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Read a review of your favourite films in 'Have you seen?..', be sucked into the dark underworld of null bombs and the Vampire Senate in Midnight's Daughter, find out how members of a radical family fight their own demons in The Believers, discover the truth about China in The Bomb, Book and Compass...

 

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The Believers» The Believers

Zoë Heller

At a party in a bedsit just off Gower Street, a young woman stood alone at the window, her elbows pinned to her sides in an attempt to hide the dark flowers of perspiration blossoming at the armholes of her dress.

Life Begins» Life Begins

Amanda Brookfield

I sit where only the tips of the waves can reach, slapping my palms at the foamy water. The sand is gritty between my toes, the ties of my sun bonnet tight under my chin.

Midnight's Daughter» Midnight's Daughter

Karen Chance

My least favourite dead guy had his feet up on my desk. I hate that. His boots were probably cleaner than my blotter, but still. It showed a lack of respect.

Have You Seen?» Have You Seen?

David Thomson

Annie Hall. Around 1977, a wave-something - swept over American filmmaking. Some called it feminism and pointed with a weird mixture of pride and wonder at the new sensibility.

What Next?» What Next?

Chris Patten

As Margaret Thatcher famously observed at her last cabinet meeting, 'It's a funny old world.' She might have added that it seems to get funnier by the year, to be sliding out of order.

Bomb, Book and Compass» Bomb, Book and Compass

Simon Winchester

She was named Lu Gwei-djen, and she was Chinese, born thirty-nine years before in the city of Nanjing, and a scientist like himself. They had met in Cambridge six years earlier...

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The Really Useful Grandparent's Book» The Really Useful Grandparent's Book

Nanette Newman

Keep your grandchildren from getting up to mischief with this fabulous collection of fun and educational games, projects, interesting facts and things to do!
» Download a family tree from the book page.

Breakdowns» Breakdowns

Art Spiegalman

Look into Art Spiegelman's world - his nervous breakdown, his experiments with psychedelic drugs and his participation in the underground comix world - in vivid detail, in this autobiographical comic memoir.

 

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