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<b></b><b>'A revelation' KATY HESSEL</b><b><br/><b></b></b><b><b>'Brilliant' <i>OBSERVER</i></b></b><b><b><br/><br/>Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leila Slimani grapples with the self as it is revealed in solitude. In a place of old and new, she confronts her past and her present, through her life as a Moroccan woman, as a writer, and as a daughter. Surrounded by art, she explores what it means to behold and clasp beauty; enveloped by night, she confronts the meaning of life and death.<br/><br/><b>Translated from the French by Sam Taylor</b></b></b>

New in paperback: Small Fires is the thrillingly original book that is shaking up the food writing scene and challenging how we think about cooking and the kitchen Why do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going on? In Small Fires, Rebecca May Johnson reinvents cooking - that simple act of rolling up our sleeves, wielding a knife, spattering red hot sauce on our books - as a way of experiencing ourselves and the world. Cooking is thinking: about the liberating constraint of tying apron strings; the transformative dynamics of shared meals; the meaning of appetite and bodily pleasure; the wild subversiveness of the recipe, beyond words or control. This joyful, revelatory work of memory and meditation both complicates and electrifies life in the kitchen. It shows us the radical potential of the thing we do every day: the power of small fires burning everywhere. Readers love Small Fires 'I adored it. A beautiful discourse on food which made me genuinely excited to cook my next meal' 'Like nothing I've ever read before' 'Beautiful, thought provoking' 'Intriguing and surprising' 'An absolutely delightful read... will have you running to the kitchen'

<b>'A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women's lives for the better' -</b><br/><b>Caroline Criado Perez, author of <i>Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men</i></b><br/><br/><b>'A powerful and inspiring call to action from one of Britain's brightest minds'- Yomi Adegoke, award-winning journalist, author of <i>Slay in Your Lane </i>etc.</b><br/><br/><b>Why are women so under-represented in the tech world?</b><br/><b>Why does this matter?</b><br/><b>What can we do about it? </b><br/><b>A book that asks essential questions and provides long-overdue practical solutions. Perfect for readers of <i>Invisible Women.</i></b><br/><br/>Why do so many of us - particularly women - feel the tech world is beyond reach? Women are woefully under-represented in tech - they represent roughly a mere quarter of the UK STEM workforce. This means an ever-increasing series of big decisions are made by a small number of people, mainly men.<br/><br/>So what are the challenges for all of us who want to wrest back control? How do we get past the gatekeepers? When we do, what are the opportunities that will open up - for us in our individual roles, and for the future of tech?.<br/><br/>Dr Imafidon shows we have more agency than we think, drawing on her own experience and the stories of other pioneers and innovators to provide examples, exercises and practical guidance for how to get started and take control.<br/><br/><i>There will always be problems. But, as we know, women are problem-solvers.</i>

The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, mingles with Russian emigres, Spanish artists, writers and bohemians in the 1920's beau monde - and even contemplates love. But soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her family's money runs out, she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure from her past returns, life is thrown further into doubt. Banine has always been swept along by the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now? Told with vivacious wit and a lust for life, this companion to Days in the Caucasus is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams, and the elusive search for happiness.