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A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And How I Discovered 35 New Siblings)

A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And How I Discovered 35 New Siblings)

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Author: Chrysta Bilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST SUMMER READS 2022 5* 'A jaw-dropping memoir' - THE TELEGRAPH 'One of the maddest memoirs you'll...
Life and Death Decisions: Fighting to save lives from disaster, disease and destruction

Life and Death Decisions: Fighting to save lives from disaster, disease and destruction

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Author: Dr Lachlan McIver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 *** 'Just brilliant. The book of the decade.' - Professor Tim Flannery, Former Australian of the Year 'An honest, powerful...
Never a Native

Never a Native

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Author: Alice Shalvi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Shalvi has been a pioneer in advancing the status of women in Israel and in religious girls' education. She has been...
For the Love of the Royal Family: A Companion

For the Love of the Royal Family: A Companion

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Author: Roger Bryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Did you know King Alfred once dressed as a minstrel in order to spy on the Danes? Charles II's consort, Queen...
A Life Stolen: The tragic true story of my son's murder

A Life Stolen: The tragic true story of my son's murder

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Author: Sarah Sak Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 As featured in the BBC drama Four Lives. On 18 June 2014 Sarah Sak's son, Anthony Walgate, was murdered by serial...
The Memory Keeper: A Journey Into the Holocaust to Find My Family

The Memory Keeper: A Journey Into the Holocaust to Find My Family

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Author: Jackie Kohnstamm Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Jackie Kohnstamm's mother rarely talked about what had happened during the war and had kept little evidence of her early life....
Waypoints: My Scottish Journey

Waypoints: My Scottish Journey

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Author: Sam Heughan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'As the title suggests, Waypoints is a rewarding mix of markers, both...
The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

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Author: Olesya Khromeychuk Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV 'If you read only one book about the war,...
George: A Magpie Memoir

George: A Magpie Memoir

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Author: Frieda Hughes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A Times Best Book to Watch out for in 2023 A Guardian '2023 in books: highlights for the year ahead' Book...
The Queen: 1926-2022

The Queen: 1926-2022

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The...
Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story

Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story

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Author: Marc Hamer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A wonderful, life-enhancing book which follows a year in the life of a professional gardener and the relationship he has with...
Brutally Honest: A Sunday Times Bestseller

Brutally Honest: A Sunday Times Bestseller

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Author: Melanie Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 ***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER*** The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl - and the truth behind the...
Little Me: My life from A-Z

Little Me: My life from A-Z

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Author: Matt Lucas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Little Me is the first memoir from comedian, screenwriter and actor Matt Lucas. He is best known for his work with...
Your Life In My Hands - a Junior Doctor's Story

Your Life In My Hands - a Junior Doctor's Story

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Author: Rachel Clarke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding,...
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

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Author: Amy Bloom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his...
The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War

The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War

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Author: Jeffrey Stern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. He...
My Child and Other Mistakes: The hilarious and heart-warming motherhood memoir from the comedy star

My Child and Other Mistakes: The hilarious and heart-warming motherhood memoir from the comedy star

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Author: Ellie Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A Sunday Times bestseller: the unflinching, raw and utterly hilarious book about parenthood that everyone should read 'Very, very, very funny'...
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

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Author: Alexander Larman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated...
Don't Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood

Don't Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood

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Author: Marianne Levy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Until I had my first child, and this is to my shame, I had little understanding of just how much mothers...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
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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Author: Christine Toomey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began...
Harold Wilson: The Winner

Harold Wilson: The Winner

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Author: Nick Thomas-Symonds Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Harold Wilson is the only post-war leader of any party to serve as Britain's Prime Minister on two separate occasions. In...
How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment - the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life

How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment - the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life

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Author: Sophie Hannah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Hannah is entertaining company and the book is even more amusing...' The Times 'Hannah is excellent on how to embrace our...
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars

From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars

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Author: Virginia Hanlon Grohl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Virginia Grohl, mother of Dave Grohl, had not seen any of it coming. Not the arenas of screaming fans, not...
Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

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Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF...
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

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Author: Michael J Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir with an unusual sense of...
CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries

CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries

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Author: John L Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in...
Unprotected: A Memoir

Unprotected: A Memoir

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Author: Billy Porter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 It's easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in...
Knockout

Knockout

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Author: Mia Kang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Mia Kang is many things: a soughtafter model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai fighter. Her first...
Big Sexy: In His Own Words

Big Sexy: In His Own Words

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Author: Bartolo Colon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Bartolo Colon-also known as Big Sexy-is a baseball icon and one of the most beloved players to ever play the game....
Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

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Author: Jasper Rees Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I was born with a warped sense of humour and when I was carried home from being...
Playing Under the Piano: 'Comedy gold' Sunday Times: From Downton to Darkest Peru

Playing Under the Piano: 'Comedy gold' Sunday Times: From Downton to Darkest Peru

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Author: Hugh Bonneville Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Delicious and endearing' Observer 'Comedy gold' Sunday Times 'A riveting account of...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

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Author: Sarah Beeny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 An instant Sunday Times bestseller Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home... Throughout...
Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

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Author: Bez Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madchester' giants Happy Mondays, the pop-eyed Mark Berry, forever...
Maybe Baby: On the Mother Side

Maybe Baby: On the Mother Side

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Author: Kate Lawler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The honest, entertaining and brilliantly relatable Sunday Times bestseller. Kate Lawler has never been maternal. And yet here she is: mother...
Toffee Apples and Quail Feathers: New Stories From Call the Midwife

Toffee Apples and Quail Feathers: New Stories From Call the Midwife

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Author: Jennifer Worth, SRN, SCM Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011, Suzannah Worth discovered amongst her manuscripts a folder...
Woodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution

Woodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution

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Author: Ernesto Assante Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Woodstock: The 1969 Rock and Roll Revolution celebrates the fascinating story of how the music event came to be and the...
Small Man in a Book

Small Man in a Book

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Author: Rob Brydon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Rob Brydon - star of "Gavin and Stacey", Steve Coogan's partner in "The Trip", and one of Britain's favourite comedians -...
Toy Fights: A Boyhood - 'A classic of its kind' William Boyd

Toy Fights: A Boyhood - 'A classic of its kind' William Boyd

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Author: Don Paterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963 and spent his boyhoodliving on a working-class council housing estate. Toy Fights...
Chambers Biographical Dictionary

Chambers Biographical Dictionary

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Author: Una McGovern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1600 Covering the full diversity of human achievement from Boudicca to Nelson Mandela, Isaac Newton to Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton to David...
France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child

France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child

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Author: Alex Prud'homme Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 France is a Feast documents, through intimate and compelling photographs, Julia Child discovering French cooking and the French way of life....
Same Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself

Same Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself

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Author: Sylvia Patterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times 'One of the finest writers in the world' David Quantick How...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

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

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Author: Natasha Walter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS 'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL...
The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

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Author: Victoria Belim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Wild Swans for Ukraine ... rich and magnificent' Bookseller 'A paean to hope and...
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest Female Mayor. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS

Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest Female Mayor. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS

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Author: Zarifa Ghafari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am Malala Zarifa Ghafari was two...
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness: A bestselling Reese's Book Club pick by 'a leading voice on racial justice' LAYLA SAAD, author of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness: A bestselling Reese's Book Club pick by 'a leading voice on racial justice' LAYLA SAAD, author of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY

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Author: Austin Channing Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An example of how one woman can change the world...
Theft by Finding: Diaries: Volume One

Theft by Finding: Diaries: Volume One

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'He's like an American Alan Bennett, in that his own fastidiousness becomes the joke, as per...
Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth

Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth

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Author: Christopher Zara Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Boldly honest, wryly funny, and utterly open-hearted, Uneducated is one diploma-less journalist's map of our growing educational divide and, ultimately, a...