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Only: A Singular Memoir
Author: Caroline Baum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always...
Sink: A Memoir
Author: Joseph E Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a...
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan
Author: Darryl Pinckney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2023 A Times Best Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year Critic and...
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: From the creator of the Edinburgh Festival sell out hit AGE IS A FEELING
Author: Haley McGee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE CHART-TOPPING MEMOIR ______________________________________________________________________________________ 'This memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've read about love in a long, long...
Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth
Author: Stuart Braithwaite Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the...
Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business
Author: Andrew Lauder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Andrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people...
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist
Author: Chris Paling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year...
Francis: Pope of Good Promise: From Argentina's Bergoglio to the World's Francis
Author: Jimmy Burns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica for the first time, a global audience...
The Basis of Everything: Before Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project there was the Cavendish Laboratory - the remarkable story of the scientific friendships that changed the world forever
Author: Andrew Ramsey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was the twentieth century's great scientific...
My Dream Time: The #1 bestselling memoir from global tennis superstar Ash Barty
Author: Ash Barty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where...
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial
Author: John Densmore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the...
The Boy in the Book
Author: Nathan Penlington Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When Nathan discovered a job lot of the first 106 adventures for sale on eBay, there was never any question that...
Armed Action: My War in the Skies with 847 Naval Air Squadron
Author: James Newton, Dfc Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'I couldn't see the tank. I couldn't see it... Someone was screaming over the radio. "Scream all you want, I...
Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort of Love Story
Author: Mary Trevelyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 He was one of the most eminent literary figures in the world. She was the kind of pioneering woman who knew...
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy
Author: Alice Sedgwick Wohl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We think we know Edie Sedgwick, Warhol muse, Factory superstar, icon of the 1960s, a comet who flamed out too...
The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On
Author: Joan Bakewell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously' The Times Old age is...
Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars
Author: Brett Forrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 When Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son's disappearance connected to his mysterious...
The Secret Heart: Le Carre and Me: Tales From a Secret Love Affair
Author: Suleika Dawson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of...
Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush
Author: Jeb Bush Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 George and Barbara Bush belonged to and were active members of a Houston church for more than 50 years. The rector...
Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times
Author: M. John Harrison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece. Formally inventive, constantly surprising, M John Harrison has written an archaeology of fragments...
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends
Author: Sarah Knights Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer 'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times 'A picturesque portrayal of...
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir
Author: Kirsty Logan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood 'You and your partner want a baby. But your...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...
The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose
Author: Porsha Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In The Pursuit of Porsha, media personality and entrepreneur Porsha Williams opens up about family, faith, fame, and becoming an agent...
The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System
Author: Ricardo Nuila Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a...
The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse
Author: Lyndall Gordon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The revealing of T. S. Eliot's hidden muse - Emily Hale, the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem...
Strictly Ann: The Autobiography
Author: Ann Widdecombe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe offers a unique insight into her...
Spring Tides: Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man
Author: Fiona Gell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'This is my earliest memory. I am three years old and I sit in the bottom of my great-uncle's pot boat...
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children
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Author: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. It is not only a story of successful integration, sport...
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner
Author: Selma Blair Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave and big-hearted woman...
Mama's Boy: A Memoir
Author: Dustin Lance Black Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 POLARI PRIZE 'A magnificent achievement . . . I cannot remember a book where I cried...
Love and Trouble: Memoirs of a Former Wild Girl
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Author: Claire Dederer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A hilarious, confrontational and moving story of one woman's attempts to navigate her way through the challenges of mid-life, for lovers...
I Can Explain: A hilarious memoir of mistakes and mess-ups from the much-loved star of TV and radio
Author: Jamie Laing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The warm, funny and entertaining memoir of much-loved TV personality and loveable posh boy, Jamie Laing. Funny, charming, and romantic to...
I Can Explain
Author: Jamie Laing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The warm, funny and entertaining memoir of much-loved TV personality and loveable posh boy, Jamie Laing. Funny, charming, and romantic to...
Great Spies of the 20th Century
Author: Patrick Pesnot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthrall us with their abilities to operate...
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir
Author: Barbara Amiel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching...
Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America's Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare
Author: Mick Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it...
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World
Author: John Walsh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young...
Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own
Author: Emma Forrest Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Beautiful' Nigella Lawson 'I adored it' Dolly Alderton 'Wonderful' Lisa Taddeo 'Intoxicating' Abi Morgan What happens when your story doesn't end...
Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery
Author: Jessica Cornwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.' After her twins were born, Jessica...
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music
Author: Philip Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin...
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: The Dresses, the Drama, the Secrets Unveiled
Author: Jim Nally Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Welcome to the wonderful world of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings! This is the official book of one of the most talked-about...
At the Loch of the Green Corrie
Author: Andrew Greig Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A homage to a remarkable poet and his world. 'At The Loch of Green Corrie is more than merely elegant, more...
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy
Author: Alice Sedgwick Wohl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We think we know Edie Sedgwick, Warhol muse, Factory superstar, icon of the 1960s, a comet who flamed out too...
Are We There Yet?: To indignity . . . and beyond!
Author: Emily Atack Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Warm, charming and remarkably honest - Grazia The highs, the lows, the hangovers, the relationships, the lucky breaks (and the breaks...
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Author: Robert McFarlane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 The Old Ways is the stunning fourth book by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane. Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea...
The Water Book
Author: Alok Jha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: A biography of the strangest molecule in the universe. Alok Jha takes the most every day of subjects - water - and...
Paris to the Moon: A Family in France
Author: Adam Gopnik Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the...