Last Minute Christmas Gift List
The festive season has come around again. Here at Duckworth, we are decking the halls, hanging stockings above the fireplace, and putting together this last minute Christmas gift list for the bookworms in your life.
The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green
The truth is out there in The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green. A dazzling scientific and cultural adventure through our ideas about extraterrestrial life, this is the perfect read for fascinated by what might live beyond our galaxy and how our pop culture has shaped our perceptions of Alien life. Live long and prosper by buying this book for Christmas!
Sinners of Starlight City by Anika Scott
A sumptuous, page-turning historical novel of revenge and redemption set during the glittering 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Sinners of Starlight City by Anika Scott is the perfect companion for these cold winter nights. Pour yourself a mulled wine or a hot chocolate, get cozy with a blanket and immersive yourself in a story that asks who decides who we are and where we belong?
Scheisse! We're Going Up! by Kit Holden
While you are waiting for the traditional Boxing Day fixtures, read the extraordinary story of Union Berlin, the German Bundesliga’s most spirited football club, interwoven with a witty history of contemporary Berlin, in Scheisse! We’re Going Up! by Kit Holden. A book that would look amazing peeking out the top of any stocking.
Great Minds on Small Things by Matt Qvortrup
Swap cracker jokes for funny philosophy at the Christmas table this year with Great Minds on Small Things by Matthew Qvortrup. From Wollstonecraft to Wittgenstein, Laozi to Locke, Aristotle to Arendt, Great Minds on Small Things brings together their varied observations, alongside delightful black and white illustrations, in a highly entertaining and eye-opening miscellany that is guaranteed to make life’s mundanities suddenly seem a lot more highbrow.
Vet at the End of the Earth by Jonathan Hollins
If the frosty temperatures are getting to you, take a trip to St Helena with Jonathan Hollins in Vet at the End of the Earth. Hugely entertaining and affectionate, Jonathan Hollins’s tales are full of wonderful creatures and steeped in the unique local history, cultures and peoples of the South Atlantic islands, far removed from the hustle of continental life.
