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This Time Next Year: A Life Of Positive Thinking

This Time Next Year: A Life Of Positive Thinking

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The inspiring and entertaining memoir from national treasure and star of Only Fools and Horses, Sir David Jason Sir David Jason's career, from the outside, might seem like one glorious...
The Holy War, Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osma Bin Laden

The Holy War, Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osma Bin Laden

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In the course of four years of investigative reporting, Bergen has interviewed scores of insiders -- from bin Laden associates and family members to Taliban leaders to CIA officials --...
Modern Art

Modern Art

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Modern Art takes the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situating these within five broader chronological themes. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, Dempsey proceeds through the essentials...
The Festival

The Festival

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Missed out on Glastonbury this year? Solstice Festival promises to be a KILLER weekend... 'Simmering with tensions and twists. A summer must-read!' B E Jones 'Vivid writing, a twisty plot,...
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to

The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to

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SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book' Sunday Times ' The best book on the craft of storytelling I've ever read'...
How to Fall in Love

How to Fall in Love

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`Tender, funny and romantic' Marie Claire Christine Rose is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help,...
Life Without Children: Stories

Life Without Children: Stories

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A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short stories ***A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS AUTUMN*** A brilliantly warm, witty...
The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis

The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis

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Europe is facing a wave of migration unmatched since the end of World War II - and no one has reported on this crisis in more depth or breadth than...
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur

The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur

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Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented...
Wake Me Up When It's All Over...: Unpublished Letters to The Daily

Wake Me Up When It's All Over...: Unpublished Letters to The Daily

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In a surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to The Daily Telegraph have once...
Openhearted: Eighty Years of Love, Loss, Laughter and Letting Go

Openhearted: Eighty Years of Love, Loss, Laughter and Letting Go

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A refreshingly frank, engaging and uplifting memoir of resilience, hope and love At 20 Londoner Ann Ingle fell madly in love with an Irish fellow she met on holiday in...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul

To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul

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'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
House of Spies

House of Spies

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Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and...
Biting Through: Five Years in Afghanistan

Biting Through: Five Years in Afghanistan

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John Ratcliffe is a quiet man, not the type of person who stands out in a crowd or draws attention to himself. But scratch the surface and you will find...
Doxology

Doxology

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Two generations of an American family come of age - one before 9/11, one after - in this moving and original novel from the "intellectually restless, uniquely funny" (New York...
Shadows

Shadows

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'A fast-paced, terrifying journey.' RACHEL ABBOTT 'A born storyteller.' PETER JAMES 'Intense action and an enthralling female lead.' L.A. LARKIN The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller returns with the second book in...
Battlers and Billionaires: The Updated Story of Inequality in

Battlers and Billionaires: The Updated Story of Inequality in

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Unpacking inequality in Australia by renowned economist and MP Andrew Leigh Is Australia fair enough? And why does inequality matter anyway? From egalitarian beginnings, Australian inequality rose through the nineteenth...
Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women

Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women

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Blending the journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen with the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists, a searing denunciation of Putin's Russia, revealing how modern Russia's history of...
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S.

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S.

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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie. "An amazingly detailed account of fighting in...
No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost' FINANCIAL TIMES The unmissable...
Death at the Auction (The Stamford Mysteries, Book 1)

Death at the Auction (The Stamford Mysteries, Book 1)

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A brilliant whodunnit mystery perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! Murder stalks the cobbles in England's finest Georgian town... When an accident forces Felicia Grant back to...
Life in Pieces

Life in Pieces

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*The Sunday Times bestseller* 'Funny, intimate and honest' Louis Theroux 'Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it' Claudia Winkleman 'Heartbreaking, hilarious, comforting' Marie Claire Dear 2020 - can we just...
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up...
The '00s Quizpedia: The ultimate book of trivia

The '00s Quizpedia: The ultimate book of trivia

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In 2004 which college was Mark Zuckerberg attending when he co-created Facebook? What did Bjork leave on the red carpet when she attended the 2001 Academy awards? What game-changing tech...
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

