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Heretical Empiricism

Heretical Empiricism

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Stories to Read While Seated

Stories to Read While Seated

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Souvenir

Souvenir

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Author: Michael Bracewell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 'The best evocation I've read of London in the '80s' Neil Tennant 'I loved Souvenir . . . it rescued some...
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...
The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 6: 1932-1933

The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 6: 1932-1933

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Author: John Haffenden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 896 Despairing of his volatile, unstable wife, T. S. Eliot, at 44, resolves to put an end to the torture of his...
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

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Author: R. F Kuang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 "Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own...
The Oxford Book of Letters

The Oxford Book of Letters

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Granta 81: Best Of Young British Novelists 3

Granta 81: Best Of Young British Novelists 3

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Author: Granta Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 As with the first two Young British Novelists issues, Granta's 2003 list was compelling and prescient. The issue introduced readers to fiction...
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

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Author: Chris Paling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year...
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

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

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Author: Michael Palin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful...
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

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Author: Various Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn...
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

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Author: Various Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn...
My Unapologetic Diaries

My Unapologetic Diaries

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Author: Joan Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary 'A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday Telegraph...
The Good Immigrant USA: 26 Writers on America, Immigration and Home

The Good Immigrant USA: 26 Writers on America, Immigration and Home

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Author: Nikesh Shukla Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019 'The you-gotta-read-this anthology' Stylist 'This collection showcases the joy, empathy and fierceness needed to adopt...
The Hey Nonny Handbook

The Hey Nonny Handbook

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Author: Julia Jeffries Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This is a literary survival guide to the middle years for women with teenage children, elderly parents and husbands in crisis....
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

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Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...
The Diary of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller

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Author: Shaun Bythell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving,...
The Disconnect: A Personal Journey Through the Internet

The Disconnect: A Personal Journey Through the Internet

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Author: Roisin Kiberd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 We all live online now, but what does that mean in IRL? How do strange subcultures on reddit affect our local...
Letters of Note: Dogs

Letters of Note: Dogs

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Author: Shaun Usher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 In Letters of Note: Dogs, Shaun Usher brings together a delightful collection of correspondence about our canine friends, featuring affectionate accounts...
Heading South, Looking North

Heading South, Looking North

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The Last Intellectuals: Essays on Writers and Politics

The Last Intellectuals: Essays on Writers and Politics

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These Vital Signs: A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

These Vital Signs: A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets

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Author: Sayed Tabatabai Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly...
She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

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Author: Mia Mercado Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY * A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK * A NYLON MUST-READ * A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN...
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Author: Jessi Klein Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi...
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Author: Jessi Klein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author...
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

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The Common Preacher - Uniform Edition

The Common Preacher - Uniform Edition

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Twelve Moons: A year under a shared sky

Twelve Moons: A year under a shared sky

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Author: Caro Giles Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 TWELVE MOONS follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies. Caro...
Memories

Memories

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Author: Lang Leav Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 For fans of Lang Leav, this beautiful gift book is a must-have! Beloved pieces from Lullabies and Love & Misadventure are...
The Penguin Book of Lies

The Penguin Book of Lies

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Our side of the country

Our side of the country

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Political Works of Henry Lawson

Political Works of Henry Lawson

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Outback Penguin: Richard Lane's Barwell Diaries

Outback Penguin: Richard Lane's Barwell Diaries

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Toronto: A Literary Guide

Toronto: A Literary Guide

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Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An anthology of literary morsels for every night of the year

Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An anthology of literary morsels for every night of the year

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Author: Jane McMorland Hunter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes,...
Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An anthology of literary morsels for every night of the year

Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An anthology of literary morsels for every night of the year

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Author: Jane McMorland Hunter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes,...
Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too)

Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too)

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Author: Ian Frazier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Selected and introduced by the incomparable Ian Frazier, Humor Me delivers a bumper crop of hilarity from the funniest writers at...
Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too)

Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too)

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Author: Ian Frazier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The perfect book for anyone with a sense of humor: more than fifty of the greatest pieces of comic writing of...
Where My Feet Fall: Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories

Where My Feet Fall: Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories

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Author: Duncan Minshull Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022 Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us...
The Peach Groves

The Peach Groves

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War Crimes

War Crimes

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What's it Like to be Chased by a Cassowary?: Fascinating Answers to Perplexing Questions. The Most Informative and Entertaining Explainers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

What's it Like to be Chased by a Cassowary?: Fascinating Answers to Perplexing Questions. The Most Informative and Entertaining Explainers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Metropolitan Critic

The Metropolitan Critic

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The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories: A comforting story tonight for a happy day tomorrow

The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories: A comforting story tonight for a happy day tomorrow

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Author: Various Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A stunning collection of brand new bedtime stories which promote modern-day messages of inclusivity, acceptance and bravery in the face of adversity....
Granta 160: Conflict

Granta 160: Conflict

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each issue of Granta turns the attention of the world's...
The Food Almanac: Volume Two

The Food Almanac: Volume Two

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Author: Miranda York Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling,...
Black and Female

Black and Female

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Being categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am.This paradigm shifting...
Raising Raffi: A Book about Fatherhood (For People Who Would Never Read Such a Book)

Raising Raffi: A Book about Fatherhood (For People Who Would Never Read Such a Book)

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Author: Keith Gessen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt' - Daniel Engber, Atlantic 'Raising Raffi is tender and generous' -...