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Liv Devote 2 – Vielseitiges Gravel‑Bike für Abenteuer auf jedem Terrain Das Liv Devote 2 ist ein leistungsstarkes und zugleich komfortorientiertes Gravel‑Bike, das speziell für Fahrerinnen entwickelt wurde, die Flexibilität, Stabilität und Kontrolle in jeder Fahrsituation suchen. Egal ob entspannte Touren, sportliche Schotterstrecken oder Bikepacking‑Abenteuer – das Devote 2 überzeugt mit einer ausgewogenen Mischung aus Leichtigkeit, Vielseitigkeit und Robustheit.

Liv Devote 2 – Vielseitiges Gravel‑Bike für Abenteuer auf jedem Terrain Das Liv Devote 2 ist ein leistungsstarkes und zugleich komfortorientiertes Gravel‑Bike, das speziell für Fahrerinnen entwickelt wurde, die Flexibilität, Stabilität und Kontrolle in jeder Fahrsituation suchen. Egal ob entspannte Touren, sportliche Schotterstrecken oder Bikepacking‑Abenteuer – das Devote 2 überzeugt mit einer ausgewogenen Mischung aus Leichtigkeit, Vielseitigkeit und Robustheit.

Liv Devote 2 – Vielseitiges Gravel‑Bike für Abenteuer auf jedem Terrain Das Liv Devote 2 ist ein leistungsstarkes und zugleich komfortorientiertes Gravel‑Bike, das speziell für Fahrerinnen entwickelt wurde, die Flexibilität, Stabilität und Kontrolle in jeder Fahrsituation suchen. Egal ob entspannte Touren, sportliche Schotterstrecken oder Bikepacking‑Abenteuer – das Devote 2 überzeugt mit einer ausgewogenen Mischung aus Leichtigkeit, Vielseitigkeit und Robustheit.

Liv Devote Advanced 2 – Dein zuverlässiger Partner für jedes Gravel-Abenteuer Das Liv Devote Advanced 2 ist das ultimative Gravel-Bike für Fahrerinnen, die Freiheit, Geschwindigkeit und Vielseitigkeit in einem einzigen Bike suchen. Egal ob Schotterpiste, Waldweg, Bikepacking-Tour oder schnelle Trainingsrunde – dieses Bike ist gebaut, um dich überall hinzubringen

Liv Devote Advanced 2 – Dein zuverlässiger Partner für jedes Gravel-Abenteuer Das Liv Devote Advanced 2 ist das ultimative Gravel-Bike für Fahrerinnen, die Freiheit, Geschwindigkeit und Vielseitigkeit in einem einzigen Bike suchen. Egal ob Schotterpiste, Waldweg, Bikepacking-Tour oder schnelle Trainingsrunde – dieses Bike ist gebaut, um dich überall hinzubringen

Liv Devote Advanced 0 – Pure Gravel-Power für grenzenlose Abenteuer Das Liv Devote Advanced 0 ist die ultimative Wahl für Fahrerinnen, die auf Schotterwegen zu Hause sind und ein Bike suchen, das Geschwindigkeit, Kontrolle und Vielseitigkeit perfekt vereint. Mit seinem ultraleichten Advanced-Carbonrahmen, integriertem Stauraum und feinabgestimmter Geometrie liefert es eine Performance, die selbst anspruchsvollste Gravel-Abenteuer mühelos meistert.

A remarkable trio whose lives were cracked wide open by their husbands' crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel. Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives. They are all wives of convicted killers. During the sun-drenched summer of 1966, the three women form an unlikely friendship after the discoveries of their husbands' brutal crimes. With their exes--some of California's most infamous serial killers--dead or behind bars, they are attempting to forge a new future for themselves. Headstrong Beverley compulsively tries to maintain control of everything around her, all while raising two children. Bookish Elsie fights day in and day out for the chance to make a name for herself in the newsroom, working among men who sneer at her career goals. Glamorous Margot refuses to take anything seriously and devotes all her energy to upholding the appearance that everything is fine--anything to quell the shame from her husband's deceit. They know people look at them and think only one thing: How could they not have known, when their husbands were right under their noses, committing horrific crimes? How much guilt is theirs to carry? And yet when a string of killings hits the news, the three women--underestimated, overlooked, shrewd--decide to get to work. After all, who better to catch a killer than those who have shared their lives and homes with one? At once a riveting portrayal of shattered trust and a story of gripping suspense, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives is a testament to the intricacies of women's lives and how the deep bonds of female friendship can empower, uplift, and lead us to endure.

Nachdem Jasmin erfuhr, dass ihr Mann sie während seiner Geschäftsreise per Video überwacht und dabei mit dem großen, afrikanischen Paketboten erwischt hat, bittet sie ihre Schwester um Rat. Sie möchte ihre Ehe mit Günther retten, obwohl er ebenfalls eine Affäre mit der devoten Spanierin Maria eingegangen ist. Die Schwestern sind zu allem bereit, um Günther für Jasmin zurück zu gewinnen. Der zweite Teil des hoch-erotischen Romans von Valerie Nilon. Die Romane von Valerie Nilon widmen sich überwiegend den erotischen Erlebnissen junger Frauen im beruflichen Umfeld. Eines haben sie alle gemeinsam: Sie setzen ihre körperlichen und modischen Attribute geschickt ein, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Obwohl es bei allen Romanen voll zur Sache kommt, legt die Autorin höchsten Wert auf gewählte Aussprache und detailverliebte szenische Inszenierung. Sie ist die Meisterin der niveauvollen Audio-Erotik, die sowohl Männer als auch Frauen anspricht. Hierbei setzt sie das Stilmittel der Gegenwartserzählung aus Sicht der Romanfigur ein, dass dem Leser das Gefühl vermittelt, direkt "live" dabei zu sein. Sie erhalten dadurch Kenntnis ihrer intimsten Gedanken und Gefühle. Die intensive erotische Stimme von Julia Liebesmund gibt dem Roman eine unwiderstehliche Sinnlichkeit.

From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, an eight-hour audio learning series on the search for the ultimate reality beneath the narrative of our lives Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos. -Adyashanti For Adyashanti, every ripple of light across a lake, friendly gaze, and reassuring word from a mentor presents a potential gateway to a deeper connection with all of life. With The Most Important Thing, Volume 2, this esteemed teacher presents a series of talks on what it means to peer through these gateways and into a universe of infinite possibility. In this second collection of deep-dive audio sessions, Adyashanti offers evocative teaching stories and anecdotes pointing you toward the ultimate reality that exists beyond the bounds of storytelling. Whether questioning the cultural identities we adopt or recalling the events that set him on the seeker's path, Adyashanti devotes these talks to pulling back the curtain of our assumptions to reveal that none of us is alone and no one is ever truly isolated from the whole of existence. These selections consider: Exploring the meaning of birth, life, and death . The nature of ego and the ways it manifests . Meditation as the art of listening with one's entire being . Embodying your innate and inextricable connection with the total environment . Examining the patterns of conditioned thinking around I . Why our most nourishing stories embrace uncertainty and paradox . Embracing the natural awe and wonder of existence . The ultimate simplicity of consciousness . Know thyself: the cornerstone of all spiritual inquiry Ideal for anyone wanting to delve beyond the surface of their spiritual journey, The Most Important Thing, Volume 2 offers portals to that which is already alive and waiting within: the truths that fuel the most authentic expression of your life.

Set in the mid-19th century. At the center of the novel are two French Jesuits - Bishop Jean Marie Latour and his friend Father Joseph Vaillant - two celibate men who devote their lives to bring religious faith and comfort to Mexican-Americans in the newly acquired U.S. territory of New Mexico. Cather presents them as strong, committed men, willing to put up with great hardships in doing what they saw as God's work and sharing their faith. Flawed, like all of us are, but good at heart. This captivating narrative celebrates the natural beauty of New Mexico and the importance of the adventures of these two French Catholic missionaries in contributing to the social and spiritual life of the area in a meaningful way. Often considered Cather's masterpiece...

