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Hating God, Loving God: How a Young Man Born Into Suffering and Driven
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Hating God, Loving God presents the author's graphic and painful memories of being raised in a secretive, abusive, and manipulative cult, and how his childhood sufferings spilled over into a...
Vital Signs: Heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior
Diagnosis and death; uncertainty and urgent laxatives; sleep deprivation and synthetic drawstring trousers: this debut work by Izzy Lomax-Sawyers chronicles her first year as a tired junior doctor at Auckland's...
Husna's Story
The couple had been praying when a gunman burst into the mosque. He shot and killed 51 people that day and injured many others. In this book Husna's husband, Farid...
The Cherry Picker's Daughter: A childhood memoir
The strength of family ties in Aboriginal communities is clearly evident when three-month-old Kerry and her brother lost both parents. Her father, Kevin Gilbert - later to become a famous...
Breaking & Mending: A junior doctor's stories of compassion & burnout
'A few years ago, I found myself in A&E. I had never felt so ill. I was mentally and physically broken. So fractured, I hadn't eaten properly or slept well,...
Cheetah's Tale, A
This charming autobiographical tale from Princess Michael of Kent tells of a girl growing up and the incredible bond that can exist between people and animals. In the early 1960s,...
Free Spirit: A Memoir of an Extraordinary Life
"I read Free Spirit all in one go as I literally couldn't put it down.Tanya Sarne's courage and resilience are utterly awe-inspiring.You could read no better book than this on...
Madam: A memoir
NOW A MAJOR AWARD-WINNING SERIES STARRING RACHEL GRIFFITHS AND MARTIN HENDERSON ON NINE. What would you do if your husband suddenly left you with two kids to support? Go back...
The UFO Diaries: Travels in the weird world of high strangeness
When postgrad student Martin Plowman became fascinated by the weird world of UFOs, alien abductions and conspiracy theories, he didn't realise it would lead to an amazing seven-year journey that...
Don't Wait Till You're Dead: Spirits' Advice from the Afterlife
New York Times bestselling author and America's top psychic, Matt Fraser presents an immersive guide to intentional living and discovering what life is really all about before reaching the pearly...
Patch Work: WINNER OF THE 2021 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE
WINNER OF THE 2021 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 'A strange and mesmerising piece of work' Sunday Times 'An absolute masterpiece' Laura Cumming 'An uncommon delight' Observer Claire Wilcox has been a...
Not Everything Counts but Everything Matters: The powerful and
How connection and courage teach us to win - an NRL leadership story, from the history-making coach who pulled off the impossible to inspire, mentor and lead a grassroots club...
American Hoax
In 2005, Charles Firth travelled to the US and over a period of six months invented five fictional American characters, each of whom represent a different point of view in...
Memory Lessons: A Doctor's Story
In the tradition of Sherwin Nuland and Jerome Groopman, respected gerontologist Winakur recounts his personal struggles with his ageing father while drawing upon his broad experience as a physician to...
Village Vets
This first book by the much-loved stars of TV's VILLAGE VETS is the unforgettable, hilarious, heartwarming and hair-raising adventures of two country vets, the animals they treat and the characters...
Strange Situation: A Mother's Journey into the Science of Attachment
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A full-scale investigation of the controversial and often misunderstood science of attachment theory, inspired by the author's own experience as a parent and daughter. "A profound and beautiful work ....
Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuff
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#1 National Bestseller Don Cherry has been named a National Hockey League Coach of the Year with a winning percentage of over .600 and also received Coach of the Year...
In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
I have been exiled from my body. I was ejected at a very young age and I got lost. Playwright, author and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to...
Sport is Life, Life is Sport
Paul Roos is one of the most highly respected coaches in Australian sport. Since he took on the coaching job for the Sydney Swans in 2000, his unique approach to...
More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for
An unflinching and deeply reported look at the realities of binge-eating disorder from a rising culture commentator and writer for Vogue. Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV...
Notes to John
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document' NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's...
Powsels and Thrums
' I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration ' PHILIP PULLMAN ' One of Britain's greatest writers ' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Alan Garner's world is unbearably beautiful and...
You Never Know: A Memoir
There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called...
Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?
The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...
Jog On: How Running Saved My Life
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Bella's brilliant love letter to running turns into an extraordinarily brave and frank account of her battle with anxiety. A compassionate and important book' Joe Lycett...
The Longest Day: Standing up to depression and tackling the Coast to
What do you do when you reach rock bottom? Matt Calman's most consistent tool for dealing with problems throughout his life was alcohol. But it got to the stage where...
Marrying Italian: When love is not enough
What happens when a headstrong Australian girl meets a charming older Italian man? Vivien was brought up in country Victoria with dreams of becoming a singer,but was trapped in a...
Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and
From the co-author of the best-selling Running Made Easy , with a foreword by running legend Kathrine Switzer. Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly...
Going to Blazes: Further Tales of a Country Fireman
Tales of a country fireman from Shropshire, by the author of ALL FIRED UP and GREAT BALES OF FIRE. A perfect combination of heroism and nostalgia. Ideal for fans of...
The Little Book of Love Spells
The Little Book of Love Spells is an introductory guide to enhancing your love life with simple spiritual and magical spells and rituals. Using modern magic to harness your inner...
Unforgettable: Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year
**Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award 2023 ** **Winner of the Rugby Book of the Year Award 2023** **Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book...
Leon and June: Our Story: Life, Love & Laughter
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'Leon often said he'd like to write our story. Now, I'll do it for him.' As founding cast members of hit television show Gogglebox , Leon and June won the...
Memories of Gascony
Pierre Koffmann's Memories of Gascony is the story of how one of the most influential chefs of our time first learned to love food. With recipes and reminiscences from his...
The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant
When did making babies get to be so hard? Infertility is on the rise globally, affecting as many as one in six couples. But instead of considering diet and lifestyle...
Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery and
Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account,...
Island Home: A Landscape Memoir
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A beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped Tim Winton and his writing. From boyhood, Winton's relationship with the world...
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
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* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stunning...heartrending...this year's When Breath Becomes Air ." --Nora Krug, The Washington Post "Beautiful and haunting." --Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY "Deeply affecting...simultaneously heartbreaking...
Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors
'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck the hot air out of the more inflated earlier versions . . . this late-arriving...
Earth to Moon: A Memoir
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling...
Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain's First Female
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A joy to read' Guardian 'I loved this book' Irvine Welsh 'What a story! I adored it' Lauren Laverne As a DJ and...
Panic as Man Burns Crumpets: The Vanishing World of the Local
WINNER OF THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 'A hilarious and depressing account of the shrivelling of local journalism' GRAHAM ROBB, Spectator Books of the Year 'For those...
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 'Every page of this incredible memoir by Christie Tate had me thinking, "I wish I had read this book when I was 25. It would...
From the Crew of the Lst 18
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From the Crew of the LST 18 is a group of light-hearted, semi-satirical shipboard stories intertwined with five invasions in the Southwest Pacific during the last year of World War...
Getting There: A Book of Mentors
The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting There, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the...
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial
In The Doors Unhinged , New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human...
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial
In The Doors Unhinged , New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human...
Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks
'An honest, funny account of how we're all capable of changing for the better' SETH MEYERS ' A great, motivating book that can really help - every bloke should read...