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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 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...

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'A one-man, one-cat mission to cheer people up' - The Mirror When Travis Nelson arrived in London, he expected to embark on a new life and a new job. Coming...

Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last-born - in 1866 - of Victoria and Albert's children, and she would outlive all of her siblings to...

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,...

"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...

'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...

'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...

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...

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,...

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

Fanny Burney (1752-1840) is best known as the author of EVELINA, one of the most engaging novels of the eighteenth century. But for much of her long life, she was...

"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...

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air , Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El...

'Dazzling...full of special delights. Harman excels in the vivid presentation of scenes, the selection of detail...[a] marvellous and beautifully written book.' Elspeth Barker, Independent on Sunday At the age of...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

'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...

'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup' Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ' The...

Stories of life from a remote Aboriginal community that sing with vivid and simple life, truth and power. At the end of 2008, Robbi Neal and her family travelled to...

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...

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,...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

A powerful, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the past several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country's meteoric economic rise and social...

This biographical study illuminates one of the most important yet misunderstood figures in the history of science. Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), a geneticist who integrated classical genetics with microscopic observations of...

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...

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....

While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion or something else...