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Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

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'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 it' SHAUN...
The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

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'Jaw-dropping . . . Read then pass it on' STYLIST, Book of the Month'I was utterly floored by The Chain. It has the pace of a thriller and the weight...
The Story Smuggler

The Story Smuggler

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'Some smuggle cigarettes, others alcohol - or weapons.Our contraband, being invisible, is more dangerous.Our contraband is undetectable by scanners.What we carry as concealed excess baggage is stories.'In this exquisite literary...
Underclass: A Memoir

Underclass: A Memoir

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the...
Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A Down legend

Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A

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The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of...
Take My Hand: The inspiring and unforgettable BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

Take My Hand: The inspiring and unforgettable BBC Between the Covers

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AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERSMontgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help...
But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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In But Everyone Feels This Way, Autism acceptance activist and multi-million-follower TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically. It all started out...
You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

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Before she became Smokin Jo - the most famous and visible of the first generation of 'superstar DJs' - Joanne Joseph was a young girl growing up in a children's...
The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

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Radio 4 Book of the Week'A beautiful insight into a nation beyond war headlines' Independent'A captivating family memoir spanning four generations... Belim blends the personal and the historical to tell...
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

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When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for....
Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

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'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 it' SHAUN...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's

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'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea

My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea

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'A beautiful, heartfelt love letter to the sea, and a cherished industry. Ash is a force of nature, she's a testament to working hard and dreaming big' Dermot O'Leary'A beautifully...
Granta 161: Sister, Brother

Granta 161: Sister, Brother

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Psychoanalysis famously privileges the vertical relationship between a child (the patient) and their parents over the seemingly equal and unproblematic horizontal connections between siblings. This issue of Granta tells a...
All Things Consoled

All Things Consoled

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Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fictionA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by...
Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine

Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine

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BY THE AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR"Sayarer's thoughtful, meditative travelogue feels very important . . . [An] exploration of how people persevere...
These Foolish Things: A Memoir

These Foolish Things: A Memoir

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Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then,...
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy

When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy

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'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

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'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

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'Jaw-dropping . . . Read then pass it on' STYLIST, Book of the Month'I was utterly floored by The Chain. It has the pace of a thriller and the weight...
Mad Woman: The hotly anticipated follow-up to  lifechanging bestseller, MAD GIRL

Mad Woman: The hotly anticipated follow-up to lifechanging bestseller,

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'A deeply reassuring essential read' Sunday Independent'Visceral and honest' Telegraph'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer' Elizabeth Day'Bryony writes with such entertaining and brazen candour about mental...
A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing

A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing

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When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss-including three miscarriages and the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evans-she was confronted with sorrow...
Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

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A speculative memoir of gender transition and recovery from addiction, refractedthrough pop culture, queer theory, film, TV, literature, and (what feelslike) stand-up comedy - like The Argonauts caught in a...
George: A Magpie Memoir

George: A Magpie Memoir

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An Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year' Oprah'This book pulses with a defiant wonder at the living world, as...
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events

The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a

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The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian...
Close Encounters of the Furred Kind

Close Encounters of the Furred Kind

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Patting the Shark: A Surfer's Journey: Learning to Live Well with Cancer

Patting the Shark: A Surfer's Journey: Learning to Live Well with Cancer

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Fred Hollows: An Autobiography

Fred Hollows: An Autobiography

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Henna for the Broken Hearted

Henna for the Broken Hearted

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Love without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All

Love without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All

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Love and Politics: The Revolutionary Frederic Ozanam

Love and Politics: The Revolutionary Frederic Ozanam

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Fighting for Fraser Island

Fighting for Fraser Island

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Rev Head

Rev Head

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Train Lord: The Astonishing True Story of One Man's Journey to Getting His Life Back On Track

Train Lord: The Astonishing True Story of One Man's Journey to Getting His Life Back On Track

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All Things Consoled

All Things Consoled

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Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fictionA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by...
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, a powerful, moving wartime page-turner based on real events

The Librarians of Rue de Picardie: From the bestselling author, [...]

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The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian...
My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'An insane amount of fun' Andrew Miller

My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'An insane amount of fun' Andrew [...]

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A book of the year for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Daily Mail'Gloriously tender and funny . . . with My Family and Other Rock Stars, Murray...
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison

The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life [...]

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HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the...
Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive

Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive

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'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brutality of life behind bars and what it's like to be locked away with...
Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends: The perfect gift this Christmas

Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends: The perfect [...]

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'The stories, the gossip, the glamour! Discover it all and more' Woman & Home'[A] hugely engaging and riveting memoir' The Lady'Unstoppable, a veritable living legend' Daily Mail'All you'd hope for...
A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else

A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else

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'I can't recommend it highly enough' STEPHEN FRY | 'Everyone needs to hear his voice' MARK HADDONI'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down syndrome can...
Bootstrap Your Life: How to turn GBP500 into GBP350 million

Bootstrap Your Life: How to turn GBP500 into GBP350 million

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An inspiring, rags-to-riches guide to achieving success in life and business by the founder of Myprotein .How did a working-class 23-year-old, who left school with almost no qualifications, launch a...
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

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'Profoundly personal as well as historically significant ... In his moral clarity and baring of the heart, Shehadeh recalls writers such as Ghassan Kanafani and Primo Levi' - Hisham Matar,...
Seven Cats I Have Loved

Seven Cats I Have Loved

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Anat Levit never considered herself a cat lover, but when her life was thrown into upheaval, she found herself adopting one cat at the suggestion of her daughters, and then...
Taking Back My Power: An explosive, inspiring and totally honest memoir from Georgia Harrison, who suffered revenge porn at the hands of her ex-boyfriend

Taking Back My Power: An explosive, inspiring and totally honest [...]

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Georgia Harrison's story as you've never heard it before. Explosive and inspiring, Georgia reveals the truth behind the headlines: the shocking truth of how she suffered revenge porn at the...
Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

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'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...
Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology

Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels [...]

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"A magical and hugely captivating journey - filled with such beauty, wonder and surprise. A simply marvellous read, hugely recommended" - Stephen Fry A real-life journey through the fantastical world...
You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

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Before she became Smokin Jo - the most famous and visible of the first generation of 'superstar DJs' - Joanne Joseph was a young girl growing up in a children's...