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Under the Whispering Door

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune, Pan Macmillan (2021)
His death was their beginning

Witty, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is a gift for troubled times. TJ Klune brings us a warm hug of a story about a man who spent his life at the office - and his afterlife building a home... Zobraziť viac

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Homo Irrealis

Homo Irrealis

Andre Aciman, Faber and Faber (2021)
Essays

The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with this collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works... Zobraziť viac

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Squeeze Me

Squeeze Me

Carl Hiaasen, Random House (2020)
A Novel

From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters. A surefire best seller. Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is set among the landed gen Zobraziť viac

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Squeeze Me

Squeeze Me

From the bestselling author of Bad Monkey and Razor Girl comes this hilarious new novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast... Zobraziť viac

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Every Man for Himself and God against All

Every Man for Himself and God against All

Werner Herzog, Bodley Head (2023)
A Memoir

The long-awaited memoir by the legendary filmmaker and celebrated author. Told in Werner Herzog's inimitable voice, this is the story of his epic artistic career, as inventive and daring as anything he has done before... Zobraziť viac

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The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

L. Deborah Davis, Harry Abrams (2011)
Reflections on an American Legacy

The Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end on May 25, 2011, after 25 years on television. Arguably the most influential television personality of all time, Ms. Winfrey and her show have had an impact on American culture that cannot be overstated... Zobraziť viac

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The Message

The Message

With his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin... Zobraziť viac

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On Architecture Books VI-X

On Architecture Books VI-X

Vitruvius, (1931)

Vitruvius` classic work on architecture is the only book of its kind to survive antiquity. Vitruvius was himself an architect and engineer, but this is not a handbook for professionals; rather it serves readers who want to understand architecture. Book... Zobraziť viac

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Culture and Imperialism

Culture and Imperialism

Edward W. Said, (1994)

Reissue of Said's examining of western culture, which takes in everything from Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, Yeats and media coverage of the Gulf War. 'Has an eloquent, urgent topicality rare in books by literary critics' Camille Paglia Zobraziť viac

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Aristotle's Theory of Substance

Aristotle's Theory of Substance

Michael Wedin argues against the prevailing notion that Aristotle's views on the nature of reality are fundamentally inconsistent. According to Wedin's new interpretation, the difference between the early theory of the Categories and the later theory... Zobraziť viac

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Funny Ha Ha

Funny Ha Ha

Paul Merton, Head of Zeus (2019)
Comic Short Stories

80 of the funniest stories ever written, selected and introduced by Paul Merton. From Anton Chekhov to Ali Smith, from P.G. Wodehouse to Nora Ephron, the greatest writers are those who know how to laugh... Zobraziť viac

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The Book Of Disquiet

The Book Of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa, Serpents Tail (2017)
The Complete Edition

The Book of Disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. Written over the course of Fernando Pessoa's life, it was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind... Zobraziť viac

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Reappraisals

Reappraisals

Tony Judt, Vintage (2009)

As Tony Judt argues persuasively in Reappraisals, we have entered an “age of forgetting.” Today’s world is so utterly unlike the world of just twenty years ago that we have set aside our immediate past even before we could make sense of it... Zobraziť viac

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The Fran Lebowitz Reader

The Fran Lebowitz Reader

A brilliant collection of acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious essays from New York icon Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a... Zobraziť viac

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Daemon Voices

Daemon Voices

Philip Pullman, Albert Knopf (2018)
On Stories and Storytelling

From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art—the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling... Zobraziť viac

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How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?

How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?

Pandora Sykes, Hutchinson (2020)
Essays on Modern Life

Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we're somehow failing to live our best life... Zobraziť viac

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Why Mummy's Sloshed

Why Mummy's Sloshed

Gill Sims, HarperCollins (2020)
The Bigger the Kids, the Bigger the Drink

Mummy has been a wife and mother for so long that she’s a little bit lost. And despite her best efforts, her precious moppets still don’t know the location of the laundry basket, the difference between being bored and being hungr... Zobraziť viac

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Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre (e-kniha)

From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three decades of horror as experienced through the eyes of ... Zobraziť viac

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Love Orange

Love Orange

An extraordinary debut novel by Natasha Randall, exposing the seam of secrets within an American family, from beneath the plastic surfaces of their new 'smart' home... Zobraziť viac

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Fly Already

Fly Already

Winner of the 2018 Sapir Prize. You need to bribe someone into giving you weed? Don't worry, just step into this court room and call the defendant a murderer. You're a rich, lonely man and you want the joy of company? ... Zobraziť viac

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