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After five happy years, Meggie, her father Mo and the fire-eater Dustfinger, along with a host of new friends, feel safe and settled.But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreak his revenge on the Inkworld! He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey.Dustfinger, his brave stepson Jehan, and a striking young witch Lila, the Light Reader, must come together to find a way to save them all!This is the Colour of Revenge . . .A…

A small-town faking dating romance from the bestselling author of Flawless and Wild Love. Stefan Dalca is infuriatingly handsome and annoyingly persistent. We’re supposed to hate each other, but apparently he didn’t get the memo, because he’s been asking me out for years. And I always say no. Until today. Today he has something that I desperately need – today, he’s my saviour. Our time together starts out as a simple transaction: three dates, no touching, no telling…

A small-town brother’s best friend romance from the bestselling author of Flawless and Wild Love. I kissed my best friend’s little sister, and the world stood still. That night we were two perfect strangers, the town’s grumpy recluse and a gorgeous girl in the back of a bar. Until we weren’t. Because Nadia Dalca isn’t just some girl, she’s the girl I can’t have. Fourteen years younger than me and completely off-limits. My plan is to stay away, but the universe keeps…

As a chronic procrastinator, Henry Turner always knew his junior year in college wasn’t going to be easy. That was before he made ice hockey captain as well as landing himself in a difficult class with his least favourite professor.

Tony Robbins, who has coached more than fifty million people from 100 countries, is the world’s #1 life and business strategist. In this new book, he teams up with Christopher Zook, a renowned financial investor who draws from thirty years of experience to round out the trilogy of #1 New York Times bestselling financial books. Together they reveal how, for decades, trillions of dollars of smart money– think of large institutions, sovereign wealth funds, individuals with ultra-high-net worth –…

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans; they incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing…

Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She's married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she's paid for this fair  

In Cultures of Growth, award-winning social psychologist Mary C. Murphy argues that mindset transcends individuals. Drawing on compelling examples from her work with Fortune 500 companies, startups and schools, she shows how we can all create a growth mindset culture.Murphy’s original decade-long research reveals that organisations and teams more geared toward growth inspire deeper learning, spark collaboration, spur innovation, and build trust necessary for risk-taking and…

"لا ترَ بأُذنيك، ولا تسمع بعينيك، ولا تُصدِّق كل ما يُقال لك.. فبعض الكلمات صور، لو تأملتها لرأيت تفاصيل لم تُدركها من النظرة الأولى، أطياف مهزوزة في خلفيتها، وأشياء صغيرة دالة على زمانها ومكانها، وإذا ما قلبتها لربما صافحت عيناك كلمات دوَّنها صاحبها قد تُغيِّر رؤيتك عنها.. الحقيقة نراها منقوصة دومًا لكننا نشعر بها كاملة، فلا تثق إلا بقلبك". ثلاث روايات قصيرة لأشرف العشماوي ببناء سردي يُضفِّر الواقعية باللا معقول عبر حكي مشوق ومشهدية ساحرة، يكشف السُّخرية المتوارية في المسافة بين أحلام…

يُقدِّم بيسيل فان دير كولك، الباحث الرائد وأحد أبرز الخبراء في العالم في مجال الضغط العصبي الناتج عن الصدمة النفسية، نموذجًا جديدًا جسورًا للشفاء من الصدمات.الصدمة النفسية حقيقة من حقائق الحياة. أظهرت الدراسات أن واحدًا على الأقل من كل خمسة أشخاص يتعرض للتحرش، وواحدًا من كل أربعة ينشأ مع مدمنين، وزوجًا من كل ثلاثة أزواج يتورط في عنف جسدي. هذه الظروف تترك حتمًا آثارًا في العقول والعواطف، وفي الجسد أيضًا. ومع الأسف، كثيرًا ما يعكس المصابون بالصدمات النفسية ضغطهم العصبي على شركائهم وأطفالهم.أمضى…