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The Canons
The Canons are books without boundaries. Some are classics already, the rest will be soon.
A spellbinding portrait of a troubled family and wry dissection of middle-class sentiment around legacy and social ambition
A luminous story of love, purpose and regret, and captures the essence of what it means to be a woman at a crossroads
A sharp and merciless dark comedy about marriage, motherhood and the pull of ambition
Published for the first time, John Berger and Susan Sontag’s collaboration and correspondence across a quarter-century offers a rare glimpse into the minds of two intellectual giants of the twentieth century
Capital
is Rana Dasgupta’s Orwell Prize-shortlisted non-fiction debut: an unsparing, lyrical portrait of class and wealth disparity in Delhi
A slim volume that bursts with insight by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard, illuminating the creative process and the trials of a writer’s life
A manual for investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin,
Words Are My Matter
collects one of our foremost literary intellectual’s best writing on literature
Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Margaret Atwood’s iconic tale with this stunning hardback special edition that includes a new foreword by the author and an afterword by Philip Pullman - a volume to be gifted and coveted
Recognised by five literary awards, Book of the Year for five broadsheets and receiving instant acclaim, this is bestselling author Gavin Francis’s account of a year as base camp doctor in Antarctica
An urgent call to action from one of Europe’s most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe – with a new foreword to the 2024 edition
A powerful manifesto for change and argument for hope, compassion and faith in the face of the challenges of the twenty-first century, from award-winning political thinker Ece Temelkuran
The first book from
Sunday Times
bestselling author Gavin Francis, a travelogue of his adventures in the far north, introduced by Colin Thubron
A powerful portrait of a time and culture, of late 70s to early 80s and football hooligan gangs, of working-class lives and men left abandoned by Thatcher’s Britain
A forgotten classic of 1920s mountaineering literature; Dorothy Pilley broke new ground for women in a sport dominated by men with her true account of adventure, endurance and daring
From the award-winning poet and bestselling author of
You Could Make This Place Beautiful
,
Keep Moving
and
Good Bones
, a stunning poetry collection that celebrates the beauty and messiness of life
The memoirs of cello prodigy Beatrice Harrison, the woman who brought the music of the nightingale to millions worldwide - and created the first interspecies collaboration
A moving and poetic memoir about growing up without a father and a vivid portrait of the seventies from award-winning author and poet Salena Godden
The heartbreaking and evocative debut novel by award-winning Irish writer, Mary Costello
From the 1972 Booker Prize-winning author comes an examination of masculinity, social covenants and murder that develops into a masterclass in humanity, with an introduction by Benjamin Myers
A foundational text since 1990 and translated into twelve languages,
Free Play
is a masterful and joyful meditation on how improvisation can be applied to not just art but the art of living - and in doing so unlock boundless creativity
A searing work of modern fiction tracing a man’s decline into the depths of addiction
The story of Art Pepper
A rousing exploration of the blues and jazz music that formed much of American popular music culture, penned by the iconic Beat writer and critic
A treasure-trove of never-before-published poems and songs from the legendary Johnny Cash
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