Staff Recommended Reads February 2011

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  Mornings in Jenin
  Susan Abulhawa

  Paperback · 07 Feb 2011 · €10.00

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  A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan.

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  Delirium
  Lauren Oliver

  Paperback · 03 Feb 2011 · €16.00

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  Following the phenomenal word-of-mouth success of BEFORE I FALL, Lauren Oliver's groundbreaking and emotionally wrenching story will resonate with readers young and old.

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  No Way Down
  Graham Bowley

  Paperback · 20 Jan 2011 · €13.35

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  It's the summit of K2, 1 August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world's most lethal mountain. But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and sweeps away their ropes.

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  My Name is Mary Sutter
  Robin Oliveira

  Paperback · 27 Jan 2011 · €17.35

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  Mary Sutter is eager to escape the pains of a broken heart. She travels to Washington to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Surrounded by suffering, in makeshift operating theatres, she comes under the guidance of William Stipp and James Blevens, two surgeons who unwittingly fall in love with Mary's courage, will, and stubbornness.

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  The Still Point
  Amy Sackville

  Paperback · 13 Dec 2010 · €10.00

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  An exquisitely crafted, strikingly original literary debut that is both a doomed Arctic adventure and a haunting love story

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  The Leopard
  Jo Nesbo

  Paperback · 07 Jul 2011 · €10.00

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  In the depths of winter, two young women are found dead, both drowned in their own blood. Inspector Harry Hole, deeply traumatised by an investigation that threatened the lives of those he holds most dear, initially wants nothing to do with the case but his instincts take over when a prominent MP is found brutally murdered.

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  Or the Bull Kills You
  Jason Webster

  Paperback · 03 Feb 2011 · €17.35

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  Chief Inspector Max Camara hates bullfighting, but one hot afternoon in Valencia he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida, starring Spain's most famous young matador. That night, to his surprise, he is back in the bullring, and what he finds on the blood-stained sand shocks the city of Valencia to its core.

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  The Hare with Amber Eyes
  Edmund De Waal

  Paperback · 22 Jan 2011 · €12.00

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