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Bear Woman: The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors

Bear Woman: The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling

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For readers of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authorsA beautifully written and astonishing...
On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life

On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life

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Most famous for The Wilder Shores of Love, her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer. Her lifelong passion was for Russia,...
Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valley

Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valley

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Martha Gellhorn: A Life

Martha Gellhorn: A Life

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven

A Song Flung Up to Heaven

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A memoir of politics and activism, from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman'...
The Year of the Cat: A Love Story: 'Tender and uplifting' Stylist

The Year of the Cat: A Love Story: 'Tender and uplifting' Stylist

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'A brave process of healing and self reconstruction' Observer'Simply one of the best writers working today. Here's to family, to glamour, and to love' Nell Frizzell, author of The Panic...
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

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'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure...
For a Song and a Hundred Songs

For a Song and a Hundred Songs

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Pepys and his Contemporaries

Pepys and his Contemporaries

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Victor Hugo: A Biography

Victor Hugo: A Biography

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Wild Hope

Wild Hope

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Author: Marisa Bate Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Retracing my mother's footsteps in search of women's freedom 1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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Author: Sally Bayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and...
Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Journeys to the Extreme

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Journeys to the Extreme

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Author: Damian Catani Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Louis-Ferdinand Cline was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his influence both in his native France...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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Author: Sally Bayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and...
The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes

The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes

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Author: Mark Wormald Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' Paul Whitehouse 'Marvellous . . . The...
The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes

The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes

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Author: Mark Wormald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'An absolute gem . . . I was delightfully lost by the river throughout' Paul Whitehouse 'Marvellous . . . The...
Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling

Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling

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Author: Lionel Trilling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A great critic's quarrels with himself and others, as revealed in his correspondence In the mid-twentieth century, Lionel Trilling was America's...
Letters to Gil

Letters to Gil

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Author: Malik Al Nasir Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to...
Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape and Home

Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape and Home

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Author: Alexander Wolff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 In 2017, acclaimed journalist Alexander Wolff moved to Berlin to take up a long-deferred task: learning his family's history. His grandfather...
The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation

The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation

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