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The Sensualist

Gary Shteyngart

RRP: £14.99

‘Gary Shteyngart keeps getting better’ Literary Review’The abiding miracle of Shteyngart’s work is that it seems just as timely as a Shouts & Murmurs gag in this week’s New Yorker while staying fixed …

The Absent Woman

Eve Sneider

Unlike her peers Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, New Yorker journalist Janet Malcolm avoided the personal fame her renown might have otherwise brought. In The Absent Woman, journalist Eve Sneider, among …

For the Sun After Long Nights

Nilo Tabrizy

RRP: £12.99

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION******A 2026 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST******LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING***IN SEPTEMBER …

Joyride

Susan Orlean

RRP: £12.99

‘An exuberant, inspiring memoir’ Guardian’Brilliant…A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir’ Wall Street Journal ‘In Joyride, the takeaway often has as much to do with the art of living as the art of w …

Oliphant

Roland Perry

RRP: £16.99

6 August 1945: the United States launches the world’s first nuclear attack on Japan. J. Robert Oppenheimer will be remembered as the father of the bomb, but it was Australian physicist Sir Mark Olipha …

Stay Alive

Ian Buruma

RRP: £12.99

‘A captivating mosaic of wartime Berlin’ Katja Hoyer, Financial Times’Brilliant and beautifully written’ Anne Applebaum ‘Brings to life Berlin during World War II so vividly that you can imagine yours …

All the Queen’s Men

Sophie Shorland

The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it.When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558, she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same pr …

Errol Flynn

Patricia A. O'Brien

RRP: £18.99

Handsome and charismatic, Errol Flynn was one of the first great screen idols. He mesmerised millions around the world with his swordsmanship, swagger and smouldering sexuality. He portrayed an array …

Growing Up Digital

Susan McLean

RRP: £16.99

Our children are digital natives, their friendships, learning and identity shaped online. But alarming threats have emerged – sextortion, blackmail, deepfakes and image-based abuse – alongside ongoing …

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

RRP: £12.99

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century?Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces Miranda’s path from a friendly but often isolated child to the winner of multiple …

Too L.A.

Eve Babitz

RRP: £16.99

‘Lili Anolik calls these letters the author’s “most consequential work”, and it’s hard to disagree while enjoying the bountiful energy that fizzes off every page’ TLSIn between the partying, the drugs …

Turncoat

Dennis Sewell

RRP: £14.99

George Downing was one of the English Civil War’s most cunning spies. As Oliver Cromwell’s head of military intelligence, he forged a career as a politician and diplomat, bribing, blackmailing and bro …

The Desert Swimmer

Brendan Cullen

RRP: £16.99

Brendan Cullen manages a 10,000-head sheep station 65 kilometres outside Broken Hill, New South Wales-over 600 kilometres from the nearest beach. Yet in 2022, he swam the English Channel. Swimming bec …

Crooks 2

Paul Williams

RRP: £10.99

In this sequel to the explosive bestseller Crooks, Paul Williams reveals the inside stories behind more of his biggest scoops. Beginning with a sex scandal that rocked the Catholic Church, Crooks 2 sh …

Letter from Provence

Sheryle Bagwell

RRP: £16.99

‘A tale of enduring love replete with hope.’ Geraldine DoogueAfter buying an ancient stone house in Provence, Australian journalist Sheryle Bagwell finds in her attic an old edition of selected letter …

Peacemaker

Thant Myint-U

RRP: £12.99

‘Mesmerising’ Financial Times’Wonderful’ Rory Stewart’Brilliant’ William Dalrymple’Essential’ Peter FrankopanIN THE EARLY 1960S, a peaceful world seemed possible. The still young United Nations was re …

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