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The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir in Correspondence
This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the...
Wild Life
Even as a very young child, Simon King was passionate about the natural world. Expressed in a variety of ways, from keeping faintly rotting animal parts in his underwear drawer...
On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper
'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.' Henry WinterSir Alex Ferguson looked at Joe Sealey: 'You...
On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life
Most famous for The Wilder Shores of Love, her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer. Her lifelong passion was for Russia,...
Don't Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood
'Every person - parent or not - ought to read this . . . beautifully written and searingly honest'iLike grief or falling in love, becoming a mother is an experience...
Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change
'This is a rich, beautiful and deeply moving book' GEORGE MONBIOT'I loved this book' CLOVER STROUDOnce Upon a Raven's Nest is the story of a working class man, one Thomas...
Audrey in Paris
A charming, illustrated gift book combining two timelessly stylish subjects - Audrey Hepburn and the city of Paris.Both classic, both inimitable, both fashion icons - Audrey Hepburn and Paris are...
Intensive Care: A GP, a Community & a Pandemic
An Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Irish Times and Scotsman 2021 Non-Fiction Highlight'Searing yet beautiful ... less a hot take that an astute manifesto for what matters most in life,...
Now is Not the Time for Flowers: What No One Tells You About Life,
Now is Not the Time for Flowers is the beautiful and honest memoir from writer Stacey Heale. With the death of her husband Greg as the catalyst, Stacey explores the...
Meghan and the Unmasking of the Monarchy
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Extensively updated with brand new chapters and images chronicling Meghan Markle's life after the royal wedding, this revised edition of renowned royal biographer Andrew Morton's New York Times bestselling biography...
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan
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INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIncludes a new epilogueThe first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's life together,...
The Arab of the Future 4: A Graphic Memoir of a Childhood in the
The penultimate installment in the bestselling French graphic memoir series--hailed as "exquisitely illustrated" and "irresistible"--covering the years of Riad Sattouf's adolescence, from 1987-1992. In the fourth volume of The Arab...
Going There
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This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name. For more than forty years,...
Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
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A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini--Benito Mussolini's favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe--and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream in Italy,...
Save Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit
An adventure story - with a difference Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete - she was labelled the arty' not the sporty' one in school. She hates exercise and believes...
A Woman in Defence: My Story of the Enemy Within the Irish Army
'A searing, honest and courageous account of professional soldiering in a toxic military culture' Senator Tom Clonan, retired army captainDuring her 31-year career as a soldier in the Irish Defence...
An Extravagant Life
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Over the last forty years, Stuart Woods has written more than ninety novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots...
Kitty's Salon: Sex, Spying and Surveillance in the Third Reich
There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final SolutionSalon...
Nights in White Castle: A Memoir
It begins in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a 13-year-old kid staging his own author photo that he hopes will someday grace the cover of a book jacket. And it ends at...
LRB Diary for 2024: 52 Ways of Thinking about Kafka
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Vignette: Stories of Life and Wine in 100 Bottles
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How to Cook Like a Man: A Memoir of Cookbook Obsession
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Poor Mans Feast
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Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For
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How to Build a Tin Canoe: Confessions of an Old Salt
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
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Ariadne's Thread: In Memory of W.G. Sebald
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Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-In-Law
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The Art of Being You
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Sissinghurst: The Making of a Garden
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Utopian Pessimist: The Life and Thought of Simone Weil
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Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits and What Really Goes On in the Kitchen
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Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
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Page After Page
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Samira and Samir
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The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt: Women Travellers and Their World
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200 Years of Australian Sport: A Glorious Obsession
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At My French Table
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Footslogger in his 90th Year
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Author: A. H. ReedBinding: HardbackPublished: A. H. Reed Publishing, 1966, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the life and experiences of A. H. Reed as he...
Leslie Wilkinson A Practical Idealist
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Author: Suzanne FalkinerBinding: HardbackPublished: Valadon Publishing, 1982Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life and work of Leslie Wilkinson, a prominent figure in Australian...
Luck of the Draw SIGNED
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Author: Edward Ted SlyBinding: HardbackPublished: Self-published, 2003, Revised EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsTed Sly reflects on a more-than-full life, constant new challenges and a fair...
Gloria Swanson
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Author: Richard Hudson, Raymond LeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biographical work of actress Gloria Swanson recounts her life in the film...
Peter Sellers
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Author: Alexander WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1981, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life and career of the legendary actor and comedian Peter...
The King's English Adventures of an Independent Bookseller
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Author: Betsy BurtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Gibbs Smith, 2005Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book offers a humorous and insightful look into the world of independent bookselling. The author shares anecdotes...
Barbara Stanwyck
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Author: Al DiorioBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1984, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life and career of Barbara Stanwyck, one...
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
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Author: Amy KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most...
With My Little Eye: Memoirs of a Spy Hunter
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Author: Richard DeaconBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, 1982, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn 'With My Little Eye,' former intelligence officer Michael J. O'Neill shares captivating...
The Paths I've Trod Autobiography of an Australian Nurse
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Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: SoftbackPublished: Spectrum, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis autobiography chronicles the life of Elizabeth Burchill, an influential Australian nurse and philanthropist. It...