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Ben Aitken
Not everything that glitters is gold - which is why bestselling travel writer Ben Aitken went to Wolverhampton for the weekend. Over the next year, the author of A Chip…
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Jenny Aitken
Work artistic magic with contre-jour: learn how to create the illusion of light in your oil painting.
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Are you getting enough? Bestselling travel writer Ben Aitken wasn't. Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, he knew that something had to change. Unnerved into action, Ben gave burnout the boot…
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Hanne Orstavik
A breathless, propulsive look into the caustic sides of love, from the beloved Norwegian winner of the PEN translation prize and National Book Award Finalist
"What is so impressive is…
Linn Ullmann
Called a "masterpiece" (Ali Smith), this stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Martin Aitken (trans.)
The third novel in global bestseller Knausgaard's astonishing new Morning Star series. Experience a major literary universe in the making...
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Laura Djupvik
A sensitive portrayal of loss, Brother Mine is the story of a child whose brother emerges from the depths of the fjord on the end of her father's fishing line…
Elder Johnny Aitken, Jess Willows
After a young girl moves to a small island community, she and a local Indigenous boy form a strong friendship over the summer. When they begin the fourth grade together…
Maria Navarro Skaranger
In this novel about poverty, social inequality, and class contempt in Norway, nineteen-year-old supermarket worker Emily is single, pregnant, and struggling to make ends meet.
Antoine Laurain
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Once…
Heather Skipworth, Remko Van Hoek, James Aitken, Alan Harrison
Explore real-life logistics issues and cases in this popular textbook from experts in the field
Logistics Management and Strategy, 7th edition is an in-depth introduction to the subjects of logistics…
Hannah M Aitken
Wake up and smell the bacon! Join Mr. Aitken as he starts the day "bright and early" with the delicious smells and tastes of everyone's favorite breakfast food- BACON!
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PJ Aitken
All the forest friends are busy preparing for Christmas Eve and excitement is building. The Tree Elf Workshop is buzzing with activity and the magic mice are ready to pull…
Michael Aitken
With over 30 years of experience as a financial advisor and mentor, Michael Aitken has long been an expert guiding light for people just like you. In this book, he…
Father Aitkens
In this comprehensive guide to contemporary history, readers are introduced to key events, figures, and movements that have shaped the world. From the industrial revolution to the fall of the…
Adam Aitken
The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living…
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Molly Aitken
A blazing tale of power, patriarchy and sexuality, based on the true story of the first woman in Ireland to have been condemned as a witch
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Stephen Aitken
Bioluminescent animals make their own light to survive.
A firefly lights up the night sky, a foxfire mushroom sets the forest floor aglow and sea butterflies shine like beacons deep…
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A new edition of an irreverent homage to the ‘95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.
Kelvin Aitken
Australia is the shark and ray ‘capital’ of the world, with more species than any other country. This guide offers information on characteristics such as where they are found, food…
BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK * IRISH BESTSELLER * A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland
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Bruce Aitken
Prison Letters: With God's Love, I Can Scale These Walls is not only a story of redemption but also much more: It's a testament to human resilience in the underbelly…
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Ray Dee Aitken
Unleash your inner rancher with Nuclear Unicorn Ranching: An Advanced Fucking Manual by Ray Dee Aitken. Learn everything from genetics and breeding to nutrition and housing, and discover the secrets…
Molly Aitken Sheridan
""A collection of poems covering life, love and loss as much as it sounds like a 'Live, Laugh, Love' decorative canvas. From acrostic to haiku wild thoughts, hard to express…
A collection of letters written through the ages from historical figures who have been incarcerated, including Anne Boleyn, Bertrand Russell, Sylvia Pankhurst and Al Capone.
Two adult siblings learn of their surprising shared history in this searching prequel to The Morning Star, set between Norway and Russia
Nine lives are brought together by the mysterious appearance of a huge star in the sky in this exhilarating novel from the international bestseller.
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Jonathan Aitken,Aitken
The first of its kind, this biography compellingly presents a first-rate understanding of the political, historical, and spiritual journeys of Charles W. Colson.
The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible and the scriptures read by early Christians. Septuagint studies have been a growth field in the past twenty years. It…
A year has passed since the premature death of the narrator's husband. She falls in love again. M is seventeen years younger than her, but the connection between them is…
Maria Hesselager, Martin Aitken
"A magical book about love and death and the slender, enduring line that connects the two." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The spellbinding story of a young woman's dangerous passion as…
Olga Ravn
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare
FINE GRABOL
"An incredibly moving and gripping novel . . . so sure-footed, clear, vibrating, like chiffon or a cigarette." - Olga Ravn
An incandescent debut about young adults learning how to…
This book explores the dynamic landscapes of global youth through spatially grounded chapters focused on film and media.
Karl Ove Knausgaard
If no one ever died, what would happen then? Experience a major literary universe in the making from global bestseller Karl Ove Knausgaard.
'Ferociously readable. . . I still can't…
The future is no more, and eternity has begun. An immersive and enthralling novel from The Sunday Times bestselling author
The future is no more, and eternity has begun.
It's…
Trent Aitken-Smith,Ashley Tyson
An essential A-Z guide to the secret language of tattoos.
An NPR Best Book of 2023
"Knausgaard is back, with a compulsively readable new novel." -The Washington Post
"The Wolves of Eternity, like some 19th-century Russian novel, wrestles with the…
"The people in The Third Realm are as vivid and convincing as Knausgaard's autobiographical persona . . . Enthralling . . . you can't stop reading." -Lev Grossman, The Atlantic
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Jonathan Aitken
Contains a hundred selected prayers, each accompanied by a spiritual reflection with personal comments. This book opens with a 9,000 word autobiographical introduction, Journey Into Prayer , which explains how…
Kazakhstan is colossal in size, complicated in its history, colourful in its culture and is a nation state that most outsiders know little of. This title analyses the country’s achievements…
Emerging from Bellmarsh Prison, with nothing but a black plastic sack of clothes, the author recounts how he was accepted at Wycliffe Hall Oxford to read theology and how this…
A biography of Richard M. Nixon, former US President, written with Nixon’s agreement and with access to previously closed private papers going back to his early and impoverished days in…
'Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.' J. I. Packer
'...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes…
Arnold Bennett
The Human Machine: Level 1100 Reader (K) (CEFR B1) reimagines Arnold Bennett's original work, focusing on self-improvement and the enduring power of disciplined thinking for a more fulfilling life.
