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When Stars are Scattered
2023 || Paperback || Victoria Jamieson e.a. || Faber & Faber
A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings. Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger.
Life in the camp isn't always easy. The hunger is constant . .
. but there's football to look forward to, and now there's a chance Omar will get to go to school . .
. With a heart-wrenching fairytale end...
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Enchantment
reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age
2023 || Paperback || Katherine May || Faber & Faber
A balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering.
Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. The magic is of our own conjuring.
'A total joy . . . Thoughtful, patient and beautifully written, like walking with a friend as dusk settles, this is the book your soul needs right now.'
CARIAD LLOYD
'Beautifully written.'
PHILIPPA PERRY
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Beyond Measure
The Hidden History of Measurement
2024 || Paperback || James Vincent || Faber & Faber
A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew.
Story of English
2021 || Paperback || Robert McCrum || Faber & Faber
The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; More widely scattered, written and spoken than any other language in history, English has become a global phenomenon.
And the roots of rhythm remain
A Journey Through Global Music
2025 || Paperback || Joe Boyd || Faber & Faber
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Vernon God Little
2003 || Paperback || DBC Pierre || Faber & Faber
Named as one of the 100 Best Things in the World by GQ magazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of Vernon Gregory Little in small town Texas and beachfront Mexico mark one of the most spectacular, irreverent and bizarre debuts of the twenty-first century so far. Its depiction of innocence and simple humanity (all seasoned with a dash of dysfunctional profanity) in an evil world is never less than astonishing. The only novel to be set in the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas, Vernon God ...
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The Cost of Sexism
How the Economy is Built for Men and Why We Must Reshape It | A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR
2024 || Paperback || Professor Linda Scott || Faber & Faber
An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passionately argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerment.
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Holding the Line
2024 || Paperback || Barbara Kingsolver || Faber & Faber
It was the summer of 1983. Barbara Kingsolver had a day job as a scientific writer spends her weekends cutting her teeth as a freelance journalist when she landed an assignment. Her mission: was to cover the Phelps Dodge mine strike.Over the year that followed Kingsolver stood with those miners and their families, increasingly engaged and heartbroken. She recorded stories of striking miners and their stunningly courageous wives, sisters and daughters. She saw rights she'd taken for granted de...
Pet
The award-winning speculative YA from the Sunday Times bestseller
2019 || Paperback || Akwaeke Emezi || Faber & Faber
How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas... She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you.
... Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught.
With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown...