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Book Cover for: Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, Claire Dederer

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer is out today! Enjoy a clip from the audio below. 'An incredible book, the best work of criticism I have read in a very long time' NICK HORNBY Available here: https://t.co/mcvnOBRuMS https://t.co/QvWFkAXhSu

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli

The Art of Thinking Clearly

Rolf Dobelli
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(2/2) The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli: https://t.co/eBnhdtIiEc Rules of Civility by Amor Towles: https://t.co/8OhJZV5dO9 The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by @NaturalNav: https://t.co/YGt3YVJGry Happy reading! https://t.co/Wcpukyiv4f

Paperback, 2014

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: White Cat, Black Dog: Stories, Kelly Link

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

Kelly Link
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'An assortment of stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading' Kelly Link @katefolk 's short story collection is a genre-bending look at the weird and eerie forces lurking beneath the everyday. Available now in paperback: https://t.co/i0ricCwEcV 💫 https://t.co/ZDdDSCKWCI

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Starling Days, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Starling Days

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
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Here's Rowan Hisayo Buchanan introducing her new novel The Sleep Watcher! Rowan is the award-winning author of Harmless Like You and Starling Days. 'Beautiful and unbearably tense' Ruth Gilligan The Sleep Watcher by @RowanHLB is coming April 20th. https://t.co/RLBYkVn9ZG

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays, Siri Hustvedt

Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays

Siri Hustvedt
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Mothers, Fathers, and Others by @sirihustvedt is out in paperback on Thursday! From the author of What I Loved, feminist philosophy meets family memoir in Hustvedt's most intimate and probing collection of essays yet. Order your copy: https://t.co/LWL1DkkrUs https://t.co/ymL0Yci3Q7

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Reading the Glass: A Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships, Elliot Rappaport

Reading the Glass: A Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships

Elliot Rappaport
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'Brimming with knowledge and experience . . . delightful' Daily Telegraph What’s in a cloud? What exactly is El Niño? Reading the Glass by Captain Elliot Rappaport is a fascinating insight into the wild and wonderful world of life at sea. Out now! https://t.co/2kWqpim7bY https://t.co/n1kdqxZ1LC

Hardcover, 2023

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Little Fires Everywhere: Reese's Book Club: A Novel, Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere: Reese's Book Club: A Novel

Celeste Ng
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'This book is so damn good' - Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere A LIE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ABOUT YOURSELF by Peter Ho Davis chronicles the flux of parenthood, marriage, and the day-to-day practice of loving someone. Get your paperback copy today>https://fal.cn/3i54s https://t.co/YLDQq7dycT

Paperback, 2019

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine, Sophie Duncan

Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

Sophie Duncan
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Join @clamorousvoice (AKA Dr Sophie Duncan) at @SUAWaterstones on 22nd April (12pm) for an author signing of SEARCHING FOR JULIET! What better way to spend Shakespeare's birthday weekend? More here: https://t.co/vB63j4OHQd https://t.co/Gmo2fOa6aF

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Other People's Clothes, Calla Henkel

Other People's Clothes

Calla Henkel
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If the thought of escaping to Berlin sounds appealing then mark your diaries for 13th Oct. Calla Henkel will be talking all things Berlin, the setting of her debut novel Other People's Clothes, with Chris Power at @cheltfestivals. Tix on sale 10/09! https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2021/berlin-nights-chris-power-and-calla-henkel-/

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Return of Faraz Ali, Aamina Ahmad

The Return of Faraz Ali

Aamina Ahmad
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We're delighted to see The Return of Faraz Ali by @aaminaahmad has been shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home! 🥳 Pick up your copy of this wonderful novel here: https://t.co/CbuQESH9Ik https://t.co/8vlPldTNu3

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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