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Archimedes and the Seagle

by David Ireland ...

Series Book 36 - Untapped
This award-winning novel is the story of Harrison B. Guest, or Happy for short, an Irish Setter who has taught himself to read and write. Also known as Archimedes, Happy walks the streets pondering life’s big issues: religion, death, the inequality between humans and animals. He also understands seagulls. ‘At times thoughtful, at times hilarious, this is the work of a truly gifted writer.’ — ... Read more

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This award-winning novel is the story of Harrison B. Guest, or Happy for short, an Irish Setter who has taught himself to read and write. Also known as Archimedes, Happy walks the streets pondering life’s big issues: religion, death, the inequality between humans and animals. He also understands seagulls. ‘At times thoughtful, at times hilarious, this is the work of a truly gifted writer.’ —
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The Albatross

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'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhere on the course, is just a random event, a fluke. It's not your own doing. But an albatross . . . It's a thing of beauty. One. Two. It must be very deliberate, very thoughtful, one superb shot followed by another. You can say it's got to take a degree of belief. You've got to really want it, and aim ... Read more

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'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhere on the course, is just a random event, a fluke. It's not your own doing. But an albatross . . . It's a thing of beauty. One. Two. It must be very deliberate, very thoughtful, one superb shot followed by another. You can say it's got to take a degree of belief. You've got to really want it, and aim
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Paradise and Elsewhere

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Well-regarded British author never-before-published in USSales figures for previous three books (3500, 5000, 7500 respectively) are combined UK/Canadian salesStories with striking universal settings—all seem to exist in primitive no-man's-land (i.e. not defined by country)Author has also worked in prisons and drug rehab facilitiesWork has attractive sensibility: combines the whimsy and visual ... Read more

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Well-regarded British author never-before-published in USSales figures for previous three books (3500, 5000, 7500 respectively) are combined UK/Canadian salesStories with striking universal settings—all seem to exist in primitive no-man's-land (i.e. not defined by country)Author has also worked in prisons and drug rehab facilitiesWork has attractive sensibility: combines the whimsy and visual
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Black Juice

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Black Juice is a book of breathtaking stories that defy boundaries. They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique - ten deeply moving stories from an exceptional author.'A good short story, a really good one, is deceptively difficult to write. Which is why Black Juice is such an outstanding collection. Because every single story in it is, quite simply, perfect. That's what I said: perfect.' ... Read more

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Black Juice is a book of breathtaking stories that defy boundaries. They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique - ten deeply moving stories from an exceptional author.'A good short story, a really good one, is deceptively difficult to write. Which is why Black Juice is such an outstanding collection. Because every single story in it is, quite simply, perfect. That's what I said: perfect.'
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Ordinary Dogs

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Eileen Battersby is the chief literature critic of The Irish Times and is, in the words of John Banville, 'the finest fiction critic we have'.But her first full-length book is not about international literature or the state of the novel. It is about dogs. Two dogs in particular, with the unlikely names of Bilbo and Frodo. She adopted the first from a horrible dog pound, and the second decided he ... Read more

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Eileen Battersby is the chief literature critic of The Irish Times and is, in the words of John Banville, 'the finest fiction critic we have'.But her first full-length book is not about international literature or the state of the novel. It is about dogs. Two dogs in particular, with the unlikely names of Bilbo and Frodo. She adopted the first from a horrible dog pound, and the second decided he
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Being a Beast

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In this "tour de force of modern nature writing," a passionate naturalist explores what it's really like to be an animal—by living like them ( The Guardian, UK).In Being a Beast, Charles Foster tests the limits of our ability to walk in another's footsteps. He lives alongside badgers for weeks, sleeping in a sett in a Welsh hillside and eating earthworms, learning to sense the landscape through ... Read more

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In this "tour de force of modern nature writing," a passionate naturalist explores what it's really like to be an animal—by living like them ( The Guardian, UK).In Being a Beast, Charles Foster tests the limits of our ability to walk in another's footsteps. He lives alongside badgers for weeks, sleeping in a sett in a Welsh hillside and eating earthworms, learning to sense the landscape through
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Jump and Other Stories

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Nobel Prize–Winning Author: Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales with settings spanning from suburban London to Mozambique."A gallery of riveting tales. . . . Gordimer's long and prolific career has left little doubt of her mastery of the art of fiction." ― The Washington Post Book WorldWith unflinching depictions of how South Africa's apartheid policies drove racial ... Read more

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Nobel Prize–Winning Author: Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging tales with settings spanning from suburban London to Mozambique."A gallery of riveting tales. . . . Gordimer's long and prolific career has left little doubt of her mastery of the art of fiction." ― The Washington Post Book WorldWith unflinching depictions of how South Africa's apartheid policies drove racial
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The Beautiful Indifference

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by Sarah Hall ...

