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You Shall Not Languish : An Anti-guide to Well-being and Wisdom
0159.00 DHDetails in the hands of a scholar with a great purpose are the essence of understanding. With his personal stamp and signature wit, Professor Saif Allah Allouani has given us details in the sublime and coordinated sense. He distils research and dozens of real-world cases into insightful, practical, science-based answers. He has also fused high with botch scientific and vernacular culture to show us the roots of our individual and collective languishing. In this thoughtful book, stamped with the vibrant idiosyncrasy of true scholarship, you’ll investigate fundamental questions: what does it mean to be a flourishing human being? How to address the dearth of wellbeing and wisdom in our individual and collective lives. Why do we fail to create flourishing workplaces, families, universities and societies? Professor Allouani goes one step further, suggesting counter-intuitive paths toward flourishing. Read this book and gain the insight you need to become a better worker, manager, friend, spouse, and parent.
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Lord of Shadows
0159.00 DHSunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.
Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again?
And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters’ demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear-before it’s too late.
Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas.
Also by Cassandra Clare:
The Dark Artifices:
Lady Midnight
Queen of Air and DarknessThe Eldest Curses:
The Red Scrolls of Magic
The Lost Book of the White -
Rule of Wolves
0350.00 DHInstant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy!
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone — Season 2 streaming now!
Discover what comes next for the daring rogue Nikolai in the riveting sequel to King of Scars from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.
The Demon King. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm–and even the monster within–to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible.
The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.
Read all the books in the Grishaverse!
The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and RisingThe Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked KingdomThe King of Scars Duology
King of Scars
Rule of WolvesThe Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
The Lives of Saints
Demon in the Wood Graphic NovelPraise for the Grishaverse
“A master of fantasy.” –The Huffington Post
“Utterly, extremely bewitching.” –The Guardian
“This is what fantasy is for.” –The New York Times Book Review
“A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” –NPR
“The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” –Entertainment Weekly
“Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” –USA Today
“There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” –Vanity Fair
“Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” –Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent
“Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” –Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series -
The Evening and the Morning : The Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth
0350.00 DHFrom master storyteller Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that ends where The Pillars of the Earth begins.
A Time of Conflict
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king’s grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for.Lives Intertwined
A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.The Dawn of a New Age
Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition, rivalry, love and hate.Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins.
