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Kingsnorth Paul
Alexandria
Editura: Faber & Faber
Anul aparitiei: 2022
'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' Telegraph'Beckett doing Beowulf.' London Review of Books One thousand years from now, the sole inhabitants of a small island - a group no larger than an extended family - are living in a post-civilised world. Page dim. 129 x 198 x 35 Weight: 336 grams
Rooney Sally
Beautiful World, Where Are You Sunday Times number one bestseller
The new #1bestseller from the author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends, now in paperback. Page dim. 198 x 129 x 23 Weight: 290 grams
James P. D., James P. D.
Time to Be in Earnest
Anul aparitiei: 2000
A memoir of the author's early life and time starting out as a novelist, as well as diaries recording her in old age. Page dim. 196 x 127 x 23 Weight: 302 grams
Summers Chelsea G.
A Certain Hunger
'Irresistible.' Megan AbbottProvocative, glamorous and passionate, Dorothy Daniels has always followed where her insatiable appetite leads. Page dim. 129 x 199 x 24 Weight: 274 grams
Chaudhuri Amit
Finding the Raga An Improvisation on Indian Music
'[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.' The New YorkerFinding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be. Page dim. 128 x 196 x 21 Weight: 226 grams
Lloyd John, Mitchinson John
QI The Pocket Book of Animals
Anul aparitiei: 2009
Filled with animal facts and figures, this book helps you to learn about koalas that don't drink, geese that mourn their dead and lobsters that live for a century. Page dim. 177 x 111 x 17 Weight: 136 grams
Browning Wroe Jo
A Terrible Kindness
Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It will be his first job, and will be - although he's yet to know it - a choice that threatens to sacrifice his own happiness in his desire to help others. Page dim. 153 x 233 x 35 Weight: 492 grams
Keegan Claire
Small Things Like These Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022
'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut'Masterly.' The Times'Miraculous.' Herald'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin'Stunning.' Sunday Independent'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas StuartA Book of the Year in The Times and The New StatesmanIt is 1985, in an Irish town. Page dim. 198 x 129 Weight: 196 grams
Mikhail Alan
God's Shadow The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World
Anul aparitiei: 2021
A Times Literary Supplement and History Today Book of the Year'An astonishing and thrilling story.' Stephen GreenblattThe Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervour, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. Page dim. 130 x 197 x 40 Weight: 422 grams
Adshead Gwen, Horne Eileen
The Devil You Know Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion (The Sunday Times Bestseller)
As she argues 'Punishment doesn't change minds but psychological space does'. As well as exploring her patients' minds, Adshead examines her own learning curve and psychology - how she deals with revulsion and hopelessness, boundaries and personal risk. Page dim. 163 x 241 x 36 Weight: 590 grams
Mannion Una
A Crooked Tree
Ignoring the protests of her other children, she accelerates away, leaving Ellen standing on the gravel verge in her school pinafore and knee socks as the light fades. What would you do as you watch your little sister getting smaller in the rear view window? Page dim. 198 x 129 x 22 Weight: 274 grams
Imamura Natsuko
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I've been wanting to become the friend of the Woman in the Purple Skirt for a very long time . Page dim. 137 x 215 x 24 Weight: 244 grams
Pritchett Georgia
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Adventures in Anxiety
It's a beautiful moment) worry has accompanied her at every turn. This memoir is a joyful reflection on just how to live - and sometimes even thrive (sometimes not) - with anxiety. Page dim. 145 x 223 x 32 Weight: 420 grams
Kennedy Margaret, Rentzenbrink Cathy (Bookseller)
The Feast The classic summer holiday mystery
This summery rediscovered gem will make you nostalgic for 1940s seaside holidays: a Cornish hotel is mysteriously buried by a landslide, but what bought its eccentric guests together?'Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny, The Feast is a feast indeed.' Elizabeth Bowen Cornwall, Midsummer 1947. Page dim. 132 x 197 x 35 Weight: 376 grams
Larwood Kieran
Uki and the Swamp Spirit BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, Uki and the Swamp Spirit is the fifth title set in the world of Podkin One-Ear. Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Page dim. 197 x 152 x 29 Series: The Five Realms Weight: 314 grams
Boakye Jeffrey
Musical Truth A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs
This extraordinary retelling of Black British history will dazzle readers of all ages. Page dim. 163 x 240 x 29 Weight: 472 grams
Bellos Alex
The Language Lover's Puzzle Book Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe
Editura: Guardian Faber Publishing
From thebestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes. Page dim. 130 x 199 x 28 Weight: 336 grams
Kingsolver Barbara
Demon Copperhead
From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Flight Behaviour and The Poisonwood Bible comes this heart-rending instant classic. Page dim. 234 x 153 x 40 Weight: 809 grams
Banville John
Snow The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family - Detective Inspector St. John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate. But, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets. Page dim. 130 x 197 x 27 Weight: 296 grams
Vlautin Willy
The Night Always Comes
Between looking after her brother, working two low-paid jobs, and trying to take part-time college classes, Lynette is dangerously tired. Page dim. 138 x 215 x 22 Weight: 248 grams