SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024'Rey Lescure's prose is cinematic, compelling, perceptive and poignant'and The Guardian'I ... loved Aube Rey Lescure's River East, River West, which portrays western expats in Shanghai with both clear-eyed critique and compassion'and Rebecca F Kuang, author ofand...

Simone's mother was murdered when she was thirteen. When her father was convicted, everything changed. Overnight, Simone went from living in a wealthy white neighborhood to scraping by.Ten years later, Simone has given up on her dreams and lives a quiet life, writing book...

Since his astonishing Academy Award-nominated film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Hanif Kureishi has been recognized as a major writer who has both documented and profoundly influenced contemporary British culture. His first novel, The Buddha of Suburbia (1990), remains a key work in redefining our...

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Sindh Studies Culture And History

Sir Edwin Arnold, CSI, CIE (1832-1904), was an English poet and journalist, who is best known for his work, The Light of Asia (1879). In 1856, he went to India as principal of the Government Sanskrit College at Poona, a post which he held...

Sisters Tiao and Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation and suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that...

Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out,...

Sizzling romance with a splash of intrigue' Julia Quinn, author of Bridgerton Fast-paced and feisty Regency fiction with a dazzlingly daring heroine who breaks the mould. Not every Regencyand Sizzling romance with a splash of intrigue' Julia Quinn, author ofand BridgertonFast-paced and feisty Regency...

Slaka! Land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor. Slaka! Land whose borders are sometimes here, often further north, and sometimes not at all! Dr Petworth is on a cultural exchange to the small (and fictional) Eastern European country of Slaka. Pallid and...

Slappy's back! The demented dummy and all his creepy pals are back for this sequel to the hit 2015 Goosebumps movie. Scholastic's junior novelization has all the chills, thrills, and laugh-out-loud horror of the new movie, due in theaters October 12, 2018. Includes eight...

Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize 'Best of the Best' as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Possibly the definitive fictional account of the experiences of the Empire Windrush generation, it was selected...

So it is that Struan Robertson, orphan, genius, and just seventeen, leaves his dour native town of Cuik, and arrives in London in the freakish fine summer of 1989. His job, he finds, is to care for Phillip, dumbfounded and paralysed by a massive...

Solvieg lives in a land of glaciers and frozen waterfalls, the home of frost giants and trolls. Yet it is a world with a fiery heart, created from the ashes of dead stars, heat buried deep within...The Flickering Firesand takes us on a journey...

Some houses are NEVER at peace…SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN A gothic gem of intrigue and atmosphere' HWA Debut Crown JudgesEngland, 1917and Reeling from the death of her fiance, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity...

Some love stories you never forget. Some books will change your world. Be prepared, this is one of them...She tore herself from the man she adored, who transformed her, who possessed her...who would have destroyed her. Now she is adored by a man she...

Sometimes - perhaps only for an instant - we fail to recognise a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we come to doubt our own. The effect is at its most acute in a couple where our existence is...

Soon to be a major motion picture!'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' -and Delia Owens, bestselling author ofand Where the Crawdads Sing'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' -and Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author ofand Lessons in ChemistryFrom the worldwide bestselling author ofand The Four Winds,and The Nightingaleand andand...

SOON TO BE A TELEVISION ADAPTATION STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEYA Kirkus Review Best Book of 2017 and a Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction. Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year, selected as the Waterstones...

SOUNDER by William H. Armstrong is set in the 19th-century American South. It is the story a poor African-American sharecropping family, their faithful dog, Sounder, and the eldest boy's efforts to learn how to read and help his mother to support the family after...

Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.1928, ParisA boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by...

Spanning the intense years of war, The Dressmaker of Dachau is a dramatic tale of love, conflict, betrayal and survival. It is the compelling story of one young woman's resolve to endure and of the choices she must make at every turn - choices...

Sparrow, the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes, is the incredibly moving story of one boy’s journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire.Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates...

SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the authorIt is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she...

Steeped in the natural history of Mary Anning's Jurassic Coast, a powerful dual-timeline story about friendship, mental health and hidden stories.1884. Emma Linden dreams of following in the footsteps of the famous fossil-hunter,and Mary Anningand on theand Jurassic Coast. But Emma's world begins to...

Step right up for the most captivating read of the summer . . . Intensely satisfying' Stacey HallsCircus of Wondersand is the instantand Sunday Timesand bestseller from Elizabeth Macneal, author ofand The Doll FactoryEngland, 1866. When Jasper Jupiter's Circus of Wonders arrives in a...

Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who's boss in the latest smash hit from No. 1and New York Timesand bestselling author Janet Evanovich.Monday mornings should be predictable. Stephanie Plum knows that something is amiss when she turns up for work...

Stillborn Season - A Novel

Streaming now on Amazon Prime!A clever and hilarious fantasy retelling of the rise to power of Lady Jane Grey, now an Amazon Prime Video series starring Emily Bader, Edward Bluemel and Jordan PetersA comical, fantastical and witty re-imagining of the Tudor world, perfect for...

Struggling with anxiety after witnessing a harrowing instance of gun violence, Manuel Soto copes through photography, using his cell-phone camera to find anchors that keep him grounded. His days are a lonely, latchkey monotony until he's teamed with his classmates, Sebastian and Caysha, for...

Sue Monk Kidd has touched the hearts of millions of readers with her beloved novels and acclaimed nonfiction. Now, in this wise and engrossing dual memoir, she and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together through Greece and France at a time when each...

Summer Sistersand is a book to return to again and again. Judy Blume is my hero.' COLLEEN HOOVERVix Leonard is twelve when she meets dazzling, reckless Caitlin Somers. Invited to spend holidays on Martha's Vineyard with Caitlin and her eccentric, mysterious family, Vix is...

Sunday Timesand Best Paperbacks of 2022' Feisty female characters, a plot of heart-stopping jeopardy and evocative settings'and Daily Mail Mosse is a master storyteller' Madeline Miller, author ofand Circe Magnificent, epic' Marian KeyesSweeping from Paris and Chartres to the City of Tears itself -...

Sunny, former proprietor of the Little Coffee Shop and new owner of the Screaming Peacock vineyard. Can she handle the challenges of life on her own? Yasmina, the young mother who now runs the cafe, until a terrifying event strikes at the heart of...

Survival is hard in a land where no woman can live alone

Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns,and I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that Isabelle Schuler conjures up where only the most ruthless can survive' - Jennifer Saint'Dazzlingly clever and difficult to put down'and iPower. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.She will be Queen. Whatever...

Swashbuckling, romantic, and full of the sights and sounds of Shakespeare's London, this sweeping YA fantasy trilogy debut is perfect for fans of Holly Black, Leigh Bardugo and J. Elle.Joan touched her fingers to the blade, felt the metal sing to her. It whispered...

Sweeping and evocative,and The Hidden Girland is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide.You can't alter destiny . . .Born and raised in a small...

Talia fell under a spell. . . .Jack broke the curse.I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic. . . .I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a...

Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis. All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book, their empire building created the world...

Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, Tanizaki lays bare the...

Ten-year-old Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her family and friends close by. But when the Vietnam War reaches the gates of her home, Hà and her family are forced...

The #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of "William and Kate "and "The Day Diana Died "takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Kate Middleton. One has been famous longer than anyone on the...

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to South America!and andlt;p/andgt;When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they...

The #1and New York Timesand bestseller-Jess Walter's “absolute masterpiece (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author): the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and resurfaces fifty years later in contemporary Hollywood.The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestsellerand The...

The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history. When Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as the Young Pretender, sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, and with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled father,...

The 5th Wave is the first book in the bestselling series from award-winning Rick Yancey. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and Maze Runner.After the1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the...

The Angels Weep is the third bestselling book in Wilbur Smith's Ballantyne Novels - an epic exploration into the dark past of colonial Africa. At the dawn of a new century, the pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms in...

The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, 'a sideshow of a sideshow'. Amidst the slaughter in European trenches, the Western combatants paid scant attention to the Middle Eastern theatre. As a result, the conflict...

The Arabs in Sind (712-1026 AD)