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The Wild Silence

The Wild Silence

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The second instalment to the hugely successful Costa prize shortlister, The Salt Path, and the continued, powerful true story of the couple who lost everything Nature holds the answers for...
Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

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"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist...
A House Full of Daughters

A House Full of Daughters

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One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love. All families...
Kamala Harris: Selections from the Official White House Photography

Kamala Harris: Selections from the Official White House Photography

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The ultimate visual portrait of Kamala Harris on her road to shattering America's highest glass ceiling and making history-selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the...
A Year in Tibet

A Year in Tibet

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'A Year in Tibet' follows the author as she lives for eighteen months in a remote village in Tibet. Sun Shuyun, a Chinese writer and historian, takes the reader to...
Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life

Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life

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A literary portrait of New Zealand's best-loved children's author Margaret Mahy's death on 23 July 2012 brought forth an unprecedented outpouring of grief and heartfelt tributes from around New Zealand...
Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now

Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now

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John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're...
Denison's Ice Road

Denison's Ice Road

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In savage blizzards, blinding whiteouts and 60-below-zero temperatures, steel axles snap like twigs; brakes and steering wheels seize up; bare hands freeze when they touch metal. The lake ice cracks...
The General

The General

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The book titled The General by the author Paul Williams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Biography of H V Evatt

Biography of H V Evatt

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The book titled Biography of H V Evatt by the author Buckley/& Dale. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Kafka's Last Love

Kafka's Last Love

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In this gripping literary detective story, Kathi Diamant brings to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka's heart and kept his literary flame alive for decades. This was Dora Diamant,...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That

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...
An American Dreamer: life in a divided country

An American Dreamer: life in a divided country

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A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbours, in this immersive account by the Pulitzer...
Why Read: Selected Writings 2001 - 2021

Why Read: Selected Writings 2001 - 2021

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'Will Self may not be the last modernist at work but at the moment he's the mostfascinating of the tradition's torch bearers.' - New York From one of the most...
I Thought It Would Be Better Than This: Rise From Disappointment,

I Thought It Would Be Better Than This: Rise From Disappointment,

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"This book will change your life! If you're wrestling with disappointment, heartache, or the curveballs life throws at you, Jessica Turner's story will speak right to your soul." - Mel...
Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

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AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF FEBRUARY A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile case: Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killing her longtime abuser; and the author, Michelle...
Happy Land: The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of

Happy Land: The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of

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'It's time we name our kingdom!' he shouted over the wind. 'I say we call this place Happy Land. If this ain't the land of happy people, then where is...
I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival

I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival

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'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, fled the Russian threat in Ukraine for Vienna in 1914. Blinded in the First World War, he...
Will This House Last Forever?: 'Heartbreaking, beautifully written'

Will This House Last Forever?: 'Heartbreaking, beautifully written'

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'Completely original, raw and warm' Evening Standard Books of the Summer 'Poignant... written with intelligence and tears' Ben Okri 'Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary' Observer 'Raw, poetic, beautifully formed' Daisy...
Strong Looks Better Naked

Strong Looks Better Naked

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THE ONLY OFFICIAL KHLOE KARDASHIAN BOOK Khloe Kardashian shares her secrets for finding strength of body, heart, mind, and soul with inspirational, revealing stories of her own struggles with weight,...
The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

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New York, 2001 As Hanan al-Shaykh travels through the streets of Manhattan to her daughter's wedding her mind is elsewhere. Remembering own secret ceremony some thirty years ago, her thoughts...
All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America

All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America

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"Michael Wolff... the shrewdest and most colourful chronicler of the Trump years, " Sunday Times All or Nothing is the final chapter in Wolff's Fire and Fury series. With extraordinary...
Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother and Me

Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother and Me

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Lana was born on on 3 March 1994 in a dilapidated hospital on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg, Russia, thousands of miles away from Chechnya, the place that would become her...
Master of Me: The New York Times Bestseller from the Award-Winning

Master of Me: The New York Times Bestseller from the Award-Winning

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value. A MOST ANTICIPATED...
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope

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'Amanda's story underscores the lasting power of speaking your truth, building a movement, and never losing sight of your dreams' Melinda French Gates A brave and imaginative memoir by the...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

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* A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

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* A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often...
St.Rose of Lima: Patroness of the Americas

St.Rose of Lima: Patroness of the Americas

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St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), Patroness of the Americas, is the first canonized saint of the New World. She was the tenth of thirteen children, and her mother experienced no...
Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism

Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism

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Recreates Monet's life and artistic development during his years in the village of Giverny, reproducing eightyone of the finest paintings completed there
J.G.Farrell: The Making of a Writer

J.G.Farrell: The Making of a Writer

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Based on her access to J.G. Farrell's family and friends, as well as his notebooks and personal correspondence, Lavinia Greacen's biography disentangles not only the full circumstances of the novelist's...
It Ends with Magic

It Ends with Magic

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The book titled It Ends with Magic by the author Spike Milligan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Rockfeller Conscience Opwos H

Rockfeller Conscience Opwos H

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The sequel to The Rockefeller Century surveys the family's story from 1952 to the present, revealing the public uses of the vast Rockefeller wealth, as well as the private dramas...
Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon

Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon

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An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist Amos Oz (1939-2018) was one of Israel's most prolific and prominent writers, as...
Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure: Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me

Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure: Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me

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Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera . . . Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights...
Paper Shadows

Paper Shadows

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This haunting memoir, from the bestselling author of "The Jade Peony" tells the story of Wayson Choy's childhood in Vancouver's old Chinatown. Delving into the secrets of his past, Choy...
The Secrets of the Titanic

The Secrets of the Titanic

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September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres. Paul-Henri...
The Boy from Baghdad: My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster

The Boy from Baghdad: My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster

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'Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim's childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for politics' Rory Stewart 'From Baghdad to...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave

Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave

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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ... remarkably wide-ranging' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of...
Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

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Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to...
The Knox Brothers

The Knox Brothers

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The book titled The Knox Brothers by the author Penelope Fitzgerald. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Once We Were Sisters

Once We Were Sisters

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Once We Were Sisters is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler. Growing up in the suffocating gentility of 1950s South Africa, the girls plan grand lives for themselves that...
Fixing Dad: How to Transform the Health of Someone You Love

Fixing Dad: How to Transform the Health of Someone You Love

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Fixing Dad is about an ordinary British family's extraordinary battle with type 2 diabetes... and how their success now offers hope to millions.
Connie: A Memoir

Connie: A Memoir

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S PICK A LA TIMES AND PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH "This delightful memoir is filled...
Too Young to be a Mum: Can Jess learn to be a good mummy, when she is

Too Young to be a Mum: Can Jess learn to be a good mummy, when she is

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When sixteen-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital having just given birth,...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

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In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning 'Sir, we are homosexuals . . ' , it was signed by...
Iron Ambition: Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who Made Me a

Iron Ambition: Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who Made Me a

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The story of the relationship between the most devastating heavyweight boxer in history and the mentor who made him. When legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That

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

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NOW WITH NEW MATERIAL - the first book to analyse government documents released in January 2025. 'Sensational' Daily Express 'A bombshell book' Daily Mail 'A breath-taking review of WWII's greatest...
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

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SHORT LISTED FOR THE ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY *** 'This astonishing book describes a cruel, feral existence and is worthy of standing on the shelf next to George Orwell's Down...