A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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A. J. Rosen is an author of YA fantasy and is known as @agatharoza on Wattpad.

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A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. 
 
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A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

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A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

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Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by the Guardian newspaper, and ‘the real thing’ by the Washington Post, A.C. 'Ava' Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. The Traitor was a 2023 Richard and Judy Bookclub pick. Alias Emma was a Barnes and Noble book of the month. A former crime reporter and communications consultant, for five years Ava worked closely with spies. Her time in that world fascinated her, and the people she met back then inspire every book she writes.

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Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. 
 
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.

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A.E. Warren is the author of the Tomorrow's Ancestors series, which consists of Subject Twenty-One, The Hidden Base, The Fourth Species and The Final Rising. 
 
After spending eight years working as a lawyer, she began to write in the evenings and early mornings as a form of escapism from life in a very small cubicle with lots of files. She self-published her first novels in her spare time, which were picked up by Del Rey UK which is the science fiction/fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House. 
 
 She is an avid reader, occasional gamer and fair-weather runner. She lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and hopefully, one day, a wise border terrier named Austen.

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A K Benedict writes crime and speculative fiction in a room filled with clowns, mannequins and Doctor Who figures. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was nominated for an eDunnit award and is in development for a major 8-part TV series by Company Pictures. Her second, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, came out in February 2016. She's written Torchwood audio dramas for Big Finish and her short stories have featured in anthologies including Great British Horror and Best British Short Stories. She lives in St Leonards-on-Sea with her dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

A.L. Kennedy

A.M. Ellis is a speculative fiction author and lover of everything steeped in myth and mystery. Her stories often lean into diverse voices, not only in her identity as a Black woman, but in exploring neurodivergence and mental health. A proud introvert and nostalgic gamer, she lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and three children. Angelica is also the author of Hunt A Killer, a PERFECT SCORE novel, under the pen name A.M. Ellis, which she wrote as an IP for Scholastic in the US.

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A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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A.B.C. Merriman-Labor was a barrister, writer and munitions worker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1877. His published works include A Series of Lectures on the Negro Race and The Story of the African Slave in a Nutshell. He also edited two editions of the Handbook of Sierra Leone. He arrived in the UK in 1904 to study law. In 1907, he organised a centenary commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in Westminster Abbey. He later embarked on an 'entertainment-lecture' tour called Life and Scenes in Britain, travelling across thousands of miles of West, South West and Central Africa, which he expanded on to create Britons Through Negro Spectacles.

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Aabria Iyengar is an American actress and author.

Aabria Iyengar

Aaliya Jaleel is a freelance illustrator, designer, and visual development artist, currently majoring in Animation at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the illustrator of Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. You can visit her online at www.aaliyamj.com.

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Aaron Allston

After more than fifteen years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, Dr Aaron Balick has taken the amazing insights from psychology and psychotherapy out of the consultation room and made them accessible to the wider world. 
 
He has been an ‘agony uncle’ for many years for both CBBC and BBC Radio 1, as well as on television, including BBC Worldwide, BBC 3 and BBC Learning.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

Aaron Dignan

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Leslie Kenton

Transform Your Looks, Energy and Life 
 
Award-winning writer Leslie Kenton is renowned for her expertise in all matters relating to health and wellbeing. Now, with The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan, she shares the secrets of this revolutionary diet and guides you through its fast, effective three-step programme... 
 
·STEP 1 - a short-term, low-calorie diet which, combined with a natural oral spray that resets the fat-controlling centre in the brain, turns inessential fat into usable energy and uncovers your body's natural shape and size... 
 
·STEP 2 - once you lose your excess weight, Leslie helps you to return to normal, healthy eating and to identify the foods that your body doesn't handle well; by eliminating these foods, you'll be free of food cravings and weight gain... 
 
·STEP 3 - expertly guided through a series of simple practices, you will achieve an amazing sense of wellbeing, increased vitality, creativy and emotional balance... 
 
The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan will lead you to discover the authentic you as you transform not only the way you look and feel, but the way you live your life now and long into the future.

The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan

Paul McKenna

With over 30 years' experience in helping people successfully change their lives for the better, Paul McKenna Ph.D. is perfectly placed to help you take control of your anxieties for good. This accessible guide - offering simple tips and exercises for change and including a free hypnotic trance download - is all you need to gain perspective, stay relaxed and increase self-confidence. 
 
