With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths

It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.

In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You'll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to.

Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime.

Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world's leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages.

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

Fire gave us power. Farming made us hungry for more. Money gave us purpose. Science made us deadly. This is the thrilling account of our extraordinary history – from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going.

‘I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species’ Bill Gates

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2019

From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves.
We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose.
Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defence.

'Absolutely brilliant ...impossible to put this book down! ... A must read' The Quiet Knitter

If the Night Stalker is watching, you're already dead...

In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer's night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear plastic bag tied tight over his head.

A few days later, another victim is found dead, in exactly the same circumstances. As Erika and her team start digging deeper, they discover a calculated serial killer - stalking their victims before choosing the right moment to strike.

The victims are all single men, with very private lives. Why are their pasts shrouded in secrecy? And what links them to the killer?

As a heat wave descends upon London, Erika will do everything to stop the Night Stalker before the body count rises, even if it means risking her job. But the victims might not be the only ones being watched... Erika's own life could be on the line.

The global bestselling author of The Girl in the Ice is back with a heart-racing, electrifying thriller. If you love Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott and Peter James, you'll be hooked on Robert Bryndza.

The Night Stalker now a Wall Street Journal #1 best seller

Maria Weston wants to be friends with me

Maybe that had been the problem all along: Maria Weston had wanted to be friends with me, but I let her down.

She's been hovering at the edge of my consciousness for all of my adult life, although I've been good at keeping her out, just a blurred shadow in the corner of my eye, almost but not quite out of sight.

Maria Weston wants to be friends.

But Maria Weston has been dead for more than twenty-five years.

*****

THE ADDICTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER THAT EVERYONE'S RAVING ABOUT - perfect for fans of He Said/She Said, The Couple Next Door and I See You.

'The twist is genuinely unexpected . . . This is an obvious choice if you enjoyed The Girl on the TrainIndependent

'I couldn't put it down!' Jenny Blackhurst, author of The Foster Child

'A mystery with a genius premise' Stylist

'A devour-in-one-sitting must' Heat

'Tightly plotted, and with a fabulous twist' Sunday Mirror

'Gripping . . . loved it from start to finish' Goodreads Reviewer

'Twisty and gripping . . . You must read this!' Emma Kavanagh, author of Falling

'Twists and turns and real life scenarios make this a fantastic thriller' Amazon Reviewer

The companion to Raina Telgemeier's bestselling graphic memoir, SMILE. Raina can't wait to be a big sister, but once Amara is born she realizes things won't be quite what she had expected...or hoped. Despite Amara's cuteness, she is a cranky, grouchy baby and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years but when a baby brother enters the picture and their parents' relationship starts to struggle, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Prodigy by Marie Lu is the long-awaited sequel to Legend, THE must-read dystopian thriller novel.

Perfect for all YA fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce.

Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor.

Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become pawns in the most terrifying of political games?

Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy.

Praise for Legend:

'If you liked The Hunger Games, you'll love this.' - Sarah Rees-Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, author of New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures

'A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, 'Legend' doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it.' - New York Times

'Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a 'Legend' in the making.' - USA Today

'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of film sensation, Beautiful Creatures

The explosive finale to Marie Lu's New York Times bestselling LEGEND trilogy - perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT!

He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic - and each other - and now their country is on the brink of a new peaceful existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles while Day has been assigned a high level military position.

But when a plague outbreak, deadlier than any other, causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities, the two are thrown back together. June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defence. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has.

With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu's bestselling trilogy, a brilliant re-imaginging of Les Miserables, draws to a stunning conclusion.

Praise for the Legend trilogy:

If you liked The Hunger Games, you'll LOVE this! - Sarah-Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget - Kami Garcia, NYT bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures

Razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it - USA Today

'To me it blows the socks off of Hunger Games." - Wyck Godfrey, producer of The Twilight Saga

For all fans of The Hunger Games - an epic YA dystopian romantic thriller

Los Angeles, California
Republic of America

He is Day.
The boy who walks in the light.

She is June.
The girl who seeks her brother's killer.

On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past.

But Day murdered June's brother.

And she has sworn to avenge his death.

The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author

It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her first act of book thievery. So begins Liesel's love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library . . . wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times, and when Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will ever be the same again.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

Now a major film from Twentieth-Century Fox starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.

A Zoella Bookclub title 2016

1. Read this book. 2. On reaching the final page, you may experience an urgent need to read it all over again. 3. Check your friends have read it. 4. NOW YOU ARE FREE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT ENDLESSLY

Winner of Goodreads Best Young Adult Fiction Book 2014

'E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, and she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.'
- John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

'Irresistible' - New York Times Book Review
'Haunting, sophisticated' - Wall Street Journal
'Bowl-you-over' - Cosmopolitan
'So freaking good' - Sarah Dessen
'Such beautiful writing' - Libba Bray
'Beautiful and disturbing' - Justine Larbalestier
'Better than the hype' - Lauren Oliver

We are the Liars.
We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury.
We are cracked and broken.
A story of love and romance.
A tale of tragedy.
Which are lies?
Which is truth?

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars is back, with a book hailed by the Guardian as 'a new modern classic'.

'It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.'

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis.

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza's story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.

First edition includes an exclusive jacket poster featuring some of John's most brilliant and memorable quotes.

The SIXTH book in the hilarious series from the creator of Captain Underpants!

Is Dog Man bad to the bone? The heroic hound is sent to the pound for a crime he didn't commit! While his pals work to prove his innocence, Dog Man struggles to find his place among dogs and people. Being a part of both worlds, will he ever fully fit in with one?

The first in Jeff Kinney's side-splitting series, join Greg Heffley as he's thrust into a new year, and a new school, where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving.

I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.

Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride.

But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage.

Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.

Laugh until you cry at all of Greg's hopeless shenanigans. Diary of a Wimpy Kid has got millions of kids reading and laughing at (but mostly with) the famous Greg Heffley.

If you're on the lookout for a funny children's book for 7+, especially a book for reluctant readers, you can't go wrong with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

Praise for Jeff Kinney:

'The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - The Sun

'Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet' - Independent

'The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - Big Issue

'Hilarious' - Telegraph

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

This second original screenplay from J.K. Rowling, illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima, expands on earlier events that helped shape the wizarding world, with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films.

'How to win friends and influence people’ is a self-help book which is the pioneer of this genre. Written by Dale Carnegie and published in 1936, it has sold over 30 million copies. It has been edited and re-printed several times. This is the 2004 edition of this book. It was on the Time magazine’s 100 most influential books list in 2011. This book is a guide in improving a person's aura in the world. It is about changing how the world views and treats you by changing your own behaviour. That means that if you change the kind of energy that you emit, what comes back to you is also different. This is one of the most influential business and communication skills guide. This book teaches you how to market yourself and generate more clients. This book has been acclaimed by many known figures around the world. This book tries to get you out of a mental hell and provides you with ambition and goals. It enables you to be friendlier and seem a positive person to others, it helps you become a popular person who is liked by the majority and in business terms, it enables you to win new clients. it increases your earning power by helping you use your potential to the fullest and it helps you to become a better public speaker and to be liked by mass audience. If you read the book carefully and follow majority of the tips, you can learn to be friendlier and more presentable as a person. You can become a person who emits the positivity that is inside the heart. You can become a person people trust and want to be associated with. As long as you have good friends and good business associations, you will probably stay strong in personal as well as professional life. 

'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others'

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another.

'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,' wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. Orwell wrote the novel at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished; its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain's ally, led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's simple, tragic fable has since become a world-famous classic.

This Penguin Modern classics edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury.

'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.

The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller

Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down.

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town - and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost...

What readers are saying:

'Highly recommended, beautifully written and thought-provoking'

'An engrossing read'

'Absolutely brilliant'

'Great characters, interesting plot that leaves you desperate to read more and written beautifully. I loved it and highly recommend it!'

'To say I love this book is an understatement...It moved me to tears' Reese Witherspoon

'Beautifully written, completely charming, and extremely wise on the subject of adolescence and influence' Nick Hornby

‘Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.’

For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth.

