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ELEANOR & PARK
ELEANOR & PARK
RAINBOW ROWELL
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Park is the boy at the back of the bus. Black T-shirts, headphones, head in a book - he thinks he's made himself invisible. But not to Eleanor. Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix...
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11,25 €

IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD
IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD
TOM HOLLAND
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. But the changes t...
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CERTAIN DARK THINGS
CERTAIN DARK THINGS
SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous. Domingo is mesmerised. Atl needs to escape the city quickly, to get far away ...
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BIG LITTLE LIES
BIG LITTLE LIES
LIANE MORIARTY
DISCOVER THE GRIPPING NO. 1 BESTSELLER BEHIND THE AWARD WINNING HBO SENSATION STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN & MERYL STREEP____________Perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives.Three mothers, Jane, Madeline and Celeste appear to have it all, until they find out just how easy it is for one little lie to spiral out of control . . . Single mum Jane has just moved ...
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FEMALE FORCE
FEMALE FORCE
MICHAEL FRIZELL
Don't let the controversy of her later personal life fool you, Liza Minnelli was once the most respected star of the musical theatre stage. Her signature role as the rough, sexy Sally Bowles in Cabaret defined a uniquely Broadway style, catapulted her to the top of the musical charts, and solidified her position in the pantheon of live performers. Special cover by famed artist ...
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A MODERN CLASSICS MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
A MODERN CLASSICS MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
J L CARR
'Tender and elegant' Guardian'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, SpectatorA damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he...
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THE LITTLE BOOK OF BARCELONA
THE LITTLE BOOK OF BARCELONA
ORANGE HIPPO!
From a walk through the vibrant boulevard of Las Ramblas to Gaudi's masterpiece of organic architecture Parc Güell, this cross-cultural Catalan city enjoys the best of both worlds, as it is nestled between the mountains and the beach. ...
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THE LAST RIDE OF THE JAMES–YOUNGER GANG
THE LAST RIDE OF THE JAMES–YOUNGER GANG
SEAN MCLACHLAN
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. In the past ten years Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. A string of daring robberies of banks, trains, and stagecoaches had brought them fame, admiration, hatred, and a surprisingly small amount of wealth. In 1876 they planned their most daring raid y...
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THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING
THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING
AMANDA MONTELL
In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking. "Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoug...
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UNDER THE SEA-WIND
UNDER THE SEA-WIND
RACHEL CARSON
Under the Sea-Wind marks the beginnings of one of the most significant careers in nature writing. In it Rachel Carson celebrates the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, conjuring the atmosphere of the shore and the open sea and the delicately balanced, fragile struggle for life along the shoreline. ...
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VILLETTE
VILLETTE
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Department of English, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Based on Charlotte Brontë's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. Rising above the frustrations of confinement within a rigi...
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MODERN SPAIN, 1875-1980
MODERN SPAIN, 1875-1980
RAYMOND CARR
Starting at the `September Revolution' of 1868 and going up to 1980, Raymond Carr explains much of modern Spanish history - often a strange mixture of advanced liberal politics imposed upon a conservative society. ...
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THE HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF LISBON
THE HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF LISBON
JOSÉ SARAMAGO
Through boredom or through a spirit of contradiction, publisher's proof-reader Raimundo Silva takes it upon himself to insert a negative into a sentence in a history book. The text now asserts that, in 1147, the king reconquered Lisbon from the Saracens without any assistance from the Crusaders. The effects of this minor act of insubordination are surprising. His relationship w...
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YOUNG MUNGO
YOUNG MUNGO
DOUGLAS STUART
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL - NPR - KIRKUS REVIEWS - TIME - AMAZON - THE WASHINGTON POST - THE TIMES (UK) - DAILY HIVE - THE TELEGRAPH - FINANCIAL TIMES - THE GUARDIAN - LITERARY HUB - THE HERALD (UK) - READER'S DIGEST - VANITY FAIR - LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS "Young Mungo seals it: Douglas Stuart is a genius." --The Washing...
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MAGGIE MOVES ON
MAGGIE MOVES ON
LUCY SCORE
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THE DOUBLE LIFE OF DAISY HEMMINGS
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF DAISY HEMMINGS
JOANNA NADIN
'Unflinching, unforgettable . . . a step up for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid' - The Bookseller 'Totally absorbing and evocative' - Kate Riordan, bestselling author of The Heat Wave What happens when truth and lies collide? The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is an intoxicating mystery across past and present from Joanna Nadin. 1988, Cornwall. At seventeen, Jason wants much more...
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HOUSE OF AGNES
HOUSE OF AGNES
FIONA ZEDDE
A lesbian romance filled with intrigue and sizzling sexual tension as enemies discover that the other side of hatred...is desire.Agnes Noble is private, mysterious, and untouchable. She rules House of Agnes, the most exclusive escort agency on the East Coast, with a diamond fist. Crossing her is a mistake no one makes twice.Investigative reporter Lola Osbourne is not afraid. Sh...
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MADRID
MADRID
JULES STEWART / HELEN CRISP
Spain’s top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. In this book, Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart not only place visitor attractions in their historical perspective, relating the story of a city and its people through the centuries, but they also offer carefully curated listings that give a nod to well-known attractions and sites, as well as hidde...
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DREAM ON, RAMONA RILEY
DREAM ON, RAMONA RILEY
ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE
A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star's worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father's car accident, she had to quit and return to her ...
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POETRY PRESCRIPTION: WORDS FOR LOVE
POETRY PRESCRIPTION: WORDS FOR LOVE
DEBORAH ALMA
This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated prescriptions in verse compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy.Life is lived with feeling - these poems look at all the many manifestations of love.For All Matters of the Heart -Stimulants for Romantic Love, Panaceas for the Broken-Hearted; for the Appreciation of Fellowship, Family a...
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CATHERINE DE' MEDICI
CATHERINE DE' MEDICI
MARY HOLLINGSWORTH
A Financial Times Book of the Year 'Thoroughly researched.' Sunday Times 'To be devoured.' Philip Mansel 'This book is a treat for fans of well-told history.' Washington Post History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de' Medici. In this new biography of the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Euro...
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CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED
CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED
JESSICA STANLEY
'LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE BIG LOVE STORIES OF 2025' THE SUNDAY TIMES, Books to Look Out for in 2025 'I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END' LIANE MORIARTY, internationally bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES 'AS WARM AS A DAVID NICHOLLS NOVEL' STYLIST 'JOYFUL . . . I LOVED IT!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Books to Watch in 2025 'CLEVER, JOYFUL AND SO FUNNY' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA 'DEEPLY ...
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SISTERS OF FIRE AND FURY
SISTERS OF FIRE AND FURY
LAURA BATES
What if the knight destined to unite Britain was not King Arthur, but a woman? An epic Arthurian fantasy reimagining for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas.u200b 'History will not remember you; it will crown him with glory. You will be forgotten, and the other women with you.' Having won the battle against Mordaunt's men and revealed themselves, the sisterhood face bigge...
