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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

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"With When Death Becomes Life , Joshua Mezrich has performed the perfect core biopsy of transplantation--a clear and compelling account of the grueling daily work, the spell-binding history and the...
Street Hearts: An Extraordinary Story of Saving Street Dogs

Street Hearts: An Extraordinary Story of Saving Street Dogs

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A heartwarming tale of abandoned dogs and their saviours Among the cobblestone villages and towns of rural Bulgaria, a dedicated team of unsung heroes led by Emma and Anthony Smith...
Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
The Point of Distraction

The Point of Distraction

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A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces. 'A brief yet elegant excursion into the nature and execution of...
When Nothing Feels Real: A journey into the mystery illness of

When Nothing Feels Real: A journey into the mystery illness of

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Journalist Nathan Dunne was living the life of his dreams in London until, one evening, he jumped into a lake for a swim. When he emerged, his identity was simply...
King of the Desert: One man's world-record motorcycle crossing of

King of the Desert: One man's world-record motorcycle crossing of

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Nick Arley's motorcycling journey began racing around paddocks on an old Honda. From the moment he first rode a motorbike at age eleven it was destined to become a lifelong...
There Must Be More: Finding purpose in the face of the unimaginable

There Must Be More: Finding purpose in the face of the unimaginable

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In 2021, Kellie Finlayson, with a three-month-old daughter, found herself staring down the barrel of a terminal diagnosis: Stage 4 bowel cancer. She was 25. Incredibly, Kellie is still fighting...
Out of the Blue: Everything this Wiggle journey has taught me

Out of the Blue: Everything this Wiggle journey has taught me

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Music is brain food and emotional sustenance for little ones. It's audible beauty. Want to give something special to your kids? Surround them with beauty and inspiration. Out of the...
Cher: The Memoir, Part One: The global number 1 bestseller

Cher: The Memoir, Part One: The global number 1 bestseller

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Part One of a Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor 'A rock 'n' roll memoir like no other' Daily Mail 'A gutsy account of tenacity and perseverance...Cher's...
Karen: A Brother Remembers

Karen: A Brother Remembers

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New York Times Bestseller One of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 People's Best Books of May 2025 On July 1, 1975, Kelsey Grammer's younger sister, eighteen-year-old Karen Grammer,...
My Mother's Eyes

My Mother's Eyes

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The disappearance of Lyn Dawson captured the world's attention. But she was far more than just the teacher's wife. Now, in this brave, emotionally powerful memoir, Lyn's daughter reclaims their...
After You

After You

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Natascha McElhone was away filming in LA, with her two sons and pregnant with her third child when she received news that her beloved husband, Martin, had died suddenly of...
The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the

The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the

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*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal...
Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

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A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES...
Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
Memoir of an Accidental Ethicist

Memoir of an Accidental Ethicist

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This is an insider's account of the regulation of the medical profession in Australia and key issues in medical ethics and professional conduct that continue to bedevil medical practice. As...
Tunnel Vision: The true story of my probably insane quest to become a

Tunnel Vision: The true story of my probably insane quest to become a

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It started as a joke and then got serious. Sort of. Inveterate traveller Sullivan McLeod got sick of people asking him what he was doing with his life so he...
Small Fry

Small Fry

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Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents - artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs - Lisa Brennan-Jobs' childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley....
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the

Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the

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An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own. A fourth-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood....
Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom

Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom

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"As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is...
Get the Girls Out: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Letting Loose

Get the Girls Out: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Letting Loose

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Lucy's openhearted interest in the world has taken her from jillarooing on a cattle farm to maternity hospitals in Ethiopia, from marshalling a cross-country carnival in northern Uganda to CEO...
I Am Bunny: How a "Talking" Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know

I Am Bunny: How a "Talking" Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know

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Social media stars of @WhatAboutBunny, Alexis Devine and Bunny the "talking" dog, deliver a memoir loaded with wit and passion for animals, as well as the vulnerability and authenticity of...
Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

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"Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a...
Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths

Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths

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Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024 'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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

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From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers. In the style of her memoir Girl...
Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

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The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby 'There's no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES 'I love this book' DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life...
Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

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The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby 'There's no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES 'I love this book' DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

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'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying - that very few international observers have encountered' -...
Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

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Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes...
Lifeform: from the bestselling author of Little Weirds

Lifeform: from the bestselling author of Little Weirds

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Praise for Jenny Slate and Little Weirds 'Magical' Mindy Kaling 'Delicious' Amy Sedaris 'This book is something new and wonderful. It made me remember I was alive' George Saunders From...
'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...
All of It: Notes on public life, private joy and everything in between

All of It: Notes on public life, private joy and everything in between

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Brooke Boney has been in the public eye for well over a decade, first as a recognisable voice on triple j, and then as a recognisable face on The Today...
Billabong Boy

Billabong Boy

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This is Arron's story, from a boy who loved to explore his local billabong to international award-winning speaker, and his struggles to keep balanced while being an inspiration to those...
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat: The fascinating memoir from the star of

Putting the Rabbit in the Hat: The fascinating memoir from the star of

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The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox. A Guardian , Times , Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year *Featuring a foreword by the executive producer...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

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A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor J zsef Debreczeni A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first...
Dare to Dream: The Story of One Man's Inspiring and Colourful Journey

Dare to Dream: The Story of One Man's Inspiring and Colourful Journey

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The story of one man's inspiring and colourful journey to education in adulthood. Lack of opportunity is the common reason people give for their inability to attain their potential. This...
Brazen: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR FROM THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S

Brazen: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR FROM THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** From the star of Netflix's My Unorthodox Life, a riveting, inspiring memoir. Julia Haart tells the story of her extraordinary journey, from leaving an ultra-Orthodox...
Desire Paths

Desire Paths

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A story about family, connection and the distance we will go to be with the ones we love. In 2020, as the world is closing its borders, journalist Megan Clement...
The Invisible Life of Us

The Invisible Life of Us

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The surprises, challenges and delight of parenting kids with additional needs Kate Jones and Mandy Hose have experienced the highs and lows of parenting - and they wouldn't change a...
You're Not Alone

You're Not Alone

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Author Aana Mila Bella grew up in a small Bosnian village surrounded with green forest, rolling hills, meadows, mountains, and lots of fresh air. She felt freedom, and everything seemed...
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

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The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers - her...
The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York

The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York

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In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly...
Cracking the Code

Cracking the Code

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As seen on Australian Story on the ABC A family doctor shares a mother and father's determination to save their son This story of a father's search to find a...
The Worst Date Ever: or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Joseph

The Worst Date Ever: or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Joseph

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When scriptwriter Jane Bussmann (South Park, The Fast Show, Brass Eye and Smack the Pony) moved to Hollywood, it was supposed to be the start of something better. But a...
Question 7

Question 7

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**Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** Beginning at a love hotel by Japan's Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we...
The Silence Between Us: A Mother and Daughter's Conversation Through

The Silence Between Us: A Mother and Daughter's Conversation Through

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The Silence Between Us is a raw and original double memoir tracing a mother and daughter as they try to understand and rebuild their relationship after the daughter's suicide attempt....
James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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The official autobiography of James Patterson, where he tells the story of his life and his journey to becoming one of the bestselling writers of all time. HIS BEST STORIES...