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In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later,

Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2023. Masterful . . . has much to say to our times' Guardian 'Begs to be read' Spectator 'A luminous, thought-

Shadow State is a gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the v

The first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful, moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Gua

Luke Haines - the outsider artist par excellence - turns his caustic eye to the rise and fall of alternative rock 'n' roll heroes.

This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 'A luminous, thought-provoking novel.' Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black Set at the beginning of the

De bewogen geschiedenis van het AchterhuisMidden in Amsterdam, op de Prinsengracht 263, staat een hoog smal huis. Het werd 400 jaar geleden gebouwd. E

In Witte schuld vertelt Harding over de slavenopstand van 1823, in de Britse (voorheen Nederlandse) kolonie Demerara, nu Guyana genaamd, in het Caribi

Maart 2022. Russische tanks denderen over de uitgestrekte, besneeuwde velden van Oekraïne. Ze zijn op weg naar Voznesensk, een stad met een kleine bru

A chunky sticker book with thousands of individual letters that can be turned into uniquely idiosyncratic messages or decorations of all kinds. Every

FATE CAN BE CHANGED.CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of

Join the culinary experts at The Gourmand on an in-depth exploration of the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic legacy of lemons, where th

Johannes Esser (1877-1946) hoort thuis in het rijtje Albert Einstein, Hugo de Vries en Wilhelm Röntgen. Hij was Nederlands schaakkampioen, Mondriaan-o

The great travel classic, first published in 1977 and recounting an epic journey of nearly 50 years before. A John Murray Journey.

Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and ot