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As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question: (how) do books prepare us for life? ‘Bookish’ picks up where ‘Bookworm’ left off: at the cusp of teenage, when everything – including the way we read – undergoes a not-so-subtle transformation. Revisiting the books of all genres, that ferried her through each important stage of life, ‘Bookish’ is a coming-of-age in books. It’s an ode to our favourite bookish spaces – from the smallest secondhand bookstalls to libraries, glorious big bookshops and our very own book rooms – and a love story to how books not only shelter our souls through hard times and help us find ourselves when we feel lost, but also help us connect with the people we love through shared stories.
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£12.99
Dine with beloved writers in this delightful new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson.
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£14.99
A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life’s throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. ‘your inclusive AF feminist book club’
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£28.00
The Hobbit Encyclopedia is a comprehensive A-Z companion to The Hobbit and Tolkien’s universe.
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£16.99
Piece together one of Jay Gatsby’s notorious parties, where figures both real and fictional from Fitzgerald’s life and work are hidden among the enigmatic guests. Find Daisy Buchanan weeping over a pile of silk shirts, Gatsby gazing towards the green light of his dreams, Ernest Hemingway working at his typewriter and the all-seeing eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg surveying the wreckage as you puzzle towards the story’s tragic conclusion.PART OF THE WORLD OF JIGSAW PUZZLE SERIES which immerse puzzlers in the worlds of their favourite writers and works.FEATURING AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION packed with detail and a large poster with an introduction to the novel by Kirk Curnutt, executive director of the F. Scott Fitzgerald SocietyA GOOD-SIZED PUZZLE that measures 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.) when completed.
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£10.99
In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain’s most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms.
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Loveday Cardew’s beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes. Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books. Suddenly it’s clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape. And so it begins.
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From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.
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A collection of enlightening quotes, delivering some of the most important lessons The School of Life has to offer.
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A collection of 50 recipes, inspired by literature, for celebrating with friends and family from Kate Young, the Little Library cook.
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Henry Eliot – author, editor and insatiable bookworm – has ransacked the libraries and archives of world literature, compiling hundreds of bookish lists. This eclectic gallimaufry showcases his favourites: we witness the tragic ends of the Ancient Greek tragedians, learn the name of George Orwell’s pet cockerel and rummage through Joan Didion’s travelling bag; we consider the history of literary fart jokes, orbit the Shakespearean moons of Uranus and meet several pigs with wings. From the sublime to the ridiculous – and everything in between – Eliot’s lists, recommendations and nuggets of trivia will delight, inspire and surprise anyone who loves reading.
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A dazzling dictionary of book blurbs, filled with writing tips, literary folklore and publishing secrets
