In politically correct middle-class Cambridge at the tail end of the 1980s, Freya's nouveau riche parents are, well, different. Millie, her mum, doesn't have a maternal bone in her body. Self-obsessed, driven, and never far from a glass of Chardonnay, she seems to care more about her career than she does about Freya.Hugh, her dad, made his money as a property developer, but when the recession bites he slumps into what proves to be a terminal malaise. And things get even stranger wh...

In the Shadow of the Badge is a firsthand law enforcement memoir that examines the work most people never see and the cost that comes with doing it well.Drawing on real investigations and years of experience in patrol, leadership, and Internet crimes against children (ICAC) work, Damian E. Smith offers an unfiltered look at how cases are built, how predators are identified, and why patience, restraint, and discipline matter as much as arrests. The book explores the differe...

Take another look at the End Times. Test the methods of interpretations. Hold fast to the good. This book takes another look at Bible prophecy and challenges some popular interpretations.

Arlin G. Meyer Book Award WinnerChristianity Today 2025 Book Award Finalist (Culture, Poetry, and the Arts)**"Show[s] how deep reading habits help us manage distraction and bring about individual and communal flourishing."--**Christianity TodayThis book helps readers develop practices that will result in deep, formative, and faithful reading so they can contribute to the flourishin...

This book helps readers develop practices that will result in deep, formative, and faithful reading so they can contribute to the flourishing of their communities and cultivate their own spiritual and intellectual depth.The authors present reading as a remedy for three prevalent cultural vices—distraction, hostility, and consumerism—that impact the possibility of formative reading. Informed by James K. A. Smith's work on "the spiritual power of habit," Deep Reading provide...

The beautiful love story that will make you both laugh and cry, from the bestselling author of global phenomenon ME BEFORE YOU and THE GIVER OF STARS'This beautiful story is perfect. Will have you brimming with tears and grinning in equal measure. L-O-V-E' CLOSER'Matches Me Before You. Funny, sad and wise, you'll be using a hankie as a bookmark' MAIL ON SUNDAY_________...

"A true-crime masterpiece." —Don WinslowA Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist (Best Fact Crime)From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders–and counting.In 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of uns...

The bestselling comedy classic that will have you crying with laughter!'No one explores the intricacies and agonies of social embarrassment better' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWell hello to you dear browser. Now I have your attention it would be rude if I didn't tell you a little about my literary feast. So, here is the thing: is it just me or does anyone else find that adulthood offers no refuge from the unexpected horrors, peculiar lack of physic...

Crime expert Linda Fairstein reveals the sinister ways that rapists select and attack their victims, and what you need to know to protect yourselfFrom the man who haunted midtown Manhattan's high-rise office buildings, to the stalker in the wooded suburbs near Nashville, serial rapists often have one chilling trait in common: They operate in "comfort zones." Sometimes they find their own comfort zones, such as the stairwell of a familiar office building. Other time...

Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades. Loved for her irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure.Dawn began her career as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the Comic Strip...

About 3,000 people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. Thousands more narrowly escaped, their survival a result of eerily prescient spur-of-the-moment decisions, acts of superhuman courage, the unfailing kindness of strangers, and, in some cases, fortuitous strokes of luck. September 11: An Oral History unites the voices of that day. It is at once a dramatic reminder of one of the most devastating events in histor...

Compelling, irresistible, feel-good read. Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine**.**'Quirky, clever and unputdownable' Katie Fforde'An exquisite story' Liz Fenwick'Burns fiercely with love and hurt' Linda Green**'**I cried like a motherf***er' Shelley Harris...