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Tuffers' Ashes Heroes: Legends and characters from both sides of

Tuffers' Ashes Heroes: Legends and characters from both sides of

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Phil Tufnell played in five Ashes series and has commentated on another ten. With the next tear-up just around the corner, 'Tuffers' has sat down and personally chosen his 50...
A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... A Memoir of Sorts

A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... A Memoir of Sorts

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THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose...
Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and

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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
The Ghost Lake

The Ghost Lake

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'Remarkable' OBSERVER 'Deeply profound... this is no ordinary memoir' THE TIMES 'Astounding' ADAM FARRER 'Brave and luminous' SARAH LANGFORD 'Mesmerising' POLLY ATKIN 'Beautifully written' YORKSHIRE POST 'Steadfastly honest' GEOGRAPHICAL A...
Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's pilgrim paths

Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's pilgrim paths

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Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

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'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage 'Walker writes beautifully about the push and pull of...
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...
Under A Rock

Under A Rock

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'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've learned over the fifty or so years...
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...
Written in Water: Keats's final Journey

Written in Water: Keats's final Journey

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Only edition in print On 17th September 1820, accompanied by his friend Joseph Severn, John Keats left London for Italy on board the Maria Crowther in a desperate bid to...
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff

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'One of the funniest books of the year' - Guardian A collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and...
Greenlights: Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy

Greenlights: Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* - MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Gloriously bonkers - Guardian, Best Autobiographies and Memoirs of 2020 A rollicking, contemplative trip - Financial Times From the Academy Award...
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...
Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

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Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A world-renowned investigative criminologist, he has gained the trust of murderers across the world, entered their...
Liar Liar: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault

Liar Liar: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault

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'Powerful and heart-wrenching ... I cannot recommend this book highly enough' - Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be and The Last to...
The Lady Upstairs: Reflections on Love and Mortality

The Lady Upstairs: Reflections on Love and Mortality

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This is a series of intimate reflections on the human spirit. The original intention was a simple reminiscence, but it developed into an exploration of our individual and collective values,...
Earth to Moon: A Memoir

Earth to Moon: A Memoir

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A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Jaw-dropping [and] intensely evocative' SUNDAY TIMES 'Moon is a sublime writer who dips her pen in Nora Ephron's ink' OBSERVER 'Gripping, hilarious and...
Dear Michael, Love Dad: Letters, laughter and all the things we leave

Dear Michael, Love Dad: Letters, laughter and all the things we leave

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'Wonderful, moving, humorous ... extremely poignant' Charlie Mortimer, Dear Lupin 'Iain's love for his son shines through every sentence of this affecting account, as does his guilt. He blames himself...
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...
The Moon's A Balloon

The Moon's A Balloon

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This acclaimed memoir, The Moon's A Balloon, chronicles the extraordinary life and career of a beloved Hollywood icon. It presents a vivid tapestry of the Golden Age of cinema, detailing...
True Stories From One Man's Life: The First Book

True Stories From One Man's Life: The First Book

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary journey of an individual, presenting a tapestry of personal...
All Around The World In Eighty Years: Memoirs Of A Mining Engineer (Another Fortunate Fellow)

All Around The World In Eighty Years: Memoirs Of A Mining Engineer (Another Fortunate Fellow)

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir, All Around The World In Eighty Years: Memoirs Of A Mining Engineer,...
Mercury's Mate

Mercury's Mate

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rare Australian story that takes you from international peace conferences, to washing out whisky...
The Way Of The White Clouds: A Buddhist Pilgrim In Tibet

The Way Of The White Clouds: A Buddhist Pilgrim In Tibet

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA profound spiritual travelogue, The Way Of The White Clouds: A Buddhist...
200 Days In El Salvador: An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey From Suburbia To A Guerrilla War

200 Days In El Salvador: An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey From Suburbia To A Guerrilla War

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image200 Days In El Salvador: An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey From Suburbia To...
The Beatles Forever

The Beatles Forever

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work, The Beatles Forever, chronicles the unparalleled journey of the iconic...
A LIFETIME IN THE BUSH. A Boxed Set of 6 Volumes.

A LIFETIME IN THE BUSH. A Boxed Set of 6 Volumes.

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis six‑volume adventure memoir chronicles Beadell’s surveying expeditions across some of Australia’s most remote desert...
This Is My Life: From Ruske Pole With Love (SIGNED)

This Is My Life: From Ruske Pole With Love (SIGNED)

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant memoir, This Is My Life: From Ruske Pole With Love, chronicles Eva Parush's...
Mystery Spinner: Text Classics

Mystery Spinner: Text Classics

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The biography of one of the most original and elusive characters in Australian sporting history, by renowned cricket writer Gideon Haigh. In 1950, aged in his mid-thirties, 'tall, shy, shambling'...
Accessory: Former Miss Australia. Convicted drug trafficker. Gangland

Accessory: Former Miss Australia. Convicted drug trafficker. Gangland

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Behind every criminal man is a young, glamorous woman profiting from his crimes. Or, at least, so the media suggests. Felicia Djamirze is a counsellor, an advocate for women's justice,...
Is it just me? (confessions of an over-sharer)

Is it just me? (confessions of an over-sharer)

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From weight to wee, children to crap dates, nothing is off limits for Chrissie Swan, self-confessed 'over-sharer'. Celebrity, friendship, love, being a working mum, 'having it all' and the general...
Freud for Beginners

Freud for Beginners

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Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus complex have become a familiar part of our everyday vocabulary. But...
Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and

Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and

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From the co-author of the best-selling Running Made Easy , with a foreword by running legend Kathrine Switzer. Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly...
A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and

A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and

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'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.' Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she...
XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love,

XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love,

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Cody Rigsby has a lot of opinions: Kevin is the hottest Backstreet Boy; grape jelly is a crime against nature; if you wear flip-flops in New York City, you do...
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,...
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...
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...
Daughters of Shame

Daughters of Shame

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'I listen to those stories - told by women who have been drugged, beaten, imprisoned, raped and terrorised within the walls of the homes they grew up in. I listen...
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...