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My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir

My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir

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Author: Katherine Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story...
Unbought and Unbossed

Unbought and Unbossed

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 "A tremendously impressive book."-Washington Post "Her motto and title of her autobiography-Unbought and Unbossed-illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities...
His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

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Author: Fred Kaplan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the...
The Family Outing: A Memoir

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...
Letters from Tove

Letters from Tove

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Author: Tove Jansson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 "I find myself talking to you about all the great joys, all the agonies, all my thoughts..." - Letter to Eva...
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

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Author: Julie Welch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart...
Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir

Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir

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Author: Gerald Scarfe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In 1964 a young artist sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons, sketching former Prime Minister Winston Churchill....
Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership

Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership

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Author: Victoria Glendinning Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography....
Unbought and Unbossed

Unbought and Unbossed

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 "A tremendously impressive book."-Washington Post "Her motto and title of her autobiography-Unbought and Unbossed-illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities...
Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

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Author: Dr. Ajay K. Seth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An inspirational story of hope and miracles as a small-town orthopedic surgeon forever changes one woman's life after performing...
How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

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Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this...
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

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Author: Rachel Clarke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A magnificent, tender book' Independent 'Her words are brimful of love, grace and kindness' Guardian 'She writes with a tender, lyrical...
The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On

The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On

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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...
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

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Author: Julie Welch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart...
Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'It's hard to think of a better living practitioner of hilarious honesty than David Sedaris' The Times 'David Sedaris is funny...
Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

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Author: Mick Wall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Last Of the Giants is the mad, funny, dark and often painful story of a lost band from a now-distant time'...
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

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Author: Patrick Radden Keefe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DUA LIPA BEST...
Shakespeare

Shakespeare

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Author: Bill Bryson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A new edition of bestselling author Bill Bryson's compelling and concise biography of William Shakespeare, to mark the 400th anniversary of...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Collins Modern Classics)

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Collins Modern Classics)

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Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light...
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

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Author: Arthur Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of...
Vessel: A Memoir

Vessel: A Memoir

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Author: Chongda Cai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 "Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary life in China, and highly recommended for memoir enthusiasts in general." -- Library Journal...
Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

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Author: Matt Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The electric and daring independent wrestling tag team share their inspiring story of how two undersized, ambitious athletes from Southern California...
Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump

Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump

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Author: Peter Strzok Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ^ From "the FBI agent who started it all" (David Martin, CBS Sunday Morning), an epic,...
Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story

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Author: Chloe Hooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Shortlisted for the 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction Longlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award From...
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

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Author: Miranda Seymour Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'An absolute belter of a biography' MARINA HYDE A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 An LA Times Best...
Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable

Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable

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Author: Zain E. Asher Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four...
The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

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Author: Micah Richards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'The game isn't what it seems from the outside. The game isn't quite what I was expecting. The game doesn't always...
Roaring Girls: The extraordinary lives of history's unsung heroines

Roaring Girls: The extraordinary lives of history's unsung heroines

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Author: Holly Kyte Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'Extraordinary' Woman&Home A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she...
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books

Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books

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Author: Hilary Mantel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror...
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

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Author: Kati Marton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People An...
(R)evolution: The Autobiography

(R)evolution: The Autobiography

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Author: Gary Numan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 A Daily Mail 'best TV and showbiz memoir' for 2020 From humble beginnings in Middlesex, where money was scarce but dreams...
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: Hardback 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...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

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Author: Geezer Butler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A Rough Trade Book of the Year The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million...