SpecificationsAbout the Author With over 105 million copies of his books sold Nicholas Sparks is one of the worlds most beloved storytellers. His novels include thirteen number one New York Times bestsellers. All Nicholas Sparks books have been international bestsellers and have been translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of his novels have been adapted into major films - The Longest Ride The Best of Me Safe Haven The Lucky One The Last Song Dear John Nights in Rodanthe Message in a Bottle A Walk to Remember The Notebook and The Choice.Author 1 Nicholas SparksFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Made-for-Hollywood storyline; the brooding hero in the pouring rain. Look no further than Nicholas Sparks. Stylist Sparks is more than just a bestselling author of romantic fiction though hes a pop culture phenomenon Irish Independent You always know where you are with Nicholas Sparks and its a place Im always happy to while away a couple of hours. Heres another compelling sob story that Hollywood wont be able to resist. Irish Independent An absorbing page-turner packed with the beachside lifestyle detail that is [a] Sparks hallmark Daily Mail Nicholas Sparks has undoubtedly produced another bestseller Sunshine Coast Sunday Nicholas Sparks is a master storyteller . . . a guaranteed page turner Peoples FriendISBN-10 0751550000ISBN-13 9780751550009Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author With over 105 million copies of his books sold Nicholas Sparks is one of the worlds most beloved storytellers. His novels include thirteen number one New York Times bestsellers. All Nicholas Sparks books have been international bestsellers and have been translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of his novels have been adapted into major films - The Longest Ride The Best of Me Safe Haven The Lucky One The Last Song Dear John Nights in Rodanthe Message in a Bottle A Walk to Remember The Notebook and The Choice.Author 1 Nicholas SparksFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Made-for-Hollywood storyline; the brooding hero in the pouring rain. Look no further than Nicholas Sparks. Stylist Sparks is more than just a bestselling author of romantic fiction though hes a pop culture phenomenon Irish Independent You always know where you are with Nicholas Sparks and its a place Im always happy to while away a couple of hours. Heres another compelling sob story that Hollywood wont be able to resist. Irish Independent An absorbing page-turner packed with the beachside lifestyle detail that is [a] Sparks hallmark Daily Mail Nicholas Sparks has undoubtedly produced another bestseller Sunshine Coast Sunday Nicholas Sparks is a master storyteller . . . a guaranteed page turner Peoples FriendISBN-10 0751550000ISBN-13 9780751550009Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeBook Description One of the greatest american novels ever written shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird. A lawyers advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of harper lees classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of scout and jem finch harper lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the deep south of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To kill a mockingbird is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the great depression and a sublime example of the southern writing tradition.Format PaperbackEditorial Review There is humour as well as tragedy in this book besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition - Sunday TimesISBN-10 1784752630ISBN-13 9781784752637Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeBook Description One of the greatest american novels ever written shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird. A lawyers advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of harper lees classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of scout and jem finch harper lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the deep south of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To kill a mockingbird is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the great depression and a sublime example of the southern writing tradition.Format PaperbackEditorial Review There is humour as well as tragedy in this book besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition - Sunday TimesISBN-10 1784752630ISBN-13 9781784752637Language EnglishView Full Specifications
SpecificationsAuthor 1 M L StedmanFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "A love story that is both persuasive and tender" The Sunday Times "An extraordinary book . . . as inevitable as Hardy at his most doom-laden. And as unforgettable" Guardian "A description of the extraordinary sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances" Daily Mail "It is not only the plot that it so compelling . . . What makes this wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile characters all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the reader" Daily Express "A moving tale . . . prepare to weep" New York Times "Irresistible . . . seductive . . . a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page" Oprah Magazine "A spectacularly sure storyteller . . . Reading The Light Between Oceans is a total-immersion experience extraordinarily moving." Monica Ali author of BRICK LANE "The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts at first feeling slight to touch then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon" Sydney Morning Herald "Book of the Week. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans the gripping debut from M L Stedman" Grazia Magazine "The characters are beautifully drawn . . . A completely unique read. ****" Heat Magazine "A moving tale. One of this years must-reads" Stylist Magazine "Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable . . . engrossing . . . immediate and familiar" The New Yorker "Mesmerising . . . the sheer passion and poetry of Stedmans prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak" Australian Womans Weekly "Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness" Woman and Home "A debut novel that tears at the heart – the last pages had me weeping buckets" Saga Magazine "A haunting story peopled with characters you care about" Choice Magazine "Elegantly rendered . . . heart-wrenching . . . beautifully drawn" USA Today "Lyrical . . . Stedman’s debut signals a career certain to deliver future treasures" People "Stunning and memorable" Booklist "Heart-wrenching" Publishers WeeklyISBN-10 0552778478ISBN-13 9780552778473Language EnglishNumber of Pages 464Publication Date 09/05/2013View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 M L StedmanFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "A love story that is both persuasive and tender" The Sunday Times "An extraordinary book . . . as inevitable as Hardy at his most doom-laden. And as unforgettable" Guardian "A description of the extraordinary sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances" Daily Mail "It is not only the plot that it so compelling . . . What makes this wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile characters all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the reader" Daily Express "A moving tale . . . prepare to weep" New York Times "Irresistible . . . seductive . . . a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page" Oprah Magazine "A spectacularly sure storyteller . . . Reading The Light Between Oceans is a total-immersion experience extraordinarily moving." Monica Ali author of BRICK LANE "The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts at first feeling slight to touch then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon" Sydney Morning Herald "Book of the Week. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans the gripping debut from M L Stedman" Grazia Magazine "The characters are beautifully drawn . . . A completely unique read. ****" Heat Magazine "A moving tale. One of this years must-reads" Stylist Magazine "Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable . . . engrossing . . . immediate and familiar" The New Yorker "Mesmerising . . . the sheer passion and poetry of Stedmans prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak" Australian Womans Weekly "Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness" Woman and Home "A debut novel that tears at the heart – the last pages had me weeping buckets" Saga Magazine "A haunting story peopled with characters you care about" Choice Magazine "Elegantly rendered . . . heart-wrenching . . . beautifully drawn" USA Today "Lyrical . . . Stedman’s debut signals a career certain to deliver future treasures" People "Stunning and memorable" Booklist "Heart-wrenching" Publishers WeeklyISBN-10 0552778478ISBN-13 9780552778473Language EnglishNumber of Pages 464Publication Date 09/05/2013View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His books include Norwegian Wood The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Kafka on the Shore What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and 1Q84. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages and he has received many honours including the Franz Kafka Prize. His most recent novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage sold one million copies in its first week of publication in Japan.Author 1 Haruki MurakamiFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "A naturalistic coming-of-age story… sprinkled with strange images and written in a hauntingly mournful key" Guardian "[Murakmi’s] elegant frugal prose creates a tale of courage and hope as Tsukuru tries to unlock the secrets of his past" Stylist "Critics have variously likened Murakami to Raymond Carver Raymond Chandler Arthur C Clarke Don DeLillo Philip K Dick Bret Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon – a roster so ill-assorted to suggest he is in fact an original" New York Times "A rich and even brilliant piece of work… Genuinely resonant and satisfying" James Walton Spectator "This is a book for both the new and experienced reader....[it] reveals another side of Murakami one not so easy to pin down. Incurably restive ambiguous and valiantly struggling toward a new level of maturation" Patti Smith New York TimesISBN-10 0099590379ISBN-13 9780099590378Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His books include Norwegian Wood The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Kafka on the Shore What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and 1Q84. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages and he has received many honours including the Franz Kafka Prize. His most recent novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage sold one million copies in its first week of publication in Japan.Author 1 Haruki MurakamiFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "A naturalistic coming-of-age story… sprinkled with strange images and written in a hauntingly mournful key" Guardian "[Murakmi’s] elegant frugal prose creates a tale of courage and hope as Tsukuru tries to unlock the secrets of his past" Stylist "Critics have variously likened Murakami to Raymond Carver Raymond Chandler Arthur C Clarke Don DeLillo Philip K Dick Bret Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon – a roster so ill-assorted to suggest he is in fact an original" New York Times "A rich and even brilliant piece of work… Genuinely resonant and satisfying" James Walton Spectator "This is a book for both the new and experienced reader....