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'Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age' Daily MailHaving sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The...

Read Pulitzer Prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Tyler's raw exploration of the power of youth and fate.In a small Southern town, shy teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey, and decides...

The final unpublished novel by MWA Grandmaster - a wild, romantic road trip across America by taxi cab - demonstrates why this beloved author is so fondly remembered and so dearly missed. "A book by this guy is cause for happiness." - Stephen King ...

An unputdownable read from the No1 and Million Copy Bestseller.Sometimes the best surprises reveal the most shocking secrets.After three decades of marriage, Brenda Jones has decided to leave her husband, just as soon as they both return from a mystery...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION 'An epic novel... David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship and living your life's true purpose' Oprah...

Read Pulitzer Prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Tyler's classic exploration of the impact of grief on a family.When young Janie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - VOGUE, BuzzFeed, LitHub "A bold, promising debut." MARY GAITSKILL *** "Thoughtful, savage" RAVEN LEILANI *** "Radical, daring and bracing" SHEILA HETI If sex is a truth-teller, Eve-a young, queer woman in Brooklyn-is looking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784079987Author Father Spyridon BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint FeedARead.comPublisher FeedARead.comWeight(grams) 215g

'I am a white man and never forget it, but I was brought up by the Cheyenne Indians from the age of ten.' So starts the story of Jack Crabb, the 111-year old narrator of Thomas Berger's masterpiece of American fiction. As a "human being", as the Cheyenne...

The War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'...

'An incredible debut' MEL SHERRATTShe is wanted by the FBI.She is a stone-cold killer.She remembers nothing.She is told her name is Reeta Doe, and that she's been in an accident. That she's in Florida. That the FBI have been following her since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952386565Author Seth RogoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Sagging MeniscusPublisher Sagging MeniscusWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838343002Author Jack ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Northodox PressPublisher Northodox Press

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the decadent 1920s,...

'I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all'Goodbye to Berlin is the novella that inspired Cabaret, evoking the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839408243Author Laura BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788308861Author Sandy PrimroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Discover Pulitzer Prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Anne Tyler's deeply personal American historical epic.Duncan Peck is a restless man, always on the move. His wife, Justine, is a fortune teller who can't remember the past. Her grandfather,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836591492Imprint Taschen GmbHPublisher Taschen GmbH

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Riotous. . . Hilarious . . . impeccably written . . . Intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny' - New York Times Book Review 'A writer with this much talent can take his...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORWhen Pearl Tull's husband, Beck, abandons her she pours her energies into preserving normality. Only gradually do her three children realise their father is gone for good. Now, as Pearl lies on her deathbed, the...

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKQuestion: What's worse than being in a wheelchair?Answer: Being a fuck-up in a wheelchair.After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he finds himself with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915393302Author Susan ScarlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Dean Street Press LimitedPublisher Dean Street Press Limited

Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and occasional lecturer at Columbia University in 1960s New York City, is a "registrar of madness," a refined and civilized being caught among people crazy with the promises of the future (moon...

Eliot Nailles loves his wife and son to distraction; Paul Hammer is a bastard named after a common household tool. Neighbours in Bullet Park, the two become fatefully linked by the mysterious binding power of their names in Cheever's sharp and funny hymn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739854348Author Zillah J. JamiesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Extremis Publishing LimitedPublisher Extremis Publishing LimitedDimensions(mm)...

***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4's OPEN BOOK***The 'propulsive, haunting' and 'gripping' (Oprah) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the policeFred Daniels, a black man, is randomly picked up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681375724Author Edith WhartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

T.S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789533514376Author Angela RodelFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Sandorf PassagePublisher Sandorf PassageWeight(grams) 712g

PRE-ORDER WISDOM CORNER, THE THRILLING NEW DAVID HESKA WANBLI WEIDEN NOVEL NOW.WINNER OF THE ANTHONY, BARRY, THRILLER, LEFTY AND MACAVITY AWARDS FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL'Harrowing and heartfelt, assured and highly accomplished. One of the standout thrillers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068682254Format PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Bloomtree PressPublisher Bloomtree PressWeight(grams) 571gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 30mm

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that saw an explosion of Black art, music and writing, yet few female creatives are remembered alongside their male counterparts.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognisable buildings in the world. Fusing ancient and modernist influences and situated on a site sacred to the Gadigal people for thousands of years, it is Australia's premier tourist attraction, a UNESCO World...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789433425Author F Scott FitzgeraldFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm)...

Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife, Lucy, has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain of what is...

From the Booker-shortlisted author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour comes a hilarious novel about fathers, sons, thwarted dreams and confronting the reality of who we really are'This is a fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,...

'Wharton's dazzling skills as a stylist, creator of character, ironical observer and unveiler of passionate, thwarted emotions have earned her a devoted following' Sunday TimesNewland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913853105Author Isabel AdonisFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint Black Bee BooksPublisher Black Bee BooksWeight(grams) 129g