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It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So, she travels to Rome, where she learns Italian from handsome, brown-eyed identical twins and gains twenty-five pounds, an ashram in India, where she finds that enlightenment entails getting up in the middle of the night to scrub the temple floor, and Bali where a toothless medicine man of indeterminate age offers her a new path to peace: simply sit still and smile. And slowly happiness begins to creep up on her.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER‘Stunning’ Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN‘Warm and wise' Stephanie Merritt, Observer‘Glamorous, sexy, compelling’ Dolly Alderton, Sunday Times‘I fell in love with Vivian from page one’ Daisy Buchanan‘An education in love, and an iridescent delight’ Rowan Pelling, SpectatorNew York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play – that’s what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it’s ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning.City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship – and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong.

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Wise, authentic and brave' - Psychologies'Brimming with positive ways in which to think about creative living' - Mail on Sunday'Consider her your own personal life coach' - Marie Claire'I have profoundly changed my approach to creating since I read this book' - Huffington PostReaders of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process – and showing us all just how easy it can be.By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear.Whether you long to write a book, create art, cope with challenges at work, embark on a long-held dream, or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding, Big Magic will take you on a journey of exploration filled with wonder and unexpected joys.

What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?

Winemaking is never easy – but in the case of Chateau Musar, the most famous wine to come out of Lebanon, there have been times when it has been almost impossibly difficult. Serge Hochar would say ‘in Lebanon, difficulties are our habit. We are addicted to difficulties!’ and he famously continued to make his wines regardless of the bombing and shelling attacks going on around him. This is his story, and the story of Gaston, Marc, Ralph and Tarek, the new generation that follows him, carrying on the tradition of making wines of charisma and character with minimal interference. It is a tale of our times; winemaking at its most instinctive and natural, inspired by Mother Nature, and resonating powerfully with the spirit of survival that has sustained the Hochars’ troubled homeland, Lebanon.With contributions from Kevin Gould, Elizabeth Gilbert, Catherine Miles, Edward Ragg MW, Fongyee Walker MW, Jancis Robinson MW, Michael Broadbent, Steven Spurrier, Andrew Jefford, Bartholomew Broadbent and Susan Keevil, Chateau Musar, The Story of a Wine Icon is the perfect read for those who want to learn more about this incredible wine and delve into the multi-millennia-tradition of Lebanese wine.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZEFrom the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction – into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical.The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century, from London and Peru, to Philadelphia, Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way, most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker.

________________'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up ... feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in mighty chunks, far into the night. Whenever I put it down, it was pinched by my mother or sister' - Sunday Times‘An unblinkered consideration of what marriage really means' - Woman & Home'Gilbert delves deep into the history and cultural meanings of marriage, as well as into her own relationship' - Financial Times‘Insightful ... She speaks for many who question the bliss in conjugal bonds, or, at least, those who want to understand how the tradition still perpetuates. For better or worse' - Vogue________________At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe - a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married (Both survivors of difficult divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the U.S. government, who - after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing - gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving completely into this topic, trying with all her might to discover (through historical research, interviews and much personal reflection) what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. The result is Committed - a witty and intelligent contemplation of marriage that debunks myths, unthreads fears and suggests that sometimes even the most romantic of souls must trade in her amorous fantasies for the humbling responsibility of adulthood. Gilbert's memoir - destined to become a cherished handbook for any thinking person hovering on the verge of marriage - is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love, with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.

'A hymn of love to the world ... A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two ways of knowledge together. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings - asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass - offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience'Lisa Miller is the leading psychologist of her generation' Martin Seligman'We can live chasing goals and rewards, lost in worries and regrets. Or we can awaken to the true fabric of the world, an evolving tapestry that we both behold and help to create, in which every thread matters and no strand stands alone'Whether it's meditation or a walk in nature, reading a sacred text or saying a prayer, there are many ways to tap into a heightened awareness of the world around us and our place in it. Lisa Miller draws on decades of clinical experience and award-winning research to show that humans are universally equipped with this capacity for spirituality, and that our brains become more resilient and robust as a result of it. Bringing scientific rigour to the most intangible aspect of our lives, Miller's counterintuitive findings reveal the measurable positive effects of spirituality: for better decision-making, a healthier brain and an inspired life.Brimming with inspiration and compassion, this landmark book revolutionizes our understanding of spirituality, mental health and how to find meaning and purpose in life.

