Hamnet
WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION .ON A SUMMER’S DAY IN 1596, A YOUNG GIRL IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TAKES TO HER BED WITH A SUDDEN FEVER. HER TWIN BROTHER, HAMNET, SEARCHES EVERYWHERE FOR HELP. WHY IS NOBODY AT HOME? THEIR MOTHER, AGNES, IS OVER A MILE AWAY, IN THE GARDEN WHERE SHE GROWS MEDICINAL HERBS. THEIR FATHER IS WORKING IN LONDON. NEITHER PARENT KNOWS THAT HAMNET WILL NOT SURVIVE THE WEEK. HAMNET IS A NOVEL INSPIRED BY THE SON OF A FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT: A BOY WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN ALL BUT FORGOTTEN, BUT WHOSE NAME WAS GIVEN TO ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PLAYS EVER WRITTEN
American Dirt
LYDIA PEREZ OWNS A BOOKSHOP IN ACAPULCO, MEXICO, AND IS MARRIED TO A FEARLESS JOURNALIST. LUCA, THEIR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON, COMPLETES THE PICTURE. BUT IT ONLY TAKES A BULLET TO RIP THEM APART. IN A CITY IN THE GRIP OF A DRUG CARTEL, FRIENDS BECOME ENEMIES OVERNIGHT, AND LYDIA HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO FLEE WITH LUCA AT HER SIDE. NORTH FOR THE BORDER… WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY ALIVE. THE JOURNEY IS DANGEROUS – NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR THOSE THEY ENCOUNTER ALONG THE WAY. WHO CAN BE TRUSTED? AND WHAT SACRIFICES IS LYDIA PREPARED TO MAKE.
Swami And Friends – R.K.Narayan
Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by R. K. Narayan, English language novelist from India. The novel, the first book Narayan wrote, is set in British India in a fictional town called Malgudi. The second and third books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.
The Clockmaker’s Daughter
IN THE DEPTHS OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY WINTER, A LITTLE GIRL IS ABANDONED IN THE NARROW STREETS OF LONDON. ADOPTED BY A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, SHE BECOMES IN TURN A THIEF, A FRIEND, A MUSE, AND A LOVER. THEN, IN THE SUMMER OF 1862, SHORTLY AFTER HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY, SHE RETREATS WITH A GROUP OF ARTISTS TO A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON A QUIET BEND OF THE UPPER THAMES . . . TENSIONS SIMMER AND ONE HOT AFTERNOON A GUN-SHOT RINGS OUT.
Born To Run
The sack wasn’t just drifting gently along like everything else, it was turning of its own accord. There was definitely something inside it, struggling against the side of the plastic bag kicking at it, squeaking and squealing in terror. He had no idea what it might be, only that it was alive and in danger of drowning. When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can’t bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA.
Anne`S House Of Dreams (Puffin Classics)
ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS IS THE FIFTH NOVEL ABOUT ANNE SHIRLEY, THE RED-HAIRED GIRL FROM GREEN GABLES. LIFE SEEMS PERFECT TO ANNE SHIRLEY, ABOUT TO MARRY HER CHILDHOOD FRIEND GILBERT BLYTHE AND SET UP HOME WITH HIM IN HER ‘HOUSE OF DREAMS’ ON THE SHORES OF FOUR WINDS HARBOR. THERE ARE NEW NEIGHBOURS TO MEET AND FRESH PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. BUT THEN TRAGEDY STRIKES AND THERE’S HUGE HEARTACHE FOR THE YOUNG COUPLE WHICH TAKES ALL OF THEIR COURAGE AND LOVE TO OVERCOME.
Raavanputr Meghnad: The Prince Of Lanka
HER NAME WAS PRAMEELA AND SHE WAS A NAGA PRINCESS. AND SHE KNEW SOMETHING THAT NO ONE DID: THE TRUTH BEHIND LADY SITA’S ABDUCTION. BUT THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT THE RAMAYANA. THIS IS ABOUT THE GREATEST WARRIOR OF ALL TIME, WHO LEARNED THE TRUTH BEHIND THE WAR HE WAS FIGHTING … AND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. THE QUESTION IS — WHAT WAS THAT TRUTH?
Midnight Sun
IT’S HERE! NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR STEPHENIE MEYER MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE WORLD OF TWILIGHT WITH THIS HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED COMPANION; THE ICONIC LOVE STORY OF BELLA AND EDWARD TOLD FROM THE VAMPIRE’S POINT OF VIEW. WHEN EDWARD CULLEN AND BELLA SWAN MET IN TWILIGHT, AN ICONIC LOVE STORY WAS BORN. BUT UNTIL NOW, FANS HAVE HEARD ONLY BELLA’S SIDE OF THE STORY. AT LAST, READERS CAN EXPERIENCE EDWARD’S VERSION IN THE LONG-AWAITED COMPANION NOVEL, MIDNIGHT SUN.
