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Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout …

Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and …

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away …

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #3)

Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to …

The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

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Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (The Modern Library classics)

Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by "The Dean of Western Writers", Wallace Stegner. It gained broad literary …

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (The Modern Library classics)

Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by "The Dean of Western Writers", Wallace Stegner. It gained broad literary …

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (The Modern Library classics)

Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by "The Dean of Western Writers", Wallace Stegner. It gained broad literary …

克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥

克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。

在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman …