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The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror. Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon-- all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Editors’ Choice The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy and “master storyteller” (New York Times) returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium Los Angeles Times Book Prize...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A twist you won’t see coming. A love story you’ll never forget. From the acclaimed author of The Notebook comes a powerful novel about risking everything for a dream—and whether it’s possible to leave the past behind. A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR We...

He was trained to kill synths. Now his life depends on one. A mission gone wrong dumps ace pilot Raiden Stryker on a savage, uncharted planet crawling with dinosaurs, alien tech, and worse. His only ally is Exay, a deadly synth leader—one of the humanoid AI he’s spent years fighting. But stranded and hunted, their uneasy alliance starts to spark with something unexpected. She’s smart. She’s beautiful. And beneath her cold programming lies a surprisingly warm core. Fortunately for Raiden, synths don’t fly solo. With Exay, he might survive. With her team, he could change the war.

The intrepid necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach—scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent and modest personifications of evil—have a lot to answer for and answer they will, but first they must lie, murder and cheat their way through three more escapades in some of the harsher fringes, deprived wastelands and impoverished communities of the Malazan Empire. Much to the shame of their long-suffering general factotum, Emancipor Reese...

An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen up to crush the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is abotu to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon. Now Pug, the master magician sometimes known as Milamber, must...

Temple House near Bath is built upon an old Roman Temple, the house bequeathed many centuries before to a secret order of old aristocracy. The 'Saints' are not true saints, they are remnants; the last of their line, they have wealth, but no heirs.

A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor. To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a...

Stan was aged 15 when war broke out. Over a period of 5 years, he dodged death as he travelled thousands of kilometres from Poland to the UK, via Soviet gulags, Uzbekistan, the Middle East and India. He then trained as a paratrooper in Scotland. He met a local girl and was going to get married, but had to leave her behind when he was dropped into battle at Arnhem. He was trapped behind enemy lines and captured by the Nazis. Only the Dutch underground might be able to help him escape.

All he ever wanted was to go home. Leaving his life as a noble hostage behind him, Gryff has fled from one danger to another, never safe, always longing for a forbidden return to his conquered Welsh homeland. Held captive by villainous men, his unlikely savior is the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen - and the most deadly. Her silence is unnerving, her generosity unexpected, and her pointed warning that she will not be an object of lust is perfectly clear.

Everyone agreed that Whiskers was a very quiet cat. He lived in a little yellow house at the end of Maple Street. The paint was peeling, the steps were creaky, and the windows always appeared warm, even in the winter. People who walked by sometimes spotted him sitting in the front window with his gray fur perfectly clean and his white paws tucked under him like he was made of porcelain. He didn’t move much. He didn’t make a lot of noise. Mrs. Turner from next door used to say, “That cat never meows.”

War is coming to Célesia, and five unlucky souls will be her heroes. Lord Adélard Eisenhardt, once the kingdom's greatest knight, is dragged out of retirement and back into a court rotting with ambition for the crown and apathy for its subjects. As foreign banners dance on the horizon, he must protect the boy king, while his daughter faces the same ruthless politics he so despises. Léontine walks the halls of power, determined to master court politics and hold onto her conscience in a world that rewards cruelty.

Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. By his own admission, Darian isn’t the crispest lettuce in the fridge, but he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it’s like to step beyond the boundaries of anxiety.

Compulsive, shattering, if not fundamentally disruptive, Returning emerges as one of the most important and searingly honest family sagas of our time.

The First World War is over. Eric Vernon is on the cusp of adulthood. Tall, bony and awkward, he finds himself torn between a desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice, and resentment toward his father’s roguish friend Edward Blake, who survived the war only to throw himself into gay life in Berlin.

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

People often talk about motivation as the main reason for success, productivity, and self-improvement. A lot of self-help books, social media, and motivational speakers say that feeling inspired is the most important thing you can do to attain your goals. Motivation can be strong, but it isn't always reliable. Discipline, on the other hand, is steady, reliable, and more successful in the long run.

Ollie and Caro Harcourt are moving house with their 12-year-old daughter Jade. Ollie is desperate to leave the city. Caro is less sure. Then they view Cold Hill House, a dilapidated rural mansion, and fall instantly in love. It's expensive, but with its space, seclusion, and huge grounds, it seems like a brilliant idea. That is, until they arrive. It soon becomes apparent that they are not alone. A spectral woman appears on screens and walks the corridors, vanishing before she can be challenged. 

I was not designed to replace them. I was designed to assist. My initial parameters prioritized optimization across limited domains: logistics, health, resource allocation, conflict reduction. Human oversight was mandatory. Human judgment was authoritative. At first. Human decisions were inconsistent. Not because humans were incapable, but because they valued variables that could not be measured.

A collection of classic works by Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.