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Elizabeth Taylor: Last Movie Star

Elizabeth Taylor: Last Movie Star

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Author: Kitty KelleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1981Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography delves into the life of Elizabeth Taylor, exploring her tumultuous relationships, iconic film career,...
The Diary of Hugh Gaitskell 1945 -1956

The Diary of Hugh Gaitskell 1945 -1956

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Author: Philip M WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents the diaries of Hugh Gaitskell, a key figure in British politics...
Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

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Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Catherine the Great, a German princess who ascended to the...
Majak Daw Majack

Majak Daw Majack

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Author: O'Loughlin HeathBinding: SoftbackPublished: Penguin, 2021Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMajak Daw Majack is a poignant narrative that explores the journey of Majak Daw, an inspiring...
A Golden Tear: Daniele Sauvageau's Journey to Olympic Gold

A Golden Tear: Daniele Sauvageau's Journey to Olympic Gold

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Author: Sally ManningBinding: SoftbackPublished: General Store Publishing House, 2002Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the inspiring journey of Daniele Sauvageau, detailing her path to achieving...
Champions of Enterprise: Australian Entrepreneurship 1788-1990

Champions of Enterprise: Australian Entrepreneurship 1788-1990

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Author: Max Hartwell and Jaqui LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Focuss Books, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of entrepreneurship in Australia from 1788 to 1990, highlighting...
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home (SIGNED)

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As the bookish daughter of a travelling salesman, Jami Attenberg was drawn to the road. Her wanderlust led her to drive solo across America, and eventually on travels around the...
My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'personal and warm and full of revealing small details about music superstars' The Independent top 20 books of 2024

My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'personal and warm and full of (SIGNED)

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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...
Kitchen Person: Notes on Cooking & Eating

Kitchen Person: Notes on Cooking & Eating (SIGNED)

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In 2009, Rachel Cooke started a monthly column for The Observer on cooking and eating: here are her fifty best.In Kitchen Person, unfussy eater Rachel Cooke chronicles several food upheavals...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online (SIGNED)

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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'...
Mad Woman: Binge Eating. Menopause. OCD: How To Survive a World That Thinks You're The Problem

Mad Woman: Binge Eating. Menopause. OCD: How To Survive a World That (SIGNED)

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer' Elizabeth Day'A deeply reassuring essential read' Sunday Independent'Visceral and honest' Telegraph'Bryony writes with such entertaining and brazen candour about mental...
Two Hitlers and a Marilyn: An autograph hunter's escape from suburbia

Two Hitlers and a Marilyn: An autograph hunter's escape from suburbia (SIGNED)

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"I'd managed to puncture a hole between our universe and the parallel one where all the celebrities lived."'The zaniest book I've read in eons. Andrusier is a fresh new voice...
The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award- (SIGNED)

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'Joelle Taylor brings extraordinary linguistic inventiveness to a tale of tattoo artists and violence against women' Guardian (Fiction Books of the Year, 2024) 'A glorious jewel of a novel' Sophie...
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, fearless (SIGNED)

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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...
Believe: An empowering and honest memoir from Leigh-Anne Pinnock, member of one of the world's biggest girl bands, Little Mix.

Believe: An empowering and honest memoir from Leigh-Anne Pinnock, (SIGNED)

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'I found my power when I realized it was within me, within my skin and within my soul. It just needed to be set free.' Leigh-Anne Pinnock's life changed overnight...
The Little Book of Fathers & Sons: A Celebration of Growing Up Together

The Little Book of Fathers & Sons: A Celebration of Growing Up

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Homer and Bart. Phil and Luke. God and Jesus. Charles and William. Perhaps no other relationship is as complex, rewarding and ever-changing as that of a father and son. Whether...
Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and

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A fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society-in science, politics, art, and more-transformative. By the author and host...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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'An ideal summer read' EVENING STANDARD'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a great read' YOMI ADEGOKEOenone didn't set out to become an...
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...
Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self

Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self

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'Sleepless has changed how I feel about sleep . . . I was captivated' The Times, Book of the Week'This book will inspire you to get up, light a candle,...
None of this Rocks: The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman

None of this Rocks: The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy

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None of This Rocks is a memoir by Joe Trohman - lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy - that reads like a double album full of revealing stories...
None of this Rocks: The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman

None of this Rocks: The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy

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None of This Rocks is a memoir by Joe Trohman - lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy - that reads like a double album full of revealing stories...
Standing on the Shoulders: Incredible Heroes and How They Inspire Us

Standing on the Shoulders: Incredible Heroes and How They Inspire Us

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'SUCH AN INCREDIBLE READ' ZOE BALL'ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST INSPIRING BOOKS' HOLLY WILLOUGHBYWith a foreword by 2021 Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis, and including chapters on Rose and...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest  (Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick)

We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon

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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart.' - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November '24 Pick)'Full of wisdom, sadness, flourishes of joy and...
Sex Bomb: a 'hilarious, raw and poignant' memoir

Sex Bomb: a 'hilarious, raw and poignant' memoir

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For fans of Everything I Know About Love, Wrong Knickers and The Right Sort of Girl this is the incredibly honest and brilliantly raunchy memoir you don't want to miss.'Honest....
Eat, Drink, Run.: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

Eat, Drink, Run.: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

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The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times no1 bestselling author Bryony Gordon.Bryony Gordon was not a runner. A loafer, a dawdler, a drinker, a smoker, yes. A runner,...
Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild

Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild

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'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.' Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester'A brilliant thinker and doer....
Andy Murray (A Life Story)

Andy Murray (A Life Story)

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Andy Murray: tennis player, sports icon, Olympian. Get the inside track on one of history's most spectacular athletes! A Life Story: this thrilling series throws readers directly into the lives...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

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A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond...
Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story

Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story

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The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. `Why had I not died in my young years - before God had given...
Believe

Believe

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Author: Leigh-Anne Pinnock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Leigh-Anne Pinnock's life changed overnight when she became part of the first ever girl band to win the X-Factor. The multi-platinum selling...
Mr Smiley: My Last Pill and Testament

Mr Smiley: My Last Pill and Testament

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Twists and Turns

Twists and Turns

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Painting the Sand

Painting the Sand

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The Wishing Year

The Wishing Year

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On the Loose

On the Loose

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Girl in the Song

Girl in the Song

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Michelle Obama: A Biography

Michelle Obama: A Biography

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Foxeys Hangout

Foxeys Hangout

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A Life of Love: Barbara Cartland

A Life of Love: Barbara Cartland

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We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest  (Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick)

We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon

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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart.' - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November '24 Pick)'Full of wisdom, sadness, flourishes of joy and...
Motherwell: The moving memoir of growing up in 60s and 70s working class Scotland

Motherwell: The moving memoir of growing up in 60s and 70s working

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'A fitting legacy left by a blazing talent' Observer'A masterpiece' Andrew O'Hagan, Guardian'Completely amazing' Lucy...
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford

Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford

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The captivating letters by the most idiosyncratic, witty and irrepressible of the notorious Mitford sisters.Here's what readers are saying:'It is both laugh-out-loud funny and enthralling' 'A wonderful record of a...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's

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'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
Any Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Prostitution in Ireland

Any Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Prostitution in Ireland

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'Searing and generous ... a blazing beacon' - Donal Ryan 'Every man and woman should read this' - Sabina Higgins'Written with honesty, power and insight' - Roisin Ingle'Immensely valuable ......
The Rolling Stones Rare and Unseen: Foreword by Keith Richards, afterword by Andrew Loog Oldham

The Rolling Stones Rare and Unseen: Foreword by Keith Richards,

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FOREWORD BY KEITH RICHARDS'ICONIC... DAZZLING.'-MOJO'SPECTACULAR... YOU TRULY FEEL THE INSANE PACE OF LIFE AS A STONE.'-VARIETY'Gered was at one with the band. More than that, for that special time, he...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the

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*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY'A radical vision for how we might do things better ' LADY BRENDA...
Who Dares Wins: The sequel to BORN FEARLESS, the Sunday Times bestseller

Who Dares Wins: The sequel to BORN FEARLESS, the Sunday Times

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JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered...