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'Witty, shocking in parts and written with real heart ... has something to say to everyone' Sunday Times 'Honest, witty and poignant observations on life that are both heart breaking...

Live vicariously through an Irish wedding planner as she moves her family to the Italian countryside, where they accidentally buy a 22-room derelict villa from eight cousins in the middle...

'So honest and pure as to count as a true rapture' JOAN DIDION 'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP 'Our St John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion' EDMUND...

Both as a dancer and a choreographer, Jose Limon electrified audiences from the1930s to the 1960s. With his striking looks and charismatic presence, he was American modern dance's first male...

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...

'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl,...

The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety 'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL 'This amazing book will change your life'...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024 SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA 'The zigzagging life of an adventurer' THE TIMES 'An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an...

Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza...

No one had ever played tennis quite like Bjorn Borg. With his incredible athleticism, powerful shot-making and distinctive style, he became a sensation after he burst onto the scene aged...

In this heartfelt memoir, motivational speaker and life coach Keith Harrell writes passionately about the lessons he's learned from his parents, grandmother, teachers, coaches, mentors, and friends as he overcame...

Michael (MRD) Foot enjoys the rare distinction of being the only person referred to by his real name in a John Le Carre novel. A highly significant tribute to the...

Christmas Eve 2013 is a day Julie Metaxotos can't remember but will never forget. A normal morning became a day like no other when her car was involved in a...

Called the greatest art dealer of the century, Kahnweiler introduced such painters as Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger, and Klee.

Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written PICTORIAL GUIDES TO THE LAKELAND FELLS have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television...

'Extraordinary. A fabulous read' SIMON SCHAMA 'Wonderful. He writes with eloquence and wit' NICHOLAS HYTNER 'Fascinating' EIMEAR McBRIDE Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors....

___________________ SELECTIONS FROM GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S POSTBAG ____________________ '...wonderful entertainment' - Julian Symons, SUNDAY TIMES 'Shaw's charm and brilliance pervade this book' - Piers Brendon, OBSERVER '...sparkling celebration of a...

The book titled The Secret Servant: Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of British by the author Anthony Cave Brown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

In a virtuoso collection of essays, Adam Phillips sets out to make and break the links between psychoanalysis and literature.

Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled Patricia Albers to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the...

Betty Halbreich is a true original. Now in her eighties, she has spent nearly forty years at the luxury store Bergdorf Goodman, working with socialites, stars and ordinary women. She...

Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner was reticent about his private life. In this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, scotches many Turner myths,...

Originally published in 1983, this book tells the story of the two Moscow merchants, Sergey Shchukin and Ivan Morozov, who between them amassed the greatest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist...

The book titled The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart by the author Mary S Lovell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The Second World War was the first truly global conflict and sixty years on its consequences continue to shape the modern world. Season by season The Voice of War charts...

A moving culmination to an epic personal story from one of the twentieth century's great writers Beginning in 1956 with the publication of A Legacy, Sybille Bedford has narrated -...

Trawler has sold 25,000 copies in hardback to date. Redmond O'Hanlon describes his extraordinary three-week trip on an Orkney trawler as it journeys far into the north Atlantic in search...

The book titled Young Men And Fire by the author Norman Maclean. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Stay Alive, My Son by the author John Man. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A Times Book of the Year 'Most underrated group? World of Twist.' - LIAM GALLAGHER 'They're a top band. No one could do what World of Twist do, except World...

'A powerful tribute to female solidarity that you won't be able to stop thinking about' GLAMOUR 'An ode to how women support, protect and uphold each other in a misogynistic...

It was a life of great happiness, for she grew to love her husband deeply. Her country home, her children, the London season and a tour abroad all brought joy...

Mia Freedman -- her life without the air-brushing 'this is a book about Mia the person ... It's not often we get to see our idols in this light' Sydney...

'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING 'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain , then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN...

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist magazine 'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - S acha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of UNWASTED: MY LUSH SOBRIETY Ever sworn...

The first ever mass-market book on politeness and the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives, from professor and pioneer of Politeness Theory, Louise Mullany Are women...

'Kuper is a shrewd observer in this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting...

'Surely only the deranged actively imagine the brutal maiming of those closest to them... ' Pete Roberts was a boy just like any other. Except for the fact that he...

The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for...

'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...

THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER When death is a way of life . . . In A Life Among the Dead , David McGowan, Ireland's best known Funeral Director, and subject...

Georgie Codd is scared of fish. Really, really scared. Loving the sea and resenting her phobia, she plots to cross continents, learn to dive and swim with the world's biggest...

Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one of the most...

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...

The book titled Last Paradise by the author Tom Cole. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Romantic Egotist: Unauthorized Biography of Jack Trevor Story by the author Brian Darwent. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Growing up on a farm in the north of Scotland could be both rewarding and challenging. Now, bestselling author Jane Yeadon recounts her childhood before her nursing adventures started, in...