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The Times The Queen and the Commonwealth: Celebrating seven decades of royal state visits

The Times The Queen and the Commonwealth: Celebrating seven decades of royal state visits

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Author: James Owen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Our most travelled monarch covered well over 1,000,000 miles and visited 117 countries during her reign. From New Zealand to Barbados,...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

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Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer...
Second Chances: A Marine, His Dog, and Finding Redemption

Second Chances: A Marine, His Dog, and Finding Redemption

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Author: Craig Grossi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase...
Murder: The Biography

Murder: The Biography

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Author: Kate Morgan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW 'Fascinating' - Sunday Times 'Masterful' - Judith Flanders 'A page-turning read' - Prof....
In the Thick of It: The Private Diaries of a Minister

In the Thick of It: The Private Diaries of a Minister

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Author: Alan Duncan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 'Sensational ... One of the most explosive political diaries ever to be published ... As candid, caustic and colourful...
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: From Outcast to Future Queen Consort

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: From Outcast to Future Queen Consort

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Author: Angela Levin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A compelling new biography of Camilla, Queen Consort, that reveals how she transformed her role and established herself as one of...
You Do You: How to Be Who You Are to Get What You Want

You Do You: How to Be Who You Are to Get What You Want

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Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories

Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories

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Author: Renee Hollis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 296 'We are only a small and young nation, but we are one and all a band of brothers and we march...
The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats: Volume 1

The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats: Volume 1

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Author: Travis Elborough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in...
Rising to the Surface: 'Moving and honest' OBSERVER

Rising to the Surface: 'Moving and honest' OBSERVER

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Author: Lenny Henry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Rising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now...
Elton John at 75

Elton John at 75

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Author: Gillian G. Gaar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John at 75 examines Sir Elton's...
Seven Cats I Have Loved

Seven Cats I Have Loved

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Author: Yardenne Greenspan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Anat Levit never considered herself a cat lover, but when her life was thrown into upheaval, she found herself adopting one...
Elon Musk: Risking It All

Elon Musk: Risking It All

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Author: Michael Vlismas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 From humble beginnings as an awkward boy from Pretoria, who loved comics and science fiction books, to the influence of his...
Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room

Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room

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Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how...
Australian Democrat: The Career Of Edward William O'Sullivan 1846-1910

Australian Democrat: The Career Of Edward William O'Sullivan 1846-1910

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The Shepherd Of The Ocean: Sir Walter Ralegh And His Times

The Shepherd Of The Ocean: Sir Walter Ralegh And His Times

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The Irish Bishop In Penal Times: The Chequered Career Of Sylvester Lloyd OFM, 1680-1747

The Irish Bishop In Penal Times: The Chequered Career Of Sylvester Lloyd OFM, 1680-1747

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The Problem Of John Ford

The Problem Of John Ford

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Sir John Jeffcott: Portrait Of A Colonial Judge

Sir John Jeffcott: Portrait Of A Colonial Judge

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The Genius: A Memoir Of Max Reinhardt

The Genius: A Memoir Of Max Reinhardt

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People In Glass Houses: Growing Up At Government House

People In Glass Houses: Growing Up At Government House

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An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

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Author: Kate Mosse Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 'Inspiring' - GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' - INDEPENDENT 'Beautiful' - MATT HAIG A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian...
Never Tell Me Never

Never Tell Me Never

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My Life So Far

My Life So Far

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Hayden

Hayden

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Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way

The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way

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Author: Anthony Seldon (author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In August 2021, Anthony Seldon set out on a gruelling 35-day pilgrimage from the Swissborder to the English Channel, following...
This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

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Author: Julia Copus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'An exquisitely told account of the life of a half-forgotten London poet whose work was admired by Hardy, Sassoon and Virginia...
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography

Me: Elton John Official Autobiography

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Accidental Weatherman

Accidental Weatherman

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Unforgettable: Rugby, dementia and the fight of my life

Unforgettable: Rugby, dementia and the fight of my life

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Author: Steve Thompson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 In 2003, England won the rugby world cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart...
Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London

Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London

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Author: Andrew Nagorski Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'An intimate, touching portrait of a genius as an old man' -SYLVIA NASAR, author of A BEAUTIFUL MIND 'A...
After A Funeral

After A Funeral

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Author: Diana Athill (Y) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 This is the story of how and why a talented writer came to take his own life. When...
The Disconnect: A Personal Journey Through the Internet

The Disconnect: A Personal Journey Through the Internet

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Author: Roisin Kiberd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 We all live online now, but what does that mean in IRL? How do strange subcultures on reddit affect...
Rilke: The Last Inward Man

Rilke: The Last Inward Man

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Author: Lesley Chamberlain Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde...
A Gentle Radical: The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons

A Gentle Radical: The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons

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Author: Gareth Hughes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Jeanette Fitzsimons was a visionary, a pioneer and a radical. This is the story of someone who battles National...
Tom Stoppard: A Life

Tom Stoppard: A Life

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Author: Professor Dame Hermione Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 992 In this gripping narrative, Hermione Lee builds a unique portrait of one of our greatest playwrights. Her...
A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

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Author: Francesca Wade Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and read...
Allegorizings

Allegorizings

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Author: Jan Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary...
The Raven's Nest

The Raven's Nest

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Author: Sarah Thomas (author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the strange landscape...
House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries

House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries

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Author: Alan Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 4 March. HMQ pictured in the paper at an investiture wearing gloves, presumably as a precaution against Coronavirus. But not just...
Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

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Author: Ken Wharfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An authoritative book, written with two close friends of Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was Diana's police protection officer for...
Shape of a Boy: Family life lessons in far-flung places (a travel memoir)

Shape of a Boy: Family life lessons in far-flung places (a travel memoir)

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Author: Kate Wickers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Shape of a Boy is an inspirational parenting travel memoir from travel journalist and mother of three, Kate Wickers, as she...
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A memoir of family, war and peace

The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A memoir of family, war and peace

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Author: Wayetu Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MUST-READ...
Autobibliography

Autobibliography

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Author: Rob Doyle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In Autobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two of his favourite books ? from Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius, via...
SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers

SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

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My Life So Far

My Life So Far

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