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  • Bookish

    How Reading Shapes Our Lives

    by Lucy Mangan ...
    A celebration of books and a love story to the written word that reveals how books help us connect with other readers through shared stories.As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question: (how) do books ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bookworm

    A Memoir of Childhood Reading

    by Lucy Mangan ...
    A love letter to the joys of childhood reading from Wonderland to Narnia.When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.She was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • My Family and Other Disasters

    by Lucy Mangan ...
    'Hi Dad.' 'Who's calling, please?' 'It's Lucy ... Your daughter.' 'Ah, yes. Which one are you again? The one that reads or the one that shops?' For Lucy Mangan family life has never exactly been a bed of roses. With parents so parsimonious that if they had soup for a meal they would decline an ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory

    The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation.

    by Lucy Mangan ...
    Series series Dahl
    Celebrate the 50 years of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with this scrumdiddlyumptious book about the iconic novel and author!Inside Charlie’s Chocolate Factory explores the unique appeal and lasting cultural impact of Roald Dahl’s beloved classic. This non-fiction book looks at the development of the original story and charaters, its social history, and the varying film and stage adaptations. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Library Book

    by Alan Bennett, Ann Cleeves, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Tom Holland, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Lucy Mangan, Val McDermid, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver, Robin Turner, Nicky Wire, Anita Anand, Bella Bathurst, Julian Barnes, Mic ...
    From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in the ancient world, while Seth Godin describes what a library will look like in the future. Lionel Shriver thinks books are the best investment, Hardeep Singh Kohli makes a confession and Julie Myerson ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • A Little Light

    20 ways the coronavirus response could make the world better

    by Tom Whipple, Sarah Knapton, Lucy Mangan, Alex Hern, Lindsay Dodgson ...
    At a time of fear and anxiety, leading writers offer reassurance by looking at twenty ways the response to the coronavirus pandemic could make the world a better place.The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is a once-in-a-century event, a tragedy and a source of deep anxiety. But in darkness there is light; in tackling the most impossible challenges, human ingenuity forges new and positive paths ... Read more

    Was $3.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Bookish

    How Reading Shapes Our Lives

    by Lucy Mangan ...
    Narrated by Lucy Mangan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 59 min

    As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question: (how) do books prepare us for life?Bookish vividly tells the story of a reader's life from the cusp of teenagehood, when everything—including the way we read ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • I Know a Woman

    Inspiring Connections of the Women Who Have Shaped Our World

    by Kate Hodges ...
    Behind every great woman . . . is another great woman. Discover the connections between eighty-four female pioneers in art, politics, sports, aviation, science, and more . . .Threading tales from across the globe and throughout history, this inspiring book reveals the lives of innovative aviatrixes, gun-toting revolutionaries, extraordinary athletes, women with incomparable intellects, and more. ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults

    The soothing collection of childhood classics designed to calm restless minds before bed

    by Various ...
    The dreamiest bedside companion for anyone struggling with sleep: over 100,000 copies sold.'A wonderful and beautiful book . . . great for settling the mind before bed' - 5* READER REVIEWSail away in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light; lose yourself in memories of a first love sparked by a dragonfly on a July day; and drift off on the lush grass of a giant's garden, filled with the sweet ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Audiobook

    New Class at Malory Towers

    Four brand-new Malory Towers

    by Enid Blyton, Narinder Dhami, Patrice Lawrence, Lucy Mangan, Rebecca Westcott ...
    Narrated by Beth Eyre ...
    Series Audiobook 13 - Malory Towers

    Unabridged

    4 hours 15 min

    It's time to welcome new girls to Malory Towers, the famous boarding school by the sea, in four brand-new stories by outstanding authors, set in Enid Blyton's much-loved school, in its original time period.YA and Waterstones Book Prize-winner Patrice Lawrence introduces us to proud Marietta with her magnificent head of braided hair. A dormitory argument reveals something unusual about Marietta, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Young Anne

    by Dorothy Whipple ...
    Young Anne (1927) was Dorothy Whipple’s debut novel. It is about the first twenty years of a girl’s life: she lives at home mostly looked after by the kindly Emily, goes to school, falls in love and finally marries someone else. So far, so unoriginal. Yet it is original. There is something about the description of Anne’s life which is quite simply superb. It is also (and this is a plot spoiler) a ... Read more

    $9.39 USD

  • New Class at Malory Towers

    Four brand-new Malory Towers

    by Enid Blyton, Narinder Dhami, Patrice Lawrence, Lucy Mangan, Rebecca Westcott ...
    Series Book 13 - Malory Towers
    It's time to welcome new girls to Malory Towers, the famous boarding school by the sea, in four brand-new stories by outstanding authors, set in Enid Blyton's much-loved school.YA and Waterstones Book Prize-winner Patrice Lawrence introduces us to proud Marietta with her magnificent head of braided hair. A dormitory argument reveals something unusual about Marietta, and something equally ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook