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Top books from 4th Estate

Leviathan
  • Leviathan
    Philip Hoare's extraordinary new book about the Whale and Moby-Dick. In conjunction with the BBC's Whale Night to be shown in September.
  • The Northern Clemency
    BOOKER SHORTLISTED The Northern Clemency is an epic chronicle of twenty years of British history, set in Sheffield. Another masterpiece from Phillip Hensher.
  • Bad Science
    Dr Ben Goldacre exposes how quacks, frauds and bad journalism can harm our health, a MUST READ!
  • Fine Just the Way It Is
    The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx.
  • ACME Climate Action
    The ultimate make-and-do environmental activist kit is here! A book that is one-hundred percent recyclable, use all of it to make people care about the climate!



Recent books from 4th Estate

Chicago
  • Chicago
    The brilliant new novel from Alaa Al Aswany
  • Netherland
    Joseph O'Neill's Booker longlisted and stunning novel about the loss of love, New York and the game of Cricket.
  • Cameron on Cameron
    Editor of GQ Dylan Jones takes a look at the man who would be the next Prime Minister.
  • The Rest is Noise
    Alex Ross's brilliant examination of music in the twentieth century.
  • Miracles of Life
    The long-awaited autobiography from J. G. Ballard is finally here. Discover more about his fascinating life as a prisoner of war, rebellious writer and single father.





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