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A Working-Class Family Ages Badly - 'Remarkable' the Observer by Juno Roche
Category: Biography | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
'An incredibly honest tale of survival, escape and resilience' The Observer 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSON How does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your mind is fixed firmly on living? A radica ...Show more
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space - Starmetal Symphony, Book 1 by Alex White
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
In this new wide-screen space opera, humanity has met its match. An alien race of enormous robotic AI have destroyed most of humanity's outposts. But, on the eve of the Earth's destruction, a musician makes one last desperate attempt to reach out and convinces one of humanity's enemies to switch sides. ...Show more
Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs by Seth Alexander Thevoz
Category: History | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thevoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealin ...Show more
Broken Ground (Karen Pirie #5) by Val McDermid
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid returns with her most breathtakingly atmospheric and exhilarating novel yet. 'Somebody has been here before us. And he's still here . . .' When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right pla ...Show more
Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury
Category: Biography | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
Methods of parenting and education have progressed in recent years, especially compared to some of the more casually experimental routes inflicted on children of artistic professionals in the 70s and 80s. One experience that would take some beating is that endured by Baxter Dury.When punk rock star Ian ...Show more
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
Category: Fiction | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION "Claire Oshetsky's novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying." --Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis Tiny is pregnant. Her hus ...Show more
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir by Barbara Amiel
Category: Biography | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching candour from a truly remarkable woman' Elton John 'Blistering . . . shockingly candid . . . stiletto-sharp memoir of the year' Daily Mail 'Magnetic and magnificent . ...Show more
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Category: Fiction | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
'Delightful banter, hot romance and a love story that's worthy of the big screen' Kate Spencer, author of In a New York MinuteTen years later and she still has butterflies. But does he feel the same way?Then. Twenty-something writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former classmates are nabbing high-p ...Show more
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Category: History | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, ...Show more
How to Survive Family Holidays by Jack Whitehall; Michael Whitehall (As told to); Hilary Whitehall (As told to)
Category: Travel | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
'Screamingly funny...a splendidly effervescent and enjoyable book' Daily MailOne part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive family holidays.No one has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. They've given us a win ...Show more
In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers by William Palmer
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
'Sympathetic and wonderfully perceptive . . . a heartbreaking read'NICK COHEN, Critic'Wise, witty and empathetic . . . outstanding'JIM CRACE 'A fascinating treatment of the age-old problem of writers and drink which displays the same subtle qualities as William Palmer's own undervalued novels'D. J. TAYL ...Show more
It's Better This Way - The Joyful and Uplifting New Novel from the New York Times #1 Bestseller by Debbie Macomber
Category: Fiction | Series: Karen Pirie Ser.
The joyful and escapist novel from New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber It's been nearly six years since Julia Jones had her heart broken. After her husband fell in love with another woman, Julia fought to keep her family together, but now, recalling the words of her beloved father, she r ...Show more