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An Officer and a Gentlewoman: The Making of a Female British Army Officer

An Officer and a Gentlewoman: The Making of a Female British Army Officer

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Author: Heloise Goodley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 When Heloise Goodley ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had...
New York's Finest: Stories of the NYPD and the Hero Cops Who Saved the City

New York's Finest: Stories of the NYPD and the Hero Cops Who Saved the City

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Author: Michael Daly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The gritty, true blue story of two remarkable cops and an equally extraordinary nurse who provided the spirit and smarts that...
Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough realities and facing my demons head on

Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough realities and facing my demons head on

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Author: Niall Breslin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In his book, Niall Breslin speaks openly about living with depression and anxiety, and his crippling journey to finally acknowledging 'Jeffrey'...
Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon

Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon

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Author: Samuel Meffire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The extraordinary and exciting story of East Germany's first Black police officer. Samuel Meffire grew up as a Black German in...
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

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Author: Lee Sansum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 This is the story of the real bodyguard, Lee Sansum, ex-Royal Military Policeman, martial arts champion, and expert in close protection....
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

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Author: Amy Bloom Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 New York Times Bestseller A poignant love letter to Bloom's husband and a passionate outpouring of grief, In Love reaffirms the...
Sista Sister

Sista Sister

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Author: Candice Brathwaite Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Candice Brathwaite's much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was young and needed guidance....
Sins of My Father: A Guardian Book of the Year 2022 - A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling

Sins of My Father: A Guardian Book of the Year 2022 - A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling

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Author: Lily Dunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'An extraordinary story' CLOVER STROUD 'Astonishing and valuable' THE SPECTATOR 'Beautifully written' DAILY MAIL 'Intensely gripping . . . as brutal...
The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

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Author: Rosie Kinchen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and...
The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly...
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes - The Hilarious Sunday Times Bestseller

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes - The Hilarious Sunday Times Bestseller

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Author: James Acaster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'I don't think I've ever read a book that has made me cry with laughter as much...
My Nonidentical Twin: One ordinary girl. One life-changing condition. How Tourette's changes your world.

My Nonidentical Twin: One ordinary girl. One life-changing condition. How Tourette's changes your world.

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Author: Evie Meg - This Trippy Hippie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'My life was changing and I didn't like it. Everything was so out of my control, even...
Letters to Gil

Letters to Gil

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Author: Malik Al Nasir Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to...
All the Money in the World

All the Money in the World

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Author: John Pearson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Inspired by the fortunes and misfortunes of the Getty family, whose most extraordinary and troubled episode - the kidnap and ransom...
Excommunicated: A heart-wrenching and compelling memoir about a family torn apart by one of New Zealand's most secretive religious sects for readers of Driving to Treblinka and Educated

Excommunicated: A heart-wrenching and compelling memoir about a family torn apart by one of New Zealand's most secretive religious sects for readers of Driving to Treblinka and Educated

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Author: Craig Hoyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren After coming out as gay, Craig Hoyle was...
Showing Up: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

Showing Up: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

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Author: Nedd Brockmann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Get comfortable with being uncomfortable - the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body 'through hell and back 10...
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: From the creator of the Edinburgh Festival sell out hit AGE IS A FEELING

The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: From the creator of the Edinburgh Festival sell out hit AGE IS A FEELING

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Author: Haley McGee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE CHART-TOPPING MEMOIR ______________________________________________________________________________________ 'This memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've read about love in a long, long...
Francis: Pope of Good Promise: From Argentina's Bergoglio to the World's Francis

Francis: Pope of Good Promise: From Argentina's Bergoglio to the World's Francis

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Author: Jimmy Burns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica for the first time, a global audience...
The Secret Heart: Le Carre and Me: Tales From a Secret Love Affair

The Secret Heart: Le Carre and Me: Tales From a Secret Love Affair

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Author: Suleika Dawson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of...
The Cure for Sleep: A book with the power to change your life

The Cure for Sleep: A book with the power to change your life

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'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunWhat happens when you realise that you must change your life?When -...
Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

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Author: Ann Widdecombe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe offers a unique insight into her...
Soundings: Journeying North in the Company of Whales - the award-winning memoir

Soundings: Journeying North in the Company of Whales - the award-winning memoir

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Author: Doreen Cunningham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Beautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk' NEW STATESMAN 'Wonderful ......
Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

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Author: Robert Wainwright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 In 1908 Muriel Matters, known as 'that daring Australian girl', chained herself to an iron grille in the House of Commons...
Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own

Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own

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Author: Emma Forrest Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Beautiful' Nigella Lawson 'I adored it' Dolly Alderton 'Wonderful' Lisa Taddeo 'Intoxicating' Abi Morgan What happens when your story doesn't end...
At the Loch of the Green Corrie

At the Loch of the Green Corrie

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Author: Andrew Greig Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A homage to a remarkable poet and his world. 'At The Loch of Green Corrie is more than merely elegant, more...
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

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

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Author: Michael Palin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful...
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

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Author: Jude Rogers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

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Author: Bez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madchester' giants Happy Mondays, the pop-eyed Mark Berry, forever...
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve

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Author: Vicky Pattison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 THE IMMEDIATE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The debut self-help book from Vicky Pattison, on how to quash your inner doubts, overcome fear...
My Nonidentical Twin: One ordinary girl. One life-changing condition. How Tourette's changes your world.

My Nonidentical Twin: One ordinary girl. One life-changing condition. How Tourette's changes your world.

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Author: Evie Meg - This Trippy Hippie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'My life was changing and I didn't like it. Everything was so out of my control, even...
Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory

Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory

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Author: Shobna Gulati Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' -...
The Familia Grande: A family's silence weighs on everyone

The Familia Grande: A family's silence weighs on everyone

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Author: Camille Kouchner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD, THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIES THE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL...
GROW: Motherhood, mental health & me

GROW: Motherhood, mental health & me

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Author: Frankie Bridge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Open, honest, straight talking on mental health and motherhood.' - Tik Tok's Dr Julie 'I absolutely love it - it doesn't...
Granta 161: Sister, Brother

Granta 161: Sister, Brother

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Author: Sigrid Rausing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 Psychoanalysis famously privileges the vertical relationship between a child (the patient) and their parents over the seemingly equal and unproblematic horizontal...
Stanley I Resume: Further Recollections of an Exuberant Life

Stanley I Resume: Further Recollections of an Exuberant Life

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Author: Stanley Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Stanley Johnson: one-time spy, politician, animal rights crusader - and irresistibly brilliant raconteur. From his career as a Member of the...
What Makes Us Stronger

What Makes Us Stronger

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Author: Freya Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and...
In Bed with the Blueshirts

In Bed with the Blueshirts

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Author: Shane Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts the crises when the coalition came close...
The Queen: 1926-2022

The Queen: 1926-2022

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Following her death in September 2022, the outpouring of affection and admiration for the Queen was as touching as it was...
Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

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As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekAn eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be...
Ed Sheeran: Divide and Conquer

Ed Sheeran: Divide and Conquer

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Author: David Nolan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Since his emergence into the music industry, Ed Sheeran has gone on to become a household name, with sell-out tours and...
Letters to Sarah

Letters to Sarah

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Author: Sara Payne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 After Sarah's body was found, abducted and murdered by convicted paedophile Roy Whiting, her mother, Sara, spoke of how she had...
Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival

Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival

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Author: Tom de Freston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An artist's obsession with Gericault's monumental painting The Raft of the Medusa, and an intensely personal reckoning that delves deep...
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

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Author: Jude Rogers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
On the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster

On the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster

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Author: Philippe Petit Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY PAUL AUSTER 'A book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. I bow...
My Unapologetic Diaries

My Unapologetic Diaries

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Author: Joan Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary 'A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday Telegraph...
Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

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Author: Julia Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured....
Pride and Passion: My Autobiography

Pride and Passion: My Autobiography

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Author: Warren Gatland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 SHORTLISTED FOR RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS. 'excellent' Donald McRae, The Guardian 'Gatland is...
The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

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Author: Sarah M. Broom Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 'A major book that I suspect will...