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Twisted Spoon Press I, City
£9.04
Little, Brown Book Group Emerald City and Other Stories
These eleven masterful stories - the first collection from acclaimed author Jennifer Egan - deal with loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egan's characters, models and housewives, bankers and schoolgirls, are united by their search for something outside their own realm of experience. They set out from locations as exotic as China and Bora Bora, as cosmopolitan as downtown Manhattan, or as familiar as suburban Illinois to seek their own transformations. Elegant and poignant, the stories in Emerald City are seamless evocations of self-discovery.
£9.99
MIT Press Ltd Collage City
£35.63
Cassava Republic Press Carnivorous City
When Abel Dike discovers that his brother is missing, he hops on the first plane to Lagos. Abel is rapidly sucked into the unforgiving Lagos maelstrom where he has to navigate encounters with a motley cast of common criminals, deal with policemen intent on getting a piece of the pie, and contend with his growing attraction to his brother's wife.
£9.15
Oxford University Press,China Ltd City Designer
£10.40
Oxford University Press Mud City
The third book in the internationally bestselling Breadwinner series. Parvana's best friend from The Breadwinner, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France. But escape is not so easy. Once she leaves the camp, she has no money, no food, and only her dog Jasper for company. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself. This is another deeply moving story from Deborah Ellis, which casts light for readers on the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
£8.42
Doomspell Books Silver City
£8.10
Ignite Books City Baby
£14.82
NeWest Press Broke City
£13.49
National Geographic Maps Division TellurideSilvertonOurayLake City
£14.99
Random House USA Inc Drum City
£8.42
GOST Books Paradise City
Sebastien Cuvelier’s journey to Iran was inspired by a manuscript written on travels to Persepolis made by his late uncle in 1971. In this book, the photographs from Sebastien’s time in Iran are layered on top of his late uncle’s diary as a conversation between the two journeys.
£35.00
Little, Brown & Company Jade City
£26.00
University of British Columbia Press Broken City
£25.19
Caffeine Nights Publishing Cannibal City
£9.91
HarperCollins Publishers City of Dreams
Hot on the heels of the superb (Stephen King) New York Times bestseller City on Fire comes the explosive second novel in an epic crime trilogy from #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow.Don''t miss CITY IN RUINS, the final instalment in the trilogy, available to preorder now!*Waterstones Best Book of 2023: Crime and Thriller*''This is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily MailAs powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday TimesEven sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow''s best book, by far. You won''t put it down' Stephen KingWinslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter JamesCity Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. James PattersonHollywood.The city where dreams are made.On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now
£8.68
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Alphabet City
Alphabet City is a playful, homegrown, and alliterative approach to learning the alphabet made for curious kids, magnificent mothers, golden grannies, fantastic fathers, and everyone in between. It enriches the connection between children, parents, and our cities with an uplifting and original educational approach. At its very heart and soul, Alphabet City aims to strengthen our children's vocabulary while nurturing their imaginations. Aesthetically gorgeous and stunningly illustrated, each page paints an inspirational narrative to reinforce a child's growing library of words, while teaching them inventively about the place in which they live.
£8.99
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Alphabet City
Alphabet City is a playful, homegrown, and alliterative approach to learning the alphabet made for curious kids, magnificent mothers, golden grannies, fantastic fathers, and everyone in between. It enriches the connection between children, parents, and our cities with an uplifting and original educational approach. At its very heart and soul, Alphabet City aims to strengthen our childrens vocabulary while nurturing their imaginations. Aesthetically gorgeous and stunningly illustrated, each page paints an inspirational narrative to reinforce a childs growing library of words, while teaching them inventively about the place in which they live.
£7.62
Duke University Press The Avenue, Clayton City
The Avenue in C. Eric Lincoln’s fictional town is the principal residential street of the black community in Clayton City, a prototypical southern town languishing between the two world wars. Unpaved and marked by ditches full of frogs, snakes, and empty whiskey bottles on one side of town, it is the same street, though with a different name, that originates downtown. Only when it reaches the black section of Clayton City do the paving stop and the trash-filled ditches begin. On one side, it provides a significant address for the white people who live there. On the other, despite its rundown air, it is still the best address available to the town’s black population. Some of them, in fact, are willing to go to any extreme, including murder, to get there. In this novel, originally published in 1988, Lincoln creates with deft skill the drama that rises from the lives of the people of Clayton City. In turn amusing, disgusting, enraging, wistful, and, as one hears the secrets hidden deep in their hearts, shocking, they exist in a place whose vibrant personality is itself a unique configuration of geography, relationships, patterns of behavior, and events. It is also a place whose unspoken and hidden power lies in its crushing compulsion to maintain itself as it already is—a power that forces everyone to succumb to an inflexible social order.
£22.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Tomorrow City: Dieselpunk Roleplaying
A dieselpunk roleplaying game of action, mystery and mad science! Tomorrow City was one of the cities of the future, built to usher in a new age of prosperity, seizing upon scientific achievements at the dawn of the twentieth century. Then came the War. Radium-powered soldiers assembled, diesel-fuelled nightmares rolled off production lines, city fought city, and the world burned in atomic fire. We survived, barely. Tomorrow City still stands, an oil-stained beacon of hope, part-refuge, part-asylum. Beset by dangers from both within and without, a secret war now rages on its streets. Diesel-born monstrosities stalk the alleyways, air pirates strike from the wastelands, mad scientists continue their dark work, occultists manipulate the city’s strange geometry, and secret societies plot in the shadows. Tomorrow City is a roleplaying game of dark science and dieselpunk action. Swift and simple character creation and an easy-to-learn dice pool system places the emphasis on unique personalities and the momentum of the plot. Join the Underground and fight the crime and corruption at the heart of the city. Sell your dieselpunk tech, occult knowledge, and sheer grit as troubleshooters for mysterious paymasters. Hunt down spies, saboteurs, and science-run-amok. As weary sky rangers, fringe scientists, and radium-powered veterans, you might be all that stands between a better tomorrow and no tomorrow at all.
£22.50
Michelin Editions des Voyages Streetwise Edinburgh Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Edinburgh, Scotland: City Plans
REVISED 2023 Streetwise Edinburgh Map is a laminated city center map of Edinburgh, Scotland in an accordion-fold pocket size travel map format. Coverge includes: Main Edinburgh Map 1:11,000 Edinburgh Regional Map 1:200,000 Edinburgh Area Map 1:120,000 Scotland Map 1:2,200,000 Dimensions: 4" x 8.5" folded, 8.5" x 36" unfolded Few cities match Edinburgh s city centre: Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile with its medieval blocks of flats; the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and the elegant Georgian architecture of New Town. The best way to visit Edinburgh, particularly the Old Town, is by foot using the STREETWISE® Edinburgh map. One of the best vantage points to view the city is from Edinburgh Castle high up on castle rock, which is the city's dominant physical feature and from where impressive views are available from all sides. Walk down the Royal Mile to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Then head back up Princess Street to New Town and Charlotte Square. Spend the afternoon at the Royal Botanic Gardens. With the STREETWISE® Edinburgh Map new discoveries will open up to you for an unforgettable experience of Edinburgh and its regions. The main Edinburgh city map pulls all important sites together to help organize and navigate your tour of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Region map will help navigate your departure from Edinburgh for day trips to West Lothian, Midlothian, and East Lothian, regions studded with castles and wonderful country roads. The complete country map of Scotland will enable you to locate all important towns and regions in Scotland for adventures within the country or as part of a trip even further afield in Great Britain. Our pocket size map of Edinburgh is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. To enhance your visit to Edinburgh, check out the Michelin Green Guide to Scotland, which details sites and attractions the famed Michelin star-rating system so you can prioritize your trip based on your time and interest. For a selection of the best restaurants and hotels, buy the red MICHELIN Guide to Great Britain & Ireland or MICHELIN Guide Main Cities of Europe. For driving or to plan your trip to and from Edinburgh, use the Michelin Scotland Road and Tourist Map No. 501.
£9.34
Penguin Books Ltd Lost City: NUMA Files #5
Lost City is a nerve-shredding NUMA Files novel from Clive Cussler, international bestseller.Kurt Austin's toughest assignment yet...The discovery of a body frozen for ninety years in a glacier high in the French Alps seems of unlikely concern to Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects team. But when those on site are trapped in alpine tunnels flooding with glacial meltwater, Austin can hardly ignore a cry for help. And this near tragedy proves to be no mere accident. For the body held a secret. A secret someone was prepared to kill for.Soon Austin is plunged into a mystery involving a virulent algal weed ravaging the Atlantic's Lost City trench, while he and the team face a family of astonishing greed - who will stop at nothing to get what they want ... Clive Cussler, author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and The Treasure of Khan, and co-author Paul Kemprecos unravel a tangled web of conspiracy and greed in Lost City, the fifth novel of the action-packed NUMA Files series.Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The Master is back...Cussler is in top form with this galloping tale of derring-do and world domination' Sunday Express
£10.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Christians in the City of Hong Kong: Chinese Christianity in Asia's World City
Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been China’s gateway to the wider world. Having served in Hong Kong for over 25 years in contexts from prison ministry to theological education, Tobias Brandner offers an interplay of local and global perspectives assessing the growth, variation, and present course of Hong Kong’s diverse Christian communities. These range from spiritually progressive Christians to conservative evangelicals and Pentecostals; Christians at the grassroots and at the higher echelons of wealth and power; social and educational ministries of Christians and their impact on society; and, finally, the important role of Hong Kong Christians in their outreach to mainland China. Tracing how Christianity has extended into all parts of society, including arts, politics, and academia, Brandner presents key theological insights into the dynamics of a community at the cultural intersection of China and the West.
