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Republic
Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649–1660
2024 || Hardcover || Alice Hunt || Faber & Faber
It transformed the relationship between England, Scotland and Ireland, reset the compact between the monarch and the people, and re-fashioned the story the British told - and continue to tell - about themselves. REPUBLIC is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period.
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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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Pearl
2024 || Paperback || Simon Armitage || Faber & Faber
WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR POETRY IN TRANSLATIONPearl is an entrancing allegorical tale of grief and lost love, as the narrator is led on a Dantean journey through sorrow to redemption by his vanished beloved.
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The Farmer's Wife
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Helen Rebanks || Faber & Faber
'Beautiful.' Daily Mail'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmer's wife.' RAYNOR WINNThis honest and heartwarming memoir offers a portrait of the labour and glory of keeping a home and raising a family. Weaving past and present, Helen Rebanks shares her highs and lows, from the emotional j...
Q&A
2024 || Paperback || Adrian Tomine || Faber & Faber
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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".
Lord of the Flies
Deluxe Anniversary Edition
2024 || Hardcover || William Golding || Faber & Faber
INTRODUCED BY STEPHEN KING'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.' A plane crashes on a desert island. but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into something far more dangerous .
Diaghilev's Empire
How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
2024 || Paperback || Rupert Christiansen || Faber & Faber
bursting with extraordinary characters and anecdotes.' Sunday Telegraph'An extraordinary tale, enthrallingly told.' GramophoneSuch was the credo of the ruthlessly manipulative and resourceful Serge Diaghilev - the Russian impresario who created the modern art form of ballet.
Story of the Century
Wagner and the creation of The Ring
2024 || Hardcover || Michael Downes || Faber & Faber
A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung.
Dispatches from the Diaspora
From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
2024 || Paperback || Gary Younge || Faber & Faber
A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices.