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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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The Good Life Part 3

Evil in Emerald

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura and Philip Gabriel

A Documentary History of the United States (11th Edition)

Richard D. Heffner, Alexander B. Heffner

Till Death, or a Little Light Maiming, Do Us Part

Prison of Sleep

Exactly What You Mean

The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket

Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley, Ron McDonnell, Gerald Frow & John Fawcett Wilson

A World of Women

J. D. Beresford

The Town of Babylon

Alejandro Varela

Good Night Rocky Mountain National Park

Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper

Good Night Desert

Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper

Don't Know Tough

Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin: Master & Commander & other adventures

Patrick O'Brian

Detective Galbraith: The King of Diamonds & The Midas Touch

Robert Barr

Talking to Strangers

Sally Philips and Lily Bevan

Voice of the Fire (25th Anniversary Edition)

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Miss Pearly's Girls

ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Antique Auctions Are Murder

Caramel Pecan Roll Murder

Bless Me, Ultima

Tell Me an Ending

Arab Boy Delivered

Paul Aziz Zarou

The Gospel Singer

Life Lines: The Complete Series 1-5

Al Smith

Anything Legal: A Tale of Two City Gents

Wally K. Daly: The Scream Trilogy & other sci-fi dramas

The Burglar’s Bargains Trilogy

Scarlet in Blue

Jennifer Murphy

Front Page Murder

Joyce St. Anthony

The Summer We Buried

The Circus Infinite

How to Hear the Universe

Patricia Valdez, Sara Palacios

The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere

Rachel Lynn Solomon

A Life of Bliss

Godfrey Harrison

The School for Good Mothers

Playing with Fire

Claret and Present Danger

Sarah Fox

A Murder Yule Regret