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The Orion Publishing Group is a book publishing company based in London, UK which includes imprints Orion Books, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Phoenix, Gollancz, Cassell Military, SF Gateway, The Murder Room, and Orion Audio.
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When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain's role in slavery. It was a history that he knew surprisingly little about - the myth that we are often taught in schools …
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When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain's role in slavery. It was a history that he knew surprisingly little about - the myth that we are often taught in schools …
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THIS IS A TRUE STORY.An author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller Hell of a Book - which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.THIS IS A COMING-OF-AGE STORY.One morning, he meets The Kid - a young Black boy who looks just like the one on the news who was shot by the police. And The Kid wants him to tell his story.THIS IS A SAD …
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For the first time in ten years, Freya is back in the little village of Middlemass for Christmas. The streets might be twinkling with fairy lights, but after the recent loss of her mother, she's never felt less festive.Forced to sleep under the same roof as her handsome neighbour Finn, Freya realises she's going to need a distraction - fast! So she…
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Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino heist? Who was the richest person of all time? When was the first Monday? What were history's weirdest medical procedures that actually worked? How much horse manure was splattered on the streets of Tudor London? How fast was the medieval Chinese pos…
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All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the Emperor. That of my mother's family, who reject the oppressive Empire and embrace the resistance.I can choose between them - between protecting my family, or protecting my people - or I can search out a better path . . . a magical …
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Trapeze audiobooks presents an extraordinary multi-voice tribute to one of Britain's most talented and most loved entertainers: Victoria Wood.This audiobook features narration from some of the extraordinary voices who worked with Victoria over her career:Susie BlakeRichenda CareyCelia ImrieDuncan PrestonAnne ReidDaniel RigbyKate RobbinsDavid Threlf…
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It is summer on Magnolia Road when Juliet moves into her late mother's house with her husband Liam and their young son, Charlie. Preoccupied by guilt, grief and the juggle of working motherhood, she can't imagine finding time to get to know the neighbouring families, let alone fitting in with them. But for Liam, a writer, the morning coffees and af…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3a79C6ZMizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It's everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether it would be more fun to throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband or…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3fvCBVoHow does it feel when your heritage isn't listed as an option on an identification form?What is it like to grow up as the only person in your family who looks like you?Where do you belong if you are simultaneously seen as being 'too much' of one race and 'not enough' of another to fit neatly into society's …
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3828gJKA wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/303aQuqSeverian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, carrying with him the Claw of the Conciliator and the great sword, Terminus Est. All his travels are leading towards a destiny that he dare not refuse . . .Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for best novel, 1984…
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Click here to buy: adbl.co/3stU8AHTHE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms, seven outbuild…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3stU8AHTHE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms, seven …
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3dQAVF8'A beautiful collection that I both lost and found myself in. Unbelievably exciting stories from some show-stoppingly talented writers.' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie.Lost love. Forbidden Love. Unrequited love. Tenderness. Desire. Romance. Passion. Who's Loving You? is a celebration of love in a…
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Click here to buy: http://adbl.co/3p4MGtF'Such subtle and skilful writing, so evocative of the Second World War ...Absolutely haunting' Frances Liardet, New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be BraveOn the cusp of World War II, a young mother is faced with an impossible choice. Vera is a Russian Jewish émigré to France, newly wed - but her m…
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Click here to buy: http://adbl.co/3phE580Written against the backdrop of global crisis, Nikita Gill's new collection Where Hope Comes From shines a light into the darkness as we begin our journey back to hope. Weaving words that explore our collective trauma, her poetry takes us on a journey through the five stages of grief to the five stages of ho…
