The Ultimate Retreat Effect: Bond and Beyond is a heartwarming, inspiring, and transformative collection of stories from women who said "yes" to pressing pause on their busy lives and embracing the magic of retreat. Hosted by Natasa Denman, this life-changing experience brings together authors, entrepreneurs, and creatives from around the world to connect, reflect, and recharge in the paradise of Bintan, Indonesia.Each chapter offers a unique perspective-raw, real,...

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK AT BEDTIMEA Sunday Times, Times, Irish Independent, Spectator and Good Housekeeping Book of the YearWINNER OF THE THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION'Sensationally good' Sunday Times'Remarkably, unusually vivid' The Times'Brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak.' GuardianTwo sisters...

Dramatised readings from the award-winning Jan Carson, plus bonus interview with the author herselfNorthern Irish writer Jan Carson won the EU Prize for Literature 2019 for her novel The Fire Starters, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her work has been translated into over 15 languages and appeared in numerous journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Contained within this collection are a sele...

'Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential.' CLAIRE KILROY'These are stories which sing off the page.' JAN CARSON'Powerful, compelling and richly crafted.' MARY COSTELLO'Profoundly intimate.' TAHMIMA ANAMThe highly-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Multitudes, Intimacies and Openings'There must be ...

Perfect for fans of Kiersten Modglin’s The Arrangement, The Widow on Dwyer Court is a sexy psychological thriller that will leave you breathless.Thirty-six-year-old stay-at-home soccer mom Kate Burke is happily married to Matt Parsons, although their marriage looks very different behind closed doors. Kate is no longer interested in having sex with her husband. So, while they still love each other madly, they make an arrangement: Matt can have one-...

**“Adroit, precise storytelling, atmospheric and satisfying; These Days is a novel of real substance.” —Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf HallWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2023**One of Lit Hub’s and Zibby Owens’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025An “exquisitely lyrical” (Louise Kennedy) WWII novel from a singular Irish writer following two sisters over the course of four nights as the...

Perfect for fans of Kiersten Modglin’s The Arrangement, The Widow on Dwyer Court is a sexy psychological thriller that will leave you breathless.Thirty-six-year-old stay-at-home soccer mom Kate Burke is happily married to Matt Parsons, although their marriage looks very different behind closed doors. Kate is no longer interested in having sex with her husband. So, while they still love each other madly, they make an arrangement: Matt can have one-...

Branna O’Dwyers lilla butik Mörka häxan blomstrar, och hon gläds åt att se sina vänner finna kärleken. Själv har hon dock slutit sitt hjärta – för att skydda sig själv och mannen hon älskar. Både Branna och Finbar Burke bär på magiska krafter, men det mörka arv som finns i Fins blod hotar att förgöra dem. När onda makter närmar sig ställs Brannas och Fins kärlek inför ett sista, avgörande prov.”Ödesnatt” är den tredje delen i trilogin om Släkten O’Dwyer, en berättelse om kärlek, ma...

Should a citizen’s right to social welfare be contingent on their personal behaviour?Welfare conditionality, linking citizens’ eligibility for social benefits and services to prescribed compulsory responsibilities or behaviours, has become a key component of welfare reform in many nations.This book uses qualitative longitudinal data, from repeat interviews with people subject to compulsion and sanction in their everyday lives, to analyse the effectiveness and ethicality of ...

A Two-Time Award-Winning Children’s Book. Recognized by the 2025 PenCraft Awards and the 2025 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards for excellence in children’s literature.A high-octane, confidence-building adventure that helps kids learn teamwork, perseverance, and what to do when things don’t go according to plan.Ruby LOVES to race.Scout LOVES to follow the rules.In their very first off-road rally, this fearless driver and her by-the-book navigator are ready to prov...

Teaching Nabokov’s Lolita in the #MeToo Era seeks to critique the novel from the standpoint of its teachability to undergraduate and graduate studentsin the twenty-first century. The time has come to ask: in the #MeToo era and beyond, how do we approach Nabokov’s inflammatory masterpiece, Lolita? How do we read a novel that describes an unpardonable crime? How do we balance analysis of Lolita’s brilliant language and aesthetic complexity with due attenti...

People’s Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects. Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on people’s daily lives across the world as they struggle to create peace despite escalating political violence. The volume’s focus on local and ordinary efforts highlights peace as a lived experience that goes beyond national and international peace efforts. In addition, the contributors’ emp...