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BIOGRAPHICAL
HOUSE ARREST: PANDEMIC DIARIES Alan Bennett
Brief reflections on Covid and confinement. £6.99
THE LAST TRAIN: A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE FINAL SOLUTION
Peter Bradley
The author's Jewish father reached England from Latvia in 1939, only to be shipped to
Canada as an enemy alien; his parents were deported from Bavaria to the Riga Ghetto,
where they died. In this book, PB looks at the anti-Semitism of the Nazi period, and at its
resurgence now. £20
BACK IN THE DAY: A MEMOIR Melvyn Bragg
He grew up in a Cumbrian market town during the war, living above the pub. Expected to
leave school at 15, he won a scholarship to Oxford. £25
YOGA Emmanuel Carrère
A beguiling work of auto-fiction - a juggling act that Carrère refined in Limonov, The Kingdom
etc. He begins a ten-day retreat, lit by the sun of literary success, but desperate matters
intervene almost at once - the Charlie Hebdo killings, mania, divorce, the refugee crisis.
Elusive, intelligent, compelling. £16.99
ADVENTURER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GIACOMO CASANOVA
Leo Damrosch
A marvellous biography of this clever, brilliant, opportunistic, amoral, inquisitive man -
Damrosch's erudition serves his notorious subject very well. £25
FIVE LOVE AFFAIRS AND A FRIENDSHIP: THE PARIS LIFE OF NANCY
CUNARD, ICON OF THE JAZZ AGE Anne de Courcy
AdeC is a superb social historian and here she has found a subject supremely worthy of her
skill. Her cast here comprises Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound,
Louis Aragon, Man Ray and many others. £22
EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE: A LOVE STORY, IN MUSIC LESSONS
Jeremy Denk
A memoir of the making of a pianist, and the significance of classical music
nowadays. £20
SUPER-INFINITE: THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF JOHN DONNE
Katherine Rundell
Today's pre-eminent author for children is a Fellow of All Souls. Now she turns her
scholarly attention to the religious outsider, social disaster, celebrity preacher, establishment
darling, poet... £16.99
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH ME: A LIFE OF SALMON FISHING IN
SCOTLAND Andrew Douglas-Home
Weaves tales of his own together with those of his ancient family. £14.99
HEIRESS, REBEL, VIGILANTE, BOMBER: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
AND TIMES OF ROSE DUGDALE Sean O'Driscoll
She grew up in Chelsea (indeed her father was a John Sandoe customer); she was a deb in
1958. Then she devoted herself to the IRA and became a terrorist. £18.99
THE LAST DAYS OF ROGER FEDERER: AND OTHER ENDINGS Geoff Dyer
Like most of the inimitable Dyer's books, this is really a book about himself: considering his
own encroaching old age against that of others: Dylan, Nietzsche, Turner, Coltrane - and
Federer. £20
ELIOT AFTER THE WASTE LAND Robert Crawford
Follows up his Young Eliot (2015, pbk £14.99). Draws on all correspondence including the
archive with his lover Emily Hale, which remained sealed until 2020. £25
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THE SCHOOL THAT ESCAPED THE NAZIS Deborah Cadbury
The story of Anna Essinger, a German Jewish teacher who smuggled her school to England
in 1933 and then fielded children arriving on the Kindertransport. £20
I FEAR FOR THIS BOY: SOME CHAPTERS OF ACCIDENTS Theo Fennell
There is a picaresque quality to the jeweller's life, as he ricochets from Eton to financial
disaster, and back. £25
KNIGHT OF THE SHOULDER KNOT: LIFE IN SERVICE TO THE GREAT
HOUSES Arthur Inch
Recollections of a long career upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim, Mount Stewart
elsewhere. pbk £8
CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM: A MEMOIR Margo Jefferson
A brilliant fusion of cultural analysis and memoir, by the Pulitzer-winning author of
Negroland. £16.99
DINNER WITH JOSEPH JOHNSON: BOOKS AND FRIENDSHIP IN A
REVOLUTIONARY AGE Daisy Hay
Captures the spirit of the late C18th by looking at JJ’s dinner parties. He was a publisher,
bookseller, and a friend of Blake, Wordsworth, Fuseli, Coleridge, Wollstonecraft etc... £25
A ROYAL LIFE HRH The Duke of Kent & Hugo Vickers
Based on conversations with HV (who knows what questions to ask) and HRH. £25
ANOTHER SELF James Lees-Milne
You may not get round to JL-M's diaries, but his memoir of his early years - reissued now
by Slightly Foxed - is a treat. £18
THE INTERPRETER'S DAUGHTER Teresa Lim
A resonant family memoir spanning several generations of women from C19th South China
to modern Singapore. £20
FIRE ISLAND: LOVE, LOSS AND LIBERATION IN AN AMERICAN
PARADISE Jack Parlett
Hedonism, reinvention, liberation on a strip of land off the coast of New York: what it was
to be young and gay - and then confront AIDS. £16.99
THE HONG KONG DIARIES Chris Patten
1992-1997, from the Grand Panjandrum who prepared for the handover to China. £30
I USED TO LIVE HERE ONCE: THE HAUNTED LIFE OF JEAN RHYS
Miranda Seymour
An illuminating account of the troubled writer, which gives unusual emphasis to her
Caribbean background. £25
RILKE: THE LAST INWARD MAN Lesley Chamberlain
This new biography captures how Rilke endeavoured to retain a sense of transcendence
within a collapsing world. £20
DUMBLE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BILLY, 10TH EARL DE LA WARR
Tom Sackville Considers his father's eccentric ancestry, dysfunctional upbringing, unusual
career choices and eventual suicide. A brief and affecting memoir. £15
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY David Sedaris
This clever, funny and humane man is outstandingly good company for a revisiting of the
last couple of years. £16.99
GOSSAMER YEARS: LOVE, PASSION AND MARRIAGE IN OLD JAPAN -
THE INTIMATE DIARY OF A FEMALE COURTIER IN OLD JAPAN
Edward G. Seidensticker
The diary of an unnamed noblewoman in C10th Japan. pbk £11.99
RAPTURE AND MELANCHOLY: THE DIARIES OF EDNA ST. VINCENT
MILLAY Edna St Vincent Millay, edited by Daniel Mark Epstein
First publication of the American poet's private diaries from adolescence to middle
age. £25
YOUNG BLOOMSBURY: THE GENERATION THAT REIMAGINED LOVE,
FREEDOM AND SELF-EXPRESSION Nino Strachey
Opens up the world of the second Bloomsbury generation: Eddy Sackville-West, Stephen
Tomlin, Julia Strachey... £25
AS IT WAS AND WORLD WITHOUT END Helen Thomas
A Persephone reprint of the two books by HT recounting her marriage with the poet
Edward Thomas. pbk £16
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GREAT TALES NEVER END, THE: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN Richard Ovenden, edited by Catherine McIlwaine
After publishing 24 volumes on his father's work over 40 years, the great Christopher
Tolkien died in Jan 2022, aged 95. He won the Bodley Medal in recognition of his immense
work. £40
OVER TO CANDLEFORD & CANDLEFORD GREEN Flora Thompson
Vols 2 and 3 of Flora Thompson's delightul trilogy, in a handsome clothbound edition from
