Summer Reads

Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon - and writing . . . As Dr Sacks...

Rich with humour, insight, compassion - and absolute honesty - Tiny Beautiful Things is a balm for everything life throws our way, administered by the author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir, Wild.Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you, you...

The New York Times number one bestseller from the Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation star.In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated memoir, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and...

In 2006, while travelling in Argentina, young entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie encountered children too poor to afford shoes, who developed injuries on their feet that often led to serious health problems. Blake knew he wanted to help, but rather than start a...

Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a 'cancer personality'? Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Mate's acclaimed clinical...

Named one of the Best Books of 2014 by NPRAs seen on The Today ShowA hand-drawn path to inner peace!Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe will set you free on a visual journey of self-discovery. Set against a surreal backdrop of...

For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey and Caitlin Moran comes Furiously Happy from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1 New York Timesbestseller Let's Pretend This Never Happened.In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson regaled readers with uproarious...

Do you want to achieve success in your personal and professional endeavours? The first step is to see a reality where success is possible. Only when we choose to believe we live in a world in which challenges can be overcome, in which our behaviour...

"Starting a new venture is like jumping off a cliff and sewing a parachute on the way down. This book is the parachute."Joe Gebbia, cofounder and chief product officer, AirbnbHow do you make your start-up a genuine success in the long term? While most...

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History**"Extraordinary...a great American biography" (The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and...

'Stunning, timely and timeless.' -Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray LoveRenowned activist, filmmaker and civil rights lawyer Valarie Kaur made headlines when her 'Breathe and Push' speech on how to survive in a time of rage went viral with 30 million...

'So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate ... A gift' -- JESMYN WARD'Wow. Just wow' --  ROXANE GAY'Unflinchingly honest' --  RENI EDDO-LODGE'An act of truth-telling unlike any other I can think of' -- ...

"A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty." -- Kirkus Reviews (STARRED)From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has...

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' --  Bill Bryson'Dazzling' --  Literary Review 'Brilliant' --  Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' --  New Scientist'A superb...

A young woman holds her newborn son And looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since...

The stunning sequel to Parable of the Sower, the NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling novel.'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' --  NEW...

From award-winning novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn comes this beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration and sacrifice WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD 2020 A TIME MAGAZINE 'MUST READ BOOK OF 2019' LONGLISTED FOR A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD...

With 18 million copies sold worldwide, The Shack is an international bestseller that explores life's toughest questions through the gripping story of one man's struggle to find answers to his suffering Mack's youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during...

National Bestseller-New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly What makes the difference between failure and success? The Traveler's Gift offers a modern day parable of one man's choices-and the attitudes that make the difference...

'Jennifer Eberhardt makes it clear that racism operates at all levels, and it fills me with hope to know that she is fighting it at all levels. More power to you, sister. The world needs you.' --  BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH'Poignant... striking... important and...