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Free: My Search for Meaning
Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit - and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though...
Philip Larkin: Selected Letters
The enormous popular appeal of Philip Larkin's poetry has long been established; but oddly little is known to his admiring public about the personality behind the work.The Selected Letters will...
Good Morning, Mr Mandela
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Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would...
Re-run the Fun: My Life as Pat Sharp
'The perfect antidote to 2020' Huffington Post 'A must-read if you like funny things' Greg James 'I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I...
From France with Love
After two failed marriages, Nadine has sworn never to let another man dominate her life. But she meets Olivier, a French Australian who is griefstricken after the death of his...
The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
Travel in Africa,the English aristocracy,the bungling and courage of military life,post 1945 America, all these are favourable sites for the diaries of one of the harshest and funniest English novelists...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon
'Nemonte's writing is as provocative as it is inspiring' EMMA THOMPSON ' One of the most effective leaders for indigenous rights and environmental justice' LAURENE POWELL JOBS 'I'm here to...
Everyone's Seen My Tits: Stories and Reflections from an Unlikely
'Funny, forthright and illuminating' Grazia 'Keeley Hazell is clever, thoughtful and very, very ambitious' Mail on Sunday A moving, genuine, and hilarious collection of essays about fame, glamour, infamy, and...
Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The
'This book is both heart-rending and gorgeous. It crosses the line many times but ultimately, it's about love. He teaches us humanity.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Thank you, Joey, for getting your...
To Ballina & Back: An Aussie Vet in Ireland
"It seemed like a good idea at the time". With these words young Australian veterinarian Jack Ayerbe takes up the challenge of transferring from a cosy London practice treating domestic...
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem
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A jaw-dropping story of how a girl from the suburbs ends up in a prince's harem, and emerges from the secret Xanadu both richer and wiser At eighteen, Jillian Lauren...
OSCAR WILDE
Recounted almost word for word by Wilde hims elf, Juliet Gardiner provides the reader with extracts from his extensive literary portfolio both written and spoken, in private and in public,...
At War With Waugh: The Real Story of Scoop
History, both political and literary, was made when W. F. Deedes met Evelyn Waugh in 1935. Both were in Abyssinia to cover a war which many in England regarded with...
The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for much of her career. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she must despise them, Judith was shocked....
Forty Four: A Dublin Memoir
Snow is falling all over Dublin. It is half an hour to the start of the New Year. On the rooftop of 44 Seville Place, a 10-year-old boy clings to...
Tough Outback
A Kiwi's stories of misadventure, mining and mayhem In 1989 Mike Bellamy set off for the remote town of Wiluna, on the edge of the Western Desert. Keen to make...
Safe Passage
The remarkable true story of British sisters who rescued Jews from the Nazis. You never know what you can do until you refuse to take no for an answer Gala...
Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration
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On John Franklin's 1820 expedition to find the North-West Passage, Michel Teroahaute cannibalized two team members and was preparing a third when he was caught and killed. When Rene la...
Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations from the Bookstore
A love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. "There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette, and customs. For...
Hamlet's Dresser
A vivid and lyrical memoir of a man damaged in childhood but redeemed by Shakespeare. 'Written with such delicate and sensitive humanity that laughter and tears are constantly interchanging. What...
Adventures of a Country Vet: True stories from the horse's mouth, from
Funny and heartwarming stories from a Northland country vet In the rolling green hills of Kaipara, Scottish vet Rory Dean and his two fox terriers, Scrappy and Alfie, are on...
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jim Parson s, this is a "heartbreaking but often surprisingly hilarious memoir" ( People ) about the lessons, love, and laughter of...
Murder on the Home Front: A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and
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It is 1941. While the "war of chaos" rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below. One...
Able: fully updated edition
The incredible life of an astonishing athlete and now disability advocate - fully updated 'His characteristic enthusiasm and distinctive voice leap from the pages.' The Age Dylan Alcott is the...
Glitter and Glue: A compelling memoir about one woman's discovery of
'I loved this book, I was moved by this book and now I will share this book with my own mother.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. From the...
People Hacker: Confessions of a Burglar for Hire
'This is a rip-roaring read, full of derring-do and sometimes comic, often foolhardy bravery. [Jenny] sounds an absolute hoot, and her book is never anything less' - Daily Mail 'A...
Feral Dilemma: The Life of a Ranger on Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
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This is the story of an extraordinary job, in an extraordinary place. As one of the rangers, Michael Anderson was there to eradicate the cats and control the rabbits. Feral...
Paprika Paradise: Travels in the Land of My Almost Birth
His mother is an impetuous Hungarian divorcee who outflirts Zsa-Zsa Gabor. His father is a phlegmatic Englishman who makes Geoff Boycott look vivacious. In the time it takes him to...
Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide
A fresh perspective on the Australia-China relationship told through the lens of memoir, culture and friendship In the late nineteenth century, as crippling famine devastated northern China, the Li family...
Not Without You: Some people are just destined to be together
Alan and Irene first met in Rennie Road children's home when he was seven and she was nine. Both had lost their mothers when they were very young. When the...
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female
Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in...
Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from
Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta,...
Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink
So much more than a cleaning book; this is a holistic guide to achieving a happy home and a happy mind Cleaning isn't just necessary; it can be incredibly therapeutic,...
A Farmer and His Dog
Bestselling author, Countryfile presenter and the nations most recognisable farmer, Adam Henson, explores the relationship between farmers and their dogs in this celebration of Britain's working breeds There is nothing...
107 Days
For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. Your Secret...
Playing for Time
The humour of self-deprecation is peculiarly English. Few people do it better than Jeremy Lewis. His first two autobiographical volumes ? Playing for Time and Kindred Spirits ? are being...
This Is Your Own Time You're Wasting: Classroom Confessions,
Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' - out 29/08/24 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo...
The Life of a Screwball: ife in the 60s and 70s
This book is life and times of a person who has lived his life with out feeling loved, understanding he is a person, living in the 60s and 70s, lost...
My Life in Food: A Memoir
In 2021, the world of cooking lost a legendary figure. Albert Roux, together with his brother Michel, transformed the way we eat, cook and appreciate food in this country. It...
The Sky Isnt Visible from Here
A breathtakingly honest portrait of a woman who survived the childhood from hell, with a violent and abusive addict mother, only to face her own deadly battle -- with herself...
Just One More Day: A Memoir
In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by tragedy While Susan, a typically feisty seven-year-old, is busy being brave, her mother, Eddress, is struggling for courage. Though bound by an...
Two Women Living Together
Two Korean women, living life on their own terms - together. The warm and witty Korean bestseller that redefines family life. 'Two Women Living Together is a wonderfully calming and...
I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41
A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. 'A classic ... Klemperer's diary deserves to rank...
Nobbut a Lad
In this warm, wonderfully evocative and often hilarious memoir one of the best-loved men in Britain, Alan Titchmarsh, brilliantly recalls his childhood in 1950s Yorkshire. Alan Titchmarsh grew up, and...
London Born: A Memoir of a Forgotten City
A 93-year-old man remembers the lost London of his misspent youth. Funny, irreverent, warm-hearted, his is a voice straight from the past. Sid was born in Highgate in 1912 in...
MEMORIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD
The book titled MEMORIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD by the author Alistair Cooke offers a gallery of portraits and sketches of many of the people he has known,...
Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity
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From breakout stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on the secret genius of irrational behavior. Have you ever been pissed because you're not...
To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45
The international bestselling record of a German Jew in Nazi Germany. 'Deserves to stand beside the diary of Anne Frank as a day-to-day description of the sufferings of the victims...