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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public façade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image? From her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life.

Brought to you by Penguin. The brilliantly uplifting, page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse. If you could see your future, how would you live now? Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode...

A powerful exploration of self-blame, where it comes from, why women are prone to it, and what we can do about it. Many of us regularly hear a sarcastic, malevolent voice echoing in our heads, attacking us, lecturing us, putting us down. It tells us that whatever we do, we’re wrong. It says...

A gripping and thought-provoking account of the reign of King James I, who united Britain and made England the global power we know today. The British monarchy of today descends directly from one leader: King James I, whose huge—and much overlooked—influence launched England as a major...

A mother's secret past collides with her daughter's present in this intoxicating novel from Jane Healey, the author of The Animals at Lockwood Manor. In the summer of 1973, teenage Ruth and her four friends are obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings, and a little bit obsessed with each other...

'A thought-provoking, discursive survey by Mona Chollet, a bright light of Francophone feminism' – The New York Times 'Rousing . . . a very interesting take on contemporary feminist politics' – Irish Times A source of terror, a misogynistic image of woman inherited from the trials and the...

They knew they were changing history. They didn’t know they would change each other. Following the unlikely friendship of four women in the first female class at Oxford, their unshakeable bond in the face of male contempt, and their coming of age in a world forever changed by World War I...

“A tender depiction of loss and healing that raises questions about guilt and blame in the age of climate change.”—People “As with The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Lefteri transports the reader to a once lush and now destroyed world.”—Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

A woman pushed to the breaking point by a stalker develops an obsession of her own in this shocking new novel of psychological suspense from the acclaimed author of The Perfect Son. Jenna is a wife, a mother, a doctor. She’s also the victim of a stalker. Frightening "gifts" are left on her...

A debut Queer YA novel combining the power of video games, and the potential of young love with magic, horror and the supernatural. This unabridged audiobook edition is narrated by Jordan Renzo, George Greenland, Alix Wilton Regan with original music by Sam Watts.

The gripping new twist-filled thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author K. L. Slater Emily is ready to leave the lies behind. Moving into a beautiful new home and finally with money in the bank, her partner Oliver has promised that they can put their life as con artists firmly in...

Never speak of that summer. "Propulsive, escapist, and sharp." —Emily Layden, author of Once More from the Top On a beautiful summer’s night twenty years ago, troubled seventeen-year-old Tamara Drayton was found floating face-down in the pool of her family’s idyllic mansion in the south of...

A new novel from the Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy, the celebrated author of The Man Who Saw Everything and The Cost of Living. At the height of her career, the piano virtuoso Elsa M. Anderson—former child prodigy, now in her thirties—walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance. Now...

In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardising the nameless narrator's marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie wonders why she ever agreed to go to a New Year’s Party at Johnny’s outback farm. The night has gone from bad to worse. A car crash, no phone service, games she doesn’t want to play and only six people showed up. At 2am, Cassie wakes up to a deathly scream. One of them is dead. Will Cassie be able to escape?

First they made me beg. Then they made me theirs. I was sent to serve as a liaison with the Dragunov Bratva, not as a toy for these billionaire crime boss brothers to play with or a cute piece of ass for them to use and enjoy as they please. But the moment I felt their hands on me, felt what it...

‘Fresh, vivid and full of surprises. This is the Dark Ages as you’ve never seen them’ ALICE LOXTON The Dark Ages have long been cast as a murky, unknowable period – a void between the worlds of Rome and later medieval Europe. That picture is wrong. In this sweeping history of Europe...

La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe est un conte du petit peuple écrit par Alexandre Dumas, le célèbre auteur des Trois Mousquetaires et du Comte de Monte-Cristo. Sur les rives du Rhin médieval, vivait jadis une femme au grand coeur, charitable, une personne aimable, compatissante, déterminée et noble : la comtesse Berthe.

Dans la bande turbulente de moineaux toujours prêts à faire des bêtises, Pierrot est le plus effronté, le plus farceur aussi. Pour amuser ses copains, il enfile un petit manteau vert et un bonnet rouge qui pendent sur un fil, près de la maison de Benjamin. Pour réussir à voler du grain au poulailler, Pierrot arrache au coq sa plus belle plume et s'envole. Mais les poussins ont cru voir le lutin... Pierrot, pris de remords, vole au secours de Benjamin.

Solange a élu domicile dans un jardin qui a pour nous un air familier. Normal, c'est celui des Drôles de Petites Bêtes! La petite mésange a besoin de calme pour pondre et les cris et piaillements des autres oiseaux la dérangent. Alors qu'elle se croit enfin tranquille, quelque chose tombe devant sa porte en poussant un "Coucou!" retentissant...