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Tale of Senyor Rodriguez
Av Lou Gilmond
Häftad, 2016
126 kr
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What if you had a chance to be someone else entirely?Mallorca, 1964. Thomas Sebastian is on the run from a life gone awry. Leaving his wife and dog in England, he has taken a Spanish finca for the summer, where he plans to hide out and come up with a plan for redemption. When he arrives at the …
Prince of Mirrors
Häftad, 2019
317 kr
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TWO YOUNG MEN WITH EXPECTATIONS. ONE PREDICTED TO SUCCEED, THE OTHER TO FAIL. Prince Albert Victor, heir presumptive to the British throne, is seen as disastrously inadequate to be king. The grandson of Queen Victoria, he is good-hearted but intensely shy and, some whisper, even slow-witted.By …
Valhalla
The untold stories of the Victorian Royals
Häftad, 2021
126 kr
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May of Teck, only daughter of a noble family fallen from grace, has been selected to marry the troublesome Prince Eddy, heir to the British throne. Submitting to the wishes of Queen Victoria and under pressure from her family, young May agrees. But just as a spark of love and devotion arises …
David and Ameena
Av Ami Rao
Häftad, 2021
126 kr
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Modern-day New York, a subway train. David, an American-Jewish jazz musician, torn between his dreams and his parents' expectations, sees a woman across the carriage. Ameena, a British-Pakistani artist who left Manchester to escape the pressure from her conservative family, sees David. When a …
Almost
Av Ami Rao
Häftad, 2022
255 kr
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'He is ready to talk about her, his daughter. He is ready in a way. In a way.' When a teenage girl dies in a car accident while returning home from school, her father is left to deal with his grief. Sent home from work for the crime of showing his emotions in front of strangers, he cannot bring …
Erringby
Av Gill Darling
Häftad, 2021
124 kr
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Kit is waiting expectantly for life to begin. Orphaned as a young child, he recoils from his adoptive parents' mundane existence, drawn instead to the bohemian world of his Uncle Col and Col's charismatic wife Marianne. Amid the permissive atmosphere of Erringby, Marianne's rambling family mansion, …
Dreaming in Quantum and Other Stories
Av Lynda Clark
Häftad, 2021
126 kr
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From award-winning author Lynda Clark come sixteen engrossing stories weaving together elements of folklore, fantasy and speculative fiction, all of them in Clark's darkly humorous style. In Ghillie's Mum, shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Award, a shape-shifting mother needs to decide whether to …
Fairlight Book of Short Stories
(Volume 1)
Av Urska Vidoni, Laura Shanahan
Häftad, 2020
317 kr
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From flash fiction to mini-novelette, Fairlight presents twenty-four of its best short stories from some of the world's most talented new and emerging English language writers. Chosen from work sent to Fairlight over several years by writers around the globe, this anthology celebrates the art of …
Matter of Interpretation
Häftad, 2020
126 kr
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The Kingdom of Sicily, early thirteenth century. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II has, through invasion and marriage, expanded his empire, but always subject to the will of the pope and the rulings of the Church. Into this world of political and military intrigue steps Michael Scot, a young monk …
Beyond Kidding
An unputdownable, darkly funny sci-fi
Av Lynda Clark
Häftad, 2019
268 kr
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JUST ONE LITTLE LIE CAN HAVE LIFE-CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.When Robert (or Kidder, as he's known to his best friend) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought - so he invents a story that his imaginary child has been …
Conception
Av Ozgur Uyanik
Häftad, 2020
122 kr
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Enter Anonymous, a middle-ranking artist rolling between minor shows in New York, London and Istanbul. With his career sliding into obscurity, shamefully forced to consider advertising work to make ends meet, he knows he must break new ground if he is to survive. With his mother's encouragement, he …
Piano Room
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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Sandor Esterhazy is descended from a long line of talented pianists, but has no desire to play. So, one snowy afternoon, he promises his soul to the devil in exchange for a life of his own choosing. Afterwards, he laughs it off as a joke, but that night the devil arrives dragging someone - or …
Second Person from Porlock
Häftad, 2022
312 kr
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Highgate, London, 1824. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a washed-up opium addict, estranged from his friends and from his neglected wife. His grip on reality is starting to slip; his past and present mingle in laudanum-induced dreams.In a Cambridge college library, Scrivener, a bullied undergraduate, …
Moon and Stars
A heart-warming, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy
Av Jenna Warren
Häftad, 2022
126 kr
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'A thoroughly uplifting story, full of light, shade, and lots of great music.' -Matson Taylor, author of The Miseducation of Evie EpworthMatthew Capes has not sung in front of an audience for over a decade. So when his old singing partner Angela - who happens to be the woman of his dreams - gets in …
