Extracts

Extract: Little Suns by Zakes Mda
29 September 2021
Little Suns  weaves the true events surrounding the death of Magistrate Hope into a touching story of love and perseverance that can transcend exile and strife.     Monday December 7, 1903   “THERE WERE OTHERS BEFORE HIM. But we start with Malangana because that is where our story begins. For him, though, it is...
Extract: Matrix by Lauren Groff
29 September 2021
Matrix  is a bold vision of female love, devotion and desire from one of the most adventurous writers at work today.   1. “SHE RIDES OUT OF THE FOREST ALONE. Seventeen years old, in the cold March drizzle, Marie who comes from France. It is 1158 and the world bears the weariness of late Lent. Soon it will be Easter, which...
Extract: Shackleton: A Biography by Ranulph Fiennes
28 September 2021
In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history.   1 “THE GIGGLING, CRIES AND GASPS...
Extract: Start with Why by Simon Sinek
28 September 2021
Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - they all started with why.   INTRODUCTION WHY START WITH WHY?   “THIS BOOK IS ABOUT a naturally occurring pattern, a way of thinking, acting and communicating that gives some leaders the ability to...
Extract: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
28 September 2021
The second novel in the number one Sunday Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series featuring the old (but far from past-it) team as they pursue a brand-new mystery.   PART ONE: Your Friends are Sure to Visit   1   The following Thursday . . .   ‘I was talking to a woman in Ruskin Court and she said she...

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