Book of the week

Sex, Love & Spirituality in a Toxic Dating World. Despite all her meditating and multiple tarot card readings, Rosalind Moody keeps manifesting similar men, over and over again. That is, until she finally learns the lessons the Universe was trying to show her and really begins to feel the love…

Brand-new for 2024, the next captivating, historical novel from Jan Casey about a female war artist in World War 2.

It’s an intriguing story with a secret at its heart involving drama, Karl Marx and several people hiding away from the unexpected consequences of literary discussions.

Fox Bites is a dark coming-of-age horror fantasy about pain, loneliness, and stepping back from the abyss.

A fiercely hopeful novel about family, sexuality, grief and how we as individuals can rediscover our political agency in the face of continued uncertainty.

Over the course of the eight-week Sleep Well programme, you will learn the surprising and effective habits necessary to optimise the length and quality of your sleep and transform your relationship with rest, resulting in long-term benefits to your health, mood and productivity.

At the age of twelve, Pat Sheedy placed his first 10p bet and concocted his first scam. This marked the beginning of his descent into a compulsive gambling addiction that would lead to close to one hundred criminal convictions, over a million euro squandered on bets and time served in some of Ireland's most unforgiving prisons. Now, almost four decades later, Pat Sheedy has, against all odds, got his life back on track and taken control of his addiction.

Heartwarming and uplifting, Every Shade of Happy will make you laugh, cry and want to call your grandfather. The first adult novel by award-winning British author, Phyllida Shrimpton.

Acclaimed cooker writer Ghillie Basan embarks on a journey around Scotland's coastline and over to the islands to capture the essence of our nation's seafood through the stories of fisherman, farmers, artisan smokers and curers, boat builders and net makers, creels and shacks, skin tanners and age-old traditions.

'Roman military adventure at its best. Ranks with the best historical fiction available today.' Simon Turney

Christopher Jones offers a practical guide for conquering common phobias and anxiety. The book outlines his 7-step Integrated Change System, providing readers with guided exercises to identify and overcome the sources of their fears.

A gripping thriller set in 1979's suburban Ridgefield, it revolves around four couples. Amidst a heat wave, they gather for a weekly dinner party. The evening seems ordinary, a break from daily life. But beneath the facade of perfect marriages, secrets lurk.

Barry Keith introduces his first book tailored for kids, seamlessly blending personal anecdotes from his own childhood with inspirational tips and life lessons. Drawing from his bestselling book for adults, "Brain Hacks," Keith offers techniques that have empowered thousands, now reworked to instill a winning mindset in children. From building confidence to handling setbacks and realizing true potential, "Mind Magic" provides tried-and-tested tips and tricks to encourage young readers to succeed in various aspects of their lives, be it academics, confidence-building, or achieving success in sports.

Only now appearing in English translation, Clemens Meyer’s debut — first published in German in 2007 — is an extraordinary coming of age novel by one of Germany's most ambitious writers, full of passion, rage, hope and despair. The book was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

This is a captivating guide for book lovers, offering a concise bucket list of essential reads that transcend cultural and genre boundaries. Delving into the wisdom of literary giants like Dickens, Austen, and Murakami, the book explores themes beyond romance and wealth, tackling conflict, oppression, identity, and psychology. With over a hundred classic works from around the world, this gem reveals the transformative power of literature, illustrating how books enrich our understanding of ourselves and the diverse world we inhabit. An invitation to explore universal truths, it reminds us that a single book can change an entire life.

"North Sea," co-authored by Dorthe Nors and Henrik Saxgren, offers an exhilarating and moving account of life along the untamed Danish coast. Shortlisted for the 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and the James Tait Black Prize for Biography, the book delves into the world of shipwrecks, storm surges, and the resilient communities that call this rugged coastline home. Through spellbinding prose, the authors guide readers on a powerful and beautiful journey through history, memory, and the captivating landscape that has shaped generations.

Finding the battered body of a young boy was not unusual in Bloody Mary’s cruel England. However, the stabbed tongue, a false seal, and a strange letter implicate Princess Elizabeth, threatening to bring down the Tudor Dynasty.

It's a brilliant historical thriller!

At once a celebration of human history and a timely call to action, Human Being empowers readers to build better habits around — and away from — technology, and reminds us just how extraordinary human achievement can be.

A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorized the nation as Jack the Ripper.

In prose that is by turns poetic, comic, macabre, haunting, and humane, multi-award-winning author Alan Warner traces the last journey through Scotland of a man who history will come to define for his failure.