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Generation Lockdown Writes: A collection of winning entries from the 'Generation Lockdown Writes' competition

Generation Lockdown Writes: A collection of winning entries from the

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April 2020: the country is deep in the first lockdown as a result of coronavirus. Young people are left rootless, without school or friends and isolated at home. In this...
Granta 39: The Body

Granta 39: The Body

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All the Things Left Unsaid: Confessions of Love and Regret

All the Things Left Unsaid: Confessions of Love and Regret

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NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'A beautiful book of great tenderness, love of life, and wisdom' JOSEPH O'CONNORFor almost fifty years, Michael Harding has been crafting words in a bid to express himself...
Riverdale: Get Out of Town

Riverdale: Get Out of Town

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March of the Lemmings: Brexit in Print and Performance 2016-2019

March of the Lemmings: Brexit in Print and Performance 2016-2019

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'A true genius of comedy' - Grayson PerryAs a Metropolitan Elitist Snowflake, Stewart Lee was disappointed by the EU referendum result of 2016. But he knew how to weaponise his...
My Russia: War or Peace?

My Russia: War or Peace?

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In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...
Writing Home

Writing Home

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This book brings together his diaries for 1980-1995, with reminiscences and reviews, the diary he kept during the production of his very first play, Forty Years On, which starred John...
My Russia: War or Peace?

My Russia: War or Peace?

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In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

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'Required reading.' - Cosmopolitan'This should be read as a sacred text. Here, you will bear witness to a perpetual salvation song.' - Jason ReynoldsRemember that moment when you first encountered...
Oppositions: Selected Essays

Oppositions: Selected Essays

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'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought...
Oppositions: Selected Essays

Oppositions: Selected Essays

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'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought...
The Last Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters

The Last Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters

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Etchings 6: The Ethical Issue

Etchings 6: The Ethical Issue

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Bonzer: Ap Edition

Bonzer: Ap Edition

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. "What's most compelling about a scientific...
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

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'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to...
These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945

These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945

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The Best American Food Writing 2023

The Best American Food Writing 2023

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Author: Mark BittmanFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 454g, 208 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 "Excellent....Taken as a whole, the volume moves beyond food's sensory pleasures to investigate it...
Women's Wisdom Through the Ages: Timeless Quotations on Life and Faith

Women's Wisdom Through the Ages: Timeless Quotations on Life and Faith

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From the Republic of Conscience: International Anthology of Poetry

From the Republic of Conscience: International Anthology of Poetry

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The Shot Anthology: Vol. 1

The Shot Anthology: Vol. 1

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Niklas Maak: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy

Niklas Maak: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy

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Author: Niklas MaakFormat: Paperback, 120mm x 190mm, 170g, 64 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2022If data is the greatest collective treasure of a digital society, basic material for business and politics:...
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

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Author: Carl ZimmerFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 454g, 272 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that...
The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

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Author: Virginia WoolfFormat: Paperback, 111mm x 178mm, 160g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed,...
Letters to a Young Politician: From His Uncle

Letters to a Young Politician: From His Uncle

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Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

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The Donald Friend Diaries: Chronicles & Confessions of an Australian Artist

The Donald Friend Diaries: Chronicles & Confessions of an Australian Artist

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The Princess Diarist

The Princess Diarist

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Author: Carrie Fisher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The most talked about memoir is now available in paperback When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming...
The Best American Short Stories 2023

The Best American Short Stories 2023

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Author: Min Jin Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor...
The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath

The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath

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Author: Leslie Jamison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Addiction is seemingly inexplicable. From the outside, it can look like wilful, arrogant self-destruction; from the inside, it can feel as...
Salvador Allende Reader: Chile's Voice of Democracy

Salvador Allende Reader: Chile's Voice of Democracy

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Labor Essays 1997: Renewing and Revitalising Labor

Labor Essays 1997: Renewing and Revitalising Labor

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Immanuel

Immanuel

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Author: Matthew McNaught Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 In Immanuel, winner of the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize Matthew McNaught explores his upbringing in an evangelical Christian community in...
An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

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Author: Kate Mosse Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'Inspiring' - GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' - INDEPENDENT 'Beautiful' - MATT HAIG A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

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Author: Glory Edim Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Required reading.' - Cosmopolitan 'This should be read as a sacred text. Here, you will bear witness to a perpetual salvation...
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

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Author: Zora Neale Hurston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 452 'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison 'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding...
Out West

Out West

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Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Australian Economy

Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Australian Economy

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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

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Author: Annie Proulx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'Magnificent' Guardian 'Remarkable ... A compact classic!' Bill McKibben 'I learned something new...
GIRL: On Black Womanhood and Belonging

GIRL: On Black Womanhood and Belonging

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Author: Kenya Hunt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Powerful, intelligent and vital - one of the year's must-reads' Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLE Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica...
Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter

Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter

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Risk!: 50 True Stories of the Bold Experiences that Define Us

Risk!: 50 True Stories of the Bold Experiences that Define Us

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Author: Kevin W. Allison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 PostSecret meets The Moth in creator of the outrageous Risk! podcast Kevin Allison's RISK!: True Stories People Never Thought They'd...
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

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Author: Lisa Unger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 "This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and...
Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 'Our greatest living satirist' Sunday Times 'The most screamingly funny living writer' Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author...
Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 'Our greatest living satirist' Sunday Times 'The most screamingly funny living writer' Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author...
Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

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Author: Steve Baltin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 "Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There...
Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5

Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Since the first 'Best of Young British Novelists' issue in 1983, Granta has championed the work of authors who have changed...
London Perceived: A Portrait of The City

London Perceived: A Portrait of The City

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Author: V.S. Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He...