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A fascinating, important book on trust and freedom in the age of AI Trust is a word we use constantly without necessarily stopping to consider what it actually means. We trust our doctors, our banks, our governments, our technologies, and increasingly, the systems that decide what we see and hear online. But what happens when […]

An ambitious investigation that invites us to reconsider what we think we know about UFOs Gary S. Moshier isn’t relitigating the possibility that UFOs exist. They’re Here: UFOs and Their Occupants approaches existence as a foregone conclusion and jumps right into bigger questions. For Moshier, these are: What are UFOs? Who is running them? Why […]

Before she apologises, Taryn tells her twin a story. A clever bride-to-be visits her suitor’s castle, reads a warning carved over each door, finds a room full of murdered brides, and escapes holding a severed hand that wins her the argument the next morning. Then Taryn asks whether Jude thinks those dead girls were simply […]

A powerful coming of age story that invites a wider understanding of women, sexuality, and cultural traditions Rim Battal’s autobiographical novel, I’ll Look Myself in the Eyes, is a stark commentary and sharp exploration of the causes and effects of the private violence among women, often disguised as rituals. Interspersed with moments of striking tenderness […]

Breakfast at Shorehill is a crowded affair: a long wooden table, benches either side, platters of pancakes and bacon from a French cook who calls her his little cabbage. Imogen sits at the end. Lincoln takes the seat beside her without a word, talks to everyone except her, and lets his thigh rest against hers […]

A scampering good time Anny lives in a small village called Tsedt, and she doesn’t know anything about the world outside of it. The City is a myth; the Faraway is out there, supposedly. And there was a Before. But if it’s not here, is it real at all? The only things that are real […]

An ancient tale of intrigue and violence, Finn’s Legacy imbues this Old English story fragment with emotional complexity and human resilience in the face of disaster. From an old English fragment and scholarly works, including those of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author weaves a story believable as history yet also believable as human drama with which […]

The first meeting goes wrong in slow motion. Lucy Ansari steps out of the storeroom of Crawley Books with an armful of romances and a mug of coffee balanced on top, looks up, and finds a tall blond stranger inches away. Her hands fly up and her magic catches everything in midair: books hovering, latte […]