All posts tagged "Bloomsbury"
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2.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: What You Need to Be Warm, by Neil Gaiman
CHILDREN'S BOOK: What You Need to Be Warm is an exploration of displacement and flight from conflict through the objects and memories that represent warmth. It is about our right to feel safe, whoever we are and wherever we are from. It is about holding out a hand to welcome those who find themselves far from home.
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567Books & LiteratureBook Review: Superspy Science, by Kathryn Harkup
NON-FICTION: Kathryn Harkup turns her expert eye on the world's favourite secret agent, using the hook of Bond's enduring popularity to discuss the realities behind the silver screen.
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751Books & LiteratureCookbook Review: Is This a Cookbook? by Heston Blumenthal, illustrated by Dave McKean
Every recipe is simple, straightforward and totally do-able. This is Heston at his most accessible.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 25th Anniversary Edition, by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Thomas Taylor
MIDDLE GRADE: This glorious, Sunday Times bestselling collector's edition of J.K. Rowling's classic first story will take you on the magical journey of a lifetime.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book, by Pandora Sykes
NON-FICTION: In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return to time and again and that helped make them the writers they are.
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Book Review: Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion, by Louise Willder
NON-FICTION: Join Penguin publishing word wizard Louise Willder – five thousand blurbs written, mostly avoiding the phrase ‘unputdownable tour-de-force’ – to discover why we should judge a book by its cover. Even this one. (It’s an unputdownable tour-de-force.)
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureCookbook Review: Parsi, by Farokh Talati
From Persia to Bombay: recipes & tales from the ancient culture
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureThe Best Books Of 2022 (as chosen by the Glam Adelaide Books Team)
The verdict is in. Here are our favourite fiction and non-fiction books of 2022!
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761Books & LiteratureBook Review: All Grown Up: Nurturing Relationships with Adult Children, by Celia Dodd
NON-FICTION: When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done. In fact it's just the beginning of a whole new stage in our lifelong connection.
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773Books & LiteratureBook Review: Perfume, by Megan Volpert
NON-FICTION: Megan Volpert's Perfume carefully balances the artistry with the science of perfume.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: From Russia With Love, by Llewella Chapman 
FILM STUDY: Llewella Chapman's study of the iconic film pinpoints its place within the James Bond film franchise, and its significant cultural value to critics and fans as well as this film's important place within British cinema history more widely.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, by Zoulfa Katouh
YOUNG ADULT: Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureCookbook Review: Bake, by Paul Hollywood
Bake is the latest publication from Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood. Promising “best ever recipes for the classics”, it features over 80 of Hollywood’s favourites grouped as cakes, breads and flatbreads, pastry and pies, biscuits and cookies, pizza and doughnuts, and desserts. In the introduction, Hollywood acknowledges his roots through the inclusion of […]
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Ordinary Monsters, by J.M. Miro
FANTASY: The first in a captivating new historical fantasy series, ORDINARY MONSTERS introduces the Talents with a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world, and the gifted, broken children who must save it.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: I May Be Wrong, by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
NON-FICTION: Infusing the everyday with heart, grace and gentle humour, this is a book to help us all navigate the realities of modern life.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, by Paul Gallico
GENERAL FICTION: the feel-good classic will be a major film, starring Leslie Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs and Lucas Bravo.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Great Experiment, by Yascha Mounk
NON-FICTION: One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Plant Rescuer, by Sarah Gerrard-Jones
NON-FICTION: A simple, stylish and complete guide for any houseplant owner.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, by China Miéville
POLITICAL THEORY: China Miéville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Song of Achilles (10th Anniversary Special Edition), by Madeline Miller
ROMANCE: A retelling of the story of Greece's greatest hero Achielles from the point of view of his best friend and partner Patroclus.