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet. Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Wise, authentic and brave' - Psychologies'Brimming with positive ways in which to think about creative living' - Mail on Sunday'Consider her your own personal life coach' - Marie Claire'I have profoundly changed my approach to creating since I read this book' - Huffington PostReaders of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process – and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear.Whether you long to write a book, create art, cope with challenges at work, embark on a long-held dream, or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding, Big Magic will take you on a journey of exploration filled with wonder and unexpected joys.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person."A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness." - PopSugar"Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger." -USA Today"Pairs well with a cocktail...or two." -TheSkimm"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are."Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.

The bestselling, practical and inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chris Cheers.Take a moment and check in with how you've been feeling lately. Maybe a little tired, stressed or burnt out? All the recent upheaval and uncertainty has left many of us not only feeling exhausted, but also questioning who we are and what we want from life. Yet instead of taking the necessary time to process and answer these important questions, many of us are feeling pressured to just get back to 'normal'. But what if we want better than normal? The world has changed - we have changed - so when it comes to caring for our wellbeing, it's clear we need new rules.The New Rulebook is a practical, game-changing guide to embracing that uncertainty. It compassionately asks you to re-examine five key areas: self-care, emotions, work, body and love (all the big stuff!), and then offers radical, evidence-based solutions to improve your wellbeing. Led not by expectation, but by what you need. The rulebook for life has been thrown out the window over the last few years. Rather than picking it back up, let's write a new one.PRAISE FOR THE NEW RULEBOOK'A must-read for anyone who's overwhelmed by the increasing uncertainty of the world.' Osher Günsberg'Chris Cheers has a way of explaining the world and how we live that will make real changes to our future.' Jacinta Parsons, ABC Radio Melbourne'This is a book you'll want to return to - again and again - every time things get tough.' Benjamin Law'This psychology book is like no other. The author challenges core beliefs, whilst being affirming and refreshingly open about himself. It punches. Read it.' Dr Mark Cross, psychiatrist and bestselling author of Anxiety'The practical tips he provides leave the reader with no excuse but to set those boundaries and start living in alignment.' Jessica Sanders, social worker and bestselling author of Me Time'Chris Cheers' words have been so comforting throughout the pandemic. This book is a practical and kind resource for anyone looking for mental-health coping strategies.' Carly Findlay OAM'At a time of great upheaval and uncertainty, The New Rulebook is the anchor we need to pull us back to shore and live a calmer, more meaningful life.' Jill Stark, mental health advocate and bestselling author of High Sobriety'This book held me at the edge of feeling both challenged and safe. I read it in one sitting - but I will keep it close by for the powerful reminders, interventions and ideas it offers. Cheers shows us the potential of rewriting the script in a way that is so validating, humanising and aware.' Georgia Grace, certified Australian sex coach'In this book, Chris provides a new way of being - one which is centred on good care for self, good care for others and good care for the world.' Dr Ahona Guha, clinical and forensic psychologist, and author

One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert.Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated introduction from the author, to launch a whole new generation of fans.   In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.Elizabeth Gilbert, a successful writer, had everything - a husband, friends, a big house in New York. But one day she realized she did not want any of it. A new relationship brought more heartbreak, deep depression followed, and in desperation, she started to pray. She decided to spend a year without any new relationships, and to travel in Italy, India, and Indonesia, searching for meaning in her life. This memoir is the true story of her journey of discovery through pleasure, religion, and back to love again. It has also been made into a major movie.