Instructions for the Working Day
Häftad, 2023
126 kr
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Shortlisted for the Rubery Book Award 2024'You go too far, my friend. You are near dangerous ground.' Neil Fischer is travelling to a village in East Germany that he has unexpectedly inherited - his father's former hometown of Marschwald. Knowing it has been left to deteriorate for decades after …
Starling
Häftad, 2023
130 kr
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Starling can trap a rabbit, cook a meal from a hedge and hear a bailiff coming from a mile off. All she has ever known is a nomadic existence, travelling in a converted van with Mar, her strong-willed mother. But Mar has cut them off from their community, and this winter they're stuck in deep mud …
Becoming Delilah
Häftad, 2023
123 kr
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On a windswept island off Cape Cod, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. After growing up in precarious circumstances with her Abuela, both of them hiding a terrible secret, all Delilah wants now is a beautiful place of her own - and she's paid a high price for it. The neighbours watch the …
Mother Sea
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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Shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards Scottish Fiction Book of the YearIn an island community facing extinction, can hope rise stronger than grief? Sisi de Mathilde lives on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. With the seas rising, the birth rate plummeting and her community under …
Old Haunts
Shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards and the McKitterick Prize
Häftad, 2023
113 kr
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Shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards and McKitterick Prize 2024'Each and every sentence has been so elegantly penned' —The Scots Magazine'So gentle, so warm, so human' —Rick O'Shea'There is much to admire... from the elegance and economy of the writing to the understanding of the …
Red Dust, White Snow
Av Pan Huiting
Häftad, 2023
122 kr
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'Who is to say dreams are insubstantial when whole lives can be lived in their pursuit?' When an office worker receives a mysterious device promising to transport her to a parallel universe, she assumes it is just another marketing stunt. That night, she visits a fantastical place in her dreams; on …
Redemption of Isobel Farrar
The spell-binding historical novel from the bestselling author of Valhalla
Häftad, 2023
124 kr
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England, 1926. When Lady Isobel Farrar returns home to her beloved Halcyon Hill, after years of living abroad, she finds herself dwelling on a long-buried secret.There had been a child, the result of a violent attack, whose birth was hushed up and who was given up for adoption. Now, after all these …
Mask of Merryvale Manor
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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'We're actually all rather terrible.' On the cusp of the 1960s, when fourteen-year-old Ben moves into the ancestral home of his aunt and uncle, he is shocked by their wealth and glamour. Under the watchful eye of the Merryvale Mask, his sophisticated cousins teach him how to appreciate their …
Maiden of Florence
Shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award 2025
Häftad, 2025
130 kr
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Florence, 1584. Rumours are spreading about the virility of a prince marrying into the powerful Medici family. Orphan Giulia is chosen to put an end to the gossip. In return she will keep her life - and start a new one with a dowry and her own husband. Cloistered since childhood and an innocent in …
Please Fear Me
Love Reading Debut of the Month
Häftad, 2024
142 kr
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'A fierce debut' —Melanie Finn, author of The HareSixteen-year-old Smidge is on the run, burdened with a shameful secret. Together with her fellow runaway, a performance artist called Violet, she travels through the underbelly of America, desperately searching for a way to rise above her past. When …
Woman in Blue
A profound meditation on art, looking and love
Häftad, 2025
130 kr
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'You will live beyond one lifetime and beyond even two in the painting he makes of you.'In the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, there is a painting called Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. Each day a man visits to gaze at it. He is irresistibly drawn to it. Obsessed by it. He studies the painting, in search …
Blurred Faces
Häftad, 2025
139 kr
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From Scotland's National Book Awards and McKitterick Prize shortlisted author Allan RadcliffeAn Irish Independent best book of 2025 'I mean, it's nothing really. An old face from the past.'Two men meet on a dating app. It's supposed to be a casual encounter between strangers. Jordan is only back in …
Before the Leaves Fall
Av Clare O'Dea
Häftad, 2025
126 kr
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'Profoundly moving; I loved this book.' -Liz NugentSeeking a new purpose in life, Swiss widower Ruedi signs up to work with Depart, an assisted dying organisation. His role is to spend time with those who have sought out Depart's services, acting as a guide and companion in their final …
