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Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

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The explosive life story of Special Forces operative Jason Fox, star of Channel 4's 'SAS- Who Dares Wins' and 'Meet the Drug Lords'. Unflinchingly honest, Battle Scars is a breathtaking...
Rooted: How regenerative farming can change the world

Rooted: How regenerative farming can change the world

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Rooted charts a quiet revolution taking place in our fields, barns and hedgerows, led by a new generation of farmers on a path of powerful change. Sarah Langford had left...
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

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A breathtaking memoir and an extraordinary testament to the human spirit. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK...
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

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The riveting, powerful, New York Times bestselling memoir Chanel Miller's story changed our world forever. In 2016 Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was...
The Place of Tides

The Place of Tides

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To save the world, we have to start somewhere One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone...
Educated: The international bestselling memoir

Educated: The international bestselling memoir

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The multi-million copy bestseller and an extraordinary memoir about the transformative power of education THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK Selected as a book of the year...
A Language Older Than Words

A Language Older Than Words

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At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches...
Getting Away with Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

Getting Away with Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen

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'Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller' ERIN KELLY 'A rollercoaster ride' THE TIMES 'Fascinating and...
Jamie Whincup: My Championship Year

Jamie Whincup: My Championship Year

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'Jamie is right at his peak today, with the ideal mixture of raw speed and experience. He may well surpass my records in the touring car championship. Right at the...
Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1

Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1

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A hugely entertaining access-all-areas account of a year inside Formula 1, from Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series...
First

First

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Physical Strength Can Only Take You So Far Reigning CrossFit World Champion Rich Froning is The Fittest Man on Earth. Hes fast. Hes strong. And hes incredibly disciplined. But it...
A Child Called It

A Child Called It

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Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games ' games that left one of her three sons nearly...
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,...
The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl

The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl

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Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004...
Naturally Tan: A Memoir

Naturally Tan: A Memoir

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A poignant and humorous memoir from Tan France, star of the Emmy award-winning TV show Queer Eye and one of the few openly gay South Asian men on television THE...
Growing Into Autism

Growing Into Autism

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From the outside looking in, Sandra Thom-Jones was living a successful life: she had a great career, a beautiful home, a loving family and supportive friends. But from the inside...
The First Billion is the Hardest

The First Billion is the Hardest

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The man whose corporate takeover attempts and shareholder activism reshaped the oil industry in the 1980s recounts his most awe-inspiring comeback, which saw him net over a billion dollars in...
Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author

Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author

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When the CALL THE MIDWIFE books became bestsellers, Jennifer Worth was inundated with correspondence. People felt moved to write to her because the books had touched them, and because they...
Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man's Journey to Change

Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man's Journey to Change

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With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out...
Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong

Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong

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A personal reckoning with grief, doubt, faith and poetry set to one of the most celebrated musical works of the twentieth century, from the award-winning poet and librettist. 'This is...
Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

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Twenty years in jail- Kathleen Folbigg's extraordinary story of wrongful conviction, and how science, advocacy and friendship freed her. In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies....
Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza

Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza

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SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the NSW Literary Award for Non Fiction. 'If there's a more important or timely book in...
All at Sea: Another Side of Paradise

All at Sea: Another Side of Paradise

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"Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer . . . The vast energy of his commitment to discover, observe and communicate makes for engrossing, often incandescent prose. We need writers...
King Kong - Our Knot of Time and Music: A personal memoir of South

King Kong - Our Knot of Time and Music: A personal memoir of South

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On 2nd February 1959, a musical about the life and times of heavyweight boxing star Ezekiel Dlamini (known as 'King Kong') opened in Johannesburg to a packed audience that included...
The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds

The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds

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'A beautifully observed and funny book' - Guardian 'Compelling and humane' - Sathnam Sanghera A coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window...
For Freddie: A Mother's Final Gift to Her Son

For Freddie: A Mother's Final Gift to Her Son

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The inspirational memoir from the founder of the You, Me and the Big C podcast, Rachael Bland. Courageous and life-affirming, this is a mother's final gift...
And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy

And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy

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What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works. So much of...
The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern

The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern

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A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft in this fascinating memoir that's perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach. Diana Helmuth,...
Sink: A Memoir

Sink: A Memoir

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"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek...
Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and

Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and

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It's time to put the "home" back into our homeland. Part prescription and part memoir, this exceptional view of America's security concerns by a leading government Homeland Security advisor, Pulitzer...
Toil & Trouble: A Memoir

Toil & Trouble: A Memoir

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From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here's a partial list of things I don't believe...
I am the Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beautiful Game

I am the Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beautiful Game

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Who is The Secret Footballer? His identity is jealously guarded by just a handful of people. But whoever he is - and whoever he plays for - he is always...
Call of A Coward: The God of Moses and the Middle-Class Housewife

Call of A Coward: The God of Moses and the Middle-Class Housewife

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Moses never wanted to be a leader. Jonah ran away from his missions call. And when Marcia Moston's husband came home with a call to foreign missions, she was sure...
Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail

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After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along...
High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn

High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn

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For anyone who has dreamed of living in the country ... here's the hilarious, heart-warming brutal reality. Rebecca Hayter was a high-profile yachting journalist based in Auckland when she followed...
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER " This funny, insightful, and deliciously dishy memoir" ( Town & Country ) from the director...
Tea and Scotch with Bradman

Tea and Scotch with Bradman

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Discovering the man behind the legend 'Conversations with Bradman were, like his batting, never dull and often unpredictable.' - From the Introduction In 1995, journalist and author Roland Perry wrote...
Calving Straps and Zombie Cats

Calving Straps and Zombie Cats

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The hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family

The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family

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Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his...
Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want

Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want

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"In this hilarious, uplifting memoir, Wolfe describes her intense bond with Harlow...as she grapples with the chaos of her 20s, marriage, and eventually new motherhood."- Washington Post "An engaging debut...
The Good, the Bad & the Rugby - Unleashed

The Good, the Bad & the Rugby - Unleashed

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'I want absolutely nothing to do with this book.' - Owen Farrell THREE RUGBY MEGASTARS. ONE EPIC BOOK. Welcome to the wild world of The Good, The Bad & The...
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...
Zig-Zag Boy: A Mother's Love & A Journey Through Madness

Zig-Zag Boy: A Mother's Love & A Journey Through Madness

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'[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life' BOB ODENKIRK'Fiercely intelligent, humane and necessary' NATHAN FILER, author of THE SHOCK OF THE FALL 'At its heart...
Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics

Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics

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Following on from A Fence around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia's best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South...
Long Run, The

Long Run, The

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Until very recently, it was frowned upon for women to run long distances. Running was deemed unladylike - and probably dangerous. How did women's running go from being suspect to...
High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs and Other Bad Behaviour

High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs and Other Bad Behaviour

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This is a dark, raw and uncompromising tale of the human condition in extremis, drawing on the many lives of Ben Timberlake: as an archaeologist, Special Forces soldier, combat medic...
The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for peace in the Middle East

The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for peace in the Middle East

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"I live with a price on my head ...The kind of people that I spend my time engaging with are not usually very nice. On the whole nice people do...