A 30-year-old bank employee devotes his free time to helping others in need. Through this, he comes into contact with a young woman, a prostitute, whom he initially uses as a "tool." Naturally, love develops between the two, but for a specific reason, it remains unfulfilled, and must remain so. Flashbacks, written in a distinctive linguistic style and transporting us to bygone times, describe the roots of the two characters, beginning several centuries ago in Europe and eventually crossing over to America, until Jenny's "root line" ends in a dramatically escalating situation in Asia. A few general remarks are interwoven in a few places, as this is also a descriptive portrayal of various "manifestations of physical love, of sexuality," in which we are all more or less tightly wrapped, trapped, or have been gripped with varying degrees of intensity over the course of our lives.

A 30-year-old bank employee devotes his free time to helping others in need. Through this, he comes into contact with a young woman, a prostitute, whom he initially uses as a "tool." Naturally, love develops between the two, but for a specific reason, it remains unfulfilled, and must remain so. Flashbacks, written in a distinctive linguistic style and transporting us to bygone times, describe the roots of the two characters, beginning several centuries ago in Europe and eventually crossing over to America, until Jenny's "root line" ends in a dramatically escalating situation in Asia. A few general remarks are interwoven in a few places, as this is also a descriptive portrayal of various "manifestations of physical love, of sexuality," in which we are all more or less tightly wrapped, trapped, or have been gripped with varying degrees of intensity over the course of our lives.

**NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDS** Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century America. Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years. When George unexpectedly marries a young widow and brings her to live at the ranch, Phil begins a relentless campaign to destroy his brother's new wife. But he reckons without an unlikely protector. From its visceral first paragraph to its devastating twist of an ending, The Power of the Dog will hold you in its grip. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ANNIE PROULX 'With its echoes of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain, this satisfyingly complex story deserves another shot at rounding up public admiration' Guardian

From the moment of his adoption by the Earnshaws, the foundling boy Heathcliff devotes himself to their young daughter Catherine. Growing up together, the two share a love that blossoms into romance, until Catherine's hurtful betrayal. But Heathcliff's emotions know no bounds and acknowledge no limits-not even death. Determined to secure the family estate of Wuthering Heights as his own, the tyrannical Heathcliff vents his bitterness on his and Catherine's heirs, manipulating lives and shaping destinies under the influence of a passion that has curdled into obsession. First published in 1847, Emily Brontë's classic novel Wuthering Heights was acknowledged by readers and critics as a tale of dark romance as tempestuous and untamed as its Yorkshire moors setting. This volume is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

**NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDS** Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century America. Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years. When George unexpectedly marries a young widow and brings her to live at the ranch, Phil begins a relentless campaign to destroy his brother's new wife. But he reckons without an unlikely protector. From its visceral first paragraph to its devastating twist of an ending, The Power of the Dog will hold you in its grip. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ANNIE PROULX 'With its echoes of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain, this satisfyingly complex story deserves another shot at rounding up public admiration' Guardian

From the moment of his adoption by the Earnshaws, the foundling boy Heathcliff devotes himself to their young daughter Catherine. Growing up together, the two share a love that blossoms into romance, until Catherine's hurtful betrayal. But Heathcliff's emotions know no bounds and acknowledge no limits-not even death. Determined to secure the family estate of Wuthering Heights as his own, the tyrannical Heathcliff vents his bitterness on his and Catherine's heirs, manipulating lives and shaping destinies under the influence of a passion that has curdled into obsession. First published in 1847, Emily Brontë's classic novel Wuthering Heights was acknowledged by readers and critics as a tale of dark romance as tempestuous and untamed as its Yorkshire moors setting. This volume is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

This book introduces Proto-Indo-European and explores what the language reveals about the people who spoke it. The Proto-Indo-Europeans lived somewhere in Europe or Asia between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago, and no text of their language survives. J. P. Mallory and Douglas Adams show how over the last two centuries scholars have reconstructed it from its descendant languages, the surviving examples of which comprise the world's largest language family. After a concise account of Proto-Indo-European grammar and a consideration of its discovery, they use the reconstructed language and related evidence from archaeology and natural history to examine the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Our distant ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.Proto-Indo-European-English and English-Proto-Indo-European vocabularies and full indexes conclude the book. Written in a clear, readable style and illustrated with maps, figures, and tables, this book is on a subject of great and enduring fascination. It will appeal to students of languages, classics, and the ancient world, as well as to general readers interested in the history of language and of early human societies.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic” (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. “With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell’s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders.”—San Francisco Chronicle New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Chicago Public Library, The Star Tribune, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Bookreporter When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave—only to discover that the earth refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive. This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness, humor and hope. Following the cycles of history, nature, and even language, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment, to history, and to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies, but a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone?

