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£7.99An aspirational story about the power of standing up for yourself
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The Pearly Pants
£7.99A murderous, madcap mystery awaits Will at the Macdeaths’ castle. When my best friend Tybalt and I accidentally volunteered for the school archery trip to Scotland, I thought things couldn’t get any worse. But now, a terrible crime has been committed at the Scottish castle and we have to find out: Who are the three witches? Is Gracious Dunkin still alive? And who stole his pants? And what on earth is ‘death by thistle’? I’m in a haggis load of trouble!
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Life of M
£18.99The film star M is one of the most recognizable faces of our time. Her image is everywhere. It has been like that since she was a child. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. M may live in the same places as real people. She may meet her friends or collect her children from school or walk her dogs as they do. But it seems the rules of reality have melted away. Now, a writer has decided to pay close attention to M’s life, in the hope of understanding who she really is.
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Sophie, Standing There
★ STAFF PICK!£20.00
Selected by AudeStaff Pick!
Aude says…
“Can one encounter really change your life? Is Sophie descending into madness? Is this the fantasy we all dream to live? They say never meet your heroes… But what happens if you do?
All these are the questions that popped into my head while reading Sophie, standing there. I usually avoid novels set in the book world but I really enjoyed this dark but hopeful story and I look forward to going back and discovering more of Meg Mason’s work.”
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A sharp and funny reflection on obsession and loneliness from the award-winning author of Sorrow and Bliss
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
£11.99In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistan’s hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world. Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors. Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper who still holds fast to his Inter-Continental training from the hotel’s 1970s glory days – an era of haute cuisine and high fashion, when Afghanistan was a kingdom and Kabul was the ‘Paris of Central Asia’.
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John Berger
£25.00Tom Overton got to know John Berger around 2010, after he gave his archive to the British Library: a kind of homecoming to the city of his birth, after a life lived mostly in self-imposed exile in Switzerland and France. Curious about the origin of a piece of writing or art, Tom would scan something in and email it. Then there’d come a call, very early, very late. ‘Hello? Is that Tom? This is John. John Berger. Can I tell you a story?’ Tom realised he was bringing this archive back into John’s life, peering together through holes in time, remembering things he couldn’t himself. And then, at the beginning of 2017, John died. In this book, Overton explores the life and work of one of the great cultural figures of the last century, who came of age in a world threatened by nuclear apocalypse, and grew old in a world dominated by the idea that human life should be ordered with the logic of profit, always looking forward, never back.
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Nineteen Days in Autumn
£25.00On 5 January 1066, Edward the Confessor’s death plunged the nation into a succession crisis that would indelibly change England forever. Mere hours after Edward’s remains had been laid to rest, his brother-in-law Harold II seized power, inciting the wrath of two formidable challengers: King Haraldr of Norway and Edward’s ambitious cousin, William, Duke of Normandy. In this startling new history, Dr Erin Goeres unveils the intense drama that unfolded over the tumultuous nineteen days between the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings in the Autumn of 1066, and which led to the deaths of two monarchs, ending a centuries-long Anglo-Scandinavian rule. Drawing on sources from England, Normandy and Scandinavia, Goeres uncovers complex histories, characters, and motivations.
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Kiki and the New Magic
£8.99Join Kiki, the beloved young witch, and her clever cat Jiji in the enchanting sequel to the modern classic! This translation will reveal more to the story that inspired the Hiyao Miyazaki film, ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’. It has been a year since Kiki started her new life as an honest-to-goodness witch, and the – not quite so – little courier has become a real celebrity. But fame comes with its own set of challenges. As Kiki faces increasingly perilous tasks, her friendships with Jiji and Tombo are put to the test. Doubts creep in, leading her to question her purpose. Determined to overcome her fears, Kiki must summon all her courage and perhaps even explore a new kind of magic. Will she find the strength to navigate her evolving world?
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Your Flower Year
£12.99Get outside and get ahead with this handy garden planner. This easy-to-use guide is packed with monthly tasks, top tips, and projects for every month of the year. Discover what’s in bloom when, when to sow and plant your favourite flowers, how to keep flowers blooming for longer, and how to look after your plants.
