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Fantasy ·

The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn

Tyler Whitesides

Ardor Benn is a professional con artist hired by a priest for an ambitious operation against a powerful king. He recruits forgers, impersonators, schemers and thieves to carry out a deception beyond the reach of one person. As the undertaking grows, its consequences extend past reputation and profit towards a danger facing human civilization.

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Nonfiction ·

Educated

Tara Westover

Raised in an isolated Idaho family, Tara Westover reaches university after a childhood without formal schooling. Education opens unfamiliar intellectual and social worlds, eventually taking her to Cambridge. Her memoir examines the cost of claiming an independent perspective when learning brings cherished family loyalties into question.

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Fiction & Literature ·

Carmen, la rebelde

Pilar Eyre

Pilar Eyre fictionalises the life of actress Carmen Ruiz Moragas, whose relationship with Alfonso XIII unfolds against the pressures of fame and monarchy. Personal ambition and the desire for independence collide with a love affair constrained by public expectations. The novel places an unconventional woman within the social and political upheavals of her time.

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Nonfiction ·

Everything I Know About Love

Dolly Alderton

Dolly Alderton revisits the friendships, parties, romantic disappointments and misjudgements of growing into adulthood. Her memoir traces changing expectations of love through the experiences of her twenties. Beneath the dating stories runs an account of female friendship and the people who remain present as life becomes less predictable.

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Nonfiction ·

How to Make Good Things Happen

Marian Rojas Estapé

Marian Rojas Estapé presents her account of the links between thought, emotion and responses to stress. Combining explanations of brain function with reflections on daily habits, she discusses goals, self-criticism and emotional awareness. The book sets out the author’s approach to understanding and changing recurring patterns.

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