In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive.This is the story of team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still arme...

An extraordinary and moving novel about coming to terms with loss.The bestselling novel and major film about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wan...

Oregon, 1851. Eli and Charlie Sisters, notorious professional killers, are on their way to California to kill a man named Hermann Kermit Warm. On the way, the brothers have a series of unsettling and violent experiences in the Darwinian landscape of Gold Rush America. Charlie makes money and kills anyone who stands in his way; Eli doubts his vocation and falls in love. And they bicker a lot. Then they get to California, and discover that Warm is an inventor who has come up with a magical f...

For Some, Heartless is a Description. For One, it is a DiagnosisDerek Cole, still haunted by the memories of seeing his wife tragically and brutally murdered, is hired by a family that was told their son died at birth. But when the family learns their son not only lived but is suspected of having killed three people, Cole is thrust into a medical murder mystery that will force him to confront his past before he can learn the terrifying truth behind the murders....

Low mood, motivation and depression are endemic, and on the increase. About 40% of all GP visits are for people feeling depressed. In America recent figures show that one in ten have been prescribed anti-depressants. The recession has fuelled the need for the feel good factor.This book, written by leading nutrition expert and psychologist delivers highly effective ways - nutritional and psychological, with practical lifestyle and life management techniques - that really make a diffe...

A stand-out new edition of the award-winning third novel in the globally bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy.READ THE CHAOS WALKING SERIES BEFORE RE-ENTERING NEW WORLD IN APRIL 2026 WITH PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK.Three armies march on New Prentisstown. The New World is at war. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. How can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they’re s...

Raul Mackenzie-Mendoza is the mixed-blood son of a Scot-American father and a Mexican mother. He is an adventurer who speaks two languages and can back up anything he says in either one with his sixgun. He is hired by a desperate Arizona rancher to rescue his niece from the Mexican bandit El Demonio. At first it seems a routine job of finding the bandido then ransoming the beautiful captive. But El Demonio has sold the young woman to traffickers of human beings. Now bringing her back will ...

Crime in the heart of darkness. Overworked police and forensics investigators. A criminal justice system with inadequate resources. A residential neighbourhood where vigilante justice replaces the institutions of law and order. As things fall apart Detective 'Nights' Mashego investigates. But he carries his own dark burden...

A stand-out new edition of the award-winning second novel in the globally bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy.READ THE CHAOS WALKING SERIES BEFORE RE-ENTERING NEW WORLD IN APRIL 2026 WITH PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK.Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd and Viola once again face their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately imprisoned and separated from Viola, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. And t...

From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles**) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals.**Both successful entrepreneurs and chess grandmasters have the vision to look at the pieces in front of them and anticipate their next five moves. In thi...

Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan.One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinkingWhy do we make the decisions we do? Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman revolutionised our understanding of human behaviour with Thinking, Fast and Slow. Distil...

Three of Patrick O’Brian’s glorious adventure novels in one ebook for the first time. If you love the Aubrey-Maturin series then you’ll adore these.These three novels set the way for the Aubrey-Maturin and match the series in their rich detail, adventurous prose and comic nuance that all Patrick O’Brian readers can expect from the master of historical fiction.The Road to Samarcand finds newly orphaned Derrick thrown into the care of his gruff Uncle...