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Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30...
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and

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One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...
Into the Darkness:: An Account of 7/7

Into the Darkness:: An Account of 7/7

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On the morning of 7 July 2005, Peter Zimonjic, a Canadian journalist living and working in London, was travelling on an eastbound Circle line train heading towards Edgware Road. Coming...
The Concert Hall Killer

The Concert Hall Killer

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Lights, camera, murder In the Lake District, someone's laying on a deadly welcome... The cast and crew of a popular TV crime drama are shooting in the Lake District -...
Like, Follow, Kill

Like, Follow, Kill

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'Absolutely chilling' Wendy Heard, author of Hunting Annabelle and Kill Club The USA Today Bestseller 'One word of advice when reading this book- trust no one ' Wendy Heard Badly...
The Rules of Seeing

The Rules of Seeing

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'This year's Eleanor Oliphant' Claire Allan 'Astonishing' Ruth Hogan 'Strikingly brilliant' Sun Jillian Safinova can do many things. She can speak five languages. She can tell when someone is lying...
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria

No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria

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From the first rumblings of dissent in 2011, No Turning Back shows the unravelling of a nation: peaceful protests in Damascus collapsing into violence, families on both sides shattered by...
Darkness Descending

Darkness Descending

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An astonishing true story of mountaineering survival On 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness...
Never Say Never

Never Say Never

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Never Say Never is an enthralling and surprising testament to new beginnings from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. Oona Kelly Webster is an editor at a New York publishing house....
Without A Trace: A gripping story of a fight for happiness

Without A Trace: A gripping story of a fight for happiness

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Without a Trace is a moving tale of second chances and creating a life worth living, from the billion copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. Charles Vincent feels trapped in his...
Sleep

Sleep

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Seven guests. Seven secrets. One killer. Do you dare to SLEEP? 'Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake until the small hours under...
Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, Book 8)

Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, Book 8)

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The third consecutive No.1 bestselling crime novel from the author of the DI Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead. Sticks and stones may break your bones... The first...
The '00s Quizpedia: The ultimate book of trivia

The '00s Quizpedia: The ultimate book of trivia

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In 2004 which college was Mark Zuckerberg attending when he co-created Facebook? What did Bjork leave on the red carpet when she attended the 2001 Academy awards? What game-changing tech...
Marcelo Bielsa vs The Premier League: Living, Loving and Losing

Marcelo Bielsa vs The Premier League: Living, Loving and Losing

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Leeds United fanatic and gifted storyteller Rocco Dean brings us the next chapter in the Whites' recent history with a match-by-match account of two wildly contrasting and unforgettable seasons. Leeds'...
Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)

Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)

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A gorgeous hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring never-before-seen photographs and never-before-told stories from key emo musicians, photographers, and icons....
Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)

Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)

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A gorgeous hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring never-before-seen photographs and never-before-told stories from key emo musicians, photographers, and icons....
Behind the Exclusive Brethren

Behind the Exclusive Brethren

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Out of nowhere in 2004, this obscure religious sect burst on to the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big...
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and

The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and

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'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening Standard THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISH From total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men...
One Summer in Miami

One Summer in Miami

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The sun-drenched and spicy new queer romance from the author of Until I Met You. 'A summery and sweet five-star read' 🌴🌴🌴 Kya's work is her life. She graduated from...
An Invitation to Seashell Bay

An Invitation to Seashell Bay

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'A lovely, sunshiney story, bursting with wit and joy' - MILLY JOHNSON 'Has the Bella Osborne hallmark combination of wit, wonderful characters and meaningful conflicts ... a fantastic read' -...
The Life-Changing Magic of Falling in Love

The Life-Changing Magic of Falling in Love

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Ashleigh and George have never met. But they're about to... Ashleigh and George haven't met yet , but Ashleigh knows a lot of things about George. She knows he loves...
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad

The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad

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"Our country has borne a special burden in global affairs. We have spilled American blood in many countries on multiple continents ... Our cause is just, our resolve unwavering. We...
The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

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Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling...