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Free: My Search for Meaning

Free: My Search for Meaning

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Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit - and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though...
But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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In But Everyone Feels This Way , Au tism acceptance activist and multi-million-follower TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically . It...
Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the

Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the

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'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....
Losing Jonathan

Losing Jonathan

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When Bob and Linda Waxler received a phone call warning them their beloved and accomplished son Jonathan was taking heroin, they began a journey that took them through the detox...
A House in Flanders

A House in Flanders

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In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with 'the aunts in Flanders'. His 'aunts' were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had...
Lost in Motherhood: The Memoir of a Woman who Gained a Baby and Lost

Lost in Motherhood: The Memoir of a Woman who Gained a Baby and Lost

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Previously published as Mum Face . Best described as The Wrong Knickers for mums, in this wry, resonant and darkly funny memoir, journalist Grace Timothy explores motherhood as an issue...
A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice

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SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'I loved this book . . . incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles 'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton 'Full of beauty,...
My Cousin Maria Schneider

My Cousin Maria Schneider

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"Lovingly written" Deborah Harry "An exquisite portrait of a tragic heroine" Violaine Huisman A spare, heartbreaking memoir and tribute to Maria Schneider, the 1970s movie starlet who catapulted to fame...
Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and

Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and

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"In her new book Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma , she forges a new path for all survivors of trauma, as well as breathing much-needed humour into a...
The Trauma Cleaner

The Trauma Cleaner

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A poignant and powerful celebration of one remarkable woman's unrelenting drive to make order from chaos. Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things- husband and father,...
Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: Life inside one of America's largest

Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: Life inside one of America's largest

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Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at California's Napa State hospital, known locally as 'Gomorrah', but nothing could have prepared him...
My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die

My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die

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Death is a whisper in the Anglo-Saxon world. But on a remote island, off the coast of County Mayo, it has a louder voice. The local radio station runs a...
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

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'Utterly gorgeous' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies 'Sad, funny, juicy and prickly with deep and secret thoughtful places' Mary Gaitskill, author of This is Pleasure _____ As a...
Inga Clendinnen: A Celebration

Inga Clendinnen: A Celebration

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Inga Clendinnen is an historian of extraordinary insight and power. She is also one of those remarkable people able to summon the strength to use a serious illness to review...
Mem Fox: A Celebration

Mem Fox: A Celebration

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The book titled Mem Fox: A Celebration by the author Jennifer Moran. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
From Gaolbird To Lyrebird: A Life In Australian Ballet

From Gaolbird To Lyrebird: A Life In Australian Ballet

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography chronicles an extraordinary transformation, tracing a remarkable individual's path from challenging...
Founding Brass: George Stewardson And Extruded Metals (SIGNED)

Founding Brass: George Stewardson And Extruded Metals (SIGNED)

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical work, Founding Brass: George Stewardson And Extruded Metals, chronicles the remarkable...
Prelude Fugue And Variations: Letters To A Loved One From Chaplain T.C. Rentoul In World War One.

Prelude Fugue And Variations: Letters To A Loved One From Chaplain T.C. Rentoul In World War One.

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Inscribed by the editor on fep. This poignant collection chronicles the personal...
Caroline Chisholm

Caroline Chisholm

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageCaroline Chisholm chronicles the extraordinary life of a pioneering social reformer in 19th-century Australia....
Toulouse-Lautrec.  Print and Posters from the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Toulouse-Lautrec. Print and Posters from the Bibliothèque Nationale.

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLautrec chronicles the vibrant, often tumultuous life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the iconic French...
The Annie Effect: Changing lives one run at a time-you Can Too!

The Annie Effect: Changing lives one run at a time-you Can Too!