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My Name Is Mackenzie Bly*
£14.99I am fourteen years old and I’m called Mackenzie Bly. It’s a good name, isn’t it? Unfortunately, I just made it up, I’m actually called Philip Stephens which, if there was ever a competition for the world’s most boring name, would be a clear winner. ‘We didn’t want to call you something that would mean you’d get teased’ is what Mum B says. But given that I’m the size of a vending machine, hate sport, live with my Mums, one of whom teaches biology at my school, and don’t live with my Dad who plays air guitar, has ginger plaits down to his waist and writes random notes on Rizlas instead of using a diary, they might as well have called me ‘Fattus Butticus’ for all the difference it would have made. Oh, and my best friend Sy has just moved to New Zealand. Life is terrible.
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The Story of the City
£16.99Have you ever looked at the towers, houses, bridges and parks around you, and wondered how they got there? The answer is in the greatest experiment in human history: the city. In this work, urban historian Leo Hollis takes readers on a captivating journey through the history of cities, from the first settlements in ancient Mesopotamia to the megacities of today. This isn’t just a story about concrete and steel, but about the people who dreamed, built, and shaped the places that more than half of the people on Earth call home. Learn about the inventor of the elevator, the urban planner who reforged Paris, the construction workers who built the Empire State Building, and other extraordinary characters who have left an indelible mark on our urban landscape. Discover how innovations like the safety elevator, the sewer, and the car reshaped city living, while also creating challenges for the future.
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The Mare
£9.99In 1939, when she was just nineteen years old, Hermine Braunsteiner applied for a job in a new prison which had opened near her home. She had heard that the pay was better than working on the factory line. The prison was called Ravensbrück. A few months later, the Second World War would break like a wave across Europe. By the time it was over, she had become one of the most notoriously cruel and violent guards in the Nazi death camps. The prisoners nicknamed her the Mare – she was known for kicking her victims to death. After the war, Hermine disappeared back into civilian life. A few years later she met a US war veteran who was holidaying in Europe. He had no idea who she was. He fell in love with her, married her and brought her back to America, where she lived for years as a well-liked suburban housewife, until one day a tip-off from a Holocaust survivor sent a New York Times journalist to their door, and the questions started.
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The Impossible Job
£22.00Booed by crowds. Sworn at by players. Spat on from the stands. Threatened. Accused. Targeted. Welcome to the world of football refereeing. We’ve all seen referees in football games, but very few of us really know what they go through both on the pitch and once the final whistle goes. In this eye-opening and jaw-dropping new book, journalist William Ralston interviews referees at all levels of the game – from amateur Sunday leagues right up to the bright lights of the Premier League’s top flight, Champions League clashes and even World Cups – to get the full, unvarnished truth of this essential but impossible job.
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Ramen Makes Us Complete
£14.99In this world, there are two types of food: ramen and non-ramen. Yoon Ina takes ramen seriously. She makes sure to try new flavours as soon as they come out, always has enough packets stocked in the pantry, has developed her own principles and theories for making good ramen, and even keeps up to date with ramen news. This book is an ode to her obsession. With a contagious enthusiasm, Ina teaches us how to prepare the perfect serving of instant noodles, from choosing the type of ramen, to boiling the water, to deciding whether to add noodles or seasoning first. But bubbling under the surface is a rich narrative of a life-long relationship with ramen. We find warm, generous, humorous stories from the author’s life – narratives about family and friends, about working life, about being a woman in modern society, and about finding a way to live comfortably with who you are.
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Spindlewood
£8.99Lilac Black does not believe in ghosts. So she’s rather surprised to learn she comes from a long line of gifted Seers, all of whom attended Spindlewood: a top-secret boarding school for children with the power to see, hear and communicate with spirits. And now, Lilac has an invitation to Spindlewood herself. The only problem? There’s been a huge misunderstanding. Lilac does not have the gift. Reluctant to disappoint her proud uncles, and curious to see this mysterious school for herself, she decides to play along. But as Lilac’s web of lies becomes more tangled, one thing is clear: there is something wrong at Spindlewood. Something ancient and sinister, hidden beneath the library. Something connected to the long-ago disappearance of Lilac’s parents. Something waiting for her.