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God's Fool

God's Fool

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Their birth was greeted by the sound of midwives screaming. The two children looked perfect in every way, just two normal Siamese boys - except for the skin joining them...
Maggie-Now

Maggie-Now

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Betty Smith, the beloved author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , weaves a riveting modern myth out of the experiences of her own life in this rediscovered classic. In...
A Recipe for Dreaming

A Recipe for Dreaming

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A Recipe for Dreaming is a little treasure of wise words and beautiful images. With insight, humour and a deep sense of humanity, Bryce Courtenay inspires us to become dreamers...
The Periodic Table

The Periodic Table

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A collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named...
With Our Toes in the Dust

With Our Toes in the Dust

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These are the escapades of a little lost white tribe of South Africa.Idealistic visionary hippie alternatives who search for justice, truth, freedom and spiritual enlightenment in a country at the...
The Fifth Book Of Peace

The Fifth Book Of Peace

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By the author of the bestselling THE WOMAN WARRIOR, a magical book- a literature of peace built on the stories of war.Divided into four sections - 'Fire', 'Paper', 'Water' and...
Elizabeth And Her German Garden

Elizabeth And Her German Garden

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May 7th -- There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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

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From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers. In the style of her memoir Girl...
Paris to the Moon

Paris to the Moon

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Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

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A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 * * THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS...
Alphabetical Diaries

Alphabetical Diaries

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Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. In the vein of Joe Brainard's I Remember and Edouard...
The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award- (SIGNED)

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'Joelle Taylor brings extraordinary linguistic inventiveness to a tale of tattoo artists and violence against women' Guardian (Fiction Books of the Year, 2024) 'A glorious jewel of a novel' Sophie...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

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Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
Bagamoyo: Here I Lay Down My Heart

Bagamoyo: Here I Lay Down My Heart

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Granta 161: Sister, Brother

Granta 161: Sister, Brother

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Psychoanalysis famously privileges the vertical relationship between a child (the patient) and their parents over the seemingly equal and unproblematic horizontal connections between siblings. This issue of Granta tells a...
Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend

Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend

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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...
Granta 161: Sister, Brother

Granta 161: Sister, Brother

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 Psychoanalysis famously privileges the vertical relationship between a child (the patient) and their parents over the seemingly equal and unproblematic horizontal...
His Story: A Novel Memoir - The life and times of Dick O'Toole

His Story: A Novel Memoir - The life and times of Dick O'Toole

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Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

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