£20.31
Penguin Books Ltd Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City
From the author of Another Kyoto and Lost Japan, a rich, personal exploration of the culture and history of Bangkok, and an essential guide for anyone visiting the cityAlex Kerr has spent over thirty years of his life living in Bangkok. As with his bestselling books on Japan, this evocative personal meditation explores the city's secret corners. Here is the huge, traffic-choked metropolis of concrete high-rises, slums and sky trains; but also a place of peace and grace. Looking afresh at everything from ceramics to Thai dance, flower patterns to old houses, Kerr reveals one of Asia's most kaleidoscopically complex cities. Another Bangkok will delight both those who think they know the city well and those visiting for the first time.
£10.99
Artbooks Battle for the city: 2022
"Battle for the City" is a book that was born during the war and became for the ARTBUKS team a kind of symbol of hope for a coming victory. It is designed to help children who, against their will, have become participants in this frenzied war, to believe that light will defeat darkness, and evil will surely be punished.
£11.70
Pennsylvania State University Press Qayrawān: The Amuletic City
In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Tunisian city of Qayrawān suddenly found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the city’s Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why.Using visual archaeological methods, William Gallois reconstructs the visual history of these works and vividly brings them back to life. He locates pictorial records of the murals from the backdrops of photographs, postcards, and other forms of European ephemera. In Qayrawān, he identifies a form of religious painting that transposed traditional aesthetic forms such as house decoration, embroidery, and tattooing—which lay exclusively within the domains of women—onto the body of a conquered city. Gallois argues that these works were created by women as a form of “emergency art,” intended to offer amuletic protection for the community, and demonstrates how they differ markedly from “classical” Islamic antecedents and modern modes of Arab cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa.Based on extensive archival research, this study is both a record of a unique moment in the history of art and a challenge to rethink the spiritual force and agency of a group of anonymous female artists whose paintings aspired to help save the world at a time of great peril. It will be welcomed by scholars of art history, Islamic studies, Middle East studies, and the history of magic.
£83.95
Define Fine Define Fine City Guides Ho Chi Minh City
£25.00
Penguin Books Ltd Paris: Biography of a City
'Paris is the World, the rest of the Earth is nothing but its suburbs' - MarivauxIn this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The focal point of generation upon generation of admirers and detractors, a source of attraction or repulsion even for those who have never been there, Paris has witnessed more extraordinary events than any other major city. No spot on earth has been more walked around, written about, discussed, painted and photographed. With an eye for the revealing, startling and (sometimes) horrible detail, Colin Jones takes the reader from Roman Paris to the present, recreating the ups and downs in the history of the city and its inhabitants. Attentive to both the urban environment and to the experience of those who lived within it, PARIS: BIOGRAPHY OF A CITY will be hugely enjoyed by habitual Paris obsessives, by first-time visitors, and by those who know the city only by repute.
£16.99
Quercus Publishing Friendship: Echoes of the City II
Set in post-war Oslo and following on from Echoes of a City, by an author who understands the city like no other."One of Norway's finest writers" GUARDIAN"Profoundly resonant" TLS In Kirkeveien, Oslo, in the year 1956, forty-year-old Maj is worn down by being a homemaker and widowed mother. To the indignation of the Red Cross ladies, she cautiously frees herself from the role she has otherwise fulfilled to the letter. She finds a job that she turns out to be more than good at, and some kind of love, too. Her friend Margrethe is sick of her marriage to the antiquarian bookseller, Olaf Hall, but cannot think of divorce. Jesper gets a girlfriend who opens the door to a new, more liberated environment of vegetarianism and politics. And his best friend Jostein realises that his talent for making money will allow him access to a world that is larger and richer than that of the Oslo slaughterhouse.Friendship is a beautifully orchestrated story about people and their dreams, about social conventions, personal constraints and what it takes to have the courage to realise oneself. In this book brimming with human insight, as in Echoes of the City, in each of these characters we recognise something of ourselves.
