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Motherland is a cookbook that charts the history of the people, influences and ingredients that uniquely united to create the wonderful patchwork cuisine that is Jamaican food today. There are recipes for the classics, like saltfish fritters, curry goat and patties, as well as Melissa’s own twists and family…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR’A dystopian odyssey through the dark authoritarian landscape of the modern world’ The Times
To be born American in the late twentieth century was to take the fact of a particular kind of American exceptionalism as granted – a state of nature arrived at after all…
In this world, two souls inhabit a sole body, one by day, one by night. But though they live alongside one another, their ends do not always align. For Special Inspector Morden, whose hunt for a dangerous witch takes him far away, this will be a problem… Christophor Morden lives by night. His day-brother,…
In China After Mao, award-winning historian Frank Dikoetter explores how the People’s Republic of China was transformed from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today. His account is the first to be based on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, from the secret minutes of top…
SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES THE AWARD-WINNING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, MILLION-COPY-SELLING SCI-FI PHENOMENON Imagine a universe patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. Imagine what might happen to any civilisation unwise enough to broadcast its location. This is Cixin Liu’s THREE-BODY PROBLEM…
***Pre-order this idyllic escapist rom-com, now!*** Pack your bags and uncork the laughter in this delightful romantic escapade! After getting her heart broken in her early twenties, Abi Mason vowed to live by a simple (but non-negotiable) rule: no second dates. Who needs a boyfriend, or anything else for that matter,…
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love…
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Let the magic of J.K. Rowling’s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This irresistible Hufflepuff House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its dedication, patience and loyalty.
As Harry’s story reaches its epic…
Born into one of Britain’s most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel. A free spirit and radical visionary, history placed her in the shadow of her famous mother, Emmeline, and elder sister, Christabel. Yet artist Sylvia Pankhurst was the most revolutionary of them all.
Sylvia found her…
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_______________ The exciting, heartfelt sequel to Golden Boys. As graduation looms, it’s clear the boys’ friendship will never be the same – but it could be so much more… After a summer of life-changing experiences and travel, Gabriel, Reese, Sal and Heath are reunited for their senior year of…
When match fixing leads to murder, only journalist Casey Benedict can expose the truth – and risk her own life doing so. Casey Benedict is the globe-trotting star reporter at London paper the Post. Casey is tenacious, fearless, inventive and still in recovery after her last major story jeopardised her life, and…
The Creeper is a masterful tale of horror and suspense from one of Ireland’s most talented emerging authors. Superstitions only survive if people believe in them… Renowned academic Dr Sparling seeks help with his project on a remote Irish village. Historical researchers Ben and Chloe are thrilled to be…
”Includes the plays And We’ll Never be Parted, The Son, Visits and Meanwhile the lights go down and everything becomes black. In And We’ll Never be Parted, Jon Fosse exploits theatre’s unique potential for ambiguity: as a woman anxiously waits for her husband, are we watching reality, fantasy,…
’A dizzying dream ride you will never forget’ LEIGH BARDUGO ’An astonishing, gorgeous novel’ HOLLY BLACK ’An incredible achievement’ CASSANDRA CLARE FROM PULITZER-PRIZE FINALIST KELLY LINK Laura, Daniel and Mo disappeared without trace a year ago. They have long been presumed dead.…
WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK ’An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore’ Red ’A balm for the soul and a glorious love letter to books and reading’ iPaper There was only one thing on her…
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. Philby’s two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus…
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Bobby Seed has questions. What’s another word for ’thesaurus’? How can I tell Bel I want her as my girl friend, not my girlfriend? How much pain is Mum in today? Has she taken her pills? And sometimes, secretly, Why us?Bobby’s little brother Danny has questions too. Will Bobby let him have Rice…
An Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Sunday Times South Africa, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Big Issue and Strong Words Pick of the Year An Irish Times and The Times Summer Reading Pick Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award A beautiful and heart-breaking story set in South Africa…
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All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issues. The fight against racism, ableism and transmisogyny are all feminist…
’Haunting … lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned’ Sunday Times’A compelling whodunnit … Devastating’ Financial Times ’Transfixing’ New York Times ’A powerful, unflinching account of misogyny, female shame and the notion of honour’ Observer A…
Picture yourself at a starting point before anything exists – no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space. Your task is to create the universe, but all you have to work with is, quite literally, ”nothing.” How do you proceed? This is the thought experiment The Big Bang of Numbers invites you into, as…
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This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson’s White Smoke, Friday the 13th, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Get Out. Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the ”final girl” at Camp Mirror…
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Cheats. Liars. Fakes. Friends? A breathtaking contemporary YA thriller – serious questions and hot romance in an irresistible twisty mystery. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying. Jo used to be the perfect high-school girl – class president, popular, bright and successful. But when nude photos of her…
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The MOST-ANTICIPATED fantasy novel of 2024 and the SMOULDERING third instalment in the Crescent City series Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James – Telegraph Spiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building … a page-turning delight – Guardian Sarah…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
’A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist.’ – Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt was remembered as the acme of…
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As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is now broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling’s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this irresistible Gryffindor House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling’s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This Ravenclaw House Edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its wit, learning and wisdom. Harry’s fourth year at…
’Delights from start to finish’ Mail on Sunday’Irresistible’ Guardian’Sheer escapist bliss’ Nigella Lawson’Pure joy’ India Knight, Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize For Comic FictionThe Earls of Trelawney have inhabited the same castle…
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_______________ ’Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairytale … She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after’ – New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer ’A richly…