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Memory Fields
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Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping and often terrifying memoir using many voices and perspectives.
Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping and often terrifying memoir using many voices and perspectives.
The Saboteur
5
In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi …
In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi …
Radical Wordsworth
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A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our w…
A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our w…
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
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‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the ObserverA Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelis…
‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the ObserverA Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelis…
The Magic of Moonlight
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Jerry Cantor was born in Boston, USA. He served in the US Navy during World War II. Has been a member of Kibbutz Mishmar Haemek since1951 He has worked as a dairyman, a shepherd and factory worker. He was for many years publication manager for large …
Jerry Cantor was born in Boston, USA. He served in the US Navy during World War II. Has been a member of Kibbutz Mishmar Haemek since1951 He has worked as a dairyman, a shepherd and factory worker. He was for many years publication manager for large …
King of the North Wind
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Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was …
Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was …
Let Me Go: Part 1 of 3
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Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that cr…
Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that cr…
How to Lose a Country
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’This is essential’ Margaret Atwood on Twitter‘She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this’ Philip Pullman’Vibrates with outrage’ The Times‘It couldn’t happen here’Ece Tem…
’This is essential’ Margaret Atwood on Twitter‘She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this’ Philip Pullman’Vibrates with outrage’ The Times‘It couldn’t happen here’Ece Tem…
Мои первые сто занятий японским языком
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Книга о первых ста шагах школьника Даниила Иванова в японском языке. Содержит несколько практических наработок, полезных при изучении любого иностранного языка.
Книга о первых ста шагах школьника Даниила Иванова в японском языке. Содержит несколько практических наработок, полезных при изучении любого иностранного языка.
The Fragments of my Father
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A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness an…
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness an…
Above the Clouds
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The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest re…
The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest re…
Ghostland
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightm…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightm…
The Vesels: The Fate of a Czechoslovak Family in 20th Century Central Europe (1918–1989)
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This book deals with the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) that was launched on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In the West, the uprising is an under-researched topic in the history of WWII. The Slovak state was an ally of Nazi Germany, but…
This book deals with the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) that was launched on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In the West, the uprising is an under-researched topic in the history of WWII. The Slovak state was an ally of Nazi Germany, but…
The Last Leonardo
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In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the ce…
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the ce…
Девкина заводь
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В книге собраны рассказы и стихи автора, связанных темами моря, воспоминаний людей о Великой Отечественной войне, армии. Есть шуточные, детские рассказы и стихи, написанные за последние несколько лет.
В книге собраны рассказы и стихи автора, связанных темами моря, воспоминаний людей о Великой Отечественной войне, армии. Есть шуточные, детские рассказы и стихи, написанные за последние несколько лет.
House of Glass
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The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ TelegraphAfter her grandmot…
The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ TelegraphAfter her grandmot…
Enemies Within
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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their…
What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their…
No Beast So Fierce
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The deadliest animal of all time meets the world's most legendary hunter in a classic battle between man and wild. But this pulse-pounding narrative is also a nuanced story of how colonialism and environmental destruction upset the natural order…
The deadliest animal of all time meets the world's most legendary hunter in a classic battle between man and wild. But this pulse-pounding narrative is also a nuanced story of how colonialism and environmental destruction upset the natural order…
Валентина Смирнова. Дуракова из Растяпино
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Вторая половина XX века открыла отечественному искусству значительную плеяду выдающихся деятелей сценографии, таких как Симон Багратович Вирсаладзе, Татьяна Георгиевна Бруни, Давид Львович Боровский-Бродский, Эдуард Степанович Кочергин, Валерий Яковл…
Вторая половина XX века открыла отечественному искусству значительную плеяду выдающихся деятелей сценографии, таких как Симон Багратович Вирсаладзе, Татьяна Георгиевна Бруни, Давид Львович Боровский-Бродский, Эдуард Степанович Кочергин, Валерий Яковл…
Innocent: Part 3 of 3
4
Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency aft…
Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency aft…

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