Collection: Adult

Life Beyond Fear chronicles the harrowing journey of a Ukrainian woman and her family, forced to flee their war-torn homeland in search of safety, hope, and a new beginning. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, life as Natalie Oceanheart's family knew it crumbled overnight. Oceanheart woke up her two small children to explain that their city was under attack, moved her elderly parents to safety, and ultimately moved her family to the United States. Yet the war had been shadowing their lives since 2014, with Russia's first invasion.

Through raw and honest storytelling, Oceanheart traces her family's path from the bombed streets of Ukraine to the uncertain crossroads of Europe, and finally to the United States, where they navigated an unfamiliar culture and rebuilt their lives as immigrants while carrying the invisible weight of trauma and loss. Oceanheart captures not only the horrors of war but also the small moments of humanity that shine through in the darkest times--the kindness of strangers, the strength of family, and the enduring hope for peace.

Life Beyond Fear is more than a personal story: It is a testament to the resilience of families displaced by war, the complexities of immigration, and the universal human quest for safety, belonging, and freedom.

Create and customize your own stylish capsule wardrobe - without dressmaking patterns!

Use simple techniques to sew 10 stylish, versatile and contemporary garments with Kimberley Hind (@whatkimberleymakes).

Are dressmaking patterns essential for creating stylish and flattering clothes? No!

Can you create a range of impressive garments using just your own measurements and some simple techniques? Yes!

Popular designer and dressmaker Kimberley Hind takes you through everything you need to know to get started. Whether that's choosing the right fabrics for the look and finish you want, to accurately taking your body measurements so that your clothes fit in just the right way, Kimberley's friendly and no-nonsense attitude will get you started in no time... and with no need for dressmaking patterns!

• Everything is shown visually from seaming, hemming, shirring, adding ruffles and finishing your garments.
• All 10 beginner-friendly projects are visually explained step by step: choose from skirts, trousers, tops, dresses, shorts and a jacket.
• The projects are looser fitting to suit any body shape, and can be customized for your preferred style adapt the sleeves, straps, cuffs and hem length as you want.
• The projects aim for minimal waste, with advice and tips on using leftover fabric scraps to make accessories.

Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, South Carolina Off the Beaten Path shows you the Palmetto State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed.

Whether you want to meander around medieval medinas, listen to storytellers and musicians on Marrakech's main square or indulge in some rest and relaxation at Essaouira, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Morocco has to offer.

With rugged mountain ranges, rolling sand dunes and stunning beaches, Morocco's varied landscapes offer hiking, mountain biking, surfing and more. Equally as captivating, its old cities are filled with bustling souks, magnificent mosques and chic galleries.

Our updated 2022 travel guide brings Morocco to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the country's iconic buildings and neighborhoods. DK Eyewitness Morocco is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Inside DK Eyewitness Morocco you will find:

- A fully-illustrated top experiences guide: our expert pick of Moroco's must-sees and hidden gems
- Accessible itineraries to make the most out of each and every day
- Expert advice honest recommendations for getting around safely, when to visit each sight, what to do before you visit, and how to save time and money
- Color-coded chapters to every part of Morocco, from Tangier to Casablanca, Rabat to Fès
- Practical tips: the best places to eat, drink, shop and stay
- Detailed maps and walks to help you navigate the region country easily and confidently
- Covers: Rabat, Northern Atlantic Coast, Casablanca, Southern Atlantic Coast, Tangier, Mediterranean Coast and The Rif, Fès, Meknès and Volubilis, Middle Atlas, Marrakech, High Atlas, Ouarzazate and the southern Oases, Southern Morocco and Western, Sahara

About DK Eyewitness:

At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.

This debut collection of poems by Ian Hall illuminates daily life for a family and community in eastern Kentucky, all the while singing with verbal delights.

Creekwater Mansions documents the intimacy of duress. A son puffs cigarette smoke down his grandad's throat because the old man is too feeble to draw breath; retired draft horses learn to dance; the land manager's hired muscle flaunts an axe-handle; a grieving family uses a coffin as a card table; schoolboys siphon gin out of shag carpet just to catch a high. These are the variations of affection and kinship, so informed by and inextricable from the macabre tedium that abides in the back pews, dialysis clinics, and County-Line Liquors of daily life in Eastern Kentucky.

