Around the world in eighty days

The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

The librarian of Auschwitz

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life i…

Wild

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781529045130

Collation

466 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 HAN w

Home front

Like many couples, Michael and Jolene have to face the pressures of everyday life - children, career, bills, household chores - even as their twelve year marriage is falling apart.

Well-nourished, mindful practices to heal your relationship with food, feed y…

You don’t have to turn to food in difficult times. Well Nourished shows you how to develop a mindful relationship with food as you nourish yourself emotionally. There is much more to nourishing yourself than simply eating food. After a long day of feeling run down and exhausted, what you’re likely really hungering for are other forms of nourishment. Well Nourished is here to show you how to…

The great alone

Alaska, 1974 Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide…

The jetsetters: a novel

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780399181894

Collation

338 p. ; 22 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 WAR t

Friendaholic: confessions of a friendship addict

As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? In this fascinating, insightful and uniquely moving book, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to find out. Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution …

The way from here

Three generations of women. Three generations worth of secrets. Will a cache of letters from beyond the grave hold the key to unravelling them all? The answer to that question lies at the heart of this addictive and atmospheric novel from the author of The House of Brides. Growing up, the Anderson sisters could not have been more different. Susie, the wild one, had an adventurous life while …

Beautiful world, where are you

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get …