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Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and...
out of stockSophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur's books are well-known, well-loved French classics. She is best known today for this children's book, "Sophie's misfortunes," about an intrepid little French girl with an often destructive curiosity who...
George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval Office.
Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a family's summer vacation. Her startling appearance in their lives transforms each member of the family allowing them to see themselves in fresh new light.
It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner party one evening, a guest named Miles goes upstairs between dinner and dessert and locks himself in the spare bedroom and refuses to leave or communicate for months. What happens next, according to the reviews, is nothing...
By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers is a moving tale about a dog and his boy. When Bailey goes to live with 8-year-old Ethan, he soon learns his purpose is to be the boy's best friend -- through thick and thin.
Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny novel about two roommates with extreme social anxiety who are trying to live like normal average people. It has also been translated into English under the title, "Beyond the Great Indoors."
A sweeping historical romance set during WWII in Normandy. It is 1942 and the journalist Valentine is on assigment in Honfleur where she meets and falls in love with Yves, a member of the Resistance against the German occupiers. After a brief time of bliss, Yves must flee his love and his country. Is he dead? Will the lovers ever be reunited?
Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place in the overarching history of life, the Earth, and the Universe. Author, scholar, researcher and lecturer, Fred Spier, offers new theories into the future of humanity with a sweeping view of the past....
American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the author presents the American university as a national resource that should be supported and protected as a catalyst for economic growth and a source for solutions to the myriad of complex problems dotting the...
Feel the punch and the warm trickle of blood as boxing comes to life in this intense novel about a successful advertising executive who leaves his illustrious career behind to pursue his love of boxing.
International bestseller and winner of the Prix des Lecteurs 2015. Translated from the French, this novel tells the hilarious and wonderful tale of a fakir-a professional con artist-who arrives in Paris with a counterfeit hundred-euro note in his pocket and needs to get to Ikea. While in the store, he is forced to hide inside a classic DIY...