Slightly Foxed. (Vol 1 also available). £18
ALICE'S BOOK: HOW THE NAZIS STOLE MY GRANDMOTHER'S
COOKBOOK Karina Urbach, translated by Jamie Bulloch
This is the remarkable story of the author's grandmother, whose bestselling Viennese
cookbook was published by the Nazis under a false name after the Anschluss. It took
decades to get it back. £20
CIRCUS OF DREAMS: ADVENTURES IN THE 1980S LITERARY WORLD
John Walsh
Literary editor, reviewer, pundit... Walsh was closely involved with the vibrant literary scene
of the '80s. £25
THE PALACE PAPERS: INSIDE THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR, THE TRUTH
AND THE TURMOIL Tina Brown
Picks up where The Diana Chronicles left off. £20
ANNA: THE BIOGRAPHY Amy Odell
Anna Wintour, the Queen of Conde Nast. £20
HISTORICAL
RUSSIA: REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR 1917-1921 Antony Beevor
A major new account of the upheavals in Russia 100 years ago, from the author of Stalingrad
etc. £30
A VILLAGE IN THE THIRD REICH: HOW ORDINARY LIVES WERE
TRANSFORMED BY THE RISE OF FASCISM Julia Boyd
An intimate account of life under Nazism, told through a close examination of a village in
the Bavarian Alps. £25
INDIA: A HISTORY IN OBJECTS T. Richard Blurton
Same format as the excellent China: A History in Objects and The Islamic World: A History in
Objects. £30
THE SIEGE OF LOYALTY HOUSE: A CIVIL WAR STORY Jessie Childs
A thrilling, detailed investigation of the Siege of Basing House, which shows up the shock
of the conflict. £25
THE JOURNEY OF HUMANITY: THE ORIGINS OF WEALTH AND
INEQUALITY Oded Galor
A bold, sweeping account of human history with surprises galore, which is also surprisingly
uplifting. £20
THE ELIZABETHAN MIND: SEARCHING FOR THE SELF IN AN AGE OF
UNCERTAINTY Helen Hackett
Where Tillyard's brilliant The Elizabethan World Picture looked outwards, this looks inwards.
A deeply fascinating and empathetic study. £25
BRAVE HEARTED: THE DRAMATIC STORY OF WOMEN OF THE
AMERICAN WEST Katie Hickman
Not just bar-room belles and pioneers wearing thin the soles of their boots on their
immense journeys to the west, but Chinese laundresses and displaced native Americans too.
Real stories, with grit and courage, rather than cinematic wallpaper. £25
BATTLES OF CONSCIENCE: BRITISH PACIFISTS AND THE SECOND
WORLD WAR Tobias Kelly
The personal and political struggles of 60,000 conscientious objectors. £22
COME TO THIS COURT AND CRY: HOW THE HOLOCAUST ENDS
Linda Kinstler
An important book about historical accountability, which was sparked by the author's
discovery that a convicted Nazi who had been dead for 50 years was about to have his
crimes pardoned in a court in Latvia. £20
LEADERSHIP: SIX STUDIES IN WORLD STRATEGY Henry Kissinger
Adenauer, de Gaulle, Nixon, Sadat, Lee Kwan Yew, Thatcher. £25
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE GODS: THE EMPEROR IN WORLD HISTORY
Dominic Lieven
After comparing the great emperors of antiquity, Lieven turns to the Habsburg, Russian,
Ottoman, Mughal and Chinese emperors. Imperial in ambition and achievement. £35
THE HOUSE OF DUDLEY: A NEW HISTORY OF TUDOR ENGLAND
Joanne Paul
A scintillating account of three generations of deadly, manipulative ambition - the English
Borgias? £25
ATOMS AND ASHES: FROM BIKINI ATOLL TO FUKUSHIMA
Serhii Plokhy
From pre-eminent (Ukrainian) historian of the nuclear threat. £25
THE WORM IN THE APPLE: A HISTORY OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
AND EUROPE FROM CHURCHILL TO CAMERON
Christopher Tugendhat By examining the history of the Conservatives, Lord Tugendhat helps
us to understand why the UK left the EU. £20.00
CURRENT AFFAIRS
FREEZING ORDER Bill Browder
Subtitled 'a true story of Russian money-laundering, state-sponsored murder, and surviving
Vladimir Putin's wrath': BB's exposé of the Magnitsky affair and its subsequent international
ramifications has been indefatigable - remember Red Notice? - and his new book is absolutely
chilling. £20
GETTING CHINA WRONG Aaron L Friedberg
Argues that the West's strategy with China has failed: trade and contact with the West have
left it more aggressive, repressive and threatening than ever. £25
EMPIRES OF EURASIA: HOW IMPERIAL LEGACIES SHAPE
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Jeffrey Mankoff
An ambitious book that traces the collapse of empires and their ramifications in
contemporary Eurasian geopolitics - in particular Iran, China, Turkey and Russia. £30
A SPECTRE, HAUNTING: ON THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
China Miéville
The Communist Manifesto unseamed by a fine brain - Mieville is better known as a highly
successful novelist of ideas. £18.99
AUTHENTICITY: RECLAIMING REALITY IN A COUNTERFEIT CULTURE
Alice Sherwood
An original and entertaining book on the smoke and mirrors of the modern consumer's
world - case studies that take apart our ideas of the real and the fake, of appearance and
deception. £16.99
NO ESCAPE: THE TRUE STORY OF CHINA'S GENOCIDE OF THE
UYGHURS Nury Turkel
Turkel was born in a Chinese 're-education' camp, and finally got to the US where he
trained as a lawyer, specialising in Uyghur activism. This is his account of China's
horrendous oppression of the Uyghurs. £20
FICTION
THE YOUNG PRETENDER Michael Arditti An entertaining novel about a (real)
Georgian child actor making a comeback at the age of 21. £12.99
OF SUNSHINE AND BEDBUGS: ESSENTIAL STORIES
Isaac Babel, translated by Boris Dralyuk
A new selection of Babel's stories that vividly portray the rough and tumble of life in
Odessa and its surroundings. pbk £12
ELIZABETH FINCH Julian Barnes
Barnes addresses philosophical and pedagogic themes in this quiet novel about the legacy of
an extraordinary teacher. £16.99
EITHER/OR Elif Batuman
A cerebral and determined young woman at Harvard vigorously explores the gaps between
life and art: an entertaining and lively sequel to Batuman's wonderful The Idiot. £16.99
TIEPOLO BLUE James Cahill
A Cambridge don rather stuck in his ways is repelled by an outbreak of modern art in his
quad. Wafted on a cloud of academic dudgeon to London and a new job, with his vanity
stoked by an old friend and mentor, he falters and begins to fall, Icarus-like. This novel is
beautifully crafted and superbly told: one of the year’s outstanding debuts. £14.99
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BAD RELATIONS Cressida Connolly
A Crimean War hero's divorce & remarriage causes two lines of descendants, who meet up
again one summer in Devon in the 1970s. Ructions ensue. Shrewdly observed and
compelling. £14.99
THE ENORMOUS ROOM e. e. cummings Centenary edition of Cummings's
autobiographical novel about his imprisonment in a French military detention camp during
WW1. pbk £13.99
THE COLOUR STORM Damian Dibben
A rollocking historical novel set in Renaissance Venice: an artist sets his heart on a
miraculous new pigment, only to find himself caught up in conspiracies, a love affair,
violence, obsession... £14.99
THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY Adrian Duncan
This unusual Irish novel about a man hiding out on an island comes from Colm Toibin's
imprint, Tuskar Rock. £14.99
THE CANDY HOUSE Jennifer Egan
A new technology that can download a person's memory and then allows it to be shared -
all of it - has taken the world by storm. Clever, funny, disconcerting. £20
ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
Natalia Ginzburg, introduction by Sally Rooney, translated by Angus Davidson
Against the backdrop of WW2 and its aftermath, a young Italian woman marries and moves
to her husband's village in the south. Ginzburg's characteristically limpid prose harbours
may details of her own wartime experiences. Another reprint of this great writer's works,
this time of her third novel, originally published in 1952. pbk £9.99
EMERGENCY Daisy Hildyard
A Yorkshire childhood, remembered in lockdown, collides with immense global forces.
Hunters in the Snow, Hildyard's previous novel - her first - was excellent. pbk £12.99
GODMERSHAM PARK Gill Hornby
A romantic novel that brings together a governess - endowed with both sense and
sensibility - with the Austen family, in 1804. £14.99
JUST FOR TODAY: THE PARTY HAS TO END SOMETIME Nell Hudson
A New Year’s Eve party casts a long shadow: a debut about the loss of innocence and the
consequences of love. £16.99
IMPOSSIBLE Erri de Luca, translated by N. S. Thompson
Two men go walking in the Dolomites, but not together; one falls to his death, the other
reports the body. Is it merely coincidence that they knew each other in earlier years, and
that one had betrayed the other? The taut dialogue between the investigating magistrate and
the suspect, an old political hand in solitary confinement, keeps the reader on a knife edge.
£14.99
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT
Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett & David Boyd
A young woman in Tokyo takes a few tentative steps outward after years of isolation.
Kawakami’s unsettling lyricism and candour about ordinary modern lives have made her
one of Japan's most important contemporary writers. pbk £14.99
TRESPASSES Louise Kennedy
A powerful debut novel set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles: a young woman
embarks on an affair with a married man, and - inevitably - there are consequences,
sharpened by the layering of the political with the personal. £14.99
THE WAR FOR GLORIA
Atticus Lish A second novel from the author of Preparation for the Next Life, in which a
young man confronts his estranged father and protects his ailing mother. Lish's writing is
spare but precise, with a great emotional punch but no sentimentality. £16.99
LAPVONA Ottessa Moshfegh
A disturbing tale of superstition and feudalism in a medieval hamlet. £14.99
THE MEN Sandra Newman
Everyone with a Y–chromosome disappears overnight in this new novel by the author of
The Heavens. Apocalypse or Utopia? £14.99
SPIES IN CANAAN David Park
A retired Vietnam veteran receives a package in the post that shows him that he has more
to do before he is done with the past. A desert crossing blurs with his inner journey - a very
fine novel of guilt and atonement. £16.99
THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES Deesha Philyaw
Stories of the unfaithful, unrepentant, unrequited, unresolved... This prize-winning debut
collection is funny, dry and punchy. £14.99
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RUTH & PEN Emilie Pine
A day in the life of two women navigating grief and love, isolation and self-determination: a
first and very intelligent novel from the author of Notes to Self. £14.99
HOMEWARD FROM HEAVEN Boris Poplavsky Born in Russia, Poplavsky fled to
Paris in the Revolution, where he become a literary and artistic enfant terrible of the emigré
circles of Montparnasse. This novel, translated into English for the first time, captures the
life of young Russian exiles in Paris and the French Riviera in the 1920s. £34
YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A: STORIES Maggie Shipstead
A volume of stories from the Booker-shortlisted author of last year's Great Circle. £16.99
COMPANION PIECE Ali Smith
Smith's new novel stands on its own (very contemporary) feet but also works as a coda to
her ‘Seasonal Quartet’. £16.99
YOUNG MUNGO Douglas Stuart
A powerful second novel from the author of Shuggie Bain: love across the sectarian divide in
working-class Glasgow. £16.99
FIGHT NIGHT Miriam Toews
A memorable and delightful old woman – with much in common with Monty Python’s
Hell’s Grannies – takes on the education of an edgy granddaughter. £14.99
HERE GOES NOTHING Steve Toltz
A marvellous dose of black humour: an atheist is murdered, only to discover that not only is
there an afterlife but also his widow is getting a bit too close to his killer. £18.99
POLLAK'S ARM Hans von Trotha, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer
Ludwig Pollak was the art dealer-scholar who found the missing arm of Laocoön, in the
famous classical sculpture. In this mysterious, cerebral novella set in Rome in 1943, he is
exhorted to seek refuge in the Vatican, but instead spins out the hours in reminiscence…
pbk £12.99
THRILLERS
YESTERDAY'S SPY Tom Bradby
A midnight phone call precipitates an aging, embittered agent into a dash to Iran to find his
son and do battle with competing international interests. £14.99
THE LOVER Helene Flood, translated by Alison McCullough
Adulterous deceptions twist and unravel when a body is found. £16.99
WITH A MIND TO KILL Anthony Horowitz
James Bond in fine form again. £20
TOKYO EXPRESS Seicho Matsumoto
A slick whodunnit in the manner of Simenon. pbk £12.99
THE SANCTUARY Andrew Hunter Murray
Shocks await the brave protagonist when he goes to win back his fiancée, working for a
dark horse on a remote Hebridean island... £14.99
DEATH ON GOKUMON ISLAND Seishi Yokomizo
Pushkin Press have been having fun with these classic Japanese thrillers from the mid
C20th - and so have we. A locked room mystery that deliciously echoes Christie's And Then
There Were None. By the author of The Inugami Curse and others. pbk £8.99
POETRY
JOIE DE VIVRE Paul Bailey
Celebrations of life and mournings of the dead. pbk £10
THE WREN Julia Blackburn
Quiet utterances like snatches of conversation, from the magnificent JB. These brief
reflections and observations are not quite poetry, not quite prose - an absolute joy to read
and to pause over. pbk £10
THE LASCAUX NOTEBOOKS Jean-Luc Champerret, edited by Philip Terry
Interpreting the runes – apparently the poet has translated the ‘Stone Age language’ of the
cave paintings – “tentatively”. We are agog. pbk £19.99
MEMO FOR SPRING: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Liz Lochhead, introduction by Ali Smith
Reissue of her landmark collection from 1972. pbk £10
EMBLEM Lucy Mercer
A first collection; LM won the inaugural White Review Poet’s Prize. pbk £12.
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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF SPIRITUAL VERSE: 100 POETS ON THE DIVINE
Edited by Kaveh Akbar The divine book of penguin verse. The verse book of the divine
penguin. Or something. From 2300 BC Sumerian utterances to Rumi, Black, Dickinson,
Tagore, etc. Wonderful. £20
100 POEMS Umberto Saba, translated by Patrick Worsnip
At last, a good selection of poems from the great Triestine poet (and bookseller). pbk
£14.99
TIME IS A MOTHER Ocean Vuong
A second collection. His novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous was a bestseller and his first
collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds won the TS Eliot prize. £14.99
IDEAS & CULTURE
FREEDOM TO THINK: THE LONG STRUGGLE TO LIBERATE OUR
MINDS Susie Alegre
A human rights lawyer charts both the history of how the powerful have tried to get inside
our heads and also provides a framework to understand how our agency is undermined
nowadays. £20
MAD ABOUT SHAKESPEARE: FROM CLASSROOM TO THEATRE TO
EMERGENCY ROOM Jonathan Bate
A powerful exploration of Shakespeare and the understanding of Shakespeare through his
own experiences of loss and depression. £25
LOOKING FOR THEOPHRASTUS: TRAVELS IN SEARCH OF A LOST
PHILOSOPHER Laura Beatty
LB could turn straw into gold. Here she describes chancing across the writings of a rather
obscure Greek philosopher, and the wonders and illuminations that followed.
Transformative. £16.99
THOUGHTS IN A HOUSE
Julia Blackburn, illustrated by Tessa Newcomb This delightful slim volume consists of
Newcomb's watercolours of still lives around the house & garden, accompanied by a few
lines from Blackburn, her indefatigable Suffolk neighbour. pbk £15
WAYS OF BEING: BEYOND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE James Bridle
An account of other forms of intelligence, from Greek oracles to octopuses, and the
opportunities offered by technology. £20
BITTERSWEET: HOW SORROW AND LONGING MAKE US WHOLE
Susan Cain
A perfect antidote to toxic positivity – a touching, deeply felt and beautifully written look at
the human condition, by the author of <em>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World
That Can't Stop Talking</em> (which brought relief to several of us in 2012...). £20
THE JAPANESE MYTHS: A GUIDE TO GODS, HEROES AND SPIRITS
Joshua Frydman
Shinto, Buddhism and regional folklore from earliest times to the present. £14.99
OXFORD UNIVERSITY ON MONT BLANC: THE LIFE OF THE CHALET
DES ANGLAIS Stephen Golding
Students and tutors started going here on reading parties in the 1890s, and still do so. Looks
at Macmillan, Hailsham, Brooke, Betjeman, Waugh etc... £30
MIDLIFE: HUMANITY'S SECRET WEAPON Andrew Jamieson
Essays on the importance of the 'midlife crisis', from an evolutionary perspective. £14.99
TREASURES OF HERAT: TWO MANUSCRIPTS OF THE KHAMSAH OF
NIZAMI IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY Barbara Brend
Gorgeous colour images, as well as translations and commentary on these celebrated
Persian poems. Both manuscripts date from the C15th and are exquisitely illustrated. This
will be ravishing and scholarly. With contributions on seal inscriptions by Ursula Sims-
Williams. £60
TROLL MAGIC: HIDDEN FOLK FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS
OF NORWAY Theodor Kittelsen, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Wonderful, mysterious, macabre tales first published in Norway in 1892, collected and
illustrated by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen. £16.99
PORTABLE MAGIC: A HISTORY OF BOOKS AND THEIR READERS
Emma Smith
Argues that the physical form of books makes them distinctive, and sometimes dangerous,
quite as much as their content. (John Morgan’s recent, limited edition Usylessly, with its
beautifully blank pages, comes to mind...). £20
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BRAINSPOTTING: ADVENTURES IN NEUROLOGY A.J. Lees
Subtle and slim volume of essays by a neurologist who champions the cross-fertilisation of
different approaches - anatomical, electrical, chemical, etc. £14.99
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS
BOLD VENTURES: THIRTEEN TALES OF ARCHITECTURAL TRAGEDY
Charlotte van den Broeck
Riveting stories of projects that killed their architect, from a spire in C17th France to a
theatre in 1920s’ Washington. A marvellously Goreyesque subject. £16.99
THE WOODEN ARCHITECTURE OF NORTHERN EUROPE: FROM THE
VIKING ERA TO THE 20TH CENTURY John B. Hilling
Symphonies of timber in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Republic of
Karelia. £45
APOTHEOSIS: LIFE IN THE OFFICE OF SIR EDWIN LUTYENS
Edited by Mark Lutyens
Testimonials by past pupils gathered together in a slim volume by the architect's great-great
nephew. £25
AN EXTRAORDINARY SURVIVOR: THE STORY OF SYTIN HOUSE,
MOSCOW Clementine Cecil Built in 1803, it survived the Great Fire of 1812 and the Stalin
years. Recently restored, its history is Russian history in microcosm. pbk £19.99
STALIN'S ARCHITECT: POWER AND SURVIVAL IN MOSCOW
Deyan Sudjic
Boris Iofan's life and designs give a fascinating view of life in Soviet Russia. £30
JACQUES GRANGE: RECENT WORKS
Pierre Passebon, photographs by François Halard
33 new projects around the world. £60
ROSE TARLOW: THREE HOUSES
Rose Tarlow, photographs by Miguel Flores-Vianna, François Halard & Fernando Montiel Klint
In Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Provence - a different photographer for each of the
celebrated designer's houses. Handsomely presented in a slipcase. £75
ART
NORMAN ACKROYD: AN IRISH NOTEBOOK Norman Ackroyd
Small landscape format, like to his lovely Shetland Notebook and Hebridean Notebook. £16.95
PETER BLAKE Marco Livingstone
A comprehensive illustrated survey of the work of one Pop Art's key figures. £45
PIERRE BONNARD BEYOND VISION Lucy Whelan
A substantial exploration of his paintings, drawings, photography, and prints. £45
LOUISE BOURGEOIS – PAINTINGS Clare Davies & Briony Fer
Looks at the paintings from New York in the 1940s that precede the sculpture for which
she is better known. Accompanies exhibition at the Met, April-Aug 2022. £35
CEZANNE Edited by Achim Borchardt-Hume & Gloria Groom et al Catalogue of the
forthcoming Tate exhibition. hbk £40 / pbk £32
DIX PORTRAITS Gertrude Stein, introduction by Lynne Tillman
A reprint from 1930 in the little David Zwirner series. pbk £8.95
LUCIAN FREUD - CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE PRINTS Toby Treves
A record of every print Freud made, from early linocuts of the 1930s to his last etching
published in 2007 - from the team who did the Francis Bacon Catalogue Raisonné. £125
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: TOWARD THE ULTIMATE FIGURE
Emilie Bouvard
A thorough survey of the Swiss artist's sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints. £40
GUSTON IN TIME: REMEMBERING PHILIP GUSTON Ross Feld
A memoir of the artist and of the author's friendship with him, part biography, part art
criticism. Their friendship and this book cover the latter part of Guston's life, when his late
work - now revered - had been savaged by the art world. pbk £14.99
LOVE LIFE DH: DAVID HOCKNEY DRAWINGS 1963-1977 Chris Stephens
A selection of his early drawings that highlights the close observation that reveals his love of
life. £25
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FRANZ KAFKA: THE DRAWINGS Andreas Kilcher
The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka's graphic output, including more than
100 newly discovered drawings. £35
A FEW COLLECTORS Pierre Le-Tan, translated by Michael Z. Wise
The late Parisian artist conjures collectors of his acquaintance (who are legion); with many
of his whimsical watercolours and drawings. Delicious! £17.99
THE GIRL IN THE GREEN JUMPER: MY LIFE WITH THE ARTIST CYRIL
MANN Renske Mann
Against the backdrop of 1960s London, the troubled artist's muse tells her story. £30
MATISSE AND THE JOY OF DRAWING Christopher Lloyd
Traces the evolution of Matisse's work on paper, from experimental beginnings his mature
style, including his gorgeous cut-outs and the Chapel at Vence. £35
CHATTING WITH HENRI MATISSE - THE LOST 1941 INTERVIEW
Edited by Pierre Courthion
This long interview, recorded with the Swiss critic Pierre Courthion when the artist was
recovering from an operation in bed during the Nazi Occupation, was never published -
until now. £35
PIET MONDRIAN: A LIFE Hans Janssen
A substantial illustrated biography from the former chief curator at the Kunstmuseum Den
Haag - home to the world's largest collection of Mondrian works. £35
LETTERS TO GWEN JOHN Celia Paul
From the author of Self-Portrait, her book about Lucian Freud, comes a collection of
remarkable, imagined letters with Gwen John, an artist with whom Paul has always felt a
close connection. £18.99
PABLO PICASSO: THE LEGACY OF YOUTH
John Onians & Michael Cary, edited by Paul Greenhalgh
A fascinating series of essays demonstrating the importance of the past in Picasso's
developing styles. pbk £25
RAPHAEL David Ekserdjian & Tom Henry
To accompany the fabulous exhibition at the National Gallery, with essays by several
contributors. £40
BRIDGET RILEY: PAST INTO PRESENT Eric de Chassey
Looks at new work from her 2021 exhibition at David Zwirner. £40
WALTER SICKERT William Rough, Katy Norris & Wendy Baron et alia
Catalogue of the Tate exhibition, April-September 2022. £40
ART CATALOGUE INDEX: CATALOGUES RAISONNES OF ARTISTS 1240-
2019 Marc Blondeau & Etienne Breton
2 vols in slipcase. An exhaustive catalogue that will be indispensable for collectors and
dealers. £140
FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, WHEEL OF LEARNING: ESSAYS IN HONOUR
OF PROFESSORS PROFESSORS CAROLE AND ROBERT HILLENBRAND
Edited by Melanie Gibson & Ali M Ansari 2 vols in slipcase. One vol to each of the
distinguished scholars of Islamic and art history. £185 or £60 individually.
LIGHT Kerryn Greenberg
Looks at the ways in which artists have perceived, illustrated and used light since the C18th
– Turner, Monet, James Turrell, Olafur Elliasson, Tacita Dean, etc. pbk £30
A LITTLE HISTORY OF ART Charlotte Mullins
The latest in this excellent Yale series. £16.99
PERSIA - ANCIENT IRAN AND THE CLASSICAL WORLD Jeffrey Spier
Accompanies exhibition at the Getty Villa, April-August, 2022. £50
A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS - THE RISE OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN
BRITAIN AND FRANCE, 1760-1830 Paris Spies-Gans
The first collective study of the remarkable women artists in Britain and France of the
Revolutionary era. £45
THE REAL AND THE ROMANTIC: ENGLISH ART BETWEEN TWO
WORLD WARS Frances Spalding
A thematic approach showing the connections between Stanley Spencer, Eric Ravilious,
Winifred Knights, Evelyn Dunbar and their contemporaries. £35
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DECORATIVE ARTS
RICHARD BATTERHAM: STUDIO POTTER Tanya Harrod & Sarah Griffin
A valuable monograph from the V & A on the renowned, late, lamented potter, the gentle
lion of British studio pottery whose work is on show for several months at the V&A. £30
AN UNBROKEN THREAD: CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE ROYAL
SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK Susan Kay-Williams
The remarkable history of the RSN; accompanies the exhibition at London's Fashion and
Textile Museum. £35
BRITISH FURNITURE 1820 TO 1920: THE LUXURY MARKET
Christopher Payne
From the author of Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century. £125
NUTMEG: GRATERS, POMANDERS AND SPICE BOXES John Reckless
Another superb reference book from the Antique Collectors Club. £45
THE STORY OF BRITISH TEA CHESTS AND CADDIES: SOCIAL HISTORY
AND DECORATIVE TECHNIQUES
Edited by Anne Stevens, Kat Richenburg & Gillian Walkling
A wonderful, detailed illustrated study from the mid-C17th century to the 1900s. £50
HOW WE MIGHT LIVE: AT HOME WITH JANE AND WILLIAM MORRIS
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Looks at Jane's contribution too in this extraordinary personal and creative partnership.
SFC's earlier book To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters was excellent. £30
ABR: IKAT ROBES FROM CENTRAL ASIA Elena Tsareva
Technicoloured dreamcoats galore; lavishly illustrated. £65
KAUFFER'S COVERS: THE BOOK JACKETS AND COVERS OF EDWARD
MCKNIGHT KAUFFER Ruth Artmonsky & Brian Webb
A monograph on the modernist graphic designer, as famous for his posters as his book
jackets for the Hogarth Press, Faber & Faber, Gollanz, etc. pbk £17.50
YSL LEXICON: AN ABC OF THE FASHION, LIFE, AND INSPIRATIONS OF
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Edited by Martina Mondadori & Stephan Janson, introduction by Madison Cox
A celebration of Saint Laurent's life and work with contributions by many tastebuds -
Hamish Bowles, Diane von Furstenberg, Umberto Pasti, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, et
alia. £45
THE NATURAL WORLD
THE POSEIDON PROJECT: THE STRUGGLE TO GOVERN THE WORLD'S
OCEANS David Bosco
From the origins of the law of the sea to today's maritime disputes. £22.99
REWILDING THE SEA: HOW TO SAVE OUR OCEANS Charles Clover
A follow-up to his influential The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World. £20
LAND HEALER: HOW FARMING CAN SAVE BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE
Jake Fiennes
Jake - brother of the (currently) more famous Ralph & Joseph - is Conservation Manager at
Holkham. £20
GREAT TREES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND: OVER 60 OF THE BEST
ANCIENT AVENUES, FORESTS AND TREES TO VISIT Tony Hall
The author has spent his working life at Kew and wots what of he writes. Illustrated. £25
FROM COAST & COVE: AN ARTIST'S YEAR IN PAINT AND PEN
Anna Koska
Lovely, intricate illustrations of plants and wildlife along the Devon coast. £14.99
THE WOMEN WHO SAVED THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE Matthew Kelly
Landscape preservation through the lives of Octavia Hill, Beatrix Potter, Pauline Dower
and Sylvia Sayer’. £20
THE SHEEP'S TALE: THE STORY OF OUR MOST MISUNDERSTOOD
FARMYARD ANIMAL John Lewis-Stempel
JLS's approach to sheep and shepherding is both practical and lyrical - he, the shepherd,
sometimes lies down to sleep with his sheep. Interesting too are his ideas about what
constitutes good sheep farming. £12.99
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REGENESIS: FEEDING THE WORLD WITHOUT DEVOURING THE
PLANET George Monbiot
Drawing on advances in soil ecology, GM argues that the future for food could alter the
world in a good way. £20
TREES Peter Thomas
This new volume in the superb Collins New Naturalist Library will bring joy to all
dendrologists. hbk £65/ pbk £35
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BIRDS Mike Unwin, illustrated by Ryuto Miyake
Charmingly illustrated whirl with some extraordinary birds. £22
DIFFERENT: WHAT APES CAN TEACH US ABOUT GENDER Frans de Waal
De Waal is a (if not the) leading primatologist and ethologist whose research into
cooperation, conflict,etc leads him to fascinating parallels between primate and human
behaviour in aspects such as politics, empathy, morality and conflict. His exploration of
gender and its contemporary controversies is illuminating and often surprising; scientific
rather than dogmatic. £20
GARDENS
WILD & CULTIVATED: FASHIONING THE ROSE
Simon Costin & Amy de la Haye, introduction by Christopher Woodward
Delicious, slim publication from the Garden Museum, for their spring exhibition: Costin's
theatricality and de la Haye's academic role at the London College of Fashion cross-fertilise
to produce a joyful and rose-tinted anthology of plants, both real and faux, and their uses
from arbour to catwalk. £20
WILD: THE NATURALISTIC GARDEN Noel Kingsbury, photographs by Claire Takacs
Naturalistic, low-maintenance plantings for the sustainable garden; showcases forty gardens
and the work of Dan Pearson, Piet Oudolf et alia. Copius illustrations. £39.95
MISS WILLMOTT'S GHOSTS: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND GARDENS
OF A FORGOTTEN GENIUS Sandra Lawrence
A biography of the prickly horticultural genius. £25
ENGLISH GARDEN ECCENTRICS - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF
EXTRAORDINARY GROVES, BURROWINGS, MOUNTAINS AND
MENAGERIES Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
An illustrated study of the rare, the wonderful, the bizarre and the delightfully batty - from
the C17th to the early C20th. Reminds us that fads can be marvellous outlets for the
imagination. This book is a feat of scholarship. £30
NAPOLEON'S GARDEN ISLAND: LOST AND OLD GARDENS OF ST
HELENA, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Donal P. McCracken
The astonishing diversity of flora on St Helena is man-made but unintended: East India
Company ships offloaded cargoes of precious plants to recuperate there before being
transported onward. £35
THE SEASONAL GARDENER: CREATIVE PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Anna Pavord
A new edition of the 2001 classic guide to grouping plants to make a year-long
display. £29.95
THE MODERN FLOWER PRESS: PRESERVING THE BEAUTY OF NATURE
Melissa Richardson & Amy Fielding
These two spiffing women set up JamJar Flowers a few years ago. Flower pressing for a
new generation. £30
A GARDEN WELL PLACED: THE STORY OF HELMINGHAM AND OTHER
GARDENS Xa Tollemache, introduction by Fergus Garrett
The author cut her gardener's teeth in the gardens at Helmingham Hall, where she moved
on her marriage in 1975. She now has a successful garden design company, Chelsea Gold
medals to her name, and a list of fine gardens all over the country, including at Wilton
House and Cholmondeley. £35
GARDEN STORIES Edited by Diana Secker Tesdell
Includes works by William Maxwell, Katherine Mansfield, Italo Calvino, Doris Lessing, J.
