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Internationally bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe's new book is another gem for book lovers. An exploration of how reading guides us, comforts us and helps us make sense of the world and our place in it, through books as diverse as The Girl on the Train, The Little Prince and Reading Lolita in Tehran.

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The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites.

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With an enlightening biography of Philip Pullman, outlines and analyses of the novels, audio books, stage play and forthcoming movie, a dictionary of key words from Armoured Bear to Zombi, and a history of Lyra's world, this volume gives crucial further information to all admirers of the timeless books.

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Expanding on common perceptions of the drone as a tool of war and surveillance, this book argues that they are also instruments for creative activity, entertainment, and innovative education and public safety.

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Shortly before his death last June, Louis L'Amour completed writing his most unique adventure story: a personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with learning. Now, all L'Amour fans can catch a glimpse into the life and development of one of the world's most beloved western writers.

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James Hogg's Confessions of a Justifed Sinner is one of the great works of European Romanticism.

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Words are the keys to the mysterious, intoxicating labyrinth that is Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, and to her Naples in all its serpentine charm. By identifying these key words, Tiziana de Rogatis masterfully navigates Ferrante's imaginative world.

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"One of the twentieth century's most seminal literary icons reveals himself as never before in this wide-ranging collection of conversations from throughout his career, including his last"--Page 4 of cover.

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From the Baillie Gifford and Orwell Prize longlisted author of The Ministry of Truth, an equally original and revealing exploration of one of the central concerns of our times: fantasies and nightmares of the end of the world, from Mary Shelleys The Last Man to the Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go

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A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J. G. Ballards greatest interviews.

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The Waugh family has been writing books since the 19th century. Evelyn's father, brother and son were all writers and now his grandson has taken up the baton.

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Carries forward the narative begun in the widely-praised Truth Comes in Blows. Where that book was a portrait of Solotaroff's relationship with his father, First Loves is a portrait of a marriage that is perhaps unique in its unremitting candour.

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This wrenching memoir of a marriage as painful as it is loving is penned by the author of "Truth Comes in Blows" and a leading intellectual of his generation. Photos.

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An examination of the Indian genius for coding, told through the secret computer programming career of acclaimed literary novelist Vikram Chandra.

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Georgette Heyer is known for her historical romances set in Regency England. Her works include "Regency Buck", "The Grand Sophy" and "Friday's Child". This is a guide to her wonderful realm: her heroines, her villains and dashing heroes, the parties and seasons they celebrated, how they ate, drank, dressed, socialized, shopped and drove.

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REVISED AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON 1Q84

As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up.

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Focusing on science fiction literature, this book contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries.