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The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

The Discovery and Conquest of Peru

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Dazzled by the sight of the vast treasures being unloaded at Seville's docks in 1537, Pedro de Cieza de Leun decided to join the Spanish effort in the New World,...
Wild Minds

Wild Minds

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Small Wonder: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Small Wonder: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize

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Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, adolescence, genetic engineering, TV watching, the history of civil rights, or the future of a nation founded on the...
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

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THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS draws together myriad non-fiction writing by international phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. From Make Good Art, the speech that went viral,...
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...
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...
Grief is for People: A Memoir

Grief is for People: A Memoir

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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...
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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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

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Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works

Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works

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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...
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...
From the Republic of Conscience: International Anthology of Poetry

From the Republic of Conscience: International Anthology of Poetry

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The Oxford Book of the Sea

The Oxford Book of the Sea

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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 ProulxFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 190g, 208 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'Magnificent' Guardian'Remarkable ... A compact classic!' Bill McKibben'I learned...
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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The Penguin Century of Australian Stories

The Penguin Century of Australian Stories

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After Australia

After Australia

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30 Steps to Finding Yourself: An Interactive Journey to Self-Discovery

30 Steps to Finding Yourself: An Interactive Journey to Self-Discovery

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Author: Sally Hope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Build your self-esteem, grow your confidence and rediscover your sense of self with this empowering and practical 30-step journal for women...
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...
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair

To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair

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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...
Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter

Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter

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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...
Granta 164: Last Notes

Granta 164: Last Notes

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 Featuring non-fiction by Lydia Davis, Brian Dillon, Peter Englund (tr. Sigrid Rausing) Diana Evans, Wiam El-Tamami, Tabitha Lasley, Adele Rosenfeld (tr....
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...
Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions

Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions

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Author: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 From Carl Phillips asking how wildness is tamed, to Esm Weijun Wang finding moments of stillness in the simple act...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023

The Best Australian Science Writing 2023

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Author: Donna Lu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's...
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...
Trivial Grievances: On the contradictions, myths and misery of your 30s

Trivial Grievances: On the contradictions, myths and misery of your 30s

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

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The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

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Author: Lord John Julius Norwich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This...
Granta 156: Interiors

Granta 156: Interiors

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 This summer issue features fiction by Jesse Ball, Eva Freeman, OkwiriOduor, Tao Lin, Adam O'Fallon Price, Vanessa Onwuemezi, KathrynScanlan and Diane...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

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Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022 Shortlisted for the Rathbones...