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More Than a Woman: The instant Sunday Times number one bestseller

More Than a Woman: The instant Sunday Times number one bestseller

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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

The Penguin Lessons

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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 Promised Land

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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...
Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

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It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost? Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. The spring crop failed. Farming sheep, pigs...
The Salt Path

The Salt Path

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The bestselling true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey not of escape but salvation, soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe...
Meetings With Remarkable Animals

Meetings With Remarkable Animals

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Pre-order this remarkable account of the moving and sometimes astonishing ways animals have enriched our lives, from national treasure Martin Clune Inspired by Martin Clunes' own adoption of a former...
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times

The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times

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In her bestselling follow-up to the worldwide phenomenon Becoming, Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and insightful reflections to help us find inner strength; create and deepen relationships with others; and...
Shattered

Shattered

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From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When...
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent

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Discover the real Judi Dench through a series of intimate conversations about the love of her life - Shakespeare Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig;...
The Criminal Mind

The Criminal Mind

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The extraordinary life and work of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist - A powerful and unforgettable journey into the true nature of good and evil A likeable young girl burns her...
The Lives of Brian: The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from

The Lives of Brian: The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from

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The story of AC/DC's legendary front man in his own distinctive voice 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The...
Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

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The explosive life story of Special Forces operative Jason Fox, star of Channel 4's 'SAS- Who Dares Wins' and 'Meet the Drug Lords'. Unflinchingly honest, Battle Scars is a breathtaking...
Rooted: How regenerative farming can change the world

Rooted: How regenerative farming can change the world

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Rooted charts a quiet revolution taking place in our fields, barns and hedgerows, led by a new generation of farmers on a path of powerful change. Sarah Langford had left...
Ready For Absolutely Nothing: 'If you like Lady in Waiting by Anne

Ready For Absolutely Nothing: 'If you like Lady in Waiting by Anne

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An intimate, relatable and funny memoir from Susannah Constantine, our favourite fashion guru and one half of the hugely popular, Trinny and Susannah's What Not to Wear Susannah Constantine, our...
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

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The riveting, powerful, New York Times bestselling memoir Chanel Miller's story changed our world forever. In 2016 Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was...
Unbreakable

Unbreakable

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The story of Jelena Dokic, in her words 'A chilling account.' New York Times SHORTLISTED - Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction, 2018 This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival....
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

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Longlisted for the Guardian first book award, a Sunday Times bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Marvellous' (The Times), 'Excellent' (Guardian), 'Completely magical' (Mail on Sunday) **SUNDAY TIMES...
Educated: The international bestselling memoir

Educated: The international bestselling memoir

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The multi-million copy bestseller and an extraordinary memoir about the transformative power of education THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK Selected as a book of the year...
Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

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Twenty years in jail- Kathleen Folbigg's extraordinary story of wrongful conviction, and how science, advocacy and friendship freed her. In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies....
Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza

Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza

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SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the NSW Literary Award for Non Fiction. 'If there's a more important or timely book in...
A Moment of War

A Moment of War

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to...
Why We Swim

Why We Swim

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A fascinating exploration into the human relationship to swimming and our innate connection to water. 'A jewel of a book, a paean to the wonders of water and our place...
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves in the difficult times of life. THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING, LIFE-CHANGING PHENOMENON - SUNDAY TIMES and...
Good Pop, Bad Pop: The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker

Good Pop, Bad Pop: The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker

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The funny, revealing, highly original and Sunday Times bestselling memoir from Jarvis Cocker The Sunday Times bestselling hit memoir from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. 'It's real gold... its storytelling first...
Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life

Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life

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Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad? An essential memoir about building life on your own terms Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?...
Landlines

Landlines

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Million-copy bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining,...
The Twat Files

The Twat Files

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A hugely relatable, funny, honest and inspirational 'memoir of sorts' in which Dawn celebrates what it means to be gloriously, messily human When I was younger I wanted to be...
Birds, Beasts and Relatives

Birds, Beasts and Relatives

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A new standalone edition of the second book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,...
Jane Austen: A Life

Jane Austen: A Life

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'Truly marvellous. I cannot think of a better life of Jane Austen than Claire Tomalin's' Philip Hensher Claire Tomalin brings her extraordinary gifts of scholarship, fluent writing and empathy for...
I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was

I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was

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An honest exploration of mental health and how to overcome the unanticipated challenges it can bring Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 -...
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

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An unforgettable coming of age story exploring the meaning of freedom - personal, collective, political - from an extraordinary new voice *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* *SHORTLISTED...
Rememberings

Rememberings

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An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's...
The Most of Nora Ephron: The ultimate anthology of essays, articles and extracts from her greatest work, with a foreword by Candice Carty-Williams

The Most of Nora Ephron: The ultimate anthology of essays, articles

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Packed with wit, wisdom and comfort, this is a whopping celebration of the late, great Nora Ephron, the iconic writer whose work continues to entertain and inspire millions. A revised...
Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of

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An explosive account of Putin's presidency and his long-term ambitions, including first-hand reporting from the invasion of Ukraine. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS...
Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

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The unflinching autobiography from the two-time world heavyweight champion, and British People's Champion, Tyson Fury, now out in paperback. The No-Holds-Barred Sunday Times bestselling Autobiography 'Tyson Fury is an amazing...
Politics On the Edge

Politics On the Edge

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A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a...
The Seven Ages of Death: 'Every chapter is like a detective story' Telegraph

The Seven Ages of Death: 'Every chapter is like a detective story'

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Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death. Through 24 intriguing, never-before-told cases,...
Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm

Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm

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Jeremy Clarkson takes us into the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of his new life as gentleman farmer in this thigh-slapping collection of stories from a year on Clarkson's Farm Welcome to...
Eleven Rings

Eleven Rings

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'Part sports memoir, part New Age spirit quest, part pseudo-management tract ... But the primary thing with Jackson - as with all the old bards, who were also known for...
Twelve Words for Moss

Twelve Words for Moss

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A celebration of the unsung hero of the plant word and an immersive journey through the British wetlands Glowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn . . . Moss is...
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

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The dramatic and entertaining account of the revolution in Cuba, from the architect of its success We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat...
Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn

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A romantic, thrilling memoir that has become a French classic 'You will be a great hero, a general, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Ambassador of France!' For his whole life, Romain Gary's fierce,...
The Empty Honour Board

The Empty Honour Board

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A prison diary, a story of brotherly love, a journey of redemption, Martin Flanagan's compelling book about his boarding school days goes inside an experience many have had but few...
April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins

April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins

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Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. Damon Courtenay died...
Out of Africa: Popular Penguins

Out of Africa: Popular Penguins

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In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee-farm. Drawn to the exquisite beauty of Africa, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation...
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

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An intimate, powerful account of Stephen Hawking and his universe An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific...
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

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An enthralling memoir from the inspiring astronaut who spent six months in space -- and is going back to the International Space Station just as the paperback is published In...
Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins

Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins

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The Hell's Angels erupted into 1960s America, paralysing whole towns with fear. Determined to discover the truth behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs, Hunter S. Thompson spent...