Daastan E Alif Laila

A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.'and MALORIE BLACKMAN'Rightfully tipped for greatness'and SUNDAY TIMES'This moving tale of love and loss ... is well worth the wait'and INDEPENDENT'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...'1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run...

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" I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever'Mary Shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century.

"A continuously engaging, vitally engaged play about thorny questions of identity and religion in the contemporary world, with an accent on the incendiary topic of how radical Islam and the terrorism it inspires have affected the public discourse."and New York TimesNew York. Today. Corporate...

"A fantasy-tinged allegory set in 18th century Spain. The novel tells of what happens after Don Juan dies - according to legend, dragged to hell after he murders the father of a woman he has seduced. Told from multiple perspectives, each highlighting a different...

"A full, big hearted novel. -Taylor Jenkins Reid,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Daisy Jones andamp; the SixNestled in the suburbs of Atlanta, a family learns the funniest punchlines can hide the hardest truths in this evocative women's fiction novel from the author...

"A story is never an answer. A story is always a question."Here we are in extraordinary times.Is this history?What happens when we cease to trust governments, the media, each other?What have we lost?What stays with us?What does it take to unlock our future?Following her...

"A towering figure in world literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly one-half century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking, fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. ("You don't see things the...

"Abe is an exquisite storyteller. Rich in detail and deeply moving." -Fiona Davis,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand The Lions of Fifth Avenue"One of the most beautifully written books I've ever had the pleasure to read. A gorgeous, phenomenal novel I won't soon...

"Achilles Kallis vowed that he'd do whatever it took to claw his way into Olympus's inner circle. Now that the former Ares is gone and the coveted role has opened to anyone with the strength to claim it, he and his partner, Patroclus Fotos,...

"Are you going to Ozma's party?"Princess Ozma's birthday celebration is set to be the most magnificent party of all time, and everybody who's anybody in Oz is desperate for an invitation. As for Dorothy and her friends, lost out in the lands beyond the...

"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ..."Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with...

"Call me Ishmael" is the iconic opening line of Herman Melville's classic American novel,and Moby-Dick.and Ishmael is a seaman aboard the whaling vessel,and Pequod,and under the vengeful captain, Ahab. Maniacally seeking retribution from the great white sperm whale called Moby-Dick - the whale responsible...

"Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction."--New York Times Book ReviewAward-winning,and New York Timesand bestselling author Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Infusing the narrative with the same...

"Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh andamp; Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband Hank was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken-hearted but determined to continue the business...

"Highly recommended" Sunday Times"Utterly captivating" Woman and Home"Sympathetic and clear-eyed" Financial Times Summer Reads of 2021"Unfailingly impressive" Irish Times"Sparse and precise" Telegraph"A beautiful novel of what it is to be a women in modern Europe" New European"An intelligent study of female desire, ambition and...

"Home Front is Hannah's crowning achievement."-The Huffington Post In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war. All marriages have a...

"How did it end up like this? Twenty-seven, unemployed, mistaken for a drug addict, in a treatment centre in the back arse of nowhere with an empty Valium bottle in my knickers . . . ' Meet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of...

"However many years she lived, Mary always felt that she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow" After the sudden death of her wealthy parents, spoilt Mary Lennox is sent from India to live with her uncle in the...

"I guess we won't go back to Kansas, anyway. I'd rather take my chances with the rest of you."With their farm now in the hands of the bank, Dorothy, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em have decided to live in the Emerald City forevermore, and...

"If you meet Ruth or Edek or Bronia, you must tell them I'm going to Switzerland to find their mother. Tell them to follow as soon as they can" Having lost their parents in the chaos of war, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left...

"In your heart of hearts, if you didn't have to choose, would you?" The deal is simple: all nineteen-year-old student Cecilia Horner has to do is survive a year in the small town of Triple Falls, living with her estranged father and working at...

"It all happened so quickly. First, animals became infected with the virus and their meat became poisonous. Then, governments initiated the Transition. Now, 'special meat' - human meat - is legal. Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans only no one calls them...

"It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well"Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In hisand Discourse on Methodand he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences,...

"Jillian Cantor beautifully re-crafts an American classic in Beautiful Little Fools, placing the women of The Great Gatsby center stage: more than merely beautiful, not so little as the men in their lives assume, and certainly far from foolish. Both fresh and familiar, this...

"Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorgeous, magical stories, tiny jewels of worldbuilding that tap into mythic themes to feel somehow both ancient and delightfully fresh... The result is breathtaking in its playful grace."--Publisher's...

"MARIO PUZO'S FIRST ACCLAIMED NOVEL, BEFORE HIS CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, THE GODFATHER. AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has...

Compelling... hauntingly dark' JANE SHEMILTTHEY CAN BUILD YOU UPCharlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her life. So when she meets free-spirited Bianka, it feels like fate - Bianka is exactly the person that...

"On a hill above the valley there was a wood.In the wood there was a huge tree. Under the tree there was a hole.In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes. . . "Mr Foxand is a very...

"Originally hand-printed at her Hogarth Press in Richmond, Monday or Tuesday is the only collection of short stories that Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, providing a fascinating insight into the early stages of development of themes that would blossom in her later masterpieces....

"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind and elevate your heart" ELIF SHAFAK"Written in simple, direct prose and offers vivid snapshots of a country beset by war and violence . . . It seems more important...

"The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale--a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense...

"The simmering menace and mystery kept me absolutely gripped...a smoldering novel that I could not put down."and --Jennifer Saint, author ofand Ariadne"Rebeccaand meetsand The Secret History:and gloriously dark, gloriously Gothic." --Sara Collins, bestselling author ofand The Confessions of Fannie LangtonNamed a Best Book of...

"Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they're involved with the same man in this smart new rom-com by Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare. Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Jane is...

"Tony Stark is looking to restart his engine. He's going back to basics, putting away his high-tech toys and high-profile image so he can get his hands dirty again. It's time to put on some old-fashioned metal - and fly! But can Tony really...

"What happened before Alice fell down the rabbit hole?Oxford, 1862. As Mary Prickett takes up her post as governess to the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church, she is thrust into a strange new world. Mary is poor and plain and desperate for...

"winner of the UBL Best Debut Fiction Award 2020""Captivating and dazzling . A symphonic debut". DAWNMelody of a tear takes imagination to the next level. Zara, the suicide-prone protagonist of ambiguous gender, is raised as a son by her father. She has never been...

"You are strangers in the Valley of Voe, and do not seem to know our ways; so I will try to save you."Swallowed up by an earthquake on their way to Hugson's Ranch, Dorothy and her cousin Zeb find themselves trapped in the magical...

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author returns with a compelling story of love and family from the present day to World War II FranceAn accomplished photographer, widow, and mother, Camille Palmer is content with the blessings she s enjoyed. When her ageing father asks...

andlt;Bandgt;Exorcise your destiny in an era-spanning supernatural adventure from manga legend Rumiko Takahashi!andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;When Nanoka is transported back in time to a supernatural early 20th century, she gets recruited by aloof exorcist Mao. What thread of fate connects them? Together, they seek answers...and kick some...

* THE INSTANTand NEW YORK TIMESand BESTSELLER *'One of the biggest reads of the summer, and for good reason'and INDEPENDENT'Enormously fun . . . A joyous thrill ride of a book'and VOX'Candice Carty-Williams'and Queenieand crossed with Jordan Peele'sand Get Outand . . . Slick...

*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER*Escape to Hotel Nantucket for a summer of sunshine, secrets and scandal... The ultimate summer page-turner from the internationally bestselling Queen of Beach ReadsReeling from a bad break-up, Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a fresh start. When...

** A Book of the Year inand The Timesand -and The New Statesman - Observerand -and Financial Timesand -and Irish Timesand -and Irish Independentand -and Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR...

***New York Timesand bestseller!***'A masterpiece . . . There cannot be a more relevant novel for our moment, certainly not one with such beauty of description, depth of feeling, and, as always, humour.'-Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofand LessIt's March 2020 and a...

***'Tense, lyrical, intelligent' -and The Big Issue******A heart-wrenchingand human story -and Saga***Exit Westand meetsand An American Marriageand in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future...when a travel ban...

***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'Three sparkling Grisham stories for the price of one . . . Appealing entertainment'and IRISH INDEPENDENT'These three novellas in a single volume show Grisham at his masterful best, exquisite evocations of the law though far from complimentary about lawyers...