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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.

The Emperor of Gladness

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a vibrant and heartbreaking story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance

Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

I support women’s rights, but more importantly I support women’s wrongs.

New contemporary fiction

It Should Have Been You

The Correspondent

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emma Pignatiello

The Homemade God

The Sex Lives of Married Women

Contemporary fiction collections

Introducing your next travel companion

Winter Crime Month 2024

What would you do?

Blooming beautiful

Families in the foreground

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Popular contemporary fiction

Faces of the Moon

Older than The Stars

Eight Days Gone

LINDA MCREYNOLDS

The Multiplying Menace Divides

For Today I Am A Boy

Underwater Counting

JERRY PALLOTTA, David Biedrzycki

The Frog Alphabet Book

JERRY PALLOTTA, Ralph Masiello

Tears of Mother Bear

ANNE MARGARET LEWIS

The Underwater Alphabet Book

The Day-Glo Brothers

Chris Barton, Tony Persiani

Ralph Masiello's Fairy Drawing Book

Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book

Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book

Here Come the Humpbacks!

April Pulley Sayre, Jamie Hogan

Me and My Dragon: Scared of Halloween

David Biedrzycki

David Biedrzycki

Santa's New Jet

David Biedrzycki

The Little Red Elf

Barbara Barbieri McGrath

The Ocean Alphabet Board Book

Can I Bring Saber to New York, Ms. Mayor?

LOIS G. GRAMBLING, Judy Love

The Girl in the Yellow Vest

The Vastalimi Gambit

The Rest of Her Life

Vampire Academy Complete Series Books 1-6

Skinner's Drift

Raymond Williams

Creepy Comics Volume 1

Various

Creepy Comics Volume 2: At Death's Door

Various

Who Was Milton Hershey?

James Buckley, Jr., Who HQ, Ted Hammond

Relentless (Shattered Hearts 1)

A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs

One Heart To Win

Johanna Lindsey

Bring Me Home (Shattered Hearts 3)

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Linda Lowery,Richard Keep

James A. Michener

Walter Mosley

The Empty Chair

Sketcher in the Rye

Sharon Pape

The Book of Daniel

E.L. Doctorow

The Bay Of Angels

James A. Michener

The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories