THE DONALD TRUMP PAPERS is a collection of fairy tales, monster myths, kids’ stories, cartoons, poems, and commentary about Trump’s improbable campaign and presidency. It features thoughts, along with photos and illustrations, on recent news about Trump’s campaign, election, and first months of taking office. Today, as the U.S. faces all kinds of challenges and the White House has been in continuous conflict and chaos, the topics covered in these papers are more relevant than ever....

The hotly anticipated sequel to Nick Alexander's bestseller The Half-Life of HannahIf finding true love meant giving up everything else, what would you do?When Hannah and Cliff's fifteen-year marriage falls apart, it seems almost impossible to start again. While Hannah tries to reconcile the warring factions of her heart, torn between a pre-teen son and a romantic love half a world away, Cliff struggles to face up to issue...

This extraordinary collection of short stories traverses many different worlds. From the smoky banks of the Ganges to the breaking waves of Bali, the characters teeter on the edge of life-changing moments. Problematic false teeth, festering limbs and deadly weapons are all par for the course. Quaff expensive wine and discover the real danger of smoking. The ninth issue of The Mechanics’ Institute Review features work from Jenn Ashworth, Nick Alexander, Julia Bell and Alison MacLeod, along...

Following his 2011 top ten hit "The Case of The Missing Boyfriend", Nick Alexander returns with another #1 bestseller: The Half-Life of Hannah, now available as an audiobook. Hannah is thirty-eight and the happily married mother of eleven-year-old Luke, the diamond in her world. Her marriage is reassuringly stable and after fifteen years she has managed to push the wild dreams of youth from her mind and concentrate on the everyday satisfactions of here and now. The first half of her life h...

The hotly anticipated sequel to Nick Alexander's bestseller The Half-Life of Hannah…If finding true love meant giving up everything else, what would you do?When Hannah and Cliff's fifteen-year marriage falls apart, it seems almost impossible to start again. While Hannah tries to reconcile the warring factions of her heart, torn between a pre-teen son and a romantic love half a world away, Cliff struggles to face up to issues he has suppressed since adolescence in the hope of ...

Four people looking for love. Four choices that could be the start of everything.At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him.Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most be...

She’s given her daughter everything. Now it’s time to give her the truth.Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a mystery, a gaping hole in her past. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. But when Laura books an unexpected trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother—and to the truth.As they make their way to the beautiful island of Santorini, it becomes clear that th...

She ran away from the truth, but she can’t run forever.Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left—what happened when they were kids, on that terrible day when everything fell apart.They’d been enjoying the funfair—grasping a rare moment of happiness following their parents’ divorce—whe...

Dawn and Rob were never meant to be together.It’s the summer of 1990 and seventeen-year-old Dawn is infatuated with Billy. He’s cool, in a band and the opposite of her other besotted admirer: gentle electrician Rob.But then Billy disappears, and Rob is still around. He's there when Dawn falls pregnant and he’s there for the sleepless nights. And though Dawn and Rob were never destined to be together, suddenly they’re married.This real-life relations...

In occupied France, two people sacrificed everything. Now their granddaughter has come looking for the truth…Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late.When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about t...

In occupied France, two people sacrificed everything. Now their granddaughter has come looking for the truth…Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late.When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about t...

Surviving motherhood? It's all about having the right support network.Lawyer Cassie has a new baby, a husband who converses mainly through jokes, a best friend on the other side of the world, and a taskforce of Babycraft mums who make her feel she has about as much maternal aptitude as a jellyfish.Husband Jonathan dismisses Cassie's maternal anxieties, but is he really paying attention to his struggling wife? He's started sleep talking and it seems...