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  • WOLFISH
    WOLFISH
    BERRY ERICA
    A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 FOR FINANCIAL TIMES, TIME, VULTURE, LIT HUB, GOODREADS, RUMPUS, BUSTLE, READER'S DIGEST and moreBoth vilified and venerated, wolves abound through cultural folklore and literature. In this hauntingly lyrical and unflinching inquiry, Erica Berry untangles these depictions - alongside her own research of the wolf and experience as a woman - to try ...
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    Q. 150

  • DEVIL STONE THE
    DEVIL STONE THE
    RAMSAY CARO
    "In the small Highland village of Cronchie, a wealthy family are found brutally murdered in a satanic ritual and their heirloom, 'the devil stone', is the only thing stolen. The key suspects are known satanists - case closed? But when the investigating officer disappears after leaving the crime scene, DCI Christine Caplan is pulled in to investigate from Glasgow in a case that ...
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    Q. 140

  • FREE PLAY (CANONS)
    FREE PLAY (CANONS)
    NACHMANOVITCH, STEPHEN
    A foundational text since 1990 and previously translated into nine languages, Free Play is a masterful and joyful meditation on how improvisation can be applied to not just art but the art of living - and in doing so unlock boundless creativity ...
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    Q. 170

  • TO THE DOGS (EXP/AIR/IRE)
    TO THE DOGS (EXP/AIR/IRE)
    WELSH LOUISE
    "Jim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds, he is a big man at the university, tipped for the head job and an office at the top of the ivory tower. He has a beautiful, accomplished wife and two healthy children. Jim drives an Audi, and his dog is a pedigree bichon frisé. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen. But for every person who’s watched hi...
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    Q. 200

  • YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL
    YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL
    SMITH, MAGGIE
    Award-winning poet and author Maggie Smith offers a lush, heartrending and instant bestselling memoir exploring coming of age in your middle age ...
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    Q. 250

  • THE INSTANT
    THE INSTANT
    AMY LIPTROT
    The Sunday Times-bestselling book from the multi-award-winning author of The Outrun - on the ecology of love and heartbreak, the urban environment and the digital ageSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING Wishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. She rents a loftbed in a shared flat and start...
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    Q. 150

  • THE SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY BOOK OF INTERVIEWS
    THE SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY BOOK OF INTERVIEWS
    ADAM BILES ED.
    Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers. In that tradition, determined for the bookshop to remain a place of meaningful and transformative conversation, owner Sylvia Whitman and novelist and literary directo...
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    Q. 270

  • A SUMMER BIRD-CAGE
    A SUMMER BIRD-CAGE
    MARGARET DRABBLE
    Sarah had come home from Paris to be a bridesmaid for her sister Louise. When a child, Sarah had adored her elder sister, but Louise had grown up to be an arrogant, selfish, cold and extravagant woman. She was also breath-takingly beautiful. The man she was to marry, Stephen Halifax, was a successful novelist, very rich and snobbishly unpleasant. From Sarah's first night at hom...
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    Q. 130

  • THE MILLSTONE
    THE MILLSTONE
    MARGARET DRABBLE
    An award-winning novel about the perils of motherhood in a failing healthcare system and a woman's fight against the social stigma of the Sixties. ...
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    Q. 140

  • MADLY, DEEPLY
    MADLY, DEEPLY
    ALAN RICKMAN
    Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to each role continue to captivate new audiences today. But Rickman's artistry wasn't confin...
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    Q. 320

  • THE GIFT OF RAIN
    THE GIFT OF RAIN
    TWAN, ENG TAN
    LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEPenang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island of Penang, and in return Endo trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such...
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    Q. 150

  • THE EXPECTATION EFFECT
    THE EXPECTATION EFFECT
    ROBSON DAVID
    Lucky charms really do improve an athlete's performance. Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health. Welcome to The Expectation Effect. David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge research happening right now that suggests our expectations shape our experience. Of course, you can't just think yourself thinner, happier or fitter, ...
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    Q. 150

  • NEWS AND HOW TO USE IT
    NEWS AND HOW TO USE IT
    ALAN RUSBRIDGER
    People everywhere feel ever more alienated from - and mistrustful of - news and those who make it. We no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We are living through a crisis of 'information chaos'. News and How to Use a glossary for this bewildering age. From AI to Bots, from Climate Crisis to Fake News, from Clickbait to Trolls (and more), here is the definitive user's g...
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    Q. 130

  • A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS
    A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS
    HAIG, MATT
    You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible.If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you.Because this book is FULL of impossible things.Are you still reading?Good.Then let us begin . . .A Boy Called Christmas...
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    Q. 110

  • LETTERS OF NOTE
    LETTERS OF NOTE
    USHER COMPILED
    Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher. From Virginia Woolf's ...
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    Q. 400

