https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(manchesterPRIDE)%20-%20MINOR%3AITD16&QRYTEXT=Celebrate%20Manchester%20Pride%202023&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2482508&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Robertson,Carolyn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sparlypoo Publications 30-Nov-2014<br /><br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Picture Books - LGBT - Available - C0000020447376<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3299135&CF=BIB Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone in the woods. Her mother, her lover, her home - all burned. The world she inhabits is full of suspicion for women like her, neither maiden nor mother, especially since the sickness came. But Lux is smart; she knows how to blend into the background, how to manipulate people's expectations, how to defend herself. And she knows a lot about poisons. From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun of the far north; from the horrors of plague to the relief of healing; from lost and powerless to finding your path, 'Now She is Witch' questions the binary oppositions that still shadow our lives today. Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone in the woods. Her mother, her lover, her home - all burned. The world she inhabits is full of suspicion for women like her, neither maiden nor mother, especially since the sickness came. But Lux is smart; she knows how to blend into the background, how to manipulate people's expectations, how to defend herself. And she knows a lot about poisons. From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun of the far north; from the horrors of plague to the relief of healing; from lost and powerless to finding your path, 'Now She is Witch' questions the binary oppositions that still shadow our lives today.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Logan, Kirsty<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2023.<br />340 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020458640<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020458755<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3355427&CF=BIB Four friends have stolen aboard the Titanic. They're after the Rubaiyat - a book inlaid with priceless jewels. Josefa is a charismatic thief, Hinnah a daring acrobat, Violet an outstanding actress and Emilie a talented artist. It is Josefa's plan, but she needs all of their skills. Despite their very different backgrounds, in a world of first-class passengers and suspicious crew members, the girls must work together to pull off the heist of their lives. But careless mistakes, old grudges and new romances threaten to jeopardise everything they've worked towards. Four friends have stolen aboard the Titanic. They're after the Rubaiyat - a book inlaid with priceless jewels. Josefa is a charismatic thief, Hinnah a daring acrobat, Violet an outstanding actress and Emilie a talented artist. It is Josefa's plan, but she needs all of their skills. Despite their very different backgrounds, in a world of first-class passengers and suspicious crew members, the girls must work together to pull off the heist of their lives. But careless mistakes, old grudges and new romances threaten to jeopardise everything they've worked towards.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jaigirdar, Adiba<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2023.<br />356 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020400264<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020400221<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020400417<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020400463<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020400442<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3357460&CF=BIB Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea. He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world. But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream - something Ted has never told anyone. Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea. He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world. But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream - something Ted has never told anyone.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cain, Matt (Writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Headline Review, 2023.<br />456 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020459143<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020458825<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020459304<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3358702&CF=BIB You are not welcome here, godkiller Kissen's family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins. Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour. Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning - something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it. You are not welcome here, godkiller Kissen's family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins. Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour. Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning - something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kaner, Hannah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harper Voyager, 2023.<br />290 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020460991<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - On reserve shelf at Beswick Library - C0000020460992<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Onloan - Due: 09 Jun 2023 - C0000020460990<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020459216<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - C0000020460989<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3358851&CF=BIB Stephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards. This memoir recounts his unconventional coming-of-age story, from his beginnings in an unmusical home in Cheshireto the main stage of Carnegie Hall in New York aged 21. We read of his early love-affair with the piano which curdled, after a teenage nervous breakdown, into failure at school and six-hours a day watching television, engulfed in dreams, seesawing between sexual and religious obsessions. We meet his supportive, if eccentric parents. We read of the teachers who encouraged and inspired. Then finding his way back to the piano, having abandoned plans for an alternative life as a Catholic priest, he flourished at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Juilliard School, beginning his career as an international soloist as this book ends. Stephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards. This memoir recounts his unconventional coming-of-age story, from his beginnings in an unmusical home in Cheshireto the main stage of Carnegie Hall in New York aged 21. We read of his early love-affair with the piano which curdled, after a teenage nervous breakdown, into failure at school and six-hours a day watching television, engulfed in dreams, seesawing between sexual and religious obsessions. We meet his supportive, if eccentric parents. We read of the teachers who encouraged and inspired. Then finding his way back to the piano, having abandoned plans for an alternative life as a Catholic priest, he flourished at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Juilliard School, beginning his career as an international soloist as this book ends.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hough, Stephen, 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2023.<br />272 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Henry Watson Central Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - BIOGRAPHY 786.2092HOU - Available - C0000020460329<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3372602&CF=BIB Georgina is a sensible 26-year-old with a routine: schedule dates with long-term boyfriend; teach piano to inept children; and repeat until dead. Perfect. But when one night she deviates from her usual timetable and sees the indie lesbian pop band Phase, Georgina realises: she longs to play her own music again; she wants to be just like them; their drummer is really hot. Scared of losing her happy straight life, but feeling a new sense of belonging in the gay scene, she does does what any rational person would do: she splits herself in two. She'll be Gina by day, George by night. It's going to take painstaking scheduling, a versatile wardrobe, and an ambiguous haircut, but maybe Georgina really can have both? Georgina is a sensible 26-year-old with a routine: schedule dates with long-term boyfriend; teach piano to inept children; and repeat until dead. Perfect. But when one night she deviates from her usual timetable and sees the indie lesbian pop band Phase, Georgina realises: she longs to play her own music again; she wants to be just like them; their drummer is really hot. Scared of losing her happy straight life, but feeling a new sense of belonging in the gay scene, she does does what any rational person would do: she splits herself in two. She'll be Gina by day, George by night. It's going to take painstaking scheduling, a versatile wardrobe, and an ambiguous haircut, but maybe Georgina really can have both?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lindon, Lily<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Aria, 2023.<br />416 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback / LGBT - Available - C0000020460092<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3373940&CF=BIB Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura's husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow. In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress, and gradually becomes aware that he is some kind of genius. As an intensely private young man, Charles signs up for the navy with the new rank of coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to the colour and violence of war sees him blossom as he experiences not only the possibility of death, but the constant danger of a love that is as clandestine as his work. Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura's husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow. In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress, and gradually becomes aware that he is some kind of genius. As an intensely private young man, Charles signs up for the navy with the new rank of coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to the colour and violence of war sees him blossom as he experiences not only the possibility of death, but the constant danger of a love that is as clandestine as his work.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gale, Patrick, 1962-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tinder Press, 2023.<br />406 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - C0000020459965<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020460566<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - C0000020460046<br />Newton Heath Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C0000020460208<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3375579&CF=BIB Challenge your internalized transphobia and learn to embrace yourself, with words of wisdom and personal testimony from trans people from around the globe. Challenge your internalized transphobia and learn to embrace yourself, with words of wisdom and personal testimony from trans people from around the globe.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnston, Alo<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023.<br />224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768 - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C0000020464461<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3389345&CF=BIB It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt's German mother asks him to enlist as an officer in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him, spurred on by his love of Greek heroes and romantic poetry. Before long, their classmates have followed suit. It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt's German mother asks him to enlist as an officer in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him, spurred on by his love of Greek heroes and romantic poetry. Before long, their classmates have followed suit.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Winn, Alice (Alice Mary Felicity), 1992-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Viking, 2023.<br />385 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C0000020466251<br />Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at City Library - C0000020461524<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - In-transit from Chorlton Library to City Library (Set: 13 May 2024) - C0000020461523<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C0000020461520<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at City Library - C0000020461526<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback / LGBT - In-transit from City Library to Hulme High St (Set: 13 May 2024) - C0000020461486<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at City Library - C0000020461521<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - C0000020461525<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3390754&CF=BIB Ant Stevenson has many questions, like when did he stop being a virgin? Are there degrees of virginity? And is it different for boys? Especially for boys who like boys? Ant tries to figure out the answers to his questions as he balances his relationships with three very different boys: Charlie, who is both virulently homophobic and yet close friends with Ant; Jack, whose camp behaviour makes him the target of Charlie's rage; and finally Freddie, who just wants Ant to try out for the rugby team. Ant Stevenson has many questions, like when did he stop being a virgin? Are there degrees of virginity? And is it different for boys? Especially for boys who like boys? Ant tries to figure out the answers to his questions as he balances his relationships with three very different boys: Charlie, who is both virulently homophobic and yet close friends with Ant; Jack, whose camp behaviour makes him the target of Charlie's rage; and finally Freddie, who just wants Ant to try out for the rugby team.