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I Remain in Darkness - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A powerful meditation on ageing and familial love, I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie Ernaux's attempts to help her mother recover from Alzheimer's disease, and then, when that proves futile,...
The Art of Not Eating: A Doubtful History of Appetite and Desire
A luminously original exploration of the deep roots of diet culture by an award-winning historian'A courageous and beautifully written exploration of a vitally important subject' The Herald'Fascinating' Katherine May'These books...
A Woman in the Polar Night
In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She...
The Friday Afternoon Club: The 'wise, funny and generous' New York Times bestseller
At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe's...
The Use of Photography
The Use of Photographyrecounts a passionate love affair between Annie Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie, after the two met in January 2003. Ernaux had been receiving intensive...
A Woman's Story - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux's mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died in a retirement home in the suburbs of Paris. Shocked by this loss which, despite...
Alphabetical Diaries
Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. In the vein of Joe Brainard's I Remember and Edouard...
I Will Come Back for You: The undercover Jewish commando who helped defeat the Nazis
'Extraordinary ... one of the most moving and uplifting stories of the war' Keith Lowe 'A remarkable book' - The Telegraph A gripping account of hidden identity, military courage, and...
I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: By the daughter of Gisele Pelicot: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight
The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother and daughter who...
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an all-night runner
'[Karnazes'] spirited memoir . . . can help mere mortals who want to push past their perceived limits or simply jump-start their sedentary lives.' - Chicago Tribune In this updated...
I Don't
I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women are allowed to aspire to more than what we've been told we should...
Bush School
There was a bed, a timber floor, thin tar paper on one side for privacy from the nearby road but nothing else. The flimsiest of 'walls', no pegs or nails...
Drugs, Guns & Lies: My life as an undercover cop
'Banks has told his story in a raw and honest autobiography. It is the best true crime book published in Australia in a decade.' -John Silvester, Crime Reporter for The...
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas
'The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of...
My Roman Year: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name
**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'There is a warmth and a humanity in Aciman's prose that enraptures with its slow, easy embrace.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Aciman's evocation...
Earth to Moon
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling...
Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine
BY THE AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR"Sayarer's thoughtful, meditative travelogue feels very important . . . [An] exploration of how people persevere...
Where Did I Go Right?: Memoirs of a Working Class Voter
***'Brave and vividly evoked, should haunt Kier Starmer et al.' - The Telegraph'Where Did I Go Right? is sharp, considered, insightful, and helped me make sense of "the other side"....
By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor
'I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life! You haven't wasted a minute of it...'In December 2020,...
Slug: The Sunday Times Bestseller
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction,...
Process: The powerful instant Sunday Times bestseller
The chart-topping singer/songwriter's powerful story, told for the first time, in her own words.Lucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since then, she has gone...
Memoirs and Reflections
Evgeny Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and admiration deserved only by one of the most gifted...
In Bohemia: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Kindness
The day her fiance died suddenly of a heart attack, Katie Swenson retreated to "Bohemia," the third-floor loft that the couple had renovated in their home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and...
Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to Find It
Donna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found...
Ray Martin's World
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D. O. DOUBLE G: The Little Guide to Snoop Dogg
America's Original Gangsta. Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, Doggystyle. It not only revolutionised a genre, it also put West...
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart
In 2008, Dr Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma. It was almost certainly a death sentence,...
Outside, the Sky is Blue: The story of a family told with searing
OUTSIDE, THE SKY IS BLUE is a beautifully drawn, heart-breaking yet also joyful memoir of growing up, of living with mental ill health and cancer, and of working out what...
The Uptown Local: a memoir of Joy, Death, and Joan Didion
'A persuasive case for the argument that writers should write about writers' FINANCIAL TIMES'A beautifully written and deeply moving memoir' DANA SPIOTTAAs an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory...
Under A Rock
At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Harry carried Blondie through their many tribulations: terribly misogynistic music scenes, greasy...
Did I Ever Tell You?: The most moving memoir of 2024
'[A] heartfelt memoir' New York Times'Compelling and heartbreaking' Ann NapolitanoA deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying mother - and the trail of letters and gifts she left...
The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of
In his beautifully written prose, Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world.Through his offbeat...
How Did You Get This Number
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Words for Lucy: A story of love, loss and the celebration of life
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Educated: A Memoir
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Souvenir
A vivid eulogy for London of the late 1970s and early 80s - the last years prior to the rise of the digital city.An elliptical, wildly atmospheric remembrance of the...
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home (SIGNED)
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...
Mad Woman: Binge Eating. Menopause. OCD: How To Survive a World That (SIGNED)
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...
War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the
Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online
'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 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...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon
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
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
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
'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....
Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome
This is a black and white reissue edition of Five Quarters, previously published as a full-colour cookbook in 2015. This edition contains no photography. WINNER of the Andre Simon Food...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?
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...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon
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...