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The interpreter Brooke Robinson
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Robinson, Brooke

The interpreter / Brooke Robinson

London : Vintage Books, 2024

Abstract: Thanks to a nomadic childhood, Revelle Lee is fluent in ten languages, which she puts to use at crime scenes and in courtrooms across London. Being a court interpreter is a stressful job, one that makes her privy to the most personal and often dark details of others' lives. In the meantime, she's close to adopting a six-year-old boy named Elliot from foster care. Revelle is determined to be the mother she never had, and to make up for a terrible mistake she made years ago.Leggi tutto

The curious fish Elsa Beskow
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Beskow, Elsa

The curious fish / Elsa Beskow

Edinburgh : Floris, 2024

A mini Elsa Beskow book

Abstract: When Flash the curious fish finds himself stuck in a jar in a little boy's bedroom, his aunt and uncles are determined to save him. But how can three fish rescue one that's on dry land? With the help of a wise old frog and a little magic, even the most unlikely wishes can come true.

This strange eventful history Claire Messud
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Messud, Claire

This strange eventful history : a novel / Claire Messud

New York [etc.] : W. W. Norton & Company, 2024

Abstract: Over seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state—separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all.

Hey, Zoey Sarah Crossan
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Crossan, Sarah

Hey, Zoey / Sarah Crossan

London [etc.] : Bloomsbury, 2024

Abstract: 43-year-old Dolores O'Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who's moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn't what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the $8,000 AI sex doll that David has secretly purchased and stuffed away in the garage.

The coast road Alan Murrin
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Murrin, Alan

The coast road / Alan Murrin

London [etc.] : Bloomsbury, 2024

Abstract: Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women—Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between.

Tell me everything Elizabeth Strout
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Strout, Elizabeth

Tell me everything : a novel / Elizabeth Strout

London : Penguin : Viking, 2024

Abstract: It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been.

Neigbors and other stories Diane Oliver
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Oliver, Diane

Neigbors and other stories / Diane Oliver

London : Faber, 2024

Abstract: One Black family comes under attack as their little boy prepares to start at an all-white school. Friends plan a protest sit-in at the Rose Crest Tea Room, only to be arrested. The first Black student - always the 'Experiment' - retreats into her closet at a newly integrated college. And when a social worker enters a secluded woodland cabin, she meets the fate of all visitors . . .

My friends Hisham Matar
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Matar, Hisham

My friends / Hisham Matar

London : Viking, 2024

Abstract: Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed.

Orbital Samantha Harvey
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Harvey, Samantha

Orbital / Samantha Harvey

London : Vintage, 2024

Abstract: Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, six astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep,Leggi tutto

Headshot Rita Bullwinkel
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Bullwinkel, Rita

Headshot / Rita Bullwinkel

London : Daunt Books, 2024

Abstract: An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family’s unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country.

Solitaire Alice Oseman
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Oseman, Alice

Solitaire / Alice Oseman

London : Harper Collins Publishers, 2024

Abstract: My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people – I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now. Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden. I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden. I really don’t.

Bologna Giorgia Zabbini
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Zabbini, Giorgia

Bologna : English edition / Giorgia Zabbini

Milano : Feltrinelli : Morellini, 2024

The Austriad Richard Bartholinus ; edited, translated and annotated by John Butcher
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Bartolini, Riccardo <m. 1529?>

The Austriad : a renaissance latin epic for Emperor Maximilian 1. / Richard Bartholinus ; edited, translated and annotated by John Butcher

Città di Castello : Nuova Prhomos, 2024

Biblioteca del centro studi Mario Pancrazi. Testi ; 14

After Annie Anna Quindlen
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Quindlen, Anna

After Annie : a novel / Anna Quindlen

New York : Random house, 2024

Abstract: When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives. Bill is overwhelmed without his beloved wife, and Annemarie wrestles with the bad habits her best friend had helped her overcome. And Ali, the eldest of Annie’s children, has to grow up overnight, to care for her younger brothers and even her father and to puzzle out for herself many of theLeggi tutto

The housemaid is watching Freida McFadden
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McFadden, Freida

The housemaid is watching / Freida McFadden

Naperville : Poisoned Pen Press, 2024

The life impossible Matt Haig
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Haig, Matt

The life impossible / Matt Haig

Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024

End of story A. J. Finn
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Finn, A. J.

End of story / A. J. Finn

London : Harper Collins Publishers, 2024

Abstract: This is the chilling invitation from Sebastian Trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Welcomed into his lavish San Francisco mansion, Nicky begins to unravel Trapp's life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter.

Pop them in python! Claudia Palombi, Gloria Francella
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Palombi, Claudia

Pop them in python! / Claudia Palombi, Gloria Francella

Firenze [etc.] : Giunti, 2024

Bubbles

Rogue justice Stacey Abrams
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Abrams, Stacey

Rogue justice / Stacey Abrams

London : Harper Collins, 2024

Abstract: Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling an international conspiracy in While Justice Sleeps. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she died.Leggi tutto

In a thousand diferrent ways Cecelia Ahern
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Ahern, Cecelia

In a thousand diferrent ways / Cecelia Ahern

London : HarperCollins, 2024

Abstract: You’ve never met anyone like Alice. She sees the best in people. And the worst. She always seems to know exactly what everyone around her is feeling: a thousand different emotions. Every. Single. Day. In amongst all that noise, she’s lost herself. But there’s one person she can’t read. And that’s the person who could change her life. Is she ready to let him in?