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ness, Patrick, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Walker Books, 2023.<br />101 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405788<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405954<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020406020<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405990<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405974<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3393415&CF=BIB Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. She has shared tips with other sex workers in the nascent drag ball scene of the late 1960s, and helped found one of America's first needle exchange clinics from the back of her van. 'Miss Major Speaks' is both document of her brilliant life-told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today. Her incredible story of a life lived and a world survived becomes a conduit for larger questions about the riddle of collective liberation. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. She has shared tips with other sex workers in the nascent drag ball scene of the late 1960s, and helped found one of America's first needle exchange clinics from the back of her van. 'Miss Major Speaks' is both document of her brilliant life-told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today. Her incredible story of a life lived and a world survived becomes a conduit for larger questions about the riddle of collective liberation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Meronek, Toshio<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Verso, 2023.<br />162 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Race Relations Resource Centre:Central Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - GE.2.03/MER - Available - C0000020464222<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3399819&CF=BIB When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops - he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own - he's also gay, and developing serious feelings for his colleague Ben. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet - especially when Arthur's announcement causes shockwaves in the family. Arthur and Teddy have always been close, and now they must navigate first loves, heartbreak, and finding their place in their community. But can they - and their family - learn to accept who they truly are? When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops - he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own - he's also gay, and developing serious feelings for his colleague Ben. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet - especially when Arthur's announcement causes shockwaves in the family. Arthur and Teddy have always been close, and now they must navigate first loves, heartbreak, and finding their place in their community. But can they - and their family - learn to accept who they truly are?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Love, Ryan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2023.<br />391 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020466476<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3403598&CF=BIB Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance - and Lin is dangerously short of allies. As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death. Yet hopes lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before her enemies, she may yet be able to turn the tide. If she fails, the Sukai dynasty - and the entire empire - will fall. Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance - and Lin is dangerously short of allies. As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death. Yet hopes lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before her enemies, she may yet be able to turn the tide. If she fails, the Sukai dynasty - and the entire empire - will fall.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stewart, Andrea (Andrea G.)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orbit, 2023.<br />624 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Drowning empire<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020467785<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020462667<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463401<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463402<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463397<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463400<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3404460&CF=BIB In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP', he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio - a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Klune, TJ<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />420 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020466374<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - C0000020462673<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463599<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - C0000020463603<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463601<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020462998<br />Northenden Outreach Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020463604<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3412067&CF=BIB An hour after meeting a hot stranger at a bar, Max is with him, on the rooftop of his Manhattan apartment, making out. Just five minutes later, he's bolting back down twelve flights of stairs, hoping to never see the hot stranger ever again. But when Max turns up - as official Gay of Honour - at his BFF Paige's wedding, that very same hot stranger turns out not just to be there too, but to also be a Best Man - to the groom. Now the co-Best Men are in a fight to the death over who will be the actual best. Max wants to keep his friend close, but his enemy closer - in more ways than one. An hour after meeting a hot stranger at a bar, Max is with him, on the rooftop of his Manhattan apartment, making out. Just five minutes later, he's bolting back down twelve flights of stairs, hoping to never see the hot stranger ever again. But when Max turns up - as official Gay of Honour - at his BFF Paige's wedding, that very same hot stranger turns out not just to be there too, but to also be a Best Man - to the groom. Now the co-Best Men are in a fight to the death over who will be the actual best. Max wants to keep his friend close, but his enemy closer - in more ways than one.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Karger, Sidney<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.<br />368 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020465027<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3412203&CF=BIB Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her community; her sister's swanned off with a Thatcherite policeman; and her boyfriend Lloyd keeps bringing up marriage. And if they play '99 Red Balloons' on the radio one more time, she might just lose her mind. Then the fundraising group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners comes down from London, and she meets June, a snaggle-toothed blonde in a too-big leather jacket. Suddenly, Eluned isn't stuck any more - she's in freefall. June's an artist and an activist, living in a squat in Camden. With June, Eluned can imagine a completely different - and exciting - life for herself. But as her family struggles with the strike, and her relationship with her sister deteriorates, should she really leave it all behind? Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her community; her sister's swanned off with a Thatcherite policeman; and her boyfriend Lloyd keeps bringing up marriage. And if they play '99 Red Balloons' on the radio one more time, she might just lose her mind. Then the fundraising group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners comes down from London, and she meets June, a snaggle-toothed blonde in a too-big leather jacket. Suddenly, Eluned isn't stuck any more - she's in freefall. June's an artist and an activist, living in a squat in Camden. With June, Eluned can imagine a completely different - and exciting - life for herself. But as her family struggles with the strike, and her relationship with her sister deteriorates, should she really leave it all behind?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dawson, Rachel<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : John Murray, 2023.<br />304 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C0000020464814<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3412293&CF=BIB Raised in a brothel on the Spanish coast in the waning years of the Roman Empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow, who sings without reason and can fly from trouble. His world is a kitchen, the herb-scented garden, then the loud and dangerous tavern, and finally the mysterious upstairs where the 'wolves' - prostitutes of every ethnic background from the far reaches of the empire - do their mysterious business. When not being told stories by his beloved 'mother' Euterpe, he runs errands for her lover the cook, while trying to avoid the blows of their brutal overseer or the machinations of the chief wolf, Melpomene. A hard fate awaits Sparrow, one that involves suffering, murder, mayhem, and the scattering of the little community that has been his whole world. Raised in a brothel on the Spanish coast in the waning years of the Roman Empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow, who sings without reason and can fly from trouble. His world is a kitchen, the herb-scented garden, then the loud and dangerous tavern, and finally the mysterious upstairs where the 'wolves' - prostitutes of every ethnic background from the far reaches of the empire - do their mysterious business. When not being told stories by his beloved 'mother' Euterpe, he runs errands for her lover the cook, while trying to avoid the blows of their brutal overseer or the machinations of the chief wolf, Melpomene. A hard fate awaits Sparrow, one that involves suffering, murder, mayhem, and the scattering of the little community that has been his whole world.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hynes, James<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2023.<br />449 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020468220<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020463915<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020463913<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020463912<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020463911<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3451316&CF=BIB After his relationship with his girlfriend of 5 years ended, Harry realised he was a single adult for the first time - not only that, but a single, transmasculine and newly out gay man. Despite knowing it was the right decision, the reality of his new situation was terrifying. How could he be a gay man, when he was still learning what it was to be a man? Would the gay community embrace him or reject him? What would gay sex be like? And most importantly, would finding love again be possible? In this raw, intimate and unflinchingly honest book, we follow Harry as he navigates the sometimes fraught and contradictory worlds of contemporary gay culture as a trans gay man, from Grindr, dating and gay bars, to saunas, sex and ultimately, falling in love. After his relationship with his girlfriend of 5 years ended, Harry realised he was a single adult for the first time - not only that, but a single, transmasculine and newly out gay man. Despite knowing it was the right decision, the reality of his new situation was terrifying. How could he be a gay man, when he was still learning what it was to be a man? Would the gay community embrace him or reject him? What would gay sex be like? And most importantly, would finding love again be possible? In this raw, intimate and unflinchingly honest book, we follow Harry as he navigates the sometimes fraught and contradictory worlds of contemporary gay culture as a trans gay man, from Grindr, dating and gay bars, to saunas, sex and ultimately, falling in love.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Nicholas, Harry<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023.<br />223 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 - Available - C0000020489646<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768 - Onloan - Due: 30 Sep 2023 - C0000020464475<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3455648&CF=BIB When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it's clear there may be no escape. When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it's clear there may be no escape.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Silver, Josh<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Rock the Boat, 2023.<br />383 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405878<br />Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405826<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - LGBT - Available - C0000020473076<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405782<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405951<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - LGBT - Available - C0000020473077<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - C0000020405908<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405988<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020405927<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3457167&CF=BIB Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and-most of all-himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different, and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own? Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and-most of all-himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different, and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hall, Alexis J.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Naperville : Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2023.<br />336 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020466354<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3464647&CF=BIB It was two months before the world premiere of 'Juno', and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back. With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare. It was two months before the world premiere of 'Juno', and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back. With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Page, Elliot, 1987-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Doubleday, 2023.<br />xi, 271 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 - Available - C0000020467144<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 PAG - Onloan - Due: 02 Jun 2024 - C0000020472060<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 PAG - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - C0000020466204<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 - Reservation allocation expired (Set: 26 Apr 2024) - C0000020465333<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 - Onloan - Due: 23 Mar 2024 - C0000020466684<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 PAG - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C0000020466203<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.768092 PAG - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C0000020466202<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3464918&CF=BIB Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions. By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congregation in Southwark. But by night, he crosses the river to the secret and glamorous world of a gay molly house on Vere Street, where ordinary men reinvent themselves as funny, flirtatious drag queens and rent boys cavort with labourers and princes alike. There, Church becomes the first minister to offer marriages between men, at enormous risk. Everything changes when Church meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, part of a group of African activist abolitionists who attend his chapel. The two bond over their broken childhoods, and Church falls obsessively in love with Ned's tender nature. Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions. By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congregation in Southwark. But by night, he crosses the river to the secret and glamorous world of a gay molly house on Vere Street, where ordinary men reinvent themselves as funny, flirtatious drag queens and rent boys cavort with labourers and princes alike. There, Church becomes the first minister to offer marriages between men, at enormous risk. Everything changes when Church meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, part of a group of African activist abolitionists who attend his chapel. The two bond over their broken childhoods, and Church falls obsessively in love with Ned's tender nature.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Blackmore, Neil, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023.<br />279 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020465103<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3465704&CF=BIB Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she's been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen's dream come true! Because winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents' beloved donut shop. Things get complicated, though, because Chris is also a contestant on the show. Then, there's the very outgoing Niamh, a fellow contestant who is becoming fast friends with Shireen. Things are heating up between them, and not just in the kitchen. As the competition intensifies, Shireen will have to ignore all these factors and more - including potential sabotage - if she wants a sweet victory! Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she's been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen's dream come true! Because winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents' beloved donut shop. Things get complicated, though, because Chris is also a contestant on the show. Then, there's the very outgoing Niamh, a fellow contestant who is becoming fast friends with Shireen. Things are heating up between them, and not just in the kitchen. As the competition intensifies, Shireen will have to ignore all these factors and more - including potential sabotage - if she wants a sweet victory!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jaigirdar, Adiba<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2023.<br />321 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020409388<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020412095<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3465940&CF=BIB Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby. He's been struggling to manage his transition to adulthood almost as much as his monthly transitions to a werewolf. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm. Tyler has got a plan, and weirdly his self-help punditry actually encourages Brian to shape up and to stop accidently marking out guys who ghosted him on Grindr as potential monthly victims. But as Brian gets closer to Tyler's pack, and alienated from Nik and Darby, he realises that Tyler's expansion plans are much more nefarious than a little lupine enlightenment. Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby. He's been struggling to manage his transition to adulthood almost as much as his monthly transitions to a werewolf. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm. Tyler has got a plan, and weirdly his self-help punditry actually encourages Brian to shape up and to stop accidently marking out guys who ghosted him on Grindr as potential monthly victims. But as Brian gets closer to Tyler's pack, and alienated from Nik and Darby, he realises that Tyler's expansion plans are much more nefarious than a little lupine enlightenment.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Santorella, Tony<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2023.<br />272 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Available - C0000020466363<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy Hardback - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C0000020465217<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3469584&CF=BIB Meet Eartha, it's 2030, and she has just started her life afresh as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonderland, a social media app which most of the human race is plugged into. But Eartha's new existence begins to spiral dangerously out of control as her online and offline selves grow further and further apart. Until she is forced to make a choice: which version of herself should she kill off? Can one Eartha stay alive without the other? Meet Eartha, it's 2030, and she has just started her life afresh as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonderland, a social media app which most of the human race is plugged into. But Eartha's new existence begins to spiral dangerously out of control as her online and offline selves grow further and further apart. Until she is forced to make a choice: which version of herself should she kill off? Can one Eartha stay alive without the other?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Given, Florence<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Brazen, 2023.<br />387 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 20 May 2024 - C0000020465994<br />Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - C0000020466994<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3506601&CF=BIB An #ownvoices debut rom com - a bisexual My Big Fat Greek WeddingFrom new best friend to girl of her dreams . . .When Nar’s boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her a San Francisco bar, she realises it’s time to find someone who shares her idea of romance.Enter her mother who wants Nar to settle down with a nice Armenia boy. Armed with a spreadsheet of Facebook-stalked men, she convinces Nar to attend 'Explore Armenia', a month-long festival of events in the city. But it’s not the parentally-approved playboy doctor or wealthy engineer who catches her eye - it’s Erebuni, a cool and intriguing young woman fully intouch with her heritage. Suddenly, with Erebuni as her guide, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure.Erebuni helps Nar see the beauty of their shared culture and makes her feel understood in a way she never has before. But there’s one teeny problem: Nar’s not exactly out as bisexual. An #ownvoices debut rom com - a bisexual My Big Fat Greek WeddingFrom new best friend to girl of her dreams . . .When Nar’s boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her a San Francisco bar, she realises it’s time to find someone who shares her idea of romance.Enter her mother who wants Nar to settle down with a nice Armenia boy. Armed with a spreadsheet of Facebook-stalked men, she convinces Nar to attend 'Explore Armenia', a month-long festival of events in the city. But it’s not the parentally-approved playboy doctor or wealthy engineer who catches her eye - it’s Erebuni, a cool and intriguing young woman fully intouch with her heritage. Suddenly, with Erebuni as her guide, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure.Erebuni helps Nar see the beauty of their shared culture and makes her feel understood in a way she never has before. But there’s one teeny problem: Nar’s not exactly out as bisexual.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Voskuni, Taleen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3600286&CF=BIB Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea. He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world. But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream - something Ted has never told anyone. Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea. He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world. But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream - something Ted has never told anyone.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cain, Matt (Writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Headline Review, 2023.<br />456 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020466452<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020465157<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020465495<br />Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020465031<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3609425&CF=BIB As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other people naked, too, and without an explanation as to why, a deep sense of shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years, society told him otherwise. 'Boyslut' is a memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to us. As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other people naked, too, and without an explanation as to why, a deep sense of shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years, society told him otherwise. 'Boyslut' is a memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to us.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Zane, Zachary<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Abrams Image, 2023.<br />240 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306.765092 - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - C0000020464479<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3610436&CF=BIB From new best friend to girl of her dreams . . .When Nar’s boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her a San Francisco bar, she realises it’s time to find someone who shares her idea of romance.Enter her mother who wants Nar to settle down with a nice Armenian boy. Armed with a spreadsheet of Facebook-stalked men, she convinces Nar to attend 'Explore Armenia', a month-long festival of events in the city. But it’s not the parentally-approved playboy doctor or wealthy engineer who catches her eye - it’s Erebuni, a cool and intriguing young woman fully intouch with her heritage. Suddenly, with Erebuni as her guide, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure.Erebuni helps Nar see the beauty of their shared culture and makes her feel understood in a way she never has before. But there’s one teeny problem: Nar’s not exactly out as bisexual.A funny, heartfelt and deeply relatable rom com about family, cultural identity, queer love, and the process of self-discovery that continues into adulthood as identities evolve, all in a fresh, humorous voice. From new best friend to girl of her dreams . . .When Nar’s boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her a San Francisco bar, she realises it’s time to find someone who shares her idea of romance.Enter her mother who wants Nar to settle down with a nice Armenian boy. Armed with a spreadsheet of Facebook-stalked men, she convinces Nar to attend 'Explore Armenia', a month-long festival of events in the city. But it’s not the parentally-approved playboy doctor or wealthy engineer who catches her eye - it’s Erebuni, a cool and intriguing young woman fully intouch with her heritage. Suddenly, with Erebuni as her guide, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure.Erebuni helps Nar see the beauty of their shared culture and makes her feel understood in a way she never has before. But there’s one teeny problem: Nar’s not exactly out as bisexual.A funny, heartfelt and deeply relatable rom com about family, cultural identity, queer love, and the process of self-discovery that continues into adulthood as identities evolve, all in a fresh, humorous voice.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Voskuni, Taleen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br />