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An exhilarating, addictive take on obsession, race, gender and power dynamics through the lens of a corrosive relationship

FROM THE WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEBirnam Wood is on the move...Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice, on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide has closed the Korowai Pass, cutting off the town of Thorndike. Natural disaster has created an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned.But Mira is not the only one interested in Thorndike. Robert Lemoine, the enigmatic American billionaire, has snatched it up to build his end-times bunker - or so he tells Mira when he catches her on the property. Intrigued by Mira, Birnam Wood, and their entrepreneurial spirit, he suggests they work this land. But can they trust him? And, as their ideals and ideologies are tested, can they trust each other?A gripping psychological thriller from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character. A brilliantly constructed consideration of intentions, actions, and consequences, it is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival.

As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world?How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the methods, tenets and attitudes of thought that guide philosophy, and how they can be applied to our own lives.Drawing on decades of enquiry and a huge range of interviews, Julian Baggini identifies twelve key principles that promote incisive thinking. Pay attention; question everything; seek clarity, not certainty: these are just a few of philosophy's guiding maxims which can be applied to everything from understanding the impact of climate change to correctly appraising our own temperaments.Both a fresh introduction to philosophy covering canonical and contemporary philosophers, and an essential, practical guide to good thinking, How to Think Like a Philosopher shows us the way to a more humane, balanced and rational approach to thinking, to politics, and to life.

From Lower Saxony to Leipzig, the carwash to the planetarium, thespecial Deutschland issue of Granta comprises the most promisingdevelopments of contemporary German literature. In Leif Randt's "AllegroPastel," the smooth consciousness of a Merkel-era young professional's flightinto a lifestyle is examined with a clinical scalpel. The issue includesstories by Yoko Tawada, Judith Hermann, Shida Bayzar, and Clemens Meyer. The issue features bursts of fiction and reflection from AlexanderKluge, an essay by Fredric Jameson on Neo Rauch, Jürgen Habermas onthe future of Europe, Peter Richter on the murder that explains thehorror-architecture of Potsdamer Platz, Adrian Daub on the dark history ofGerman car culture, Ryan Ruby on Berlin's last utopian moment, Michael Hofmannon the Germany he never wished to return to, Nell Zink on the Germany shecannot quit, Peter Kuras on German humor, Lutz Seiler on serving in thePeople's Army, Lauren Oyler on the projections of generations of Americanswho have come to Germany with an idea of culture in their heads that they onlysubsequently learned had reached them like the light of a distant star thatlong ago collapsed, and a conversation about anti-anti-Semitism betweenGeorge Prochnik, Emily Dische-Becker and Eyal Weizman. Also included: Peter Handke's notebooks. Poetry from ElfriedeCzurda and Frederik Seidel. Photography by Martin Roemers (with an introduction by the poetDurs Grünbein); Ilyes Griyeb (with an introduction by Imogen West-Knights) andElena Helfrecht (with an introduction by Hanna Engelmeier). Cover by Muhammad Salah.