(Paperback, Main - Canons)
By: Rebecca West
ISBN: 9781786891631
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd July 2020
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A travel literature classic. Introduced by Geoff Dyer: 'As a book about Yugoslavia it's a kind of metaphysical Lonely Planet that never requires updating'
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By: Leonard Cohen
ISBN: 9781786896865
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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One of Leonard Cohen's best loved volumes of poetry; a personal and powerful collection, popular since its original publication over thirty years ago.
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By: Dorothy Pilley
ISBN: 9781805302537
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A forgotten classic of 1920s mountaineering literature; Dorothy Pilley broke new ground for women in a sport dominated by men with her true account of adventure, endurance and daring
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By: David Wojnarowicz
ISBN: 9781786890276
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2017
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDs activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing.
(Paperback, Main - Canons reissue)
By: James Joyce
ISBN: 9781786896162
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th December 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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Joyce's brilliantly vivid portrait of Dublin, introduced by Colm Toibin.
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By: Johnny Cash
ISBN: 9781838857943
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A treasure-trove of never-before-published poems and songs from the legendary Johnny Cash.
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By: Stephen Nachmanovitch
ISBN: 9781805301929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A foundational text since 1990 and previously translated into nine languages, Free Play is a masterful and joyful meditation on how improvisation can be applied to not just art but the art of living - and in doing so unlock boundless creativity
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By: Camille Paglia
ISBN: 9781786892188
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2018
Publisher: Canongate Books
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From fiery intellectual provocateur Camille Paglia: a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism - from motherhood to Madonna, football to Friedan, stilettos to Steinem.
(Paperback, Main - Canons Imprint Re-Issue)
By: Charles Bukowski
ISBN: 9781782116660
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The autobiographical coming-of-age modern classic by one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century.
(Paperback, Main - Canons Edition)
By: David Simon
ISBN: 9781782116301
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 16th July 2015
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The bestselling true crime classic from the creator of The Wire, is now a canon
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By: Rebecca Solnit
ISBN: 9781782119074
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 28th July 2016
Publisher: Canongate Books
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This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change.
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By: Ece Temelkuran
ISBN: 9781837263073
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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An urgent call to action from one of Europe's most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe - with a new foreword to the 2024 edition
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By: Gavin Francis
ISBN: 9781786898203
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica
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By: Eve Babitz
ISBN: 9781786892768
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A glittering coming-of-age tale set in '70s Los Angeles.
(Paperback, Main - Canons Edition Re-Issue)
By: Alasdair Gray
ISBN: 9781782117148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Canongate Books
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This cornerstone epic is now available as a beautiful Canon with an introduction by William Boyd.
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By: Simon Garfield
ISBN: 9781786892782
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2018
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The strange and wonderful story of how one colour changed the world, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map.
(Paperback, Main - Canons edition)
By: Kent Nerburn
ISBN: 9781786890160
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2017
Publisher: Canongate Books
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'Neither Wolf Nor Dog is a book of revelation...a true-life fable and a provocative call...remarkable' - Robert Plant
(Paperback, Main - Canons reissue)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN: 9781786899002
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2020
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A groundbreaking new translation of Dostoyevsky's most radical work of fiction. Introduced by DBC Pierre.
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By: Gil Scott-Heron
ISBN: 9781786897831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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'A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanised generations.' - GQ. Introduced by Kate Tempest.
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By: Iceberg Slim
ISBN: 9781786896124
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The perennial cult classic, introduced by Irvine Welsh.
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By: Pdraig Tuama
ISBN: 9781838856359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 29th February 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A beautiful book of immersive poetry, based on the much-loved Poetry Unbound podcast downloaded more than 6 million times
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By: Eve Babitz
ISBN: 9781786892744
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th July 2018
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A rediscovered classic: Eve Babitz's wry, tender coming-of-age tale of 1970s LA.
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By: Lewis Grassic Gibbon
ISBN: 9781838851972
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2021
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The Scottish masterpiece - introduced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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By: Annie Dillard
ISBN: 9781782118855
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2017
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer.
