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Suspicion falls on a newcomer when a sawmill is razed by fire. First published in Swedish in 1977, this is the first publication in English of the great Mankell's second novel, set in the ye... read more

The Madman

Henning Mankell

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The Light of Day

Christopher Stephens

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A substantial reassessment of this great ancient city.

Babylon: the Mother of All Cities

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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From the prolific and consistently excellent author of Hamnet, a novel about a father and son who discover unsettling things while working for the Ordnance Survey project in the west of Irel... read more

Land

Maggie O'Farrell

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What connects Derain and Matisse with Cantabria and Rome? This journey in pursuit of the anchovy is rich with anecdote and recipes.

Consider the Anchovy

Sudi Pigott

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Astronaut!

Oana Aristide

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The new Pope faces unprecedented challenges in the current geopolitical mayhem.

American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV Means for the Church and the World

Christopher Lamb

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From neolithic farming to modern computing: the role of women as creators of societal wealth - and how this benefits us all.

Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power

Victoria Bateman

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A Carrollian pursuit of all eighteen species - this is a rumbunctious, funny and energetic memoir of Lafferty's many quests.

An Inconvenience of Penguins: Epic voyages in pursuit of the world’s most beloved bird

Jamie Lafferty

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The Social Lives of Birds

Joan E. Strassmann

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Last Evenings with Teresa

Juan Marse

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Two Kitchens: 120 Family Recipes from Sicily and Rome

Rachel Roddy

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Radnofsky 'Sir, we are homosexuals...': Roger Butler was the first man to come out publicly, in a letter to several newspapers in 1960, risking imprisonment.

The Light of Day: The First Man to Come Out at the Dawn of Gay Liberation

Christopher Stephens

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Three generations of American women confront awkward memories at the bedside of the youngest. From the author of American Dirt.

Speak to Me of Home

Jeanine Cummins

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A vivid reimagining of the tangled lattice of Picasso's love life, from the perspective of women determined to make sense of the past.

Picasso’s Lovers

Jeanne Mackin

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This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston b... read more

Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land

Rachel Cockerell

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The testimony of the last living survivors: agonizingly moving, and cautionary.

Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses

M.G. Sheftall

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Funny, clever and dark tale of a middle-aged contract killer approaching retirement.

Going to the Dogs

Pierre Lemaitre

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Grigson's first book on Pugliese cooking after moving to the heel of Italy five years ago: generous and informal food from the coast to the hills around Basilicata and Calabria. Fish, meat, ... read more

Exploding Tomatoes and Other Stories: The Food and Flavours of Southern Italy

Sophie Grigson

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A sardonic guiding thread for the labyrinth of intellectual property.

Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

Alexandre Montagu

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A new edition of this splendid book, in a smaller format and illustrated with a few drawings rather than photographs. Roddy writes wonderfully about Testaccio (where she has lived for over a... read more

Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome

Rachel Roddy

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This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston b... read more

Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for the Promised Land

Rachel Cockerell

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A fever-dream of four different kinds of love that have shaken one life: this novel has won several prizes in Sweden.

The Details

Ia Genberg

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Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain’s Greatest Female Cod

Dr Jackie Ui Chionna

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The Late Train to Gipsy Hill: Charming debut mystery from a highly respected former MP

Alan Johnson

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The View Was Exhausting: smart and sexy, the celebrity fake-dating sensation

Mikaella Clements

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Razorblade Tears

S. A. Cosby

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Soon after her husband leaves her, Pru goes to a friend's funeral - but she's got the wrong day. She has such fun at the stranger's funeral that she buys a black dress and starts attending ... read more

The Black Dress: An unforgettable novel of warmth, humour and late life love – By the author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Deborah Moggach

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An old murder in the leafy suburbia near Hampton Court rises to the surface in Johnson's third thriller.

Death on the Thames

Alan Johnson

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Our former Prime Minister considers Hillsborough, Grenfell and many parliamentary scandals, arguing that time and again those in power have served their own interests or those of the organi... read more

The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life

Theresa May

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Discovering that her grandfather, one of Greece's fascist generals, acquired ancient art treasures for himself, Helena has to reckon with her family's past. VH is a tireless and passionate e... read more

The Figurine

Victoria Hislop

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The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

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A fever-dream of four different kinds of love that have shaken one life: this novel has won several prizes in Sweden.

The Details

Ia Genberg

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Beirut, 1848. The first in a series about the prominent Pelletier family, and their soap business...

The Wide World

Pierre Lemaitre

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A witness to the Beslan massacre, the former Moscow correspondent sought to ease his soul and deepen his understanding of the roots of violence by taking a 1000-mile walk along the political... read more

High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland

Tom Parfitt

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The first biography of one of the great codebreakers: she played a key role in both world wars, and also deciphered the letters of both Beethoven and Mozart.

Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain’s Greatest Female Code Breaker

Jackie Ui Chionna

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