Keeper Of The Lost Cities
SHE IS A TELEPATH, AND HAS THE POWER TO HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF EVERYONE AROUND HER – SOMETHING THAT SHE’S NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT, EVEN TO HER OWN FAMILY. BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES THE DAY SHE MEETS FITZ, A MYSTERIOUS BOY WHO ALSO READS MINDS. SHE DISCOVERS THERE’S SOMEWHERE SHE DOES BELONG, AND STAYING WHERE SHE IS WILL PUT HER IN GRAVE DANGER. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, SOPHIE IS FORCED TO LEAVE BEHIND EVERYTHING AND START A NEW LIFE IN A MAGICAL WORLD.
Legacy (Keeper Of The Lost Cities Book 8)
AND SOPHIE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH BLANK SPOTS IN HER PAST, OR MYSTERIES SURROUNDING HER FAMILY. SHE AND HER FRIENDS ARE PART OF SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN THEY IMAGINED—AND THEIR ROLES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN FOR THEM. EVERY CLUE DRAGS THEM DEEPER INTO THE CONSPIRACY. EVERY MEMORY FORCES THEM TO QUESTION EVERYTHING—ESPECIALLY ONE ANOTHER. AND THE HARDER THEY FIGHT, THE MORE THE LINES BLUR BETWEEN FRIEND AND ENEMY.
Flashback: 7 (Keeper Of The Lost Cities)
BUT WHEN THE NEVERSEEN PROVE THAT SOPHIE’S FAR MORE VULNERABLE THAN SHE EVER IMAGINED, SHE REALIZES IT’S TIME TO CHANGE THE RULES. HER POWERFUL ABILITIES CAN ONLY PROTECT HER SO FAR. TO FACE DOWN RUTHLESS ENEMIES, SHE MUST LEARN TO FIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, BATTLE TRAINING CAN’T HELP A BELOVED FRIEND WHO’S FACING A WHOLE DIFFERENT DANGER―WHERE THE ONLY SOLUTION INVOLVES ONE OF THE BIGGEST RISKS SOPHIE AND HER FRIENDS HAVE EVER TAKEN. AND THE DISTRACTION MIGHT BE EXACTLY WHAT THE VILLAINS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
Unlocked 8.5 (Keeper Of The Lost Cities)
IN THIS EXTRA SPECIAL INSTALLMENT OF THE KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES SERIES, THE STORY PICKS UP RIGHT FROM LEGACY’S PARTICULARLY DEVASTATING CLIFFHANGER. BUT CHAPTERS ALTERNATE BETWEEN SOPHIE AND KEEFE’S PERSPECTIVES TO GIVE READERS DEEPER INSIGHTS INTO BOTH BELOVED CHARACTERS. NEW POWERS WILL BE DISCOVERED. HARD TRUTHS FROM THE PAST WILL COME TO LIGHT. AND ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS WILL FIND THEMSELVES TESTED IN WAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED.
Lodestar (Keeper Of The Lost Cities Book 5)
THE LINES BETWEEN FRIEND AND ENEMY HAVE BLURRED, AND SOPHIE IS UNSURE WHOM TO TRUST. BUT WHEN SHE’S WARNED THAT THE PEOPLE SHE LOVES MOST WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIMS, SHE KNOWS SHE HAS TO ACT. A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL COULD BE THE KEY—IF ONLY SHE KNEW HOW TO TRANSLATE IT. EVERY NEW CLUE SEEMS TO LEAD DEEPER INTO HER WORLD’S UNDERBELLY AND THE BLACK SWAN AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE PLANS. THE NEVERSEEN HAVE THEIR OWN INITIATIVE, AND IF SOPHIE DOESN’T STOP IT, THEY MIGHT FINALLY HAVE THE ULTIMATE MEANS TO CONTROL HER.
Exile: 2 (Keeper Of The Lost Cities)
HER LIFE FINALLY SEEMS TO BE COMING TOGETHER. SHE’S SETTLED INTO HER HOME AT HAVENFIELD, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS, AND USING HER UNIQUE TELEPATHIC ABILITIES TO TRAIN SILVENY – THE FIRST FEMALE ALICORN EVER SEEN IN THE LOST CITIES. BUT SOPHIE’S KIDNAPPERS ARE STILL OUT THERE, AND BEFORE LONG SHE’S BACK IN INCREDIBLE DANGER. SOPHIE MUST RISK EVERYTHING TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT COULD SAVE NOT ONLY HER LIFE, BUT THE LIFE OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO HER. . .
