Abacus

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Review A fascinating study of friendship -- Rachel Cooke ― Observer Friends offers poignant observations about how we have evolved to rely on one...

Review A new age J.D Sallinger on smart drugs. ― TIME OUT **Dizzying sparkle and originality. ― THE TIMES, **Quirky, witty, with an affection ...

Book Description In Gurkha we hear, for the first time in two hundred years of service to the British crown, the authentic voice of a Gurkha soldi...

'It's hard to think of a better living practitioner of hilarious honesty than David Sedaris' The Times In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again...

Product Description The beautiful, spoiled and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Sa...

A short, exquisite novel about love, loss and making sense of the world - as heartbreakingly moving as it is outrageous and funny 'A universal l...

In the 144 years since Karl Marx's Das Kapital was published, the doctrine that bears his name has been embraced by millions in the name of equalit...

In 1995, high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken M...

A new edition of Primo Levi's classic memoir of the Holocaust, with an introduction by David Baddiel, author of Jews Don't Count 'With the moral s...

THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one where Mma Makutsi finds a dancing partner . . . Although Mma Ramotsw...

Product Description 'Intriguing and very scary' Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen.Returned at twenty-eight.Is it time to go back into the labyrint...

Review Bloch's candour made it impossible to publish the book until now. It has been well worth the wait. For those too young to remember Thorpe, ...

Product Description Ibrahim Al-Brehm is a respectable husband a police inspector on Jeddah's murder squad. But for the past year, he has been hav...

Product Description 'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and p...

The awkward and lovable hero of Andrew Sean Greer's bestselling and prize-winning novel Less returns in this unforgettable road trip across America...

Review Unexpectedly moving...a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto ...

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate...

Product Description Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie - philanthropic editor of the Revi...

Review Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him ― Sunday Herald The hypnotic ease of ...

The latest installation in the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series 'Cosy and effortlessly charming' Herald 'Delightful' Sunday Telegraph 'Humorous a...

Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move. 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective ...

Review A very special little book. I absolutely loved it, and I find myself still thinking about Sprout. She embodies all the best characteristics...

In this third volume of highly original 'detective' stories with a unique setting and characters, the irrepressible, Precious Ramotswe faces suprem...