What people are saying... 
'I wish I had discovered this sooner . . . it helped immensely . . . I felt incredibly calm, fearless, in control' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gives you a clearer perspective and ability to get your life going again.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Helped when help was needed . . . I am less stressed and more in control of myself and my emotions' -- ***** Reader review 
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 Would you like to be able to relax and keep your edge? 
Would you like to feel in control of your life? 
Would you like to take the pressure off and feel good? 
 
 THEN THIS BOOK AND AUDIO DOWNLOAD ARE FOR YOU! 
 
Based on over 20 years of research, this book contains cutting edge psychological techniques that will automatically create feelings of calm for you to access whenever you choose. 
You will learn how to transform your life to a place of peace and inner strength and gain freedom from worry. 
 
 This book also comes with a free hypnosis download that will help you to re-programme your mind and bring more joy, power and happiness to everything you do. 
 
The book and trance work together as a complete breakthrough system - the totally natural way to improve your overall quality of life!

Control Stress

stop worrying and feel good now with multi-million-copy bestselling author Paul McKenna’s sure-fire system

With over 30 years' experience in helping people successfully change their lives for the better, Paul McKenna Ph.D. is perfectly placed to help you beat insomnia for good. This accessible guide - demystifying sleep, offering simple tips for change and including a free hypnotic trance download - is all you need to banish sleepless nights for good. 
 
What people are saying... 
'This excellent book was a life-saver for me' -- ***** Reader review 
'To all insomniacs, GIVE THIS A TRY' -- ***** Reader review 
'Amazing man, amazing processes, amazing book, amazing results!' -- ***** Reader review 
'I don't know how he does it but this really does work!' -- ***** Reader review 
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Would you like to sleep really well? 
Would you like to stop your mind racing and feel calm? 
Would you like to stop the disruption of waking in the night? 
Would you like to know what to do if you wake up in the night? 
Would you like to be able to sleep when you want to? 
Would you like to awaken full of energy? 
 
THEN THIS BOOK AND AUDIO DOWNLOAD ARE FOR YOU! 
 
We spend nearly a third of our lives sleeping. However, more people are suffering from insomnia than ever before. 
Paul Mckenna has made a remarkable 20 year study of tackling insomnia. He has developed a unique, easy system that everyone can use to improve the quality of their sleep. In this book, he shows you how easy exercise and simple changes in your thinking and behaviour can have a significant impact on your sleep. 
 
This book also comes with a hypnosis download code that re-sets your body's natural sleep mechanism so that you will automatically find it easier to get deep restful sleep and have energy to achieve what you want and improve your overall of quality of your life.

I Can Make You Sleep

find rest and relaxation with multi-million-copy bestselling author Paul McKenna’s sure-fire system

Georgia Coleridge

Karen Doherty

THE Breakthrough Guide on How to be a Better Parent. 
 
* Do you worry about your child's behaviour? 
* Do you ever nag or shout and wish you hadn't? 
* Do you give in to your child to avoid confrontation? 
* Do you feel anxious that your child is unhappy or falling behind at school? 
* Or do you simply long for a happier home? 
 
In this unique guide Karen Doherty and Georgia Coleridge put the fun back into family life by revealing powerful yet simple solutions to virtually every parenting problem. And with eight children between them, there aren't too many difficulties they haven't encountered. 
 
Packed with masses of groundbreaking, original material, cutting-edge advice from professionals, and dozens of real-life stories from parents, this brilliant book holds the key to solving everyday problems. As Karen and Georgia identify SEVEN unique parenting styles and lead you to discover the one that works best for you, they also help you to: 
 
*ditch the guilt *build on your strengths *boost your confidence *feel inspired to try new and innovative ideas 
 
Practical, reassuring and bursting with clear, concise, sensible advice that REALLY WORKS, Seven Secrets of Successful Parenting is essential reading for EVERY PARENT.

Seven Secrets Of Successful Parenting

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A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

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Detective Aidan Waits is a troubled junior detective haunted by his past. Facing an uncertain future, and disconnected from his history, DC Waits and his partner, Detective Inspector Peter 'Sutty' Sutcliffe work on Manchester's streets to uncover the city's worst criminals among the grime of the underworld.

Aidan Waits

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Alan Partridge on the BBC

Aldrin Adams Adventure

Alec Devlin

Alex Craft

Alex Cross

Alex Delaware

Alex vs Axel

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

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