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Did I Ever Tell You?: The most moving memoir of 2024

Did I Ever Tell You?: The most moving memoir of 2024

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'[A] heartfelt memoir' New York Times'Compelling and heartbreaking' Ann NapolitanoA deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying mother - and the trail of letters and gifts she left...
These Bodies of Water: A Personal History of the British Empire in the Middle East

These Bodies of Water: A Personal History of the British Empire [...]

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'Sabrina Mahfouz is a tidal wave of truth swallowing the banks of empire with a torrent of information which will not be damned' Lemn Sissay'A bold, brave look at the...
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...
David Jason: My Life

David Jason: My Life

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The King's English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller

The King's English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller

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Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

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The Evangelist - Billy Graham

The Evangelist - Billy Graham

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Grace

Grace

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Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan

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Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

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The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire

The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire

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Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' [...]

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Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing. At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three...
All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards

All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: [...]

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'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times StyleA Guardian 'Books to look out for in 2024' pick * A Financial Times 'What to Read in 2024' pick'An art...
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 shocking truth of how she suffered revenge porn at the hands of her ex -...
Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming' The Sunday Times

Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and [...]

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'Vivid and compelling and so moving... both painful and comforting to read' Marian Keyes**A BOOK OF THE YEAR - GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER (December 2022)****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG...
Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'It's hard not to be persuaded by Bradbury's enthusiasm and positivity' THE TIMESJoin Julia Bradbury as she leads you through the walk of our lifetimes. There's a...
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'...
Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power

Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power

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In Hero Living Rudy Reyes, the latest recruit in Channel 4's smash-hit SAS Who Dares Wins introduces his philosophy to life - part Homer, part Bruce Lee and part Spider-Man....
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...
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...
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 . ....
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
MIA and Woody: Love and Betrayal

MIA and Woody: Love and Betrayal

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Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures

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Darwin: The Story of the Man and His Theories of Evolution

Darwin: The Story of the Man and His Theories of Evolution

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Fortuny - His Life and Work

Fortuny - His Life and Work

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Author: Guillermo De OsmaBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurum Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMariano Fortuny was a renaissance man of art and fashion. This comprehensive monograph explores his life and...
A Miracle of Living On

A Miracle of Living On

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Author: Stephanie StayferBinding: HardbackPublished: Self Published, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
Sunnylea: A 1920's Childhood Remembered

Sunnylea: A 1920's Childhood Remembered

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Author: Jean MetcalfeBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSunnylea is a nostalgic reflection of a childhood in the 1920s, richly illustrated and capturing the...
Angel of the Prisons The Story of Elizabeth Fry

Angel of the Prisons The Story of Elizabeth Fry

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Author: Cecil NorthcottBinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Press, 1977, Seventh ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book tells the inspiring story of Elizabeth Fry, known as the 'Angel of...
An Unhusbanded Life: Charlotte Despard, Suffragette, Socialist and Sinn Feiner

An Unhusbanded Life: Charlotte Despard, Suffragette, Socialist and Sinn Feiner

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Author: Andio LinklaterBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1980Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life of Charlotte Despard, a prominent suffragette, socialist, and Sinn Féin supporter....
100 Great Kings, Queens And Rulers of the World

100 Great Kings, Queens And Rulers of the World

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Author: John Canning [Editor]Binding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a compelling overview of the lives and achievements of 100...
Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

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Author: C. HighamBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed biography of renowned film director Cecil B. DeMille, exploring his life,...
Behind the Scenes of Otto Preminger - an unauthorised biography

Behind the Scenes of Otto Preminger - an unauthorised biography

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Author: Willi FrischauerBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis unauthorized biography delves into the life and career of renowned film director Otto Preminger, exploring...
The Four Graces: Queen Victoria's Hessian Granddaughters (SIGNED)

The Four Graces: Queen Victoria's Hessian Granddaughters (SIGNED)

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Author: Ilana D. MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: Eurohistory, 2011Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book explores the lives of Queen Victoria's Hessian granddaughters, delving into their roles and influences...
Australian by Choice

Australian by Choice

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Author: John MorrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralian by Choice is a compelling narrative that explores the lives of immigrants to Australia, detailing their...
Matters For Judgment

Matters For Judgment

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Author: John KerrBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMatters For Judgment is a compelling exploration of the political and legal challenges faced by Australia during...
Lamilami Speaks. The Cry Went Up. A Story of the People of Goulburn Islands, North Australia

Lamilami Speaks. The Cry Went Up. A Story of the People of Goulburn Islands, North Australia

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Author: Reverend Lazarus LamilamiBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis autobiography recounts the experiences and perspectives of Reverend Lazarus Lamilami, offering insights into the...
Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

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Author: G.H. LorimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen, 1905Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is a collection of letters written by a self-made merchant, Old Gorgon Graham,...
My Life

My Life

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Author: Havelock EllisBinding: HardbackPublished: Neville Spearman, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMy Life is the autobiographical work of Havelock Ellis, exploring his personal experiences, thoughts, and reflections....