Afterglow

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Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the writer’s way of being. Over the course of sixteen …

The Lost War Horses of Cairo

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In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery.Brought to t …

Codename Suzette

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The thrilling and previously untold true story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during the Second World War.Suzanne Spaak was born int …

Running – A Love Story

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Dom Harvey is a hugely popular radio DJ. He’s known for his funny gags, and has been described as a shock-jock.So it might come as a surprise to find out that Dom is also seriously into running – mara …

Surviving Execution

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“Compelling… This is a captivating account of Glossip’s fight for truth.” — Sir Richard BransonA tense mix of Dead Man Walking and Making a Murderer, Surviving Execution combines the very best in t …

The Road to Sparta

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In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greate …

A Really Big Lunch

‘The late Jim Harrison was one of the true greats when it came to writing about food. He combined an attention to detail with a glorious prose style and a massive appetite… A must read.’ – ObserverN …

The Gift of Sleep

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Getting a baby to sleep through the night is the dream of every parent, but unsettled, broken nights are more often the reality.Elizabeth Sloane has been giving babies aged six months and over the gif …

The Raw and the Cooked

A classic collection full of salty wisdom, from ‘the Henry Miller of food writing’ (Wall Street Journal) and author of Legends of the Fall.Food is an extreme sport for Jim Harrison. As a seven-month o …

The Seventh Circle

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A harrowing account of Afghanistan’s notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, written by its longest-serving western inmate.Former soldier Rob Langdon was working as a security contractor in Afghanistan when h …

Art and Ardor

Art & Ardor was the first of Cynthia Ozick’s collections of her non-fiction pieces, and covers the longest span (1968 to 1983) of the now seven volumes. First printed in a variety of publications, the …

Fame and Folly

From one of America’s great literary figures, a collection of essays on eminent writers and their work, and on the war between art and life. The perilous intersection of writers’ lives with public and …

Freeman's

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‘The oldest is 70. The youngest, 26. In between, the best list of this kind I have ever seen.’ Marlon JamesIn three issues, the literary anthology from leading editor and literary critic John Freeman …

Manderley Forever

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Bestselling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay pays homage to Daphne du Maurier, the writer who influenced her deeply, in this startling and immersive new biography. A portrait of one writer by another, Mande …

Metaphor and Memory

From the author of The Messiah of Stockholm and Art and Ardor comes this collection of supple, provocative, and intellectually dazzling essays. In Metaphor & Memory, Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Be …

Quarrel and Quandary

In this collection of essays, Cynthia Ozick, everywhere acclaimed as a critic, novelist, and storyteller, examines some of the world’s most illustrious writers and their work, tackles compelling conte …