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Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir

Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir

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Author: J. M. Thompson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. "Voluntary...
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

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Author: Alec Nevala-Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 *...
God Is a Black Woman

God Is a Black Woman

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Author: Christena Cleveland Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the...
Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure

Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure

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Author: James Dyson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Dyson has become a byword for great design, brilliant invention and global success. Now, James Dyson, the entrepreneur who...
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

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Author: Simon Shuster Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the...
The King: The Life of Charles III

The King: The Life of Charles III

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Author: Christopher Andersen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one...
The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting Number 6: A Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting Number 6: A Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald

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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir

In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir

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When in French: Love in a Second Language

When in French: Love in a Second Language

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Author: Lauren Collins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she...
The Instant

The Instant

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Author: Amy Liptrot Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 'I loved this book' - Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path 'Utterly absorbing' - Lucy Jones, author of...
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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Author: Barbara Amiel Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 Barbara Amiel's long-awaited memoir is shockingly honest, richly detailed and pulls few punches. An instinctive feminist and now a...
Brand New Me: More honest, heart-warming and hilarious antics from reality TV's biggest star

Brand New Me: More honest, heart-warming and hilarious antics from reality TV's biggest star

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Author: Charlotte Crosby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Charlotte Crosby is one of the nation's best loved and funniest TV stars. Here in BRAND NEW ME Charlotte...
The Irishman: Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses

The Irishman: Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses

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Author: Charles Brandt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The book behind the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al...
Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson

Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson

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Firestarter: Me, Cricket and the Heat of the Moment

Firestarter: Me, Cricket and the Heat of the Moment

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Author: Ben Stokes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Ben Stokes is not cast in the same mould as the vast majority of English cricketers. Fiery, combative, gladiatorial...
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General

One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General

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Author: William P Barr Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures...
The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

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Author: Shannon Bream Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect.... "Have faith" is a phrase we...
Sunshine

Sunshine

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Author: Samantha C. Ross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 There are a lot of Ambers in the stripping world. And Aprils and Summers, and Skys and Rains....
Dangerous Boobies

Dangerous Boobies

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Author: Caitlin Brodnick Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 After watching too many family members die of cancer, at age 28, public speaker and comedian Caitlin Brodnick was...
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Author: Jordan Belfort Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL. 'What separates...
Back in the Frame: Cycling, belonging and finding joy on a bike

Back in the Frame: Cycling, belonging and finding joy on a bike

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Author: Jools Walker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'We'll all recognise ourselves somewhere in this book' Emily Chappell 'One of the best cycling books of all time'...
Who am I, again?

Who am I, again?

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Author: Lenny Henry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'Moving, powerful (and very funny).' - Mail On Sunday You might think you know Lenny Henry. Think again. In...
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

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Author: Annie Gray Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply...
The Undocumented Americans

The Undocumented Americans

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Author: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Right after the election of 2016, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio realized the story she'd tried to steer clear of...
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

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Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated...
A Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world

A Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world

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Author: Rob Beckett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Pacy, witty and affectionate' Guardian Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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Author: Luis J Rodriguez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East...
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Author: Anderson Cooper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine...
I Carried a Watermelon: Dirty Dancing and Me

I Carried a Watermelon: Dirty Dancing and Me

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Author: Katy Brand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'Massively enjoyable' Dawn French I Carried a Watermelon is a love letter to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and...
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

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Author: Mary Jennings Hegar Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a...
Fully Functioning Human (Almost): Living in an Online/Offline World

Fully Functioning Human (Almost): Living in an Online/Offline World

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Author: Melanie Murphy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 In her first book, Irish YouTuber Melanie Murphy shares a series of experiences from the struggle that is growing...
Foreign Native: An African Journey

Foreign Native: An African Journey

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Author: RW Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 292 From schooldays in Durban to later years as an Oxford don, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable...
Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World

Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World

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Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 'Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest...
A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed About Love Whilst Dying

A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed About Love Whilst Dying

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Author: Joe Hammond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air -...
Unspoken: Toxic Masculinity and How I Faced the Man Within the Man

Unspoken: Toxic Masculinity and How I Faced the Man Within the Man

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Author: Guvna B Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Men are bold. Men are brave. Men are strong in the face of fear. But what happens when that...
Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

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Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The brilliant new book from the Chief Instructor of SAS: Australia that will explain the principles...
Diana: In Pursuit of Love

Diana: In Pursuit of Love

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 When Andrew Morton's world-famous biography, "Diana: Her True Story," was first published, it caused a media frenzy, and shook...
Walking the Americas

Walking the Americas

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Author: Levison Wood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304  'A wildly entertaining account of his epic journey' - Daily Mail. Levison Wood begins his biggest challenge yet. Beginning...
Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult

Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult

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Author: Robert Lacey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 AS SEEN IN THE TIMES AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller 'THE...
Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

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Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.' This changed everything... Surviving the Storms brings together...
Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010

Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010

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Author: Chris Mullin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as...
Where There's A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent

Where There's A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent

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Author: Emily Chappell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020 'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - Observer In...
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

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Author: Ron Howard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron's and Clint's early careers...
A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

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Author: Juliet Nicolson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have...
Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

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Author, Philip Eade Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 384 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost...
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...
Notes on a Nervous Planet

Notes on a Nervous Planet

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Author: Matt Haig Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....