Brrrr, it’s cold outside! With winter now in full force, it’s the perfect excuse to curl up with a good book.
The secret lives of booksellers and librarians: true stories of the magic of reading - James Patterson
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. In this love letter to the heroes of literacy, James Patterson presents the amazing, inspiring true stories of the smart and talented people who live between the shelves - and who can't wait to help you find your next great read.
The Kamogawa food detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals that recreate a person’s treasured memories – meals that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness.
Funny story - Emily Henry
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until he realised he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Set over one sizzling summer comes a joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't, and the exes determined to make the best of it.
Feel-good productivity: how to do more of what matters of you - Ali Abdaal
Dr Ali Abdaal, the world's most-followed productivity expert, has uncovered an easier, happier path to success. Drawing on decades of psychological research, he reveals the secret to productivity and success isn't grind - it's finding the joy in everything you do.
You are here - David Nicholls
Michael is coming undone. Marnie is stuck in a rut. When a mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss them together on a ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they’ve been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future . . . if they can survive the journey.
The librarians of Rue de Picardie - Janet Skeslien Charles
As the Great War rages, Jessie takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to help rebuild devastated communities in France. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. An inspiring novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.
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