Warm and wise bestselling fiction from the hugely popular Alex Brown, the author of The Great Christmas Knit Off and The Great Village Show.
April Wilson is wondering what to do next – her life has been turned upside down after the loss of her husband so she’s hoping to piece herself together again with a visit to her elderly great aunt, Edith. Arriving in the rural idyll of Tindledale, she’s dismayed to find Edith’s cottage and the orchard behind it in a sorry state of disrepair. Edith seems to have lost interest completely, instead she’s become desperate to find out what happened to her sister, Winnie, who disappeared during WWII. April gets to work immediately, discovering that the orchard still delivers a bumper crop each year, and with the help of some of the villagers – including Matt, the enigmatic Farrier – begins to unravel the mystery of the missing Winnie. Slowly, April can feel things coming to life again – but can Orchard Cottage work its magic on her too?

The Secret of Orchard Cottage: The feel-good number one bestseller

Literature & Fiction

Brown, Alex

Humor & Satire

Harpercollins

Praise for A Postcard From Italy‘Be whisked away in this sunny, heartwarming read’ Woman’s Own‘I adored it’ Milly Johnson‘Enchanting and wonderfully romantic’ Cathy Bramley‘I adored it. The perfect summer read!’ Lesley PearseGrace Quinn loves her job at Cohen’s Convenient Storage Company, finding occasional treasure in the forgotten units that customers have abandoned. Her inquisitive nature is piqued when a valuable art collection and a bundle of letters and diaries are found that date back to the 1930’s.
Delving deeper, Grace uncovers the story of a young English woman, Connie Levine, who follows her heart to Italy at the end of the Second World war. The contents also offer up the hope of a new beginning for Grace, battling a broken heart and caring for her controlling mother.
Embarking on her own voyage of discovery, Grace’s search takes her to a powder pink villa on the cliff tops overlooking the Italian Riviera, but will she unravel the family secrets and betrayals that Connie tried so hard to overcome, and find love for herself?

A Postcard from Italy: The most uplifting and escapist romance from the No.1 bestseller (Book 1)

Genre Fiction

‘Warm, emotional … a gorgeous read.’ Cathy Bramley‘Heartwarming and charming. The perfect summer escape.’ Sarah Morgan‘A gorgeous read which will warm your heart and make it smile’ Milly JohnsonThe touching and emotional new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of The Great Christmas Knit-Off and The Secret of Orchard Cottage
Sam Morgan knows he messed up with his wife Chrissie and daughter Holly – he wasn’t there when they needed him most, but now he’ll do anything to put his family back together again. Until then, he's back living in the picture-postcard village of Tindledale.
Jude Darling is coming home for good this time. She's taking over the antique shop in Tindledale, the place where she grew up and she's going to make sure she's there for her friend, Chrissie, and Goddaughter, Holly. They certainly need her right now.
As for Holly, there's only one thing she wants and it's not the sort of thing you can buy in a shop. She might be thirteen years old, but Holly still believes in wishes, and perhaps if she wishes hard enough, this one might come true…

The Wish: A heartwarming summer book for 2020 from the bestselling author of A Postcard from Italy

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Praise for Alex Brown 'An intriguing story you will love' Jill Mansell 'The cleverly entwined stories kept me turning the pages' Trisha Ashley 'I adored it' Lesley Pearse 'Evocative and engaging ... a story to fall in love with.' Cathy Bramley 'A warm, emotional tale of love, friendship and following your heart.' Milly Johnson Annie Lovell is keen to put the spark back into her life and when her elderly neighbour inherits an abandoned Parisian apartment she goes to Paris to discover more. Her curiosity takes an unexpected turn on discovering a bundle of secret diaries hidden within the walls, detailing the life of a young English woman, Beatrice Crawford, who volunteered in 1916 to nurse the soldiers in the fields of France. &nbsp; Captivated by the romantic City of Light, Annie realises first appearances are not always as they seem. Following Beatrice's journey from the Great War, through the Roaring Twenties and to a very different life in WWII Paris, Annie must piece together the events from the past, if she is to fulfil the legacy that Beatrice left for her to find...

A Postcard from Paris: an emotional, escapist and uplifting romance novel from the No.1 bestselling author (Book 2)

The International No.1 Bestseller\n‘The perfect summer escape’ – Sarah Morgan\n‘You will love this’ Philippa Ashley\n‘This will sweep you away to Italian citrus groves’ Fabulous\nHer summer escape will awaken the past 
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, Kelly Sinclair is on the cusp of becoming the next big movie star. Until then, she’s spending the summer of 1953 on the magical island of Capri… 
Sixty years later, on a visit to her elderly grandmother’s cottage, photographer Maddie Williams unearths a box of old film memorabilia featuring a glamorous and beautiful young woman with platinum blonde hair. She also finds a postcard from the island of Capri, detailing the heart-breaking end of a passionate love affair. 
Her grandmother now has trouble remembering anything from all those years ago. So when Maddie is commissioned for a photoshoot in Italy, she visits Capri to see if she can find out the truth. Can she unravel the mystery and discover what really happened in the summer of 1953, and will her magical island escape hold some surprises for Maddie, too?\nEveryone LOVES Alex Brown:\n‘An intriguing story you will love’ Jill Mansell 
‘Evocative and engaging … a story to fall in love with’ Cathy Bramley 
‘The perfect, feel-good summer read’ My Weekly 
‘The cleverly entwined stories kept me turning the pages’ Trisha Ashley 
‘I adored it’ Lesley Pearse 
‘A warm, emotional tale of love, friendship and following your heart.’ Milly Johnson

A Postcard from Capri: a sweeping, emotional, escapist romance from the internationally bestselling author of A POSTCARD FROM ITALY (Book 3)

A COSY CHRISTMAS AT BRIDGET’S BICYCLE BAKERY (The Carrington’s Bicycle Bakery)

One More Chapter

A Summer Holiday at Bridget’s Bicycle Bakery: A delightful summer romantic-comedy short story (The Carrington’s Bicycle Bakery, Book 2)

Hate Speech Law: A Philosophical Examination (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)

Hate speech law can be found throughout the world. But it is also the subject of numerous principled arguments, both for and against. These principles invoke a host of morally relevant features (e.g., liberty, health, autonomy, security, non-subordination, the absence of oppression, human dignity, the discovery of truth, the acquisition of knowledge, self-realization, human excellence, civic dignity, cultural diversity and choice, recognition of cultural identity, intercultural dialogue, participation in democratic self-government, being subject only to legitimate rule) and practical considerations (e.g., efficacy, the least restrictive alternative, chilling effects). The book develops and then critically examines these various principled arguments. It also attempts to de-homogenize hate speech law into different clusters of laws/regulations/codes that constrain uses of hate speech, so as to facilitate a more nuanced examination of the principled arguments. Finally, it argues that it is morally fitting for judicial and legislative judgments about the overall warrant of hate speech law to reflect principled compromise. Principled compromise is characterized not merely by compromise over matters of principled concern but also by compromise which is itself governed by ideals of moral duty or civic virtue (e.g., reciprocity, equality, and mutual respect). The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315714899, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Routledge

Isa Moskowitz’s Vegan With a Vengeance and Sarah Kramer’s How It All Vegan! showed the world that plant-based cookbooks don’t have to be full of sanctimonious text and wilted sprouts recipes. But why should vegans have all the fun? Food-blogging duo Alex Brown and Evan George—better known as Hot Knives—have shown their 60,000 monthly readers that vegetarians are “cheeky [and] over-the-top” too and “don’t much care for established notions of propriety" (LA Weekly). This is the only cookbook you’ll find with chapters called “Bro-tein” and “BBQ Mosh Pit,” or filled with recipes for DIY Wieners and Patties, Sauce-y Explosions, Salsas that Hurt, Deep Sea Mushrooms, and Nachos that Cook Themselves. And don’t forget dessert: try Hand-Cranked Cream Dreams and Booze You Can Eat. Hot Knives bring you vegetarianism with a new set of rules: “Enjoy your food, but party harder. Eat everything with your hands. Drink booze and fruit, not water. Make all of your junk food yourself. Cook at least half of everything you eat on an open fire. Switch to uppers, if possible.” Urbanhonking.com/hotknives/

Lust for Leaf: Vegetarian Noshes, Bashes, and Everyday Great Eats--The Hot Knives Way

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

George, Evan

Entertaining & Holidays

Da Capo Lifelong Books

Difficult and Dangerous: Secret Missions

Franklin Watts Ltd

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