We have four exciting titles to choose from this month. To be in to win a copy of one of our January books of the month simply click on the links below and enter your details along with your preferred title.
Winners will be drawn at the end of the month.
Get Your Sh*t Together, by Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight’s first book, the internationally bestselling The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k may have transformed your life. Now it’s time to take one further step along the road to mental declutterment; to stop whining and to start winning. In short, it’s time to Get Your Sh*t Together!
As someone who quit her job in corporate America, built a house in the Dominican Republic and moved there, Knight seriously has her sh*t together. Here, in her frank, forthright and down-right hilarious fashion, she shares her tried-and-tested methods so that you can apply them to your own hopes and dreams.
Once you’ve identified your goal, laid out your strategy and narrowed your focus, you’re ready to commit.
Seriously, get your sh*t together!
About The Author: Sarah Knight is a freelance writer and editor, blogger, and publishing veteran. Her Medium post, “I Quit My Job Today. (And So Can You!)” was a viral sensation. A diligent, Type A overachiever, Sarah spent the past three decades test-driving various kinds of fuck-giving on her way to developing her profound-but-easy-to-use NotSorry method/path to enlightenment. Her first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, is an international bestseller. Sarah lives in the Dominican Republic and doesn’t give a f**k about winter.
Author Website: www.sarahknightbooks.com
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Jericho’s War, by Gerald Seymour
Corrie Rankin is already a legend at MI6 when he is called back with little regard for the horrors of his recent past. Corrie is sent to take advantage 
of a chance to take down a high value player in the war against Al Qaeda – and, a chance for the Brits to succeed without begging help from the Americans.
The sniper and his spotter who will go with Corrie are less than top team, but the best that can be found if the mission is to stay ‘deniable’.
The mission is the brain-child of an apparently old, fat fool in a striped cricket blazer, a sweating figure of fun among the ex-pat community across the border in Muscat. This is Jericho… not as old or fat or foolish as he appears, nor as harmless.
This is Jericho’s War. The weapons it deploys, the brutal aims it pursues, are state of the art. The fear it breeds and the raw bravery it demands are as timeless as the desert itself.
About The Author: Gerald Seymour exploded onto the literary scene in 1975 with the massive bestseller Harry’s Game. The first major thriller to tackle the modern troubles in Northern Ireland, it changed the landscape of the British thriller forever. Each of Seymour’s acclaimed thrillers is deeply researched and delivers a topical, high-octane read.
Author Website: www.geraldseymour.co.uk
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Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses, by Carole Matthews
Christie Chapman is a single working mother who spends her days commuting to her secretarial job and looking after her teenage son, Finn.
It can be tough just getting through the day but Christie has always found comfort in her love of crafting and any spare time she has is spent working on her beautiful creations. From intricately designed birthday cards to personalised gifts, Christie’s flair for the handmade knows no bounds and it’s not long before opportunity comes knocking. All of a sudden Christie sees a different future for her and Finn – one full of hope and possibility, and if the handsome Max Alexander is to be believed, one full of love too. It’s all there for the taking.
And then, all of a sudden, Christie’s world is turned upside down. Christie knows something has to give, but what will she choose? Will she give up her dreams and the chance of real love? What price will she pay for doing the right thing? Can Christie find her happy ending in Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses?
About The Author: Carole Matthews is the Sunday Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, including the Top Ten bestsellers The Cake Shop in the Garden, A Cottage by the Sea and The Chocolate Lovers’ Wedding. In 2015, Carole was awarded the RNA Outstanding Achievement Award. Her novels dazzle and delight readers all over the world.
Author Website: www.carolematthews.com
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The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger, by Dr Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD and Dr Elissa Epel, PhD
THE TELOMERE EFFECT is a ground-breaking book on how to slow down the ageing process and lengthen life written by the Nobel Prize-winner who discovered telomeres and the psychologist who researched the specific lifestyle habits which protect them, slow down disease and lengthen life.
Have you wondered why some 60-year-olds look and feel like 40-year-olds and why some 40-year-olds appear more like 60-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, Dr Elizabeth Blackburn discovered an enzyme called telomerase which replenishes the telomeres whose role it is to protect our DNA.
Dr Elizabeth Blackburn has also discovered that the length and health of telomeres provide a biological basis for the long hypothesized mind-body connection. Perhaps more importantly, along with leading health psychologist Dr Elissa Epel, she has also discovered that there are things we can do to improve and lengthen our telomeres which will in turn keep us vital and disease-free.
Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes in cells. Chromosomes carry the cell’s genetic information. Telomeres are buffers. They are like the tips of shoelaces: if you lose the tips, the ends start fraying.
Telomerase is an enzyme. In cells, it restores the length of the telomeres when they get worn. As the ends of the chromosomes wear down, the telomerase enzyme comes in and builds them back up. As we mature, our telomeres slowly wear down. Psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you measure the wearing down of the tips of the chromosomes, the telomeres.
Based on cutting-edge science, THE TELOMERE EFFECT will help people increase their lifespan and health-span (the number of years during this time that they remain healthy and active). It explains how sleep, exercise, and diet profoundly affect our telomeres, and how chronic stress can eat away at our telomeres. Included in the book are lists of which foods are healthy for our telomeres; the effects of mindfulness; how aging begins in utero (mothers who are highly stressed during pregnancy have children with shorter telomeres); and how thinking you are young and vital helps keep you that way.
About the authors:Dr Elizabeth Blackburn won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of telomeres and was named in TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. She was born in Tasmania, Australia and lives in San Francisco. Dr Elissa Epel is a leading health psychologist who has conducted pioneering research uncovering the psychobiological mechanisms related to how stress ages us and compromises our health. She lives in San Francisco.
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