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Becoming an English Country Squire

Becoming an English Country Squire

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The true story of how one man acquired and managed an English country estate, and lived to tell the tale-complete with illustrations by Annie Tempest, and perfect for all Downton...
Safe Space: My experience of racism in Australia and how I found hope

Safe Space: My experience of racism in Australia and how I found hope

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'A searingly honest and impassioned account of being an advocate in the social media era, Alyssa's voice is fierce, urgent and brave; and filled with deep familial love. This book...
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the

We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the

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Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of...
Lucky Johnny: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps

Lucky Johnny: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps

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In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he...
Call Me Vivian: A True Love Story

Call Me Vivian: A True Love Story

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A true story about a woman caught in adultery. This book exposes the truth about Scheller's struggle with sexual sin, the battle for her heart, and the transforming power of...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the...
Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father

Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father

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The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this unforgettable memoir traces one daughter's moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the truth...
A Silent Tsunami: Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia

A Silent Tsunami: Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia

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Combining personal and professional experience, A Silent Tsunami is a moving exploration of the development of Dementia and its impacts on a mother-daughter relationship. A Silent Tsunami is a unique...
When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable

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"Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn't miss this for the world."-Leslie Jones When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode...
'What's Wrong With Me?': From Unravelling to Reinvention: A Midlife

'What's Wrong With Me?': From Unravelling to Reinvention: A Midlife

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'This comforting memoir will help us all feel less alone as we navigate the emotional turmoil of midlife' Davina McCall, author of Menopausing From the bestselling author of 'Mum, What's...
Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio

Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio

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Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...
The Prison Book Club

The Prison Book Club

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Ten years ago Ann Walmsley was mugged outside her house in Hampstead. She suffered PTSD and for a long time afterwards was afraid to walk down the street alone. A...
Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that

Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that

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The inspiring true story of Vanessa Steel, whose childhood was overshadowed by a terrible secret. Plagued by torture and abuse by both her mother and grandfather, little Vanessa was nearly...
What I Would Do If I Were You

What I Would Do If I Were You

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Re-issued with new jacket to coincide with the publication of Mandy's new title, BOYFRIENDS. Welcome to the wonderful, slightly-wacky world of Mandy Nolan. She is a stand-up comedian, an artist...
Is it Just Me?: Confessions of an Over-sharer

Is it Just Me?: Confessions of an Over-sharer

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"You know what I want? I want to be able to have fun wherever I am. I want to laugh. All. The. Time. I want to have one holiday every...
A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca

A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca

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A merger in Anna's PR agency gives her more time to explore the culture and history of the island that she calls home (along with her 40 hens and cockerels,...
Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's

Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's

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Me: 'Are you going to be a good boy this year?'Boomer: 'Uh huh. I have no interest in toilet humour.'Me: 'You don't?'Boomer: 'No. No interest at all. I mean, I...
Everest, Guns and Money

Everest, Guns and Money

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In the autumn of 1973, Chris Dewhirst was living and working in Yosemite National Park, and part of a counterculture group of rock climbers tackling some of the most difficult...
Smacked

Smacked

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Smacked is the powerful, uncompromising story of one woman's struggle with addiction and her ultimate triumph over it. Hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, Melinda Ferguson gave up everything she...
Second Chances: Facing my demons and finding a better me

Second Chances: Facing my demons and finding a better me

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A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. Now it's time to share her side...
PossAbilities: A Creative Life

PossAbilities: A Creative Life

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PossAbilities is about finding the magic in whatever you do. Encompassing fourteen creative career incarnations, this grounded memoir includes bittersweet ruminations on uncertainty and trust. You'll find heartfelt inspiration to...
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

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One of the New York Times' 20 Books to Read in 2020 "A tonic . . . Splendid . . . A respite . . . A summer cocktail of...
Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm's Top

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 WHITE On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable'...
The Boy Who Loved Apples: A Mother's Battle with Her Son's Anorexia

The Boy Who Loved Apples: A Mother's Battle with Her Son's Anorexia

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Dear Eddie: God, Turtles and Letters About Mum

Dear Eddie: God, Turtles and Letters About Mum

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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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The Kopara: Swamp Ploughs, Saw-blades and Slate Boards

The Kopara: Swamp Ploughs, Saw-blades and Slate Boards

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Around The Grounds: Magic Moments From The Life Of A Sports Broadcaster

Around The Grounds: Magic Moments From The Life Of A Sports Broadcaster

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Hack in a Flak Jacket: Wars, riots and revolutions - dispatches from a foreign correspondent

Hack in a Flak Jacket: Wars, riots and revolutions - dispatches from a foreign correspondent

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Heroes All

Heroes All

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Seeing the Sunrise

Seeing the Sunrise

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Cabin Lessons a Nail by Nail Tale

Cabin Lessons a Nail by Nail Tale

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Tribe of Angels: Coming of Age in Melbourne

Tribe of Angels: Coming of Age in Melbourne

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Falling Forward: Books. A passion. A lifetime.

Falling Forward: Books. A passion. A lifetime.

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In this sweeping memoir, Margaret Hamilton shares the story of her life and times. A child of the post-war years, Margaret was at the forefront of Australian publishing as it...
Girl, Transcending: Becoming the woman I was born to be

Girl, Transcending: Becoming the woman I was born to be

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Life of Things

Life of Things

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"Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidences that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings." - Levi Strauss A Life of Things presents the eccentric world...
Spy Runner: Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the

Spy Runner: Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the

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Major Ronnie Reed was case officer for the infamous Agent Zigzag and the face behind Operation Mincemeat. But how did this young BBC radio operator, with no money and qualifications...
Year in the Mud and the Toast and the Tears

Year in the Mud and the Toast and the Tears

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A laugh-out-loud acount of a young family's misplaced confidence in themselves to become hobby farmers in rural Adelaide Hills, where their fantasies about life in the country are progressively destroyed...
The Circling Sky: On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest

The Circling Sky: On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest

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From a 2018 Wainwright Prize shortlisted author , THE CIRCLING SKY is part childhood memoir , blended with exquisite nature observation , and the story of one man's journey over...
Leading From The Back: My journey to the top of women's football -

Leading From The Back: My journey to the top of women's football -

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SHORTLISTED FOR *AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR* AT THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS *One of Waterstones' Best Sport Books of the Year 2024* 'Steph is truly one of the all-time...
A Long March

A Long March

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My Animals, and Other Animals: A memoir of sorts

My Animals, and Other Animals: A memoir of sorts

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Interior Style: Coastal

Interior Style: Coastal

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Expansive, sun-drenched spaces, unobstructed views to the outdoors and easy-going comfort - coastal design captures the spirit and escapism of seaside living. Illustrated with breathtaking interiors and inspirational showpiece homes,...
All Boats Are Sinking: Navigating Life, Love and Locks on a Narrowboat

All Boats Are Sinking: Navigating Life, Love and Locks on a Narrowboat

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"A vibrant, often hilarious emotional and physical journey. And let's be honest, who hasn't wanted to drift away on a narrowboat?" - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants All...
All Boats Are Sinking: Navigating Life, Love and Locks on a Narrowboat

All Boats Are Sinking: Navigating Life, Love and Locks on a Narrowboat

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"A vibrant, often hilarious emotional and physical journey. And let's be honest, who hasn't wanted to drift away on a narrowboat?" - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants All...
The Secret Life of John le Carre

The Secret Life of John le Carre

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Winner of the Crime Fest HRF Keating Award'Not merely the conclusive homage to a compulsively fascinating character, but an insightful study into the biographical process itself' Nicholas Shakespeare'Now that he...
A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

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SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'I loved this book . . . incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles 'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton 'Full of beauty,...