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THE SPANISH WEDDING DISASTER
THE SPANISH WEDDING DISASTER
KAREN KING
'Fab, original . . . I loved it!' SUE MOORCROFT________ Readers LOVE Karen King! ? ? ? ? ? 'A great romance story by a superb author' Amazon reviewer ? ? ? ? ? 'I couldn't put it down! Highly recommended!' Amazon reviewer ? ? ? ? ? 'Another absolutely fabulous story!' Amazon reviewer ? ? ? ? ? 'I just couldn't put down!' Amazon reviewer________ Some people are romantics. Some a...
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PINCHER MARTIN
PINCHER MARTIN
WILLIAM GOLDING
The ultimate survival story: a shipwrecked sailor's disintegration into 'a naked madman on a rock' by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding. An hour on this rock is a lifetime. Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the...
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THE GRIM GROTTO
THE GRIM GROTTO
LEMONY SNICKET
Dear Reader, There is nothing to be found in 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution... ...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ABED SALAMA
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ABED SALAMA
NATHAN THRALL
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13,75 €

THE TALE OF GENJI
THE TALE OF GENJI
MURASAKI SHIKIBU
About Dennis Washburn's translation"Washburn's version of Murasaki Shikibu's masterpiece is lucid and engaging, irresistibly drawing the reader further and further into the story and the exquisite world it creates for us of Japan's Heian court. A fresh and invaluable Tale of Genji for those of us reuniting with a familiar friend and those encountering it for the very first time...
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9,99 €

PENCIL AND PAPER PUZZLES
PENCIL AND PAPER PUZZLES
KATE NOLAN
Each entertaining puzzle in this handy little book can be completed with just a pen or pencil, making it an ideal way to keep children occupied whilst on the move. With a range of puzzle types, from Sudoku and crosswords to mazes and spot the difference, children will enjoy the challenge of solving each one. Illustrations: Full colour throughout. ...
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THE SECRET GARDEN
THE SECRET GARDEN
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Frances Burnett Hodgson's novel The Secret Gardenis both intriguing and uplifting. It is regarded as one of the best children's books written in the twentieth century. Mary Lennox, a sickly ten year old girl, adrift in the world after both her mother and father die is sent to Yorkshire to live with an uncle whom she has never met, at his isolated house, Misselthwaite Manor. Ini...
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THE CITY WE BECAME
THE CITY WE BECAME
N. K. JEMISIN
'A glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York' Neil Gaiman on THE CITY WE BECAME 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation. . .Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Five New Yorke...
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SWEET DARUSYA
SWEET DARUSYA
MARIA MATIOS
It is an emotional history of Ukraine with a very well researched and vivid historical background that gives the reader the opportunity to understand not only the characters and their drama, but the entire drama of the country/countries in which they lived without leaving their village. ...
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THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
THOMAS MANN
As Seen on BBC Between the Covers This European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner explores the lure and degeneration of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of the First World War. Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. What should have been a three week trip turns...
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THE VILE VILLAGE
THE VILE VILLAGE
LEMONY SNICKET
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11,25 €

DORK DIARIES: DEAR DORK
DORK DIARIES: DEAR DORK
RACHEL RENÉE RUSSELL
Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world abd the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! When Nikki discovers that her arch-nemesis, MacKenzie, has started writing a gossip column for the school newspaper, she's worried that she will share info on Nikki's crush, Brandon to the whole school. To keep an eye on MacKenzie (and ...
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9,99 €

ATOMIC HABITS
ATOMIC HABITS
JAMES CLEAR
THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now. People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two p...
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KEY WORDS PETER AND JANE #4C
KEY WORDS PETER AND JANE #4C
WILLIAM MURRAY / LADYBIRD
Key Words with Peter and Jane uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned. Book 4c provides the link with writing for the words used in readers 4a and 4b. Once this book has been completed, the child can move on to bo...
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A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN
A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN
SARAH J. MAAS
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything--and everyone--she holds dear. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors...
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13,75 €

LITTLE WOMEN GIFT SET : BOOK & JOURNAL
LITTLE WOMEN GIFT SET : BOOK & JOURNAL
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
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31,25 €

DORK DIARIES: I LOVE PARIS!
DORK DIARIES: I LOVE PARIS!
RACHEL RENÉE RUSSELL
Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and Nikki's BRAND NEW ADVENTURE in the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! Oh la la! Nikki and her band are invited to Paris for a super cool photoshoot - it's a dream come true! Nikki can't wait to learn new art styles, practice her French and explore the most romantic city in the wo...
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LES MISÉRABLES VOLUME TWO
LES MISÉRABLES VOLUME TWO
VICTOR HUGO
With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862). One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rasc...
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CAN SOCIALISTS BE HAPPY?
CAN SOCIALISTS BE HAPPY?
GEORGE. ORWELL
No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one This stirring new collection brings together George Orwell's most cherished essays with lesser-known gems, all penned with the clarity, wit and charm which characterise his writing. Showcasing his vivid personal encounters and perceptive insights - from his musings on tree planting to...
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TRANSFORMATION
TRANSFORMATION
MARY SHELLEY
'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse before him' His inheritance squandered and engagement severed, Guido di Cortese stalks the desolate Genoese coast. A monstrous creature, shipwrecked by a ferocious storm, offers him unimaginable wealth to exchange bodies, entwining their fates. Transformation...
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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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WHY I AM A STOIC
WHY I AM A STOIC
SENECA
Plagued by ill-health, violently sick at sea, irritated by renovation costs: Seneca is never less than sympathetically human. In these letters written 2000 years ago, the ancient philosopher speaks to the reader today with lucidity and warmth. Whether advising on how to live a good life, spend time alone or free oneself from fears of death, Seneca is the wise and compassionate ...
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THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
I am a ridiculous man. They call me mad now. That would be a promotion in rank A delusional man whose strange dream changes his life; a self-justifying husband who causes his wife's suicide; a witness to a young girl's ruin; a writer who stretches out on a gravestone and listens to the gossip of the dead ... the narrators of these four confessional tales show how little we und...
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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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THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY A PARTIAL, PREJUDICED AND IGNORANT HISTORIAN
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY A PARTIAL, PREJUDICED AND IGNORANT HISTORIAN
JANE AUSTEN
During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for. In Jane Austen's breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most historical facts and dates are cheerfully disregarded. It is accompanied here by other riotous early pieces in which young women steal money,...
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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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THE FIRE NEXT TIME
THE FIRE NEXT TIME
JAMES BALDWIN
'It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate' Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice, drawn from Baldwin's early life in Harlem and his exper...
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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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  • FUNDAMENTALLY
    FUNDAMENTALLY
    NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS
    A laugh-out-loud, unforgettable novel about ISIS brides, by debut author Nussaibah Younis[Bokinfo]. ...
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    19,99 €

  • 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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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