  • A MOUSE CALLED MIIKA
    A MOUSE CALLED MIIKA
    HAIG, MATT
    Miika just wants to belong. Living with elves and trolls and pixies can make a mouse feel like the odd one out. When he makes friends with a fellow mouse, Miika thinks his problems are over. But really, his quest is just beginning ... A Mouse Called Miika is the story of a small mouse finding his place in a big world. A tale of friendship, cheese, robbery and the magical power ...
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    Q. 170

  • WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST
    WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST
    KHAN-CULLORS, PATRISSE / BANDELE, ASHA
    The powerful memoir of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter which explores how the movement was born, adapted for young adults and featuring brand new content including photos and journal entriesA movement that started with a hashtag - #BlackLivesMatter - and spread across the world. From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir an...
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    Q. 110

  • THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
    THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
    YUKNAVITCH, LIDIA
    From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child. A kind of memoir that is also a paean to the pursuit of beauty, self-expression, desire - for men and women - and the exhilaration of swimming, The Chronol...
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    Q. 150

  • BIRD BY BIRD (CANONS)
    BIRD BY BIRD (CANONS)
    LAMOTT ANNE
    Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she's learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wise and immensely helpful, this is the book for all serious writers and writer...
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  • STRANGER THAN KINDNESS
    STRANGER THAN KINDNESS
    CAVE, NICK
    Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectable book invites the reader into the innermost core of the creative process and paves the way for an entirely new and intimate meeting with the artist, presenting Cave's life, work and inspiration and exploring his many real a...
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    Q. 530

  • EVIE AND THE ANIMALS
    EVIE AND THE ANIMALS
    HAIG MATT
    Eleven-year-old Evie has a talent. A SUPERTALENT. A talent that can let her HEAR the thoughts of an elephant and make friends with a dog and a sparrow. The only problem is, this talent is dangerous. VERY dangerous. That's what her dad says. So, when she frees the school rabbit from its tiny hutch, she vows to keep her talent a secret. But after a face-to-face encounter with a l...
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    Q. 110

  • PIMP: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (CANONS)
    PIMP: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (CANONS)
    SLIM ICEBERG
    The perennial cult classic, introduced by Irvine Welsh. ...
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    Q. 140

  • BOOK OF MERCY (CANONS)
    BOOK OF MERCY (CANONS)
    COHEN, LEONARD
    One of Leonard Cohen's best loved volumes of poetry; a personal and powerful collection, popular since its original publication over thirty years ago. ...
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    Q. 140

  • THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS (CANON)
    THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS (CANON)
    TWAN, ENG TAN
    After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic A...
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    Q. 140

  • NOTES ON A NERVOUS PLANET
    NOTES ON A NERVOUS PLANET
    HAIG, MATT
    "Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about everything from world politics to our body mass index. How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? How do we stay human in a technological world? How do we feel happy when we are encouraged t...
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    Q. 140

  • CONSOLATIONS
    CONSOLATIONS
    WHYTE DAVID
    In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Work', each chapter in this life-affirming book is a m...
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    Q. 200

  • BEAUTIFUL POETRY OF DONALD TRUMP
    BEAUTIFUL POETRY OF DONALD TRUMP
    SEARS ROB
    What if there's a hidden dimension to Donald Trump; a sensitive, poetic side? Driven by this question, Rob Sears began combing Trump's words for signs of poetry. What he found was a revelation. By simply taking the 45th President of the United States' tweets and transcripts, cutting them up and reordering them, Sears unearthed a trove of beautiful verse that was just waiting to...
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    Q. 170

  • LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES (CANONS)
    LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES (CANONS)
    COHEN LEONARD
    First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a young man. An unprecedented debut published to immediate acclaim, new generations of readers will now rediscover not only the early work ...
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    Q. 140

  • SIMON S CAT: IT S A DOG S LIFE
    SIMON S CAT: IT S A DOG S LIFE
    TOFIELD SIMON
    Whilst patrolling his territory, Simon's Cat dips into the lives of dogs and their owners in his neighborhood, including an English bulldog who is madly in love with a handsome-looking foot-stool and a pack of frustrating puppies. With characteristic style and wit, world-famous animator Tofield creates all-new laugh-out-loud illustrations of different dog breeds and their quirk...
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  • CHRONICLE IN STONE (CANONS)
    CHRONICLE IN STONE (CANONS)
    KADARE ISMAIL
    In a seamless mosaic of dreams and games, a young boy reflects on events as his hometown in Albania falls to a series of invaders. Amid floods and bombings, his own innocence and wonder are lost forever in the madness and brutality of the Second World War.A disturbing mix of tragedy and comedy, politics and sexuality, Chronicle in Stone is a fascinating masterpiece about what i...
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    Q. 140