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  • Orwell

    The New Life

    by D. J. Taylor ...
    A fascinating exploration of George Orwell—and his body of work—by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers.We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and the works of one of the twentieth century’s greatest authors. This is the first twenty-first-century biography on George Orwell, with ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • On Nineteen Eighty-Four

    A Biography of George Orwell's Masterpiece

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    Series series Books About Books
    The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century—and now the twenty-first.Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Windsor Faction

    by DJ Taylor ...
    Autumn 1939. In a parallel world where Edward VIII never abdicated and the Second World War might have taken a very different course.Storm clouds gather over Europe, German troops amass and a 'King's Party' of fascist peace campaigners is stealthily undermining the war-effort. Country house parties teem with conspiring Tory MPs, an American Embassy clerk pilfers Presidential telegrams and paranoia ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • At the Chime of a City Clock

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    Summer 1931 in seedy Bayswater and James Ross is on his uppers. An aspiring writer whose stories nobody will buy ('It's the slump'), with a landlady harassing him for unpaid rent and occasional sleepless nights spent in the waiting room at King's Cross Station, he is reduced to selling carpet-cleaning lotion door-to-door. His prospects brighten when he meets the glamorous Suzi ('the red hair and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Bright Young People

    The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age

    by D. J. Taylor ...
    "Jampacked and delicious, crammed with a cast of selfish, feckless, darling, talented, almost terminally eccentric, good-looking men and women." —Carolyn See, The Washington PostBefore the media circus of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and our modern obsession with celebrity, there were the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Stewkey Blues

    Stories

    by D. J. Taylor ...
    Fiction Category Winner in the 2022 East Anglian Book AwardsSome of the characters in Stewkey Blues have lived in Norfolk all their lives. Others are short-term residents or passage migrants. Whether young or old, self-confident or ground-down, local or blow-in, all of them are reaching uneasy compromises with the world they inhabit and the landscape in which that life takes place. ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kept

    A Novel

    by D. J. Taylor ...
    When Henry Ireland dies unexpectedly from what appears to be a riding accident in August 1863, the failed landowner leaves behind little save his high-strung young widow, Isabel—who somehow ends up in the home of Ireland's friend James Dixey. A celebrated naturalist, Dixey collects strange trophies in his secluded, decaying manse and has questionable associations with rather unsavory characters ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Flame Music: Rock and Roll is Life: Part II

    The True Story of Resurgam Records by One Who Was There

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    Ready to rock and roll through the tumultuous times of the music industry?Our protagonist, Nick Du Pont, is a savvy manager navigating the highs and lows of the music scene in the 70s and 80s. He's a man on a mission, dealing with difficult artists, and battling to get his bands played on popular radio shows.Can Nick sign the unpredictable band 'The Flame Throwers' and manage their wild ways? Will ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Poppyland

    by D. J. Taylor ...
    Series Book 15 - Salt Modern Stories
    Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2025On Stewkey Blues: 'In his solid, grounded, entertaining collection of stories, DJ Taylor draws out the mythical qualities of East Anglia's terrain, urban or rural or somewhere marginal in between.' —Hilary MantelMost of the people in Poppyland are watching their lives begin to blur at the margins. From small-hours taxi offices, out-of-season holiday ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD

  • The Prose Factory

    Literary Life in Britain Since 1918

    by D J Taylor ...
    ‘An entertaining history of literary life’ Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily TelegraphSpanning a century of literary history, from the pitched battles fought between Eliot-era modernists and Georgian traditionalists to the impact of creative writing degrees and the media don of today and taking in ‘star reviewers’, sniping critics, caballing editors and megalomaniac professors along the way, The Prose ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Thackeray

    by D J Taylor ...
    Vanity Fair, published in serial parts in 1847-8, made William Makepeace Thackeray famous 'all but at the top of the tree', he told his mother, 'and having a great fight up there with Dickens'. Behind him lay an extraordinary life - an intense, Anglo-Indian childhood, a fortune lost by his early twenties, a disastrous marriage to a wife who went mad and left him to bring up two small daughters in ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Rock and Roll is Life: Part I

    The True Story of the Helium Kids by One who was there

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    Ever wondered about the whirlwind world of the 60s music scene?Our protagonist, Nicholas Du Pont, a British expatriate, finds himself tangled in the vibrant vortex of the American and British music industry. As he navigates the cultural, political, and social dynamics of the era, he experiences personal and professional highs and lows.Will Nicholas be able to sustain his position in the tumultuous ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD