Literature & Fiction
The Constant Rabbit
JOD 11.70
JOD 19.50
Peter Knox lives quietly in one of those small country villages that's up for the Village Garden of the Year award. Until Doc and Constance Rabbit move in next door, upsetting the locals (many of them members of governing political party United Kingdom Against Rabbit Population), complicating Peter'..
The Count Of Monte Cristo
JOD 4.50
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great thrillers of all time. In 1853 William Thackeray wrote to a friend: 'began to read Monte Cristo at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night.'. Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmund Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imp..
The Country Of Others
JOD 10.00
Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj, a Moroccan soldier billeted in her town fighting for the French. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves her country to follow her new husband to Morocco. But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young w..
The Covenant Of Water: An Oprah'S Book Club Select...
JOD 22.00
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelv..
The Covenant Of Water: An Oprah'S Book Club Select...
JOD 12.50
A stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala and following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations ..
The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Inc
JOD 13.10
The Crocodile introduces the reader to Dostoevsky's silly side, with an absurd and surreal plot that will have you howling with laughter. Satirical and deeply humorous, this volume is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dostoevsky's seminal work...
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (English and French...
JOD 18.00
European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes. Under Saladin, an unstoppable Muslim army inspired by prophets and poets finally succeeded..
The Curator
JOD 22.00
From Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals. At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boul..
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
JOD 8.00
Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories. In 1860 Ben..
The Dead Men
JOD 21.00
‘A vivid, gripping story, beautifully handled, with a gem on every page’ – Tracy Chevalier ‘Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile.’ S. W. Perry Summer 1630. The Swedish army is fighting its way down through Germany, with Jack Fiskardo and his company of scou..
The Deep Blue Between
JOD 9.00
Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina's home is in ruins after a brutal raid. But this is not the end but the beginning of their story, one that will take them to unfamiliar cities and cultures, where they will forge new families, ward off dangers and truly begin to know themselves. As the twins pursue..
The Dictator's Wife
JOD 19.00
WOMAN I learned early in life how to survive. A skill that became vital in my position. WIFE I was given no power, yet I was expected to hold my own with the most powerful man in the country. MOTHER OF THE NATION My people were my children. I stood between him and them. I am not the person they s..