A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE BOOKS

a weekly selection of books for you to discover!From Wymondham’s independent

community bookshop, run by volunteers

ISSUE 98 June 2020

Kett s Books

Wymondham Community Bookshop

SCIENCE & NATURE

How to orderCALL 01953 603663EMAIL orders@kettsbooks.co.ukUse our online form at www.kettsbooks.co.uk/order-books

NEW! Check our stock online at www.kettsbooks.co.uk/shop Please provide a phone number, and we will ring you to arrange for payment over the phone.

A few of our favourite books, now in a weekly catalogue for you to discoverWe hope you are all happy and safe, with enough to read during these strange times.

Now that we’re not able to show off our books in the shop, we thought we’d create this little mini-catalogue to show you some of the books behind the closed sign on our door – Kett’s Books is very much still getting books to our fellow book-lovers out there.

Just like everything else, buying books is slightly more complicated than before. So while we’re showing off some titles we think you might enjoy, we’ve included by each one some information about how available it is.

We still have over 3000 books in stock, and we can get many more, but we get fresh information every day about what we can and can’t order. So do bear with us, if there are changes – we will do our best to do what we said we will.

What you need to know... • If you live near Wymondham, the good

people of Waitrose are helping us out by delivering books to our customers while they’re out on their rounds. We can’t give you exact days or times, but the system seems to be working really well to get books out, and to keep more people safe at home.

• If you live further away, or in some cases if you want a book we can’t get, we may be able to have your book delivered by Parcel Force. We are paying for part of the delivery costs on this, and asking customers to make a small contribution toward the cost.

Thank you for exploring our books!

Where the Hornbeam GrowsBeth Lynch£8.99, PB, 288pp Availability: GoodOut of place and lonely after relocating to Switzerland, Beth Lynch realises that she needs to get her hands dirty if she is to put down roots

and sets about making herself at home in the way she knows best - by tending a garden. This memoir is about loss, dislocation and relocation, about finding a sense of wellbeing in a green place of one’s own, and the limits of paradise in a peopled world.

Diary of a Young NaturalistDara McAnulty£16.00, HB, 240pp Availability: GoodFrom spring and

throughout a year in his home in Northern Ireland, 15-year-

old Dara McAnulty spent the seasons writing vivid, evocative, and moving diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees the world. Diary of a Young Naturalist portrays Dara’s intense connection to the natural world, and his perspective as a teenager juggling exams and friendships alongside a life of campaigning.

Rootbound: Rewilding A LifeAlice Vincent£14.99, HB, 368pp Availability: GoodWhen she was a girl, Alice Vincent loved her grandfather’s garden. But now living in a tiny flat in South London, that childhood in the garden

feels like a dream. When she suddenly finds herself uprooted, living out of a suitcase, and yearning for the comfort of home, Alice starts to plant seeds, nurturing pot plants and vines on windowsills and draining boards, filling her new space with green.

NEWRELEASE!

Humankind: A Hopeful HistoryRutger Bregman£20.00, HB, 496pp Availability: GoodHuman beings, we’re taught, are selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new argument: that it is realistic and revolutionary to assume that

people are good. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in politics and economics too. Bregman takes some of the world’s most famous studies and events and reframes them, providing a new perspective on human history.

Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari£10.99, PB, 512pp Availability: GoodWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this book, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being

human and explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE

PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT INTERNET SAFETY

Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell£9.99, PB, 320pp Availability: GoodWhy do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars

to software billionaires, from professional atheletes to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring, than we ever imagined.

BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS

Girl, Woman, OtherBernardine Evaristo£8.99, PB, 464pp Availability: GoodFrom Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of 12 characters on their

personal journeys through Britain. They’re each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope.

Song of SolomonToni Morrison£9.99, PB, 448pp Availability: GoodIn 1930s America, Macon ‘Milkman’ Dead learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar. While Guitar joins a terrorist group, Macon is lured

home to the South by tales of buried family treasure. But his odyssey back home and a deadly confrontation with Guitar leads to the discovery of something infinitely more valuable than gold: his past and the origins of his true self.

QueenieCandice Carty-Williams£8.99, PB, 400pp Availability: GoodStuck between a boss who doesn’t see her, a family who don’t listen, and trying to fit into two worlds that don’t understand her, it’s no wonder Queenie’s

struggling. She was named to be queen of everything, so why can’t she rule her own life? A darkly comic and subversive take on life, love, race, and family, Queenie will have you rooting for this unforgettable character.

WINNER OF THE

BOOKER PRIZE 2019

Chicken ClickingJeanne Willis, £6.99, PB, 32pp Availability: GoodOne night, Chick hops onto the farmer’s house and has a browse on his computer - CLICK - soon she’s shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend that she’s made online, she discovers all is not as it seems... Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.

Dot.Randi Zuckerberg£6.99, PB, 32pp Availability: GoodDot is a clever little girl, well-versed in how to use electronic devices. Dot knows a lot. She knows how to tap… to swipe… to share… online, but she’s forgotten how to do things in the world surrounding her… Dot’s tech-savvy expertise, mingled with her resourceful imagination, proves Dot really does know lots and lots.

Goldilocks: A Hashtag Cautionary TaleJeanne Willis£6.99, PB, 32pp Availability: GoodEveryone loves Goldilocks’ hilarious online videos, but in her quest to get more likes, more laughs and more hits, she tries something a little more daring: stealing porridge #pipinghot, breaking chairs #fun, and using someone else’s bed #sleep. What will Daddy Bear do when he sees that online? A hilarious cautionary tale for a new generation of internet-users.

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PICTURE BOOKS

While most children are now beginning to start their learning at home, reading a book can be more vital than ever. Together, you and your child can practise literacy, build their listening skills, and capture their imagination, all while sharing a fun and relaxing activity.

These picture books are a selection of the ones we currently have in the shop. Give us a ring if you want us to set one aside for you! All are currently available for delivery to the Wymondham area; many are available via Parcel Force across the country.Price: Any of these for £6.99

TO BE DISCOVERED...Kett’s Books

would like to thank our generous supporters

Waitrose Community Matters, whose support

of Wymondham’s independent community bookshop means we are

able to continue providing books to

our local area.

This mini catalogue has been created by Kett’s Books’ volunteers Johnny Burke (jbdesign@gmx.co.uk) and Eve Mathews

Here We AreGraham Swift, £14.99, HB, 208pp Availability: GoodIt is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack - Jack Robinson, as in ‘before you can say’ - is everyone’s favourite compere, a

born entertainer, holding the whole show together.As the summer progresses, the off-stage drama between the three begins to overshadow their theatrical success, and events unfold which will have lasting consequences for all their futures. Rich, comic, alive, and subtly devastating, Here We Are is a masterly piece of literary magicianship which pulls back the curtain on the human condition.

‘One to watch for 2020’ according to: The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Financial Times, Evening Standard, The Scotsman, and The Irish Times