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Our pick of June’s new releases!

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While we’ve already chosen our three Books of the Month there are so many other excellent books arriving in May that we thought we might tell you about a few more of them ...

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer

Available for AED 65

Solar - Ian McEwan

Dr Michael Beard worries his career has stalled. He worries his wife has a lover. He worries about his younger rivals who might one day produce work that could overshadow his own. When these worries are hideously borne out, Beard makes two immoral decisions which could either destroy his life, or save the planet.

Available for AED 70

The Leader Who Had No Title - Robin Sharma

Blake DiFranco is down on his luck, trying to make ends meet. His job is unsatisfying. One day, an enigmatic family friend offers him a life-altering opportunity: spend a day studying with a mysterious group of teachers and learn the secrets of limitless success. The book is packed with real-world lessons, catchy aphorisms and inspiring exercises that will help any business person realize extraordinary results.

Available for AED 52

Blue Skies and Black Olives - John Humphreys

It was a moment of mad impulse when BBC anchorman John Humphrys decided to buy a semi-derelict cottage on a plot of land overlooking the Aegean. His son Christopher was already raising his family there so surely he would help build the beautiful villa that would soon rise there: what could possibly go wrong? John was to spend much of the next four years regretting his moment of madness. Father and son tell a story by turns hilarious and revealing about a country that intrigues and infuriates in equal measure.

Available for AED 52

The Big Short - Michael Lewis

In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff. How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Where did it all start? Was it avoidable?

Available for AED 149

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest - Steig Larsson

Finally out in paperback is the third and final adventure in Steig Larsson’s world-conquering Millennium series. If you’ve read the first two, you don’t need us to tell you why you should pick up volume three: if you haven’t read a Millennium novel yet, we recommend you start before the films get released! These books have breathed new life into the intelligent crime thriller genre.

Available for AED 46

The End of the Party - Andrew Rawnsley

In a UK General Election year, this book by Rawnsley is as timely as it is unputdownable. A reminder and an expose of what’s been going on in British Government since 2001, the eras of Blair and the current Brown leadership are put under the microscope and what emerges is a surprising, eminently quotable and vastly entertaining expose on the policies and personalities that have shaped modern Britain.

Available for AED 98

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Activity Book - Bronagh Woods

Can’t wait for June? This is packed with puzzles to solve, games to play and brilliant pictures to colour in. There are loads of great stickers to place throughout the book too! Filled with more than enough fun to last the entire World Cup, and officially endorsed by FIFA, illustrated throughout with 75 colour images and introduced by Zakumi, the official 2010 World Cup mascot, this is the perfect junior companion to the World Cup.

Available for AED 26