Dolly Mack has everything the world thinks should make a woman happy: chart success, celebrity status, a rock-star husband, and a glamorous life in Los Angeles. But when a humiliating viral incident sends her career into freefall, Dolly does the only thing she can think to do—she runs.Back in Iris Beach, the small ocean town she swore she'd outgrown, Dolly is forced to reckon with the people and places she left behind: her tender, reclusive father; the music teacher who first belie...

Marshall has created something remarkable. Writing with intellectual lucidity, carving out her narrative in spare, elegant prose, she elicits an almost visceral emotional response...An excoriatingly, triumphantly, honest new voice.- Anna Beer, Eve Bites Back and Death of an EnglishmanThe deft writing and often confessional tone make it startlingly, deliciously personal yet the changes of pace and point of view, sometimes into fiction, sometimes into brief ...

What starts as a profile assignment becomes something neither of them can walk away from cleanly.Jude is a journalist. August is a movie star trying to rehabilitate his image. The plan is simple: she drives to his remote lake house, asks the right questions, writes a flattering piece, and leaves. But August didn't invite her here for a puff piece — and Jude didn't say yes to one, either.Over the course of one charged, sun-drenched weekend, the two circle ea...

In the current housing climate, more and more people are finding it very difficult to get their foot on the housing ladder. Quite often, when the opportunity to do so arrives, buyers have to settle for second best, having had no say in the design and construction process, just to get a roof over their heads. However, there is another way which does take a lot more effort, and a lot more involvement, but which is ultimately very rewarding. That is self-building your own home. In 2024, the g...

In the current housing climate, more and more people are finding it very difficult to get their foot on the housing ladder. Quite often, when the opportunity to do so arrives, buyers have to settle for second best, having had no say in the design and construction process, just to get a roof over their heads. However, there is another way which does take a lot more effort, and a lot more involvement, but which is ultimately very rewarding. That is self-building your own home.

In the current housing climate, more and more people are finding it very difficult to get their foot on the housing ladder. Quite often, when the opportunity to do so arrives, buyers have to settle for second best, having had no say in the design and construction process, just to get a roof over their heads. However, there is another way which does take a lot more effort, and a lot more involvement, but which is ultimately very rewarding. That is self-building your own home. In 2022, the g...

This book for midwifery students is part of the Case Book series and will focus on the challenges and complexities of managing emergencies and critical situations in midwifery practice.

The first anthology of the beloved comic strip that inspired the critically acclaimed Cartoon Network show.In 1999, Aaron McGruder launched a cultural phenomenon with his smart and bitingly satirical comic strip, The Boondocks. It centers on the experiences of two young African-American boys, Huey and Riley, who move from inner-city Chicago to the suburbs (or the "boondocks" to them). The strip fuses hip-hop sensibilities with Japanese anime-style drawings ...

Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful and real, the book became an international bestseller.A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love, their amaze...

The all-in-one reference for the new residential real estate investor—revised and updated for 2022 and beyondAustralian Residential Property Development for Investors is the practical, step-by-step guide for beginners and experienced investors in the real estate and construction industries. From site selection to sale, this book walks you through each phase of the property development process to show you how careful planning can considerably enhance return...

NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA ON SKY ATLANTIC. The first crime novel in Robert Wilson’s Seville series, featuring the tortured detective Javier Falcon.The man is bound, gagged and dead in front of his television.The terrible self-inflicted wounds tell of his violent struggle to avoid some unseen horror. On the screen? In his head? What could make a man do that to himself?It's Easter week in Seville, a time of passion and processions. But detective Javier Falcón is not celebrating. A...

An NPR Best Book of 2023A collection of twenty dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh.From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica*,* this collection of twenty brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica’s vision of the human exper...