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In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor, Donna Leon narrates a remarkable life she feels has…

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Troubled by recent loss, Grania Ryan has returned to Ireland and the arms of her loving family. And it is here, on a cliff…

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From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of…

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The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo…

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In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories…

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Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to…

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In 1926 de Saint-Exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline Latécoère - later known as Aéropostale - opening up the…

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Michael Joseph: *A HILARIOUS, BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE PHENOMENAL LADYBIRDS FOR GROWN UPS SERIES, FOR AUTUMN 2016*The Ladybird…

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Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and…

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The Queen and I is the brilliantly funny novel by Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole series. The Monarchy Has Been…

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Elizabeth Gaskell's portrait of kindness, compassion, and hopeCranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the…

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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still…

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Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous, the writings of landmark American feminist and socialist thinker Charlotte Perkins…

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