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Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

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Author: Kate Andersen Brower Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen...
This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and   Life

This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

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Author: Gavin MacLeod Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of the star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For...
Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story

Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story

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Author: Bill Browder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 2 BESTSELLER ** THE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER 'More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly,...
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition

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Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 720 The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and...
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

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Author: Nyle DiMarco Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality...
Astor: The Rise And Fall Of An American Fortune

Astor: The Rise And Fall Of An American Fortune

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Author: Anderson Cooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the...
The Queen of Whale Cay: The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water

The Queen of Whale Cay: The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water

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Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 _______________ 'A biography that sparkles with enthusiastic research and empathetic writing' - Sunday Times 'A small jewel of a biography' -...
All the Money in the World

All the Money in the World

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Author: John Pearson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Inspired by the fortunes and misfortunes of the Getty family, whose most extraordinary and troubled episode - the kidnap and ransom...
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

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Author: Michael Punke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant - the book that inspired the award-winning movie - comes the remarkable...
Donald Horne: Selected Writings

Donald Horne: Selected Writings

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Author: Donald Horne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 This definitive selection of Horne's writing, skilfully made by his son, Nick, tells the story of his life and intellectual development...
Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman

Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman

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Author: Harlow Giles Unger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, author Harlow Giles Unger tells how a fearless young Kentucky...
Setting the World on Fire

Setting the World on Fire

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Author: Shelley Emling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was a political powerhouse...
Samuel Johnson: A Personal History

Samuel Johnson: A Personal History

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Author: Christopher Hibbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look of the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson. Using...
Mother Tongue: Flavours of a Second Generation

Mother Tongue: Flavours of a Second Generation

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Author: Gurdeep Loyal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 WINNER OF THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD 'Amazing, original, boundary breaking.' Diana Henry 'One of the most gleeful cookbooks of 2023.'...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Author: J. D. Vance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You...
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

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Author: Emmanuel Iduma Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA 'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA 'Both epic...
Elton John at 75

Elton John at 75

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Author: Gillian G. Gaar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John at 75 examines Sir Elton's...
Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape and Home

Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape and Home

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Author: Alexander Wolff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Remarkable lives in extraordinary times - a gripping and exceptional literary journey.' - Philippe Sands In 2017, acclaimed journalist Alexander Wolff...
Black and Female

Black and Female

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Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Being categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness...
The Betrayal: The True Story of My Brush with Death in the World of Narcos and Launderers

The Betrayal: The True Story of My Brush with Death in the World of Narcos and Launderers

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Author: Robert Mazur Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Three years after undercover agent Robert Mazur infiltrated Pablo Escobar's Medellin drug cartel, he re-emerged, a half-million-dollar bounty still on his...
Je t'aime: The legendary love story of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg

Je t'aime: The legendary love story of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg

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Author: Veronique Mortaigne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Timed to coincide with both Valentine's Day and the 50-year anniversary of the legendary banned song Je t'aime... moi non plus,...
The Undercurrents

The Undercurrents

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Author: Kirsty Bell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 The Undercurrents: A Story of Berlin is a dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism told from a precise vantage...
A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

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Author: Mark T. Esper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure...
The Food Almanac: Volume Two

The Food Almanac: Volume Two

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Author: Miranda York Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling,...
Mad about Shakespeare: Life Lessons from the Bard

Mad about Shakespeare: Life Lessons from the Bard

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Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how...
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

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Author: Gabrielle Union Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 "You Got Anything Stronger continues the project of unshackling. It's soul-baring work." - The Washington Post So. Where were we Right,...
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

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Author: Fiona Hill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better...
Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style and Breaking All the Rules

Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style and Breaking All the Rules

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Author: Patricia Field Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture - bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication...
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

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Author: Benjamin Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus...
The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

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Author: Nina Siegal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
Down and Out in Paris and London: The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey

Down and Out in Paris and London: The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

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Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

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Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer Read this...
Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

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Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times-but often our...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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Author: Safiya Sinclair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' TARA WESTOVER 'To read it is to believe that words can save' MARLON JAMES 'I adored this book...
Worthy

Worthy

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Author: Jada Pinkett Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational, New York Times bestselling memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red...
The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

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Author: Ron DeSantis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

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Author: Cody Keenan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book...
Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood

Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood

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Author: Sophie McCartney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Welcome to the jungle... When you've grown up thinking your twenties are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

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Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
Cold-Water Eden

Cold-Water Eden

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Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating...
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

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Author: Arthur Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of...
Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

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Author: Katherine MacInnes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry ... A welcome contribution to polar studies.' Sara Wheeler, Spectator '[MacInness] handles the...
Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

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Author: Suzanne Heywood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a...
A Class Act

A Class Act

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Author: Rob Beckett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Pacy, witty and affectionate' Guardian Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television and...
Living Brave: Lessons from Hurt, Lighting the Way to Hope

Living Brave: Lessons from Hurt, Lighting the Way to Hope

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Author: Shannon Dingle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 "Shannon's struggle, defiance, strength, and power emanate from every page. That kind of brave can be trusted." - Glennon Doyle, #1...
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

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Author: C. S. Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in...