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Notes on Blindness: A journey through the dark

Notes on Blindness: A journey through the dark

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'It's a gift. Not a gift I want, but it is a gift'Days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M. Hull started to go blind....
Eat, Drink, Run.: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

Eat, Drink, Run.: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

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The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author of Mad Girl and Mad Woman, Bryony Gordon.'A courageous account that will inspire us all - bloody brilliant' Fearne...
The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization [...]

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE NEW YORK POST AND BOOK RIOTNAMED A BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK OF 2021 BY CRIMEREADSAt the turn of the twentieth century, emboldened...
The Road to London Bridge: How I went from a life of violence to stopping the terror attack Fishmongers' Hall

The Road to London Bridge: How I went from a life of violence to [...]

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'Steve Gallant's exceptional act of courage on London Bridge speaks of both heroism and redemption' - Jon Snow, former anchor of Channel 4 NewsThis is a story of physical bravery,...
Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

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From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.Simon Kuper has experienced Paris both as...
A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024

A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize [...]

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024'A triumphant memoir' Cathy Park Hong, author of MINOR FEELINGS, finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeThe highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by...
Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the Secret Agent

Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from [...]

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'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....
Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire

Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's [...]

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Conspiracy theories are legion. Conspiracies are rare. And of the few that do exist, fewer are ever discovered, let alone explained. This story is the exception.In 2007, a short blog...
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: A powerful memoir of overcoming an eating disorder

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: A powerful memoir of [...]

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'As well as charting her adolescent battle with anorexia, it offers a darkly compelling, highly topical account of journeying from girlhood to womanhood in the spotlight of global celebrity.' The...
Mad Woman: The hotly anticipated follow-up to  lifechanging bestseller, MAD GIRL

Mad Woman: The hotly anticipated follow-up to lifechanging [...]

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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...
The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie

The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie

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Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition...
Living at the Speed of Light: Navigating Life with Bipolar Disorder, from Depression to Mania and Everything in Between

Living at the Speed of Light: Navigating Life with Bipolar [...]

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Shining a light on mania, depression and everything in between, this no-nonsense guide to life with bipolar disorder gives advice on how to manage the condition and work towards stability.Drawing...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times [...]

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An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of...
The Patchwork Family: Toddlers, Teenagers and Everything in Between from Part-Time Working Mummy

The Patchwork Family: Toddlers, Teenagers and Everything in [...]

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'Refreshing and honest ... this isn't your standard mum memoir' Psychologies MagazineHow to hold it together, even when things are falling apart. Laugh, cry and scream along the rollercoaster of...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, [...]

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A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN'Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away' GIOVANNA...
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

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'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure...
Life With The Lid Off

Life With The Lid Off

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'I gaze down and see your garden, the gate hanging off its hinges, the mess, your children running around half naked like little street urchins. It spoils the view entirely.'When...
Darling Days: A New York City Childhood

Darling Days: A New York City Childhood

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I was born, September 1985, in the vortex of the Lower East Side of New York: there were few rules of life and zero constraints on behaviour. If you were...
Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

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"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly...
The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization [...]

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE NEW YORK POST AND BOOK RIOTNAMED A BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK OF 2021 BY CRIMEREADSAt the turn of the twentieth century, emboldened...
The Real Mrs. Brown: The Authorised Biography of Brendan O'Carroll

The Real Mrs. Brown: The Authorised Biography of Brendan O'Carroll

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Who'd have thought a potty-mouthed Dublin mammy with a cream cardigan and elasticated tan tights could storm British TV screens and leave a nation helpless with laughter?Brendan O'Carroll performs to...
The Anxiety Project

The Anxiety Project

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"The most interesting Dutch writer of his generation" Herman Koch"Vivid and moving. A marvellous hybrid of a book about one of the major contemporary causes of sickness and unhappiness. In...
Soft Lad: Coming-of-age Stories

Soft Lad: Coming-of-age Stories

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Coming-of-age stories from much loved radio royalty, DJ and TV personality Nick Grimshaw.'Hilarious and quintessentially Nick. Unapologetically himself always, and that's what I love the most' Dua Lipa'Very funny, very...
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...
Finding Home: A Windrush Story

Finding Home: A Windrush Story

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On 24 May 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and some stowaways, and more than two thirds of them...
What Have We Here: Portraits of a Life

What Have We Here: Portraits of a Life

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WHAT HAVE WE HERE? follows Billy Dee Williams from his childhood growing up in Harlem to his days on Broadway and in Hollywood before landing the role in George Lucas'...
Me, Myself and Mini Me

Me, Myself and Mini Me

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The one where I become a mother...Charlotte Crosby is a woman of many talents - reality TV star, Celebrity Big Brother winner, businesswoman extraordinaire, Mastermind contestant - and now a...
HONEST: The (Uncut) Memoirs of Boris Johnson

HONEST: The (Uncut) Memoirs of Boris Johnson

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*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien...
Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

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'An entertaining first-hand account of pure rock 'n' roll madness.' The Daily Telegraph'Hundreds of exclusive photos and brilliant one-liners make for a sensational read.' the Sun'We are the biggest band...
When Harry Met Sandra: Harry & Sandra Redknapp - Our Love Story: More than 50 years of marriage, love, life and strife

When Harry Met Sandra: Harry & Sandra Redknapp - Our Love Story: More than 50 years of marriage, love, life and strife

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Golden Harvest: Stories of Australian Women

Golden Harvest: Stories of Australian Women

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Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin

Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin

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No One But a Woman Knows: Stories of Motherhood Before the War

No One But a Woman Knows: Stories of Motherhood Before the War

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Letters From A Lost Generation: First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends

Letters From A Lost Generation: First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends

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My Rescue Pet Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Animal Heroes

My Rescue Pet Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Animal Heroes

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Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary

Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary

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Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter

Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way: Discover the 1960s trend for buying land on a Greek island and building a house. How hard could it be...?

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way: Discover the 1960s trend for buying land on a Greek island and building a house. How hard could it be...?

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The Life Scientific: Explorers

The Life Scientific: Explorers

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Parrish Times: My Life as a Racer

Parrish Times: My Life as a Racer

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Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

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Close But No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba

Close But No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba

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Happier Here and Now: The restorative power of life's simple pleasures

Happier Here and Now: The restorative power of life's simple pleasures

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Private Parts: Living well with bad periods and endometriosis

Private Parts: Living well with bad periods and endometriosis

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My Garden World: the Sunday Times bestseller

My Garden World: the Sunday Times bestseller

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Happy Mum, Happy Baby: Adventures in motherhood from the host of the hit podcast

Happy Mum, Happy Baby: Adventures in motherhood from the host of the hit podcast

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The Finch in My Brain: How I forgot how to read but found how to live

The Finch in My Brain: How I forgot how to read but found how to live

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On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

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