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View book details for Manufacturing Depression
The Secret History of a Modern Disease
Has the antidepressant industry manufactured not only an illness but an idea of humanity that denies our full potential?'Impressive and fascinating' New ScientistAccording to the Office of National Statistics, depression occurs in 1 in 10 adults in Britain at any …
View book details for Into the Metaverse
The Essential Guide to the Business Opportunities of the Web3 Era
An illuminating insight into the Metaverse - what it is, how it works, and and why it will soon be playing a major role in business, technology and society.In Into the Metaverse, Cathy Hackl, a globally recognized futurist and one …
View book details for The Dog's Last Walk
(and Other Pieces)
_______________'[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing' - The Times'The author's prose is always a delight ... a book that …
View book details for The Hungry Years
Confessions of a Food Addict
'Hunger is the loudest voice in my head. I'm hungry most of the time'One January morning in 2003, William Leith woke up to the fattest day of his life. That same day he left London for New York to interview …
When Decker drags his best friend Delaney's lifeless body out of the frozen lake, he makes a deal: Anyone but her. Everyone but her. The lake releases her. It takes another . . .All their friends blame Delaney for Carson's …
The Rowntree name is linked to some of the most iconic and well-loved brands of the 20th century, including the KitKat, Aero and Fruit Pastilles. On the way he transformed a small factory in York into a global business. But …
View book details for Grey Area
Reissued
Grey Area, like all of Will Self's fiction, is funny, bizarre and disturbing. From a London where every waiter is an aspiring writer to a supply teacher killed by the colossal philistinism of his pupils, this is a truly inimitable …
View book details for Wildlife
Film tie-in
Now a critically acclaimed film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, co-written by Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan, and directed by Paul Dano The setting is Great Falls, Montana, where the Rockies end and where, in 1960, the promise of …
A funny story about a hairy mammoth with a MAHOOSIVE appetite!'I'm so famishing I'm vanishing!'The famishing vanishing mahoosive mammoth is a hairy beast who simply can't think of anything but his tummy. So how, then, can his friend Bug distract …
One bright February afternoon on a beach in Cornwall, GavinPretor-Pinney took a break from cloudspotting and started watching thewaves rolling into shore. Mesmerised, he wondered where they had comefrom, and decided to find out. He soon realised that waves don't …
View book details for A Court of Thorns and Roses
The hottest Tiktok sensation
THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES AND A TIKTOK SENSATION'With bits of Buffy, Game Of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy' STYLISTFeyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest …
Seven remarkable stories from the bestselling author of The Group (The New York Times). Two American tourists find themselves seriously befuddled by their unorthodox Italian guide. A hospitalized graduate student turns the sounds of pain and despair into music. A …
Ezra and Sheena Pepin live in Oxford with their three children. Ezra has abandoned his calling as an anthropologist; Sheena has found hers running a travel company. They are like everyone else: overworked, worried about their children, trying to preserve …
It is New Year's Eve, 1982, and the whole gang is at Victor and Nandini's house. The Godfather is on repeat upstairs. Baila music is blaring from the record player in the lounge. Poppadoms are frying in the kitchen. And …
At the high-octane Iowa Writers' Workshop, small-town Charlotte is thrilled and confounded by her relationship with charismatic and sophisticated Esme: One moment, Esme appears to be Charlotte's most intimate friend; the next, her rival. After a tumultuous weekend, Charlotte's insecurities …
View book details for The Restraint of Beasts
shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'A heaving cauldron of black humour ... You'll never look at a stretch of high-tensile agricultural fencing in quite the same way ever again' Time Out'Extremely unusual, finely crafted and funny' Observer'Tam and I took hold of Mr McCrindle and …
View book details for The Mathematics of Friedrich Gauss
Family Snapshots
Each story in this series offers a poignant glimpse of family life the ties we cling to; the ties we try to sever; and the ties that make us who we are. Told from a myriad of perspectives, from a …
Since its first publication twenty years ago, The Biggest Game in Town has become a sought-after cult classic. Acclaimed writer and critic Al Alvarez delves into the murky and compelling world of high-stakes Vegas poker, where 'the next best thing …
View book details for 5k and 10k
From Start to Finish
This accessible book is designed for those novice runners who plan to take part in a 5k or 10k race - whether running, jogging or even walking the course.Everyone knows someone who has recently taken part in a 5k or …
Joshua's uncle has survived a near fatal accident and Rose and Joshua drive to Newcastle to visit him, along with their friend Skeggsie.Joshua is convinced they are being followed. Can it be true, or is it just his paranoia? Rose …
Shipped off to France for Easter for some continental 'culture', Hannah finds herself staying with her mother's best friend. And her mother's best friend's daughter. Who happens to be tall, horribly stylish and has that irritating way of turning a …
'A stunning work' Sunday Times'That Night has universal appeal ... there is a depth of feeling here which is beautifully - and seriously - realised' Independent______________________The evocative second novel from National Book Award winner Alice McDermottOn a warm suburban night, …
Gypsies have been a part of the British and European social fabric for centuries and have faced prejudice and oppression for nearly as long, since at least the time of Henry VIII. Theirs is a peripatetic existence, dwelling in tents …
Fiends from an ancient Chinese death cult bring forth a deadly virus that defies time and science. Their evil plan is to divide, conquer, and destroy the House of Sinanju once and for all...even if that means the death of …
Jess and Fred are finally an 'item'. They have spent the remainder of their summer holidays just as they planned to - creating fabulous comedy routines together. Until one fateful morning in the park just before term starts, when Fred …
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