The line-up for this year’s Costas, which set out to reward the year’s “most enjoyable” books, is female-heavy, with 14 women on the 20-strong list.
The Explorers
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From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by...
children
The Island at the End of Everything
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Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy....
Wed Wabbit
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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have...
children
Moonrise
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'They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Coz people are gonna be telling you all...
verse capital punishment young adult
Useful Verses
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Richard Osmond's debut collection Useful Verses follows in the tradition of the best nature writing,...
poetry
and 15 other items
Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul: The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World
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With academic courses either encouraging commercialism, or cultivating zealots, Chittick states that...