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It's 2056 and international oligarchs have pushed the world to the precipice of ecological, economic, and nuclear catastrophe. But two philanthropists have teamed up to establish a long-term colony on Mars. Could this daring outpost be the next chapter in the story of the human race? Assembling a crack team of experts including scientists, engineers and ecologists, the colony begins to establish a viable outpost on our nearest planet. But the team quickly run into problems as they bear the responsibility of creating a new humanity. Can they work out what has gone wrong before it's too late? And will the passengers of the last voyage from earth bring what's needed for this fledgingly community to flourish? This first volume in a thrilling new trilogy from Brian McLaren, explores what it means to be human and what would we choose to bring with us or leave behind, if we were to start all over again.

'In 1953, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Alice was dressed from head to foot in a long gray dress and a gray cloak, and a nun's veil. Amidst all the jewels, and velvet and coronets, and the fine uniforms, she exuded an unworldly simplicity. Seated with the royal family, she was a part of them, yet somehow distanced from them. Inasmuch as she is remembered at all today, it is as this shadowy figure in gray nun's clothes...'Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. She was born deaf, at Windsor Castle, in the presence of her grandmother, Queen Victoria, and brought up in England, Darmstadt, and Malta.In 1903 she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and from then on her life was overshadowed by wars, revolutions, and enforced periods of exile. By the time she was thirty-five, virtually every point of stability was overthrown. Though the British royal family remained in the ascendant, her German family ceased to be ruling princes, her two aunts who had married Russian royalty had come to savage ends, and soon afterwards Alice's own husband was nearly executed as a political scapegoat.The middle years of her life, which should have followed a conventional and fulfilling path, did the opposite. She suffered from a serious religious crisis and at the age of forty-five was removed from her family and placed in a sanatorium in Switzerland, where she was pronounced a paranoid schizophrenic. As her stay in the clinic became prolonged, there was a time where it seemed she might never walk free again. How she achieved her recovery is just one of the remarkable aspects of her story.

Has the West gone bust - economically, politically and socially? Or is there another way?   We in the West appear to be at a year zero, with the seeming end of the relative peace and prosperity we took for granted. The pandemic, Putin's invasion of Ukraine, growing tension with China, a rolling back of globalisation, Brexit, the return of inflation and painful interest rates - all these have shattered the illusions of the world as we knew it.   For years our politicians have said they were going for growth and would ensure that those with least would benefit disproportionately from the proceeds of that growth. They've failed. Growth has vanished. The poorest are desperately struggling to heat their homes and to eat.   We are at that point where confidence in our fundamental institutions has been undermined by leaders who have an uncomfortable relationship with the truth and by an economy that has mainly served the richest. How bad will it get? And how do we simultaneously rebuild prosperity, democracy and social cohesion? Can we have it all, or will we have to make very significant financial sacrifices in the coming years, knowingly and willingly, to restore that national sense of pride and solidarity of purpose?   If the chaos of the last few years mark the end of the old order as we knew it, what will and should follow, to save our prosperity, our democracy and our sanity.   It's time to abandon pessimism and fatalism and look for answers. Bust? doesn't have all of them. But it will start an important debate, about how to allow us all to hope again.

A genre-bending story told entirely through interviews about a reality TV crime show that follows a missing girl in America: Cara Hunter meets Serial by way of The Appeal.

The fourth book in the Shady Hollow mystery series sees Vera embroiled in a case involving star-crossed lovers whose affair may have turned deadly.

A lively portrait of life within the mad world of aristocratic privilege and inheritance, from the unlikely 12th Duke of Beaufort.

Expert nutrition to cut cravings for the sober curious.

Loving Kane nearly destroyed Briar once; now that he's Alpha he could be the end of her. Briar Stone has rebuilt her life since her Were lover, Kane, abandoned her four years ago. She's got a job at a supernatural tavern, a loving magi boyfriend, Mason, and a side-gig reading auras. But none of it matters while her younger brother is a few doses away from killing himself with the psychotropic vampire venom he's hooked on. When a series of brutal murders targets the local community, the supernatural conclave is sent in to track the serial killer known as the Wraith. But they need help to find answers. Thankfully, Briar can inhabit the dead's final, painful moments and will do so...in return for the money for a cure. But first she needs a way into the conclave, and her ex has just been made Alpha. He agrees to give her access IF she acts as his mate for the duration of the investigation...with all that entails. Surrounded by the Weres she once hoped to call family, Briar finds herself being dragged back into Kane's world of sex and danger. Balancing her loyalty to her brother, against that of the man she promised to marry, she has to fight her treacherous heart and the growing connection to the lover who ruined her life. But she is not the only one seeking answers. The Wraith has his eyes on her, and he may be closer than she thinks.

'The essence of Jewish life is not the bland performance of the Torah's commandments, but rather love of Torah and the way of life to which it is the guide.'Tap into the wisdom of one the world's ancient religions by meditating on Rabbi Wittenberg's engaging, contemporary, spiritual, social and ethical insights to the Torah. Rooted in decades of devoted immersion in Jewish learning, humanist literature, concern for people at all ages and stages of life, environmental activism and a love of nature, Rabbi Wittenberg offers wisdom relevant to Jews, Christians and spiritual seekers of all and no faiths.Over the hundred and more passages, key issues considered include: Compassion and kindness; Creation and wonder; Emotional struggles; Environment and our relationship to nature; Ethical challenges; Illness and suffering; Identity and community; Justice and Social Justice; Refugees and strangers; Remorse and repentance; Responsibility; Searching for meaning; Seeking God.

From Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman, creators of the international smash-hit play and film Ghost Stories, comes a new novel: The Warlock Effect.

Helen Zhang is good on her own. A bestselling author, she's just achieved every writer's dream - getting her books developed for TV.Grant Shepherd is good in a room - specifically the writer's room in LA where Helen's books are being adapted.On paper, it should be the perfect match. But Helen and Grant have history. Complicated history that Helen has spent the last thirteen years trying to forget.Now, forced to spend long days and nights writing together, sparks begin to fly.This was always an impossible story, but can they write a new ending together?

*Discover the twisty, unputdownable new novel by Mira V Shah, the #1 eBook bestselling author of HER*THE PERFECT ESCAPE . . . OR THE PERFECT TRAP?TWO WEEKS AGO I woke up in a hotel room next to a dead man, with no memory of the night before. Panicked, I cleared up any trace that I was there and fled. ONE WEEK AGO I was offered the perfect escape: the chance to housesit a gorgeous villa in a remote corner of Italy. Desperate to get away, I jumped at the chance. NOW The owners have unexpectedly shown up at the house. The only problem? They're the family of the man I woke up next to, two weeks ago. ONE OF THEM KNOWS MY SECRET. AND THEY'VE COME TO FIND ME.AUTHORS LOVE MIRA V SHAH:'I can't wait to see what Mira does next!' CATHERINE COOPER'Shah's razor-sharp prose that is sure to keep you turning the pages' AWAIS KHAN'The characters and settings are so richly drawn you feel like you've met them and been there in real life' SOPHIE FLYNN'Shah is one to watch' LOUISE BEECH'Shah explores topical and poignant themes with a steady hand' VIKKI PATIS

Praise for Will Shindler's DI Alex Finn series: 'Riveting' The Sunday Times 'Excellent' Weekend Sport'Unmissable' Sunday Express Magazine'Gripping' Heat'This is the best kind of police procedural' Literary Review

In LOVE AND CHOICE, Lucy Fry seeks to remind readers of the revolutionary power of choice and, when built into any relationship's foundation, the happiness it creates.

Sarah Day and Claire McGowan retell Pride and Prejudice for the modern-day social media world: Elizabeth Bennet has politely declined your friend request and asks that you do not slide into her DMs again.

The stars are not in position - and Krystal Baker is determined to make them fall in line.