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Untamed BY GLENNON DOYLE
Who were you before the world told you who to be?
Part inspiration, part memoir, ‘Untamed’ explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and instead dare to listen to, and trust in, the voice deep inside us. From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, speaker and activist, Glennon Doyle. Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, ‘Untamed’ is both an intimate memoir and a galvanising wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is also the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honour our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts. ‘Untamed’ shows us how to be brave and, as Glennon insists, “The braver we are, the luckier we get.” legendary star of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the
Knife Edge
BY SIMON MAYO
A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last twenty-nine minutes, seven people have been murdered. In a series of coordinated attacks, seven men and women across London have been targeted. For journalist, Famie Madden, the horror unfolds as she arrives for the morning shift. The victims have one thing in common: they make up the investigations team at the news agency where Famie works. The question everyone is asking: what were they working on that could prompt such brutal devastation? As Famie starts to receive mysterious messages, she must find out whether she is being warned of the next attack, or being told that she will be the next victim...
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill EDITED BY SOPHIE HANNAH The coach is forced to stop when a distressed The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - stays in her seat, she will be murdered. woman demands to get off, insisting that if she Orient Express’ and ‘Death on the Nile’ - returns Although the rest of the journey passes without to solve a fiendish new mystery. Hercule anyone being harmed, Poirot’s curiosity Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger is aroused, and his fears are later coach from London to the exclusive confirmed when a body is discovered Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard with a macabre note attached... Could Devonport has summoned him to prove this new murder and the peculiar incident that his fiancee, Helen, is innocent of the on the coach be clues to solving the murder of his brother, Frank. But there mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? is a strange condition attached to this And if Helen is innocent, can Poirot find request: Poirot must conceal his true the true culprit in time to save her from reason for being there. the gallows?
