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Beautiful books by the most surprising thinkers of past and present…

Happy Half-Hours

A delightful selection of articles by the ever-popular A.A. Milne, many of which haven't been in print for decades. Introduced by the prize-winning children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, this volum...

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Brazil That Never Was

This unique travel book on the unexplored Brazil follows A J Lees’ acclaimed Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment. Part travelogue, part memoir, Lees paints a portrait of an elusiv...

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On Dogs: An Anthology

Dogs throughout history have enjoyed a special relationship with humankind, and our favourite four-legged creatures continue to grow in popularity. The writers and poets collected within this antholog...

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What Time Is It?

Visionary thinker John Berger and Turkish artist Selçuk Demirel came together came together for the last time to create this precious little volume about time.

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A Twitch Upon the Thread: Writers on Fishing

The best fishing writing is never only about fishing, and the writers collected in this anthology use angling as a way to write about love, loss, faith, and obsession. The perfect gift book on fishing...

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Beneath My Feet

Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk out a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. But the best insights, the deepest and mos...

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Denial: The Unspeakable Truth

The Holocaust never happened. The planet isn’t warming. Vaccines cause autism. There is no such thing as AIDS. The Earth is flat. Kahn-Harris sets out not just to unpick denialists’ arguments, bu...

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Break A Leg: A Dictionary of theatrical quotations

'The book is a joy, to be kept near at hand and to dip into at random. A must for any lover of the theatre.' - Breakaway Reviewers

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Notting Hill: A Walking Guide

A walking guide to this historic London neighbourhood, uncovering its countercultural roots.

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How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson (who has Bipolar Disorder himself) explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect ...

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A Roundabout Manner: Sketches of Life by W. M. Thackeray

This is the first ‘sampler’ which covers all of Thackeray’s versatile genius: his cartoons, his journalism, his carefully restrained sentimentality (much to Victorian taste), his cutting satire,...

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On Christmas: A Seasonal Anthology

A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day, introduced by Gyles Brandreth. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and conte...

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