Everblaze (Keeper Of The Lost Cities Book 3)
HER TALENTS ARE GETTING STRONGER, AND WITH THE ELUSIVE BLACK SWAN GROUP IGNORING HER CALLS FOR HELP, SHE’S DETERMINED TO FIND HER KIDNAPPERS – BEFORE THEY COME AFTER HER AGAIN. BUT A DARING MISTAKE LEAVES HER WORLD TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF WAR, AND CAUSES MANY TO FEAR THAT SHE HAS FINALLY GONE TOO FAR. AND THE DEEPER SOPHIE SEARCHES, THE FARTHER THE CONSPIRACY STRETCHES, PROVING THAT HER MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN SHE REALIZES.
Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
WHEN HIS MOTHER BECAME PRESIDENT, ALEX CLAREMONT-DIAZ WAS PROMPTLY CAST AS THE AMERICAN EQUIVALENT OF A YOUNG ROYAL. HANDSOME, CHARISMATIC, GENIUS–HIS IMAGE IS PURE MILLENNIAL-MARKETING GOLD FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE’S ONLY ONE PROBLEM: ALEX HAS A BEEF WITH THE ACTUAL PRINCE, HENRY, ACROSS THE POND. AND WHEN THE TABLOIDS GET HOLD OF A PHOTO INVOLVING AN ALEX-HENRY ALTERCATION, U.S./BRITISH RELATIONS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
A Song of Ice and Fire (Book Set)
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age, and is now available in a collectible box set. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, populated by a huge cast of fascinating, complex characters, and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years. Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defence of the towering Wall of ice in the uttermost north against the unearthly threat of the Others; and across the Narrow Sea the rise to power of Daenerys Targaryen and the last live dragons in the world. The HBO adaption of A Game of Thrones is currently airing worldwide.
I See You
WHEN ZOE WALKER SEES HER PHOTO IN THE CLASSIFIEDS SECTION OF A LONDON NEWSPAPER, SHE IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHY IT’S THERE. THERE’S NO EXPLANATION: JUST A GRAINY IMAGE, A WEBSITE ADDRESS AND A PHONE NUMBER. SHE TAKES IT HOME TO HER FAMILY, WHO ARE CONVINCED IT’S JUST SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE ZOE. BUT THE NEXT DAY THE ADVERT SHOWS A PHOTO OF A DIFFERENT WOMAN AND ANOTHER THE DAY AFTER THAT. IS IT A MISTAKE? A COINCIDENCE? OR IS SOMEONE KEEPING TRACK OF EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE.
Throne Of Glass
THE BOOK THAT STARTED THE PHENOMENON. SARAH J. MAAS’S GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLING THRONE OF GLASS SERIES HAS TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM. MEET CELAENA SARDOTHIEN. BEAUTIFUL. DEADLY. DESTINED FOR GREATNESS. IN THE DARK, FILTHY SALT MINES OF ENDOVIER, AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE. SHE IS A TRAINED ASSASSIN, THE BEST OF HER KIND, BUT SHE MADE A FATAL MISTAKE. SHE GOT CAUGHT. YOUNG CAPTAIN WESTFALL OFFERS HER A DEAL: HER FREEDOM IN RETURN FOR ONE HUGE SACRIFICE. CELAENA MUST REPRESENT THE PRINCE IN A TO-THE-DEATH TOURNAMENT – FIGHTING THE MOST GIFTED THIEVES AND ASSASSINS IN THE LAND. LIVE OR DIE, CELAENA WILL BE FREE. WIN OR LOSE, SHE IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER HER TRUE DESTINY. BUT WILL HER ASSASSIN’S HEART BE MELTED?
Heir Of Fire
THE THIRD INSTALMENT TO THE GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLING SERIES.AS THE KING OF ADARLAN’S ASSASSIN, CELAENA SARDOTHIEN IS BOUND TO SERVE THE TYRANT WHO SLAUGHTERED HER DEAR FRIEND. BUT SHE HAS VOWED TO MAKE HIM PAY. THE ANSWERS CELAENA NEEDS TO DESTROY THE KING LIE ACROSS THE SEA WENDLYN. AND CHAOL, CAPTAIN OF THE KING’S GUARD, HAS PUT HIS FUTURE IN JEOPARDY TO SEND HER THERE.
Pippi Longstocking (Puffin Modern Classi
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!
Chronicles of Narnia Set (7 Books)
THE SEVEN CHRONICLES OF NARNIA ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED SLIPCASE. THE BOOKS AND THE SLIPCASE FEATURE STUNNING FANTASY ARTWORK BY CLIFF NIELSEN. THE NARNIA CHRONICLES REMAIN ONE OF THE MOST ENDURINGLY POPULAR SERIES EVER. THE ENCHANTING WORLD OF NARNIA IS PRESENTED WITH A STUNNING SERIES OF SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FANTASY COVERS, ALL BROUGHT TOGETHER IN AN EYE-CATCHING SLIPCASE WHICH TIES IN WITH THE RELEASE OF THE DECEMBER 2010 MOTION PICTURE, THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER.
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
Sons And Lovers (Penguin Classics)
Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and the price of family bonds. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude Morel devotes her life to her sons. But conflict is inevitable when Paul seeks relationships with women to escape the suffocating grasp of his mother. As profoundly affecting today as it was nearly a century ago, this is the peerless Lawrence at his most personal.
Pet Sematary
PET SEMATARY IS A 1983 HORROR NOVEL BY AMERICAN WRITER STEPHEN KING. THE NOVEL WAS NOMINATED FOR A WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN 1986, AND ADAPTED INTO TWO FILMS: ONE IN 1989 AND ANOTHER IN 2019. IN NOVEMBER 2013, PS PUBLISHING RELEASED PET SEMATARY IN A LIMITED 30TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
It
IT IS A GROUP OF CHILDREN WHO SEE – AND FEEL – WHAT MAKES DERRY SO HORRIBLY DIFFERENT. IN THE STORM DRAINS, IN THE SEWERS, IT LURKS, TAKING ON THE SHAPE OF EVERY NIGHTMARE, EACH ONE’S DEEPEST DREAD. SOMETIMES IS APPEARS AS AN EVIL CLOWN NAMED PENNYWISE AND SOMETIMES IT REACHES UP, SEIZING, TEARING, KILLING . . .
You
WHEN ASPIRING WRITER GUINEVERE BECK STRIDES INTO THE BOOKSTORE WHERE JOE WORKS, HE IS INSTANTLY SMITTEN. BUT THERE’S MORE TO JOE THAN BECK REALISES AND MUCH MORE TO BECK THAN HER PERFECT FACADE. AND THE OBSESSIVE RELATIONSHIP QUICKLY SPIRALS INTO A WHIRLWIND OF DEADLY CONSEQUENCES… A CHILLING ACCOUNT OF UNRELENTING, TERRIFYING DECEIT, CAROLINE KEPNES’ YOU IS A THRILLER MORE PERVERSELY CLEVER AND DANGEROUSLY TWISTED THAN ANY YOU HAVE EVER READ.
He Said/She Said
IN THE HUSHED AFTERMATH OF A TOTAL ECLIPSE, LAURA WITNESSES A BRUTAL ATTACK. SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND KIT CALL THE POLICE, AND IN THAT MOMENT, FOUR LIVES CHANGE FOREVER. FIFTEEN YEARS ON, LAURA AND KIT LIVE IN FEAR. AND WHILE LAURA KNOWS SHE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT, SHE ALSO KNOWS THAT YOU CAN NEVER SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE: SOMETHING IS ALWAYS HIDDEN . . . SOMETHING SHE NEVER COULD HAVE GUESSED. ‘I’M CALLING IT: THIS IS THE BOOK I WISH I’D WRITTEN’ CLARE MACKINTOSH, AUTHOR OF LET ME LIE’IT’S SO GOOD . . . I WAS CARRYING IT AROUND THE HOUSE I WAS SO GRIPPED’ SARAH PERRY, AUTHOR OF THE ESSEX SERPENT
Before The Coffee Gets Cold
IN BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, WE MEET FOUR VISITORS, EACH OF WHOM IS HOPING TO MAKE USE OF THE CAFÉ’S TIME-TRAVELLING OFFER, IN ORDER TO: CONFRONT THE MAN WHO LEFT THEM, RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THEIR HUSBAND WHOSE MEMORY HAS BEEN TAKEN BY EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S, TO SEE THEIR SISTER ONE LAST TIME, AND TO MEET THE DAUGHTER THEY NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO KNOW.
KITE RUNNER
AFGHANISTAN, 1975: TWELVE-YEAR-OLD AMIR IS DESPERATE TO WIN THE LOCAL KITE-FIGHTING TOURNAMENT AND HIS LOYAL FRIEND HASSAN PROMISES TO HELP HIM. BUT NEITHER OF THE BOYS CAN FORESEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HASSAN THAT AFTERNOON, AN EVENT THAT IS TO SHATTER THEIR LIVES. AFTER THE RUSSIANS INVADE AND THE FAMILY IS FORCED TO FLEE TO AMERICA, AMIR REALISES THAT ONE DAY HE MUST RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN UNDER TALIBAN RULE TO FIND THE ONE THING THAT HIS NEW WORLD CANNOT GRANT HIM: REDEMPTION.