The Cousins
An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying.
The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence:
You know what you did. They never hear from her again. Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother’s resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who’s been such an enigma their entire lives.
Energize Your Mind
In this book, bestselling author and life coach Gaur Gopal Das decodes how the mind works. He combines his anecdotal style with analytical research to teach us how to discipline our mind for our greater well-being. Throughout this book, he provides interactive exercises, meditation techniques and worksheets to help us take charge of our mind.
This book is an essential read for anyone who wants to work towards a better, more fulfilling future for themselves.
An Islands Eleven A History Of Cricket Is Sri Lanka
From Sathasivam to Sangakkara, Murali to Malinga, Sri Lanka can lay claim to some of the world’s most remarkable cricketers – larger-than-life characters who thumbed convention and played the game their own way. More so than anywhere else in the world, Sri Lankan cricket has an identity. This is the land of pint-sized swashbuckling batsman, on-the-fly innovators and contorted, cryptic spinners.
On the field of play, Victorian ideals of the past collide with madcap tropical hedonism to create something dizzying. Cricket is Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is cricket. We all know the story of the ’96 World Cup: how a team of unfancied amateurs rose from obscurity to the top the world, doing so with such swagger that they changed the way the game was played. Yet the lore of Sri Lankan cricket stretches back much further.
In the early days, matches between colonists and locals imbued cricket with a nationalistic drive. Ashes-bound ships stopping over in Colombo brought the world’s biggest stars, from Bligh and Bradman to Grace and Grimmet. More recently, Sri Lanka has had to face the triumphs and tragedies that come when cash flows freely into the gentleman’s game.
An Island’s Eleven tells this story for the first time, focusing on the characters and moments that have shaped the game forever.
The Glass Menagerie (Penguin Modern Classics)
Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by ‘gentleman callers’. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother’s suffocating embrace, while Laura, her shy crippled daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Amanda is desperate to find her daughter a husband, but when the long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive, Laura’s romantic illusions are crushed.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Deep End
In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime.
But things take an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stranded at an RV park that’s not exactly a summertime paradise. When the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation – or if they’re already in too deep.
One Of Us Is Next
It is a year after the action of One of Us Is Lying, and someone has started playing a game of Truth or Dare. But this is no ordinary Truth or Dare. This game is lethal. Choosing the truth may reveal your darkest secrets, accepting the dare could be dangerous, even deadly.
The teenagers of Bayview must work together once again to find the culprit, before it’s too late . . .
Just Like You: Nick Hornby
“Lucy married just the sort of man you might expect: a university graduate who runs his own business. Unfortunately he turned out to have serious dependency issues.
Joseph is shaking off the memory of his last date, a girl who ticked all the right boxes and also drove him up the wall.
On an average Saturday morning in a butcher’s shop in North London, Lucy and Joseph meet on opposite sides of the counter. She is a teacher and mother of two, with a past she is trying to forget; he is an aspiring DJ with a wide-open future that maybe needs to start becoming more focused. Lucy and Joseph are opposites in almost all ways. Can something life-changing grow from uncommon ground?”
Chinaman: The Legend Of Pradeep Mathew
Chinaman is a debut bristling with energy and confidence, a quixotic novel that is both an elegy to lost ambitions and a paean to madcap dreams.
Chinaman’s free-wheeling, zany tempo is part of its charm too. Its picaresque action, mainly based in Colombo and narrated in short bite-sized chunks, gives a vibrant comic pulse to Sri Lankan life, even though Karunatilaka’s portrait of the country is scathing…it confirms that cricket, a game that is largely played in the head and inhabits a bizarrely detailed parallel world to our own, is ideally suited to the purposes of fiction.
Things Fall Apart (Penguin Modern Classics)
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo’s fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo’s world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within.
FANTASTIC MR FOX
Someone’s been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it’s Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don’t know is that they’re not dealing with just any fox—Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now.
READ IT YOURSELF WITH LADYBIRD LEVEL 0- AT THE FAIR PHONICS STEP 9
Step 9 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: igh, ear, air, ure.
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
There are more than ninety titles in the Read it yourself series, ranging from classic fairy tales and traditional world stories to favourite children’s brands such as Peppa Pig, Kung Fu Panda and Peter Rabbit. A range of first reference titles complete the series, with information books about favourite subjects that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension questions or puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
At the Fair is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Steps 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
READ IT YOURSELF WITH LADYBIRD LEVEL 0 GUS AND ROSS PHONICS STEP 4
Book 4 contains two stories that build on the phonics learned in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read yourself book is very carefully written to include many keys, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practiced throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
There are more than ninety titles in the Read it yourself series, ranging from classic fairy tales and traditional world stories to favorite children’s brands such as Peppa Pig, Kung Fu Panda, and Peter Rabbit. A range of first reference titles completes the series, with information books about favorite subjects that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension questions or puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers, and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Gus and Ross is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
READ IT YOURSELF WITH LADYBIRD LEVEL 0 – DASH IS FAB
Book 6 contains two stories that build on the phonics learned in previous books and focus on the sound and letter combinations: ch, sh, the (soft), the (hard), and ng.
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read yourself book is very carefully written to include many keys, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practiced throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
There are more than ninety titles in the Read it yourself series, ranging from classic fairy tales and traditional world stories to favorite children’s brands such as Peppa Pig, Kung Fu Panda, and Peter Rabbit. A range of first reference titles completes the series, with information books about favorite subjects that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension questions or puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers, and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Dash is Fab! is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
READ IT YOURSELF WITH LADYBIRD LEVEL 0 WOWZER ! PHONICS STEP 10
Book 10 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous books and allow practice of sound and letter combinations that have already been encountered.
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
There are more than ninety titles in the Read it yourself series, ranging from classic fairy tales and traditional world stories to favourite children’s brands such as Peppa Pig, Kung Fu Panda and Peter Rabbit. A range of first reference titles complete the series, with information books about favourite subjects that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension questions or puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Wowzer! is a Level 0 Read it yourself book, designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills. Books 1 to 12 introduce letters and sounds in a systematic order.
The Culture Code
The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world – from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs – explaining the three skills such groups have mastered in order to generate trust and a willingness to collaborate.
GRIT
In this must-listen book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and businesspeople – both seasoned and new – that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called “grit”.
Elon Musk
In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs – a real-life Tony Stark – and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers
Grow Rich With The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind
From the renowned bestselling author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, an authorized collection of writings that unlock the secret to extraordinary success that lies within each of us
House of Trump House of Putin
It is a chilling story that begins in the 1970s, when trump made his first splash in the booming, money-drenched world of new york real estate, and ends with trump’s inauguration as president of the united states. That moment was the culmination of vladimir putin’s long mission to undermine western democracy, a mission that he and his hand-selected group of oligarchs and associates had ensnared trump in, starting more than twenty years ago with the massive bailout of a string of sensational trump hotel and casino failures in atlantic city
Tiny Habits
The instant new york times bestseller from the greatest living authority on habit formation, stanford university’s bj fogg, phd. “absolutely brilliant … A 5/5 book” chris evans “will help anyone have their best year yet” dr rangan chatterjee when times are hard, forget daunting goals. For real change, start small. Forget exhausting fitness regimes. Lose the guilt. Stop feeling bad.
Atomic Habits
No matter your goals, atomic habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James clear, one of the worlds’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
Metahuman Unleashing Tour Infinite Potential
In this highly anticipated new book, integrative medicine pioneer and new york times bestselling author deepak chopra states that a higher state of consciousness is available here and now, for us all. Chopra unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations of the mind to access field of infinite possibilities and reach our full potential. How do you achieve this? By becoming metahuman
The Fork, The Witch and the Worm
It’s been a year since eragon departed alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of dragon riders. When a vision from the eldunarí, unexpected visitors, and an exciting urgal legend surface, eragon is faced with a much-needed distraction that may lead to a new perspective.
Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Classics)
When one hears “love story”, romeo and juliet comes immediately to mind. This, very accessible play, well known to audiences and students alike, contains some of shakespeare’s most beautiful love poetry, as well as his characteristic insights into the human condition.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Meltdown
Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are greg and his trusty best friend, rowley jefferson. It’s a fight for survival as greg and rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighbourhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will greg and rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day? ‘The world has gone crazy for jeff kinney’s diary of a wimpy kid’ – sun with millions of books sold around the world in 65 editions and 56 languages, wimpy kid has turned millions of kids into readers.
Talking to Strangers
Malcolm gladwell, host of the podcast revisionist history and author of the #1 new york times bestseller outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers–and why they often go wrong. How did fidel castro fool the cia for a generation? Why did neville chamberlain think he could trust adolf hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn’t true? Talking to strangers is a classically gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history.
Stand Strong You Can Overcome Bullying
With no arms, no legs, and no defense, nick vujicic has experienced bullying of all kinds for being “different.” He knows what it feels like to be picked on and pushed around. But nick learned that he doesn’t have to play the bully’s game–and neither do you. No bully can define who you are, and in stand strong, nick shows how you too can overcome and rise above bullying.
The Power of Habit
We can always change. In the power of habit, award-winning new york times business reporter charles duhigg translates cutting-edge behavioural science into practical self-improvement action, distilling advanced neuroscience into fascinating narratives of transformation.
4 Hour Work Week
This book serves as a step-by-step guide to live a life of luxury. It teaches the reader how they can outsource their lives to overseas virtual assistants for 5$ per hour and do whatever they want to. There is an explanation about blue-chip escape artists who travel the world without quitting their jobs. Learn to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles used by a forgotten italian economist. Find out how lifestyle design principles can suit unpredictable economic times.