[it] reveals another side of Murakami one not so easy to pin down. Incurably restive ambiguous and valiantly struggling toward a new level of maturation" Patti Smith New York TimesISBN-10 0099590379ISBN-13 9780099590378Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel The Kite Runner was an international bestseller published in thirty-eight countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.Author 1 Khaled HosseiniBook Description Bloomsbury/The Variety Book Depot New Delhi India. Softcover. Condition: New. Abdullah and his sister live with their father and foster mother. They are not so well-off financially and their father is always on a job hunt to make ends meet. One day he decides to move from their village to Kabul but tries to stop Abdullah from coming along. He fails in the attempt due to his sons persistent temperament. Abdullah loves his sister extremely and would do anything to make sure she is happy. The two are inseparable and seem to have no clue about the events that are about to take place during their journey. What begins as an insignificant journey transforms the course of their livesFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9789384898083Language EnglishNumber of Pages 480Publication Date 2001View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel The Kite Runner was an international bestseller published in thirty-eight countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.Author 1 Khaled HosseiniBook Description Bloomsbury/The Variety Book Depot New Delhi India. Softcover. Condition: New. Abdullah and his sister live with their father and foster mother. They are not so well-off financially and their father is always on a job hunt to make ends meet. One day he decides to move from their village to Kabul but tries to stop Abdullah from coming along. He fails in the attempt due to his sons persistent temperament. Abdullah loves his sister extremely and would do anything to make sure she is happy. The two are inseparable and seem to have no clue about the events that are about to take place during their journey. What begins as an insignificant journey transforms the course of their livesFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9789384898083Language EnglishNumber of Pages 480Publication Date 2001View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAbout the Author Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel Things Falls Apart became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels two short-story collections and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and for over 15 years was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007 Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.Author 1 Chinua AchebeBook Description Things Fall ApartFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review “Things Fall Apart may well be Africas best loved novel. . . . For so many readers around the world it is Chinua Achebe who opened up the magic casements of African fiction.” —Kwame Anthony Appiah “Achebe is gloriously gifted with the magic of an ebullient generous great talent.” —Nadine Gordimer The New York Times Book Review "A vivid imagination illuminates every page. . . . This novel genuinely succeeds in penetrating tribal life from the inside." —Times Literary Supplement “As old as the novel is Things Fall Apart by Professor Chinua Achebe is one book that has captured the heart of most intellects and readers across the world. It is probably one of the books that will live forever going by the calibers of people in the world that testify to its originality. . . . Achebe’s wise and subtle story-telling cuts to the heart of these tribal people with humanity warmth and humour.” —Daily Independent NigeriaISBN-10 0385474547ISBN-13 9780385474542View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel Things Falls Apart became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels two short-story collections and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and for over 15 years was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007 Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.Author 1 Chinua AchebeBook Description Things Fall ApartFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review “Things Fall Apart may well be Africas best loved novel. . . . For so many readers around the world it is Chinua Achebe who opened up the magic casements of African fiction.” —Kwame Anthony Appiah “Achebe is gloriously gifted with the magic of an ebullient generous great talent.” —Nadine Gordimer The New York Times Book Review "A vivid imagination illuminates every page. . . . This novel genuinely succeeds in penetrating tribal life from the inside." —Times Literary Supplement “As old as the novel is Things Fall Apart by Professor Chinua Achebe is one book that has captured the heart of most intellects and readers across the world. It is probably one of the books that will live forever going by the calibers of people in the world that testify to its originality. . . . Achebe’s wise and subtle story-telling cuts to the heart of these tribal people with humanity warmth and humour.” —Daily Independent NigeriaISBN-10 0385474547ISBN-13 9780385474542View Full Specifications
SpecificationsAuthor 1 Osamah Al MuslimFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9786038203842Language ArabicPublisher The Bookshop Library Establishment - Al Ain SpecificationsAuthor 1 Osamah Al MuslimFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9786038203842Language ArabicPublisher The Bookshop Library Establishment - Al Ain