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  • LUCY BY THE SEA
    STROUT, ELIZABETH
    'It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us'In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a ...
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  • HELLO BEAUTIFUL
    NAPOLITANO, ANN
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a beautifully tender, heartbreaking, and moving story of four sisters over three decadesMeet the Padvano girls. Best friends and sisters, they are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is the "rocket" of the family - she always has a destination in mind ...
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  • ELIZABETH FINCH
    BARNES, JULIAN
    We'd like to introduce you to Elizabeth Finch.We invite you to take her course in Culture and Civilisation.She will change the way you see the world.'The task of the present is to correct our understanding of the past. And that task becomes the more urgent when the past cannot be corrected.'Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration - always rigorous, always thoug...
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  • FREE LOVE
    TESSA HADLEY
    'Tessa Hadley might be my new favourite writer. She just 'gets' people, their flaws, their ignoble impulses, the transcendent moments... she is wonderful.' Marian KeyesDiscover the compulsive new novel about one woman's sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London from the bestselling author of Late in the Day.1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, t...
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  • THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS
    WILLIAMS, PIP
    'An enchanting story about love, loss and the power of language' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactorySometimes you have to start with what's lost to truly find yourself... Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood at her father's feet as he and his team gather words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. One day, she sees a slip of paper co...
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  • THE POWER OF THE DOG
    THOMAS SAVAGE
    **NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDS**Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century America. Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder.Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess...
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  • AMERICANAH
    CIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
    Lagos, mitjans dels anys 90. En el marc de la dictadura militar i en una Nigèria que ofereix poc o cap futur, Ifemelu i Obinze, dos adolescents atípics, s’enamoren apassionadament. Com gran part de la seva generació saben que abans o després hauran d’abandonar el país. Obinze ha somiat sempre de viure als Estats Units, però és Ifemeli qui aconsegueix el visat per viure a Brookl...
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  • CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS
    ROONEY, SALLY
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYFrances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi...
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  • NORMAL PEOPLE
    ROONEY, SALLY
    Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins.Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first ...
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  • THINGS FALL APART
    ACHEBE, CHINUA
    One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of changeOkonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he ...
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  • ATONEMENT
    MCEWAN, IAN
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER OF THE 2017 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARHOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE?Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Eli...
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  • OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
    HARUF, KENT
    “Our Souls at Night”, l’última novel·la de Kent Haruf, que va escriure just abans de morir, és plena de lluminositat. Addie i Louis han sigut veïns durant molts anys, però ara estan sols: les seves cases estan gairebé buides i els seus fills han marxat lluny. Quan Addie visita a Louis una nit, li fa una proposta moltpeculiar: dormir una nit junts, només per compartir converses ...
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  • THE GRAPES OF WRATH
    STEINBECK, JOHN
    Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted...
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  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
    KESEY, KEN
    Pitching an extraordinary battle between cruel authority and a rebellious free spirit, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel that epitomises the spirit of the sixties. This Penguin Classics edition includes a preface, never-before published illustrations by the author, and an introduction by Robert Faggen.Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon Sta...
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  • THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK
    LESSING, DORIS
    The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal.In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer's block. Divorced with a young child, and fearful of going mad, Anna records her experiences in four coloured notebooks: black for her writing life, red for...
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  • THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
    HADDON, MARK
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He ha...
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  • THE HATE U GIVE
    ANGIE THOMAS
    Starr és una noia negra de 16 anys de classe mitjana, amb amics i parella blanca. La seva plàcida i poc conflictiva vida s’acaba quan presencia l’assassinat d’un amic seu, Khalil, un noi negre de la mateixa edat, que anava desarmat, a mans d’un policia blanc. Starr vol que es faci justícia, però els seus dos mons entren en col·lisió i comença a rebre amenaces i pressions des de...
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  • THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
    WILDE, OSCAR
    “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, “El retrat de Dorian Gray”, és la novel·la més famosa del autor irlandès Oscar Wilde. És la història del jove Dorian que, influït pel cinisme del seu amic Lord Henry, qui l’aparta del sensat pintor que els presenta, arriba a desitjar el fet de conservar l’aspecte de joventut més que cap altra cosa, fins al punt que la seva ànima pacta amb el diable...
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  • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: PART 1 DREAMS AND DUST DREAMS AND DUST: BOOK 5 OF A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
    MARTIN, GEORGE R R
    HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: DREAMS AND DUST is the FIRST part of the fifth volume in the series.'Richly satisfying and utterly engrossing' Sunday TimesIn the aftermath of a colossal battle, new threats are emerging f...
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  • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: PART 2 AFTER THE FEAST AFTER THE FEAST: BOOK 5 OF A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
    MARTIN, GEORGE R R
    HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series.'Vivid, rich, multi-layered and utterly addictive' Daily Express.The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance....
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  • HANDMAIDS TALE
    ATWOOD, MARGARET
    ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The TestamentsNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSSOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Comm...
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  • THE OUTSIDERS
    HINTON, S.E
    One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'The bestselling American classic of youthful rebellion and coming of age on the streets, adapted into an award-winning film by Francis Ford Coppola The Greasers and the rich-kid Socs are at war on the Tulsa streets. Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old brawler, chainsmoker and dreamer, is a fiercely loyal greaser. But a single, murdero...
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  • THE LITTLE PRINCE
    ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
    Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince.A beautiful gift edition of this touching and wise classic children's book, with the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations. A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see the most extraordinary little fellow standing before him. "Please," asks...
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  • BELOVED
    MORRISON, TONI
    Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature.'An American masterpiece' AS ByattIt is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby...
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  • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. 50TH ANNIVERSARY ED
    LEE, HARPER
    'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult att...
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  • THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
    SHERMAN ALEXIE
    An all-new edition of the tragicomic smash hit which stormed the New York Times bestseller charts, now featuring an introduction from Markus Zusak. In his first book for young adults, Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifull...
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  • INTO THE WILD
    JON KRAKAUER
    The disturbing but brilliantly written story of twenty-two year-old Chris McCandless, who, in a quest for intense experience, rid himself of all his money and possessions, and walked into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness with only the minimum of equipment. His emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus four months later. Using the example of McCandless, Krakauer explores o...
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  • THE BOY AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
    BOYNE, JOHN
    When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitle...
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  • ANIMAL FARM
    ORWELL, GEORGE
    George Orwell's chilling fable of Soviet Russia's brutal dictatorship, Animal Farm brings to life in lucid, uncomplicated language the disastrous project of Russian Communism. This Penguin Modern classics edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. 'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their ...
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  • THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS
    AUSTER, PAUL
    One man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. After losing his wife and young sons in a plane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in grief. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann, and r...
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