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.Elizabeth Gilbert, a successful writer, had everything - a husband, friends, a big house in New York. But one day she realized she did not want any of it. A new relationship brought more heartbreak, deep depression followed, and in desperation, she started to pray. She decided to spend a year without any new relationships, and to travel in Italy, India, and Indonesia, searching for meaning in her life. This memoir is the true story of her journey of discovery through pleasure, religion, and back to love again. It has also been made into a major movie.

Embark on a prehistoric journey with this picture book of fun stories and incredible facts about dinosaurs.Introducing A Dinosaur's Day: Triceratops Follows Its Herd - a story time adventure that teaches kids about exciting dinosaur facts. Go on an adventure with a young triceratops and find out fascinating facts about this dinosaur species through an exciting story.Packed with beautiful pictures and compelling facts, this dinosaur book can help 3-6 year-olds to learn about the triceratops species through images, pronunciation guides, and amazing facts and figures. Little dinosaur lovers can join a young triceratops as it follows its herd on a topsy-turvy adventure in its cretaceous home.A Dinosaur's Day: Triceratops Follows Its Herd...- Helps children learn facts about dinosaurs in this beautiful picture book format.- Teaches dinosaur facts and behavior in a very natural way.Features a non-fiction double page about the dinosaur species following the story.- Is full of bright, colorful pages with an engaging story.Has clear, fun text to make learning the facts and information easy.This interactive dinosaur book can be enjoyed with pre-reading toddlers and children just learning to read, with engaging text and artwork to teach children about this dinosaur species. Take little ones on a prehistoric adventure and join triceratops with the rest of its herd. Enjoy the spectacular scenery in the Jurassic world along the way as triceratops chomps breakfast, charges at trees and explores the sweet flowering lands.Children will enjoy the fun and engaging story and vibrant images teach children about different prehistoric species in this educational dinosaur book.More in the seriesAt DK, we believe in the power of discovery.So why stop there?If you like A Dinosaur's Day: Triceratops Follows Its Herd, then you'll love other titles in this Jurassic board book collection! Why not try A Dinosaur's Day: Deinonychus Goes Hunting and A Dinosaur's Day: Diplodocus Finds Its Family?

Embark on a prehistoric journey with this picture book of fun stories and incredible facts about dinosaurs.Introducing A Dinosaur's Day: Deinonychus Goes Hunting - a story time adventure that teaches kids exciting facts about dinosaurs. Go on an adventure with a young deinonychus as it searches for food, gets caught in a storm, and learns to climb trees with its big claws.Packed with beautiful pictures and compelling facts, this dinosaur book helps children aged 3-6 to learn about the deinonychus species through images, pronunciation guides, and amazing facts and figures. Little dinosaur lovers can join Deinonychus on a quest to find food and hunt down prey in the mighty Jurassic world.A Dinosaur's Day: Deinonychis Goes Hunting...- Helps children learn about dinosaurs in this beautiful picture book format.- Teaches readers dinosaur facts and behaviour in a very natural way.- Includes a non-fiction section about the dinosaur species following the story.- Features bright, colourful pages with an engaging narrative.- Has clear and fun text to help children learn and engage easily.Teach children about different prehistoric species in this educational dinosaur book through a fun and engaging story and vibrant images. This fantastic dinosaur interactive book is perfect for pre-reading toddlers, and children just learning to read. Little ones can enjoy the spectacular scenery in the Jurassic world along the way, as Deinonychus climbs, feasts and flees.Complete the seriesThis delightful dinosaur book is part of the A Dinosaur's Day series of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books and also includes A Dinosaur's Day: Diplodocus Finds Its Family.

