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Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be I found this book amazing Daniel Kahneman Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling autho

The second book in the Rose Hills series by Sunday Times Bestselling author Elsie Silver.

Welcome to Enchantra. There's only one rule: Never, ever trust your heart.When Genevieve Grimm's mother is killed, Genevieve wants answers no one can give... until she receives an invitation to Enchantra, a cursed palace filled with temptations and illusions.Arrogant and dangerously handsome, Rowin Silver meets her at the door and refuses to let her inside. But Genevieve finds her own way in... And soon realizes her mistake.Enchantra is a twisted labyrinth of marble and thorns, where Rowin's family are trapped forever in a deadly game. Now, Genevieve must win or die.Rowin offers her a deal. They can compete together... if they convince everyone watching that they're desperately in love.Genevieve knows she can't trust Rowin, but she'll do whatever it takes to survive. As they hunt and hide together, Genevieve tries to ignore the desire burning between them. She absolutely cannot fall for this man. Cannot forget that she's only pretending to be in love.After all, it was Rowin who taught her Enchantra's first rule: Never, ever trust your heart.Packed with deadly intrigue and spicy romance, Enchantra will transport you to a world of feisty heroines and morally gray love interests, fake dating, forbidden desire and family secrets. If you love books by Rebecca Yarros, Carissa Broadbent and Lauren Roberts, prepare to discover your new romantasy obsession.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A beautiful novel full of lifeaffirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet . . .'When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a rundown house on a Mediterranean island by a longlost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a oneway ticket, no guidebook and no plan.Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the lifechanging power of a new beginning.

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. Its such a cliche, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brothers best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seemsand cliches sometimes become plot twists. When Mayas brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needseven if its a problematic one.

This special edition includes a beautiful gold foiled board, stunning character-art endpapers and an exclusive digi fore-edge. Only available in select territories.HE'S HER GREATEST ENEMY AND HER DEEPEST DESIRE'A dark fever dream of a fairytale.Rose in Chains is a heart-pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again' Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Broken Heart'Lush, complex, and utterly engrossing Rebecca Ross, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Divine RivalsAbsorbing, unique, and addictive Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author'A delicious, darkly tender slow-burn romance Brigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your EnemyThe scintillating romantasy of my dreams. The all-consuming, captivating chemistry between Briony and Toven has changed my life Lindsey Kelk, Sunday Times bestselling author of Love Story

Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods...There are whispers of what lurks in Witch Knell, the forest where sinners perish. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because whats taken is never returned. Only the banished dare to approach.Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to enter the misty labyrinth, but tragedy forces her beyond the archway of bones into a dark, fantastical world. There dwells Zevander Rydainn, the cursed lord of Eidolona cold-blooded assassintasked with hiding her from the magehood that seeks her death.Zevander must protect Maevyth, whose blood can break his curse. But his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything.Including himself.

The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint.''An exceptional achievement'' ELODIE HARPER''A very special novel'' COSTANZA CASATI''The essential mythological book of the decade'' NIKITA GILLWhen Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus, helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams of ruling at his side.As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed.She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a better world?Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to be but also compassionate and most importantly, an all-powerful queen to the gods.

Tres mujeres, tres épocas, una misma sombra. En esta novela de horror multigeneracional, la autora de Mexican Gothic entrelaza las vidas de Minerva, una estudiante en los años 90; Beatrice Tremblay, escritora en los años 30; y Nana Alba, una niña en el Mexico de 1900. Todas enfrentan el misterio de una presencia maligna que parece trascender el tiempo y el espacio.

The outstanding adult thriller debut from the multimillion-copy-bestselling author of A Good Girl''s Guide to Murder In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Twenty-seven years old, shes back living with her parents, waiting for her life to begin. Shell do it later, she always says. Her parents have their doubts. Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder. She suffers a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor is certain that within a week, shell suffer a deadly aneurysm. Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now she looks at everyone in a new light: her family, her ex-best friend turned sister-in-law, her former boyfriend. She may only have seven days if she even makes it that long but Jet is absolutely determined to finally prove her doubters wrong. Jet is going to solve her own murder.

Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers and then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world. A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields. But now a troublemaker has arrived and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals. A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has, this year, broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHeartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic all at the same time' GuardianREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it againI feel like I lost part of my soul to this book a contender for my favourite of the yearI would give it 6 stars if I couldSad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratoryA masterwork of compassion and complexity. A book to sit with, to feel deeply, and to return toCollege dropout Hai doesnt know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life, in this achingly beautiful novel about chosen family and second chancesOne summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond.

IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE WINDY CITY SERIES, AND READERS ARE ALREADY OBSESSED...'Feeling too emotional to write a review so check back in 24 hours once I've stopped dry heaving over the fact that this is over' '10/10, infinity stars, 100% flawless. Surpassed all my wildest dreams, broke me in a hundred ways and re-made me every single time' 'Everything I never knew I needed' 'All the freaking stars!!!! I'm so emotional right now thinking about the fact that this is the final book in the Windy City series . . . absolute perfection' 'HOLY MOLY THIS BOOK OWNS ME... Could not have ended this series more perfectly' 'It's currently 3am and I'm crying because this series is over. Nothing will ever compare. Nothing' 'The easiest 5 stars I've ever given' 'I am utterly wrecked in the best way and will be thinking about this book for months'

With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps into the epic. Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name.Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries. And now the great wyrm Fredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall .. . A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic events that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree.

From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart comes the blistering sequel to the runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver.Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders.Her ward - and her brother - need her back in her homeland . . . but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead . . .'Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes.'Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City. Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate again.A darkness falls across Yvelia. The realm and their friends are in danger. Together, Saeris and Fisher will pass through fire and brimstone to save them.

''Abercrombie is in a class of his own'' JOE HILL''An unholy delight'' PIERCE BROWN''Hilarious, profound, tragic, and so thrillingly paced'' NICHOLAS EAMES''An incredibly fun, incredibly action-packed and, by the end, incredibly affecting book'' TAMSYN MUIR Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread . . . And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath. Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the worst to a higher cause: to put a thief on the throne of Troy, and unite the sundered church against the coming apocalypse. When you''re headed through hell, you need the devils on your side.

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION'Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream. A stunning book' SARAH WATERS'It's the book every writer wishes they'd written' CLARE MACKINTOSH'The greatest psychological thriller of all time' ERIN KELLY***He did not belong to me at all, he belonged to Rebecca. . .Everyone knows that Maxim de Winter was obsessed with his glamorous wife - and devastated by her tragic death. So when he proposes to a shy, anxious young woman after a whirlwind meeting in the South of France, no one is more surprised than the new bride herself. But when they reach Manderley, his beautiful, isolated Cornish mansion, the second Mrs de Winter begins to realise that every inch of her new home - and everyone in it - still belongs to Rebecca.

''Wonderfully inventive and hilarious.'' The Times''Eduardo Mendoza is one of contemporary Spain''s most important writers.'' New York Times For sheer descriptive writing he is unrivalled.'' Andre Clavel Released from an asylum to help with a police enquiry, the quick-witted and foul-smelling narrator delves deep into the underworld of 1970s Barcelona to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from a convent school, aided only by his prostitute sister Mercedes.