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'No one delivers an emotionally satisfying read filled with vulnerability, desire, and dreams quite like Anna. She's my go-to for a story I know I'll love and characters who live in the heart long after the last page is turned.' <b>- COLLEEN HOOVER</b><br/><br/> 'A luminous novel about first love, first adventures and the complex moments that change us forever.'<b>- MEGHAN QUINN</b><br/><br/><b><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the <i>After </i>series and 'the biggest literary phenom of her generation' (<i>Cosmopolitan</i>) Anna Todd returns with a moving and empowering new romance about a young woman whose life transforms during a summer in Majorca with a mysterious local.</b><br/><br/> Between chronic health issues and an overprotective mother, twenty-two-year-old Oriah Pera feels like she's stuck waiting for her life to begin. But when her mother's job takes them to Majora, Ry's ready to break free and make this summer <i>hers</i>.<br/><br/> In her first small act of rebellion, she escapes to explore the island on her own - only to run into an infuriatingly charming Spaniard who sees her as nothing more than a sheltered tourist. With unexpected tension simmering between them, Ry isn't sure if she should start listening to her head or her heart.<br/><br/> As the summer rolls on, Julian has a way of pulling Ry out of her shell and showing her the adventure she's always craved. But with her return to America looming, and her mother's expectations of their life weighing on her, Ry must decide if she's brave enough to take a chance on love and start living for herself.

The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great Elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.

<b>'Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating'</b><br/><br/>Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut<br/><br/><b>They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .</b><br/><br/><b>An utterly gripping story of first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning <i>Children of Time</i>.</b><br/><br/><b>New for this paperback edition:</b> Includes the short story 'Sins of the Children', the fascinating prequel to <i>Shroud</i>.<br/><br/>An expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation.<br/><br/>They name the moon Shroud. But they never mean to go there . . . until a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to crash-land on its inhospitable surface in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting to survive, the two women embark on a gruelling journey in search of salvation. But Juna and Mai's tenuous existence is threatened by Shroud's extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, they'll have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible . . .<br/><br/><b>* * *<br/><br/>Praise for <i>Shroud</i><br/><br/>'Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky' - Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4's <i>The Life Scientific</i><br/><br/>'Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best' - Richard Morgan, author of <i>Altered Carbon</i><br/><br/>'This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul' - Sue Burke, author of <i>Semiosis</i><br/><br/>'Makes Andy Weir's vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort' - <i>The Fantasy Hive</i></b>

<b>An unmissable collection of three <i>How to Train Your Dragon </i>stories, featuring new and exclusive short story WHEN THE WINDWALKER CHANGED.</b><br/><br/>Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he's totally useless, but Hiccup is brave enough to face his destiny, with the help of one tiny dragon.<br/><br/>This collection features three stories about Hiccup at different times in his life, including one BRAND-NEW tale:<br/><br/>1. Hiccup's dragon Toothless gives his best tips on training a human in <b>HOW TO TRAIN YOUR VIKING </b><br/><br/>2. A deadly sea dragon stalks the Isle of Berk in <b>THE DAY OF THE DREADER</b><br/><br/>3. And the BRAND-NEW <b>WHEN THE WINDWALKER CHANGED</b>, packed with action, adventure and grand reveals!<br/><b><br/>Fully illustrated with Cressida Cowell's artwork, this deluxe paperback is a perfect gift for all fans of the global phenomenon <i>How to Train Your Dragon</i>.</b><br/><br/><i>HOW TO TRAIN YOUR VIKING and THE DAY OF THE DREADER were originally published as World Book Day titles in 2006 and 2012 respectively.</i>

At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career - including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his regrets over Black Sabbath's reunion, his friendships with Slash and Zakk Wylde, and the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Unflinching but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.

Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk about their shared interest. They discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more.

Sweet Valley Twins- First Place [Bok / Pocket]