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Featured library books

Jumping The Queue

Mary Wesley

Matilda Poliport, recently widowed and largely estranged from her four...

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From: Scunthorpe, GB

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Quicksand AND Passin...

Nella Larsen

Quicksand, written in 1928, is the first novel to give an open voice to...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

The Knight

Gene Wolfe

THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times...

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From: Birmingham, GB

It's a Long Way...

Bill Cullen

It's a Long Way from Penny Apples A very warm, funny, affectionate...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Riddle of the Sa...

Erskine Childers

One of the first and still one of the finest spy stories ever written,...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

The Friday Night Kni...

Kate Jacobs

Casting on ... It starts almost by accident: the women who buy their...

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From: Ludlow, GB

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Working Wonders

Jenny Colgan

Laughs, love, office life.And a little touch of magic …From the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Pirate's Da...

Margaret Cezair Thompson

THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER by Margaret Cezair-Thompson is an unforgettable...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic...

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From: Bourne, GB

Rescue

Anita Shreve

Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Claudine Married

Colette

Claudine Married: Following the excitement of a shared life in Paris,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Man Without Breath

Philip Kerr

It is winter, 1943. Bernie Gunther has left the Criminal Police and is...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A novel built out of a series of dramatic scenes that illuminate eternal...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Featured authors

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. He was a leading...

Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007) was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult...

Richard H. Thaler

Richard H. Thaler is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business where he director of...

Featured book drops

Charlton Arms Hotel

United Kingdom - Lower Broad Street

Book Drop

Real Ales, Fantastic Food and a Warm Welcome await you at The Charlton. Independently owned and family run, we offer something for everyone. Whether returning from a muddy walk...

Brunch

United Kingdom - Whiston

Book Drop

We are new business located on Greenes Road, Whiston Village, and we offer a selection of freshly prepared breakfasts and lunches, home-made cakes, home-made soups, jacket...

Cromarty Arms Inn

United Kingdom - Cromarty

Book Drop

The Cromarty Arms is a family run pub providing bed and breakfast accommodation and delicious home-made bar meals. We have a beer garden and are adjacent to three historical...

Featured book shops

Open Door Bookshop

Italy - Roma

Book Shop

The Open Door Bookshop has operated in Rome, Italy for more than thirty years. Its name, as well as trying to express a cordial welcome to all book lovers, intends to testify to an...

Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding

United Kingdom - Buxton

Book Shop

We have over forty-thousand volumes spread across five floors, from pulp to antiquarian, with hundreds of children's books and collectibles.

Collected Stories Bookstore

United States - Milford

Book Shop

Collected Stories Bookstore features a full selection of rare, out of print and used books. We purchase books that are unique and in good to fine condition. We do not purchase...

Featured libraries

Manchester Central Library

United Kingdom - Manchester

Library

Central Library opening times:
Monday: 9am-8pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Wednesday: 9am-8pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

The beautifully refurbished...

Madeley Library

United Kingdom - Russell Road

Library

Monday ? 10am - 4pm
Tuesday ? 10am - 5pm
Wednesday ? 10am - 6pm
Thursday ? Closed
Friday ? 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday ? 9.30am - 4pm

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The...

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Swiss theatre director told to withdraw book alleging Austrian politician mocked Holocaust victims

Court fines publisher after Milo Rau falsely claimed that far-right former vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache sang ...

4thWrite prize shortlist offers up ‘daring, imaginative’ new voices

The six contenders for the short story prize for unpublished writers of colour took judges on a ‘dizzying, whirlwind tou...

‘Angry and disappointed’: Kamala Harris critical of Joe Biden in new book

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Kamala Harris tells of dismay as Tim Walz ‘fumbled’ debate answer in book

Democratic 2024 presidential nominee’s memoir also reveals Minnesota governor was not first choice as running mateHarris...

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement r...