In this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories of
Marie-Laure and Werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION

A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II

"In our evermore hectic and overwhelming world, Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different is refreshing proof that dreams do come true and that it is ok to be different. An inspiring read for any young person, particularly those struggling to find their place in the world." Megan Hine

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Björk, Dr Seuss, Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Warhol, Ellen MacArthur, Greta Gerwig, Andrea Bocelli, Hua Mulan ... these are men and women who all dared to be different.

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls - or so the meaningless saying goes. Because what if you're a girl and you like cage fighting? Or you're a boy and you love ballet? And what if you've always dreamed of being a scientist but you can't see anyone who looks or sounds like you, and who has left a legacy - in the form of microscopes and Bunsen burners - for you to follow?

This is the book for children who want to know about the lives of those heroes who have led the way, changing the world for the better as they go.

Following the runaway success of Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, parents asked for a celebration of role models of both genders for boys and girls within the same book. Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different is the answer. These are the extraordinary stories of 100 famous and not-so-famous men and women, every single one of them an inspiring pioneer and creative genius in their own way, who broke the mould and made their dreams come true.

Like Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, this is a beautifully illustrated, evocative and inspirational book of amazing stories of amazing people, that will delight sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, and give them the courage to be themselves.

*For tales of even more brilliant people who have dared to be different, STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT 2 is out now!*

في مُستقبل بعيد، وفي توقيت مرور الُمَذَّنب بالسماء، يستيقظ "نديم" على وميضٍ بعدسته؛ "تم تسجيل حلم واحد"؛ سيدة غجرية حمراء الشعر تقف في قاع البحر، ترفع رأسها لتنظر ناحيته. وبعد ساعاتٍ من حلمه، وفي أثناء إلقاء محاضرته على المسرح، يتفاجأ بالغجرية تجلس بين الحاضرين!

في ذلك اليوم سيتلقى "نديم" دعوة لزيارة غير متوقعة، تجربة يتمنى الكثيرون خوضها...

ما داموا لا يدركون نهايتها...فبعض الحقائق من الأفضل أن تبقى في الظلام.

في روايته السادسة، وبدون مرور بالحاضر، ينطلق الكاتب أحمد مراد مباشرةً من التاريخ المصري القديم إلى المستقبل.. رواية تتنبأ بعالَم تُلقَى بذورە الآن، وتناقش الصراعَ الأبدي بين العقل، وأعظم القناعات على الإطلاق.

تدور أحداث الرواية حول حياة ابن سينا في فترة اعتقاله بقلعة (فردقان) الموجودة بوسط إيران، في الوقت الحالي. وتحكي الرواية بشكل أدبي يمتزج فيه الواقع بالخيال الروائي، عن ابن سينا، ابتداءً من مولده سنة 370 هجرية، في أسرة مكونة من أب أفغاني وأم خوارزمية (حاليا أوزبكستان)، وحياته في منطقة وسط آسيا ثم استقراره ووفاته في المنطقة الفارسية، حيث عاش النصف الأخير من حياته بين الري (طهران حاليًا)، وهمذان، وأصفهان. 

"هذه ليست حربًا لكنها تدانيها في الخطورة والأهمية. الهدف الاستراتيجي واضح جلي، لكنه يحتاج إلى مبرر أخلاقي وتاريخي. الوسيلة لن تكون نظيفة تمامًا لكن الغاية مبررة ومحترمة. القليل من الماكيافيللية لن يضر أحدًا... كلهم من العرب المقيمين في الولايات، قال لهم: - أريد تاريخًا مزيفًا!"

حلم واحد كان يلاحق مكرم؛ الأستاذ في جامعة هارفارد، أن يلتقي كل عرب المهجر في موضع واحد. كان يحلم بدولة واحدة يجتمع فيها العرب بعدما تشتتوا في العالم، هناك لن يضطهدهم أحد ولن يخيفهم أحد. سوف تكون دولة قوية لأنها ستمزج بين ما تعلموه في كل الحضارات.

