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Focus on Parenting

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Narrator Sandra embarks on an odyssey through the afterlife to her autistic son, who is literally and figuratively lost at sea: a hilarious and deeply moving voyage of the body and the mind. “It was a strange experience, speaking to someone who didn’t tune in to you. It was like talking hallucinogens” Sandra said. Following a documentary producer who dies and desperately tries to rescue her child while her spirit still roams the earth, Amie Barrodale’s debut novel Trip as much about neurodivergence and the impossibility of human empathy as it is about the bizarreness of the afterlife. Trip is … Continue reading Focus on Parenting

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Thinking sideways can propel you to success and happiness

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Chess is the art of the possible, as there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe. Essential life lessons from the world of chess so that making smarter choices to building focus and confidence from Jennifer Shahade, a former two-time chess U.S. Champion and professional poker player. Chess players are experts in considering their options, allowing them to seize an opportunity idea, or move that no one else saw. In today’s hyper competitive world, thinking sideways can help you win at life. Shahade reveals you don’t have to be a great chess player to think more like … Continue reading Thinking sideways can propel you to success and happiness

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Wuthering Heights

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Wuthering Heights  – The highs and lows of true love but probably not as any (or many) of us know it! This story is the only one told in book form by Emily Bronte from the creatively famous Bronte household where the family were  based in a parsonage in Haworth Yorkshire. Having visited there I can reflect that it is on the edge of misty moors at the top of a cobbled street lined with shops pubs and tea rooms and a mere several paces away from the Church.  Not to spoil it for those who wish to visit I will not digress … Continue reading Wuthering Heights

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Exploration of life, loss and survival

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In this lyrical exploration of life, loss and survival Meera Subramanian travels in search of ordinary people and microenterprises determined to revive India’s ravaged natural world: an engineer-turned farmer brings organic food to Indian plats; villages resuscitate a river run dry; cook stove designers persist on the quest for a smokeless fire, biologists bring vultures back from the brink of extinction, and in Bihar, one of India’s most impoverished states, a bold young woman teaches adolescents the fundamentals of sexual health. While investigating these five environmental challenges, Subramanian discovers the stories that renew hope for a nation with the potential … Continue reading Exploration of life, loss and survival

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Murders connected to drug trafficking in elite units

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In December 2020, a deer hunter discovered two dead bodies that had been riddled with bullets and dumped in forested corner of Fort Bragg, one of the dead men, Master Sergeant William “Billy” Lavigne, was a member of Delta Force. The other victim, Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Dumas, was a quartermaster attached to the Special forces who used his proximity to clandestine missions to steal guns and traffic drugs into the United States from abroad, and had written a blackmail letter threatening to expose criminality in the special operations task force in Afghanistan. Seth Harp, an Iraq war veteran and … Continue reading Murders connected to drug trafficking in elite units

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India beat Pakistan T20 World Cup

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Sunday 15th Feb 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India Vs Pakistan India 175-7 (20 Overs) Kishan 77 off 40, Ayub 3-25 Pakistan 114 ao (18 overs) Usman 44 off 34, Hardik 2-16, Chakravarthy 2-17, Bumrah 2-17 India beat Pakistan in their highly anticipated meeting and most lucrative fixture in the world game at  Colombo by 61 runs, their ninth successive wins in completed matches to confirm their place in the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup. The match between India and Pakistan took place after Pakistan government ended its order for boycott. Rival captains did not shake hands at toss … Continue reading India beat Pakistan T20 World Cup

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Redemptive power of friendship

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Set in 2011, Crux is a story of intense friendship between two Californian teenagers, bookish Dan and his near-feral best friend Tamma, a lesbian from the wrong side of the tracks and grit, two-down-and-out teens escape the hopelessness of their lives and chase a different future through rock-climbing- from Gabriel Tallent, the New York Times bestselling author of My Absolute Darling. Dan and Tamma are two teenagers in their last year of high school in the southern Mojave Desert, are passionate climbers, one is a gifted golden child, the other a mouthy burnout, who spend their evenings and weekends conquering … Continue reading Redemptive power of friendship

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Football’s original master

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HH: Helenio Herrera is the compelling story of football’s most notorious coach, and one of the finest minds in football, nicknamed “IL Mago” (The Wizard) after bringing European Cup glory to Inter Milan in successive years. The explosive book explores the enigma of the incredibly charismatic HH a philanderer, charlatan, thrash-talker and serial winner mired in controversy. His stellar career was halted by the death of one of his star players and his subsequent trial for manslaughter. He revolutionised football coaching. Preparing his teams meticulously, he was obsessed with his players’ mental toughness and introduced idiosyncratic psychological techniques. Herrera began … Continue reading Football’s original master

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Murder of a politician

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A third-two-year-old sex worker is shocked when she’s approached by undercover government agents to aid them in a top-secret plot to assassinate a politician known as Meat Neck. But once the deed is done, she realizes what-made her the perfect recruit: She’s 100 per cent disposable. Holed up in an off-the-grid cabin in the woods, she now has only two days, her wits, and a laptop to save her own life. Her best bet is to reach out to the wildly popular feminist investigative podcast Justice for Bimbos, in a hastily typed series of emails, the newly minted “Murder Bimbo” … Continue reading Murder of a politician

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Money, power and family feud: Where getting everything you want costs everything you love

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Rupert Murdoch’s business gave him control over his children, as they wanted his approval and so they fell into his trap. When Murdoch made a fateful decision about who should inherit his media colossus, he believed that pitting his children against each other would produce the most capable heir. Twenty-five years later, that gamble would tear apart one of the world’s most powerful families and trigger a multi-billion dollar reckoning in a succession battle featuring betrayals, lawsuits, and revenge plots. Estrangements between famous fathers and their children are often grabbing news headlines: King Charles and Prince Harry, David andf Brooklyn … Continue reading Money, power and family feud: Where getting everything you want costs everything you love