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MY MY!
MY MY!
GILES SMITH
'A lovely book - as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit' Daily Mail '[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It's not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality' Sunday Times 'At last, a book that's worthy of ABBA' Spectator My My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits. This y...
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THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP
THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP
MAI MOCHIZUKI
Your NEXT BIG READ if you love BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD 'Lose yourself in a world of talking cats with this cult bestseller' GLAMOUR 'Feel-good fiction for those needing a redirection' BOOKLIST NO.1 BESTSELLER TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES Under a glittering full moon, a Kyoto coffee shop with no fixed location or hours appears only where and when it's needed. It's run by...
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WHAT HAPPENS IN AMSTERDAM
WHAT HAPPENS IN AMSTERDAM
RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON
Available to pre-order now - the fun and steamy new rom com of first loves and second chances! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk and Business or Pleasure *** Dani Dorfman is looking for an escape. She's not expecting to land a new job to take her from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, but after recently getting dumped and fired, she's determined to make this a ...
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THE PAIRING
THE PAIRING
CASEY MCQUISTON
Two bisexual exes, one unforgettably hot summer . . . In The Pairing #1 New York Times-bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other - except they're definitely not. Theo and Kit have been childhood best frien...
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RIGHT THING, RIGHT NOW
RIGHT THING, RIGHT NOW
RYAN HOLIDAY
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - HOW TO HARNESS THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF INTEGRITY'A message all of us need to hear' Arnold Schwarzenegger'This book is a gift to humanity' Dr. Edith Eva EgerFor the Stoics, justice was more than an idea. It was a way of life, a personal commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult the path. Our ability to live by our values a...
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MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE
MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE
ISABEL ALLENDE
'A spellbinding masterpiece' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Isabel Allende is a literary treasure' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A captivating novel of love and war from one of our most revered storytellers' KATE MORTON The new historical novel from literary legend Isabel Allende Emilia del Valle was always destined for great things. Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of ...
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THE TENANT
THE TENANT
FREIDA MCFADDEN
A dark, tense, and twist-laden thriller from the instant #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Boyfriend and The Housemaid "A relentless mix of secrets, lies, and jaw-dropping shocks." - Riley Sager *** There's no place like home... Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mor...
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SILVER ELITE
SILVER ELITE
DANI FRANCIS
'This dystopia has BLOWN me away' @emilymiahreads 'One of my new FAVOURITE books' @abbysbooks 'In my TOP BOOKS of the year' @amymaybooks 'I'm absolutely obsessed!' ALI HAZELWOOD 'Thoroughly addictive - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' L.K. STEVEN __________________________________________ WELCOME TO SILVER BLOCK - DISCOVER THE OBSESSION THAT IS SILVER ELITE. **PRE-O...
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THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SPAIN: TRAVEL GUIDE WITH EBOOK
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SPAIN: TRAVEL GUIDE WITH EBOOK
ROUGH GUIDES / DANIEL STABLES / AGNISH RAY / LIBBY DAVIES
Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook to Spain, written by destination experts, combines must-see sights with hidden gems and offers essential tips for both planning and on-the-ground adventures. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.Inside this Spain travel book, you'll find: Regional deep dive - coverage of key regions, offering a rich sel...
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CAUTERY
CAUTERY
LUCÍA LIJTMAER
Fantasies, or are they premonitions, of a great wave, an impending apocalypse, threaten to swamp a young woman trapped in a slowly curdling relationship. From the outside it all looks good--the casually elegant apartment, the cocktail parties, the impressive, creative friends--but for all her supposed freedom, her unhappiness means she's not living up to her side of the bargain...
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PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS
YUAN YANG
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 A Financial Times, New York Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year 'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' IRISH TIMES 'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for t...
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ENDGAME 1944
ENDGAME 1944
JONATHAN DIMBLEBY
A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the bestselling historian June 1944: In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged their defeat in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The same month saw the Allies triumph on the beaches of Normandy, but, despite the myths that ...
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BAD FRIEND
BAD FRIEND
TIFFANY WATT SMITH
'A hymn to friendship . . . Will leave you moved, hopeful and inspired in equal measure.' DAISY HAY 'I absolutely loved this book.' KATHERINE ANGEL'I urge you to read it.' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB 'I'm grateful for Bad Friend.' AMY KEY A rebellious new history of female friendship and timely reclamation of the 'bad friend'. Move over idealised BFFs, glossy gal pals and indestructibl...
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MINA'S MATCHBOX
MINA'S MATCHBOX
YOKO OGAWA
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars. After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unf...
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FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
ANGELA Y. DAVIS
In these newly collected essays, interviews and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of...
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A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL
A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL
REBECCA SOLNIT
A New York Times Notable BookChosen as a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune“A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters” —The New York Times Book Review“Solnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each one a su...
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THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN
THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN
MARJAN KAMALI
'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love - this novel has everything' Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes From the author of The Stationery Shop of Tehran, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, ...
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ENTER GHOST
ENTER GHOST
ISABELLA HAMMAD
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024** **LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024** Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine. 'A vital storyteller' ALI SMITH After years away from her family's homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit he...
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PALESTINE +100
PALESTINE +100
BASMA GHALAYINI
Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 - a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the Nakba? How might this event - which, in 1948, saw the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes - reach across a century of occupation, oppression, and political isolati...
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THE SECRET HISTORY
THE SECRET HISTORY
DONNA TARTT
Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' The Times'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' GuardianUnder the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group...
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KAIROS
KAIROS
JENNY ERPENBECK
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, pun...
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BORN ON A BLUE DAY
BORN ON A BLUE DAY
DANIEL TAMMET
'Born On A Blue Day' is a fascinating and touching memoir from real-life Rain Man, Daniel Tammet, who has the extremely rare condition Savant Syndrome. ...
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Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Shortlist

