A humorous and picaresque romp through life and loves of a young bastard expelled from art school. The book is set in 1980s Britain, Paris and Istanbul.Quentin Sages life is humdrum and routine. He is working in a firm decorating religious tracts sold to developing countries.His partner Jane has her first exhibition coming up, and is moving towards artistic success which exacerbates his discontent.In New York we meet Martin Phillips, Sages natural father, where he has...

This is not your typical meditation book. No Sanskrit terms, no gurus, no mystique. Less a set of instructions, more a challenge to the reader to work on themselves within the framework the author sets out. Simon Cole has formulated a meditation path for a modern age, grounded in Western therapeutic tradition. He draws on eminent thinkers in the field of therapy and human relations - Buber, Rogers and Gendlin. He introduces into meditation 'felt-sense' and 'kindly attention' and invites th...

**Uncover the psychological shortcuts that shape every decision you make – and learn how to use them in business.Voted #1 in the BBH World Cup of Advertising Books**Winner of the Sales and Marketing Category at the Business Book AwardsBefore you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. The Choice Factory is an essential listen for anyone who wants to learn.By observing a typical day of decision-making, from t...

**'This book will make you better at your job' – Jonah Berger, bestselling author of ContagiousDiscover the psychological biases that shape every buying decision – and how to use them in business.**Every day we make hundreds of choices, many of them commercial.What shampoo to pick? How much to spend on a bottle of wine? Whether to renew a subscription?These choices might appear to be freely made, but psychologists have shown that subtle changes in t...

How does advertising work? Does it have to attract conscious attention in order to transmit a 'Unique Selling Proposition'? Or does it insinuate emotional associations into the subconscious mind? Or is it just about being famous... or maybe something else? In Paul Feldwick's radical new view, all theories of how advertising works have their uses – and all are dangerous if they are taken too literally as the truth. The Anatomy of Humbug deftly and entertainingly picks apart the historical r...

A wonderfully written and engaging teenage memoir: read all about Jacqueline's problems with her family, her first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager; learn all about the music and books she loved, her troubled school life and her parents' difficult relationship. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in what life in the...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, featuring Miss Marple, from the collection Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories.Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on the balcony of Denis and Margery Dacre, when she realised she had incl...

The second book in the Jasmine Sharp series, from author Christopher Brookmyre.Is the devil merely the name we give the worst in ourselves?When private investigator Jasmine Sharp is hired to find Tessa Garrion, a young woman who has vanished without trace, it becomes increasingly clear that there are those who want her to stay that way. What begins as a simple search awakens a malevolence that has lain dormant for three decades, putting Jasmine in the cross...

For actor Toby Flood, Brighton is the final week of a long tour. One night he is visited at the theatre by his estranged wife, Jenny, who, visibly scared, thinks she is being stalked. She asks Toby, for old times' sake, to find out what is going on.Alarmingly he discovers a sinister connection with Jenny's new partner. Spurred on by a desire to win Jenny back, Toby begins to ask some difficult questions. Before he fully understands the risks he is running, he finds himself caught u...

A woman finds the solution to her baby fever with help from a sexy former next-door neighbor in this romance by a USA Today –bestselling author.Last year, Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she's alone and more than anything she longs for a baby. This time, she's determined to prove she doesn't need a man!Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for years, so he seizes ...

In a world still uneasy after the financial turmoil of 2008, JustinCartwright puts a human face on the dishonesties and misdeeds of thebankers who imperiled us. Tubal and Co. is a small, privately owned bankin England. As the company's longtime leader, Sir Harry Tubal, slipsinto senility, his son Julian takes over the reins-and not all is well.The company's hedge fund now owns innumerable toxic assets, and Julianfears what will happen when their re...

Devoted neonatal intensive care sister Brianna Flannigan is the best at mending tiny newborn patients. She understands the needs of their parents, too-because Brianna’s warm smile hides the memory of her own baby, who broke her heart into a million pieces.When Dr. Connor Monahan, the only man in the world to share her sadness, walks back into her life he stops at nothing to rescue her the way he simply couldn’t before. In the comfort of his strong, familiar arms Brianna finds that,...