On a hot summer’s night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, and town and country all collide—and nobody will be left unaffected.As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three—Vic, Rita, and their son, Michael—are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighborhood to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. Vic is an engine driver, with dreams of being like his hero Paddy Ryan and becoming the master of the...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo“A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter.”—Time“Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to...

A 2023 Audie Award winner!A 2023 Odyssey Honors title!**“This is no ordinary audiobook, but rather a graphic novel for the ears. Readers will be delighted by the auditory magic of this book.” —Booklist"A full cast of talented narrators taps into the darkly magical atmosphere of Bardugo's graphic novel prequel to the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Primary narrator Ben Barnes depicts the villainous Darkling when he was known as Ery...

For fans of Bridget Jones and The Princess Diaries comes a laugh-out-loud, feel-good comedy with a sizzling side of romance . . .Ultra-private, ridiculously handsome Crown Prince Arthur has always gotten by on his charm. But that won't be enough now that the Royal Family is about to be ousted from power once and for all. When Prince Arthur has to rely on the one woman in the kingdom who hates him most, he must learn that earning the love of a nati...

Her name is Emerson Hart and she is the love of his life.Unfortunately, he's not the only love of hers.And therein lies the problem.

The motives, rationales, and impulses that give rise to war—the quest for survival, enrichment, solidarity, and glory—are now better satisfied through peaceful means, war is an increasingly anachronistic practice, more likely to impoverish and harm us humans than satisfy and protect us. This book shows that we already have many of the institutions and practices needed to make peace possible and sets out an agenda for building world peace.In the immediate term, World Peace ...

After one year of marriage, Crown Prince Arthur and his lovely, albeit accident-prone wife, Princess Tessa, are preparing to bring an heir to the tiny kingdom of Avonia. With all eyes on Tessa, she's determined to be one of those fabulously fit pregnant women. She could do it too if it weren't for all the freshly-baked scones. Soon dubbed the Cowntess of Camembert, Tessa wants to go into hiding until after the baby is born, but royal life won't wait, and she needs to figure out how to make...

Discover how demographic change associated with Millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future.Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world leading institutions and enriched by world leading thought leaders to provide insights toward global challenges, economics, society, technology, and innovation...

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection.Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are ac...

A tattoo appears and a destiny unfolds.Dara is a normal woman, living a normal life, as she approaches her twenty-fifth birthday.Though her vivid dreams and wild imagination often take her on adventures of her mind.She never expected that one day she would be roped into a plot of madness and magic by four gorgeous, amazing, pain in the arse guys who come stomping into her life and change everything.They reveal her destiny; her purpose to travel to a vibrant ...

The world of magic is beautiful and enchanting, but there is darkness here too.Dara has been to hell and back trying to discover her destiny. Thrown into a world she didn't know she belonged to, she's completed the first task of claiming Emerald, but lost someone she cares about in the process.She finds her thoughts divided between finding the second stone—Topaz—and rescuing one of her warriors who was captured in battle. More now than ever, she's determined to put her powe...

It takes courage to stand tall and embrace your destiny.Dara and her warriors have faced evil at every turn, and all attempts at reclaiming what's rightfully hers have been met with unwavering resistance from her uncle.With Emerald and Topaz claimed, Dara enters her hardest battle yet as she searches for Ruby, the last stone in their quest to overthrow her uncle and restore Silvia to its original beauty.Does Dara have the inner strength to trust her...