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No one was more surprised than cynical former academic George Timmins when his old friend and property magnate David Adler contacted him out of the blue. Adler had news: not only did he have plans to pull down the centre of their childhood town, Trowbridge Spa, to make way for a new, modern shopping...

A controversial bestseller from one of Norway's most intelligent and highly-regarded novelists When a dispute over her parents’ will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer...

A first-hand account of a Greek refugee camp—and the stories of the refugees staying there Syrian Kurd Juwan Azad left his home and family in Damascus in 2011 to flee military service under the al-Assad regime. After several troubled years as a refugee in Turkey, he arrived in Greece by sea,...

A fascinating account of the friendship between two of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century Germany in the mid 1920s, a place and time of looming turmoil, brought together Walter Benjamin—acclaimed critic and extraordinary literary theorist—and Bertolt Brecht, one of the twentieth...

A brilliant novel about memory, love, and the clash between the old world and the new, set in 1950s Spain “He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin brought anger instead ...” In 1957, a burned-out...

Fille de John Corby, magnat des télécommunications américaines et de Madeleine Moulin, propriétaire de la chaîne hôtelière Perrier-Palace, Tiffany est déterminée à se faire une place comme auteur-compositeur-interprète de jazz. Après un départ fulgurant avec une première chanson et la...

Fille adoptive de Kateri, Angélique rêve d'être la nouvelle Chanel. Assoiffée de réussite, elle ne tarde pas à devenir une figure de proue de la haute couture. Triomphes et revers de fortune jalonnent le parcours glamour de la designer avant qu'elle ne rencontre l'homme de sa vie. Le bonheur...

Diplômée de l'Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec, Simone Bouquet voit grand et rêve d'ouvrir un jour son restaurant gastronomique à Montréal. Poussée par son caractère aussi bouillant que l'eau de cuisson, ses idées tranchantes comme une lame de couteau et son narcissisme plus...

In this fascinating new exploration of Samuel Beckett’s work, Pascale Casanova argues that Beckett’s reputation rests on a pervasive misreading of his oeuvre, which neglects entirely the literary revolution he instigated. Reintroducing the historical into the heart of this body of work, Casanova...

How Trump got to the Oval Office—and how both parties and the mainstream media are keeping him there Donald Trump’s residency in the White House is not an accident of American history, and it can’t be blamed on a single cause. In American Breakdown, David Bromwich provides an essential...

A powerful document of the day-to-day realities of Black women in Britain The Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain’s history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women’s place in that history, documenting their day-to-day...

The definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican students On September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were en route to a protest when intercepted by local police. A confrontation ensued. Come the morning, the students were nowhere...

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics “Latinx” (pronounced “La-teen-ex”) is the gender-neutral term that covers one of the largest and fastest growing minorities in the United States, accounting for 17 percent of the country. Over 58 million Americans belong to...

A philosophical and political exploration of the construction of popular identities In this highly original and influential work, Ernesto Laclau focuses on the construction of popular identities and how “the people” emerge as a collective actor. Skilfully combining theoretical analysis...