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Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World

1 week ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Aye-Aye Books |Adele Walton

'You won't look at your screens in the same way after reading this book' Grace Blakeley, author of VULTURE CAPITALISM 'Logging Off is a life-saving book' Mikaela Loach, author of IT'S NOT THAT RADICAL'A harrowing but important read' Carole CadwalladrWe live in a digital world. In the 30 years since we've been online, we've created connections, crossed boundaries and discovered new worlds. We have done things generations before us could never have imagined. But at what cost?
A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering

2 weeks ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Claire Fuller |Andrew Murray

Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder . . . A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering is a gripping thriller about what it's like to be young, skilled, unemployed - and on the run. 'A comic delight' Financial Times'A thoroughly entertaining mix of whodunnit, social satire and a cunningly smuggled-in love story. Highly recommended.' Mail on Sunday'Smart, satirical, knowledgable, accurate, punchy, laugh out loud funny, surprising, shocking, thought provoking ...
Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference

4 weeks ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Rutger Bregman

‘The rare read that might actually help you become a better person’ ADAM GRANT‘A fierce and brilliant call to arms for anyone who has been wondering whether there's more to life.
Why I Care: And Why Care Matters

1 month ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Ed Davey

A deeply personal account of life as a carer and a call to support those who care for others ‘It’s a tough job, caring. But the thing about being a carer is you develop these amazing relationships. As I’ve got older and had all those caring responsibilities, seen life through the eyes of my son, I could not be more passionate or determined to sort out caring in this country.’ Care is the thread that runs through Ed’s life. Aged only four, Ed lost his father.
Madame Matisse a book by Sophie Haydock.

2 months ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Sophie Haydock

This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores. Amelie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free spirit, she sees in this budding young artist a glorious future for them both.
Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller

2 months ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Vinson Cunningham

'A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan AbbottA historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man's life in the highly anticipated debut novel from one of The New Yorker's rising stars.
Spring is the Only Season: How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters

2 months ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Rossiter Books |Simon Barnes

'A book that filled me from first to last with a rapture as transcendent and thrilling as that which spring yearly provides... I absolutely adored it!' STEPHEN FRY'As dynamic and ebullient as the season it celebrates...
The Leopard in my House: One man’s adventures in cancerland

2 months ago | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Mark Steel

'Relentlessly funny' ObserverI feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a while I can hear it growl. One morning, while shaving, the comedian Mark Steel noticed that one side of his neck seemed larger than the other.
The Ghosts Of Rome

Jan 30, 2025 | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Joseph O'Connor

'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.
Live Forever?: A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death

Jan 9, 2025 | uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books

Time wants you dead. Not just you, but your friends, family, pets – everyone you’ve ever met…'A beautifully written book about life and death: busts myths, explores the stories of science and history, and ultimately is rich and uplifting.' Dr Adam RutherfordWith over 17,000 known diseases affecting humans, and countless poisons, carcinogens and toxins in our environment, it’s a miracle that our bodies manage to keep us alive.