Looking for Alibrandi

Melina Marchetta

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it's her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn't be any stricter--but that doesn't seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into her life. Caught between the old-world values o...

Talking Heads

Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, "Talking Heads" is widely regarded as a modern classic. This new edition, which con...

Bite Club (Morganville Vampires #10)

Rachel Caine

Morganville, Texas is a quiet college town where humans and vampires live in relative peace. But lately a great deal of blood is being spilled. Not in a feeding frenzy, but for someone's twisted idea of entertainment. After discovering that vampires populate Morganville – and surviving a number of adven...

The Wind in the Willows (Ladybird Classics)

Kenneth Grahame

This "Ladybird Classic" is an abridged retelling of the classic story of "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Graheme, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone. Beautiful new illustrations throughout and a gorgeous larger format with...