The story of a group holiday from which no one emerges unchanged, Female, Nude is the perfect summer escape: propulsive, thought-provoking, sexy and relatable. 'Sharp and incisive with a sinewy, sultry quality that makes it really moreish' Pandora Sykes 'Energetic and ambitious...thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian 'I was engrossed...it's stylish and sexy and I loved the setting and all the food' Amy Liptrot 'What a gorgeous, hot-blooded novel about art, the senses, and the multitudes of the female body' Charlotte Runcie 'Magnetically written' Stylist 'Beautifully human...Romantic and heady and violent and sexy' Kirsty Capes 'Sultry and immediate' Sophie Mackintosh Sophie, a painter, is holidaying with friends in a stunning villa in Greece - her best friend Helena is shortly to be married, and this is the last time she and her friends will be together as single women. But life has treated them so differently since their university days, that Sophie is questioning everything about their friendship. Meanwhile her partner, Greg, is desperate for them to try for a baby, but she wants to devote herself to her art - and there are other, deeper forces, pulling the two of them in opposite directions. In the course of the holiday, Sophie paints a nude portrait of her friend Alessia, and becomes involved in an intense affair with Ky, who lives and works on the island. Both the painting, and the affair, will challenge everything Sophie thinks she knows, about art, about motherhood, about sex - and about how and with whom she wants to spend the rest of her life.

Every conversation contains two conversations. The first is the one people hear: the words, the stated intentions, the official story. The second is the one that actually shapes what happens: the hesitation buried in a pause, the tension that tightens a voice, the need concealed beneath a complaint, the hierarchy that determines whose idea gets heard. Most people spend their lives responding to the first conversation while being governed by the second. Beneath the Words teaches you to hear both at once.Mateo Salvas draws on decades of research in psychology, conversation analysis, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and the sociology of organizations to build a rigorous, evidence-based guide to what people communicate beneath their words. This is not a body-language manual. There are no magic tells, no foolproof formulas, no claims that crossed arms mean defensiveness or that eye contact reveals honesty. Instead, Salvas presents a more demanding and more rewarding skill: disciplined observation grounded in baselines, context, and humility.Across eighteen densely practical chapters, readers learn how to build a behavioral baseline before attempting any interpretation; how silence, pauses, and the lower body often reveal what the face has learned to hide; how attachment patterns from early life shape adult conversation in audible ways; how cognitive distortions surface in the specific words people choose; how physical environments leave unintentional traces of personality and habit; and how group hierarchies reorganize individual behavior in ways that formal titles never predict.Salvas examines the science of microexpressions without overstating it, dissects the myth of the reliable lie detector, analyzes digital communication as a distinct observational challenge, and devotes an entire chapter to the ethics of seeing too much — warning that the same insight that enables empathy can equally enable manipulation. He concludes with ten hands-on practice drills designed to train attention, sharpen perception, and build the tolerance for ambiguity that accurate observation actually requires.Readers of Robert Greene will recognize the strategic clarity. Readers of behavioral science will appreciate the rigor. But Beneath the Words goes further than both: it integrates the science of reading people with the ethics of doing so responsibly, and insists that the deepest goal of better observation is not advantage but understanding.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic” (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. “With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell’s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders.”—San Francisco Chronicle New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Chicago Public Library, The Star Tribune, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Bookreporter When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave—only to discover that the earth refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive. This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness, humor and hope. Following the cycles of history, nature, and even language, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment, to history, and to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies, but a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone?

