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We’re here to help you find that book that you can’t put down, the book you’ll push on all your friends, the book that’ll change your life.

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Birds as Individuals by Len Howard

Birds as Individuals by Len Howard

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Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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‘Ideally, what should be said to every child, re ‘Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: “You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do…” - Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook. Remembering Doris Lessing, #bornthisday 1919 | Lovely photo by Jenny Ramos Diaz | #Bookstoker #dorislessing #literaryclassics #literaryicon #onthisday #readthisbook #thegoldennotebook
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Legend has it that 1967 was a marvellous year for Legend has it that 1967 was a marvellous year for London’s most swinging residents, whether it be getting stoned in Hyde Park or parking their minis in the city’s first multi-storey car park. Boho glamour for some but a decidedly post-war landscape for everyone else, exuding a greyness and reserve left over from the austerity years. In Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett, we’re transported to a furrier’s workshop just off Garlick Hill, EC4. Here we meet the outwardly dull and fastidious Mr F, the man the 1960’s forgot, whose hidden desires are set to ignite a nightmare of rage and shame. See link in bio for our review of a book that deserves a place on the literary lists of great London novels | 📷 @serpentstail | #Bookstoker #bookswelove #neilbartlett #londonliterature #readthisbook #serpentstail #skinlane #whattoreadnext
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