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Brutally Honest: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Brutally Honest: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Author: Melanie BrownFormat: Paperback, 198mm x 130mm, 290g, 320 pagesPublished: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'Utterly absorbing and deeply affecting' - The GuardianAs a Spice Girl, TV talent show judge...
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...
Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

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Author: Andrew Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 When Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, aged just 40, a shocked world mourned the loss of its most visionary...
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,...
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

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Author: Nina Totenberg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship...
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...
Never Grow Up

Never Grow Up

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Author: Jackie Chan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired...
The Worst Girl Gang Ever: A Survival Guide for Navigating Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss

The Worst Girl Gang Ever: A Survival Guide for Navigating Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss

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Author: Bex Gunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Bex and Laura really have pieced together the parachute we all need to help us land safely after falling into the...
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"...
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That's How the Light Gets In, Volume 3

Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That's How the Light Gets In, Volume 3

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Author: Michael Posner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him...
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 Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes

The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes

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Author: Mia Kankimaki Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In this "thought-provoking blend of history, biography, women's studies, and travelogue" (Library Journal) Mia Kankimaki recounts her enchanting travels in Japan,...
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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Author: Jeff Guinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 2018 Edgar Award Finalist-Best Fact Crime "A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable...
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...
Bruce Lee: A Life

Bruce Lee: A Life

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Author: Matthew Polly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'For anyone interested in Lee's legacy, this is a roundhouse kick of a biography'...
Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

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Author: Mary Laura Philpott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A New York Times Editors' Choice One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "A beautifully wrought ode to life...a...
Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart

Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart

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Author: Judith Lucy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Judith Lucy was just GREAT! Sure, the last remaining member of her immediate family had died, she was menopausal, she suspected...
Stories I Might Regret Telling You

Stories I Might Regret Telling You

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Author: Martha Wainwright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working artist and mother....
The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

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Author: Alexander Rose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain...
Chaos- The Truth Behind The Manson Murders

Chaos- The Truth Behind The Manson Murders

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Author: Tom O'Neill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation...
The Kennedy Curse: The shocking true story of America's most famous family

The Kennedy Curse: The shocking true story of America's most famous family

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Author: James Patterson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Now with an all-new bonus chapter - in the bestselling The Kennedy Curse, 'James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life...
Managing Expectations: AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 4. 'Vital, heartfelt and surprising' Graham Norton

Managing Expectations: AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 4. 'Vital, heartfelt and surprising' Graham Norton

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Author: Minnie Driver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from the life of actor Minnie Driver. Managing Expectations is a collection...
Orphan Boys - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Orphan Boys - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

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Author: Phil Mews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 1976, the hottest summer for a generation and life was perfect for the two young brothers Philip and Roger. They lived...
The Guv'nor Revealed - The Untold Story of Lenny McLean: The Untold Story of Lenny McLean

The Guv'nor Revealed - The Untold Story of Lenny McLean: The Untold Story of Lenny McLean

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Author: Anthony Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Lenny McLean - an infamous name, but forever a legend. He is arguably one of the most notorious and feared prize-fighters...
Slash - Surviving Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Rock's Snake Pit: Excess: The Biography

Slash - Surviving Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Rock's Snake Pit: Excess: The Biography

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Author: Paul Stenning Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The updated biography of one of the most iconic guitarists in rock 'n' roll.One of the most iconic guitarists of all-time,...
The Princess Diarist

The Princess Diarist

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Author: Carrie Fisher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The most talked about memoir is now available in paperback When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming...
Vain Glorious: A shameless guide for men who want to look their best

Vain Glorious: A shameless guide for men who want to look their best

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Author: Jeremy Langmead Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 "My life is a constant battle between vanity and laziness. This book has brokered the perfect peace deal!" - Graham Norton...
Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly

Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly

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Author: Billy Connolly Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And...
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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Author: Billy Connolly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life....
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

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Author: The Secret Barrister Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported...
Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

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Author: Geraint Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of...
Society's Queen: The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry

Society's Queen: The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry

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Author: Anne de Courcy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 From the author of the critically acclaimed THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS, the story of a glittering aristocrat who was also at...
Motherwell: A Girlhood

Motherwell: A Girlhood

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Author: Deborah Orr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Raw, compelling, wise and tender' Dolly Alderton 'MOTHERWELL is razor-sharp, fearless and wonderful' Adam Kay 'Utterly unflinching and staggeringly good, both...
The Little Book of Bob: Everyday wisdom from Street Cat Bob

The Little Book of Bob: Everyday wisdom from Street Cat Bob

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Author: James Bowen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'One thing I've known about Bob from the very beginning is that he possesses a wisdom that is unusual, even in...
Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

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Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF...
Between the Chalk and the Sea: A journey on foot into the past

Between the Chalk and the Sea: A journey on foot into the past

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Author: Gail Simmons Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'I loved this memoir' - Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path 'A whole new way of looking at a familiar...