بأسلوبه المتفرد، يصطحبنا د. أحمد خالد توفيق في روايته الجديدة " شآبيب" إلى رحلة ممتعة مليئة بالإثارة من النرويج إلى الولايات المتحدة، مرورا بليبيريا ومصر وأستراليا، قبل أن يستقر عند خط الاستواء. يطرح العديد من الأفكار الجريئة ليظل السؤال: هل يمكن لرجل واحد أن يُصلح العالم، حتى لو كان يؤمن بأنه الشخص المناسب الذي جاء في الزمن المناسب ليقوم بالمهمة المناسبة؟

"لقد مات محمود لأنه اقترب من الحقيقة أكثر من اللازم، فلم يتحمل واحترق وذاب جناحاه هوى من حالق ليغرق وسط محيط ثائر...مثل إيكاروس" «أحمد خالد توفيق»

تدور أحداث هذه الرواية عام 2020، وتمتد إلى المستقبل ثم تعود إلى الماضي لتجتمع كل الخيوط فى حجرة داخل مصحة للعلاج النفسي يمكث فيها رجل قادر على قراءة أحداث الماضى والمستقبل، قبل أن يجبر نفسه على الصمت.

رواية شائقة للأديب «أحمد خالد توفيق»، تأخذ القارىء لعالم غامض وتعود به محملاً بكثير من الأسئلة وربما ببعض الإجابات ولكن هل نحن مستعدون ومتأهبون للمعرفة؟

يوتوبيا هى رواية تدور أحداثها فى مصر عام 2023 حيث تتغير مصر وتتحول الى طبقتين ، الطبقة الاولى هى طبقة بالغة الثراء والرفاهية وتدعى ( يوتوبيا ) وهى المديتة التى يحيط بها الاسوار من جميع الاتجاهات ويحرسها جنود المارينز وتقع فى الساحل الشمالى ، والطبقه الثانية هى طبقة مليئه بالفقر وتعيش فى اماكن عشوائيه ويتقاتل الناس فيها من أجل قطعة خبز ، وتحكى الرواية قصه شاب من اغنياء يوتوبيا يريد ان يتسلى ويقوم بمغامرة للخروج من احساس الملل وهى صيد إنسان فقير من سكان شبرا (الطبقة الثانية) واللعب به مع اصدقائه للحصول على متعة ثم بعد ذلك يقوم بقتله ويحتفظ بجزء من جسدة على سبيل التفاخر

«فسدت شهيتي أنا الذي كنت أرى في الطعام ما بعد الطعام. لا يوجد ما هو أشهى من طعام استقر لفترة داخل فخارة في النار، تمامًا كالتجارب التي تسوي جاذبية الواحد على مهل. الفاكهة التي أعود بها من السوق لا ضامن لها، وهي غدَّارة مثل اختيارات الواحد العاطفية. الخبز يقول إنه لا بد من شريك. يكبر الواحد فيهرب من أهله، مثلما يسقط اللحم الناضج عن عظم مفصل الفخذ الذي لولاه ما تشكَّل وتماسك. الطريقة التي يظل الفطاطري يفرد بها عجينته ويلمها هي نفسها الطريقة التي يتعامل بها الواحد مع هلاوسه وإحباطاته في الساعة التي تسبق النوم. الصلصة شخص لا يعيش لنفسه، لكن للآخرين. حشو البيتزا فقط هو الذي يصنع الفروق، لكن جرِّب أن تحبس بشرًا مختلفين في خوف مشترك أو في غناء جماعي، سيسقط الحشو ساعتها، وستكتشف أن العجينة واحدة».

في هذه الرواية يكتشف عمر طاهر متعة استخدام الطعام والرائحة لكتابة قصة حياة رجل عادي.

المراهقة الحب الغربة الوحدة الزواج الأصدقاء النجاح والفشل... هناك دائمًا طعم ورائحة كما يحكي بطل الرواية.

رحلة الدم لم تنتهِ إذن.

بل إن الدم أكثر وأغزر.

لم تكن أبدًا فتنة، بل أعمق وأخطر.

انسَ كل ما كنت تعرفه عن الفتنة الكبرى، فأنت تدنو من الحقيقة الآن في سردٍ أقرب إلى الواقع وأكثر تشويقًا مع هذه الرواية التي يستكمل بها إبراهيم عيسى مسيرة «القتلة الأوائل»، والتي بدأها في «رحلة الدم» (جائزة نجيب محفوظ في الرواية 2018)، ليتناول السنوات اللغز في تاريخنا الإسلامي.

