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The Grade Cricketer

Sam Perry

RRP: £12.99

‘A sequel to The Grade Cricketer? It’s like junk time in a second innings – something you just have to be part of.’ Gideon Haigh.Is life without cricket worth living? It’s a question asked and answere …

Afterglow

Eileen Myles

RRP: £8.99

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

Grant Hayter-Menzies

RRP: £14.99

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 …

The Prague Sonata

Bradford Morrow

RRP: £8.99

Pages of a weathered original sonata manuscript – the gift of a Czech immigrant living in Queens – come into the hands of Meta Taverner, a young musicologist whose concert piano career was cut short b …

And Then You're Dead

Paul Doherty

RRP: £10.99

“Entertaining – if harrowing.” – New York Times Book ReviewWhat would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface o …

Ireland

Richard Killeen

A fascinating cornucopia of facts about Ireland and the Irish, covering its history, culture, land and people.In this enthralling celebration of the places and people that make the country unique, Ric …

Only Dead on the Inside

James Breakwell

RRP: £7.99

Raising kids can sometimes feel like society has ended, so why not go one further, and actually plan for it? From James Breakwell, who BuzzFeed called ‘the funniest dad on Twitter’, this hilarious boo …

The Bumper Book of Things That Nobody Knows

William Hartston

A witty and fascinating exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond.There are many, many things that nobody knows… Do animals have a …

Freeman's

John Freeman

RRP: £10.99

‘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 …

The Lies of the Land

Adam Macqueen

RRP: £12.99

Trust in our politicians is at an all-time low. We’re in a “post-truth” era, where feelings trump facts, and where brazen rhetoric beats honesty. But do politicians lie more than they used to? And do …

D.A.A.S.

Paul Livingstone

RRP: £14.99

Under the guise of his alter ego Flacco, Paul Livingston once basked in the reflected glory of Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler, and their anarchic comedy incarnation, the Doug Anthony …

Leaving Las Vegas

John O'Brien

RRP: £9.99

A re-issue of John O’Brien’s debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness.Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O’Brien, is the dist …

Not Right in the Head

Michelle Wyatt

RRP: £14.99

Michelle Wyatt’s mum always joked with the family that if she ever developed Alzheimer’s like her own mother-Michelle’s grandmother-they should put her in a home and throw away the key. When she did u …

Freeman's Home

John Freeman

RRP: £10.99

The third literary anthology in the series that has been called ‘ambitious’ (O Magazine) and ‘strikingly international’ (Boston Globe), Freeman’s: Home, continues to push boundaries in diversity and s …

Primary School Confidential

Mrs Woog

RRP: £14.99

Primary school, that special place where little kids turn into big kids, where letters turn into words, numbers turn into more confusing numbers and lunchboxes turn into bacterial breeding grounds. Wh …

How the Hell Did This Happen?

P. J. O'Rourke

RRP: £9.99

An essential take on the stranger-than-fiction 2016 presidential election from a quintessential voice on American politics and culture.With new, updated material, P. J. O’Rourke covers the whole elect …

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