Rhyme and Reason

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‘Enchanting’ Stephen Fry’Unconventional, surprising and provocative from the first page’ Times Literary SupplementDid you know:- Lord Byron sold more books in a day than Jane Austen did in her lifetim …

Rare Tongues

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‘The most delightful parts of Rare Tongues are the most eccentric… extremely interesting.’ – The Scotsman’Any book such as this … is to be welcomed with sobbing gratitude.’ – The Spectator’Thought …

Joyride

‘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 …

Language City

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WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and – because many have never been recorded – when they’re gone, it will be fore …

The Truth About China

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‘People abroad always thought things were much scarier in China than they really were. What threw me, though, was the urgency of the diplomats in Beijing. They live it, they get it. And they wanted me …

The Library Book

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A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICKA dazzling love letter to a beloved institution – our libraries.After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean beca …

Words That Go Ping

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If it goes ‘moo’ then every child knows it’s a cow. If it goes ‘Wham! Bam! Crash!’ we’re in a fast-paced comic. But what goes ‘krknout’?Barbara Lasserre takes us on a playful journey through the delig …

And Thank You For Watching

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‘This insightful and superb book takes you to World Cups, to conflicts in war-torn countries, to division in Trump’s America… A terrific read.’ – Gary LinekerFor over thirty years, Mark Austin has c …

Writing True Stories

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Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a v …

The Power and the Story

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In this sweeping global survey, one of Britain’s most distinguished journalists and media commentators analyses for the first time the state of journalism worldwide as it enters the post-truth age.In …

Writing Feature Stories

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Good writing engages as it informs and feature journalism offers writers the opportunity to tell deep, affecting stories that look beyond the immediate mechanics of who, what, where and when and explo …

Quid Pro Quo

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Did you know that the word ‘prestige’ derives from the Latin word for ‘illusion’? Or that ‘infantry’ stems from a Latin word meaning one who could not speak? In this original and highly entertaining b …

How Writing Works

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We can all improve our writing: grammar guru Roslyn Petelin shows us how in How Writing Works.This is Roslyn Petelin’s promise: whether you already write reasonably well or not, this book will exponen …

The Writer's Room

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Charlotte Wood’s online journal The Writer’s Room has become essential reading for writers at all stages of their careers, and also pure reading pleasure for booklovers everywhere. Charlotte’s intervi …

The Voyeur's Motel

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On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. ‘Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coas …

Vino Business

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For centuries a bastion of tradition and the jewel in the crown of French viticulture, Bordeaux has in recent years become dogged by controversy, particularly regarding the 2012 classification of the …