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Chatter by Ethan Kross
Rumination. Worry. Self-critique. We’ve all gotten stuck in loops of negative self-talk, or as acclaimed psychologist Dr Ethan Kross calls it, chatter. Whether it manifests as anxiety, imposter syndrome or other detriments to our mental health, chatter has the power to derail both our professional and personal lives. However, it is possible to change how our inner voice talks to us, making it work for us rather than against us. In his internationally bestselling book, Chatter, Dr Kross describes how to utilise the hidden power of our inner voice. This workbook delves deeper, featuring writing prompts, checklists, visual guides, thought…
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Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings
She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain’s most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart. Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it. She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it’s still each other they crawl back to. But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they’ve built; a world where neither…
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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous,…
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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Every day I clean the Winchesters‘ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to…
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Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Avery, a strait-laced lawyer living in London, is the typical eldest daughter, though she’s hiding a secret that could undo her perfect life forever. Bonnie was a boxer but, following a devastating defeat, she’s been working as a bouncer in LA – until a reckless act one night threatens to drive her out of the city. And Lucky, the rebellious youngest, is a model in Paris whose hard-partying ways are finally catching up with her. Then there was Nicky, the beloved fourth sister, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie and Lucky reeling. When, a year later, the three of them…
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor. JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world. Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm. And withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself. By midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet…
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Powerless by Lauren Roberts
She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting. He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be. Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a…
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Home Girl von Alex Wheatle
Naomi ist erst 14, hat aber schon mehr Enttäuschungen und Stress erlebt als die meisten Erwachsenen je erleben werden. Ihr Vater säuft, ihre Mutter hat sich umgebracht. Jetzt kommt sie schon wieder in eine neue Pflegefamilie. Die Goldings. Haben schon zwei Pflegekinder, ist doch immer dasselbe. Doch diesmal kommt alles anders: Colleen und Tony Golding sind schwarz und eigentlich ziemlich cool für Pflegeeltern. Sharyna und Pablo, ihre neuen Geschwister, sind sogar mehr als okay. Nur mit Kim und Nats, ihren Freundinnen, läuft es irgendwie nicht mehr ganz so gut, und langsam muss sich Naomi die Frage stellen, ob sie ihnen…
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Zeitreise mit Hamster von Ross Welford
„Hätte mich früher einer gefragt, ich hätte gesagt, dass eine Zeitmaschine vermutlich wie ein U-Boot aussieht. Oder vielleicht wie eine Rakete. Stattdessen schaue ich jetzt auf einen Laptop und eine Zinkwanne aus dem Gartencenter. Das ist Dads Zeitmaschine. Und sie wird die Welt verändern. Na ja, auf jeden Fall meine.“ Al Chaudhury hat eine unglaubliche Chance. Er kann das Leben seines Vaters retten. Das Einzige, was er dafür tun muss, ist, in das Jahr 1984 zurückzureisen, um einen schicksalsvollen Gokart-Unfall zu verhindern …