Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus
£16.99Smart, funny debut, set in 1960s America, in which a research chemist turned television cookery demonstrator unexpectedly becomes a celebrity.
Smart, funny debut, set in 1960s America, in which a research chemist turned television cookery demonstrator unexpectedly becomes a celebrity.
The Booker prizewinning author of Lincoln in the Bardo returns with a masterful new collection of stories: pithy, tragic, exhilarrating, absurdly funny, with superb interior monologues.
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Stunning large-format collection of carefully restored photographs that depict the immense changes as the city’s medieval streets and Georgian architecture were altered by the forces of modernity.
Elegant guide to a century of seaside art which takes ten pivotal, and very different, works – one for each decade of the last century – and uses each as a lens to view the wider social and aristic context.
As Covid strikes, Lucy’s scientist ex-husband William takes command and hurries her out of New York to a rented house on the coast of Maine. A masterly depiction of complex and shifting relationships set against mounting social and political tensions in the outside world.
Short, pithy and often very funny diary entries, enhanced by his own sketches, full of the frustrations and joys of acting and the double edged-rewards of fame.
Scintillating group biography of a network of friends in the small German town of Jena in the 1790s whose ideas became influential and lasting throughout the world.
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Three interlinked narratives which explore the fate and provenance of two related portraits. A vivid evocation of period detail and a moving meditation on the themes of art, beauty, and love.
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An unsettling, darkly funny exploration of identity, control and paranoia featuring Mrs March, who loses her bearings and sense of self when questions are asked about the identity of the protagonist of her husband’s latest novel.
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Humorous tale about the pleasures and perils of adopting a lively rescue puppy – enhanced by fabulous illustrations.
Age guide: 3-6
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September 1943: German forces occupy Rome.
SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O’Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, a neutral, independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold no sway.
He gathers a team to set up an Escape Line. But Hauptmann’s net begins closing in and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas, it’s too late to turn back.
Based on a true story, My Father’s House is a powerful thriller from a master of historical fiction. It is an unforgettable novel of love, sacrifice and what it means to be human in the most extreme circumstances.
Published 8th December.
A blend of memoir and oceanography in which profiles of unusual sea creatures are interspersed to remarkable effect with stories from the author’s family.