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The Ghost Theatre
Utterly transporting historical fiction, Elizabethan London as you've never seen it
2024 || Paperback || Mat Osman || Veltman Distributie Import Books
BOOK OF THE YEAR - EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER and THE TIMES
'Beautifully written and completely convincing' Observer
'An excellent novel - riotous and abundant, full of vivid, dirty life' Guardian
On a rooftop in Elizabethan London two worlds collide. Shay is a messenger-girl and trainer of hawks who sees the future in the patterns of birds. Nonesuch is the dark star of the city's fabled child theatre scene, as famous as royalty yet lowly as a beggar.
Together they create The Ghost Theatre: ...
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Glorious Exploits
2024 || Paperback || Ferdia Lennon || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An exhilarating, fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art, and of daring to dream of something bigger than ourselves.
'Bold and totally unexpected, I loved this book' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
'A very special, very clever, very entertaining novel' Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
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It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected, and h...
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The Ghost Cat
12 decades, 9 lives, 1 cat
2024 || Paperback || Alex Howard || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. 'The Ghost Cat is an Edinburgh delight: "mizzle-ridden" days were made for books like this!'LUCY RIBCHESTER, author of The Hourglass Factory'A beautiful story' Tiktok's @beansthegingercat'Enchanting, entertaining and engaging ...
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Night Wherever We Go
2024 || Paperback || Tracey Rose Peyton || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A hugely impressive debut' Sarah Waters '[A] haunting and moving story' The Sunday Times 'A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed' Nathan Harris
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The House of Eve
Totally heartbreaking and unputdownable historical fiction
2024 || Paperback || Sadeqa Johnson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The utterly heartbreaking and unforgettable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.
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The Storm We Made
The spellbinding debut destined to become a modern-day classic
2024 || Paperback || Vanessa Chan || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Her decision changed history.
Now her family must survive it.
Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See.
'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE CHAN
'One of the most powerful debuts I've ever read. A storytelling star is born' TRACY CHEVALIER
'A striking, moving exploration of good and evil, it is a novel that will stay with you' CECILE PIN
'Exceptionally brave, heart-breaking, beautiful, and moving. A significant contribution to world's literature' NGUYEN PHAN QUE ...
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Library for the War-Wounded
2024 || Paperback || Helfer Monika Helfer || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From Monika Helfer's award-winning, internationally bestselling wartime trilogy, based on her own family. Translated into English for the first time.
'We called him Vati, Dad. Not Father, not Papa. That's what he wanted. He thought it sounded modern. He wanted to present himself to us, and through us, as a man in tune with the modern age. Though he seemed to come from nowhere.'
Josef was an illegitimate child, a charity case from Salzburg, schooled by a benefactor. He was drafted to fight in ...
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This Other Eden
Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2023
2024 || Paperback || Paul Harding || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2023.
Masterful . . . has much to say to our times' Guardian
'Begs to be read' Spectator
'A luminous, thought-provoking novel' Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black
In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. But during one tumultuous summer at the dawn of the twentieth c...