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  • A Memoir of My Former Self

    A Life in Writing

    by Hilary Mantel ...
    'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian'Like hearing the voice of an old friend' Observer'Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience' New Statesman, Book of the Year'Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life' The Times, Book of the Year</e... ... Read more

    £14.99 £0.99

  • Silent Spring

    by Rachel Carson ...
    The overarching theme of Silent Spring is the powerful—and often negative—effect humans have on the natural world. Carson's main argument is that pesticides have detrimental effects on the environment; she says these are more properly termed "biocides" because their effects are rarely limited to the target pests. DDT is a prime example, but other synthetic pesticides—many of which are subject to ... Read more

    £1.14 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Airhead

    The Imperfect Art of Making News

    by Emily Maitlis ...
    FEATURING EMILY MAITLIS' GROUNDBREAKING INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ANDREWThe news has never been more prominent - but are we getting the full story? Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest news stories and interviews of recent years'Smart, funny and brilliantly told' Elizabeth Day'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious' James O'Brien... ... Read more

    £3.99

  • A Very Private Eye

    An Autobiography in Diaries and Letters

    by Barbara Pym ...
    ‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure.' Jilly Cooper‘Could one write a book based on one’s diaries over thirty years? I certainly have enough material,’ wrote Barbara Pym. This book, selected from the diaries, notebooks and letters of this much loved novelist to form a continuous narrative, is indeed a unique ... Read more

    £3.99

  • American Mother

    'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden KeefeA 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMESAN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss.It has been el... ... Read more

    £10.99

  • Boarding School Bastard 2

    The Elementary School Years

    Series Book 2 - Boarding School Bastard
    Nine-year-old Alan Sharavsky had just gotten the bad news: After summer break, he’d be returning to the orphanage (the prison, if you asked him). And this time, he’d be living there for the remaining three years of elementary school (maybe longer).But first, Mom was sending him against his will to a summer camp for “disadvantaged boys.” Was this a vacation, or just more male discipline, now moved ... Read more

    £1.51 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michael Connelly Books in Order: Harry Bosch series, Harry Bosch short stories, Mickey Haller series, Terry McCaleb series, Jack McEvoy series, all short stories, standalone novels, and nonfiction.

    Series Book 3 - Series Order
    MICHAEL CONNELLY BOOKS IN ORDERHow To Make Great Thrillers Even Better!2024 Updated Edition: This is the most comprehensive Michael Connelly book order and checklist available. It's a complete bibliography and biography, which includes:• Harry Bosch series in order• Harry Bosch short stories in order• Mickey Haller series in order• Terry McCaleb series in order• Jack McEvoy series in order• a c... ... Read more

    £0.99

  • Charles Dickens - Social Reformer

    It seems important to emphasize the fact that Charles Dickens was in a very special sense a social reformer. It was not simply that he loathed shams. With him it was not merely a case of creating characters at which the whole world laughed, humbugs who excited its wrath and impostors who provoked its derision. He was at heart and by conviction a reformer. He looked out upon his age and found ... Read more

    £6.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

    A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time. A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING... brings together Wallace's musings on a wide range of topics, from his early days as a nationally ranked tennis player to his trip on a commercial cruiseliner. In each of these essays, Wallace's ... Read more

    £5.49

  • An Autobiography

    Agatha Christie’s ‘most absorbing mystery’ – her own autobiography.Over the three decades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of Agatha Christie’s readers and reviewers have maintained that her most compelling book is probably still her least well-known. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history ... Read more

    £8.99

  • Homage to Catalonia

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony BeevorEvery line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings ... Read more

    £3.99

  • William Blake vs the World

    by John Higgs ...
    'Fascinating' The Times'Blakeian in its singularity' New Statesman'A wonderful adventure' Irish Times'Rich, complex and original' Tom Holland'A crisp, ambitious and thoroughly contemporary introduction' Times Literary SupplementPoet, artist, visionary and author of the unofficial English national anthem 'Jerusalem', William Blake is an... ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Wifedom

    Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life

    by Anna Funder ...
    'Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait.' - Claire TomalinA BLAZING, GENRE-BENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIMELooking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own . . .When she uncovers his ... Read more

    £9.99 £5.99

  • Better Broken Than New

    Following a successful career as an award-winning, best-selling novelist, in 2004 Lisa St Aubin de Terán retreated to a remote village in northern Mozambique. There she found her own African roots, founded a charity, and confronted new challenges. Much has been written about her life and escapades with a trio of Venezuelan exiles, life on an Andean hacienda, her return to literary fame, and two ... Read more

    £4.99

  • The Road to Wigan Pier (Collins Classics)

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer.In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher – to write a book about unemployment and social conditions in the economically depressed north of England. Revolutionary for its time, The Road to Wigan Pier ... Read more

    £0.99

  • The Mitford Girls

    The Biography of an Extraordinary Family

    'A sensational saga' Mail on Sunday'A cracking read' Lynn Barber, Observer'Engrossing from beginning to end' Vogue'Fascinating, the way all great family stories are fascinating' New York Times Book ReviewEven if the six daughters, born between 1904 and 1920, of the charming, eccentric David, Lord Redesdale and his wife Sydney had been quite ordinary women,... ... Read more

    £6.99 £0.99

  • Manifesto

    A radically honest and inspirational memoir from the Booker Prize winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

    'This honest, engaging memoir shares such gems . . . the perfect read for anyone who dreams big' The Times and Sunday Times, Books of the YearThe powerful, urgent memoir and manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine EvaristoIn 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary ... Read more

    £6.99 £0.99

  • Agatha Christie

    The Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth that she, or her novels, were cosy.' Daily Mail<stro... ... Read more

    £5.99 £0.99

  • Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time

    by Grace Dent ...
    WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2021WINNER OF 2021 LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Extraordinary. Vivid, irreverent, heartbreaking.’ NIGEL SLATER‘So funny and so delicious. I could eat it.’ DAWN O’PORTER‘Delicious.’ THE OBSERVERFrom Frazzles to Foie Gras: a memoir of wanting more.From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl... ... Read more

    £2.99

  • They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper

    LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA book like no other – the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history’s most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I.For over a hundred years, ‘the mystery of Jack the Ripper’ has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of ... Read more

    £1.99

  • My Father's Places

    In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, nine-year-old Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work.In Laugharne Dylan began some of his most famous works, including Under Milk Wood. Mornings were spent in Brown's Hotel, ... Read more

    £3.99

  • A casa

    A história da seita de João de Deus

    "Quando vi pela primeira vez na tevê o cidadão que se intitulava João de Deus, não hesitei em dizer para minha mulher, ao lado: é bandido." A frase é do médico Drauzio Varella, em coluna no jornal Folha de S. Paulo no início de 2020. Poucos anos antes, porém, essa franqueza era rara no debate público. João de Deus desfrutava das bênçãos do establishment. Frequentava festas de políticos, recebia ... Read more

    £8.99

  • Cider With Rosie

    Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past. ... Read more

    £3.99 £0.99

  • Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

    In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents. The girl is supposed to grow up and be a missionary. Instead she falls in love with a woman. Disaster.Written when Jeanette was only twenty-five, her novel went on to win the Whitbread First Novel award, become an international bestseller and ... Read more

    £0.99