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p>Ever thought about running a marathon, doing an ocean swim, training for a triathlon? If you think those things might be beyond you, think again! In this intensely personal memoir,...
Someone Somewhere Knows Something: A gripping collection of true crime

Someone Somewhere Knows Something: A gripping collection of true crime

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Eighteen missing people, multiple families grieving, and one person looking for answers in this forensic and moving re-examination of some of Australia's most heartbreaking missing persons cases Every 14 minutes...
Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and

Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and

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"A Marie Kondo for the modern moment" GUARDIAN " Inner Excellence is for anyone who wants to win at life without losing themselves " MARIE FORLEO TRAIN YOUR HEART AND...
Mad Woman: Binge Eating. Menopause. OCD: How To Survive a World That

Mad Woman: Binge Eating. Menopause. OCD: How To Survive a World That

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'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer' Elizabeth Day In the hotly anticipated follow-up to her SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*, MAD GIRL, Bryony Gordon shares her experiences of binge eating disorder...
Ramtha: White Book

Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border, 1863

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'The best and most accurate first-person account of the long-overlooked western border war of 1863...[It] contributes to a richer understanding of the Civil War by establishing links between developments in...
The Director is the Commander

The Director is the Commander

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Funny, multi-layered and utterly compelling, The Director is the Commander is a gripping account of an extraordinary journey inside North Korea, a nation we can usually only see from the...
Hush: A memoir unravelling the unintended legacy of family secrets

Hush: A memoir unravelling the unintended legacy of family secrets

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Do we need an acceptable identity label to be validated? What makes us who we are? What will our legacy be? What defines us? In 2016, as the sun rose,...
Facing Percy Grainger

Facing Percy Grainger

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Explores the many facets of the life, persona, artistic world and musical achievement of a unique Australian musician.
Chita: A Memoir

Chita: A Memoir

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"Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward."-Lin-Manuel Miranda "This deserves a standing ovation."- Publishers Weekly The wildly entertaining memoir...
Mr. China

Mr. China

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The incredible story of a Wall Street banker who went to China with $400,000,000 and learned the hard way how (not) to do business there . . . In the...
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

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When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden...
Cassius X: A Legend in the Making

Cassius X: A Legend in the Making

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Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the path to becoming the greatest sportsman of all time. Cassius Clay is training in the 5th Street Gym for...
Gorillas in Our Midst: A Zookeeper's Tale of Hand-Rearing Baby

Gorillas in Our Midst: A Zookeeper's Tale of Hand-Rearing Baby

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"Funny and messy" - The Mail on Sunday Step into the fascinating world of Bristol Zoo with Alan Toyne, a dedicated zookeeper and primate expert whose extraordinary story of hand-rearing...
All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art:

All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art:

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DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one...
Fabulous Finn: The Brave Police Dog Who Came Back from the Brink

Fabulous Finn: The Brave Police Dog Who Came Back from the Brink

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THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER: The Inspirational Life of Finn, Britain's Bravest Dog, Winner of the 2017 Daily Mirror Animal Hero of the Year Award and Star of Britain's Got Talent...
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

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The second volume of diaries from one of Britain's best-loved national treasures. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in...
Earth to Moon: A Memoir

Earth to Moon: A Memoir

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The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling...
We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon

We Will Not Be Saved: A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon

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'Nemonte's writing is as provocative as it is inspiring' EMMA THOMPSON ' One of the most effective leaders for indigenous rights and environmental justice' LAURENE POWELL JOBS 'I'm here to...
The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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'What an enchanting and illuminating book! How lucky for us that Amy Tan has turned her genius, her deep empathy and insight, her keen eye for what is telling, to...
The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir

The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir

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When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with the Muppets and her pet turtle. Then everything changed. Her police officer father, John, was driving to work when...
These Foolish Things: A Memoir

These Foolish Things: A Memoir

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Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then,...
Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild

Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild

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'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.' Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester 'A brilliant thinker and...
Around the World in 80 Fights: A Lifetime's Journey to the Heart of

Around the World in 80 Fights: A Lifetime's Journey to the Heart of

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SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025 An autobiographical white-knuckle ride around the global fight game by the legendary Steve Bunce: the voice...
You Did What?!: Audacious Faith Adventures in the Life of David

You Did What?!: Audacious Faith Adventures in the Life of David

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The book titled You Did What?!: Audacious Faith Adventures in the Life of David by the author David McCracken. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the

A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MARGARET AND COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LESLIE AND SOPHIE CAPLAN AWARD FOR JEWISH NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AGE NON-FICTION BOOK OF...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless

Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless

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A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest ' SARAH MILLICAN 'Hollie McNish's words always sweep...
Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'It's hard not to be persuaded by Bradbury's enthusiasm and positivity' THE TIMES Join Julia Bradbury as she leads you through the walk of our lifetimes....
Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

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With a new Afterword and Reading Group Guide exclusive to the paperback edition. In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight...