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The Lion of Mistra

The Lion of Mistra

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Author: James Heneage Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 This is a rich tale of clashing empires, trade wars and tempestuous love in an age when the fate...
The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

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Author: Tina Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 16 THE VANITY FAIR DIARIES is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New...
Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge

Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge

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Author: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He's crossed both Poles on foot. He's been a...
The London Stone: Book 3

The London Stone: Book 3

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Author: Sarah Pinborough Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The prophecy has come to pass. The London Stone has been stolen and the Dark King rules the Nowhere....
Coal Black Mornings

Coal Black Mornings

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Author: Brett Anderson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star success, and in COAL BLACK MORNINGS he traces...
A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

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Author: Juliet Nicolson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have...
Molly Keane: A Life

Molly Keane: A Life

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Author: Sally Phipps Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which...
Never Mind the Bullocks, One Girl's 10,000 km Adventure around India in the Worlds Cheapest Car

Never Mind the Bullocks, One Girl's 10,000 km Adventure around India in the Worlds Cheapest Car

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Author, Vanessa Able Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 288 **A Scotsman Non-Fiction Book of the Year** Vanessa Able wanted a truly independent Indian adventure, but nothing prepared her...
Wicked Lord Lyttelton

Wicked Lord Lyttelton

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Author, Thomas Frost Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 192 A drug addict and debaucher of women, Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, indulged in all the vices and libertinism...
All the Kremlin's Men, Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

All the Kremlin's Men, Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

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Author, Mikhail Zygar Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 400 ALL THE KREMLIN'S MEN is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based...
To the Edges of the Earth, 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

To the Edges of the Earth, 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

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Author, Edward J. Larson Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 352 Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) and "adrenaline-fueled" (Outside)...
The Best in the World, At What I Have No Idea

The Best in the World, At What I Have No Idea

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Author, Chris Jericho Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 320 The two-time bestselling author, wrestler and metal rocker returns with another insightful and hilarious memoir of his latest wild adventures in...
Billie Eilish, Rebel Teen to Alt-Pop Queen

Billie Eilish, Rebel Teen to Alt-Pop Queen

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Author, Mr Kevin Pettman Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 64 The must-have celebration of Billie Eilish, the most talked about teen on the planet. This book takes fans up close...
The House of Yan, A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

The House of Yan, A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

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Author, Lan Yan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 432 Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th...
Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

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Author, Philip Eade Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 384 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost...
The Girl Who Climbed Everest: Lessons learned facing up to the world's toughest mountains

The Girl Who Climbed Everest: Lessons learned facing up to the world's toughest mountains

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Author: Bonita Norris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'What I've learned from climbing mountains is that we can push ourselves far beyond what we think we are...
Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

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Author: Timothy Bentinck Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Hilarious' Mail on Sunday 'Stylish, very funny memoir' Daily Mail Timothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer...
Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

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Author: Jay Jayamohan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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Author: Henri Charriere Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 688 A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder...
A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

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Author: Jeffrey Toobin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 452 The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, A...
My Remarkable Journey

My Remarkable Journey

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Author: Katherine Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the...
Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

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Author: Tove Ditlevsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The classic Danish trilogy hailed as a masterpiece on publication in English last year - now in a single...
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Author: Laurie Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The beautiful and moving follow-up to the acclaimed Cider with Rosie 'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in...
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

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Author: Elli H. Radinger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 What wolves can teach us about being human Love your family, care for your those around you, never...
The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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Author: Alison Bechdel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The new masterpiece from the bestselling, award-winning graphic novelist and feminist icon, whose fans include Gloria Steinem and Laura Marling *A...
A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

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Author: Ernest Hemingway Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for...
Love Letters: Vita and Virginia

Love Letters: Vita and Virginia

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Author: Vita Sackville-West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The radical, relatable, and playful love story between two extraordinary twentieth-century writers, revealed in selected letters and diary entries....
What a Flanker

What a Flanker

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Author: James Haskell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful - I am just hugely fond...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

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Author: Andrea di Robilant Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman's daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught...
Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

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Author: Mende Nazer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at the age of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her...
I Saw A Strange Land

I Saw A Strange Land

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Author: Arthur Groom Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 While living in Central Australia Arthur Groom fell under the spell of our harsh and fascinating country, captivated by...
Aunts Up The Cross

Aunts Up The Cross

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Author: Robin Dalton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 142 My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was...
Life on Air

Life on Air

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Author: David Attenborough Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 "The memoirs of the world's leading Natural History programme maker, updated and revised for 2009" "Sir David Attenborough is...
Home in the World: A Memoir

Home in the World: A Memoir

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Author: Amartya Sen, FBA Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals Where is 'home'? For...
Pessoa: An Experimental Life

Pessoa: An Experimental Life

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Author: Richard Zenith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1088 A monumental biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most enigmatic writers 'A completely superb and magisterial life of...
Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of THE BROKEN ROAD. Handsome, spirited and erudite, Patrick...
Rising Hope: Recipes and Stories from Luminary Bakery

Rising Hope: Recipes and Stories from Luminary Bakery

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Author: Luminary Bakery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 252 'inspiring stories ... alongside beautifully illustrated sweet and savoury recipes.' BBC GOOD FOOD '[An] inspiring London bakery ... empowering tales are...
The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits

The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits

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Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear,...
Orwell in Spain

Orwell in Spain

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 An exhilarating collection of Orwell's writing on the Spanish Civil War The volume collects together Orwell's writings on his...
The Life of a Spy; An Education in Truth, Lies and Power

The Life of a Spy; An Education in Truth, Lies and Power

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Author: Rod Barton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The remarkable true story of an extraordinary Australian intelligence officer, whose work took him across the world ... and...
How to Make Gravy

How to Make Gravy

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Author: Paul Kelly Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 A memoir in a hundred songs - classy storytelling from Australia's most prodigious singer-songwriter. Paul Kelly is a uniquely...
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

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Author: Edmund de Waal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century - from an acclaimed...
The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia

The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia

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Author: David Hill Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 B-format of one of 2007's Australian non-fiction bestsellers. In 1959 David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living...
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk

The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk

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Author: Adam Plowright Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 300 39-year old Emmanuel Macron is the youngest-ever inhabitant of the Elysee Palace. A surprise candidate from the start, Macron...
The Letters of the Younger Pliny

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

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Author: The Younger Pliny Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Pliny's letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c....
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is

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Author: Friedrich Nietzsche Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography,...
Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet

Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet

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Author: Harry Eyres Format: Hardback Number of Pages: A wise and witty revival of the Roman poet who taught us how to carpe diem What is the value of the...