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A Pebble In The Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents

A Pebble In The Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents

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SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'I loved this book ... incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles'A treasure of a book' Fern BrittonThe heart-warming memoir from the much-loved broadcasterA Pebble...
The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

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They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...
Zara Phillips

Zara Phillips

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Our Time: Breaking the Silence of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Our Time: Breaking the Silence of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a great read' YOMI ADEGOKE'Warm, juicy, and eye-opening, like having a chat with a best friend'...
Under A Rock

Under A Rock

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ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've...
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

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Tracks of Triumph: A Tribute to the Pioneers Who Built the Famous Kuranda Scenic Railway

Tracks of Triumph: A Tribute to the Pioneers Who Built the Famous Kuranda Scenic Railway

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A Passion for Adventure: Turning Zain into a Telecom Giant

A Passion for Adventure: Turning Zain into a Telecom Giant

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Thomas Hardy's World: His Life, Times and Works

Thomas Hardy's World: His Life, Times and Works

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The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

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They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...
Living and Dying with Marcel Proust

Living and Dying with Marcel Proust

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'A work buzzing with appetite and curiosity...no Proustian should be without it.' - Andrew Marr, author and broadcaster'Literate, lively, and leavened by wry and gentle humour, Living and Dying with...
The Cove: A Cornish Haunting

The Cove: A Cornish Haunting

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For over five decades Beth Lynch has been drawn back, over and again, to a rocky spot on the North Cornwall coast. Her earliest memories of the cove are bound...
Living My Best Life, Hun

Living My Best Life, Hun

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'A hilarious must read.' -Jameela Jamil'I loved the chutzpah and the honesty.' - Graham Norton'Funny, frank and inspiring.' - Lenny Henry All her life, London longed to be a badass,...
Design Monograph: Foster

Design Monograph: Foster

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A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and...
Managing Expectations: AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 4. 'Vital, heartfelt and surprising' Graham Norton

Managing Expectations: AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 4. 'Vital,

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A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from the life of actor Minnie Driver.Managing Expectations is a collection of delicately crafted, hilarious and heartfelt essays, described as a...
What's That Lady Doing?: False starts and happy endings

What's That Lady Doing?: False starts and happy endings

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The new memoir from Lou SandersLou Sanders is one of Britain's most original comedians. She is the champion of series eight of Taskmaster (Dave), co-hosts Mel Giedroyc's Unforgivable (Dave) and...
Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power

Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power

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Charles Wheeler - Witness to the Twentieth Century: A Life in News. Foreword by Christiane Amanpour

Charles Wheeler - Witness to the Twentieth Century: A Life in News.

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Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a great read' YOMI ADEGOKE'Warm, juicy, and eye-opening, like having a chat with a best friend'...
There Is No Blue

There Is No Blue

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The three protagonists in this memoir are dead: a mother, a father, and a sister. A bookish and artistic family living in a beautiful old house in a pleasant part...
Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness

Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness

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In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman's memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human...
Main Character Energy: An Empowering Guide From TikTok Megastar Fats Timbo

Main Character Energy: An Empowering Guide From TikTok Megastar Fats

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Ten commandments, ten chapters, ten ways to change your life Fats Timbo is a comedian and podcaster who rose to prominence for her snappy sketches, quick wit and disability-advocacy.
Beautiful People: My Thirteen Truths About Disability

Beautiful People: My Thirteen Truths About Disability

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Well-known disability activist and social media influencer, Melissa Blake, offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa...
The Strength of Love: Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience and Optimism

The Strength of Love: Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience

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*** The Sunday Times Bestseller ***'Intimate, tender and brutally honest ... a remarkable book.' Decca Aitkenhead, The Sunday Times'These are probably the toughest times we have faced in many decades,...
A Portrait of the Piss Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Piss Artist as a Young Man

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It was love at first taste for fifteen-year-old Tadhg Hickey when he drank a can of Scrumpy Jack on the night of his exam results. Straight away it provided a...
Motherwell: A Girlhood

Motherwell: A Girlhood

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Remarkable People: Extraordinary Stories of Everyday Lives

Remarkable People: Extraordinary Stories of Everyday Lives

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XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness

XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness

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Dear Departed: A Memoir

Dear Departed: A Memoir

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They're a Weird Mob

They're a Weird Mob

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Shades of Difference: Transition in South Africa

Shades Of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa

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I was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

I was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

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The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir in Correspondence

The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir in Correspondence

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This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the...
On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper

On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper

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'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.' Henry WinterSir Alex Ferguson looked at Joe Sealey: 'You...
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...
Now is Not the Time for Flowers: What No One Tells You About Life, Love and Loss

Now is Not the Time for Flowers: What No One Tells You About Life,

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Now is Not the Time for Flowers is the beautiful and honest memoir from writer Stacey Heale. With the death of her husband Greg as the catalyst, Stacey explores the...
Save Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit

Save Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit

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An adventure story - with a difference Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete - she was labelled the arty' not the sporty' one in school. She hates exercise and believes...
An Extravagant Life

An Extravagant Life

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Over the last forty years, Stuart Woods has written more than ninety novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots...
Nights in White Castle: A Memoir

Nights in White Castle: A Memoir

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It begins in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a 13-year-old kid staging his own author photo that he hopes will someday grace the cover of a book jacket. And it ends at...
Vignette: Stories of Life and Wine in 100 Bottles

Vignette: Stories of Life and Wine in 100 Bottles

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Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits and What Really Goes On in the Kitchen

Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits and What Really Goes On in the Kitchen

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Footslogger in his 90th Year

Footslogger in his 90th Year

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Author: A. H. ReedBinding: HardbackPublished: A. H. Reed Publishing, 1966, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the life and experiences of A. H. Reed as he...
Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

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Author: Richard Hudson, Raymond LeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biographical work of actress Gloria Swanson recounts her life in the film...
Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

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Author: Alexander WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1981, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life and career of the legendary actor and comedian Peter...
With My Little Eye: Memoirs of a Spy Hunter

With My Little Eye: Memoirs of a Spy Hunter

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Author: Richard DeaconBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, 1982, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn 'With My Little Eye,' former intelligence officer Michael J. O'Neill shares captivating...
The Double Helix

The Double Helix

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Author: James D. WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968, FIRST EDITIONCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Double Helix is a memoir by James D. Watson, detailing the...
In Pleasant Places

In Pleasant Places

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Author: Joyce GrenfellBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1979, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerIn Pleasant Places is an autobiography by Joyce Grenfell that includes a collection...