Slightly Foxed #85: 'A Matter of Compression'

Similar books (20)

• 

  The Carter of "La Providence"

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Gentleman From Peru

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  La Prisonnière

  Albertine a renoncé à faire une croisière et lorsque, à la fin de l’été, elle rentre de Balbec avec le narrateur, elle s’installe chez lui, à Paris: il ne se sent plus amoureux d’elle, elle n’a plus r…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Fair Botanists

  It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly-instal…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Diary of a Provincial Lady

  When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1930, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book about daily life in a …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The House on the Strand

  The classic time travel novel from the legendary writer behind Rebecca and "The Birds."  "The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." --New York Times Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his f…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

  A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow!
  
  The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear’s ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series.
  
  “An outstandi…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Gardener

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  A Man's Head

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  A Month in the Country

  In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discover…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  He Who Whispers

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Illyrian Spring

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

  A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
  
  'An instant classic' MARINA…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  My Salinger Year

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Other Day

  This autobiography describes in a charming and insightful way DW’s first twelve years (she was born in 1893). Each chapter describes her at a different age, from three years old to twelve, with her la…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Glorious Exploits

  An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
  
  On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the sur…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Mrs England

  West Yorkshire, 1904.
  
  When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes i…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #10)

  This old-fashioned London hotel may not be quite as reputable as it makes out!
  
  When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's: traditi…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Elidor

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)

  The first title in Arthur Ransome's classic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallows and Amazons intr…

  Buy this book on Amazon