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Guinness World Records 2023 -by Guinness World Records
Features:
Hall of Fame – Which record-breaking icons haves gone above and beyond to find themselves inducted into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame in the 2023 edition?
Young Achievers – We introduce you to six more incredible teenagers – including sports stars and chess grandmasters – whose success is proof that age is no barrier to being the best in the world at something
Snapshot – In these unique photo-features, our 3D artists take a visual approach to storytelling, using comparisons from famous locations around the world to reveal just how epic some record breakers truly are
Top 25 Gaming Records – From the most critically acclaimed and best-selling games to the longest marathons and richest esports stars, we run through the 25 most significant videogame records in our archive, encompassing classics such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong right up to Minecraft and Fortnite -
Pokemon Annual 2023: The perfect gift for every Pokémon fan! -by pokemon
This year’s Annual is full of new stories from the latest tv series, activities, fun facts and games for fans of all ages. With a full Pokédex of characters, every fan can become an expert. Includes puzzles, mazes, quizzes and more!
Includes the new Pokémon from the Galar region: Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble!
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times -by Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to “become.”
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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery – by Richard Osman
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind–leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.
Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot.
While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery) – by Richard Osman
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery -by Richard Osman
An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth’s (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he’s seriously on the lam.
Then, as night follows day, the first body is found. But not the last. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can our four friends catch the killer before the killer catches them? And if they find the diamonds, too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus? You should never put anything beyond the Thursday Murder Club.
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Love’s Dilemma – By Walije Gondwe
The story itself is very simple it’s about a man who decides to pursue a woman that his family doesn’t want him to. Initially she believes she is in love with him but as the story progresses he treats her badly and she realises she is better off without him, needless to say he comes to regret his decision.
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Love on the Rocks – by Andrew Sesinyi
Driven out of his village by family conflicts, Pule Nkgogang tries to start a new life in the city. After many struggles and set-backs he at last finds happiness with Moradi, a young girl from a rich middle-class family, only to discover that breaking with the past is harder than he had imagined.
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The Hopeful Lovers -by Agbo Areo
Roseline Momoh enters university full of optimism. Her academic record is good, she has been accepted to study the subjects of her choice and, of most importance, she has met and fallen in love with a young medical student, Tade Eji, who reciprocates her feelings. But the relationship is not all that Roseline believes it to be and Tade’s character leads him, in spite of himself, to jeopardize his chances of happiness.