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How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to

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If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we're in is no longer a room where we belongWhat do you...
Straight from the Heart: BONNIE TYLER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Straight from the Heart: BONNIE TYLER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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You know the name and you can't mistake the voice. Now you can read the incredible story of how a shy, music-loving teenager called Gaynor Hopkins morphed into legendary international...
A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: 'Fantastic, exciting deep dive into kitchen life from one of Britain's leading young chefs' (Tom Kerridge)

A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: 'Fantastic, exciting deep dive into

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'Sally really tells it how it is . . . This book will be a go to for those needing that bit of bravery and resilience in a world that...
Clay: A Human History

Clay: A Human History

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'Clay contains infinite possibilities in its transmutations, evidenced on the shelves of our homes, our galleries and museums. Every time we make something with clay, we engage with the timelines...
Eccentrics

Eccentrics

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Dear Mum

Dear Mum

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Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe

Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe

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It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

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Flipping Burgers To Flipping Millions

Flipping Burgers To Flipping Millions

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How to Be an Overnight Success

How to Be an Overnight Success

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Entreleadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches

Entreleadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches

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My Story: "A Child Called it", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave"

My Story: "A Child Called it", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave"

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Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own

Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own

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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience

My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience

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Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor in My Life with John McCain

Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor in My Life with John McCain

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Coal to Diamonds

Coal to Diamonds

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

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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...
To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa

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From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that...
A Slice of Fried Gold: Taste my Memories

A Slice of Fried Gold: Taste my Memories

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'I want to eat everything in this book every single day for the rest of my life.' James AcasterFrom Spaced and Hot Fuzz to Paul and Truth Seekers, Nick Frost...
Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall & Leading the Way

Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall & Leading the Way

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Gina Miller came to prominence when she brought one of the most significant constitutional cases ever to be heard in the British Supreme Court. Gina successfully challenged the UK government's...
Performance: An electrifying memoir from the dark heart of London's Soho

Performance: An electrifying memoir from the dark heart of London's

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'Enthralling... Ivo captures the euphoria and comedown of Soho's clubland so acutely' THE TIMES'Stunning . . . a love letter to the aliveness of London and its nightlife' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH'A...
Little Book of Versace: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House

Little Book of Versace: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House

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'Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress...' - Gianni VersaceFrom Elizabeth Hurley's...
Her Sunburnt Country: The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar

Her Sunburnt Country: The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea

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The official biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem 'My Country.' 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains...' Though many Australians...
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years: Volume 1

Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years: Volume 1

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The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon-there has never been...
The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

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A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood's most infamous private detective and "fixer" to the stars, revealing newly discovered shocking revelations from his never-before-seen investigative...
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...
The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

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A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood's most infamous private detective and "fixer" to the stars, revealing newly discovered shocking revelations from his never-before-seen investigative...
Wallis: Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor

Wallis: Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor

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The Masterpiece: Jorn Utzon, a Generous Life

The Masterpiece: Jorn Utzon, a Generous Life

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Burn Book

Burn Book

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From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.While tech...
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): The Sunday Times Music Book of the Year

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): The Sunday Times Music Book

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SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023MOJO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A VARIETY MUSIC BOOK OF...
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

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'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian'Like hearing the voice of an old friend' Observer'Extraordinary . . . a quality...
De Niro

De Niro

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Achieving the Impossible: A Fearless Hero. A Fragile Earth.

Achieving the Impossible: A Fearless Hero. A Fragile Earth.

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Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet

Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet

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Star of Channel 5's television series The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton has written a warm, evocative and often funny memoir of his life and the huge variety of animals and...
Get Me the Urgent Biscuits: An Assistant's Adventures in Theatreland

Get Me the Urgent Biscuits: An Assistant's Adventures in Theatreland

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'A sparkling memoir full of charm and wit' NINA STIBBE 'Anyone who loves the theatre will love this book' ZOE WANAMAKER At eighteen, after moving to London with dreams of...
Spinning Plates: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood

Spinning Plates: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood

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AS HEARD ON HIT FILM SALTBURN.'She's an honest and a very warm writer... it's a really warm read this. It might just touch a lot of readers.' - MAGIC RADIO'Honest...
Illalong Children - The story of Banjo Paterson's childhood

Illalong Children - The story of Banjo Paterson's childhood

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Author: A B (Banjo) PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the childhood experiences of Banjo Paterson, one of Australia's most beloved poets....
S. Hurok Presents Photographic; A Memoir of the Dance World

S. Hurok Presents Photographic; A Memoir of the Dance World

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Author: S. HurokBinding: HardbackPublished: Invincible Press, 1954, First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis memoir by S. Hurok provides a captivating insight into the dance world...
Rembrandt's Eyes

Rembrandt's Eyes

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Author: Simon SchamaBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1999Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'Rembrandt's Eyes', Simon Schama explores the life and work of the great Dutch painter, delving...
Up Country - Portraits of Rural Australia

Up Country - Portraits of Rural Australia

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Author: Anne WilkinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a vivid portrayal of rural Australia through a collection of engaging essays and photographs....
Piero Della Francesca: Tradition and Innovation in Form and Idiom in Renaissance Art

Piero Della Francesca: Tradition and Innovation in Form and Idiom in Renaissance Art

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Author: Bruce ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: Icon Editions, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and works of Piero Della Francesca, a pivotal figure...
The Memoir of Marco Parenti: A Life in Medici Florence

The Memoir of Marco Parenti: A Life in Medici Florence

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Author: Mark PhillipsBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1989, First G.B. EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a vivid portrayal of Marco Parenti's life in Florence during the Medici...
Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes

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Author: Roland Barthes, R. HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977, First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers an insightful exploration of the works and ideas of...
Unpublished Correspondence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: 273 Letters by and about Lautrec Written to His Family and Friends in the Collection of Herbert Schimmel

Unpublished Correspondence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: 273 Letters by and about Lautrec Written to His Family and Friends in the Collection of Herbert Schimmel

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Author: Henri de Toulouse-LautrecBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon Press Limited, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book compiles 273 letters written by and about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, offering a...
Coleridge, The Damaged Archangel

Coleridge, The Damaged Archangel

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Author: Norman FrumanBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an in-depth exploration of the life and works of Samuel...
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

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Author: Roy StrongBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedThis book offers a detailed exploration of the artistic representations of Queen Elizabeth I, highlighting the...