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"Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post "A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp." —Alexandra Jacobs, The New ...

AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLER, ZABELLE • AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWED, ALL THE LIGHT THERE WAS • In vivid, poetic prose, Nancy Kricorian’s The Burning Heart of the World tells the story of a Beirut Armenian family before, during, and after the Lebanese Civil War.   “You won’t be able to put...

Brought to you by Penguin. The sea stole him from her. Could it bring him back? Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea many years before. When the village ...

In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection theory. 'FASCINATING' The Times ‘Matt Ridley is one of our finest science writers … A treat for bird lo...

After I'd got him out of harm's way, I dived back in yet again and swam out past the surf-break, out to where the other two lads were floundering. Then, one at a time, I took them back onto the rocks - all done against the raging rip and wild surf. By then an hour or so had passed. Still, severe ...

Darren Hayes was always a storyteller. As a child, in suburban Queensland in the 1970s, he told himself he was going to be a pop star - and he did it. Throughout Savage Garden's astonishing success - which included multiple Australian number 1s, cracking the US charts and selling more than 35 mil...

BreimagazineUitgegeven door Scala Crossmedia in het Nederlands, is Breimagazine de ultieme bron voor breiers die op zoek zijn naar zowel moderne als klassieke breipatronen. Het magazine biedt een mix van kledingstukken en accessoires voor alle seizoenen, met een sterke focus op detail en kwalitei...

Mijn Hobbykaart XLUitgegeven door Scala Crossmedia in het Nederlands, is dit magazine een must-have voor kaartenmakers en biedt het een uitgebreide collectie kaartontwerpen voor diverse gelegenheden. Met kant-en-klare knipvellen, stapsgewijze instructies en creatieve ideeën kunnen zowel beginners...

A timeless reference guide for Kiwi gardeners of all levels. Kiwi Gardener Quarterly is published four times a year, coinciding with the changes of the seasons and providing everything you need to know on one significant topic.

INDIES INTRODUCE SELECTION DEBUT AUTHOR, MOLLY OLGUÍN brings us THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there. “A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow.”— Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House “Witty, w...