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05/08/2022

Is it just me or did everyone suddenly decide to visit Paris and/or London this year? What do you see whenever you’ve opened their posts/stories? You see an elegantly decorated city perhaps. But did you zoom in to their pictures and notice the crippling facade? Or perhaps observe the difference in the social classes? Well, George Orwell- the author of ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’- will enlighten your darkness and expose the true side of the cities in this first full-length work, ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ . “It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. Its target audience was the middle- and upper-class members of society—those who were more likely to be well educated—and exposes the poverty existing in two prosperous cities: Paris and London.”- Summary from Wikipedia. This book is rated 4.08 on Goodreads. If you live in Erbil, you can purchase this book at .erbil.

04/08/2022

We’re back! Hopefully you’ll like our new posts 🌼✨

01/04/2022

As the holy month of Ramadan is approaching, Our family and friends prepare delicate dishes to relish on. Apart from a beautifully cooked iftar (dinner), a member usually surprises the family with a sugary delight, ranging from Baklava to Loqma Qazi. This joyful scenario has occurred so frequently that it became a tradition both in Kurdistan and the World! But will a habit like this bring long-term happiness to the family? Our hosts Rawan and Ali deeply dive into the topic and vividly explain their opinions regarding the benefits and issues such traditions may bring in our society.
Cut the Line is the network's first English debate show. The podcast is willing to diminish many underdiscussed points in our society and find possible methods to improve it. Each episode comprises of a group of young and passionate hosts that are extremely dedictated to 'cut the line,' or the barrier that has been formed over the years. If you would like to support the cause, take a listen to our entertaining episodes!
- Cut the Line, a Podcast by the Yellow Vine Network.

13/10/2021

“A new Winnie-the-Pooh story collection will be released to celebrate the beloved bear's 95th anniversary, the publisher has announced.

The prequel is written in the style of A. A. Milne by Jane Riordan, and illustrated by Mark Burgess in the style of E.H. Shepard.

Jane Riordan, Author, said: "I just think there's something so timeless about them, this is a world with no adults, it's just children, toys, animals, whatever you would like to call them.

"So there's an incredible freedom to those stories and that's something that attracts every generation. It's totally timeless."
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07/10/2021

07/10/2021

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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There are many who have read The Bell Jar and absolutely loved it. I am gladly considering myself one of them. I was a little caught of guard when I read a few
reviews of The Bell Jar comparing it to The Catcher in the Rye stating how it's the female version of it. I liked Catcher but I know there are many people who didn't
and upon hearing that may be similar to Catcher not have the desire to read it. I assure you, The Bell Jar is a book all on it's own and should not be compared to
any other book.. even as a compliment.
When I first started reading the book I was a little put off, feeling it was an extremely pretensious novel. Her descriptions were crisp and precise, often using words
that one rarely hears spoken or even read. I went into the novel knowing that Plath was a poet and felt that at first the book was just another form…
-Sammy from Goodreads
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26/09/2021

Beautiful World, Where are you by Sally Rooney
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Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends.

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood.

Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have s*x, they worry about s*x, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?
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26/09/2021

AL Books is now offering free author positions. If you would like to publish your work through our publishing company, please apply to this job offer to receive a submission form.

24/09/2021

22/09/2021

Here’s what you need to know about tomorrow’s festival.

21/09/2021

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Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
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A New York Times Notable Book (2020) Best Book of 2020: Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Hub, and NPR Drawing on Maggie 'Farrell's long-term
fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved
child. Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street,
Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later,
the husband writes a play called Hamlet. Award-winning author Maggie 'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned
to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

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20/09/2021

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
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Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... The Thursday Murder Club In a
peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday
Murder Club. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. When a local developer is found dead
with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin
to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
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