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Joyride

Susan Orlean

‘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 …

Miles Franklin Undercover

Kerrie Davies

RRP: £16.99

‘There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could be happy in love I should at least need to realis …

Red

Jacky Colliss Harvey

RRP: £12.99

A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, J …

The Art of Not Eating

Jessica Hamel-Akré

RRP: £12.99

‘A courageous and beautifully written exploration of a vitally important subject’ The Herald’Fascinating’ Katherine May’These books … deepen our understanding of how our bodies are ourselves, and ho …

The Complete Buddhism for Mothers

Sarah Napthali

RRP: £16.99

Become a calmer and happier mother with The Complete Buddhism for Mothers, fully revised and updated for the modern mother.Entering parenthood can be a time of great inner turmoil for a woman, yet par …

Other Rivers

Peter Hessler

RRP: £12.99

‘Memorable… One of [China’s] most astute and sensitive foreign observers’ Financial Times’Compassionate… full of warmth’ GuardianMore than two decades after teaching English in Sichuan Province, P …

The Impossible Man

Patchen Barss

RRP: £12.99

A Guardian Best Science Book of the YearThe first biography – ‘a stunning achievement’ (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) – of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose …

Crooks

Paul Williams

RRP: £10.99

THE #1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERFor almost forty years, Paul Williams has chronicled the life and crimes of some of Ireland’s most notorious godfathers, killers and thieves. In Crooks he brings his reade …

The Narrow Land

Christine Dwyer Hickey

RRP: £9.99

WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONWINNER OF THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARD FOR NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDSAn Irish Independent and Irish Times Book of the Ye …

All The Worst Humans

Phil Elwood

RRP: £10.99

After nearly two decades in the PR business, Phil Elwood wants to come clean…In All the Worst Humans, Phil Elwood reveals the secrets and slippery tricks of the $129 billion industry that controls w …

Didion & Babitz

Lili Anolik

RRP: £10.99

A TOP 12 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMESTHE BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2024’This book is magic. It’s all I ever needed’ LENA DUNHAMEve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. …

The Friday Afternoon Club

Griffin Dunne

RRP: £10.99

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER’Wise, funny and generous’ The Times’Warm and perceptive’ New York Times’So honest and funny and smart’ Observer’Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story’ Washingto …

Fallen

Mick Conefrey

RRP: £10.99

‘Mick Conefrey’s Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his “Because it’s there!”‘ Peter Hillary’Mick Conefrey’s gripping accoun …

Love, Expanded

Wren Burke

A boundary-pushing book on love and relationships in all its forms, showing exactly what we can all learn from the asexual community.Love, Expanded is not a book about suffering, though the challenges …

Queen Catherine’s Court

Sophie Shorland

RRP: £12.99

‘A good story, embracing character, emotion and drama… refreshing.’ THE TIMES’A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait… Wittily written and rich in detail’ Miranda SeymourCatherine of Braganza …

When Life Gives You Lemurs

Tim Husband

RRP: £16.99

‘A compelling story, beautifully told, about how animals can show you a way forward.’ Richard GloverTim Husband was born into a Jehovah’s Witness family who spent their weekends delivering God’s Word. …

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