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The Easternmost House

Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize

Within the next three years, Juliet Blaxland’s home will be demolished, and the land where it now stands will crumble into the North Sea. In her numbered days living in the Easternmost House, Juliet fights to maintain the rural ways she grew up with, re-connecting with the beauty, usefulness and erratic terror of the natural world.

The Easternmost House is a stunning memoir, describing a year on the Easternmost edge of England, and exploring how we can preserve delicate ecosystems and livelihoods in the face of...
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Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India KnightJuliet’s book The Easternmost House is one of the best things I’ve read this year. And now the end is nigh https://t.co/wGuqW65URu (Source)

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Anthony Blunt

His Lives

The first full biography of the notorious spy-- and an X-ray of the British ruling class that produced him.
Once an untouchable member of England's establishment-- a world-famous art historian and a man knighted by the Queen of England-- in a single stroke Anthony Blunt became an object of universal hatred when, in 1979, Margaret Thatcher exposed him as a Soviet spy.
In "Anthony Blunt: His Lives," Miranda Carter shows how one man lived out opposing trends of his century-- first as a rebel against his class, then as its epitome-- and yet embodied a deeper paradox. In the 1920s,...
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Recommended by India Knight, Matthew D'ancona, and 2 others.

India Knight⬇️ utterly brilliant book https://t.co/6ZSz0kHZ43 (Source)

Matthew D'ancona@MJCarter10 Brilliant book. (Source)

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Sour is the definitive book on this unique taste. From cheese to vinegar, throughout the centuries we have deliberately let – and even encouraged – food to go sour to enhance its flavor.

Sour foods have never been more fashionable, with the spotlight falling on foodstuffs as disparate as Belgian sour beer and Korean kimchi. But what is it that makes sourness such an enticing, complex element of the eating experience? And what are the best ways to harness sour flavors in your own kitchen?

Mark Diacono sets out to demystify the sour world, and explore why everyone's...
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Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India KnightThis book is utterly brilliant and so USEFUL. Couldn't recommend it more highly, especially if you have a sharp rather than a sweet tooth. Also, what a nice thing to do. https://t.co/lQ6KTMv9xB (Source)

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Anatomy of a Scandal

An astonishingly incisive and suspenseful novel about a scandal amongst Britain's privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake.

Sophie's husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is convinced he is innocent and desperate to protect her precious family from the lies that threaten to rip them apart. Kate is the lawyer hired to prosecute the case: an experienced professional who knows that the law is all about winning the argument. And yet Kate seeks the truth at all...
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Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India Knight@bellamackie @SVaughanAuthor No but I remember the book vividly & I follow the author on here. Ffs. A of a S IS brilliant tho (Source)

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Three Hours

The extraordinary new novel everyone is talking about from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Sister

Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.


It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.

It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.

It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.

In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of...
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Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India KnightDo please read this book. It starts off (and continues) as previously described - unputdownable. Then you note it's exceptionally well written. Then it becomes profound and deeply important and sort of existential. It is just brilliant. (Source)

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Motherwell

A Girlhood

Just shy of 18, Deborah Orr left Motherwell - the town she both loved and hated - to go to university. It was a decision her mother railed against from the moment the idea was raised. Win had very little agency in the world, every choice was determined by the men in her life. And strangely, she wanted the same for her daughter. Attending university wasn't for the likes of the Orr family. Worse still, it would mean leaving Win behind - and Win wanted Deborah with her at all times, rather like she wanted her arm with her at all times. But while she managed to escape, Deborah's severing from her... more
Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India Knight@GeoffUtley That’s exactly what she and the book are about. And yes, truly amazing. She was a heroic person. (Source)

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The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and puffing. It takes a chance encounter with a flamingo pushing a wheelbarrow full of flowers to provide a surprising and satisfying solution to the little wolves' housing crisis.
Eugene Trivizas's hilarious text and Helen Oxenbury's enchanting watercolors have made this delightfully skewed version of the...
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Recommended by India Knight, and 1 others.

India KnightSuch a great book https://t.co/rioiqWz9dC (Source)

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The “Danish coziness” philosophy is fast becoming the new “French living” in terms of aspirational lifestyle books and blogs. There are countless viral articles comparing the happiness levels of Americans versus Danes. Their homes are more homey; their people are more cheerful. It’s an attitude that defies definition, but there is a name for this slow-moving, stress-free mindset: hygge (pronounced “hoo-ga”). Hygge values the idea of cherishing yourself: candlelight, bakeries, and dinner with friends; a celebration of experiences over possessions, as well as being kind to yourself and... more
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India Knight@SigneSJohansen PS I love your book. So many good ideas! (Source)

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