A Face to the World: On Self-PortraitsFocusing on the art of self portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history. Self portraits catch your eye. They seem to do it deliberately. Walk into any art gallery and they draw attention to themselves. Come across them in the worlds museums and you get a strange shock of recognition, rather like glimpsing your own reflection. For in

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Just when things couldn't get worse

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Cammie McGovern’s heartfelt novel—told from Chester’s point of view—explores the extraordinary friendship between a child and a dog with a poignant and modern twist

Goldengrove is an emotionally powerful novel about adolescent love and loss from Francine Prose

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Bell reveals how to stop being distracted and fully inhabit the here and now

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