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'A beautiful book' - ANGELINA JOLIE 'A glorious book – for its warmth, its precision, its joy' - KATHERINE RUNDELL 'I will be recommending this to everyone' - MATT HAIG __ Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedro...

** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ** A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard's quest to find solace and meaning in art 'Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curato...

This is a story that can only be told in a whisper ... In the remote outback of Western Australia during the Second World War, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife, Stella, raise a lonely child, Perdita. Her upbringing is far from ordinary: in a shack in the wilderness, with a dist...

People say you never forget your first love. But what if you do? Evie Hudson should be grieving her dead husband, but since the car crash that claimed his life, she can't remember him at all. The only person who can help her piece her past together is her high-school best friend, Drew Kennedy. Wh...

'Urgent, profoundly affecting and utterly unforgettable. A masterclass in compelling fiction.' - Tess Woods 'The sort of book that blocks out the rest of the world.' - Kate Solly They say you never forget your first love. But what if you do? Evie Hudson should be grieving her dead husband, but ...

15 creative projects that will inspire you to preserve memories and indulge your sentimental, crafty side! Memory-collector Martina shares techniques and inspiration to show how fun and simple collaging and scrapbooking is, with 15 projects to inspire personal, one-of-a-kind creations to use up ...

The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important naturalist expeditions in history - from the bestselling author of Sister Viv, Flinders, Banks, Mrs Kelly and The Re...

Brought to you by Penguin. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They're the guards in dark blue suits, keeping careful watch over this vast treasure hou...

Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. The two are on different courses—Austin is British, temporarily in New York. Dara’s from North Carolina, set on law school. They fall in love at first sight, and are determined to make their lives together. Days afte...

‘I am waiting for this visitor so that I can tell my story and die.’ The award-winning novel from Gail Jones Victoria Morrell was once a great artist. She led the high life - living and working in Paris, mixing with the artists of the Surrealist movement. Her work was largely forgotten in the fi...