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Goodbye Russia
Rachmaninoff in Exile
2025 || Paperback || Fiona (Classical Music Critic - Observer) Maddocks || Faber & Faber
Reeling from the trauma of a life in upheaval, he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a fĂȘted virtuoso pianist, building up untold wealth and meeting the stars, from Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin to his Russian contemporaries and polar opposites, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
Rumours of my demise
2025 || Paperback || evan dando || Faber & Faber
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Why Marianne Faithfull Matters
2025 || Hardcover || Tanya Pearson || Faber & Faber
A remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.
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Dark Luminosity
Memoirs of a Geezer, the expanded edition
2024 || Paperback || Jah Wobble || Faber & Faber
New expanded edition of iconic British musician Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobiography featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage.
Why fish don't exist: a story of finding our way in a chaotic world
A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World
2025 || Paperback || Lulu Miller || Faber & Faber
The quirky and profound international bestseller - at once a life-affirming memoir on how to live well in a world governed by chaos, and a darkly astonishing scientific biography
morgen verzonden
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals
Observations from a Family Farm
2024 || Hardcover || Rosamund Young || Faber & Faber
Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows.
morgen verzonden
The Science of Hate
How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it
2024 || Paperback || Matthew Williams || Faber & Faber
Why do people commit hate crimes? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book.
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1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award 2023
2024 || Paperback || James Shapiro || Faber & Faber
Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - "Henry V", "Julius Caesar", "As You Like It", and "Hamlet".