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Two By Two – Nicholas Sparks

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with an emotionally powerful story of unconditional love, its’ challenges, its’ risks and most of all, its’ rewards.

How The Secret Changed My Life – Rhonda Byrne

An awe-inspiring compilation of the most uplifting and powerful real-life stories from readers of the worldwide bestseller The Secret. Discover how everyday people completely transformed their lives by applying the teachings of The Secret.

Fortune Smiles – Adam Johnson

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one of America’s most provocative and powerful authors.

In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal.

The Fairy Gardens Magic Painting Book – Lesley Sims

Explore the enchanting world of Fairy Gardens with this incredible magic painting book. Sweep over the wonderfully black and white patterns and drawings with the

paintbrush provided, and see the colours magically appear. With clear instruction on the front, this book couldn’t be easier for young children and adults to use.

Reasons To Stay Alive – Matt Haig

One of Entertainment Weekly‘s 25 most anticipated books of 2016—Matt Haig’s accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. Matt’s frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it.

Bestselling

The Spy – Paulo Coelho

When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Soon she was feted as the most elegant woman in the city. Until, in 1917 she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees and accused of espionage. Told through Mata’s final letter, this book tells the story of a woman who dared to break the conventions of her time, and paid the price.

For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide To The Norse Worlds – Rick Riordan

This “who’s who” guide to the gods, goddesses, and other important figures of Norse mythology was commissioned by Helgi, who, after more than a millennium as manager of Hotel Valhalla, became fed up with answering the same questions from newly deceased heroes at check-in. The profiles provide essential stats, interviews, and personal reflections so you can identify the gods and avoid those awkward introductions.

SPACE OUT JOURNAL

Space Out is not a regular blank journal. Space out will provide you with a time out in your personal space, where you get to write, think, create and distract yourself from the daily stress. The journal includes activities such as coloring, origami and other self-exploration activities.

Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell

There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. Gladwell argues that the true story of success is very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend more time looking around them-at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth date.

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens’ atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as ‘humbug’. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways.

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