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This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Recovery and Renewal

This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Recovery and Renewal

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I kept putting myself in danger, and I couldn't make it stop. It rarely felt like a choice, though, of course, in some ways it was. It's only the death...
Little Book of Rolex: The story behind the iconic brand

Little Book of Rolex: The story behind the iconic brand

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Exquisite, timeless and enduring, Rolex is one of the most recognizable and sought-after luxury watch brands in the world. Established in 1905, the British-founded Swiss designer and manufacturer, Rolex, revolutionized...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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Author: Sally Bayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and...
Kieran Read - Straight 8: The Autobiography

Kieran Read - Straight 8: The Autobiography

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Author: Kieran Read Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 As Kieran Read prepares to call time on his distinguished New Zealand career at the end of the Rugby World Cup,...
Jimmy Two Guns: The Life and Crimes of a Gangland Lawyer

Jimmy Two Guns: The Life and Crimes of a Gangland Lawyer

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Author: James J McIntyre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 James 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His...
Prostitute Laundry

Prostitute Laundry

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Author: Charlotte Shane Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A Stylist 'Non-fiction You Can't Miss' selection for 2023 This serial memoir follows Charlotte over the course of several years as...
The Cure for Sleep

The Cure for Sleep

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Author: Tanya Shadrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun Just days...
Conclusions

Conclusions

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Author: John Boorman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'What a life! What a career!' - Harold Pinter 'Boorman is one of the world's great directors, a master storyteller.' -...
America Over the Water

America Over the Water

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Author: Shirley Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'Shirley is a time traveller, a conduit for essential human aches, one of the greatest artists who ever lived' Stewart Lee...
A Tokyo Romance

A Tokyo Romance

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Author: Ian Buruma Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic...
Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story

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Author: Chloe Hooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Shortlisted for the 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction Longlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award From...
Great Bales of Fire: More Tales of a Country Fireman

Great Bales of Fire: More Tales of a Country Fireman

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Author: Malcolm Castle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 More tales of a country fireman, from the author of ALL FIRED UP. Perfect for fans of HEARTBEAT or the brand...
I Laughed, I Cried: One Woman, One Hundred Days, The Mother of all Challenges

I Laughed, I Cried: One Woman, One Hundred Days, The Mother of all Challenges

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Author: Viv Groskop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'The working mum's version of Eddie Izzard's 50 marathons in 50 days. Hilarious.' Sally Phillips 'Absolutely hilarious' Jennifer Saunders 'Brilliant' Jo...
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

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Author: Lee Lawrence Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known,...
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

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Author: Lee Lawrence Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known,...
Sista Sister

Sista Sister

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Author: Candice Brathwaite Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Candice Brathwaite's much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was young and needed guidance....
Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face: 12 Things Boxing Teaches You About Life

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Author: Tony Bellew Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER **THE PULL-NO-PUNCHES GUIDE TO LIFE** 'Tony is a champion who knows the hardest battle is always...
Advocate: A voice from the margins

Advocate: A voice from the margins

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Lennina Ofori is a force of nature. A teen mother, a supportive older sister, a PhD student, a support system, a working woman, a survivor, above all, she is an...
In Bed with the Blueshirts

In Bed with the Blueshirts

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Author: Shane Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts the crises when the coalition came close...
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: 352 'The king of character comedy.' Good Housekeeping'A lynchpin of British comedy.' Alan MooreThe nation's favourite comedian opens up about two extraordinary...
Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace

Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace

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Author: David Bellavia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the...
The Greatest Beer Run Ever: THE CRAZY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON AND RUSSELL CROW

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: THE CRAZY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON AND RUSSELL CROW

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Author: J. T. Molloy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 ****** THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON, RUSSELL CROWE AND BILL MURRAY 'You will laugh and cry,...
Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health

Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health

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Author: Michael Milken Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Partly a memoir and partly a recent history of medicine, the definitive account of Michael Milken's lifetime work to accelerate medicine's...
Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet

Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet

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Author: Colm O'Regan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Bestselling author Colm O'Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now...
Worthy

Worthy

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Author: Jada Pinkett Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational, New York Times bestselling memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red...
Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie

Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie

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Author: Woody Woodmansey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 For many fans, Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era remains the most extraordinarily creative period in his career. As a member of Bowie's...
Cold-Water Eden

Cold-Water Eden

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Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating...
Going to Sea in a Sieve: The Autobiography

Going to Sea in a Sieve: The Autobiography

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Author: Danny Baker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Danny Baker was born in Deptford, South East London in June 1957, and from an early age was involved in magazine...
My Heroes: Extraordinary Courage, Exceptional People

My Heroes: Extraordinary Courage, Exceptional People

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Author: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Wherever in the world Ranulph gives one of his lectures or motivational speeches, someone always asks: 'Who inspired you to do...
The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

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Author: Micah Richards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'The game isn't what it seems from the outside. The game isn't quite what I was expecting. The game doesn't always...
Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

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Author: Danny Goldberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground...
A Class of Their Own: Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich

A Class of Their Own: Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich

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Author: Matthew Hammett Knott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A hilarious account of life with the children of the super rich...well written...and very funny indeed' - BOOK OF THE...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

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Author: Daisy Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like...
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir

Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir

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Author: Stevie Van Zandt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'A wonderfully original take on a Rock and Roll autobiography' Paul McCartney 'An inimitable Rock 'n' Roll life told as...
The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

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Author: Rosie Kinchen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and...
Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

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Author: Emma Forrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of Managing Expectations 'The most delicious memoir...
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

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Author: Vicky Pattison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The debut self-help book from Vicky Pattison, on how to quash your inner doubts, overcome fear and live a happier life....
Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable

Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable

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Author: Zain E. Asher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four...
Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late

Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late

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Author: Deborah Birx Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 "The most revealing pandemic book yet."-The Atlantic The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic from...
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...
The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds

The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds

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Author: Osman Yousefzada Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The adult world is seen through Osman's eyes as a child: his own devout Pashtun patriarchal community, with its divide between...
Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power: 'riotously candid' Sunday Times

Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power: 'riotously candid' Sunday Times

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Author: Sasha Swire Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Sunday Times Political Book of the Year A Book of the Year pick in the New Statesman, Financial Times, Telegraph, Guardian,...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir

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Author: Ursula Burns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing...
Gurkha Brotherhood: A Story of Childhood and War

Gurkha Brotherhood: A Story of Childhood and War

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Author: Captain Kailash Limbu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Sometimes my mind reaches back beyond the fear and the arid landscapes of war, to memories of childhood that fill...
The Pill That Steals Lives: One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

The Pill That Steals Lives: One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

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Author: Katinka Blackford Newman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When Katinka Blackford Newman was prescribed a common anti-depressant drug by her doctor, she could never have predicted the almost...
The Book of Harry: A Celebration of Harry Styles

The Book of Harry: A Celebration of Harry Styles

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Author: Charlotte McLaren Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 A celebration of Harry Styles - we Adore You! Harry Styles is a global superstar and fashion icon who has broken...
Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

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Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Nomad is a philosophical memoir, telling how Ayaan Hirsi Ali came to America in search of a new...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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Author: Luis J Rodriguez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East...