the ongoing and elusive search for freedom
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An unsettling meditation on freedom entangled in a gripping story about a woman living as a slave in the ante-bellum South.
adult fiction
freedom of speech in the shape of storytelling changes lives
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Writers are still imprisoned for the very act of telling stories; sometimes factual stories, sometimes fiction. This is the telling of their collective story – and of the people they write for. Beautiful, thought provoking and inspiring.
ages 6 years to adult
where people read: 5 modern bookcases
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Bookcases + architecture—the stuff dreams are made of! Do you (like me) spend an inordinate amount of time imagining places to build bookcases and ways to arrange books? Here's a little inspiration-sampler from my web browsing...
Read Morea bit of armchair travel—another classic Mr Chicken adventure
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Come with Mr Chicken to Rome. He’s a jet-setting kind of bird; this time he hits the hot spots of Rome and imagines himself an emperor in ancient times!
ages 2 to 8 years
gift idea for Valentine's Day—or for every day you want to celebrate kissing
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Do you do Valentine’s Day? It’s not huge in Australia relative to say, America, but it's getting bigger every year. We’re pretty hit-and-miss at our house, but one year I nailed it: I left a copy of I Love Kissing You on Roger’s pillow.
This is a sweet and simple book about enduring, grown-up love.
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for animal lovers and geography buffs of every age
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A beautiful look at some fascinating animals. Full of detail and fascinating facts, this is a book to mesmerise young animal lovers. Gorgeous & interesting enough for the coffee table too.
ages 2 years to grownup
a favourite y.a. book about finding your place in the world and holding to it
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Do you have a go-to comfort book? One that you read over and over again because just the right mix that you need at a certain time?Summers at Castle Auburn is mine. It seems to be an all-round popular choice too, because I'm currently on my fourth copy, the previous three having vanished into the abyss of friends lending to friends.
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