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Soldier, Spy: A Survivor's Tale

Soldier, Spy: A Survivor's Tale

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Author: Victor Gregg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Beginning in 1946, when Victor Gregg was demobbed after the end of the Second World War and deposited in London Paddington,...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

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Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
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...
Truly Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century

Truly Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century

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Author: Stephen Galloway Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A sweeping Hollywood biography of the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh based on new research, including exclusive...
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself?...
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest Female Mayor. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS

Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest Female Mayor. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS

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Author: Zarifa Ghafari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am Malala Zarifa Ghafari was two...
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

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Author: Kirsty Logan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood 'You and your partner want a baby. But your...
Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

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Author: Edith Widder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure'...
Martin Scorsese: A Journey

Martin Scorsese: A Journey

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Author: Mary Pat Kelly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Few filmmakers, if any, make the kind of impact that Martin Scorsese has made on American cinema. The winner of...
Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing

Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing

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Author: Brad Wetzler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Suffering from PTSD and severe depression from past trauma, battling an addiction to overprescribed psychiatric medication, and at the rock bottom...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

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Author: Alice Walker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage...
The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land

The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land

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Author: Patrick Bishop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the...
The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 1: 1915-19

The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 1: 1915-19

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Author: Virginia Woolf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 With an introduction by Virginia Nicholson Saturday 2 February 1918. The first walk we've had for ever so long. Damp, mild...
Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

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Author: Elaine Showalter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 These fascinating letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby tell the story of an extraordinary friendship. 'A beautiful collection' Daisy Dunn,...
The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System

The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System

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Author: Ricardo Nuila Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a...
Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

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Author: Will Sergeant Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Scenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo &...
Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World - WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World - WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

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Author: Lauren Fleshman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST...
Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

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Author: Sam Delaney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'An honest, funny account of how we're all capable of changing for the better' SETH MEYERS 'A great, motivating book that...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

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Author: Greg Marshall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 * A MOST-ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ SELECTED BY * Washington Post *Buzzfeed * Bustle * The Advocate * LitHub * Bookriot *...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder,and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder,and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

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Author: Bill Browder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 2 BESTSELLER ** THE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER 'More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly,...
The Sheep Stell: Memoirs of a Shepherd

The Sheep Stell: Memoirs of a Shepherd

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Author: Janet White Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'One woman's gloriously lyrical account of life and love as a shepherdess' Mail on Sunday 'Janet White's unfailingly enjoyable book ....
Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

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Author: Herb Frazier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea...
One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us

One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us

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Author: Erica Heller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A few years ago, Erica Heller, daughter of novelist Joseph Heller, realized how universal the longing is for one more moment...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

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Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...
The Sky Wept Fire: My Life as a Chechen Freedom Fighter

The Sky Wept Fire: My Life as a Chechen Freedom Fighter

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Author: Mikail Eldin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 On the eve of the first Chechen war, Mikail Eldin was a young and naive arts journalist. By the end of...
Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography

Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography

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Author: Pramod Kapoor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 328 Rarely seen images and rigorous research provides fascinating insight into one of the most revered figures in modern Indian history. Gandhi...
Cacophony of Bone

Cacophony of Bone

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Author: Kerri ni Dochartaigh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage...
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

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Author: Art Pepper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 Art Pepper was described as the greatest alto-saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Straight Life, originally narrated on tape to his...
Something More: A Spiritual Misfit's Search for Meaning

Something More: A Spiritual Misfit's Search for Meaning

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Author: Siobhan Curham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Have you ever wondered if there might be something more to life? When Siobhan Curham decided to write a book about...
Prostitute Laundry

Prostitute Laundry

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Author: Charlotte Shane Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A Stylist 'Non-fiction You Can't Miss' selection for 2023 This serial memoir follows Charlotte over the course of several years as...
Samuel Johnson: A Life

Samuel Johnson: A Life

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Author: David Nokes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the eighteenth century. Thrown out...
In the Company of Heroes: The Inspiring Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients from America's Longest Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

In the Company of Heroes: The Inspiring Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients from America's Longest Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Author: James Kitfield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 An award-winning military journalist tells the amazing stories of twenty-five soldiers who've won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military...
The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister

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Author: Olesya Khromeychuk Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV 'If you read only one book about the war,...
Hope: Read the inspirational life behind Tom Parker

Hope: Read the inspirational life behind Tom Parker

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Author: Tom Parker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 THE POWERFUL AND UPLIFTING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In March 2022, much-loved pop star, father and son Tom Parker died...
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...
Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery

Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery

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Author: Jessica Cornwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.' After her twins were born, Jessica...
About A Son: A Father's Search for Truth

About A Son: A Father's Search for Truth

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Author: David Whitehouse Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed' ELIZABETH DAY...
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...
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...
Small: On motherhoods

Small: On motherhoods

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Author: Claire Lynch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "Original, important, moving, witty and exquisitely-written. WHAT a feat." - BERNARDINE EVARISTO "Incredible... beautiful and funny and humane." - EMILIE PINE...
Long Walk To Freedom: 'Essential reading' Barack Obama

Long Walk To Freedom: 'Essential reading' Barack Obama

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Author: Nelson Mandela Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 784 The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama...
Can I Have My Ball Back?: A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle from the British comedian

Can I Have My Ball Back?: A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle from the British comedian

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Author: Richard Herring Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Very funny, moving and heartwarming' BOB MORTIMER 'A bollockbuster!' ADAM BUXTON If we are cowardly, we are told to grow some...
Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures

Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures

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Author: Ted Kessler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A great writer' 'A music journalist of integrity' 'There's only one Ted Kessler!' Paul Weller Billy Childish Liam Gallagher Paper Cuts...
Constable: A Portrait

Constable: A Portrait

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Author: James Hamilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 ONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022 'Eye-opening and full of surprises . . . A treasure'...
The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

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Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 **SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **A...