G. Ballard, Colette, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Virginia Woolf... £12.99
TRAVEL
THE TRIBE: PORTRAITS OF CUBA Carlos Manuel Alvarez
A mosaic of life in Cuba today. pbk £12.99
EXILES: THREE ISLAND JOURNEYS William Atkins
Islands of banishment approached through three lives: New Caledonia in the South Pacific,
where Louise Michel, grandmother of French anarchy and a leader in the Paris Commune,
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was sent for seven years; St Helena, which became home to Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, an
enemy of British colonialism in Zululand; and Sakhalin Island off the Siberian coast, the
place of exile of Lev Shternberg, a campaigner against Russian tsarism. £20
DREAMING THE KAROO: A PEOPLE CALLED THE /XAM Julia Blackburn
The range of Blackburn's books testifies to her profound curiosity about the world. This
account of her journey (imaginative as well as physical) among the little-known South
African people causes her to reflect on colonialism, nature and the way in which we
live. £20
THE SERPENT COILED IN NAPLES Marius Kociejowski
A portrait of the city and a meditation on mortality by the great poet, essayist and book
dealer. £20
THE SLOW ROAD TO TEHRAN: A REVELATORY BIKE RIDE THROUGH
EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST Rebecca Lowe
In 2015, as war raged in Syria, Lowe set off on an 11,000 kilometre journey through Turkey,
Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and finally to Iran. Full of humour, anecdote and
the abundant kindnesses she met with and which kept her going. £18.99
NOMADS: THE WANDERERS WHO SHAPED OUR WORLD Anthony Sattin
Illuminating and panoramic narrative of nomadic peoples and their historical
importance. £25
BUDAPEST: BETWEEN EAST AND WEST Victor Sebestyen
A fine, colourful history of the city by the distinguished journalist & historian. £25
THE IDEA OF ITALY: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE BRITISH
IMAGINATION, 1840-1900 Maria Antonella Pelizzari & Scott Wilcox
Presents C19th Italy through the eyes of early photographers, with fine illustrations and
excellent essays. £40
WATER VIEWS: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS David Ondaatje
Stunning aerial views of seas, rivers, lakes, coasts in their spectacular and mostly unpeopled
majesty. £36
THE CROMER COLLECTION OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH
PHOTOGRAPHY Edited by Sylvie Aubenas & Eleonore Challine et alia
Gabriel Cromer (1873-1934) was a French photographer who assembled a remarkable
collection that ranges from photography's beginnings to c.1890. This collection never found
a permanent home on France but instead became a founding part of the George Eastman
Museum in the US. £50
SHIPWRECK: THE GIBSON FAMILY OF SCILLY Carl Douglas & Bjoern Hagberg
The Gibson family of the Scilly Isles photographed shipwrecks for four generations in the
C19th and C20th - an extraordinary archive that is now held at the National Maritime
Museum in Greenwich. Hair-raising images of ships foundered, sinking, broken - and
rescues too. £35 (There’s also a very large an beautiful ‘Collector’s Edition’ for £150).
COOKERY
THE NUTMEG TRAIL: A CULINARY JOURNEY ALONG THE ANCIENT
SPICE ROUTES Eleanor Ford
Culinary archaeology following the trails of ancient maritime trade through Indonesia,
Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Iran and the Emirates. Transporting
stuff. £26
A WAITER IN PARIS: ADVENTURES IN THE DARK HEART OF THE CITY
Edward Chisholm
Ruthlessly funny memoir of working front of house: the great deception of ease, of luxe,
calme et volupté , of lamplight and conversation, while, behind the swing doors, rages a very
different reality... £16.99
BREADSONG: HOW BAKING CHANGED OUR LIVES
Kitty Tait & Al Tait Breadmaking bliss, from the father and daughter who started the
blues-beating Orange Bakery in Oxford. £20
MADE IN ITALY: FOOD AND STORIES Giorgio Locatelli
We are all loco about Locatelli... and with good reason: and this is his best book yet. £35
ON THE HIMALAYAN TRAIL: RECIPES AND STORIES FROM KASHMIR
TO LADAKH Romy Gill
Up airy mountains and down rushy glens: Gill brings us culinary treasures from Kashmir
and some more robust Ladakhi fare. £27
RAMBUTAN: RECIPES FROM SRI LANKA Cynthia Shanmugalingam
A glorious mix of influences enriches Sri Lankan famously delicious cooking: Javanese,
Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and even British. £26
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THE WEEKEND COOK: GOOD FOOD FOR REAL LIFE Angela Hartnett
Laid-back, delicious recipes by an outstanding (and modest) cook. £26
THE LIFE AND WINES OF HUGH JOHNSON Hugh Johnson
Johnson pours out his life. pbk £30
THE KEW GARDENS COOKBOOK Edited by Jenny Linford
There are 50,000 different edible plants in the world yet only 15 of them make up 90% of
our staples... Informative and full of excellent vegetarian recipes contributed by many well-
known names. £20
FOR CHILDREN
MOUSE'S WOOD: A YEAR IN NATURE Alice Melvin
Mouse wanders through his wood visiting friends as the seasons unfurl; flaps for little
fingers reveal the various cosy interiors of his friends' houses, filled with teapots, colourful
counterpanes, bookshelves, wood saws, umbrellas, musical instruments, etc. Delightful
illustrations. Ages 3-5. £14.99
THE ROYAL LEAP-FROG Peter Bently, illustrated by Claire Powell
A flea and a grasshopper wreak cheerful and irreverent havoc at a king's banquet. For ages
3-6. £12.99
PIANO FINGERS Caroline Magerl
The ambitions of the youngest member of a musical family are thwarted by having to play
the triangle... But help appears in the form of a cat-ghost, Maestro Gus, who is a magical
teacher. A very charming picture book for ages 3-6, by the author/illustrator of Maya and
Cat. £12.99
WHEN I WAS A PIRATE Tom Silson, illustrated by Eliza Poklewska-Koziello
Happy reminiscences, told in rhyme, by a grandfather to his children. Excellent illustrations,
treasure maps, whales waving their tails, adventure, swash-and-buckle... Ages 3-6. £12.99
BE WILD, LITTLE ONE Olivia Hope, illustrated by David Egneus
Soar with birds, dart with fireflies, run with wolves, through forests, over mountains and
seas... An exhilarating picture book for ages 3-6. £12.99
BADGER IS BORED Moritz Petz, illustrated by Amelie Jackowski
Like Louis Jourdain's character in 'Gigi', Badger finds everything - no matter what - is a
BORE... until Badger and his friends embark on a piratical adventure. Amiable picture book
about childish ennui and its evaporation. Ages 3-6. £12.99
HANS MILLERMAN Bernadette Watts
An old-fashioned story about a lonely miller who sets off to find friendship, overlooking
that which is closest to home. Charming illustrations. For ages 4-7. £12.99
THE COMET Joe Todd-Stanton
A child moves from the country to the city; her imagination in this unfamiliar world is fired
by a comet, and through her imagination comes reconciliation. Aspects evoke Howl's Moving
Castle, or at least the Studio Ghibli version. For ages 5-7. £12.99
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Sally Agar
The life of the botanist and explorer; a new addition to the 'Little People Big Dreams' series.