Winner of the Portico PrizeWinner of the Edge Hill University Short Story PrizeShort-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award“Every one of the seven tales here delights and disturbs in equal measure. The Beautiful Indifference illustrates that short fiction is indeed a finely wrought art form, and Hall is an artist of considerable and concise skill. Each story is a gem, but ... Read more

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Winner of the Portico PrizeWinner of the Edge Hill University Short Story PrizeShort-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award“Every one of the seven tales here delights and disturbs in equal measure. The Beautiful Indifference illustrates that short fiction is indeed a finely wrought art form, and Hall is an artist of considerable and concise skill. Each story is a gem, but
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Faces on the Tip of My Tongue

by Emmanuelle Pagano ...

Translated by Jennifer Higgins, Sophie Lewis ...

Meetings, partings, loves and losses in rural France are dissected with compassion.The late wedding guest isn't your cousin but a drunken chancer. The driver who gives you a lift isn't going anywhere but off the road. Snow settles on your car in summer and the sequins found between the pages of a borrowed novel will make your fortune. Pagano's stories weave together the mad, the mysterious and the ... Read more

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Meetings, partings, loves and losses in rural France are dissected with compassion.The late wedding guest isn't your cousin but a drunken chancer. The driver who gives you a lift isn't going anywhere but off the road. Snow settles on your car in summer and the sequins found between the pages of a borrowed novel will make your fortune. Pagano's stories weave together the mad, the mysterious and the
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The Wild Silence

A Memoir

by Raynor Winn ...

**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Heartfelt and heartening … a full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all its glory, fury and impermanence." —Wall Street JournalThe incredible follow-up to the international bestseller The Salt Path, a story of finding your way back home.**Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 homeless miles along The Salt ... Read more

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**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Heartfelt and heartening … a full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all its glory, fury and impermanence." —Wall Street JournalThe incredible follow-up to the international bestseller The Salt Path, a story of finding your way back home.**Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 homeless miles along The Salt
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Pork: A Collection Of Animal Short Stories For Adults

by Cris Freddi ...

In a huge, dark forest somewhere in the north, a round, rather simple hedgehog called Pork emerges from a pile of leaves in the night… and sets in motion this powerful – and unusual – collection of animal stories for adults. There is mystery and terror in the great woodland, and there is love. It is a world where fear and death and the survival of the fittest are the pitiless underlying themes. ... Read more

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In a huge, dark forest somewhere in the north, a round, rather simple hedgehog called Pork emerges from a pile of leaves in the night… and sets in motion this powerful – and unusual – collection of animal stories for adults. There is mystery and terror in the great woodland, and there is love. It is a world where fear and death and the survival of the fittest are the pitiless underlying themes.
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New Selected Poems

by Philip Hodgins ...

Series Book 124 - Untapped
Phillip Adams wrote of the poet Philip Hodgins that his ‘poems are as urgent and accessible as headlines, though infinitely more beautiful.’ Adding, ‘And you have to love a bloke whose favourite word was ‘paddock’.’ — The Weekend AustralianSelected Poems contains 148 poems by Philip Hodgins and was first published in 1997.Philip Hodgins (1959–1995) was an Australian poet. His works include the ... Read more

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Phillip Adams wrote of the poet Philip Hodgins that his ‘poems are as urgent and accessible as headlines, though infinitely more beautiful.’ Adding, ‘And you have to love a bloke whose favourite word was ‘paddock’.’ — The Weekend AustralianSelected Poems contains 148 poems by Philip Hodgins and was first published in 1997.Philip Hodgins (1959–1995) was an Australian poet. His works include the
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