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Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

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Author: Alan Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away' Stephen...
I Can Explain

I Can Explain

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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

Great Spies of the 20th Century

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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

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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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...
Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

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Author: Tony Bellew Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER **THE PULL-NO-PUNCHES GUIDE TO LIFE** 'Tony is a champion who knows the hardest battle is always...
Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own

Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own

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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...
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

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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...
At the Loch of the Green Corrie

At the Loch of the Green Corrie

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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

As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy

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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...
Under the Knife

Under the Knife

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Author: Arnold Van Der Laar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 290
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

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Author: Michael Palin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful...
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

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Author: Jude Rogers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

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Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

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Author: Vicky Pattison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 THE IMMEDIATE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The debut self-help book from Vicky Pattison, on how to quash your inner doubts, overcome fear...
Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

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Author: Wendy Holden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates...
Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory

Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory

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Author: Shobna Gulati Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' -...
The Familia Grande: A family's silence weighs on everyone

The Familia Grande: A family's silence weighs on everyone

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Author: Camille Kouchner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD, THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIES THE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL...
GROW: Motherhood, mental health & me

GROW: Motherhood, mental health & me

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Author: Frankie Bridge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Open, honest, straight talking on mental health and motherhood.' - Tik Tok's Dr Julie 'I absolutely love it - it doesn't...
A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And How I Discovered 35 New Siblings)

A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And How I Discovered 35 New Siblings)

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Author: Chrysta Bilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST SUMMER READS 2022 5* 'A jaw-dropping memoir' - THE TELEGRAPH 'One of the maddest memoirs you'll...
Stanley I Resume: Further Recollections of an Exuberant Life

Stanley I Resume: Further Recollections of an Exuberant Life

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Author: Stanley Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Stanley Johnson: one-time spy, politician, animal rights crusader - and irresistibly brilliant raconteur. From his career as a Member of the...
What Makes Us Stronger

What Makes Us Stronger

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Author: Freya Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and...
In Bed with the Blueshirts

In Bed with the Blueshirts

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Author: Shane Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts the crises when the coalition came close...
The Memory Keeper: A Journey Into the Holocaust to Find My Family

The Memory Keeper: A Journey Into the Holocaust to Find My Family

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Author: Jackie Kohnstamm Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Jackie Kohnstamm's mother rarely talked about what had happened during the war and had kept little evidence of her early life....
The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

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Author: Olesya Khromeychuk Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV 'If you read only one book about the war,...
The Queen: 1926-2022

The Queen: 1926-2022

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The...
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: The Comedy Classic

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: The Comedy Classic

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Author: Bob Mortimer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Two comedy greats talk life, friendship and the joys of fishing... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have...
Little Me: My life from A-Z

Little Me: My life from A-Z

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Author: Matt Lucas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Little Me is the first memoir from comedian, screenwriter and actor Matt Lucas. He is best known for his work with...
Ed Sheeran: Divide and Conquer

Ed Sheeran: Divide and Conquer

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Author: David Nolan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Since his emergence into the music industry, Ed Sheeran has gone on to become a household name, with sell-out tours and...
Letters to Sarah

Letters to Sarah

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Author: Sara Payne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 After Sarah's body was found, abducted and murdered by convicted paedophile Roy Whiting, her mother, Sara, spoke of how she had...
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

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Author: Amy Bloom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his...
Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival

Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival

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Author: Tom de Freston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An artist's obsession with Gericault's monumental painting The Raft of the Medusa, and an intensely personal reckoning that delves deep...
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

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Author: Alexander Larman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated...
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

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Author: Jude Rogers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
On the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster

On the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster

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Author: Philippe Petit Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY PAUL AUSTER 'A book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. I bow...
Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

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Author: Barbara Charone Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 First as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand,...
My Unapologetic Diaries

My Unapologetic Diaries

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Author: Joan Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary 'A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday Telegraph...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

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Author: Emma Forrest Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of Managing Expectations 'The most delicious memoir...
Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

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Author: Julia Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured....
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

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Author: Michael J Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir with an unusual sense of...
Pride and Passion: My Autobiography

Pride and Passion: My Autobiography

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Author: Warren Gatland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 SHORTLISTED FOR RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS. 'excellent' Donald McRae, The Guardian 'Gatland is...
The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

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Author: Sarah M. Broom Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 'A major book that I suspect will...
A Different Kind Of Weather: A Memoir

A Different Kind Of Weather: A Memoir

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Author: William Waldegrave Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Why did you go into politics in the first place?' A question that former Cabinet minister has found himself asked, and...
Knockout

Knockout

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Author: Mia Kang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Mia Kang is many things: a soughtafter model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai fighter. Her first...
Big Sexy: In His Own Words

Big Sexy: In His Own Words

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Author: Bartolo Colon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Bartolo Colon-also known as Big Sexy-is a baseball icon and one of the most beloved players to ever play the game....
Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

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Author: Jasper Rees Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I was born with a warped sense of humour and when I was carried home from being...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

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Author: Sarah Beeny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 An instant Sunday Times bestseller Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home... Throughout...
Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

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Author: Bez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madchester' giants Happy Mondays, the pop-eyed Mark Berry, forever...