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Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

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Author: Tove Ditlevsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The classic Danish trilogy hailed as a masterpiece on publication in English last year - now in a single...
Trumpets from the Steep

Trumpets from the Steep

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Author: Diana Cooper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The third volume of Diana Cooper's witty, gossipy and brilliant autobiography - the perfect evocation of glittering high society...
The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

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Author: Laurence Rees Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 A fascinating exploration of the character of Adolf Hitler- the most powerful and destructive man in history. Accompanies the...
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall

The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall

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Author: Tommy Caldwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 A climber's journey of endurance, risk and going beyond limits A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy...
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death,...
Peter 2.0: The Human Cyborg

Peter 2.0: The Human Cyborg

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Author: Peter Scott-Morgan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The extraordinary true story of the man who decided to live forever Peter, a brilliant scientist, is told that...
Agent Sonya: From the bestselling author of The Spy and The Traitor

Agent Sonya: From the bestselling author of The Spy and The Traitor

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Author: Ben MacIntyre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of Britain's best historians, now in paperback...
Born to Run: My Story

Born to Run: My Story

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Author: Cathy Freeman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Hi guys, ever since I was little I only had one dream - to win a gold medal at...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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Author: Tom Wolfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Tom Wolfe's genre-defining ride through the 1960s published in Vintage Classics for the first time to mark its fiftieth...
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Author: Laurie Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The beautiful and moving follow-up to the acclaimed Cider with Rosie 'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in...
The Confessions

The Confessions

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Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 Rousseau's autobiography, giving a unique insight into the mind and life of one of the greatest thinkers of the...
Soldier Spy

Soldier Spy

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Author: Tom Marcus Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Soldier Spy is to the war against the enemy at home what Bravo Two Zero was to Gulf War...
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

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Author: Elli H. Radinger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 What wolves can teach us about being human Love your family, care for your those around you, never...
Warhol: A Life as Art

Warhol: A Life as Art

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Author: Blake Gopnik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 976 The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists the world has ever seen When critics...
Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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Author: Jonathan Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 This accessible and expertly written introduction and overview of Tracey Emin's life offers a completely up-to-date view on the...
Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Author: Oliver Stone Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 *** "I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris...
Behind the Lens: My Life

Behind the Lens: My Life

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Author: David Suchet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In the early days of my career, I didn't think I stood a hope in hell. Look at me: I'm short,...
A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue

A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue

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Author: John Aldridge Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Film in development with The Weinstein Company In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was...
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

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Author: Ariana Neumann Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'It's not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is...
The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia

The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia

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Author: David S. MacLean Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In 2002, at twenty-eight years old, David MacLean woke up in a foreign land with his memory wiped...
Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America's Founding Father

Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America's Founding Father

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Author: George Goodwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'Sensitive, moving and finely textured' Guardian 'Fantastic' Dan Snow For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin...
The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both

The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both

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Author: Juno Dawson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world....
A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and Survival

A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and Survival

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Author: Judith Tebbutt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 This is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, I was torn away...
In God's Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II

In God's Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II

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Author: Pope St John Paul II Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II - published for the first time ever...
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

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Author: Benjamin Zephaniah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 *BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his...
Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

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Author: Roy Strong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 800 'The Alan Clark diaries of cultural politics' Sunday Times 'At every word a reputation dies' A. N. Wilson Roy...
Seneca: A Life

Seneca: A Life

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Author: Emily Wilson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a...
Suarez - 2016 Updated Edition: The Extraordinary Story Behind Football's Most Explosive Talent

Suarez - 2016 Updated Edition: The Extraordinary Story Behind Football's Most Explosive Talent

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Author: Luca Caioli Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Luis Suarez is one of the most brilliant and controversial players in world football.Signed by Barcelona in 2014 despite...
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege

Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege

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Author: Marcus Luttrell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was...
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

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Author: Helen Rappaport Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 As she did in her critically acclaimed "The Last Days of the Romanovs," Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to...
Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile

Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile

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Author: Robert Greenfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 216 Although they did not know it then, when the Rolling Stones embarked on their farewell tour of Great Britain in March...
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro

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Author: Rachel Slade Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a...
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

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Author: Clay Risen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history:...
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Years of Steve Jobs

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Years of Steve Jobs

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Author: Ken Kocienda Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; a few thousand work on Apple's campus in California; but only...
Attack

Attack

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Author: Loic Dauvillier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 152 "The Attack" opens with Amin Jaafari, an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian origin, trying to save the casualties of a suicide bombing....
The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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Author: Alison Bechdel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The new masterpiece from the bestselling, award-winning graphic novelist and feminist icon, whose fans include Gloria Steinem and Laura Marling *A...
Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading

Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading

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Author: Susan Hill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When we spend so much of our time immersed in books, who's to say where reading ends and living begins? The...
The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

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Author: Hugh van Cuylenburg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The key steps to leading a happier, more contented and fulfilling life Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary...
James Herriot's Animal Stories

James Herriot's Animal Stories

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Author: James Herriot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This collection of tales about the beloved veterinarian's encounters with various members of the animal kingdom is the perfect gift for...
Aunts Up The Cross

Aunts Up The Cross

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Author: Robin Dalton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 142 My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was...
On Grand Strategy

On Grand Strategy

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Author: John Lewis Gaddis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy...
The Monk of Mokha

The Monk of Mokha

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Author: Dave Eggers Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 From San Francisco to Yemen, the gripping true story of a young American immigrant and his quest to resurrect...
Carry On, Warrior: From Glennon Doyle, the #1 bestselling author of Untamed

Carry On, Warrior: From Glennon Doyle, the #1 bestselling author of Untamed

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Author: Glennon Doyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The inspiring and universal true story of the transformative power of a mother's love. On Mother's Day, 2002, Glennon...
Scenes and Apparitions: The Roy Strong Diaries 1988-2003

Scenes and Apparitions: The Roy Strong Diaries 1988-2003

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Author: Sir Roy Strong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 'Viper wit from the gardener, writer and Knight of exquisite taste' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Funny, barbed and moving ......
Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism...
Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Originally published in 1933 George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris,...
Orwell in Spain

Orwell in Spain

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 An exhilarating collection of Orwell's writing on the Spanish Civil War The volume collects together Orwell's writings on his...
The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

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Author: Iris Origo Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Iris Origo's most famous book, her classic study of the life and times of a medieval Italian merchant. In...