Embark on a prehistoric journey with this board book of fun stories and incredible facts about dinosaurs.Introducing A Dinosaur's Day: T. rex Meets Its Match - a story time adventure that teaches kids about exciting dinosaur facts. Go on an adventure with T. rex and find out fascinating facts about this dinosaur species through an exciting story.Packed with beautiful pictures and compelling facts, this dinosaur book can help 3-6 year-olds to learn about the Tyrannosaurus rex species through images, pronunciation guides, and amazing facts and figures. Little dinosaur lovers can join this mighty dinosaur on an adventure through the Cretaceous.A Dinosaur's Day: T. rex Meets Its Match...- Helps children learn facts about dinosaurs in this beautiful picture book format.- Teaches dinosaur facts and behaviour in a very natural way.- Features a non-fiction double page about the dinosaur species following the story.- Is full of bright, colourful pages with an engaging story.- Has clear and fun text to make learning the facts and information easy.This interactive picture book can be enjoyed with pre-reading toddlers and children just learning to read, with engaging text and artwork to teach children about this dinosaur species. Take little ones on a prehistoric adventure, following a day in the life of a T. rex! Enjoy the spectacular scenery in the Jurassic world along the way as this dinosaur species meets its match.A fun and engaging story and vibrant images teach children about different prehistoric species in this educational dinosaur book.More in the SeriesAt DK, we believe in the power of discovery.So why stop there?If you like A Dinosaur's Day: T. rex Meets Its Match, then you'll love other titles in the series. Why not try A Dinosaur's Day: Diplodocus Finds Its Family, Deinonychus Goes Hunting or Triceratops Follows Its Herd, for more prehistoric adventures!

Embark on a prehistoric journey with this picture book of fun stories and incredible facts about dinosaurs.Introducing A Dinosaur’s Day: Stegosaurus Makes Its Way Home - a storytime adventure that teaches kids about exciting dinosaur facts. Packed with beautiful pictures and compelling facts, this dinosaur book teaches 3-6 year olds about the stegosaurus species through images, pronunciation guides, and amazing facts and figures. Little dinosaur lovers can join a young Stegosaurus as it wanders through its Jurassic home, gets lost, and munches her way back to her herd.A Dinosaur’s Day: Stegosaurus Makes Its Way Home…- Helps children learn facts about dinosaurs in this beautiful picture book format.- Teaches dinosaur facts and behaviour in a very natural way.- Features a non-fiction double page about the dinosaur species following the story. - Is full of bright, colourful pages with an engaging story.- Has a clear, fun story to make learning the facts and information easy.A fun and engaging story and vibrant images teach children about different prehistoric species in this educational dinosaur book. Ideal for pre-reading toddlers and children just learning to read, engaging text and artwork will teach children about the Stegosaurus dinosaur species. Enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way as you follow a day in the life of a young Stegosaurus.More in the SeriesAt DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop here? If you like A Dinosaur’s Day: Stegosaurus Makes Its Way Home then you’ll love A Dinosaur’s Day: A T. rex Meets Its Match, Deinonychus Goes Hunting and Triceratops Follows Its Herd.

Embark on a prehistoric journey with this picture book series teaching children incredible facts about dinosaurs.Introducing A Dinosaur’s Day: Spinosaurus Makes a Splash - a storytime adventure that teaches kids aged 3-6 exciting dinosaur facts.Packed with beautiful pictures and compelling facts, this dinosaur book teaches children about the spinosaurus species through images, pronunciation guides, and amazing facts and figures. Little dinosaur lovers can join a hungry Spinosaurus as it heads into the water in search of its next tasty snack.A Dinosaur’s Day: Spinosaurus Makes a Splash…Helps children learn facts about dinosaurs in a beautiful picture book format.Teaches dinosaur facts and behaviour in an engaging way.Features a non-fiction double page about the dinosaur species.Is full of bright, colorful pages with an engaging story.Has clear, fun text to make learning the facts and information easy.A fun and engaging story and vibrant images teach children about different prehistoric species in this educational dinosaur book. Ideal for pre-reading toddlers and children just learning to read, engaging text and artwork will teach children about the Stegosaurus dinosaur species. Enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way as you follow a day in the life of a young Stegosaurus.More in the SeriesAt DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop here?If you like A Dinosaur’s Day: Stegosaurus Makes Its Way Home then you’ll love A Dinosaur’s Day: A T.rex Meets Its Match, Deinonychus Goes Hunting and Triceratops Follows Its Herd.