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| "How to be a Tudor : A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life" |
| "The real Wolf Hall - a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor EnglandThe Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? To answer this question the renowned method historian and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life from how they slept to how they courted Using a vast range of sources she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the upper crust of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house Exploring how the Tudors learnt danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion she reveals what it all felt smelt and tasted like from morning until night'Ruth is the queen of living history long may she reign!' - Lucy Worsley"
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| "The Pursuit of Love" |
| "Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love is one of the funniest sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written'Obsessed with sex!' said Jassy 'there's nobody so obsessed as you Linda Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I'm a pygmalionist' In the end we got more information out of a book called Ducks and Duck Breeding 'Ducks can only copulate' said Linda after studying this for a while 'in running water Good luck to them'Oh the tedium of waiting to grow up! Longing for love obsessed with weddings and sex Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the lookout for the perfect loverBut finding Mr Right is much harder than any of the sisters had thought Linda must suffer marriage first to a stuffy Tory MP and then to a handsome and humourless communist before finding real love in war-torn Paris 'Utter utter bliss' Daily Mail"
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| "Love in a Cold Climate" |
| "Love in a Cold Climate is the sequel to Nancy Mitford's bestselling novel The Pursuit of Love'How lovely - green velvet and silver I call that a dream so soft and delicious too' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek 'Mine's silver lame it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it Aren't you thankful evening skirts are long again?'Ah the dresses! But oh the monotony of the Season with its endless run of glittering balls Even fabulously fashionable Polly Hampton - with her startling good looks and excellent social connections - is beginning to wilt under the glareGroomed for the perfect marriage by her mother fearsome Lady Montdore Polly instead scandalises society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Dougdale the Lecherous Lecturer and promptly eloping to France But the consequences of this union no one could quite expect Love in a Cold Climate is the wickedly funny follow-up to The Pursuit of Love 'Entirely original inimitable and irresistible' Philip Hensher Spectator"
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| "The Pressure Principle : Handle Stress, Harness Energy, and Perform When It Counts" |
| "'A hush descends All eyes are on you One shot for glory Your palms are clammy your heart rate's up But you've got this You will throw the paper ball into the bin first time'Pressure is a constant in all our lives The pressure to hit a deadline deliver a speech cook for a dinner party But how would life look if we could harness pressure and turn it to our advantage?Dealing with pressure is a skill just like any other Even sports stars rely on tried-and-tested strategies when the stakes are high For many their success is down to one man Dr Dave Alred MBE widely acknowledged as one of the best coaches on the planet A pioneer in performance psychology he nurtured Jonny Wilkinson into rugby's most feared kicker and has helped Premiership footballers number one golfers and England cricketers deliver on the biggest stageNow Dave Alred is finally ready to share his eight groundbreaking principles distilling his life's work into this accessible inspirational bookFrom cultivating a no-limits mindset to unleashing the performance-enhancing powers of language THE PRESSURE PRINCIPLE will help you produce your best in work and at home Read it and you'll never miss a shot again'Dave Alred is a genius There is simply no-one around to match him in his field' - Jonny Wilkinson"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Homegoing Paperback" |
| "A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women SelectionEffia and Esi two sisters with two very different destinies One sold into slavery; one a slave trader&39;s wife The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem spanning three continents and seven generations Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer Selected for Granta&39;s Best of Young American Novelists 2017Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First BookShortlisted for the PENRobert W Bingham Prize for Debut FictionShortlisted for the Beautiful Book Award 2017"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Between Eternities : and Other Writings Paperback" |
| "A new and exhilarating collection of writings from the author of The Infatuations and A Heart So WhiteInternationally renowned writer Javier Marias is a tireless examiner of the world around us an enthusiastic debunker of pretensions of every kind and a true polymath This new collection of essays shows the full extent of his curiosity and wit ranging from the literary to the philosophical to the autobiographical from football to cinema comic books to mortality to &39;Why Almost No One Can Be Trusted&39; Trenchant and wry subversive and penetrating Marias demonstrates a dazzling intellectual vigour showing with exhilarating verve why he is so often said to be Spain&39;s greatest living writer"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Sleep : The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind" |
