Summer Reads

'And just like that, like a simple neighbourhood event, a miracle is taking place.'   'If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger,' Mary Oliver once said in an interview. Finally, in Felicity, we can immerse...

BOOK ONE IN THE BROKEN EMPIRE TRILOGY“Prince of Thorns deserves attention as the work of an iconoclast who seems determined to turn that familiar thing, Medievalesque Fantasy Trilogy, entirely on its head.”—Locus When he was nine, he watched as his...

Desperate and out of options, Elena Rousseau walks into a gentlemen's club, ready to sell her body in a last attempt to save her mother's life.   She didn't expect Alexander Kennedy to be there, and she certainly didn't expect him to propose a marriage...

The bestselling author of The Willpower Instinct introduces a surprising science-based book that doesn't tell us why we should exercise but instead shows us how to fall in love with movement.Exercise is health-enhancing and life-extending, yet many of us...

As the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has captured the attention and admiration of the world through his wisdom. This jewel of a book offers some of his most helpful insights on daily living, inner peace, compassion and justice -...

'This beautifully produced edition collects, in chronological order, fifty-two of Anton Chekhov's short stories written between 1883 and 1898. It is a 'full deck', intended to reflect the diversity and inventiveness of the author's lesser-known fiction ....

Joe Hill’s award-winning story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts, featuring “The Black Phone,” soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions   Jack Finney is...

'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed...

(Available after 3-20 days)Available for the first time in paperback, The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara reflects the poet's growth as an artist from the earliest dazzling, experimental verses that he began writing in the late 1940s to the years before...

The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film—and changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves.From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures...

Geronimo’s cousin has entered the Super Chef Contest to prove he’s the best cook on Mouse Island. The only problem is: he isn’t. He’s the worst! But somehow Trap keeps winning. What’s going on? Who will win the Great Golden Fork and can Geronimo survive...

A statue in Trafalgar Square has come to life and it's yelling insults at passers-by! What does this have to do with Geronimo Stilton? Not much until Secret Agent 00K asks him to solve the mystery. But Trap's set on travelling to London too, to take part...

What does Geronimo hate more than travel? Ghosts! Unlucky for him, Thea's heard about a haunted shipwreck. Soon, what started off as a holiday turns into an emergency situation as Geronimo and his family are stranded on a desert island. Will they ever...

“A glorious book. Jean Shinoda Bolen’s weaving of myth, science and keen observation makes this an outstanding contribution to the humanities.” — Rita Mae Brown   Jean Shinoda Bolen’s celebrated work of female psychology that uses seven archetypical...

A journey into war, but not one she’ll take alone…   Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking...

The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from one of the all-time masters of fantasy.Across the Four Lands, peace has reigned for generations. But now, in the far north, an unknown enemy is massing. More...

Shortisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 The greatest love story ever told doesn't feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It features pain and confusion and hope and wonder and a ban on cheesy cliches. Oh, and zombies...  Bad boys turned good,...

The Ex Hex is a spellbinding rom-com with a twist, think Practical Magic in the Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow . . .New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, casts a spell with a spine-tingling romance full of wishes,...

Can intermittent fasting offer a strategy to prevent cancer from attacking the body? Dr. Jason Fung, a proponent of fasting, offers solutions that are paradigm-shifting in keeping cancer at bay. He views diet and insulin resistance as keys to...

Broke young man + chainsaw dog demon = Chainsaw Man!Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous—Chainsaw...