The Body of the Soul: Stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya
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A new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English While we can feel, know, and study the body, the soul refuses definition. Where does it begin and end? What does the soul have to do with love? Does it exist at all, and if so, does it outlast the body? ...Show more
We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain
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From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother's memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes ...Show more
Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
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New in Penguin Japanese Classics- ghost stories from a master recounter of the macabre Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched affair in ...Show more
Life Lessons from Literature by Joseph Piercy
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‘I read a book one day and my whole life was changed’ ... So confesses the narrator of Orhan Pamuk’s novel The New Life. But what can we learn from reading books? Life Lessons from Literature poses this broad question by examining the works of some of the greatest writers in history. In it, we can draw ...Show more
On Purpose: Ten lessons on the meaning of life by Ben Hutchinson
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Ten brief essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we live successfully?How do we live fully?Identifying the meaning of life and where we are heading preoccupies all of us at some stage or another. Who better to help us articu ...Show more
Vocal LocalsShort Stories by the Writers on Fire by Danielle Babb
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The Young Man by Annie Ernaux; Alison L. Strayer (translator)
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior. "A sublime book." -Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle "Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as both a rigor ...Show more
Illuminations by Alan Moore
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving ... Both mind-expanding and cosmic while utterly rooted in our urban reality'NEIL GAIMAN'One of the great fiction minds of his generation' ROLLING STONEIn his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years ...Show more
Ink and Daggers by Maxim Jakubowski, Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler, Lavie Tidhar, Christine Poulson
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An enthralling anthology of 20 CWA Dagger Award-shortlisted gripping and thrilling stories for the most hardened crime fan. Featuring bestselling authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler and Val McDermid. OVER TWENTY CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN ...Show more
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John Sutherland
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In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, 50 Literatu ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
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The irresistible literary debut about the hidden desires of church-going Black women
The Snow Ghost and Other Tales by Various
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A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to ven ...Show more