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Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

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Author: John Bercow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 UNSPEAKABLE is John Bercow's characteristically forthright and incisive account of his unique vantagepoint into British politics. Containing verdicts on many of...
Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life

Invisible Walls: A Journalist in Search of Her Life

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Author: Hella Pick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Memoirs of such richness are rare . . . a joy' JAMES NAUGHTIE 'A remarkable personal journey, by one of the...
Solid Ivory

Solid Ivory

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Author: James Ivory Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In Solid Ivory, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and director of A...
Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter

Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter

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Author: Emma Soames Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'A daily love letter from a brave young woman to her adored father . . . immensely evocative of wartime Britain,...
Terence: The Man Who Invented Design

Terence: The Man Who Invented Design

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Author: Roger Mavity Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A terrific read, bubbling with anecdotes and insight' Daily Mail, 2021's best biographies 'Bayley, the author of books on style, design...
Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America

Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America

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Author: Joshua L. Powell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Joshua L. Powell is the NRA--a lifelong gun advocate, in 2016, he began his new role as a senior strategist...
The Compassion Project: A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness

The Compassion Project: A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness

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Author: Julian Abel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A wonderful book' - Dr. Rangan Chatterjee 'Highly convincing' - Daily Express 'Pioneering' - The Telegraph 'The strength of the book...
The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION

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Author: Sarah M. Broom Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 'A major book that I suspect will...
How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the Covid-19 debate

How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the Covid-19 debate

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Author: Paolo Giordano Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 'The literature of the time after begins here' EVENING STANDARD 'A jolt of brevity and simplicity' THE TIMES 'In one short...
The Gladiator Mindset: Push Your Limits. Overcome Challenges. Achieve Your Goals.

The Gladiator Mindset: Push Your Limits. Overcome Challenges. Achieve Your Goals.

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Author: Adam Peaty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Think like Britain's greatest living Olympian: Ten steps to push your limits and achieve the impossible from the one of the...
Consumed: A Sister's Story - SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021

Consumed: A Sister's Story - SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021

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Author: Arifa Akbar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021 * 'If her moving, engrossing, elegantly written memoir does not win prizes, there...
Politically Homeless

Politically Homeless

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Author: Matt Forde Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' - RICHARD OSMAN 'The...
What Makes Us Stronger

What Makes Us Stronger

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Author: Freya Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. Freya Lewis was just three metres away from the...
Older and Wider: A Survivor's Guide to the Menopause

Older and Wider: A Survivor's Guide to the Menopause

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Author: Jenny Eclair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! (June 2020) 'If you're after an in-depth medical or psychological insight into the menopause, I'm afraid you've...
Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

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Author: Loretta Lynn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends--country icons and sisters of the heart. For the first time ever Loretta...
The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

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Author: Porsha Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Porsha Williams is a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on...
Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control

Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control

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Author: Paul Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, SHUTTLE, HOUSTON explores the...
The Man I Knew: The Amazing Comeback Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency

The Man I Knew: The Amazing Comeback Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency

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Author: Jean Becker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency,...
The Great Peace: A Memoir

The Great Peace: A Memoir

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Author: Mena Suvari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 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...
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder Marc Randolph

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder Marc Randolph

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Author: Marc Randolph Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In the tradition of Phil Knight's SHOE DOG comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company...
Love Letters of Kings and Queens

Love Letters of Kings and Queens

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Author: Daniel Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Tender, moving, heartfelt and warm (and sporadically scandalous and outrageous too), these are the private messages between people in love. Yet...
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: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 *Order now to read the long-awaited debut book from the huge TikTok sensation Evie Meg | This...
Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi

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Author: Jonathan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how...
Curious: True Stories and Everyday Absurdities

Curious: True Stories and Everyday Absurdities

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Author: Rebecca Front Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Sometimes things are more ordinary than you think. And sometimes they're a whole lot odder than you can possibly imagine ....
The Erratics: 2019 Stella Prize Winner

The Erratics: 2019 Stella Prize Winner

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Author: Vicki Laveau-Harvie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Dark, sharp, blackly funny and powerful, this is memoir, wielded as weapon, with the tightly compressed energy of an explosive device....
World of Christopher Marlowe

World of Christopher Marlowe

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Author: David Riggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 This is the definitive book about the man who revolutionised English drama and English poetry - and was murdered in his...
Life: My Story Through History

Life: My Story Through History

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Author: Pope Francis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events...
The Family Outing: A Memoir

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...
Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir

Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir

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Author: Leslie Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 "You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody...
The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable

The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable

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Author: Nigel Farndale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 85 obituaries carefully curated from...
The Women's Pages

The Women's Pages

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Author: Victoria Purman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the bestselling author of The Land Girls comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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Author: Sally Bayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and...
My Mother and I

My Mother and I

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Author: Ingrid Seward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A vivid and revealing portrait of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, by the esteemed royal biographer...
Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent

Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent

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Author: Wendy Law-Yone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENT A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi,...
Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

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Author: Steve Baltin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 "Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There...
Confidence: The Secret

Confidence: The Secret

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Author: Katie Piper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Confidence is about empowerment. It's about valuing who you are, not what you want to do or how you look. It's...
Mister Good Times

Mister Good Times

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Author: Norman Jay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THE LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE 'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to...
Clothes... and other things that matter: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

Clothes... and other things that matter: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

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Author: Alexandra Shulman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Chosen by Evening Standard as one of the best books to look forward to in 2020. 'a must-read memoir for even...
Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography

Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography

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Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 832 Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated...
Letters To Poseidon

Letters To Poseidon

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Author: Laura Watkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to...
The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians

The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians

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Author: Janice Hadlow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by...
Say It Again in a Nice Voice: The funny and relatable memoir about motherhood from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Sorrow & Bliss, for readers of Ann Patchett and Dolly Alderton

Say It Again in a Nice Voice: The funny and relatable memoir about motherhood from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Sorrow & Bliss, for readers of Ann Patchett and Dolly Alderton

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Author: Meg Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 From the author of the much-acclaimed novels Sorrow and Bliss and You Be Mother, Meg Mason, comes a hilarious and endearing...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown. A GUARDIAN...
Total Recall

Total Recall

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Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial and truly unique life....
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression

Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression

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Author: Nino Strachey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group -- creative young people who tantalised the original...
How I Learned to Understand the World: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

How I Learned to Understand the World: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

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Author: Hans Rosling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling - Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfulness. This...
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Collins Classics)

The Island of Doctor Moreau (Collins Classics)

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Author: H. G. Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "That these man-like creatures were in truth only...
This Is Your World: The Story of Bob Ross

This Is Your World: The Story of Bob Ross

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Author: Sophia Gholz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 Bob Ross continues to inspire young and old alike with his public television painting program, "The Joy of Painting," almost 30...