Category: General
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might ...Show more
Category: Crime/Thriller | Series: Cormac Reilly Ser.
When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell her it was suicide. A surgical resident, she throws herself into study and work, trying to forget -- until Jack's sister Maude shows up. Maude suspects foul play, and she is determined to prov ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers
A new historical novel from Anna Ciddor, in the same beautiful, classic storytelling tradition as The Family With Two Front Doors. We're going to look everywhere,' said Anna. And they did. When Anna sets out to find the doll of her dreams, her two younger sisters are eager to help. But it's not easy. ...Show more
Category: Picture Books (Hardback) | Series: BumbleBunnies | Reading Level: 3+
The next exciting adventure of the BumbleBunnies! It's washing day, and Wuffle the puppy, Lou the kitten and Billington the duck watch the clothes blow about in the wind. But when disaster strikes once more, who will save the day? From the award-winning, bestselling creator of Animalia comes a new seri ...Show more
Category: General
Berlin, 1938. The eve of war. Ernst Schafer, a young, ambitious zoologist, keen hunter and devoted husband of the beautiful Herta, has come to the attention of Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission - to search for the or ...Show more
Category: Crime/Thriller | Reading Level: very good
From the beloved and bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted comedic novel about a Swedish police department tasked with solving the most unusual, complicated, and, often, insignificant crimes. The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Se ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
Nano Miller has spent her entire life on Dog Island, a sanctuary for world's last surviving canines and the testing ground for their robotic replacements. Every year, Nano gets a new model. But when Dog Island's biggest celebrity supporter, movie star Marky Barky, arrives for his annual visit, Nano disc ...Show more
Category: General | Reading Level: 3 Biography
He was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might have kept this splendour to themselves, but Gustav Weindorfer and K ...Show more
Category: New Age/Mind, Body, Spirit
A transporting and engaging guide to the art of forest bathing for anyone who wants to explore the power of connecting with nature and experience the transforming benefits it has to offer, such as a chance to slow down, quietly reflect, spark creativity, and emerge refreshed and relaxed. As the stresses ...Show more
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is the story of Mattis, a mentally handicapped man who lives with and is cared for by his older sister, Hege. Within their isolated, lakeside existence, Mattis cannot make sense of his tangled thoughts, frightening apparitions, surges of emotion and clever insights. When a travelling lumberjack att ...Show more
Category: Children's | Reading Level: 9
It's a great escape, but will Peter survive it?When Peter's family leaves for a trip across the border, he stays behind. So when the government builds a wall through the city, guarded by soldiers, tanks and ferocious dogs, he's trapped. Everyone says he might never see his family again. But Peter has a ...Show more
Category: Picture Books (Hardback)
Age range 3+ Grandma has oodles and oodles of shoes! Walking shoes, dancing shoes, fancy andplain, Grandma has a shoe for every occasion. So why are these scratched anddusty old ones so special? Through read-along, rhythmic text and colourful images of all types ofshoes, we follow Grandma from her home ...Show more
