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Phaethon's Children: The Este Court and Its Culture in Early Modern Ferrara: Volume 286

Phaethon's Children: The Este Court and Its Culture in Early Modern Ferrara: Volume 286

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Author: Dennis Looney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 0
I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

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'I kept going and here I am.' There are things Chelsea Devantez probably shouldn't be telling you. Many of them are in this book: Some are embarrassing (like when she...
Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

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"Nicole Avant gives a raw and courageous look into how she found the light in her darkest moment. She reminds us that grief is different for everyone, and we have...
With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well

With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times'Illuminating and beautiful' Cathy Rentzenbrink What if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong?How...
Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide Scandal

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide Scandal

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Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She...
View from the Second Row

View from the Second Row

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The most capped All Black in history speaks for the record about his storied career, spanning four World Cups, nine Super Rugby finals and 153 appearances in the black jersey....
Hope: The inspiring and deeply moving new book about finding peace from the bestselling author of A MOTHERS STORY, for readers of Leigh Sales, Julia Baird, Turia Pitt and Indira Naidoo

Hope: The inspiring and deeply moving new book about finding peace from the bestselling author of A MOTHERS STORY, for readers of Leigh Sales, Julia Baird, Turia Pitt and Indira Naidoo

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After tragedy, how do we find hope? A memoir about what it takes to get through the very worst of times from Rosie Batty - a woman who has experienced...
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH

Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map

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  The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth...
Nothing Significant To Report: A Kiwi soldier's hilarious true stories of mischief and misadventure in the New Zealand Army

Nothing Significant To Report: A Kiwi soldier's hilarious true stories of mischief and misadventure in the New Zealand Army

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Laugh-out-loud yarns from a soldier in the New Zealand Army When new recruit Dario Nustrini's head was freshly shaved in preparation for the army, he knew nothing about what training...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all

Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all

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An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own. A fourth-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood....
Bloody Minded: War, womanhood and finding my voice

Bloody Minded: War, womanhood and finding my voice

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'A story of grit and determination from a woman who writes the way she lives - fiercely, with passion and in full colour.' - Michele A'Court 'There are times, admittedly...
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round from Australian rock legend & bestselling author of WORKING CLASS BOY, WORKING CLASS MAN & KILLING TIME

Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round from Australian rock legend & bestselling author of WORKING CLASS BOY, WORKING CLASS MAN & KILLING TIME

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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...
Mickey: The cat who helped me through times of change, from the bestselling author of CLEO and BONO

Mickey: The cat who helped me through times of change, from the bestselling author of CLEO and BONO

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Cleo, a warm, wistful coming-of-age true story about the transition from childhood to adolescence, and the small stray cat who helped guide...
Woman Uninterrupted

Woman Uninterrupted

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Yarns on a life lived at a million miles, from beloved broadcaster, podcaster and go-getter Brodie Kane 'A romp through glorious (and gross) adventures, Brodie writes as if you're her...
The Life of Dai

The Life of Dai

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A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity. 'Part memoir and part masterclass in finding hope and joy in the face...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the...
'I Was Transformed' Frederick Douglass: An American Slave in Victorian Britain

'I Was Transformed' Frederick Douglass: An American Slave in Victorian Britain

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Author: Laurence FentonFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 560g, 288 pagesPublished: Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom, 2018In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his...
Tibet: The Jesuit Century

Tibet: The Jesuit Century

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Author: Phillip Caraman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 166
Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China

Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China

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Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Cultural and intellectual protests, while rare, were recurrent in Chinese society. This impressive and comprehensive work traces the origins of dissent to...
Small Fry

Small Fry

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Author: Lisa Brennan-JobsFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 357g, 416 pagesPublished: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, United States, 2019'A remarkable book, much more than the lurid celebrity tell-all it might...
Something That May Shock and Discredit You

Something That May Shock and Discredit You

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Author: Daniel Mallory OrtbergFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 210mm, 256 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2020A New York Times bestselling feminist author's sparkling memoir of gender transition (among many other things)....
The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

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Author: Michael AzerradFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 1100g, 624 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated...
The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

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Author: Micah RichardsFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'The game isn't what it seems from the outside. The game isn't quite what I was...
Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace

Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace

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Author: David BellaviaFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 565g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2022 The Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of...
This Is Your Own Time You're Wasting: Classroom Confessions, Calamities and Clangers

This Is Your Own Time You're Wasting: Classroom Confessions, Calamities and Clangers

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Author: Lee ParkinsonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 280g, 336 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' - out 29/08/24THE SUNDAY...
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 KeenanFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 265g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up...
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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Author: Gareth RussellFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 240 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of...
Normal Schmormal: My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs

Normal Schmormal: My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs

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Author: Ashley BlakerFormat: Hardback, 141mm x 222mm, 500g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and...
Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

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Author: Nicola TallisFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 540g, 432 pagesPublished: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024Elizabeth I is renowned for the hugely successful reign that has led her to...
Shoemaker: The Untold Story of the British Family Firm that Became a Global Brand

Shoemaker: The Untold Story of the British Family Firm that Became a Global Brand

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Author: Joe Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

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Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon:...
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

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Author: Margarita Engle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpre Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter...
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

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Author: Kevin Hart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words....
Growing Up Getty: The Story of  America's Most Unconventional Dynasty

Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty

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Author: James Reginato Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 An enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiest-and most misunderstood-family dynasties in the world, perfect...
Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

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Author: Kathy Iandoli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In a definitive and "excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon" (Questlove), the life, career, tragic death,...
The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

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Author: Peter S. Canellos Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 The "superb" (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight...
The Gift of Failure: (And I'll rethink the title if this book fails!)

The Gift of Failure: (And I'll rethink the title if this book fails!)

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Author: Dan Bongino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Dan Bongino's brutally honest, deeply personal, unforgettable stories about how he transformed failures into victories will...
Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century

Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century

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Author: Dana Stevens Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying "new kind of history"...
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

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Author: Beverly Gage Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 864 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023 Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography Winner of...
Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

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Author: Anthony Veasna So Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland By...
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex

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Author: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The extraordinary, never-before-told story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank's closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret...
The Death of a Jaybird: Essays on Mothers and Daughters and the Things They Leave Behind

The Death of a Jaybird: Essays on Mothers and Daughters and the Things They Leave Behind

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Author: Jodi M. Savage Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Reminiscent of The Year of Magical Thinking and Somebody's Daughter, a deeply empathetic and often humorous collection of essays that...
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

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Author: Noa Tishby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social...
Is This Anything?

Is This Anything?

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Author: Jerry Seinfeld Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first...
In Search of Silence: A memoir of finding life after loss

In Search of Silence: A memoir of finding life after loss

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Author: Poorna Bell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Winner of Red Magazine's Book of the Year 2019 'Raw, poetic and breathtaking' Fearne Cotton 'It is rare to find an...
In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon

In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon

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Author: Helen Rappaport Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'An astonishingly rich story... wonderfully informative' The Times 'Rappaport does a terrific job of bringing respectful rigour to her account of...