Ages 6-8. £9.99
J. R. R. TOLKIEN Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Aaron Cushley
An illustrated biography of this marvellous man, in the 'Little People Big Dreams' series.
Ages 6-8. £9.99
HILDA: THE WILDERNESS STORIES Luke Pearson
The first two of Pearson's graphic novels reissued in one volume. For anyone who has
missed her, Hilda is a valiant young Scandinavian girl with blue hair and a predilection for
trolls. Northern folklore and comic adventure for ages 6-11. £21.99
THE LITTLE CAPTAIN Paul Biegel, illustrated by Carl Hollander
A small boy in a big hat steers himself and three friends on the good ship Neversink in
search of a land where children grow up immediately, cutting out any further need for
school... By the author of adored The King of the Copper Mountains; this was Biegel's most
successful book, first published in 1970. Ages 7-10. pbk £8.99
AJAY AND THE MUMBAI SUN Varsha Shah
Ajay and his friends find an abandoned printing press and set up their newspaper - the
Mumbai Sun. Their investigations naturally get them into hot water - will justice and the
pursuit of truth (and the cricket match) prevail? A gripping debut for ages 7-10. pbk £7.99
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ESCAPE TO THE RIVER SEA Emma Carroll
A splendid return to Ibbotson's adored Amazonian world, this time with Rosa, a
Kinderstransport child. Many characters from Ibbotson's book make an appearance too.
Carroll's new book is both original and perfectly in keeping with the Ibbotson’s classic,
Journey to the River Sea. Ages 7-10. £12.99
WHEN FISHES FLEW: THE STORY OF ELENA'S WAR Michael Morpurgo
Elena is an old woman living on the island of Ithaca now but her granddaughter discovers
her WW2 bravery. Ages 8-11. pbk £7.99
SPIES David Long, illustrated by Terri Po
A large-format book about spies and their work in WW2, including Roald Dahl, Noor
Inayat Khan, Margery Booth and many others. Ages 8-12. £18.99
GAIA: GODDESS OF EARTH Imogen Greenberg, illustrated by Isabel Greenberg
The story of Gaia, the Greek goddess who created the earth and all of nature, whose work
is threatened by the ambitions and jealousies of the other gods. Greenberg has won several
prizes for her graphic novels, including The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and Athena: The Story of
a Goddess. Ages 8-12. £14.99
HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE Emily J. Taylor
This mysterious and elegant establishment moves every day to a new location; two sisters
are thrilled to find work in it and are happily swept away in all the excitement - but as time
passes they begin to notice rather more sinister goings-on... Ages 10-14. £12.99
SOME OF OUR RECENT FAVOURITES
WILL SHE DO?: ACT ONE OF A LIFE ON STAGE Eileen Atkins This marvellous
memoir of her youth in Tottenham ends when her theatrical career takes off: forthright,
transparent, dry, funny - there is nothing remotely precious about Dame Eileen's account of
herself. This is a delight! hbk £20.00/ pbk £9.99
THE MAKIOKA SISTERS Junichiro Tanizaki, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker
Had Mrs Gaskell lived in Japan and a century later, she might have written this intimate
portrait of four sisters of good family living in Osaka in somewhat straitened circumstances.
Their efforts to find a suitable husband for the third sister take place in the years and
months just before the great wave of WW2 broke over Japan., in two formats. hbk £12.99 /
pbk £10.99
OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA Julia Armfield This debut novel, in which a woman
returns from a voyage to the deep sea strangely altered, is a slippery marriage of the
mundane and the uncanny. Structured around the zones of the ocean - Sunlight, Twilight,
Midnight, Abyssal, Hadal - it works on us not only as a descent into grief, but an Ovidian
fable and, finally, a love story. £16.99
MY PEN IS THE WING OF A BIRD: NEW FICTION BY AFGHAN WOMEN
Introduction by Lyse Doucet
Contemporary short fiction from Afghanistan, all written before the Taliban retook power
in August 2021. An extraordinary collection brought into being through the efforts of
UNTOLD's Write Afghanistan project. pbk £12.00
LESS THAN ONE: SELECTED ESSAYS Joseph Brodsky
The great Russian poet became a master of the English language in his long American exile:
these essays evoke his youth in post-WW2 Leningrad with memorable portraits of his
parents, in whom he sees the personification of the mute suffering of the Russian people in
the last century. He also writes with feeling, precision and intelligence about Auden,
Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Cavafy and others as well as on the broader themes of tyranny
and civilisation. pbk £14.99
THE SNOWS OF YESTERYEAR: PORTRAITS FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gregor von Rezzori
Born in 1914 in Czernovitz in what is now Ukraine, the author was successively a citizen of
Austro-Hungary, Romania and the Soviet Union as the bloody tides of the C20th swept to
and fro before becoming stateless. This extraordinary memoir - unsentimental, startlingly
clear, often shocking - is written through portraits of his mother, his father, his sister and
his remarkable Ruthenian wetnurse/nanny, who spoke several languages but none fluently.
No nostalgia here but instead a vivid and unforgettable portrait of a vanished world whose
shades remain with us, intensely so. "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" pbk £12.99
WINTER IS COMING Garry Kasparov
Written in 2015 by the chess grandmaster and human rights activist, this passionate
indictment of Russian kleptocracy is also a warning against the complacency of Western
democracies in the face of Putinism. Sharp, impassioned and prescient. pbk £12.99
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MRS MARCH Virginia Feito
A New York housewife believes that the grotesque protagonist of her husband's novel is
based on her. The ensuing paranoic spiral is gripping enough to satisfy any Hitchcock
fan... £14.99
THE ANOMALY Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter
A plane inexplicably duplicates when caught in a storm. One plane lands in March; the
other in June. As for the duplicated passengers... From this speculative premise comes an
engrossing drama, brimming with wry humour. Won the Prix Goncourt, 2020. £14.99
A HOUSE PARTY IN TUSCANY Amber Guinness
Wildly delicious, deliciously straightforward - a celebration of good ingredients, sluiced with
new olive oil and nipped with a pinch of salt...The beautiful farmhouse of Arniano -
Amber's family home and now host as well to a painting school - adds a very seductive
element to her feasts. £29.99
STRANDBEEST: THE DREAM MACHINES OF THEO JANSEN
Lena Herzog & Lawrence Weschler
Jansen's unusual genius makes one think of Quixote and Leonardo: his huge kinetic
sculptures that roam the flat beaches of Holland are extraordinary, wondrous beasts -
winged, multi-limbed, catching the breeze... "The line between art and engineering lies only
in our minds..." says he, as he expunges that habitual boundary. Lavish photographs,
mostly black and white. £60
