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In a Far Country

Linda Holeman

Pree Fincastle, daughter of impoverished British missionaries in India, is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Tiger's Wif...

Tea Obreht

In April of 1941, the German bombs started falling over the city and did...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes...

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From: Bourne, GB

All He Ever Wanted

Anita Shreve

A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Murder at the Savoy ...

Maj Sjowall

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s...

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From: Dunstable, GB

The Fifth Woman: Kur...

Henning Mankell

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Little Prince

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Never Go Back

Lee Child

‘It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

She's Come Undo...

Wally Lamb

Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Out of the Mists

John Barrington

This collection of traditional stories gathered from all reaches of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Fault Line

Robert Goddard

It could be your average suicide. A man found dead in his car, engine...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Crimson Petal An...

Michel Faber

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Return

Victoria Hislop

THE RETURN debuted at number two in the Sunday Times hardback fiction...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Breaking Point

John Macken

There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Jane Rusbridge

Jane Rusbridge lives and works in coastal West Sussex. Her debut novel, The Devil's Music (Bloomsbury, 2009)was nominated for the 2011 International IMPAC Literary Award. 'An unputdownable...

Philippa Pearson

Philippa is a renowned plantswoman and known for her use of interesting colour in her garden design. The plants are always the stars in Philippa's gardens and she combines texture, colour,...

Rosie Thomas

Janey King, née Morris was born on 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the...

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The Raven

United Kingdom - Hope Street

Book Drop

Here at The Raven we smoke our own ribs, chicken and meats low and slow for up to 12 hours over seasoned woodchips, which means that, along with some amazing burgers, dogs and...

The Old Mill Coffee House & Bistro

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

Opening Hours Monday to Saturday - 8am to 5:30pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Visa - MasterCard - Maestro - Switch Free WiFi available

The Generous Briton

United Kingdom - Lincoln

Book Drop

Steeped in history and set on the High Street in the centre of the pretty little village of Brant Broughton The Generous Briton has been a public house for over 200 years. The...

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Tranquebar

Denmark - København

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Møns Boghandel

Denmark - Stege

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Boomerang Booksellers

United States - Northampton

Book Shop

Mark Brumberg, a seasoned independent bookseller, owned and operated The Globe Bookshop, a literary book store, in downtown Northampton, MA, (1984–1997). Following a stint in sales...

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Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

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Manchester Central Library

United Kingdom - Manchester

Library

Central Library opening times:
Monday: 9am-8pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Wednesday: 9am-8pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

The beautifully refurbished...

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

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Featured book news

Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’

Republican senator says Noem’s story of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog makes her unlikely to be Trump’s running ma...

Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’

Harry Potter star reveals in interview that he has had no contact with Rowling since the author’s gender-critical statem...

Paul Auster – a life in pictures

Paul Auster, the author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has died aged 77. Auster became known for ...

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from...

Kristi Noem ‘had a shot’ at Trump VP slot before dog-killing boast, sources say

No dog person himself, apparently even Trump sees the bad optics in having a ‘puppy killer’ as a running mateWho will be...

Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash

Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial place and describe critique of slave musician Continue rea...

Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor

South Dakota governor’s account of family dog Cricket killing neighbor’s chickens may be an offence, according to state ...

CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71

The creator of the highly successful crime series, set in Tudor England, was a private person who ‘preferred to be known...

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Featured member book shelves

Paracom

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Featured library books

In a Far Country

The Tiger's Wif...

Bring Up the Bodies

All He Ever Wanted

Murder at the Savoy ...

The Fifth Woman: Kur...

The Little Prince

Never Go Back

She's Come Undo...

Out of the Mists

Pretty Little Things

Fault Line

The Crimson Petal An...

The Return

Breaking Point

Featured authors

Jane Rusbridge

Philippa Pearson

Rosie Thomas

Featured book drops

The Raven

The Old Mill Coffee House & Bistro

The Generous Briton

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Tranquebar

Møns Boghandel

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Library of Birmingham

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Blackheath Library

Featured book news

Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’

Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’

Paul Auster – a life in pictures

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

Kristi Noem ‘had a shot’ at Trump VP slot before dog-killing boast, sources say

More than a quarter of readers of YA are over the age of 28 research shows

Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash

Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor

CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71