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The Earth's resources are dwindling. The solution is periods of hibernation imposed on those who remain. In the sleeping city, elderly Ben struggles with limited waking time and the disease stealing his wife from him. Outside, lonely Janitor Peruzzi craves the family he never knew. Everywhere, dissatisfaction is growing. The city is about to wake.

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of MacKintosh's birth, this updated edition of the definitive biography includes a new preface.

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A funny and frank memoir about a long distance mother-daughter relationship.

Evie is a near-perfect bioengineered human. In a broken-down future England where her kind has been outlawed, her 'husband' Matthew keeps her hidden. When her existence is revealed, she must take her chances on the dark and hostile streets.

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Come by The Hills follows Cameron McNeish's popular 2018 memoir 'There's always the Hills, ' and celebrates his life on the Scottish hills, his many friendships with hill-goers, writers, broadcasters and active people of all kinds. More details to follow.

Unpredictable, haunting, with a streak of black humour, this collection of short stories ranges across the world, from Petersburg to Guyana, Syria to London, Argentina to Edinburgh. Its diverse characters are caught up in wars or revolution, escaping the past or finally returning to confront it.

All or Nothing At All is the life story of Billy Bland, fellrunner extrordinaire and holder of many records including that of the Bob Graham Round. Filled with stories of competition and rich in northern humour, All or Nothing At All is testimony to the life spent in the fells by one of their greatest champions, Billy Bland.

A body discovered in a disused chemical factory prompts a murder investigation that also illustrates the science of phosphates as a complex, beautiful, and integrated whole.

The theme of The Easternmost Sky is adapting to change. By exploring how climate and social changes are already affecting coastal Suffolk, Juliet creatively forecasts the future we will all have to adapt to - on the Antarctic, in Venice, in Britain and across the world.

The Earth's resources are dwindling. The solution is periods of hibernation imposed on those who remain. In the sleeping city, elderly Ben struggles with limited waking time and the disease stealing his wife from him. Outside, lonely Janitor Peruzzi craves the family he never knew. Everywhere, dissatisfaction is growing. The city is about to wake.

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Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all these things. In this provocative memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unravelling and hostile world.

Beneath the wide skies of Orkney Linda Gask recalls both her career as a consultant psychiatrist and her lifelong struggle with her own mental health.

Offbeat and darkly funny, The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line is about things lost and found. It is also a story about love, grief and forgiveness: letting go and moving on.

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Until a couple of years ago, J. M. Barrie's manuscript letters to Robert Louis Stevenson were presumed lost by Barrie's biographers. This fascinating and witty exchange shows why they developed such an intense bond (despite never meeting) and the deep impact their correspondence had on Barrie's life and work after Stevenson died.

Defence Lawyer Robbie Munro's wife has been stalked by a witness in a trial she is prosecuting. When the stalker is killed and Robbie is charged with murder his friends are only too willing to come up with schemes to prove his innocence. In the end though, will it be his enemies who make the difference?