The Paris Agent

About The Paris Agent 1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his time as a fearless British operative in France. But a critical head injury left Noah with frustrating memory gaps and a burning question that plagues him—who was the agent who saved his life during that … Read more

Because of Winn-Dixie

About Because of Winn-Dixie The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket—and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent … Read more

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

About Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed … Read more

Dance

About Dance The dance of life is never danced alone… Years after fleeing to America—from an arranged marriage—Marie Du Gard returned to Paris a different woman. Slimmer and carefree, Marie vowed to protect her freedom at all costs—regardless of what her family or Parisian society thought. But one man made it impossible for Marie to … Read more

Island of the Blue Dolphins

About Island of the Blue Dolphins In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one … Read more

The Hypnotist

About The Hypnotist Prepare for The Hypnotist to cast its spell In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple homicide attracts the interest of Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the murders. The killer is still at large, and there’s only one surviving witness—the boy whose family was killed before his … Read more

In Ascension

About In Ascension Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the … Read more

Who Fears Death

About Who Fears Death An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa. In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke. But when the only surviving member of a slain … Read more

The Forgotten Garden

About The Forgotten Garden A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton. Cassandra is lost, alone and … Read more

The Pole

About The Pole A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability of human relationships―from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Disgrace . Exacting yet maddeningly unpredictable, J. M. Coetzee’s The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, “extravagantly white-haired” Polish pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of … Read more

Montréal-Paris | Livre lesbien, roman lesbien

About Montréal-Paris | Livre lesbien, roman lesbien Arianne et Joanne sont sœurs jumelles et pourtant, tout les oppose : à vingt-huit ans, l’une est conformiste et rêve du grand Amour sans jamais oser le chercher, alors que l’autre est spontanée et papillonne de femme en femme. Séparées depuis le divorce de leurs parents, elles mènent … Read more

The Elephant Tree

About The Elephant Tree Mark Fallon is an overworked detective investigating a spate of attacks at a string of high profile city centre nightclubs. Scott is a dejected 24 year old struggling to make ends meet working for his brother and supplementing his income with a small-scale drug dealing operation. Angela is an attractive 23 … Read more

Novel with Cocaine

About Novel with Cocaine A Dostoevskian psychological novel of ideas, Novel with Cocaine explores the interaction between psychology, philosophy, and ideology in its frank portrayal of an adolescent’s cocaine addiction. The story relates the formative experiences of Vadim at school and with women before he turns to drug abuse and the philosophical reflections to which … Read more

Common Sense

About Common Sense Among the most influential authors and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was born in England but went on to play an important role in both the American and French Revolutions. In 1774, he emigrated to America where, for a time, he helped to edit the Pennsylvania Magazine. On January 10, … Read more

Supreme Betrayal

About Supreme Betrayal Award-winning author Mark M. Bello presents another headline-inspired Zachary Blake legal thriller. Hayley Larson isn’t a party girl, but she is tired of always doing everything her parents say. She decides to finally attend a Wilkinson party and see what all the hype is about. It isn’t long before fellow classmates are … Read more

Crash

About Crash In Ballard’s hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a “TV scientist” turned “nightmare angel of the highways,” experiments with erotic atrocities among auto crash victims, each more sinister than the last. James Ballard, his friend and fellow obsessive, tells the story of this twisted visionary as he careens … Read more

War with the Newts

About War with the Newts Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man’s place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood. Complete Title: … Read more

Unravel Me

About Unravel Me The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series. It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection … Read more

Iceberg

About Iceberg Frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice-the charred remains of a long missing luxury yacht, vanished en route to a secret White House rendezvous.  The only clue to the ship’s priceless-and missing-cargo: nine ornately carved rings and the horribly burned bodies of its crew. Detail Complete Title: Iceberg (Dirk Pitt, #3) Format: Mass … Read more

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

About Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother’s exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards—and the costs—of raising her children the Chinese way. “This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese … Read more

Host for the Holidays

About Host for the Holidays Madi is counting on Paris’s reputation as the City of Love. Now she just needs to figure out if it’s old love or new love… Madi After two years and zero proposals, my relationship could use a little spark. Paris during the holidays seems like just the ticket—one perfect, final … Read more

Starter Villain

About Starter Villain Inheriting your uncle’s supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who’s running the place. Charlie’s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if … Read more

The Bourne Trilogy

About The Bourne Trilogy Robert Ludlum The Bourne Trilogy 3 Books Set Brand New Titles in This The Bourne Trilogy, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, Complete Title: The Bourne Trilogy (Jason Bourne, #1-3) Format: Paperback Language: English Number of Pages: 1408 Publication Time: January 1, 2003 Publisher: Orion ISBN: 0752860399 ISBN13: 9780752860398 About Robert … Read more

Fractured

About Fractured When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which … Read more