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'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books...

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'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books...

With his elegant prose, distinctive imagination, and deep empathy, the bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White once again dazzles us in three novellas. "The Courage Consort" tells...

'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving...

In the aftermath of the first war in Iraq, Theo Griepenkerl is visiting the looted museum of Mosul when a bomb explodes outside the building. As Theo seeks shelter, he...

Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read. Faber's most ambitious fictional creation yet, it is sure to affirm his position as one...

Author: Lucas RijneveldFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 240g, 288 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2020*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*'One of the best debut novels I have ever...

Author: William AtkinsFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 266g, 320 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2023'Breathtakingly good . . . Exiles is completely sui generis.' - EDMUND DE WAAL'Atkins spins...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Laughter has long been the secret weapon of English poetry,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A kaleidoscopic and linguistically daring work . . . Scintillating.' OCEAN VUONG 'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating...

The dramatic narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement conference, in which Britain agreed to Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland in return for his promise never to go to...

A varied and comprehensive collection of letters written in the English language from 1578 to 1939. The engrossing anthology contains letters from Albert Einstein, Queen Elizabeth I, Hemingway, Freud, E.B....

n intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's...

This illustrated young adult edition of a bold novel is one of defiance and bravery. As beautifully crafted as it is heartwrenching, this love story transcends time and generations. People...

Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich. 'How long would...

Author: Mary TrevelyanFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 266g, 320 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2023'Completely fascinating, revelatory . . . A classic of its kind.' - WILLIAM BOYD'Compelling ....

Author: Michel Tournier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, The Erl-King is a magisterial tale of innocence, perversion and obsession. It...

Ariel , first published in 1965, contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems, written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963. Including poems such as...

When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look...

'In Michele Gerber Klein's new biography, Surreal, Gala Dali gets her due . . . one thing is certain: Whatever else, she was a woman who knew her own worth'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in the history of Western civilization carry the weight of Michelangelo Buonarroti — sculptor, painter, architect, and poet — whose works stand...

'In Michele Gerber Klein's new biography, Surreal, Gala Dali gets her due . . . one thing is certain: Whatever else, she was a woman who knew her own worth'...

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Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of the political landscape. On Revolution is her...

George Sherston - Sassoon's alter ego - fights in the battles of Somme and Arras. He is awarded the Military Cross. Almost all his friends and companions are killed. And...

In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of...

This lost classic coming-of-age tale is a tragicomic portrait of one young woman's university breakdown and recovery, introduced by Daisy Johnson. I wanted the knack of existing. I did not...

Author: H. H. ParsBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1957Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerPictures in Peril is a first edition book published in 1957, featuring...

Another Time was the first volume that Auden published after his departure to America with Christopher Isherwood in January 1939. It was dedicated to Chester Kallman. The poems, some of...

Author: David Peace (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'A powerful, stirring read.' - The Times 'Typically brilliant . I loved it.' - Adrian McKinty 'The most stone-cold crime...

Author: Rachel Cusk Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no...

Author: Milan Kundera Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 A chance encounter leads a man to spend the afternoon with an older woman, now a widow, who escaped him fifteen...

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'This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish, and left me with so much to brood on that I felt giddy ... A fascinating, morally complex, deeply unsettling...

Author: Sam Guglani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 'Remarkable and full of grace. It broke my heart' Sarah Perry 'Guglani is the real deal' Michel Faber 'Profound...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artists have shaped the course of Western civilization as profoundly as the Renaissance master whose hand brought to life the Sistine Chapel ceiling,...

Author: Andre Aciman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from...