| "'Nick Littlehales wants to redefine the very meaning of the word sleep' - Daily Telegraph 'Nick Littlehales has reconfigured the bedrooms of a legion of international sporting stars He has a unique and encyclopaedic knowledge' - Guardian 'Sleep guru Nick Littlehales trains elite athletes to get the best possible rest' - Daily MailProven solutions for better nights from the 'sleep guru' to sports stars including Cristiano RonaldoOne third of our lives are spent trying to sleep Most us have disturbed restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood motivation and decision-making skills - defining our performance in work at home and while keeping fitWe need a new approach to sleep In this ground-breaking book Nick Littlehales elite sleep coach to some of the world's leading sports stars and teams lays bare his strategies for us all to use Discover how to map your own sleep cycle what the optimum room temperature is which bedding is best and why napping is actually good for youRead Sleep learn from the best in sport and kickstart a more confident successful and happier you"
Price: 7.49 |
| "March Violets" |
| "'For Christmas I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes GuardianControversial powerful and iconic March Violets is the first in the Bernie Gunther series by the thriller master Philip Kerr and a must-read for any discerning crime thriller fan 'Wonderfully sharp and satirical' Times'An impressive debut' Guardian'Fast-paced laconic unpredictable and witty' Evening StandardBernhard Gunther is a private eye specializing in missing persons And in Hitler's Berlin he's never short of work Winter 1936 A man and his wife shot dead in their bed The woman's father a millionaire industrialist wants justice - and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with his daughter's lifeAs Bernie follows the trail into the very heart of Nazi Germany he's forced to confront a horrifying conspiracy A trail that ends in the hell that is DachauStylishly written and powerfully evocative Kerr's crime classic transports readers to the rotten heart of Nazi Berlin and introduces a private eye in the great tradition of Hammett and Chandler"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Go-Giver : A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea" |
| "'Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving Then again most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were'The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success Joe is a true go-getter though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works the further away his goals seem to be One day desparate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar a legendary consultant referred to by many devotees sinply as the Chairman Over the next week Pindar introduces Joe to a series of successful 'go-givers' who teach him how to open himself up to the power of givingJoe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving - putting others' interests first and continually adding value to their lives - ultimately leads to unexpected resultsThis revised and updated edition includes a foreword by Arianna Huffington; a new preface; a Q&A addressing some of the many questions about the book the author has received from fans and a reader's guide'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book never mind the will to follow through and actually use it But you do And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth Godin'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution abunance service and success' Stephen Covey'Not since Who Moved My Cheese? have I enjoyed a parable as much as this You owe it to yourself to read The Go-Giver and share its message with those who matter most to you' David Bach New York Times bestselling author of The Automatic Millionarie"
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| "Swimming Lessons" |
| "The second novel from the author of Our Endless Numbered Days which won the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize and was a 2016 Richard and Judy Book Club Pick'Thrilling transporting delicately realised and held together by a sophisticated sense of suspensemore than matches the power of Fuller's debut Powerful pleasing and pleasurable' Sunday Times'Gil Coleman looked down from the window and saw his dead wife standing on the pavement below'Gil's wife Ingrid has been missing presumed drowned for twelve years A possible sighting brings their children Nan and Flora home Together they begin to confront the mystery of their mother Is Ingrid dead? Or did she leave? And do the letters hidden within Gil's books hold the answer to the truth behind his marriage a truth hidden from everyone including his own children?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Emotional Agility : Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life" |
| "No1 Wall Street Journal bestseller USA Today bestseller Amazoncom Best Book of the YearEvery day we speak around 16000 words - but inside minds we create tens of thousands more Thoughts such as 'I'm not spending enough time with my children' or 'I'm not good enough to present my work' can seem to be unshakable facts In reality they're the judgemental opinions of our inner voiceDrawing on more than twenty years of academic research consulting and her own experiences overcoming adversity Susan David PhD a psychologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical School has pioneered a new way to enable us to make peace with our inner self achieve our most valued goals make real change and live life to the fullestSusan David has found that emotionally agile people experience the same stresses and setbacks as anyone else The difference is the emotionally agile know how to unhook themselves from unhelpful patterns and how to create values-based success with better habits and behavioursEmotional Agility describes a new way of living and relating to yourself and the world around you Become aware of your true nature learn to face your emotions with acceptance and generosity act according to your deepest values and flourish"
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| "The Ten (Food) Commandments" |
| "Britain's culinary Moses brings us the new foodie rules to live by celebrating what and how we eatThe Ten Commandments may have had a lot going for them but they don't offer those of us located in the 21st Century much in the way of guidance when it comes to our relationship with our food And Lord knows we need itEnter our new culinary Moses the legendary restaurant critic Jay Rayner with a new set of hand-tooled commandments for this food-obsessed age He deals once and for all with questions like whether it is ever okay to covet thy neighbour's oxen (it is) eating with your hands (very important indeed) and if you should cut off the fat (no) Combining reportage and anecdotes with recipes worthy of adoration Jay Rayner brings us the new foodie rules to live by"
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| "The Pale Criminal" |
| "'For Christmas I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes Guardian'Blends high-powered storytelling with a rich piece of historical re-creation' Independent 'Kerr makes his star turns - Heydrich Himmler et al - eerily believable' Times 'Powerful period flavour; a gruff subversive hero; Kerr delivers the good' Literary Review'Echoes of Raymond Chandlervivid and well-researched' Evening StandardThe second in Philip Kerr's iconic 'Berlin Noir' trilogy The Pale Criminal sees detective Bernie Gunther return to hunt one of the most evil killers in human history Bernie Gunther is back on the mean streets of Berlin with his new partner Bruno Stahlecker another ex-police officer But on a seemingly straightforward stakeout Bruno is killed and Bernie suddenly finds himself tapped for a much bigger job A serial sex murderer is killing Aryan teenage girls in Berlin - and what's worse he's making utter fools of the police Gunther is forced to accept a temporary post in Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich's state Security Service with a team of men underneath him tasked purely with hunting the killer But can he trust his team any more than he can trust his superiors?An unflinching fast-paced thriller exploring the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture The Pale Criminal will be loved by fans of Robert Harris and Frederick Forsythe"
Price: 6.99 |
| "My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell This tv tie in edition coincides with ITV&39;s six part television series The Durrells Escaping the ills of the British climate the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo gun-toting Leslie bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu But the Durrells find that reluctantly they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions geckos toads bats and butterflies Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare magical childhood &39;Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities&39; Sunday Telegraph&39;A bewitching book&39; Sunday Times"
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| "Win or Learn : MMA, Conor McGregor and Me: A Trainer's Journey" |
| "Conor McGregor's trainer tells the amazing story of his long road to success in the world's fastest-growing sportGrowing up in Dublin John Kavanagh was a skinny lad who was frequently bullied As a young man after suffering a bad beating when he intervened to help a woman who was being attacked he decided he had to learn to defend himself Before long he was training fighters in a tiny shed and promoting the earliest mixed-martial arts events in Ireland And then a cocky kid called Conor McGregor walked into his gym In Win or Learn John Kavanagh tells his own remarkable life story - which is at the heart of the story of the extraordinary explosion of MMA in Ireland and globally Employing the motto 'win or learn' Kavanagh has become a guru to young men and women seeking to master the arts of combat And as the trainer of the world's most charismatic champion his gym has become a magnet for talented fighters from all over the globe Kavanagh's portrait of Conor McGregor - who he has seen in his lowest moments as well as in his greatest triumphs - is a revelation What emerges from Win or Learn is a remarkable portrait of ambition discipline and persistence in the face of years and years of disappointment It is a must read for every MMA fan - but also for anyone who wants to understand how to follow a dream and realize a vision'For anyone interested in following their dream to the end of the line' Tony Parsons'It kept me up well past my bedtime' Sean O'Rourke RTE Radio One'Remarkable' Irish Times'Kavanagh is open and honest about his upbringing The journey hasn't been easy but Kavanagh's inbuilt determination has carried him all the way' Irish Examiner"
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| "Quiet Power : Growing Up as an Introvert in a World That Can't Stop Talking" |
| "The highly anticipated follow-up to the sensational bestseller Quiet - empowering introverted children teens and young adultsSusan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation with Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking She inspired millions of people and permanently changed the way we see introverts - and the way introverts see themselves Now she takes the Quiet Revolution to a younger audienceChildhood adolescence and your early twenties are times wrought with insecurity and self-doubt Your search for your place in the world can seem daunting Focusing on the strengths and challenges of being introverted Quiet Power is full of examples from school family life and friendship applying the breakthrough discoveries of Quiet to readers that so badly need themThis insightful accessible and empowering book is eye-opening to extroverts and introverts alike Unlock your hidden superpower and give yourself the tools to make a mark - in your own quiet way"
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| "English Humour for Beginners" |
| "If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humourSo proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon Whether it's understatement self-deprecation or plain cruelty the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour being witty here is a way of life Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision that does his chosen country proud Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich comic canon from Orwell (Every joke is a tiny revolution) to Oscar Wilde this is the essential handbook for natives and foreigners alike Mrs Kennedy I don't think Mr Churchill that I have told you anything about my grandchildrenWinston Churchill For which madam I am infinitely grateful"
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| "Three Daughters of Eve" |
| "On a spring evening in Istanbul Peri is on her way to a dinner party - a night of luxury a far cry from her upbringing But when her handbag is stolen her world shifts violently She starts to doubt how she got here a traumatic Istanbul childhood student years in Oxford the rebellious professor who led her and best friends Shirin and Mona to question everything - Islam love life even God - and the scandal that tore them all apart Over one desperate night she tries to make sense of a past she has tried to forget - but can we ever escape who we once were? Shirin Peri and Mona they were the most unlikely of friends They were the Sinner the Believer and the Confused"
