Kit Finn plays it safe in her personal life; any risky moves are saved for her work...
But when she meets handsome Matt
... The year that changed my life. For Jasmine, losing her job felt like losing everything.
The year I found home.
It's Chloe Snow's sophomore year of high school, & life has only grown more complicated.
Last year, Chloe was the
When Billy hears a story about a mysterious figure called the yeti, he can't wait to meet one.
But yetis don't
This exceptional Egyptian novel
- as mesmerising as it is controversial
- caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Welcome to the Yacoubian Building, Cairo: once gr&, now dilapidated, & full of stories & passion. Some live in squalor on its rooftop while others inhabit the faded glory of its apartments & offices. Within these walls religious fervour jostles with promiscuity; bribery with bliss; modern life with ancient culture. At ground level, Taha, the doorman's son, harbours career aspirations & romantic dreams
- but when these are dashed by unyielding corruption, hope turns to bitterness, with devastating consequences. Alaa Al Aswany's superb novel about Egypt's many contradictions is at once an impassioned celebration & a ruthless dissection of a society dominated by dishonesty.