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Book Cover for: The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway, Merve Emre

The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway

Merve Emre
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

It's a Wednesday in mid-June so you know what that means... Happy Dalloway Day! πŸ’ Who do we have to talk to about it becoming a publishing bank holiday? A date with THE ANNOTATED MRS DALLOWAY, edited by Merve Emre (@mervatim), in Regent's Park is calling to us β˜€οΈ https://t.co/nChr7vPcsM

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice, Tommie Smith

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

Tommie Smith
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

Exciting news from across the pond: VICTORY. STAND! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes & Dawud Anyabwile is a finalist for the National Book Awards 2022! We're incredibly proud to be publishing in the UK on 11 October πŸŽ‰ https://t.co/UccZpHeIp3

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Plat Du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy, Susan Herrmann Loomis

Plat Du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy

Susan Herrmann Loomis
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

"With its extensive range of mouthwatering French classics (a godsend during the worst winter months of lockdown), Plat du Jour quickly won me over." - The Telegraph PLAT DU JOUR: French Dinners Made Easy is available now: https://t.co/yHUhzakX3P https://t.co/W2AOLXNC75

Hardcover, 2021

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, Howard W. French

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Howard W. French
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

'Powerful.' 'A must-read.' 'Brilliant.' 'Vitally important.' Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, BORN IN BACKNESS by @hofrench vitally reframes our understanding of world history. Publishing in the UK today. https://t.co/CUmoi3s66d

Paperback, 2022

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

The end of the month will see us publish THE ANNOTATED MRS. DALLOWAY, Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking novel in a stunning hardback edition with an introduction and notes by @mervatim πŸ’ https://t.co/tHas4Rw5hb https://t.co/wjHW6xsID1

Paperback, 1990

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

And last but certainly not least, on Thursday 18 August we'll be finishing with a bang at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road (@WaterstonesTCR) where Rachel will join the wonderful Dr. Elinor Cleghorn (@elinorcleghorn), author of UNWELL WOMEN πŸ’₯ https://t.co/6ce4bpDSTJ

Paperback, 2022

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back, Bruce Schneier

A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back

Bruce Schneier
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

'Sheds vital light on the beginnings of our journey into an increasingly complex world.' FINANCIAL TIMES A HACKER'S MIND: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier publishes in the UK today βš–οΈ Read more here: https://t.co/Lhabq35y7q https://t.co/oNJQNJX8qQ

Paperback, 2024

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955, Ronald H. Spector

A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955

Ronald H. Spector
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

'Marvellous... [Spector] does an excellent job of bringing alive this unruly and complicated story of postwar Asia' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A CONTINENT ERUPTS: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 by Ronald H. Spector publishes in the UK today. https://t.co/5D029atDqT

Paperback, 2023

$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Heroine with 1001 Faces, Maria Tatar

The Heroine with 1001 Faces

Maria Tatar
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Carrie Bradshaw and Wonder Woman. THE HEROINE WITH 1001 FACES by Maria Tatar publishes in the UK today! https://bit.ly/3vWRLJw https://t.co/G7bMe4M3Bj

Paperback, 2022

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, Michelle Nijhuis

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

Michelle Nijhuis
W. W. Norton UKW. W. Norton UK

Happy UK publication day to these little literary gems! πŸ“š 🦏 BELOVED BEASTS by @nijhuism 🧠 JOURNEY OF THE MIND by @ogiogas & @SaiDrGaddam πŸ‘‘ FENCING WITH THE KING by @dabujaber 🌱 HOUSEPLANT WARRIOR by Raffaele Di Lallo https://t.co/Aywnadv82w

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book