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The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is a sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. And Jem is searching through the Shadow Markets, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past.

Thich Nhat is a spiritual luminary, second only to the Dalai Lama, and is globally renowned and admired. His words of wisdom are centralized in finding peace in every moment; whether you're stopped at a red light or answering a phone, mindfulness grounds you into the present moment. Go Slowly, Breathe, and Smile will provide encouraging words of advice from the Wisest Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, words of wisdom to thrive in the mind and body, and life lessons and tools for mindful meditations.

Laurence Rees, in his magnum opus, combines largely unpublished testimony with the latest academic research to create the first accessible and authoritative account of the Holocaust in over three decades. Rees argues that whilst hatred of the Jews was always at the epicentre of Nazi thinking - and the Holocaust was the most appalling crime in history - what happened cannot be fully understood without considering the murder of the Jews alongside other Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well.

When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favourite fantasy series. She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He's impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale. So be it.

Following the success of Rees's best-selling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. During a 16-year period, acclaimed author and documentary-maker Laurence Rees met and interviewed a large number of former Nazis, and his unique insights into the Nazi psyche and World War II received enormous praise.

Olive Westallen lleva una vida de privilegio, aunque solitario, en la casona de su familia en Hampstead. Sin embargo, tiene planes para el futuro de su familia, unos planes que conmocionarán a la alta sociedad de la que forma parte. Ottilie Finch, su nueva vecina, no tiene más que doce años y para ella vivir en Londres es una aventura, un lugar para jugar y descubrir. Su familia se ha mudado allí desde Durham, huyendo del escándalo, pero eso no la alcanza a su tierna edad. Lo único que no entiende es la enfermedad que mantiene a su madre recluida en su habitación.

Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn't know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can't dance...or can they? With lots of music to boogie along to, this fun-filled audiobook is guaranteed to get little ones dancing!

After a warlock baby is abandoned on the steps of the academy, Magnus Bane rescues the child - and brings him home to his boyfriend, Alec.

Ripples in Spacetime is an engaging account of the international effort to complete Einstein's project, capture his elusive ripples, and launch an era of gravitational-wave astronomy that promises to explain, more vividly than ever before, our universe's structure and origin. The quest for gravitational waves involved years of risky research and many personal and professional struggles that threatened to derail one of the world's largest scientific endeavors.

There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld. Just six numbers, imprinted in the "Big Bang", determine the essential features of our entire physical world. Moreover, cosmic evolution is astonishingly sensitive to the values of these numbers. If any one of them were "untuned", there could be no stars and no life. This realization offers a radically new perspective on our universe, our place in it, and the nature of physical laws.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Victorians, written and read by Jacob Rees-Mogg. They built a nation. Now it’s our turn. Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. But in this bold and provocative book, Jacob Rees-Mogg - leading Tory MP and prominent Brexit advocate - takes up the story of 12 landmark figures to paint a very different picture of the age: one of bright ambition, bold self-belief and determined industriousness.

Taking us along the sandy caravan routes of Morocco to the freezing winters of the northern Black Sea, from Co-Loa in the Red River valley of Vietnam to the rain-lashed forts south of Hadrian’s Wall, Owen Rees explores the powerful empires and diverse peoples in Europe, Asia and Africa beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome. In doing so, he offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world.

How far would you go to uncover the truth? Would you risk everything to save time itself? What if Jack Frost were your lab partner? A year after Kelsie Robertson’s tragic death—and Jane Clari’s unexplained disappearance. Linda Waters is consumed by grief. Isolated and numb, she clings to her quiet routines until her enigmatic new science partner shatters her world with a secret: he’s Jack Frost – yes, that Jack Frost. When Linda discovers the transcript of a sacred text of Father Time, she stumbles upon a clue to a powerful missing relic that secures the timelines of the universe.

In this compelling book, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history - part death camp, part concentration camp, where around a million Jews were killed.

Von Verlust und Liebe. Von Angst und Aufbruch. Von dem Mut, anders zu sein. Rea Garvey – Musiker, Songwriter, Sohn, Suchender – erzählt die bewegende Geschichte seiner Herkunft: Irland. Ein Land, in dem Regen und Licht, Glaube und Zweifel, Freiheit und Tradition untrennbar verwoben sind. Vom wilden Lachen in einem überfüllten Bungalow voller Geschwister bis zu nächtlichen Techno-Ekstasen in Belfast, von heimlichen Rebellionen gegen den autoritären Vater bis zu Momenten reiner Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben – Rea öffnet die Türen zu Erinnerungen, die ihn geformt haben.

We're Delusional is the unapologetic, unfiltered podcast where girlhood, growth, and a little bit of delusional collide. Hosted by two best friends, this show dives into the chaos in society, navigating self-worth, to chasing dreams and borderline delusional confidence. Think late night FaceTime energy meets main character moments. Whether you're in your healing era, your hot girl hustle, or just trying to make sense of it all, this podcast is your new safe space. Tune in bi-weekly for real talk, relatable stories, and a reminder that being "delusional" might actually be your superpower!

"Unlocked: The Creative Podcast" is where ideas break free and imagination runs wild. Each episode turns the key on inspiring stories, bold strategies, and practical insights from artists, innovators, and visionaries across every creative field. Whether you’re chasing your next big idea or reigniting your passion, This Podcast's goal is to open the door to a world where creativity has no limits.

Living in Hawthorne Heights wasn't for the weak. Crime and violence surrounded us, but we did what we had to in order to survive. Not everyone made it out alive, though, when dodgy deals went wrong. My brother had proved that when he'd been killed right in front of me when I was twelve. I'd managed to dodge the foster system, thanks to my brother's best friend. Reid had only been a kid, too, when my brother had died, but he seemed so much older. He'd taken charge, making sure my best friend Logan and I never went without. We were a family.

Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood might fall in love - but first they have a first date. One of 10 adventures in The Bane Chronicles. When Magnus Bane, warlock, meets Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunter, sparks fly. And what happens on their first date lights a flame.... This stand-alone short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the number-one New York Times best-selling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.

John Mellencamp is not your typical rock star. With music inspired by the work of William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and other giants of American literature, he has experienced a colorful career unlike any other. Now, this fascinating biography fully charts the life of one of this country’s most important voices in American music. Mellencamp’s story is also the story of the American heartland. His coming of age as an artist and evolution into legendary status directly reflected the major changes of the last 50 years.