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Featured library books

The Darling Strumpet

Gillian Bagwell

From her beginnings as a humble oyster seller, Nell Gwynn’s dazzling rise...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Paula

Isabel Allende

When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Book Of Salt

Monique Truong

The Book of Salt serves up a wholly original take on Paris in the 1930s...

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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

Mendel's Dwarf

Simon Mawer

Hailed by the "New Yorker" as a "furious, tender, and wittily erudite...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Mother's Gift

Maggie Hope

Taken in by her grandparents to ease the pressure on her poverty-stricken...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Crazy Horse and Cust...

Stephen E. Ambrose

On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Welcome To Rosie Hop...

Jenny Colgan

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Story of My Life...

Helen Keller

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Kaspar Prince of Cat...

Michael Morpurgo

A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat,...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Blue Monday: A Fried...

Nicci French

Blue Monday A day for murder... Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Conqueror (Conqueror...

Conn Iggulden

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-07-16 Pages: 560 Language: English Publisher:...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Little Prince

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Murder at the Savoy ...

Maj Sjowall

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Featured authors

Sylvia Day

Sylvia Day (aka S. J. Day and Livia Dare) is the #1 New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of over 20 award-winning novels sold in more than 40 countries. She is a #1 bestselling...

Edward W. Said

(Arabic profile: إدوارد سعيد)Edward W. Said was born in Jerusalem and raised in Egypt until his parents sent him to the United States in 1951.Said graduated from Princeton University in 1957 and...

Paul Buhle

Paul Merlyn Buhle is a (retired) Senior Lecturer at Brown University, author or editor of 35 volumes including histories of radicalism in the United States and the Caribbean, studies of popular...

Featured book drops

The Raven

United Kingdom - Hope Street

Book Drop

Here at The Raven we smoke our own ribs, chicken and meats low and slow for up to 12 hours over seasoned woodchips, which means that, along with some amazing burgers, dogs and...

The Old Mill Retreat Cafe

United Kingdom - Broxbourne

Book Drop

The Old Mill Retreat Cafe is located in beautiful surroundings and ideal for riverside dining, and is well blended into the scenic towpath/river. Inside is a cosy cafe with...

Whistler's Cafe Bar & Restaurant

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

We offer you a warm welcome to Whistlers Cafe Bar & Restaurant. The sort of welcome you’ll receive when you visit our restaurant in Chipping Norton. You see, the Whistlers...

Featured book shops

Asia Pacific Library

Netherlands - Amersfoort

Book Shop

We specialize in old and out-of-print books on the arts and culture of Asia along with ethnographic publications.

Elizabeth's Second Hand Books Perth

Australia - Perth

Book Shop

Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 6 stores on both sides of the Australian continent. Established in 1973,...

Bob's Beach Books

United States - Lincoln City

Book Shop

Bob’s Beach Books is a family owned, independent bookstore on the Oregon coast, sister-store to Robert’s Bookshop here in Lincoln City.

We carry new (new releases are in stock...

Featured libraries

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...

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...

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK – podcast

The bestselling author says her books will no longer be supplied to UK bookshops over fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams...

‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet heads ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books

Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium d...

An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria

A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of...

No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post

Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’ Continue read...

Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym

Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the Spirits Continue rea...

UK national security adviser under pressure over wife’s comment on supporting Palestine Action

Author Sarah Helm, married to Jonathan Powell, wrote to back novelist Sally Rooney’s support of proscribed direct action...

Palestine book by Alana Hadid and Jenan Matari pulled from Random House before release

Authors withdraw book planned for young readers after disputes with editors over characterizations of 7 October Continue...

Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story

Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writer...

Gromit finally gets a voice … and it’s Martin Freeman

After 37 years, the staunchly silent dog will speak for the first time in the audiobook of his autobiography – and it tu...