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The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance features rare book dealer Lily Albrecht
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The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
An Impossible Return: a Novel by Caroline Laurent is set in the Chagos Islands
exile

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot
Cormac McCarthy
book reviews

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue

Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography
Brian May
Books

Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography

X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul
Nightclub
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X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds
Gregor McGregor
recommended

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations
Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
oddities

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address
Luke Mogelson's book focuses on the political turmoil the USA has lived through in recent years.
Books

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address

This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking
New Hampshire sister act The Shaggs feature in This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas. Photo: Wikipedia
non-fiction

This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween
light streaming through a basement window
Book reviews

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas
Beastie Boys in 2009
recommended

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
Letter To My Younger Self

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women

Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero
Local Hero illustration
Books

Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero

Steven Pinker: 'I'm a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well'
Steven Pinker
Books

Steven Pinker: 'I'm a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well'

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book
Letter to my younger self book, hero pic
Letter To My Younger Self

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel
City Centre Milan
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Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning
Illustration of Heisenberg
Books

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning

Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan
Woman in wheelchair with carer
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan

Orpheus Builds a Girl review: Grisly, spine-chilling horror based on a true story
Angel tombstone
Book reviews

Orpheus Builds a Girl review: Grisly, spine-chilling horror based on a true story

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