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Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football

Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football

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Author: Glenn Hoddle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'On the pitch he was a magician' - Arsene Wenger The first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn...
Seduced by a Sociopath

Seduced by a Sociopath

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Author: Chrissy Handy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A devastating true story of love, betrayal, and deceit. Chrissy: attractive, successful 40-year-old divorcee with three amazing children. Alexander Marc d'Ariken...
Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

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Author: Matt Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The electric and daring independent wrestling tag team share their inspiring story of how two undersized, ambitious athletes from Southern California...
Last Shot: A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption

Last Shot: A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption

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Author: Jock Zonfrillo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption in the high-stakes world of Michelin star kitchens. From reckless drug addict to...
Slash: The Autobiography

Slash: The Autobiography

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Author: Slash Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 It seems excessive...but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. The mass of black curls. The top hat. The cigarette dangling from pouty...
Call the Vet: My Life as a Young Vet in the 1970s

Call the Vet: My Life as a Young Vet in the 1970s

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Author: Bruce Fogle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Arriving in 1970s' London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the...
The Troubles with Us: One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way

The Troubles with Us: One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way

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Author: Alix O'Neill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Derry Girls meets David Sedaris' Elske Rahill 'The writing is full of energy and originality' Irish Times Growing up on the...
Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump

Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump

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Author: Peter Strzok Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ^ From "the FBI agent who started it all" (David Martin, CBS Sunday Morning), an epic,...
Returning Light: 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael

Returning Light: 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael

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Author: Robert L. Harris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and...
House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family

House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family

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Author: Hadley Freeman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 The Sunday Times bestseller 'An utterly engrossing book' Nigella Lawson 'Remarkable and gripping' Edmund de Waal 'A near-perfect study of Jewish...
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

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Author: Miranda Seymour Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'An absolute belter of a biography' MARINA HYDE A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 An LA Times Best...
Two Sisters

Two Sisters

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Author: Blake Morrison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A book at once bold, magnanimous, heart-breaking and riveting' HOWARD JACOBSON 'Beautiful. Affecting. Erudite.' SUSIE ORBACH TWO SISTERS publishes on the...
Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime Dressing for the World Stage

Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime Dressing for the World Stage

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Author: Jane Eastoe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical. The wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth II was as distinctive in style...
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books

Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books

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Author: Hilary Mantel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror...
The Good Fight

The Good Fight

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman...
Vessel: A Memoir

Vessel: A Memoir

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Author: Chongda Cai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 "Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary life in China, and highly recommended for memoir enthusiasts in general." -- Library Journal...
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

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Author: Tommy Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Motley Crue was the voice of a barely pubescent Generation X, the anointed high priests of the power ballad, and the...
The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

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Author: Micah Richards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'The game isn't what it seems from the outside. The game isn't quite what I was expecting. The game doesn't always...
How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

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Author: Adrian Newey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun....
Let Me Go: Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for

Let Me Go: Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for

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Author: Casey Watson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Harley is a...
The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage

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Author: Paulo Coelho Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A Journey for the Ages The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coelho's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways,...
Boleyn Boy: My Autobiography

Boleyn Boy: My Autobiography

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Author: Mark Noble Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton...
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

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Author: Kati Marton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People An...
A Life Lost: Jackson Is Haunted by a Secret from His Past

A Life Lost: Jackson Is Haunted by a Secret from His Past

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest...
Murder: The Biography

Murder: The Biography

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Author: Kate Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW 'Fascinating' - Sunday Times 'Masterful' - Judith Flanders 'A page-turning read' - Prof. David Wilson...
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

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Author: Mark Piesing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest...
This Party's Got To Stop

This Party's Got To Stop

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Author: Rupert Thomson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In his first venture into non-fiction, the celebrated novelist Rupert Thomson has produced one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable memoirs...
Conclusions

Conclusions

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Author: John Boorman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Chosen as one of Sight & Sound's 'Best Film Books of the Year' John Boorman is one of the cinema's authentic...
Porcelain

Porcelain

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Author: Moby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene...
And Still I Rise

And Still I Rise

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Author: Doreen Lawrence Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In April 1993, Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a group of young white men on a street in south-east London. From...
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73

The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73

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Author: Allan Kozinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 720 In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in...
Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity

Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity

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Author: Justin Baldoni Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues...
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

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Author: Madeleine Albright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 "Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat." -New Yorker Now in paperback with a new epilogue In this...
Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she...
Sex Cult Nun

Sex Cult Nun

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Author: Faith Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Both inspiring and disturbing, Sex Cult Nun unravels Jones' complicated upbringing, the trauma she endured as a result and her eventual...
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: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A sweeping and heartbreaking Hollywood biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. A New York Times...
To Reach the Clouds: The Walk film tie in

To Reach the Clouds: The Walk film tie in

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Author: Philippe Petit Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the...
Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer

Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer

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Author: Tina Gaudoin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 TELEGRAPH 50 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 'A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman' - Lynn Barber, Telegraph ***** 'Gaudoin's book is...
This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

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Author: Julia Copus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'An exquisitely told account of the life of a half-forgotten London poet whose work was admired by Hardy, Sassoon and Virginia...
The Virago Book Of Witches

The Virago Book Of Witches

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Author: Shahrukh Husain Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A collection of more than fifty stories about witches from around the world. There are tales of banshees, crones and beauties...
The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly...
The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

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Author: Lyndall Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 Among the greatest of poets, TS Eliot protected his privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives and a church-going...
The Great Peace: A Memoir

The Great Peace: A Memoir

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Author: Mena Suvari Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The Great Peace is a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, in which young teenage model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself...
The Disappearance of Emile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case

The Disappearance of Emile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case

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Author: Michael Rosen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Pronounced guilty of libel and sentenced to a year in prison, novelist Emile Zola went on the run. Zola's crime had...
The Cure for Sleep

The Cure for Sleep

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Author: Tanya Shadrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun Just days...
The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir

The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir

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Author: David Hare Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 When, in 2000, the National Theatre published its poll of the hundred best plays of the 20th century, David Hare had...
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In

Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In

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Author: Vera Brittain Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge 'Remains one of the most powerful and widely...
Tenement Kid: Rough Trade Book of the Year

Tenement Kid: Rough Trade Book of the Year

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Author: Bobby Gillespie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 ROUGH TRADE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Gillespie is rock and roll's Oliver Twist. A punk rock fairytale, razor sharp on class...