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Lucie Mikaélian Jeanne Boëzec Illustrations by Lisa Chetteau

Original and riotously funny, a contemporary, feminist coming-of-age story Thirty-year-old Lucie Mikaélian was cleaning out her childhood bedroom when she stumbled upon the diary she kept the year she…

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The Wager

David Grann

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell…

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentices

Alexandra Henrion-Caude

…of human beings? What do we know about the long-term effects of messenger RNA on the body? Calling on the expertise she has accrued as a world-class researcher, Alexandra Henrion-Caude…

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Why Mums Don’t Jump

Helen Ledwick

When Helen Ledwick discovered she had a prolapse after the birth of her second child, she was devastated, not just by the constant discomfort but also by the pervasive shame she felt and the lack of a…

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Family in Pantin

Michèle Fitoussi

What is life if not a catalogue of times, places, people, to which we can never return?  Self-professed life-long nostalgic, Michèle Fitoussi broaches the question against the background of her spirit…

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EVERYTHING THAT’S STOPPING YOU…

Fabrice Midal

A manifesto that celebrates the power of making peace with our flaws and imperfections. “Happiness is not about running away from difficulty. Instead, we need to awaken our inner strength. You may not…

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The Immortals

Paul Pavlowitch

A glance behind the scenes and secrets of an extraordinary literary family… From 1973 to 1981, Paul Pavlowitch played the part of the author ‘Emile Ajar’. But Emile Ajar didn’t exist – he was an inv…

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The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly

Margareta Magnusson

A humorous book of insights and stories about growing old in today’s world by the NYT bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Now unburdened by (emotional…

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Backlands

João Moreira Salles

The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the planet’s freshwater and houses around 16,000 species of trees. The largest tropical rainforest in the world, it contains mysteries that still entice researche…

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Invasion

Luke Harding

For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 20…

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