ونؤكد للقارئ مرَّة أخرى أن جميع شخصيات هذه الرواية المبهرة حقيقية، وأن كل أحداثها تستند إلى وقائع وردت في المراجع التاريخية المعتمدة.

 هناك أشخاص ساهموا في رسم ملامح هذا البلد وتاريخ حياة سكانه، دون أن يحصلوا على نصيبهم من الضوء والمحبة والاعتراف بالفضل. في هذا الكتاب ما تيسر من سيرة بعضهم.

فصول ممتعة تعرفنا على أكثر من 30 شخصية أثرت في حياة المصريين، من مخترع كولونيا 555 وسجائر كليوباترا وشوكولاتة كورونا إلى مهندس برج القاهرة وصاحب فكرة هدم خط بارليف بالمياه.

مر مثل القهوة حلو مثل الشوكولا ((هل أنتِ غبية؟ هل تحبين العيش في دور المغفلة؟ هل تحبين إهانة نفسك إلى هذا الحد؟ هل إذا كان له الاختيار بينك وبينها كنت تعتقدين أنه سيختارِك أنت؟ لماذا؟... ضعي لهذه المهذلة حدًّا! أنت تحرجين نفسكِ ومن حولك بأفكارك ومشاعرك وأوهامِك الغبية! سئمتُ من كذبِك على نفسك وعليَّ، وسئمتكِ أنتِ شخصيًّا!)).

ظل يُقال لنا طيلة عشرات السنوات إن التفكير الإيجابي هو المفتاح إلى حياة سعيدة ثرية. لكن مارك مانسون يشتم تلك " الإيجابية " ويقول: " فلنكن صادقين، السيء سيء وعلينا أن نتعايش مع هذا ". لا يتهرّب مانسون من الحقائق ولا يغفلها بالسكّر، بل يقولها لنا كما هي: جرعة من الحقيقة الفجِّة الصادقة المنعشة هي ما ينقصنا اليوم. هذا الكتاب ترياق للذهنية التي نهدهد أنفسنا بها، ذهنية " فلنعمل على أن يكون لدينا كلنا شعور طيب " التي غزت المجتمع المعاصر فأفسدت جيلًا بأسره صار ينال ميداليات ذهبية لمجرد الحضور إلى المدرسة.

ينصحنا مانسون بأن نعرف حدود إمكاناتنا وأن نتقبلها. وأن ندرك مخاوفنا ونواقصنا وما لسنا واثقين منه، وأن نكفّ عن التهرب والفرار من ذلك كله ونبدأ مواجهة الحقائق الموجعة، حتى نصير قادرين على العثور على ما نبحث عنه من جرأة ومثابرة وصدق ومسؤولية وتسامح وحب للمعرفة. لا يستطيع كل شخص أن يكون متميزًا متفوقًا. ففي المجتمع ناجحين وفاشلين؛ وقسم من هذا الواقع ليس عادلًا وليس نتيجة غلطتك أنت.

وصحيح أن المال شيء حسن، لكن اهتمامك بما تفعله بحياتك أحسن كثيرًا؛ فالتجربة هي الثروة الحقيقية. إنها لحظة حديث حقيقي صادق لشخص يمسكك من كتفيك وينظر في عينيك.

هذا الكتاب " صفعة " منعشة لهذا الجيل حتى تساعده في عيش حياة راضية مستقرة. " تأتي المرونة والسعادة والحرية من معرفة ما يجب الاهتمام به؛ والأهم من هذا أنها تأتي من معرفة ما ينبغي عدم الاهتمام به. إنه كتاب عملي فلسفي متقن يمنح القارئ الحكمة التي تمكّنه من فعل ذلك"

الله تبارك وتعالى لايريد منا الكمال، ولكنه يريد منا السعي المستمر نحوه.

ألخص فى هذا الكتاب رحلتى عبر 40 عاما في هذه الدنيا رحلة الصراع ومحاولة الترقي المستمر بحثاً عن السلام الداخلى.

لا أدّعي أنى وصلت فالمشوار مازال طويل، ولكنها تجربة بشرية قد ترى نفسك فيها مستفيد وتفيد.

أّلفت الكتاب اثناء خلوة الأربعين يوما حيث اعتزلت الناس والتكنولوجيا وجلست في جزيرة نائية مع نفسي أحاول أن أتفكر فيما فات وأتأمل فيما هو آت. فانتهيت بأربعين خاطرة فى كل محور من المحاور ادناه:

• مع حياتي •  مع قراني • مع نفسي • مع تحسيناتي • مع قصصي • مع الهي • مع كتبي • مع حكم الناس • مع ذكرياتي • مع حكمي.  "أحمد الشقيرى"

مُمكن تكون أعقد حاجة في الدنيا هي العلاقات بين البشر.. مش بس أعقد.. لا.. هي كمان أخطر، وطبعًا أصعب.. العلاقات بين البشر زي ما هي أحد الأسباب المهمة للسعادة والبهجة والإقبال على الحياة.. ساعات بتكون أحد أهم مصادر التعاسة والألم.. ممكن علاقة تطلعك سابع سما، وعلاقة تانية تنزلك سابع أرض.. اللي بيبوظ ويشوه ويؤذي الناس علاقة.. واللي بيصلح ويغير ويعالج الناس برضه علاقة.. إحنا بنكبر من خلال علاقاتنا مع بعض.

The companion to Raina Telgemeier's bestselling graphic memoir, SMILE. Raina can't wait to be a big sister, but once Amara is born she realizes things won't be quite what she had expected...or hoped. Despite Amara's cuteness, she is a cranky, grouchy baby and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years but when a baby brother enters the picture and their parents' relationship starts to struggle, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Prodigy by Marie Lu is the long-awaited sequel to Legend, THE must-read dystopian thriller novel.

Perfect for all YA fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce.

Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor.

Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become pawns in the most terrifying of political games?

Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy.

Praise for Legend:

'If you liked The Hunger Games, you'll love this.' - Sarah Rees-Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, author of New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures

'A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, 'Legend' doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it.' - New York Times

'Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a 'Legend' in the making.' - USA Today

'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of film sensation, Beautiful Creatures

The explosive finale to Marie Lu's New York Times bestselling LEGEND trilogy - perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT!

He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic - and each other - and now their country is on the brink of a new peaceful existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles while Day has been assigned a high level military position.

But when a plague outbreak, deadlier than any other, causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities, the two are thrown back together. June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defence. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has.

With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu's bestselling trilogy, a brilliant re-imaginging of Les Miserables, draws to a stunning conclusion.

Praise for the Legend trilogy:

If you liked The Hunger Games, you'll LOVE this! - Sarah-Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget - Kami Garcia, NYT bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures

Razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it - USA Today

'To me it blows the socks off of Hunger Games." - Wyck Godfrey, producer of The Twilight Saga

For all fans of The Hunger Games - an epic YA dystopian romantic thriller

Los Angeles, California
Republic of America

He is Day.
The boy who walks in the light.

She is June.
The girl who seeks her brother's killer.

On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past.

But Day murdered June's brother.

And she has sworn to avenge his death.

The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author

It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her first act of book thievery. So begins Liesel's love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library . . . wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times, and when Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will ever be the same again.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

Now a major film from Twentieth-Century Fox starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.

A Zoella Bookclub title 2016

1. Read this book. 2. On reaching the final page, you may experience an urgent need to read it all over again. 3. Check your friends have read it. 4. NOW YOU ARE FREE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT ENDLESSLY

Winner of Goodreads Best Young Adult Fiction Book 2014

'E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, and she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.'
- John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

'Irresistible' - New York Times Book Review
'Haunting, sophisticated' - Wall Street Journal
'Bowl-you-over' - Cosmopolitan
'So freaking good' - Sarah Dessen
'Such beautiful writing' - Libba Bray
'Beautiful and disturbing' - Justine Larbalestier
'Better than the hype' - Lauren Oliver

We are the Liars.
We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury.
We are cracked and broken.
A story of love and romance.
A tale of tragedy.
Which are lies?
Which is truth?

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars is back, with a book hailed by the Guardian as 'a new modern classic'.

'It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.'

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis.

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza's story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship.

First edition includes an exclusive jacket poster featuring some of John's most brilliant and memorable quotes.