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Jon Garland Author Of Racism and Anti-Racism in Football

From Jon's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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This is a fantastically researched and clearly-written biography of the singer Nick Drake. It's rather long - over 500 pages - but never loses pace as the author, Richard Morton Jack, takes you through the intricacies of Drake's troubled life. Drake has a certain air of mystery about him that's lasted through the years since his tragic death in 1974, and this book sheds light on many aspects of his life that help to solve some of those puzzles. Written with a warmth and an eye for detail, this is as good as music biographies get.

By Richard Morton Jack ,

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2 authors picked Nick Drake as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd

'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Daily Telegraph

'Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake' Observer

In 1968 Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island.

Three years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but low-selling albums - Nick had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Rebecca Hazell Author Of I Left My Heart

From Rebecca's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Rebecca Hazell Why Rebecca loves this book

What a send-up of the cozy British mystery! Atkinson's genius is her ability to infuse everything she writes with humor and irony. She clusters the cliches of characters (the grand dame, the greedy relatives, the vicar, the servants, the PI) and plot, and transforms them into the wildest mystery ride I've ever taken.

By Kate Atkinson ,

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9 authors picked Death at the Sign of the Rook as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER (SUNDAY TIMES, UK) • The highly anticipated return of "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time

“How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Kate Atkinson.”–Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus Novels

Welcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.

In…


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