The Guardian » 1 week ago
Forget the Salt Path – this writer’s introspective journey provides genuine food for thoughtWhen Jenn Ashworth set out on Alfred Wainwright’s 192-mile coast-to-coast walk, from St Bees i...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
The relentless cycle of human violence plays out as a brutal symbolic gameSalt, Snow, EarthSalt bites Snow.
Snow slaps Earth.
Earth pounds Salt. ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
A subtle, intriguing sequel revisits two girls as they grow into adults and question the impact of their unconventional upbringingEsther Freud’s childhood on the Moroccan hippy trail inspired her 1992 debut Hideous Kinky. That novel was told through a young child’s limite...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Castillo’s ambitious second novel, set in the worlds of social media and VR, considers labour and storytelling in a world veering rightElaine Castillo’s second novel is set within the rotten heart of the US tech industry, where “Girlie was, by every conceivable metric, on...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deac...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
This blackly comic debut is an astute and funny examination of the pain and pleasure of first loveThe heart is a peculiar organ. It wants what it wants, as Emily Dickinson wrote. Especially when you’re young and have no previous experience of love and desire, or the delet...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Having made waves as part of the alt-lit movement, the US author is poised to go mainstream with The Stalker, her most exhilarating work yetWhen I arrive at Paula Bomer’s apartment building in south Brooklyn I am briefly disoriented in the lobby...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, tooMoney can buy comfort, but energy makes comfort possible in the first place. Energy is the great enabler of the modern world. It connects the globe by moving people ...
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LA Times » 4 weeks ago
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 6, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction....
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