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THE SECOND GREAT DUNE TRILOGY
THE SECOND GREAT DUNE TRILOGY
FRANK HERBERT
The Second Great Dune Trilogy contains God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapter House Dune, and concludes the Dune Chronicles, one of the most influential SF series ever written.Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions.More than three thousand years have ...
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CIRCE
CIRCE
MADELINE MILLER
"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful Zeus bani...
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ALL THIS TWISTED GLORY
ALL THIS TWISTED GLORY
TAHEREH MAFI
Enemies to lovers, found family and heart-breaking romance comes All This Twisted Glory, the highly anticipated third novel in the Persian inspired mythology This Woven Kingdom series As the long-lost heir to the Jinn throne, Alizeh has finally found her people--and she might've found her crown. Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, has offered her his kingdom in a twisted exch...
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BRITISH MUSEUM: SO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BAD? A KID'S LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
BRITISH MUSEUM: SO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BAD? A KID'S LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
CHAE STRATHIE
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THE RADLEYS
THE RADLEYS
MATT HAIG
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
H. G. WELLS
The first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever published.The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly kill...
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ON VIOLENCE
ON VIOLENCE
HANNAH ARENDT
Political theorist, philosopher, and feminist thinker Hannah Arendt's On Violence is an analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. The public revulsion against violence and nonviolent philosophies continues to diminish in the twenty-first century. In this classic and still all too resonant work, Hannah Arendt puts h...
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THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
ALISON WEIR
One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. In this remarkable composite biography, Alison Weir brings Henry's six wives vividly to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right. Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII sh...
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BALLADS OF THE LORDS OF NEW SPAIN
BALLADS OF THE LORDS OF NEW SPAIN
Compiled in 1582, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain is one of the two principal sources of Nahuatl song, as well as a poetical window into the mindset of the Aztec people some sixty years after the conquest of Mexico. Presented as a cancionero, or anthology, in the mode of New Spain, the ballads show a reordering—but not an abandonment—of classic Aztec values. In the careful re...
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BEFORE YOUR MEMORY FADES
BEFORE YOUR MEMORY FADES
TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI
The third novel from the author of the phenomenon Before the Coffee Gets Cold: tales from a little cafe in Hakodate, Cafe Donna Donna, where customers may travel through time - if they obey the rules. For fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World. ...
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THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
MITCH ALBOM
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. Then he dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who wer...
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VUELTA SKELTER
VUELTA SKELTER
TIM MOORE
*A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021* Tim Moore, the author of the Sunday Times bestselling French Revolutions, completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an extraordinary exercise in sporting redemption: the Spanish cyclist had just spent 18 months in Franco's concentration camps, pun...
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THE DEMIGOD DIARIES
THE DEMIGOD DIARIES
RICK RIORDAN
In this action-packed collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way to Camp Half-Blood. Percy Jackson and Annabeth must rescue stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders. And Leo, Piper, and Jason have to dodge a band of party-loving Maenads and stave off an explosion - in one hour or less . . . Discover thre...
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WRITERS' & ARTISTS' YEARBOOK 2024
WRITERS' & ARTISTS' YEARBOOK 2024
'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.' - David LodgeRevised and updated annually, this bestselling guide includes over 3,500 industry contacts across 12 sections and 80 plus article...
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MEET ME IN MADRID
MEET ME IN MADRID
VERITY LOWELL
"A mature, honest, and erotic romance that will have readers admiring what these two smart and determined women accomplish." --Library Journal In this sexy, sophisticated romantic comedy, two women juggle romance and career across continents. Charlotte Hilaire has a love-hate relationship with her work as a museum courier. On the one hand, it takes her around the world. O...
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GHOST HUNTER
GHOST HUNTER
MICHELLE PAVER
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BORN FREE
BORN FREE
JOY ADAMSON
Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of "Born Free" and ...
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CHILDISH LITERATURE
CHILDISH LITERATURE
ALEJANDRO ZAMBRA
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GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE
GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE
AUTHOR. 144452 / EMILY HENRY
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress with more than a few plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little...
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THE WIDE WIDE SEA
THE WIDE WIDE SEA
HAMPTON SIDES
In July 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage in HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, in Hawaii, Cook was killed - stabbed by the indigenous population. What brought Cook to this end, so far from his reputation? Cook was renowned for humane leadership, dedication to science and respect for indigenous societies. Cook's new voyage carried secret orders, and the...
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THE END CROWNS ALL
THE END CROWNS ALL
BEA FITZGERALD
When Cassandra's patron god, Apollo, offers her the gift of prophecy she seizes the opportunity. But when she fails to uphold her end of the bargain, she discovers just how very far she has to fall. No one believes her visions, which all seem to be of one girl - a girl who is going to start a war. Helen fled Sparta in pursuit of love - but is finding it elusive. Now she must n...
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THE VOYAGE HOME
THE VOYAGE HOME
PAT BARKER
After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle. Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks - among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine - war-wife - to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by...
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THIS IS WHY YOU DREAM
THIS IS WHY YOU DREAM
RAHUL JANDIAL
A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT DREAMS' Jay Shetty 'A JOURNEY THROUGH NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROCHEMISTRY, MAGIC, MYSTERY . . . A FANTASTIC READ' Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'TRANSFORMATIONAL' Julia Samuel 'ELEGANTLY LIFTS THE CURTAIN ON THE DREAMSCAPE TERRITORY' David Eagleman 'THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE' Lewis Howes 'OUR...
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THOUSAND CRANES
THOUSAND CRANES
YASUNARI KAWABATA
Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father, only to find that the mistress' rival and successor is also present. He falls for her, with devastating consequences. By 1949 Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, felt that the tradition of the tea ceremony had been degraded. In this delicate novella he use...
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FAMILY HAPPINESS
FAMILY HAPPINESS
LEO TOLSTOY
'I'm not the sort of husband you dream of when you're walking alone along the avenue in the evening, am I? And it would be a disaster, wouldn't it?' How does love die? This question lies at the heart of Tolstoy's desperately sad novella. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Masha who, despite their differences, falls passionately in love with an older man, and marries him. ...
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THE LADY BANDIT
THE LADY BANDIT
EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Priests with shotguns, scheming lovers and a necrophiliac gravedigger haunt the fables of Emilia Pardo Bazán, the formidable Spanish aristocrat, intellectual and feminist. These stories paint a rich and variegated image of Old Spain - sometimes tender, often provocative, always entertaining. But if you decide to visit, be...
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A SHORT GUIDE TO TOWNS WITHOUT A PAST
A SHORT GUIDE TO TOWNS WITHOUT A PAST
ALBERT CAMUS
Best known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and traditions of his youth. Selected here are some of his finest personal essays about Algeria and its environs, including the luminous 'Nuptials at Tipasa', one of his earliest works where he developed the themes that would info...
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TRISTESSA
TRISTESSA
JACK KEROUAC
Tristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg: 'a narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuahua dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunken streets, taco stands, and pads at dawn in Mexico City slums'. ...
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REVENGE
REVENGE
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
'And this is fantasy, the flutter, the rapture of fantasy!' A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged woman appear in these playful, exuberant stories by Vladimir Nabokov. So do a vengeful husband, a barber confronting his torturer and the author himself, as he recalls his first love. Each of the thirteen tales here encha...
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FOR ART AND FOR LIFE
FOR ART AND FOR LIFE
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's. From the humanistic inspiration behind The Potato Eaters to his long-time obsession with painting the vision that eventually became The Starry Night, the letters in this selection paint an intense personal narrative of his artistic development and creative process across the years. They reveal a man of great spi...
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ECCE HOMO
ECCE HOMO
DAMBUDZO MARECHERA
I am not a man, I am dynamite Weeks before his final mental breakdown, Nietzsche set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo is the result. A summary of his life's work as a philosopher, with chapter headings including 'Why I Am So Wise' and 'Why I Write Such Good Books', it is part mocking self-judgement and part battle cry, and remains one of the most singular, stran...
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THE BROKEN NEST
THE BROKEN NEST
RABINDRANATH. TAGORE
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Rabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest authors of his generation. In these two short stories - 'The Broken Nest' and 'Dead or Alive' - he is at his devastating best, charting the slow, then fast, implosion of two perfect Bengali households. No-one understands each other; everything is misconstrued; all is lost. ...
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A CONFIRMED BACHELOR
A CONFIRMED BACHELOR
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER
Following the death of his sister, middle-aged Dr Graesler leaves his winter home in Lanzarote for a health resort in Germany, where he practised medicine for many years. There he meets the Schleheim family, and is particularly drawn to their daughter Sabine. But a simple, stilted courtship soon unravels a web of hushed-up suicide and illicit sexual liaisons. Arthur Schnitzler'...
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THE BURIAL OF THE RATS
THE BURIAL OF THE RATS
BRAM STOKER
The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own dead This spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases five haunting tales, including the newly discovered 'Gibbet Hill'. From 'Dracula's Guest', thought by many to be the original excised opening of Dracula itself, to the sinister 'The Judge's House,' each gripping sto...
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A MOMENT OF WAR
A MOMENT OF WAR
LAURIE LEE
In one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to fight fascism in Spain; to narrowly escape execution by your own side; to kill a man with a borrowed rifle and feel nothing but shame. Moving and shrapnel-sharp, A Moment of War recalls the defeat of idealism; 'that flush of youth which never doubts self-survival, that id...
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BEAUTY
BEAUTY
ANDY WARHOL
'People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look.' From Warhol's romantic relationships to his thoughts on interior design, these candid, highly entertaining musings - on love, sex, beauty, work and space - give an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture. ...
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Secret Kingdoms Book Club

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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Exploring Historical Fiction
26/04/2025 20:00

Exploring Historical Fiction

Panel discussion

From Madrid to Heaven with Leslie Croxford
10/05/2025 20:00

From Madrid to Heaven with Leslie Croxford

From Madrid to Heaven with Leslie Croxford

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