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<p>Sinéad O&apos;Connor&apos;s voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince&apos;s Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on American television. O&apos;Connor was unapologetic and impossible to ignore, calling out hypocrisy wherever she saw it. She has remained that way for three decades. Now, in Rememberings, O&apos;Connor tells her story - the heartache of growing up in a family falling apart; her early forays into the Dublin music scene; her adventures and misadventures in the world of sex, drugs and rock&apos;n&apos;roll; the fulfilment of being a mother; her ongoing spiritual quest - and through it all, her abiding passion for music.</p>

<p><b><i>'Vogue</i> meets <i>Daisy Jones & The Six . . .</i> Natasha Lester's most compelling novel yet!'</b> - Kate Quinn, author of, <i>The Rose Code</i><br/><b>'Brave, bold, and beautiful . . . I couldn't stop reading</b><b>'</b> - Kerri Maher, author of, <i>The Paris Bookseller</i><br/><b>'Natasha Lester at her best!' </b>- Chanel Cleeton, author of, <i>Next Year in Havana</i><br/><br/><b><i>In November 1973, a legend vanished, leaving behind only a white silk dress and the question: what happened to Astrid Bricard?</i></b><br/><br/><b>NEW YORK, 1970.</b> Astrid Bricard is determined to change the fashion world forever and escape the legacy of being the daughter of Mizza Bricard, infamous muse to Christian Dior. But when she meets fellow designer Hawk Jones, they embark on a passionate love affair and she finds herself cast in the same role as her mother, her own talent ignored. Then, before she can make her own mark on the world of couture, she disappears . . .<br/><br/><b>PRESENT DAY. </b>Astrid's daughter Blythe holds what remains of her mother and grandmother's legacies, and she's desperate to weave together the tragedies of the past to create something beautiful. But when her journey takes her to Paris, she quickly discovers that there may be more to her mother's disappearance than she first thought, and she's left with the question: What really happened to Astrid Bricard?<br/><br/><b>Set in the opulent world of luxury fashion, <i>The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard</i> is a heart-wrenching story of love, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of <i>The Paris Secret</i>. Perfect for fans of <i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,</i> Rachel Hore and Lucinda Riley.</b></p>

<p><b>'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me'</b> Sangu Mandanna, author of <i>The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches</i><br/><br/><b>Enter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical, enchanting and heart-warming tale you'll read this year, featuring the intrepid Emily Wilde. . .</b><br/><br/>Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at <i>people</i><br/><br/>So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby<br/><br/>But as Emily gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones - the most elusive of all faeries - she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all - her own heart.<br/><br/><b>'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' </b>Freya Marske, author of<i> A Marvellous Light</i><br/><br/><b>'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . .</b><b> This book is real magic' </b>H. G. Parry, author of <i>The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep</i><br/><br/><b>'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk'</b> Melissa Albert<br/><br/><b><i>'</i>The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.</b>' Megan Bannen, author of <i>The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy</i><br/><br/><b>'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . </b><b>Five dazzling, gladdening stars'</b> India Holton, author of <i>The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels</i><br/><br/><b>'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest'</b> Isabel Ibanez, author of <i>Woven In Moonlight</i></p>

<p><b><i>Without a Trace </i>is a moving tale of second chances and creating a life worth living from the number one bestselling author, Danielle Steel.</b><br/><br/>Charles Vincent feels trapped in his treadmill of a life. He's wealthy and successful doing a job he doesn't want to do, in a marriage to a woman where the romance died many years ago. All that interests Isabelle is his money to fund her extravagant lifestyle. The children have left home and there is nothing for him to look forward to.<br/><br/>One Friday evening he leaves work in Paris after yet another row with his CEO, to head to their Normandy chateau where Isabelle has invited guests for the weekend. He's been working late every night, he's tired and he's not concentrating. Just an hour away from the chateau, his car veers off the road, down a cliff and into the sea. The accident should've killed him and he almost felt ready to die. However, he does escape the vehicle and he somehow finds the strength to climb to safety. The area is remote, but in the growing darkness he sees a light on in a cottage in the woods. He knocks on the door and is greeted by Aude, an artist who is escaping her own demons.<br/><br/>This fateful meeting will change Charlie's and Aude's lives forever.</p>

<p>"Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags." -The Wall Street Journal   </p><p>From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world </p><p>Henry Every was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular-and wildly inaccurate-reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every's most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. Enemy of All Mankind focuses on one key event-the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew-and its surprising repercussions across time and space. It's the gripping tale of one of the most lucrative crimes in history, the first international manhunt, and the trial of the seventeenth century. </p><p>Johnson uses the extraordinary story of Henry Every and his crimes to explore the emergence of the East India Company, the British Empire, and the modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by nations and corporations. How did this unlikely pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational capitalism? In the same mode as Johnson's classic nonfiction historical thriller The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration.</p>

Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, Nicholas Sparks's new novel tells the story of Travis Parker, a small town veterinarian who's perfectly content with the active life he leads. That is, until Gabby Holland enters his life. Gabby, Travis's new neighbour, is in love with her boyfriend of three years and wants nothing more than to start planning the wedding she's always dreamed about. But like a story within a story, the connection between Travis and Gabby is just a beginning. As their tale unfolds, their relationship becomes something different - with much higher stakes ...

<p><b>A <i>Times</i>/<i>Sunday Times, Economist, Guardian</i>, <i>BBC History Magazine </i>and <i>History Today </i>Book of the Year</b><br/><b><br/>'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple</b><br/><br/><b>'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' <i>The Times</i><br/></b><br/>Ancient Greece and Rome have long been considered the parents of Western civilisation. But the ancient world was a very wide one, of conversation, commerce and theft, sex, war and enslavement. It was this restless global contact that built the West.<br/><br/>Why did Macedonian generals steal elephants from India to rule new realms? How did the lewd graffiti left by foreign workers in Egypt form the basis of the alphabet? In a voyage through space and time, from the Levant of 2000 BC to the dawn of the Age of Exploration, Josephine Quinn rewrites the story of the West - and in doing so, offers us a new history of our shared past.<br/><br/><b>'Superb, refreshing and full of delights, this is world history at its best' Simon Sebag-Montefiore</b><br/><b>'Full of little gem-like shifts of perspective' <i>Guardian</i></b><br/><b>'Scintillates with its focus on the unexpected' <i>Economist</i></b><br/><b>'A work of great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination' Rory Stewart</b><br/><b>'This is, in every way, a big book' <i>TLS</i></b></p>