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| "Heroes of the Frontier" |
| "THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'The mirror image of Eggers's brilliantly dystopian The Circle A state of the nation novel cleansing the spirit and lifting the heart' Guardian A hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern America it's time for the family vacationJosie's life is falling apart - lawsuits raining down her business down the drain and a feckless husband long gone - so she gathers up her two kids and lights out for the wilderness The Alaskan wilderness to be specificThis is a story about the trip of a lifetime It involves one battered old RV one highly sensitive eight year old boy one fearless and hyperactive five year old girl several forest fires a large supply of pinot noir and a deeply misguided sense of optimism It may well be that things don't turn out quite as Josie expected - but then again some of the best places in the world are found at the end of a road you didn't mean to takeHeroes of the Frontier is an uproariously funny portrait of modern America and the modern family an entirely contemporary novel gleaming with Dave Eggers' trademark intelligence and originality"
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| "Exit West : SHORTLISTED for the Man Booker Prize 2017" |
| "SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONOne of Barack Obama's top ten books of 2017The Times Top 10 BestsellerGuardian Top 10 BestsellerThe New York Times Top 5 BestsellerLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal 2018 and finalist for the Neustadt Prize 2018'Mixing the real and the surreal using old fairy-tale magic Compelling crystalline unnervingly dystopian' Michiko Kakutani The New York TimesAn extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant FundamentalistThis is Nadia She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour and a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at nightThis is Saeed He is sweet and shy and kind to strangers He also has a balcony but he uses his for star-gazingThis is their story a love story but also a story about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow Saeed and Nadia are falling in love and their city is falling apart Here is a world in crisis and two human beings travelling through itExit West is a heartfelt and radical act of hope - a novel to restore your faith in humanity and in the power of imagination"
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| "Things That Can and Cannot Be Said" |
| "From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost HappinessAn extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg and acclaimed actor John Cusack'What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken?'In 2014 four people met in secret in a hotel room in Moscow Each was a leading global advocate for government transparency and accountability they had come together to talk Over the course of two days Arundhati Roy Edward Snowden John Cusack and Daniel Ellsburg shared ideas and beliefs - about the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers the NSA and the ongoing crises in the Middle East the American government and the nature of activismCo-authored by Roy and Cusack and interleaving verbatim conversations with narrated recollections this Penguin Special captures an historic moment Interrogating the geopolitical forces that shape our world it is both political and personal activist and humanist - irreverent funny and absolutely urgent In Things That Can and Cannot Be Said Arundhati Roy and John Cusack issue a powerful rallying cry a call to resistance against America's ongoing malign hegemony"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Here I Am Paperback" |
| "The New York Times bestselling new novel about modern family lives from the author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseDiscover Jonathan Safran Foer&39;s greatest novel yet&39;Towering and glorious a tale of social familial and marital breakdown and the End of the World The funniest literary novel I have ever read&39; The TimesPicked by Nick Cave for the Florence & the Machine &39;Between Two Books&39; June book clubJacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested By Jacob&39;s grandfather who won&39;t go quietly into a retirement home By the family reunion that everyone is dreading By their son&39;s heroic attempts to get expelled And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage A typical modern American family the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart Which is when catastrophe decides to strike Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness playfulness and compassion Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon a masterpiece about how we live now &39;A rich beautifully written ambitious and grandly moving novel which looks both at the world at large and at the deepest concerns of individual lives&39; Evening Standard&39;Lays bare the interior of a marriage with such intelligence and deep feeling and pitiless clarity it&39;s impossible to read it and not re-examine your own family&39; Time&39;Astonishing So sad and so funny and so wry&39; Scotland on Sunday"
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| "Swing Time : Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017" |
| "LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017'Smith's finest Extraordinary truly marvellous' Observer 'Superb' Financial Times 'Breathtaking' TLS 'Pitch-perfect' Daily Telegraph'A tale of two girls who meet in a West London dance class A page-turner that's also beautifully written ' Glamour'There is still no better chronicler of the modern British family than Zadie Smith' TelegraphSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2017 A dazzlingly exuberant new novel moving from north west London to West Africa from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On BeautyTwo brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one Tracey has talent The other has ideas about rhythm and time black bodies and black music what it means to belong what it means to be free It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties never to be revisited but never quite forgotten eitherBursting with energy rhythm and movement Swing Time is Zadie Smith's most ambitious novel yet It is a story about music and identity race and class those who follow the dance and those who lead it"
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| "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| "'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently and they did not cut the scarred earth'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl the Joads a family of sharecroppers decide they have no choice but to follow They head west towards California where they hope to find work and a future for their family But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival Winner of the Pulitzer Prize The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman"
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| "East of Eden Paperback" |
| "California&39;s fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully and fatally intertwined Over the generations between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and AbelEast of Eden was considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus and its epic scope and memorable characters exploring universal themes of love and identity ensure it remains one of America&39;s most enduring novels This edition features a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman"
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| "The Pearl by John Steinbeck (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "&39;In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again They tell of Kino the fisherman and of his wife Juana and of the baby Coyotito And because the story has been told so often it has taken root in every man&39;s mind&39;The Pearl is Steinbeck&39;s heartbreaking short parable about wealth and the darkness and evil it can instill in even the most generous of men&39;s hearts This edition features a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Yaa Gyasi Homegoing Paperback" |
| "Selected for Granta&39;s Best of Young American Novelists 2017Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First BookShortlisted for the PENRobert W Bingham Prize for Debut FictionEffia and Esi two sisters with two very different destinies One sold into slavery; one a slave trader&39;s wife The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem spanning three continents and seven generations Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer"
Price: 7.99 |
| "High Fidelity (Penguin Essentials) Paperback" |
| "Nick Hornby&39;s internationally bestselling first novel available as a Penguin Essential for the first time Do you know your desert-island all-time top five most memorable split-ups?Rob does He keeps a list in fact But Laura isn&39;t on it - even though she&39;s just become his latest ex He&39;s got his life back you see He can just do what he wants when he wants like listen to whatever music he likes look up the girls that are on his list and generally behave as if Laura never mattered But Rob finds he can&39;t move on He&39;s stuck in a really deep groove - and it&39;s called Laura Soon he&39;s asking himself some big questions about love about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do A million-copy bestseller and adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups make-ups and what it is to be in love This astutely observed and wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls and William Boyd and by generations of readers to come &39;It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way the range of English literature&39; Independent on Sunday&39;Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love Funny and wise sweet and true&39; Independent&39;A triumphant first novel True to life very funny and moving&39; Financial Times"
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| "The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "The Reluctant Fundamentalist is Mohsin Hamid&39;s thrillingly provocative international bestseller available as a Penguin Essential for the first time Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007Now a major film directed by Mira Nair and starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland&39;Excuse me sir but may I be of assistance? Ah I see I have alarmed you Do not be frightened by my beard I am a lover of America &39;So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles Invited to join him for tea you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated He knows the West better than you do And as he tells you his story of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him so the night darkens Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear Challenging mysterious and thrillingly tense Mohsin Hamid&39;s masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today&39;s globalised fractured world&39;Masterful A multi-layered and thoroughly gripping book which works as a poignant love story a powerful dissection of how US imperialist machinations have turned so many people against the world&39;s superpower - and as a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending&39; Metro&39;Beautifully written more exciting than any thriller I&39;ve read for a long time&39; Philip Pullman&39;A brilliant book&39; Kiran Desai&39;Admirably spare and amazingly exciting&39; Rachel Cooke New StatesmanMohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Moth Smoke and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia His fiction has been translated into over 30 languages received numerous awards and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize He has contributed essays and short stories to publications such as the Guardian The New York Times Financial Times Granta and Paris Review Born and mostly raised in Lahore he spent part of his childhood in California studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School and has since lived between Lahore London and New York"
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| "The Garden of the Gods" |
| "The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family and Other Animals and Birds Beasts and Relatives) the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The DurrellsJust before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children ten-year-old Gerald discovered his passion for animals toads and tortoises bats and butterflies scorpions and octopuses Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family"
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