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Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

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'Fascinating' Telegraph 'Thorough and engaging' Washington Post 'Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely' New Yorker '[A] robust and readable polemic history' Financial Times 'A fascinating new look at the patchwork chaos called...
Slum Boy: 'One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever

Slum Boy: 'One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever

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'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING 'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain , then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN...
The Lonely Hunter: how our search for love is broken

The Lonely Hunter: how our search for love is broken

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A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 The Lonely Hunter explores the rise of singledom, the realities of loneliness, and whether it is possible to live contentedly alone. 'So what's...
The Lonely Hunter: how our search for love is broken

The Lonely Hunter: how our search for love is broken

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A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022 The Lonely Hunter explores the rise of singledom, the realities of loneliness, and whether it is possible to live contentedly alone. 'So what's...
Granta 143: After the Fact

Granta 143: After the Fact

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Britain is leaving the European Union. Donald Trump is the president of the United States. Palmyra's monuments have been destroyed by ISIS. The Antarctic shelf is breaking up. The warnings,...
Gazing at the Stars: Memories of a Child Survivor

Gazing at the Stars: Memories of a Child Survivor

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Narrated with the heartbreaking innocence of a thirteen-year-old girl and the wisdom of a woman of eighty-two, Gazing at the Stars is a record of survival in the face of...
Life Class: The Selected Memoirs Of Diana Athill

Life Class: The Selected Memoirs Of Diana Athill

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Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs; through her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to be aware, to touch...
The Story of the Burberry Trench

The Story of the Burberry Trench

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The epitome of British heritage fashion, the Burberry trench coat is a beloved wardrobe classic. Practical yet versatile; it is sleek and sexy but also a preppy favourite. Since the...
Interior Style: Art Deco

Interior Style: Art Deco

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Art Deco captures the vitality and modernity of the Jazz Age. From the refined interiors of 1920s Paris to the decadent and luxurious glamour of Hollywood, the bold geometry, simplicity...
Parenting Hell: The Hilarious Sunday Times Bestseller

Parenting Hell: The Hilarious Sunday Times Bestseller

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What's it really like to be a parent? And how come no one ever warned Rob or Josh of the sheer mind-bending, world-altering, sleep-depriving, sick-covering, tear-inducing, snot-wiping, bore-inspiring, 4am-relationship-straining brutality...
It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket - A BBC

It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket - A BBC

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***** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK "Felix White's beautifully, elegantly and passionately written book reminds me why I love cricket so much. And...
Before You Met Me

Before You Met Me

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A Million Little Pieces meets What Men Don't Talk About -- a raw, heartfelt memoir and a poignant insight into the emotional life of men A Million Little Pieces meets...
Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking

Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking

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'Powerfully entertaining. A true thriller of resilience and defiance' JANELLE MONAE 'Tanya Smith's story is unbelievably bold, captivating, and moving. Never Saw Me Coming is a wild ride from start...
Journeys to Impossible Places: By the presenter of BBC TV's WILDERNESS

Journeys to Impossible Places: By the presenter of BBC TV's WILDERNESS

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In Journeys to Impossible Places , best-selling author and presenter Simon Reeve reveals the inside story of his most astonishing adventures and experiences, around the planet and close to home....
I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival

I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival

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'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, fled the Russian threat in Ukraine for Vienna in 1914. Blinded in the First World War, he...
Four Waifs on our Doorstep

Four Waifs on our Doorstep

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When no one cares, who will pick up the pieces of abused children's lives? At eleven o' clock one night in 1997, four hungry, damaged young children arrive on foster...
The Still Point of the Turning World

The Still Point of the Turning World

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Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, level-headed but fun. He would be good at...
Beyond the Throne: Epic journeys, enduring friendships and surprising

Beyond the Throne: Epic journeys, enduring friendships and surprising

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Beyond the Throne will cover in detail Kristian's extraordinary time on 'Thrones', including how the show was made and what the actors behind the characters were like. Kristian was auditioned...
Throwing the Book

Throwing the Book

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Wayne Barnes - one of the most-experienced international referees in history and criminal barrister to boot - uniquely lifts the lid on a lifetime of trying to keep the biggest...
Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family

Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family

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If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family most certainly has it-and it clearly seems to be passed down from father to son. The first of the literary...
This Will Only Hurt a Little: The New York Times Bestseller

This Will Only Hurt a Little: The New York Times Bestseller

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Busy is a legit writer with a voice as clear as a bell' Tina Fey 'F unny, refreshingly candid memoir about Hollywood, motherhood and BFFhood'...
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

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John Hodgman-New York Times bestselling author, semifamous personality, deranged millionaire, increasingly elderly husband, father, and human of Earth-has written a memoir about his cursed travels through two wildernesses- from the...
In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh

In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh

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In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the...
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

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"A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn't...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the

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 '...
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults): A Story of Race and

Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults): A Story of Race and

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BRAND-NEW EDITION of the multi-million-copy bestseller, now adapted for YA readers and complete with never-before-seen colour photos. A revealing portrait of one of the most important voices in America long...
Taking Back My Power: An explosive, inspiring and totally honest

Taking Back My Power: An explosive, inspiring and totally honest

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Georgia Harrison's story as you've never heard it before. Explosive and inspiring, Georgia reveals the truth behind the headlines: the shocking truth of how she suffered revenge porn at the...
Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery

Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery

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'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.' After her twins were born, Jessica Cornwell stopped feeling. Plagued by memories of a traumatic...
Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst

Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst

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PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER What does it take to grow up cool and popular, master adulthood, fast track your success, and always be your best? Laura Belgray wouldn't know. Her wildly...
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own

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Slave narratives, some of the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family

Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON 'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs...
Street Kid Fights On: She thought the nightmare was over

Street Kid Fights On: She thought the nightmare was over

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How can you forget your past when it keeps coming back to haunt you? Judy Westwater, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Street Kid, was determined to turn her back...
Mother Tongue Tied: On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism -

Mother Tongue Tied: On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism -

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'Brilliantly illustrates how multilingual mothers are disproportionately tasked with preserving linguistic heritage on one hand and preparing children for public society on the other - all while finding a language...
Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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*A Sunday Times Bestseller * 'Astonishingly raw' DAILY MAIL 'A love letter' THE TIMES 'An unflinching account of how anyone can find themselves in the darkest times, and the healing...
Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and

Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and

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"In her new book Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma , she forges a new path for all survivors of trauma, as well as breathing much-needed humour into a...
Kersten's Lists: A Saviour in the Depths of Hell

Kersten's Lists: A Saviour in the Depths of Hell

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The astonishing true story of Heinrich Himmler's masseur who used his influence over the S.S. commander to save the lives of over a hundred thousand people, including sixty thousand Jews....
It's a Shame About Ray: A memoir

It's a Shame About Ray: A memoir

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My dad, Ray, jabbed steroids into Beyonce's butt when she lost her voice the day of her stadium show. My dad jumped into Sydney Harbour to save my brand-new red...
On Shirley Hazzard: Writers on Writers

On Shirley Hazzard: Writers on Writers

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A passionate, illuminating tribute to one of Australia's greatest writers, by Miles Franklin-winning author Michelle de Kretser. 'Hazzard was the first Australian writer I read who looked outwards, away from...
BORN TO FLY

BORN TO FLY

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"I will never forget my first flight, the feeling of being pushed back in the seat, the rumbling that suddenly turned into silence. It fascinated me then, it does now."...
Out of the Blue: A City Girl's Tale of True Love and Romance with a

Out of the Blue: A City Girl's Tale of True Love and Romance with a

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When Joanna Fincham appeared on a popular reality TV program in 2008 looking for love, little did the viewers know that Jo had been suffering from depression on and off...
The Exotic Rissole: A Memoir

The Exotic Rissole: A Memoir

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'I put some rissoles in sandwiches for you two. Dig in.' Lynchy grabbed two and handed me one. We bit into them while sipping our SodaStream-manufactured soft drink. A rush...
Three Pianos: A Memoir

Three Pianos: A Memoir

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From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir about the challenges and triumphs of his life and career, as seen through the lens of...
We're Alone: a Roxane Gay Book Club Pick, 2024

We're Alone: a Roxane Gay Book Club Pick, 2024

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'Danticat offers an invaluable primer to the Haitian American experience in all its inherited trauma. Arguably she does for the Haitian diaspora what Junot Diaz has done for Dominican Americans'...
A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for

A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for

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'A triumphant memoir' Cathy Park Hong, author of MINOR FEELINGS, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer...
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood

Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood

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Przemysl, Poland, 1939. Two-year-old Renata is woken by her Mamusia in the middle of the night and bundled into the basement. The peacock quilt she is wrapped in reminds her...
Lightning Can Strike Twice: My Life as a Fury

Lightning Can Strike Twice: My Life as a Fury

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In his first book professional boxer and social media star, Tommy Fury, reveals what life is like juggling his many identities: boxing champion, TV star, mental health advocate, and father,...