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A Life Less Ordinary

John Hodge

A Life Less Ordinary tells the story of a hapless young man who is fired...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Chocolat

Joanne Harris

When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Devil That Dance...

Aminatta Forna

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Call The Midwife: A ...

Jennifer Worth

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of...

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From: Maidenhead, 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 INTERPRETATION O...

JED RUBENFELD

'Manhattan, 1909. On the morning after Sigmund Freud arrives in New...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

Charles Reeves is a preacher, mystic and formulator of the Infinite Plan -...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

The Prince Of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

1943. As war sweeps across Europe, Max Carver's father moves his...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Sweetest Thing

Cathy Woodman

Jennie Copeland thought she knew the recipe for a happy life: marriage to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Know

Martina Cole

Joanie Brewer loves the bones of her three children. She'd do anything...

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From: Beaumaris, GB

The Legacy

Katherine Webb

IN THE DEPTHS OF A HARSH WINTER, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Kiss of Evil

Richard Montanari

He's watching. He's waiting. He'll stop at nothing. The...

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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

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

Money. Fame. Love. Who says you can't have it all Being the daughter...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes...

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From: Bourne, GB

Featured authors

Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly is the author of seven novels - Rogue Wave, Deep Blue, Revolution, A Northern Light, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose and The Wild Rose - and Humble Pie, a picture book for children....

Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner published her first novel, "A Start In Life" in 1981. Her most notable novel, her fourth, "Hotel du Lac" won the Man Booker Prize in 1984. Her novel, "The Next...

Frederick Forsyth

From Wikipedia:Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File,...

Featured book drops

Crown & Cushion Hotel

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

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There's more to The Crown & Cushion than at a first glance. As well as boasting 40 en-suite bedrooms, There's a cosy Traditional Bar,Bistro Restaurant, Comfy Lounge,...

Akamba Heritage & Garden Centre

United Kingdom - Solihull

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At Akamba we offer all services ranging from garden design, event hire, plant hire, or a simple chat on the telephone to answer a query. We are also Solihull’s Premier African...

The Village Inn

United Kingdom - Bay Street

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The Village Inn is the ideal place to bring your family and friends for a truly memorable dining experience. Situated in the small village of Fairlie on the North Ayrshire coast...

Featured book shops

Hyraxia Books

United Kingdom - Leeds

Book Shop

Hyraxia Books specialise in modern first editions and rare books with expertise in science fiction, fantasy and literary fiction.

Science Book Service

Germany - Uhldingen-Mühlhofen

Book Shop

We are specialized in supplying monographs, monographic continuations and all kinds of electronic publications across all subjects including Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering...

Acorn Trading Ent.

Ghana - Kumasi

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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...

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...

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

Featured book news

How the story of ‘the girl of 100 portraits’ inspired two books

Luc Corlouër made ‘deal’ with Prix Goncourt winner Philippe Jaenada over his research into model Louise Cansot, murdered...

Russell Brand books withdrawn by UK publishers after his conviction for rape and sexual assault

Pan Macmillan and Hodder & Stoughton have both confirmed that work by the comedian and writer will be pulled, and ot...

Winner of the Prix Goncourt literary prize admits to using AI

Philippe Jaenada told French radio that he used ChatGPT to ‘play with the reader’, after the prize removed a different b...

‘Blockbuster’ history of Alexander the Great wins £50,000 Baillie Gifford prize

Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson becomes the first ancient history title to win the prestigious nonfiction...

‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel

The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’ Continue rea...

Latest Sarah J Maas book becomes UK’s fastest-selling adult fantasy novel

A Court of Splintered Harmony also records biggest single week of sales since Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman in 2015 Con...

The private creative world of Rabindranath Tagore, the man Yeats called ‘greater than any of us’

A previously unseen family archive offers a glimpse into the Indian Nobel prize winner’s artistic process and personal r...

‘A trailblazer in the truest sense’: poet Grace Nichols wins £10,000 Pioneer prize

The Guyana-born, British-based writer takes home the Royal Society of Literature prize honouring women writers over 60 w...

True crime novel about 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize

Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its ...