Summer Reads

“A most important book that will change the way many of us look at animals—and, ultimately, at ourselves.” — Chicago Tribune   Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of...

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society—and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked.In...

The moral problems of abortion, infanticide, suicide, euthanasia, capital punshiment, war and other life-or-death choices.Number of Pages: 336Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 19mm 

(Available after 3-20 days)The debt of modern chemistry to Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) is incalculable. With Lavoisier's discoveries of the compositions of air and water (he gave the world the term 'oxygen') and his analysis of the process of...

A playboy prince in want of a decoy bride. A servant girl desperate for a disguise... Raven shifter Prince Franco is every social climbing debutante's dream. He's handsome, heir to the Lunar Court throne, and deliciously single. Every young woman wants...

A beastly fae king with a deadly curse. A devious bargain to break it... All Gemma Bellefleur wants is to leave her past behind and forget the day scandal broke her heart. But when she's captured by a trickster fae king who threatens to hold her for...

A handsome fugitive seeking a marriage of convenience. A selkie with a lethal kiss sent to seal his fate... To evade a vicious sea queen's clutches, selkie Maisie hides on land surviving as a thief. But when she rescues a human from drowning and...

(Available after 3-20 days)A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year“Smart, funny, and fearless.” —THE BOSTON GLOBEWomen have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense...

Bracing and dauntless, Wolf’s iconic critique of the warped and destructive ideals nurtured by the advertising and beauty industries remains essential reading two decades after its original publication.   Every day, women around the world are...

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's...

One of Vanity Fair's Books That Will Get You Through This Winter.“One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory... A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy...

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife Marybeth make separate discoveries that put the Pickett family in a pair of killers’ crosshairs in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling series.A day before the three Pickett girls come home for...

Fresh from rehab, Norwegian PI Varg Veum faces his most complex investigation yet, when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears, and the case of a missing child is revived. The classic Nordic Noir series continues...PI Varg Veum has returned to...

The discovery of a body in the freezing waters of Oslo Harbour spark an investigation that takes the Oslo Detectives right to the heart of the government … with life-shattering results. The godfather of Nordic Noir is back…***Shortlisted for the Petrona...

(Available after April 30th, 2022)22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge—or her life.SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new...

(Available after April 30th, 2022)Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York...

'His exploration of warped minds is as gripping as the kinks in the complex plot.' -- The Times'An intelligent and dark ride.' -- PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH'A book that will delight [...] with its familiar mix of detection and psychological insight...

Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love.Set against the backdrop...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?'No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and...