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Glitter and Glue: A compelling memoir about one woman's discovery of the true meaning of motherhood

Glitter and Glue: A compelling memoir about one woman's discovery of

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'I loved this book, I was moved by this book and now I will share this book with my own mother.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. From the...
Riding Route 66: Finding Myself on America's Mother Road

Riding Route 66: Finding Myself on America's Mother Road

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'Every time I have ridden 66, within 10 miles of setting off, I never want that ride to end. I think it's because Route 66 encapsulates struggle, and, ultimately, triumphing...
These Foolish Things: A Memoir

These Foolish Things: A Memoir

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Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then,...
We Need to Talk: The Number 1 Bestseller: SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 - Biography of the Year

We Need to Talk: The Number 1 Bestseller: SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH

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Dr Tony Holohan served as Chief Medical Officer in Ireland for 14 years, but only really became known to the public during the Covid 19 pandemic. During this time his...
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...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

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Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes (this is the nineties) and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a...
A Year at the Chateau: As seen on the hit Channel 4 show

A Year at the Chateau: As seen on the hit Channel 4 show

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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...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That Changed History Forever

The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That

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Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik reveals the incredible never-before-told story of the role played by the Cambridge Spies in the British defeat at Arnhem"A...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

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The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not...
Geldof In Africa

Geldof In Africa

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90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

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Rebel Rising: the highly anticipated autobiography of the Australian star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids, one of the best new books of 2024

Rebel Rising: the highly anticipated autobiography of the Australian

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From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself. For decades, Rebel...
How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to

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If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we're in is no longer a room where we belongWhat do you...
Twelve Summers

Twelve Summers

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Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

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A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him 'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your...
Rebel Rising: the highly anticipated autobiography of the Australian star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids, one of the best new books of 2024

Rebel Rising: the highly anticipated autobiography of the Australian

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From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious, and inspiring book about her unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself. For decades, Rebel...
Easy Target: Taming the Black Dog

Easy Target: Taming the Black Dog

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'I was an easy target. You didn't have to be a trained sniper to take the shot.' Easy Target - Taming the Black Dog is the inspirational story of a...
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

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THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHere...
Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong

Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong

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Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the...
Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia

Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia

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A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNALA searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, about one of the most misunderstood...
When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

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

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When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks,...
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round from Australian rock legend & bestselling author of WORKING CLASS BOY, WORKING CLASS MAN & KILLING TIME

Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way

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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

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A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him 'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your...
Making a Scene

Making a Scene

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From influential and iconic star Constance Wu, a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations that will resonate with readers everywhere.Growing up in the friendly suburbs of...
Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Jazz Jackrabbit, Gears of War, Unreal, and Fortnite

Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Jazz Jackrabbit, Gears of War,

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The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game industry as it grew from niche hobby to hundred-billion-dollar enterprise.Video games are dominating...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

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Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia

Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia

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A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNALA searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, about one of the most misunderstood...
Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction

Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-

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The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.'This trenchant, unrepentant collection reminds you that she's a brilliant writer... Order a copy in case she's...
My Family: The Memoir

My Family: The Memoir

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'One of the funniest books I have ever read' HADLEY FREEMAN'A masterpiece' SATHNAM SANGHERA'The read of the summer' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Brilliant ... funny and moving' ADAM KAY A searingly honest,...
My Family: The Memoir

My Family: The Memoir

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'One of the funniest books I have ever read' HADLEY FREEMAN'A masterpiece' SATHNAM SANGHERA'The read of the summer' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Brilliant ... funny and moving' ADAM KAY A searingly honest,...
Gulp, Swallow: Essays on change

Gulp, Swallow: Essays on change

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Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France

Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France

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My Brother's Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag

My Brother's Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag

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War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family

War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the

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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...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

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Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes (this is the nineties) and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a...
Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the Secret Agent

Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the

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'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....
Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine

Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine

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As a young boy, Raja Shehadeh was entranced by a forbidden Israeli postage stamp in his uncle's album, intrigued by tales of a green land beyond the border.He couldn't have...
Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the Secret Agent

Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the

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'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....
Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

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'This is a rich, beautiful and deeply moving book' GEORGE MONBIOT'I loved this book' CLOVER STROUDOnce Upon a Raven's Nest is the story of a working class man, one Thomas...
Tree-spotting: A Simple Guide to Britain's Trees

Tree-spotting: A Simple Guide to Britain's Trees

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Botanist and ecologist Ros Bennett has spent a lifetime helping people understand and identify plants, all the while nurturing her daughter Nell's love for them too, helping Nell to discover...
Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

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Dazzling, diverse, durable - discover the remarkable drought-proof plants that flourish in the driest environments.With rainfall unpredictable and summers increasingly hot, plants that survive and thrive in these conditions have...
Animal House

Animal House

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The book behind the BBC documentary Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of the decade. It won every...
Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction

Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to

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Jared Kindred left his home and family at the age of eighteen, choosing to wander across America on freight train cars and live on the street. Addicted to alcohol most...
Good Husbandry: Growing a Family on a Community Farm

Good Husbandry: Growing a Family on a Community Farm

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When Kristin Kimball fell in love with a farmer and left behind her life in Manhattan to start a new farm with him in the Adirondacks, she had to learn...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's

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'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...
Animal House

Animal House

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The book behind the BBC documentary Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of the decade. It won every...
Inside 10 Rillington Place: John Christie and me, the untold truth

Inside 10 Rillington Place: John Christie and me, the untold truth

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10 Rillington Place: the house of death.John Reginald Halliday Christie and Timothy John Evans were hanged after a series of brutal murders in the 1940s and 1950s.But should they both...