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From an acclaimed cultural critic, a story of how and why we eat, and the relationship between food and empowerment. Told through the historic feasts and fasts of radicals and tyrants, from the Suffragettes to the Black Panthers, early…
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She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the…
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‘The story of Atlas – carrying the weight of the world – retold, funnily, slightly irreverently. Makes you ask yourself whether you really need to carry the world on your shoulders...’
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Translated by N.S. ThompsonFour novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of StalinThe expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but…
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'The best living essayist writing in English' John GrayWhat does it mean to 'get a life' in a culture in which there is so much to want?And why do the lives we think we need so often fail to satisfy?With his characteristic curiosity, warmth…
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In her new cookbook, Michèle Roberts casts her net further afield with handpicked recipes adapted from an array of historical and personal sources. Containing over 170 recipes, many of them introduced with the author’s…
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Translated by Sophie Hughes Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, affordable, plant-filled apartment. Their life as young digital creatives revolves around slow cooking, Danish…
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Translated by Daniel BowlesThe cult translated hit of 2024-25: a road trip novel like you've never read before from one of Europe's most acclaimed writers'Odd and evocative, a frolicking rumination' TIMES CRITICS' BEST BOOK…
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From the Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo'He will be read long after these times have passed' Zadie SmithWhat a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . .Not for the first time – in fact, for the 343rd…
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From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our friends.If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They will be shared with…
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