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THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORANGE PRIZE WINNER AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BARBARA KINGSOLVER 2016 Vineland Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against an upended world that ...

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An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller Britain’s best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender ...

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‘Book of the decade’ Elisabeth Luard ‘A rigorous, nuts-and-bolts bible of a book’ Jay Rayner, Observer ‘Lateral Cooking...uncovers the very syntax of cookery’ ...

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Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? “The Flavour Thesaurus” is the first book to examine ...

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Over the course of the chronicles and literary essays that make up this volume, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading.

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The original punk poet, now a beloved national treasure, this is the outstanding long-awaited collection by the inimitable Bard of Salford, Dr John Cooper Clarke

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A vivid and perceptive book combining memoir, scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of landscape and place, which will appeal to readers of Robert ...

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A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

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A rich and vivid novel about Michelangelo in Constantinople from the ‘mesmerizing’ (NEW YORKER) and ‘masterful’ (WASHINGTON POST) author of COMPASS.

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Adventure awaits Demelza and her new best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they uncover the mysteries of the Penfurzy Knights. With a pet goose sidekick, quirky islanders ...

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Four little girls meet under an apple tree and form a bond that grows as they share secrets, dreams, worries and schemes.

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A lyrical and uncompromising debut novel from a highly acclaimed musician and artist, who has achieved renown for the sharpness of her work, and its sexual and political ...

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An Elle Ultimate Summer Read and a Guardian Best Summer Book ‘Beautiful, unusual and memorable ... I love this book’ MAGGIE NELSON, author of THE ARGONAUTS In Can You ...

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Five villagers. Six hundred square kilometres of Swedish forest. One reporter. Two bodies...

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An exquisitely crafted portrait of marriage with a dark twist, perfect for fans of Maggie O’Farrell, Louise Doughty and Anne Tyler and Liane Moriarty.

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A disarmingly tender, funny and honest memoir of grief, illness and finding your way in life from an inimitable new voice.

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A well-known writer came over. We said hello, I was embarrassed, I knew he didn’t like what I wrote. He had mentioned this once and been ironic, which made this ...

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‘Gary Shteyngart hears America perfectly; its fatuity, its poignant lament, its boisterous self-loathing. Its heartbeat. Reading him sometimes makes me want to scream – ...

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A prize-winning novel following a young woman uncovering the truth about her family’s past in the Hungarian Holocaust.

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In this witty, engrossing and sometimes poignant memoir, a sequel to his best-selling The Justice Game, Geoffrey Robertson charts his progress from pimply state schoolboy to ...

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Exploring desire and pleasure, grief and pain, this book underlines the importance and difficulties of speaking desire as a woman.

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A stunning novel about violence, power and love from the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds.

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In this remarkable book, Daniel Trilling explores the human experience of the ‘refugee crisis’ by following their journeys, by considering what keeps them going, as they ...

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In August 2016, poet Helen Mort, along with composer William Carslake, travelled to south-eastern Greenland to cross the remote glaciers and climb mountains near Sermiligaaq ...