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A "glorious, humane novel" (The Observer) about the Egyptian revolution, taking us inside the battle raging between those in power and those prepared to lay down their lives in the defense of freedom—this globally-acclaimed narrative from one of the foremost writers in the Arab world is still...

Grace can’t believe it when her husband of 25 years announces he doesn’t want to join her on their anniversary trip to Paris - instead, he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock, Grace makes the bold decision to go on this holiday of a lifetime alone. Audrey leaves behind heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no money and no knowledge of the French language, her summer adventure seems doomed to fail. Until she meets Grace, and everything changes....

For fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, this a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938. In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey...

Brought to you by Penguin. Put your heart out there. Let it get broken. Take chances. Make mistakes . . . Let yourself live. ----- Clover Brooks has always felt a stronger connection with those at the end of their life than in the middle of it. She dedicates herself to ushering people peacefully...

A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer. Investigating the disappearance of a vicar’s daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by...

Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription is the LGBTQIA+ Pretty Woman rom-com fans have been waiting for. What happens when a simple deal gets…complicated? After losing his marriage and his beloved retail plant business, Teddy Hughes...

A dark and disturbing tale set at the turn of the 20th century, by the bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. The windswept isle of Houat, off the coast of Brittany, is no picturesque artists' colony. At the turn of the twentieth century, life is harsh and rustic. So why did Henry...

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women s lives at all ages a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls. Every woman has a secret life . . . Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub...

Cabrera Infante aborda, de manera única y brillante, varios de sus amores, de sus obsesiones, y de sus temas: La Habana, el inglés, la literatura, la jerga de la cuidad, las habaneras, el cine, la música, y la "nostalgia de la noche".

She’s no damsel in distress, and he’s certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything… Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a...

Belfast, début des années 1990. La ville vit au rythme des slogans de haine tracés sur les murs de briques, des bombes, des assassinats. Pourtant, au cœur de l'incendie, le quotidien s'obstine. Ici, on a appris à faire abstraction. Alors comme partout quand on a vingt, trente ans, on trafique la misère, on tombe amoureux, on s'oublie, on boit beaucoup, on se charrie, on retombe amoureux et on s'invente d'autres vies.

La vida de Maddie Miller dista mucho de ser normal. Dirige junto a su padre una agencia de detectives en pleno corazón de Chicago mientras lidia con las secuelas de un accidente sufrido dos años atrás, del cual despertó con una amnesia completa… y embarazada de dos meses. Su vida ya era lo...

‘Wow what a thriller, Mary Kubica had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish … The plot is well paced and full of twists and turns, I will definitely be reading more from this author’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘She's Not Sorry is an unpredictable, twisted tale with...

The anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring twelve “bewitching and revelatory” (The New York Times) and “ridiculously entertaining” (Booklist starred review) stories about the perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, from a rising star of Nollywood...

Absorbing and escapist, The Villa on the Riviera is perfect summer listening for fans of Rachel Hore and Santa Montefiore. Polly Smith is struggling to make a living as an artist when her friend and patron, Oliver, invites her to the south of France. But her world is unexpectedly turned upside down when she digs out her birth certificate to apply for a passport. Her parents are not who she believed them to be - even her name is different.

Nell'incanto evanescente delle notti pietroburghesi tra maggio e giugno, un giovane vagabondeggia in solitudine...

Angela is in the city of love – but romance is taking a nose-dive… Angela Clark is a British girl living the dream in fabulous New York. But she's never been to the romantic capital of the world – Paris. So when her lead singer boyfriend Alex suggests a trip there and she is asked to write...

Rickshaw Boy is the story of Xiangzi, an honest and serious country boy who works as a rickshaw puller in Beiping (Beijing). A man of simple needs whose greatest ambition is to one day own his own rickshaw, Xiangzi is nonetheless thwarted, time and again, in his attempts to improve his lot in life.

The shot is impossible. In the middle of a blizzard, down a busy New York avenue, into a moving car. The agent in charge knows of only one man with the skills to work out where the bullet came from. Lucas Page, former child prodigy and physics professor, sees crime from a different angle - his ability to read a scene is uncanny. Page quit the FBI after it nearly cost him his life. He swore to stay away, but this victim is his former partner, and he can't resist the call to help. 

New York Times Bestseller “A genuinely moving story about race and class, parenting and marriage. . . Chabon is inarguably one of the greatest prose stylists of all time." — Benjamin Percy, Esquire New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported...