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Global Book Crawl
We’re delighted to be a part of the inaugural Global Book Crawl – a worldwide event for booklovers to support and celebrate their independent bookstores! There are a great prizes and beautiful totes on offer. Pick
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Philippe Sands in conversation with Richard Fidler
“A personal memoir, a piece of historical detective work and a gripping courtroom drama unite in 38 Londres Street” Renowned author and lawyer Philippe Sands joins us from the UK, discussing a shocking
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Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno
A talented seamstress weaves her way through the social (& gender) divides of 1900’s Italy. Pitzorno is a prolific fiction writer in her homeland, & this easy novel reads like a short story collection,
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The Inheritance by Kate Horan
Isobel, a privileged property development heiress, couldn’t have less in common with Meg, a desperate, down on her luck journalist, but a well timed, mysteriously gifted DNA test could change all that. A classic
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The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
A rich, delightful thriller, another Emma Donoghue gem. Read the right clock at the station, set at different times, to get on board the Paris Express at the end of the 19th Century. Meet
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey
This small book is dense, intensely descriptive and beautifully researched. It will strike a chord all of sudden when we actually realise we are so teeny tiny living on an incredible planet in the
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The Glassmaker by Tracey Chevalier
A beautifully crafted historical novel that transports readers to 17th-century Venice. Orsola, a young woman defies convention to carve out her place in a male-dominated world. Immersive and rich in detail. — Julia
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38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands (FT)
38 Londres Street — in pursuit of Pinochet and a Nazi war criminal Philippe Sands tells the story of his part in attempts to extradite the Chilean dictator and trace his ties to an
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BEST SELLERS: MARCH 2025
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Quarterly Essay 97: Losing It: Can We Stop Violence Against Women and Children? Orbital by Samantha Harvey Memorial
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The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
I was waiting for this book and it was so worth it. It is absolutely breathtaking! The History of Sound has a pure, crystalline quality. In twelve timeless stories Shattuck explores American history, war,
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Dream State by Eric Puchner
Dream State by Eric Puchner I’m halfway through this quirky novel, which feels like the love child of Jonathan Franzen and Kathy Lette. It reminds me a bit of the bestselling Eleanor Oliphant
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The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice by Jack Fairweather
The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice by Jack Fairweather A profile in courage in a time of peril. Fritz Bauer, an irascible, German-Jewish lawyer jailed and torture by the Gestapo, was
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A remote island off Antarctica, a research station with an underground seed bank, for when civilization as we know it ends (by flooding, burning or starvation) is now abandoned —
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Bookoccino Carpark Polis
Polis — between 650BCE and 350CE a loose collection of up to 1,500 self-governing city-states had a direct say in their government through philosophical debate and collaboration. The Polis was a resilient and adaptable
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Feb Book of the Month is Perspectives, by Laurent Binet
Were you a fan of Hamnet, or The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell. Perhaps you loved Matrix by Lauren Groff. If so you’re sure to love this detective novel set in renaissance Florence. Cosimo di Giovanni
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