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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Clare Jackson
*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022*
A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
‘A big historical advance. Ours…
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Clare Beams
An eerie, psychologically thrilling gothic on pregnancy, yearning and bodily autonomy from a 'feminist voice for the twenty-first century that is wickedly sharp-eyed, wholly unpredictable and wholly engaging' (Joyce Carol…
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A ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history
Among foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as ‘Devil-Land’- a diabolical country of fallen angels, torn apart by seditious…
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The first modern account of the advancement of political and religious ideas in Scotland in the years between the Restoration of Charles II and the collapse of royal authority under…
Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in his…
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Dividing the nation and causing massive political change, the English Civil War remains one of the most decisive and dramatic conflicts of English history. Lawrence Stone’s account of the factors…
Joe Jackson
The Bury to Clare Walk explores an incredibly rural area south west of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The 19 mile long trail ventures through several tiny villages and hamlets…
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Dessi Jackson
On the road to San Damiano, Grandma Nonna shares with her grandson Antonio a once-upon-a-time story about Saint Clare. Full-color illustrations and a delightful tale capture the beauty and faith…
Ellen Jackson
Did you know that koalas only eat eucalyptus? That arctic foxes dine on lemmings? Like children, animals can be very fussy about food! This rhyming board book, with engaging lift-the-flaps…
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Clare Ciampa
Penelope is a young girl who has had six wonderful birthday celebrations. This year, her seventh birthday, would be different, or so she thought…
Margaret Noble Jackson
From a boy’s point of view, he describes the important work that his father is doing in a fun and creative world of wonder. Come join the fun of creative…
Joshilyn Jackson
Never Have I Ever… done something I shouldn’t.
‘Wonderful - suspense and surprises, real characters and a scary, ominous backbeat’LEE CHILD
‘I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’CLARE…
Teffi
The stories in this volume are selected from Teffi’s entire body of work, 1910-1952 –Title page verso.
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These essays–from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies–interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected…
