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The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship
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The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their...
The Sport of Kings
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...
Munich: A Novel
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September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the...
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The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
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He's one of the world's richest and most successful men, and now that he's no longer at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates spends a lot of time reading.
Energy and Civilization: A History
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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural...
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The Sympathizer
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his...
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens
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'I know why I'm doing all this,' I said. 'Everything I do in life is trying to get her back. I think...
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2017 Arleen spends nearly all her money on...
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
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The Best We Could Do explores the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement...
The Roman ( Florentine Series, Book 4)
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Raven and her sister, Cara, are at the mercy of a small detachment of Florentine vampyres, who are...
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Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1
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Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he’s the only at what he does. So...
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Spotless (Spotless Series Book 1)
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Island Chaptal—nerdy IT engineer by day, romance novel junkie by night—just walked into her...
All The Wonders: The Children's Book Podcast
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Brought to you by Matthew Winner of All The Wonders (http://www.allthewonders.com/). Join us as we...
AQA A Level Physics Year 1 and AS Student Book
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Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: AS Physics First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2016...