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Florence Given
Women Don't Owe You PrettyWomen Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wa...Women Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy. It will help you to embrace feminism in all its messy glory, explain that ... -
George Saunders
A Swim in a Pond in the RainFor the last twenty years, George Saunders has ...For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University.In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of th... -
James Canton
Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary LandscapeBeyond the brash modern stereotypes of Essex th...Beyond the brash modern stereotypes of Essex there exists a landscape that has inspired some of England's finest writing. This book tracks the paths of those literary figures who have ventured into... -
Dean Nelson
Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem SolvingIndia’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata...India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common with the inverte... -
Katherine Rundell
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John DonneJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religio...John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar ... -
Luis Sagasti
Musical OfferingA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of child...A lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music. Tracing a circular course that echoes Bach's Goldberg Variations , Luis Sagasti's second book to appea... -
Barack Obama
A Promised LandIn the stirring, highly anticipated first volum...In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free ... -
Timothy C. Baker
Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal StoriesWhen his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discover...When his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discovered that there was almost no record of her existence, and no stories that were his to tell: the only way to bring her back was through reading. Reading... -
Colin Grant
A Smell of Burning: The Story of EpilepsyOne day Colin Grant's teenage brother Christoph...One day Colin Grant's teenage brother Christopher failed to emerge from the bathroom. His family broke down the door to find him unconscious on the floor. None of their lives were ever the same aga... -
Tom Read Wilson
On the Tip of My Tongue: The perfect word for every life momentIn On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and telev...In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Written with his trademark sparkling... -
Adam Rutherford
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of EugenicsHow did an obscure academic idea pave the way t...How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past? Did eugenics work? Could ... -
Selina Mill
Life Unseen: A Story of BlindnessImagine a world without sight. Is it dark and g...Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why ...
