hero of his generation of novelists . . . Astute, funny and heartbreaking' TANYA GOLD Corruption, destruction, danger and murder: Welcome to the murky world of the super-rich. Timothy 'Timbo' Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the dark canyons of global capitalism, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil. His accomplices in this irresistible safari through the late modern world are two reformed alcoholics, the lovely and brilliant Lee 'Lethal' Thorold, and her husband Professor Luke Deverill, lecherous Oxford philosopher and caustic computer wizard. Their misadventures are followed at a bewildered distance by the played-out diplomatic correspondent Dickie Pentecost, who tags along mostly because Timbo is the only man who can cure his agonising back and is always one step behind the Machiavellian actions of those who precede him. Readers who loved the author's earlier stinging satire, Making Nice, will find this novel an even more telling takedown of the way we live now but pretend we don't. Praise for the author: 'Mount's storytelling is irresistible' LITERARY REVIEW 'One of our finest prose stylists' DAILY TELEGRAPH '[Mount] exposes such cold truths with such warmth – I am in eternal awe of his writing, wherever I find it' MARINA HYDE

Bloomsbury presents How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans, read by SJ Valiquette. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads. Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can. She doesn't talk about that, though. CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following one rule: blend in and stay out of it. But that's hard to do when your trauma gets turned into a bestselling book series. The Slasherville books are a true crime phenomenon, documenting the Wolf Man massacres that changed CJ's life forever. CJ hates everything about the books and their fans, but at this point she's just grateful there aren't any more murders to write about. Until one day when an unpublished Slasherville book shows up on her doorstep predicting new Wolf Man killings. CJ is sure it's a bad prank. But then the events in the book start coming true, and when CJ breaks her one rule, the Final Girl—the person who, according to the book, was supposed to stop the Wolf Man—ends up dead. Suddenly, blending in and staying out of it is not an option, and CJ will have to use everything she knows about the rules of horror to make it out alive.

Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. "I'm a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?" All of Basit Deniau's houses were haunted. Rose House, his final architectural triumph built in the remote Mojave desert, was perhaps the most. A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing. But a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every crevice and corner with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. That is Rose House. When Detective Maritza Smith gets a call from Rose House, she's shocked to learn that there is a dead body inside its sealed-up walls. Everybody in town knows it's haunted. But Basit died more than a year ago, and everybody also knows that only his former protege, Dr. Selene Gisil, is permitted inside. But Selene wasn't in the country when Rose House called in the death. Who is the dead body? How did they get in? And who-or what-killed them? The answers lie within the labyrinthine halls of Rose House. But even if Martiza can get inside, there is no guarantee she will ever be able to leave ... Also by Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire A Desolation Called Peace