Can the Mind Be Quiet?

J. Krishnamurti

One of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century describes a series of his encounters around the world with a wide variety of spiritual seekers. Their questions and his answers explore the nature of the lived experience, the details of profound self-inquiry and how to live a fulfilled life.   These 60...

The Secret Commonwealth (#2 The Book of Dust)

Philip Pullman

From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials trilogy comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . . Lyra Silvertongue is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon. They are not getting on. Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misse...

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld's most popular novel yet, her breakout new Sunday Times bestseller and reader favourite, THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese's Book Club Pick A TV script writer thinks she's done with romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions- a humorous, s...