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A richly drawn collection of stories that brings contemporary Botswana to life

A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-JewsIn July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their beloved Iraq into the new state of Israel. Now the rump of a once flourishing community of over 150, 000, dating back 2, 600 years, has dwindled to single figures. For many, this tells the story of the timeless clash of the Arab and Jewish civilisations, the heroic mission of Zionism to res...

The dark, atmospheric, feminist offspring of The Hunting Party, Squid Game and Misery.

Perfect twins. Perfect victims.

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How do you find peace after a devastating loss?A search for solace takes a dark turn in this electrifying debut.

Why do some of nature's marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species ? but there's a catch. Animals, plants and even human inventions can languish for eons, despite having everything going for them. Once you start to look, those 'sleeping beauties' crop up everywhere. But why? Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops, and through cuttin...

There's no such thing as a former KGB man. Agents of Influence reveals the secret history of an intelligence agency gone out of control, accountable to no one but itself and intent on subverting Western politics on a near-inconceivable scale. In 1985, 1, 300 KGB officers were stationed in the USA. The FBI only had 350 counter-intelligence officers. Since the early days of the Cold War, the KGB seduced parliamentarians and diplomats, infiltrate...

More bamboozlement from an Only Connect winner and legendary quizmasterAre you a regular quizzer at your local pub? Do you fancy yourself a cryptic crossword whiz? Might you be up for a challenge? Since 2015, The Mill in Cambridge has hosted an unusually fiendish quiz from the mind of legendary quizmaster Frank Paul. Contestants could expect to be delighted and perplexed by wordsearch poems, jokes and rebuses, a bewildering encounter with the ...

Join Katy, Cassie, Zia and their new friend Luca on an amazing adventure as they work together to save the planet...

Can ballet ever be reconciled with feminist ideals?

* The literary debut that everyone is talking about *

A powerful, captivating tale of family secrets and hidden heartache from an internationally acclaimed author

The highly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter

THE TEEN DETECTIVES ARE BACK IN THE HOTTEST MYSTERY OF THE SUMMER

A lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to avoid disaster.'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice. In his timely new book, he asks: can human beings agree on a set of values that will allow us to confront the numerous threats facing...

The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead one of the first global public health campaigns.A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022 'Sparkling history…with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking' The Times A killer virus…an all-powerful Empress…an encounter cloaked in secrecy…the astonishing true...

Science and religion have always been at each other's throats, right?Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. The true history of science and religion is a human one. It's about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It's about the sincere but eccentric faith and the quiet...

From an award-winning Scottish poet, an unforgettable novel about memory and radical forgiveness Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared? His parole is drawing near when he receives a letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes clear that what appe...

The very purpose of history is to gather up what is about to be lost for ever.China's Cultural Revolution ended less than fifty years ago, but already it is passing from memory. Its victims number in the millions, and yet their stories remain untold. For over forty years, Professor Wang Youqin of Chicago University has been working to gather oral testimony on the Cultural Revolution, and has amassed the accounts of more than 600 victims. Colle...