  • GOOD GIRL
    GOOD GIRL
    ARIA ABER
    A portrait of the artist as a young woman in a Berlin that can't escape its history: an electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of nightclubs, bad romance, and self-discovery 'Kaleidoscopic, full of style and soul' Raven Leilani 'A must-read ... Dark, breathtaking, profound, so fresh' Guardian 'A no-bullshit must-read debut' Kaveh Akbar In Berl...
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  • THE PERSIANS
    THE PERSIANS
    SANAM MAHLOUDJI
    'The word-of-mouth breakout' STYLIST 'As funny as it is moving' GUARDIAN 'A joy of a debut' DAVID MITCHELL 'Mesmerising' MONICA ALI 'Glorious' SARAH WINMAN 'Funny and profound' TASH AW 'Wonderful' MARIAN KEYES A stunning debut novel following five women from three generations of a once illustrious Iranian family as their lives are turned upside down Meet the women of the Valiat...
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  • TELL ME EVERYTHING
    TELL ME EVERYTHING
    ELIZABETH STROUT
    It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and re...
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  • THE SAFEKEEP
    THE SAFEKEEP
    YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN
    'A razor-sharp, perfectly plotted debut novel... This book is worth your time and your patience' Sunday Times 'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'A house is a precious thing...' An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, ...
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  • ALL FOURS
    ALL FOURS
    MIRANDA JULY
    A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. ...
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  • FUNDAMENTALLY
    FUNDAMENTALLY
    NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS
    'By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?' Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious a...
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Live – A Thousand Lives - with Parisa Salahshourian
17/05/2025 20:00

Live – A Thousand Lives - with Parisa Salahshourian

Live – A Thousand Lives - with Parisa Salahshourian

Book signing with Elena Armas
25/05/2025 14:00

Book signing with Elena Armas

Renowned Romance Author Elena Armas will be here for an open Book-signing from 2.00pm
Life, Leadership and Change with Eddie Ross
06/06/2025 20:00

Life, Leadership and Change with Eddie Ross

Life, Leadership and Change with Eddie Ross

Prowl the changing streets of Madrid With John Dapolito & a clowder of cats (First Evening)
07/06/2025 20:00

Prowl the changing streets of Madrid With John Dapolito & a clowder of cats (First Evening)

Prowl the changing streets of Madrid With John Dapolito & a clowder of cats