While these poems are frequently ordered around grisly attitudes and occurrences, moods of indolent provincialism, and the evermore-contagious disease of despair, these are at their core love poems. Hall writes, "Those are my people. I want nothing more than to esteem them and to show outsiders that even gruesomely human moments stripped of any decoration still have the heft and horsepower to be transcendent."

ONE GHOST. ONE DEMON. ONE HAUNTED MANOR.

The Ghost

What happens when someone accidentally summons a demon? They die and become a ghost.

I didn't believe in Heaven or Hell. I thought the pain would stop, and I'd taste sweet oblivion. But I was wrong. Hell does exist. It's not just a place, but a person too.

His name is Lynx.

Night after night, day after day, I try to escape and break free of the cage I've been damned into. I can't hide from him, and he can't outrun me. I'm trapped in the manor with the monster who killed me.

The Demon

Be careful who you steal from. They might just come for your soul.

They called me a sinner, then stuck a blade through my heart and cursed my soul to an eternity in flames, turning me into the demon they claimed I was.

For centuries, I suffered and screamed. Made other souls wish they were never born. It was an endless cycle I couldn't break until one day, she called me forward. A little human who played with someone else's toys.

I thought I could get rid of her, but I was wrong. I can't escape her no matter what I do.

At least, I know one thing for certain. Sable looks pretty for a dead thing.

A BRAND-NEW heart-pounding psychological thriller from international bestseller Jill Childs, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, KL Slater and Freida McFadden

The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get the job done right.

Finding Reacher won't be easy. He's a wanderer. His trail will be faint.

But it won't be impossible either.

Reacher gets an invitation: a meeting with the general. Unnamed general, unnamed agency. Not the most attractive offer.

But he's curious.

Buckle up for a ride like no other...

Some illusions save us. Others want us dead.

Dorothy St. James has three missions: slip inside the Rook's circle, recover the stolen enchanted bracelets, and rescue her kidnapped father. But when whispers of a hidden map inside Buckingham Palace surface, everything shifts. Enlisting Ashley Gardner-the brilliant, backstabbing puzzle-solver she can never quite outsmart-might be her only chance of destroying him.

To Dorothy's annoyance, her dangerous pull toward Ashley only grows, even as fellow Lightfoot agent Nicholas Hart offers a far safer path. Nicholas is steady and dependable, while Ashley is all secrets, sharp edges, and heartbreak waiting to happen.

But Ashley is running out of time. His mutating magic grows more sentient every day, and the final bracelet is the only thing keeping it from consuming him. Desperate, he agrees to help Dorothy hunt the hidden map, even though being near her threatens both his sanity and his survival. And as riddles twist into traps, he begins to fear that their fire may not be real at all-just another illusion his magic wants her to believe.

London's smoke-choked streets are thick with danger. Where is Dorothy's father? Who is the Samaritan? Why is the Rook kidnapping innocents? And who can she trust, when she can't even trust herself?

A thrilling blend of mystery, magic, and simmering romantic tension, Smoke in the Mirrors deepens Jessica Scarlett's richly imagined Slanted London. With razor-edged stakes and a heroine torn between duty, desire, and danger, this installment delivers atmospheric intrigue and emotional punch in equal measure-proof that in Scarlett's hands, even the darkest illusions shimmer with heart.

A heart-wrenching and unforgettable contemporary romance about grief, healing, and second chances, where Josefine and Daniel--two souls from different worlds--learn that sometimes love is the only way to find your way back to the surface

He can't stop thinking about her. She wants to forget him. But fate seems to have other plans. Josefine Resendiz is trying to survive the weight of grief while pretending her life hasn't come to a complete standstill. She doesn't know how to name what she's feeling or how to fix what feels broken inside her. All she knows is that staying afloat is getting harder by the day. Daniel Garcia looks like he has everything going for him. A gifted shortstop with a future everyone believes in, he carries himself with easy charm and quiet confidence. What no one sees is the guilt and loss he's been carrying since his brother's death, grief he's learned to hide behind smiles and discipline. That's until he stumbles upon Josefine on Christmas Day, by chance and at the wrong time, in a moment that was never meant to last. But some connections refuse to disappear. When their paths keep crossing, forgetting each other becomes impossible. Feelings surface. Defenses falter. Being together starts to feel like relief. As they grow closer, they are forced to face the question neither of them is ready to answer: What happens when love arrives before healing does, and letting go feels just as terrifying as holding on?

Robert Robert Robertson wants to commit suicide-and not just because of his stupid name. Determined to end it all and armed with a backpack full of stolen cash, Robert heads to the Utah desert for one last hurrah. But being inept, impulsive, and ill-tempered, he not only blows the attempt, he also blows up his life in the process.

Now with no money, no friends, and the twenty-nine year old woman of his dreams out of his forty-nine year old reach, Robert must deal with the consequences of his actions. After a lifetime of bad behavior, will he learn to forgive his parents for being so boring? Will he win back the woman he loves? Will he pay the price for stealing all that money?
Robert is about to go on a painful journey of growth, but on the bright side-he does get to shoot a bad guy along the way.

Kortney Morrow's luminous debut collection, Run It Back, creates an iridescent dreamscape where early 2000s nostalgia is intricately woven into rigorous questioning around belonging, borders, fugitivity, and freedom. From a heroic crown sonnet stitching the colorways of an iconic basketball shoe with the economic development of a region to reimagining American Girl Dolls at a mandatory diversity training, Morrow's playfulness and humor uncover more than meets the eye. Using the principles of material culture studies and an evocative display of poetic forms, Morrow flips everyday pop culture on its head, revealing the hidden seams running through our lives. These dazzling poems quietly refute the myth of linear progress. In the search for freedom, Morrow explores how the desire to move forward can be a rallying cry to run it back. Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize judge, Carmen Gimé nez, calls Morrow " a cultural archaeologist," solidifying a stunning new voice in American arts and letters.

What do we do now? How do we move forward in a world moving backward?

Around the world, women bear the brunt of the climate crisis-yet remain the least likely to hold positions of power or decision-making in shaping its solutions.

As women face the compounding pressures of the climate emergency, global rollbacks on DEI and ESG policies, and the revival of cultural misogyny, Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance offers a powerful and timely exploration of the progress, potential, and power of women in sustainability leadership to drive inclusive and systemic change.

Amid the growing backlash against climate action, gender equity, human rights, and DEI, women in leadership positions find themselves facing new and unprecedented challenges-from burnout and backlash to exclusion-while still struggling to navigate systems never designed for them in the first place.

Years of research show that sustainability and sustainable development are best supported by leadership rooted in collective progress, justice, and inclusion-values women often bring to the table. But how do we continue to support and encourage women to lead in the face of such persistent and mounting opposition?

Bold Women, Sustainable Futures addresses this dilemma, serving as both a guide and a call to action-for women stepping into leadership roles, as a tribute to those who have come before, and as an invitation to the next generation of sustainability leaders.

It begins by profiling nine women leading across climate science, governance, business, media, advocacy, and the arts-including Helle Bank Jorgensen, Roberta Boscolo, Honourable Rosa Galvez, Tensie Whelan, Dr. Shawna Pandya, Sylvia Yu Friedman, Dr. Dianne Saxe, Dr. Deborah Rosati, and the author herself-weaving in her own deeply personal reflections on leadership, identity, and transformation as a woman of colour navigating voice and visibility throughout her journey so far.

The second half takes a hard look at the global backlash against DEI and ESG, revealing the historical cycles of gendered progress and regression while offering strategies, solutions, and concrete steps for meeting this moment head-on.

A powerful, fiery fulcrum chapter, "The Turning Point," brings together diverse reflections from extraordinary women around the world across sustainability, business, and justice movements, offering wisdom and guidance on leading with courage when the systems we thought were shifting begin to turn back. The book ends with practical tips and strategies for navigating the current backlash, aimed at existing female leaders, emerging and aspiring leaders, students, and allies.

Beautifully written, evidence-based, and told through women's real-life experiences, Bold Women, Sustainable Futures serves as a mirror revealing how far we still have to go-exposing the systemic barriers women face in leadership-and counters them with actionable strategies, inspiring stories, and a message of hope.

This book is a playbook for navigating uncharted territory, rewriting the rules of power, and leading with courage toward a sustainable future-especially when the world pushes back.

The world's favourite pocket travel guides

Perfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Las Vegas is your essential Las Vegas travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city's' highlights, so you can spend less time researching and more time exploring. It's compact and easy to carry, too, and filled with expert tips and clear maps to guide you on the go.

Inside this Las Vegas guide book you'll find:

- Top 10 lists covering the must-sees and must-dos - from the stunning Venetian resort to wandering along the Strip
- Las Vegas' best areas to explore, including the Strip, Downtown, and Lake Mead
- Recommendations for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping
- Themed lists including theme hotels, casinos, places to shop, and more
- Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a weekend break
- Laminated pull-out city map, plus detailed area maps for easy navigation

For longer trips and more on the USA's culture, history, and attractions, pair this pocket guide with our classic DK USA travel guide.

Based on a true story- I Will Always Be Your Mommy beautifully conveys the universal message of unconditional love and acceptance. The bond between Susan and Peawee is touching and inspiring, making it a story that readers of all ages can cherish. It does a wonderful job celebrating the idea that love and family are not bound by appearances or differences, becoming an important and empowering message for children.

The Story-
When Susan, a tiny bantam hen, finds a lonely egg, she doesn't hesitate to keep it warm. But when it hatches into a colorful baby peacock, Susan raises him as her own in the chicken coop. As Peawee grows, he begins to realize he doesn't look like the other chickens, leading him to question where he truly belongs. Through heartwarming moments and a brave act of love, Peawee discovers the meaning of belonging and family.

The colorful illustrations are engaging for kids to enjoy this story full of heart. In addition, you can find the below benefits as well -

● A touching story for families formed in unique ways, reassuring children that love defines family.

● Helps kids embrace their differences and find confidence in who they are.

● A heartfelt reminder for single parents and guardians raising children who may not look like them.

Perfect for boys and girls of all ages, this beautifully illustrated book is ideal for bedtime stories, classroom discussions, and families navigating adoption, growing up different, or parenting unique children.

A BRAND-NEW spellbinding dual-timeline novel of forbidden love, buried secrets and the long shadow of war. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton. 🖼️✨

1938: For Camilla Kerrigan, life at her family's Oxford manor is a delicate balancing act - between duty to her family and a yearning for something more. When her brother Anthony returns for the summer, bringing with him a new friend, Camilla recognises a kindred spirit. Like her, Henry is thoughtful, restless and uncertain of his future.

But the arrival of four strangers - among them a gifted artist determined to paint Camilla's sister Mabel - soon shatters the fragile peace of the manor. In the shimmering heat, desires are stirred and one impulsive act will set in motion a tragedy that echoes for decades.

1952: Haunted by war and the memory of that long-ago summer, the last thing Henry wants is to return to Montagu Manor. But when a photograph arrives, showing the painting he thought destroyed - the portrait that ruined so many lives - he is drawn back into the past.

Now, Henry and Camilla must face the secrets that shaped them, and the love that refuses to fade.

One unforgettable summer. One devastating secret. A love that time could not erase.

Praise for Rachel Burton:

'Exquisite storytelling. Two timelines, two poignant love stories, one heartbreaking choice. A secret kept for many years is slowly revealed against the breathtaking backdrop of the butterfly garden. Loved it.' Elena Collins

'A fabulous dual timeline mystery with a tale of lost love and family ties. I was totally captivated and raced through to the end!' Clare Marchant

'A charming read, expertly plotted and beautifully researched. An intriguing dual time story, exquisitely told.' Jenni Keer

'Enticing and atmospheric... Packed with love and mystery that will keep you wanting more from the first page to the last' Lauren North

'A wonderful escape... I adored the characters, the headiness of their first loves, and vulnerabilities as they hoped for their own happily-ever-afters' Jenny Ashcroft

'I was hooked on this book practically from the first paragraph.' Goodreads reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Beautifully written, intriguing characters, lost loves, betrayal and lies. Fabulous and highly recommended.' Goodreads reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Such a heartwarming story which I devoured in one sitting.' Goodreads reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️