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Click here to buy: http://adbl.co/3pnFPNaIf you've ever had your heart broken (and who hasn't) Rosie Green's How to Heal a Broken Heart is your best friend. Honest, comforting and hopeful.' MARIAN KEYES'I love Rosie Green's writing.' ELIZABETH DAY'It wasn't a conscious uncoupling. I had my heart ripped out and stamped on.'When Rosie Green's husband…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2W7PLgsThe dramatic and compelling account of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justice for more than twenty yearsSoon to be a major TV series starring Luke Evans1980s. In the beautiful, unspoiled landscape of Pembrokeshire, a serial killer is at large: two double murders; an assault; the rape…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/343Tb8oA delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts.Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the busine…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3qKXZt3One of the first words we learn. Perhaps the best friend we'll have. An animal so much part of our lives that we speak to it like a child and spend small fortunes on its wellbeing and wardrobe.Dogs and humans: in the last 200 years no inter-species relationship has developed so fast nor come so far. Dogs ac…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3qO5EagUtterly spellbinding' Natasha Lester'An elegantly woven story that both chills and delights' Joanna NellAn enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years... 1700s Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous worl…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3nc4jYj'Louise Carey's dystopian future is chillingly plausible' Claire NorthInscape is the dystopian future we would do best to avoid.Warning: use of this gate will take you outside of the InTech corporate zone. Different community guidelines may apply, and you may be asked to sign a separate end-user license agr…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2KkpXveRead by Matthew Spencer'There is a theory that humans made lists before we invented writing. Adam Sharp's exquisitely arranged, addictively witty book of lists is the reasons why. He is the poet laureate of lists'John Mitchinson, Senior QI Elf'So much to disagree with in this book. And I mean that as a huge…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3n9PRAfA game that turns to a nightmare ...Non Omnis MoriarI shall not altogether dieA young boy watches his mother die. A sadistic man dies in agony. Drunk students play with a Ouija board in a damp cellar. Can bricks and mortar retain imprints of the emotions experienced within them?Frannie is delighted when a c…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3qMWrilHer husband's moved out - and her dad's moved in... It's New Year's Eve, and Iris has just found out that her husband, Adam, is cheating on her. Furious, she kicks him out, and enlists her Dad to move in and help with the children whilst she tries to mend her broken heart.But her Dad soon starts to display …
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3oedmZd'Comfort reading of the highest order' The I NewspaperIt's almost Christmas and snow is falling in the Cotswolds. Simon and Nora are gearing up for the festive season - but their bookshop is in trouble.Nora is delighted when a customer buys a book that's been on the shelves for years, but that won't be enou…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3pZYGhRThe BOLD AS LOVE series is a world of daring, dread and enchantment, a world that could almost be ours: a brilliant combination of myth, magic and pop culture.Ax Preston, Sage Pender and Fiorinda, charismatic leaders of the Rock-n-Roll Reich, have beaten the cascade of disasters that followed the collapse o…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/39eCHOdMemer is a child of rape; when the Alds took the beautiful city of Ansul, they descecrated or destroyed everything of beauty. The Waylord they imprisoned and tortured for years until finally he is freed to return to his home. Though crippled, he is not destroyed. His life still has purpose. Memer is the dau…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3pYtZJS'Fierce, funny and long overdue - I read this book out loud to anyone who'd listen.' Adam Kay'Toksvig's Almanac is intended merely as a starting point for your own discoveries. Find a fabulous (or infamous) woman mentioned and, please, go looking for more of her story. The names mentioned are merely temptat…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/38TN4XHWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2020, this is fiction that pushes the boundaries of the novel form.Shaw had a breakdown, but he's getting himself back together. He has a single room, a job on a decaying London barge, and an on-off affair with a doctor's daughter called Victoria, who claims to have seen her f…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3fbdghA'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed' BOOKLIST'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER'A tour de force' EVENING …
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3ffCX0jSadness is an inevitable part of life, but for most people it will usually alternate or coexist with happy times. Clinical depression, on the other hand, is a mental disorder that causes torment and anguish. It has no moments of relief. It unhinges us from everything we thought we knew about the world and m…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3kPjmFGThe sequel to the darkly fantastic WE ARE THE DEAD: with more unflinching action, A FOOL'S HOPE sees Jia's revolutionaries dig in their heels as they learn that wars aren't won in a day.War takes everything.From Tinnstra, it took her family and thrust her into a conflict she wanted only to avoid. Now her qu…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3kBlroc Hey Hi Hello is a greeting we have all become familiar with, as Annie Nightingale cues up another show on Radio One. Always in tune with the nation's taste, yet effortlessly one step ahead for more than five decades, in this book Annie digs deep into her crate of memories, experiences and encounters to del…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3kO7pjZA practical pick-me-up for life's tough days, this book is the perfect guide to help you feel happier, healthier and calmer.We all have days where we feel like the world is getting us down. But here's the thing - you're not alone. From helping us see what strong really looks like, to what to do when you hav…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3k4CJdl'She's showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters... GIFTS has the simplicity of fairy tale and the power of myth' GUARDIAN'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVEROrrec, the son of the Brantor of Caspromant, and…
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Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/35ITbLbHorses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such …
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