Perfect for readers of HOT MILK or THE UNWILDING, FEMALE, NUDE is the ultimate literary summer read: propulsive, thought-provoking, sexy and relatable **A STYLIST AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MOST ANTICIPATED READ 2026** 'Sharp and incisive with a sinewy, sultry quality that makes it really moreish' Pandora Sykes 'Energetic and ambitious... thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian 'I was engrossed... It's stylish and sexy and I loved the setting and all the food' Amy Liptrot 'Full of messy characters, I was hooked... I was a whirlwind of emotions reading this *****' Reader Review 'What a gorgeous, hot-blooded novel about art, the senses, and the multitudes of the female body' Charlotte Runcie 'Magnetically written' Stylist 'It's a book about so many things: feminism, betrayal, friendship, class, sex, lust, motherhood, and one hot Greek summer holiday with consequences *****' Reader Review 'Beautifully human... Romantic and heady and violent and sexy' Kirsty Capes 'Sultry and immediate' Sophie Mackintosh 'Sensual and erotic... the atmosphere is electric'*****' Reader Review Sophie, a painter, is holidaying with friends in a stunning villa in Greece - her best friend Helena is shortly to be married, and this is the last time she and her friends will be together as single women. But life has treated them so differently since their university days, that Sophie is questioning everything about their friendship. Meanwhile her partner, Greg, is desperate for them to try for a baby, but she wants to devote herself to her art - and there are other, deeper forces, pulling the two of them in opposite directions. In the course of the holiday, Sophie paints a nude portrait of her friend Alessia, and becomes involved in an intense affair with Ky, who lives and works on the island. Both the painting, and the affair, will challenge everything Sophie thinks she knows, about art, about motherhood, about sex - and about how and with whom she wants to spend the rest of her life.

Perfect for readers of HOT MILK or THE UNWILDING, FEMALE, NUDE is the ultimate literary summer read: propulsive, thought-provoking, sexy and relatable **A STYLIST AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MOST ANTICIPATED READ 2026** 'Sharp and incisive with a sinewy, sultry quality that makes it really moreish' Pandora Sykes 'Energetic and ambitious... thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian 'I was engrossed... It's stylish and sexy and I loved the setting and all the food' Amy Liptrot 'Full of messy characters, I was hooked... I was a whirlwind of emotions reading this *****' Reader Review 'What a gorgeous, hot-blooded novel about art, the senses, and the multitudes of the female body' Charlotte Runcie 'Magnetically written' Stylist 'It's a book about so many things: feminism, betrayal, friendship, class, sex, lust, motherhood, and one hot Greek summer holiday with consequences *****' Reader Review 'Beautifully human... Romantic and heady and violent and sexy' Kirsty Capes 'Sultry and immediate' Sophie Mackintosh 'Sensual and erotic... the atmosphere is electric'*****' Reader Review Sophie, a painter, is holidaying with friends in a stunning villa in Greece - her best friend Helena is shortly to be married, and this is the last time she and her friends will be together as single women. But life has treated them so differently since their university days, that Sophie is questioning everything about their friendship. Meanwhile her partner, Greg, is desperate for them to try for a baby, but she wants to devote herself to her art - and there are other, deeper forces, pulling the two of them in opposite directions. In the course of the holiday, Sophie paints a nude portrait of her friend Alessia, and becomes involved in an intense affair with Ky, who lives and works on the island. Both the painting, and the affair, will challenge everything Sophie thinks she knows, about art, about motherhood, about sex - and about how and with whom she wants to spend the rest of her life.

This book introduces Proto-Indo-European and explores what the language reveals about the people who spoke it. The Proto-Indo-Europeans lived somewhere in Europe or Asia between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago, and no text of their language survives. J. P. Mallory and Douglas Adams show how over the last two centuries scholars have reconstructed it from its descendant languages, the surviving examples of which comprise the world's largest language family. After a concise account of Proto-Indo-European grammar and a consideration of its discovery, they use the reconstructed language and related evidence from archaeology and natural history to examine the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Our distant ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.Proto-Indo-European-English and English-Proto-Indo-European vocabularies and full indexes conclude the book. Written in a clear, readable style and illustrated with maps, figures, and tables, this book is on a subject of great and enduring fascination. It will appeal to students of languages, classics, and the ancient world, as well as to general readers interested in the history of language and of early human societies.

Bloomsbury presents Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES 'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH WINFREY _______________ When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk. Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her. Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves. Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising. _______________ 'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN 'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 _______________ READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING 'Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' ***** 'This book ripped my heart out' ***** 'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' ***** 'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' ***** 'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' ***** 'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' ***** 'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' *****