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A Seat at the Table: Interviews with Women on the Frontline of Music

A Seat at the Table: Interviews with Women on the Frontline of Music

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In NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS: WOMEN REWRITE ROCK (Virago, 1995; published as GRRRLS: VIVA ROCK DIVAS in the US by St Martin's Griffin, 1996), writer and critic Amy Raphael interviewed...
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...
Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and

Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and

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A Daily Mail Book of the Week Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a...
Inshallah United: A story of faith and football

Inshallah United: A story of faith and football

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Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023 'There was always hope. There was always next season. Inshallah.' Inshallah United is about growing up as a...
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...
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.
The Bacchus Story: A History Of Captain W. H. Bacchus, Of Bacchus Marsh, And His Son (SIGNED)

The Bacchus Story: A History Of Captain W. H. Bacchus, Of Bacchus Marsh, And His Son (SIGNED)

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Author: Betty OsbornBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn and creased spine. This compelling historical...
Riddell's Village: Reminiscences Of Earlier Riddells Creek

Riddell's Village: Reminiscences Of Earlier Riddells Creek

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Author: Robyn GossBinding: PaperbackPublished: Saintcrespin Publishing, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the formative years of a distinct Australian...
A Tribe of Angels: Coming of Age in Melbourne

A Tribe of Angels: Coming of Age in Melbourne

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Author: Russell BeedlesBinding: PaperbackPublished: by the author, 2010Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis autobiographical novel presents a candid coming‑of‑age story set...
Picasso

Picasso

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Author: James B. LeslieBinding: PaperbackPublished: International Cultural Corporation., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumps and minor chipping to spine.-
Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec

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Author: Richard ShoneBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume chronicles the vibrant life and...
Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

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Author: Richard ShoneBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume presents a comprehensive account of...
Just A Boy From The Bush

Just A Boy From The Bush

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Author: Lloyd JonesBinding: PaperbackPublished: -, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis autobiographical narrative presents a grounded account of rural Australian life, as...
Testament Of Youth

Testament Of Youth

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Author: Vera BrittainBinding: PaperbackPublished: Wideview Books., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA poignant memoir, Testament Of Youth chronicles Vera Brittain's...
Rembrandt: A Genius And His Impact

Rembrandt: A Genius And His Impact

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Author: Albert BlankertBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria., 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume, Rembrandt: A Genius And...
Daniel Mannix: His Legacy

Daniel Mannix: His Legacy

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Author: Val Noone And Rachel NaughtonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission, Catholic Archdiocese of MelbourneCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDaniel Mannix: His...
Conversations With Capote

Conversations With Capote

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Author: Lawrence GrobelBinding: PaperbackPublished: New American Library, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical work Conversations With Capote presents an intimate look...
Rupert Brooke: A Biography

Rupert Brooke: A Biography

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Author: Christopher HassallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Faber paper covered editions, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: marks and wear on dust cover;...
Risks Worth Taking: The Odyssey Of A Foreign Correspondent

Risks Worth Taking: The Odyssey Of A Foreign Correspondent

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Author: Bernard S. RedmontBinding: PaperbackPublished: University Press of America, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing of cover; front of...
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.
Hank Was A Yank

Hank Was A Yank

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Author: Norman DaviesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Picken and Stephens, 1940Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIllustrated throughout with cartoon style line drawings.
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...
Within the White Lines: How the Beautiful Game Saved my Life

Within the White Lines: How the Beautiful Game Saved my Life

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Author: Ruth Fox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 Growing up, Ruth was on track for an ideal life - she had the grades, friends, great sporting potential, and a...
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 BOOK AWARDS 2023 - Biography of the Year

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Author: Dr Tony Holohan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Dr Tony Holohan served as Chief Medical Officer in Ireland for 14 years, but only really became known to the...
The Eighth House: A mother, a murder, an obsession

The Eighth House: A mother, a murder, an obsession

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Author: Elizabeth Clark Wessel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced...
School Blues

School Blues

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Author: Daniel Pennac Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his...
Riding Through The Storm: My Fight Back to Fitness on the Tour de France

Riding Through The Storm: My Fight Back to Fitness on the Tour de France

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Author: Geoff Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Geoff Thomas's heroic battle to overcome leukaemia, and then take on the toughest sporting challenge: to ride the Tour de France...
Pipe Dreams: Secret Diaries of a Neighbourhood Plumber

Pipe Dreams: Secret Diaries of a Neighbourhood Plumber

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Author: Nicholas James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Over more than twenty years working as a plumber, Nick has shared thousands of mugs of tea with hundreds of fascinating...
On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper

On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper

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Author: Tim Rich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.'...
Justice For My Father: 'A must-read' - Paul Williams

Justice For My Father: 'A must-read' - Paul Williams

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Author: Austin Stack Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In 1983 an off-duty prison officer was shot by the IRA in cold blood on a Dublin street. Over 40 years...
Ghosting: A Double Life

Ghosting: A Double Life

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Author: Jennie Erdal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Ghosting is a remarkable account of one woman's life - or, to be more accurate, lives. For fifteen years, Jennie Erdal...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

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Author: Andrew North Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying...
Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World

Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World

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Author: Jane Robinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Acclaimed historian, Jane Robinson brings out of the shadows one of Victorian Britain's most influential but forgotten women. First wave feminist,...
The Vet 2: the big wild world

The Vet 2: the big wild world

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Author: Luke Gamble Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 No longer a newbie vet, Luke Gamble takes over Pilgrims veterinary practice in Dorset and establishes an international veterinary charity, Worldwide...
The Eighth House: A mother, a murder, an obsession

The Eighth House: A mother, a murder, an obsession

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Author: Elizabeth Clark Wessel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced...
SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings (as featured on SAS Rogue Heroes)

SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings (as featured on SAS Rogue Heroes)

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Author: Tony Rushmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in...
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...
Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer: The warmest, most charming

Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer: The warmest, most charming

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'a wonderful book ... a great read' Daily Mail 'a fascinating book ... I really enjoyed it' Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain 'a heart-warming, funny and insightful read. Perfect for...
Lightning Can Strike Twice: My Life as a Fury

Lightning Can Strike Twice: My Life as a Fury

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In his first book professional boxer and social media star, Tommy Fury, reveals what life is like juggling his many identities: boxing champion, TV star, mental health advocate, and father,...
1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

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1967 explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive/compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of...
Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them

Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them

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'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey

Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey

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The extraordinary true story of hope, courage and survival and one boy's journey across the world to find safety When Mir was thirteen, he was forced to flee his village...
I Am A Mob Boss: The Last Confession of a Criminal Kingpin

I Am A Mob Boss: The Last Confession of a Criminal Kingpin

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I could've died a thousand times. People were out to get me, as they always are when you run the show. It's kind of silly that it's cancer that's going...
Was This in the Plan?

Was This in the Plan?

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In 2004 Stephanie Nimmo was a career-focused, suburban mother of three, happily married to the love of her life, Andy. In December that year their fourth child was born and...
Man Who Would Not be Defeated

Man Who Would Not be Defeated

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The book titled Man Who Would Not be Defeated by the author William J. Mitchell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love

Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love

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The life of Gordon Langley Hall was full of mystery and riddled with rumour and scandal. The illegitimate son of two servants at Sissinghurst Castle, (home of Vita Sackville-West and...