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Books Editor (673 KP) created a video about New Collected Poems in Books

Oct 12, 2017  
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Tomas Tranströmer

The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011. His books sell thousands of copies in Sweden, and his poetry has been translated into 60 languages.

   
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Nicolas Winding Refn recommended The Night of the Hunter (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1955 | Drama, Mystery
9.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The Night of the Hunter is a perfect example of the strength of cinema, in which an image can say a thousand words, whereas in literature a word cannot show a thousand images."

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 12, 2017
I can seriously recommend The Return by Hisham Matar and Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge. A great mixed bag of non-fiction literature in this year's Orwell Prize longlist.
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Orwell Prize Longlist 2017

The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. Here is the 2017 longlist:

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

Ruth Dudley Edwards

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On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military...

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2017 Hisham Matar was 19 when his...

Libya Politics Biography
The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

7.9 (13 Ratings) Rate It

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

The Marches

The Marches

Rory Stewart

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LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017. "This is travel writing at its best." (Katherine Norbury,...

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

Helen Pearson

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 ORWELL PRIZE 'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives'...

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Alan Cumming recommended After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie in Books (curated)

 
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
Jean Rhys, Lorna Sage | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This is the story of a woman who has been discarded and who will not go down gently. If ever there was an unsung heroine of feminist literature, it is the amazing Jean Rhys."

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 26, 2017
We’re living in a golden age of young-adult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation.

So here are a few books (continually updated) from The Guardian's selection.
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The Guardian's Children's Books Roundup

Protesting chickens, a mischievous bear, hunt the ballerinas and a Swedish horror story, here are The Guardian's best pick of children's books.

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be

Gemma Cairney

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Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad...

Fir: Red Eye Series

Fir: Red Eye Series

Sharon Gosling

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Moving from Stockholm to an isolated pine plantation in northern Sweden is bad enough, but when the...

Young Adult Horror
All About Mia

All About Mia

Lisa Williamson

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One family, three sisters. GRACE, the oldest: straight-A student. AUDREY, the youngest: future...

Children
The Secret Keepers

The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart

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When Reuben discovers an old pocket watch, he soon realizes it holds an incredible power: it can...

Children
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

Stephanie Burgis

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Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by...

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Daisy (166 KP) rated Nasty Women in Books

May 15, 2017  
Nasty Women
Nasty Women
404 Ink | 2017 | Essays
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8.3 (6 Ratings)
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Pretty hard-hitting. (2 more)
Tackles lots of issues faced in most of our lives.
Empowering literature.
This is a collection of essays, written about what it's like to be a modern woman and existing in the 21st century.
  
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Phil Bradley (0 KP) rated The Wasp Factory in Books

Sep 29, 2017  
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory
Iain M. Banks | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.4 (8 Ratings)
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Plot, characterisation, perfect in every way (0 more)
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A magnificent and sometimes shocking novel. Powerful and it grabs you from the first page and doesn’t let go. Funny, tragic, gut wrenching, and one of the classic works of modern literature.
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Medieval Period in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
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The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Medieval Period
Joseph Black | 2015
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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I read this for one of my classes in Medieval Literature. There were a lot of very interesting stories and poems in here. If you want a whole range of different Medieval classics, I definitely recommend checking this out!
  
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Viggo Mortensen recommended Faust in Books (curated)

 
Faust
Faust
Goethe | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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"A great work of literature and an extraordinary cautionary tale, this story has much to teach us about psychology, politics and history. More than ever, it can allow us to look at ourselves and our rulers with open eyes."

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Mark Cousins recommended A River Called Titas (1973) in Movies (curated)

 
A River Called Titas (1973)
A River Called Titas (1973)
1973 | Drama
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"Ritwik Ghatak was India’s Sam Peckinpah: drunk, bellicose, brilliant. He brought a Bengali sense of literature and sadness to his work. You’ll maybe only understand half this film at first (certainly the case for me), but its richness overwhelms."

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