£11.69
RedDoor Press Eternal City
From the BESTSELLING author of Dust Life can change in a split second, and so it does for twenty-eight-year-old photographer Finn Chambers. One careless decision at the Cimitero Acattolico in the eternal city of Rome, finds him falling head first onto Shelley's tomb, to his death. He awakes to a beautiful afterlife surrounded by long-dead poets, artists and thinkers, including Shelley, Keats, Gramsci, Sanchez and the delightful Lady Mary von Haas, and these luminaries test Finn's values and principles in a way they have never been tested before. Uncomfortable truths require honest assessment when the 21st century's lust for celebrity, drugs, and fifteen minutes of fame, is questioned by others from centuries past but his new life finds much in common with his previous life, with love, art, sex, music, humour and irreverence, all experienced on this different and fascinating plane. For Finn Chambers there is life after death - and it's a life worth living.
£10.03
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Portage & Main Press Surviving the City
Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape—they’re so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez’s grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can’t stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can’t bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez’s community find her before it’s too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don’t?
£13.99
Hoxton Mini Press The Botanical City
£22.50
Wattpad Books The Last City
£16.83
Watkins Media Limited The Rentier City
How did Manchester became the poster-child of neoliberal urbanisation, and whatcan the people that live there do about it?
£14.99
Dedalus Ltd The Celestial City
£10.03
Canongate Books City of Pearl
£13.60
Headline Publishing Group City of Ice
A compelling, twisting and evocative crime thriller set in China, perfect for fans of acclaimed writers such as Will Dean, Abir Mukherjee and D.B. John.
£19.46
Chicken House Ltd City of Rust
An out-of-this-world sci-fi adventure - the perfect intergalactic gift! 'Thrilling, action-packed and imaginative, this ecologically themed sci-fi adventure is the perfect book for fans of Star Wars.' THE WEEK JUNIOR 'The pace never lets up in this action-packed adventure.' LOVEREADING4KIDS 'A perfect introduction to sci-fi with a strong ecological message' BIG ISSUE Railey dreams of winning the drone races with her bio-robotic gecko friend, Atti. But when a bounty hunter crashes their biggest race yet, the pair are forced to flee to the feared Junker clans who mine the rubbish orbiting the Earth. Rescued by a couple of Junker kids, they discover a danger bigger than anything they'd imagined - but can three kids, a gecko and an ancient computer save the world against the huge trash bomb (and its power-crazed creator) threatening to destroy the world? The fun, original and thrilling middle-grade debut from Gemma Fowler - an ecologically-themed mystery adventure! Perfect for fans of Star Wars and Wall-E - sci-fi for a new generation! Railey and Atti are a brilliantly acerbic and loving duo: their story is packed full of fun and adrenaline.
£10.15
Sinolingua The Besieged City
£13.44
Gallic Books The White City
'Roma Tearne is an exquisite writer and captivating storyteller' Aminatta FornaThrough endless years of glacial winter, artist Hera has known loss: her brother's arrest and imprisonment on terrorism charges, her mother's resulting death, and the collapse of normal life in a devastated London. Her one comfort has been her relationship with Raphael. As the thaw begins, can she track down her elusive lover?
£11.69
HarperCollins Publishers Children of the Stone City
A thrilling, resonant and inspiring novel about justice, privilege and the power of the young to strive for change. Set in a world where Adam and Leila and their friend Zak live as Nons under the Permitted ruling class. Then, when Adam and Leila’s father dies unexpectedly, their mother faces losing her permit to live in the Stone City with deportation to where she was born. Before music-loving Adam can implement his plan to save Mama, Zak is arrested for a bold prank that goes wrong, with far-reaching repercussions for them all . . . The eagerly awaited new children’s book comes from award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, winner of the Carnegie Medal for The Other Side of Truth. Beverley’s first novel, Journey to Jo’burg, has never been out of print in the UK and US since its publication in 1985. It now appears in the HarperCollins Modern Classics list and is frequently read in schools worldwide.
£7.99
Michelin Editions des Voyages Streetwise Barcelona Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Barcelona, Spain: City Plans
REVISED 2023 Streetwise Barcelona Map is a laminated city center map of Barcelona, Spain. The accordion-fold pocket size travel map coverage includes: Main Barcelona Map 1:12,000 Old City Center Map 1:6,000 Barcelona Area Metro Map 1:73,000. Dimensions: 4" x 8.5" folded, 8.5" x 36" unfolded Explore the Barri Gòtic. See Gaudi’s masterpieces Sagrada Familia and Parc Güell. Take in the Picasso Museum, an FC Barcelona match, the colorful Boqueria market, the funicular to the Miro Foundation, and old town for Catalan seafood. These and many other notable sites are indexed and highlighted on the STREETWISE® Barcelona Map. The STREETWISE® Barcelona Map is the ultimate resource for navigating your way through these streets of Spain's second largest city. This colorfully designed Barcelona map is fully indexed with streets, hotels, cultural sites, government buildings, parks, plazas, shopping centers, and other places of interest. The STREETWISE® Barcelona Map affords you a bird’s-eye view of everything from the Estadi Olimpic to Park Guell. The pocket size map of Barcelona is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. For a more detailed look at Barcelona, check out the Michelin Barcelona Map and Guide and the Michelin Main Cities Europe for a selection of the best hotels and restaurants in the area. For driving or to plan your trip to and from Barcelona, use the Michelin Spain & Portugal Road and Tourist Map No. 734.
£6.73
Transworld Publishers Ltd London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City
'A lyrical meditation on landscapes and cities, vivid reportage and a memoir. And also a beautifully realised and moving read.' Financial Times'A beguiling mix of history, geology, folklore and memoir that captivated me from the first page.' Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking'Tom Chivers brings a poet's sensibility to this book about the hidden parts of the capital, mixing the past with the present, the known with the unknown and his personal story with social history and geology.' Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, OtherWhat secrets lie beneath a city?Tom Chivers follows hidden pathways, explores lost islands and uncovers the geological mysteries that burst up through the pavement and bubble to the surface of our streets. From Roman ruins to a submerged playhouse, from an abandoned Tube station to underground rivers, Chivers leads us on a journey into the depths of the city he loves.A lyrical interrogation of a capital city, a landscape and our connection to place, London Clay celebrates urban edgelands: in-between spaces where the natural world and the metropolis collide. Through a combination of historical research, vivid reportage and personal memoir, it will transform how you see London, and cities everywhere.'Tom Chivers, with the forensic eye of an investigator, the soul of a poet, is an engaging presence; a guide we would do well to follow.' Iain Sinclair, author of The Last London
£10.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Arsonists' City: A Novel
“Feels revolutionary in its freshness.” —Entertainment Weekly“The Arsonists’ City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan’s hands, one family’s tale becomes the story of a nation—Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. It’s the kind of book we are lucky to have.” —Rumaan AlamA rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home The Nasr family is spread across the globe—Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they’ve always had their ancestral home in Beirut—a constant touchstone—and the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his father’s recent death, Idris, the family’s new patriarch, has decided to sell. The decision brings the family to Beirut, where everyone unites against Idris in a fight to save the house. They all have secrets—lost loves, bitter jealousies, abandoned passions, deep-set shame—that distance has helped smother. But in a city smoldering with the legacy of war, an ongoing flow of refugees, religious tension, and political protest, those secrets ignite, imperiling the fragile ties that hold this family together. In a novel teeming with wisdom, warmth, and characters born of remarkable human insight, award-winning author Hala Alyan shows us again that “fiction is often the best filter for the real world around us” (NPR).
£10.99
DOM Publishers Mexico City: Architectural Guide
Mexico City has withstood enormous changes throughout its history. Once the capital of the Aztec Empire, it has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic, and contemporary Western cultures. Both local and internationally renowned artists and architects have brought their talents to this capital, which has also been the site of large-scale urban projects such as the construction of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The city has also been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, thanks to its wealth of artworks and innovative designs. The Architectural Guide Mexico City takes readers on a tour of 100 buildings and monuments from across the city. The entries are illustrated with 230 photographs, drawings, and maps. This updated second-edition of the guide includes two new essays presenting the legacy of the architect Luis Barragán and contemporary architecture in Mexico.
£25.00
Simon & Schuster City Spies
A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel?” —Beth McMullen, author of Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies—perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t. Before she knows what she’s doing, Sara is heading to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team. No one said saving the world was easy…
£8.99
Tilted Axis Press Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after. Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and Marlboro Reds. Over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle down, leaving him alone to care for his ailing mother and to find companionship in his relationships with a series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness, and another who might end up being the great love of his life.Love in the Big City is an exploration of millennial loneliness as well as the joys of queer life, that should appeal to readers of Sayaka Murata, Han Kang, and Cho Nam-Joo.
£11.99