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Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking

Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra

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Icons of Opera

Icons of Opera

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Star: The Life and Wild Times of Warren Beatty

Star: The Life and Wild Times of Warren Beatty

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Boy Soldiers: A Personal Story of Nazi Elite Schooling and its Legacy of Trauma

Boy Soldiers: A Personal Story of Nazi Elite Schooling and its Legacy

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Shining a light on the largely untold story of elite-schooled child and youth soldiers under the Nazi regime. Schooled by Barbarians documents the untold story of how the Nazis abused...
Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

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Dazzling, diverse, durable - discover the remarkable drought-proof plants that flourish in the driest environments.With rainfall unpredictable and summers increasingly hot, plants that survive and thrive in these conditions have...
Animal House

Animal House

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The book behind the BBC documentary Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of the decade. It won every...
The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth

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The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Revealed (Ancient Civilizations)

The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Revealed (Ancient Civilizations)

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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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Mr Smiley: My Last Pill and Testament

Mr Smiley: My Last Pill and Testament

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The Light Room

The Light Room

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'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup' Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The Light...
Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStrictly Come Dancing professional and breast cancer and Crohn's awareness advocate Amy Dowden shares her journey from growing up in the Welsh Valleys to dancing on the...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
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...
The Light Room

The Light Room

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'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup' Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The Light...
FEH: A Memoir

FEH: A Memoir

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ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST LITERARY NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2024'Hurrah for one of our most merciless humorists. Auslander's prose isn't just laudable, it's frightening' David SedarisFrom the acclaimed author of...
Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of Afghanistan's forgotten war

Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of

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"I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war" P. J. O'RourkeA young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet...
Both Not Half: 'Few people write about identity with such fluency and sincerity' SATHNAM SANGHERA

Both Not Half: 'Few people write about identity with such fluency and

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'Full of warmth, humour, optimism and sometimes painful honesty' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Anyone who's ever struggled to make sense of who they are and where they belong should read this book' NADIA...
Everything Else is Bric-a-brac: Notes on Home

Everything Else is Bric-a-brac: Notes on Home

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A collection of 60 short prose pieces by best-selling author and design critic Akiko Busch that reflect, in her classic style of observation, on the human condition and offer insights...
Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside - Finding Home in an English Garden

Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside - Finding Home in an

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What is home? It is a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago, like so many of the Black diaspora, she left behind the pristine...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
Nala's World: One man, his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe

Nala's World: One man, his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'As a chronicle of an extraordinary friendship between man and animal, and its unexpected consequences, it's entirely delightful' DAILY MAIL'This uplifting retelling of their adventures together proves...
The Little Book of Bourbon: American Perfection

The Little Book of Bourbon: American Perfection

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The Official Spirit of America. 1789 is one of the most significant dates in history. It is the year, obviously, the French Revolution kicked off with the nation's peasants demanding...
Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature

Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature

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Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age 11, and...
A Pebble In The Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents

A Pebble In The Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents

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Mr B.: George Balanchine's Twentieth Century

Mr B.: George Balanchine's Twentieth Century

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Balanchine's radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly evocative ballets made him a lasting legend. Today, nearly thirty years after his death, the man is...
The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness

The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness

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Burger's Daughter

Burger's Daughter

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Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1980, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBurger's Daughter is a powerful novel that explores the complexities of identity and political...
Niven's Hollywood

Niven's Hollywood

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Author: Tom HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNiven's Hollywood is a captivating exploration of the film industry as seen through the eyes of actor...
In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

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'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....
Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession

Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession

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Marcel Caux: A Life Unravelled

Marcel Caux: A Life Unravelled

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A Kentish Lad

A Kentish Lad

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An Immaculate Mistake: Scenes from Childhood and Beyond

An Immaculate Mistake: Scenes from Childhood and Beyond

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Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths

Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths

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Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of...
A Completely Different Game: My Leadership Playbook

A Completely Different Game: My Leadership Playbook

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How do you get the best out of people? What does it take to make a team thrive? From the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and...
Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm's Top Gun

Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm's Top

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'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITEOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF...
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the world

A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the

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A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain -...
Warren Mundine in Black and White: Race, Politics and Changing Australia

Warren Mundine in Black and White: Race, Politics and Changing Australia

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Coming Clean

Coming Clean

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In for a Penny: Unauthorized Biography of Jeffrey Archer

In for a Penny: Unauthorized Biography of Jeffrey Archer

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Lives of the English Poets: v. 1

Lives of the English Poets: v. 1

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Author: Samuel JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Everymans Library, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents the lives and works of notable English poets, offering insights into their contributions...
Hudson Taylor in the Early Years: The Growth of a Soul

Hudson Taylor in the Early Years: The Growth of a Soul

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Author: Dr. and Mrs. Howard TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: The China Inland Mission, 1958, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the early years of Hudson Taylor, the...
The Dangerous Animals Club (SIGNED)

The Dangerous Animals Club (SIGNED)

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Author: Stephen TobolowskyBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 2012, First U.S. EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn 'The Dangerous Animals Club', Stephen Tobolowsky shares a series of humorous...
A Very Private School

A Very Private School

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year'Shocking and moving' Guardian'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose' The Times At eight...
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the world

A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the

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A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain -...
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

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In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly...