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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
First time in Penguin Classics for the remarkable autobiography of 'the black Florence Nightingale' Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's...
Fourteen Ways of Looking
Fourteen Ways of Looking, written in fragments, looks at the year Erin's parents died. It is also the story of a writer reflecting on her life and her grief and...
Your Time Starts Now: Food and fame, failure and freedom: the life
Goodwin can write as well as she can cook, and this candid memoir had me both in fits of giggles and waterfalls of tears ... I fell a little bit...
Trials of Hope: An Ethiopian memoir of heritage and heartache
Winner of the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Trials of Hope tells the story of a shepherd boy turned human-rights academic set against the backdrop of the author's beloved...
V13: Chronicle of a Trial
A moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France's leading non-fiction writer On 13 November 2015, nine attackers wearing suicide bombs killed 130 people and left hundreds wounded...
Mornings With My Cat Mii
The perfect gift for cat lovers- a beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats, and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime...
The Women
Imaginative, brilliant and daring- Hilton Als's now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America What are the forces that shape us? In The Women, Hilton Als explores-with breath...
Women Who Win: Celebrating courage, conviction and change
Across history, women were told to sit down, smile and stay quiet. Spoiler alert- they didn't. They spoke out, stood tall - and ruined the patriarchy's day. Because of them,...
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides
The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for 'shame to change sides'. For the very first time, Gis le Pelicot tells her story. The extraordinarily...
Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke
John Clarke was best known as Fred Dagg in New Zealand and for 'The Games' and 'Clarke and Dawe' in Australia. He was a performer, actor, writer, satirist and commentator....
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
The must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, based on the iconic 'Modern Love' essay in the New York Times and perfect...
True Nature: The Lives of Peter Matthiessen
Author: Lance Richardson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of the Paris Review, towering figure of...
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'Another tiger-golden day lay ahead of us. It was as though England...
Homage to Catalonia
The now-classic account of Orwell's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'Every line of serious work that I have written...
The Anatomy of Melancholy
A guidebook to melancholia or depression, and a masterly, all-encompassing examination of the human condition The Anatomy of Melancholy is the vast and only work by Robert Burton, the seventeenth-century...
Nobody's Girl
Author: Virginia Roberts Giuffre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The extraordinarily powerful and unforgettable memoir by the woman who stood up and spoke out about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell....
My Beloved Monster
An instant New York Times bestseller, this is an unforgettable story about a cat, love and loss from a highly acclaimed writer Caleb Carr lived with cats ever since he...
Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics
How key concepts in modern physics came from the work of a New Zealander whom Einstein labelled 'a second Newton'. By the mid-nineteenth century, physicists believed they had discovered the...
The Other Girl
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born....
Menagerie Manor
A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth...
Inheritocracy: It's Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad
Sunday Times bestseller (over 7k copies TCM in 5 months) by leading generation expert on why work isn't working and how parental support shapes our lives, for fans of bestselling...
Defiance: Stories from Nature and Its Defenders
Stories of courage and conviction from the environmental frontline With a foreword by Geraldine Brooks. For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who...
Night People: How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City
The raucous memoir from pop's most influential producer Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack. Behind some of the biggest musical moments in...
Beyond A Boundary
C L R James's infamously great 1963 cricket masterpiece - voted the third best sports book ever by the Observer - reissued in Vintage Classics for the Cricket World Cup...
Mind over Miles: A Story of Endurance Running, Overcoming Obstacles
Endurance, Determination and Grit- The first ever man to run the length of Africa shares his inspirational story 10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days. Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the...
Lucky: Learning to live again
A powerful and inspiring life story of survival and endurance from hugely popular star of TV and Instagram. This edition is updated with a new chapter, updating on Louise's life...
The Panic Years: dates, doubts and the mother of all decisions
A compassionate, funny and beautifully written exploration of contemporary womanhood - the book may have 'panic' in the title, but Nell's words calmed and soothed me deeply.' - Daisy Buchanan...
Diddly Squat: 'Til The Cows Come Home
Jeremy takes us back to another year of life as a gentleman farmer at Diddly Squat - what could possibly go wrong this time? Welcome back to Clarkson's farm. At...
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. On Monday...
Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland
The gripping true story of one man's ten-year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle - a rare gem of travel writing which has inspired a...
Odd Boy Out
The long-awaited autobiography from the man who's been at the heart of the entertainment establishment for 50 years In Odd Boy Out Gyles Brandreth provides an extraordinarily revealing account of...
The Hong Kong Diaries
The diaries of the last British Governor, five weeks on the Sunday Times best-seller list In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to...
Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
This is the story of one woman's descent into an insanity. In Brain on Fire she pieces together the terrifying lost month of her life, asking what happens when your...
The Gift: A survivor's journey to freedom
Reflections on hope, healing and finding freedom by celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor and author of the award-winning international bestseller The Choice 'An incredible human being with an extraordinary story to...
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets
A history of unmarried motherhood through three generations of an Irish family, and the secrets we conceal How far would you go for the missing? When Clair Wills was in...
A Del of a Life: The hilarious #1 bestseller from the national
A hilarious and heartfelt new autobiography from the national treasure Sir David Jason 'There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason. This book is such gold...
Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook
A beautiful, full-colour compendium of Derek Jarman's writing on nature, gardening and life in Dungeness - with a Foreword by Tilda Swinton 'I planted a dog rose. Then I found...
And Finally: A Neurosurgeon's Reflections on Life
From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and what matters in the end. From the No.1 bestselling author of...
The Outside: Cheating death, chasing waves and growing up in one of
'Mum once admitted that the only time she thought I was truly safe was when I was out in the water, beyond the breaking waves, in the tranquillity of "The...
Your Time Starts Now: Food and fame, failure and freedom: the life
The extraordinary life story of Australia's beloved Julie Goodwin, first winner of MasterChef and bestselling cookbook author Julie Goodwin was catapulted into our hearts as the first-ever winner of MasterChef...
MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
Much-loved artist Paloma Faith's raw, funny and personal account of motherhood, working and not having it all ***THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'The most raw, funny and liberating look...
The In-Between: Stories of Care and Connection in Life's Final Moments
In this #3 New York Times bestselling memoir, TikTok star and hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos demystifies death with inspiring patient stories. What can people at the end of their lives...
A Thousand Threads
The joyous and electric, Women's Prize for Non-Fiction-longlisted memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE...
The Gold: The real story behind Brink's-Mat: Britain's biggest heist
The definitive account of the Brink's-Mat Robbery to publish alongside a prime-time BBC 1 series. The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold On Saturday, 26 November 1983,...
Be Useful: Seven tools for life
Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER The seven rules...
More Than a Woman: The instant Sunday Times number one bestseller
The follow-up to the international bestseller and multi-award-winning How To Be a Woman, with Caitlin exploring the lives of older women in her inimitable style. THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE...
The Penguin Lessons
Now a major film, this is the true story of an unlikely friendship between a flightless bird and a teacher out of his depth. . . When schoolteacher Tom Michell...
A Promised Land
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of...