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Ataturk

Ataturk

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Author: Andrew Mango Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 688 This biography of Atat rk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain...
All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying

All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying

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Author: Ruth Coker Burks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice" The Guardian 'Breath-taking...
Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown

Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown

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Author: Shaun Bythell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real...
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

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Author: John Gribbin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein . . . Its...
Liar's Poker: From the author of the Big Short

Liar's Poker: From the author of the Big Short

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Author: Michael Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms...
Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

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Author: Wayne Koestenbaum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Properly analytical ... always entertaining' TIME OUT 'Should tempt both those generally familiar with Andy Warhol and, even more, young people...
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List'

Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List'

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Author: Thomas Keneally Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was...
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

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Author: Nadia Wassef Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found...
Vera Brittain: A Life

Vera Brittain: A Life

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Author: Mark Bostridge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 The definitive biography of Vera Brittain, acclaimed author of Testament of Youth. With a new introduction by Mark Bostridge. 'Riveting and...
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One

Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One

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Author: Vishvapani Blomfield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, 'Buddha') have affected billions of people. But what do we...
Awakenings

Awakenings

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Author: Oliver Sacks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays, and...
Small Pieces: A Memoir of Loss and Consolation

Small Pieces: A Memoir of Loss and Consolation

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Author: Joanne Limburg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 My mother, my family and Judaism are nested inside each other. I am Jewish and always Jewish; it's analogous with family,...
SEX/LIFE: 44 Chapters About 4 Men: Now a series on Netflix

SEX/LIFE: 44 Chapters About 4 Men: Now a series on Netflix

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Author: BB Easton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The inspiration for seasons one and two of the hit Netflix series Sex/Life One woman's secret journal completely changes her marriage...
Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story

Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story

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Author: Solomon Northup Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. `Why had I not died...
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music

Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music

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Author: Blair Tindall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Blair Tindall has been a professional oboe player for over twenty-five years. In this provocative memoir, she blows the lid off...
In the Dream House: Winner of The Rathbones Folio Prize 2021

In the Dream House: Winner of The Rathbones Folio Prize 2021

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Author: Carmen Maria Machado Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Ravishingly beautiful' - Observer 'Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative' - Irish Times 'Provocative and rich' - Economist 'Daring, chilling,...
Notes on a Nervous Planet

Notes on a Nervous Planet

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Author: Matt Haig Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at sleep, news,...
Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors

Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors

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Author: Robby Krieger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck the hot air out of the...
The Ox: The Last of the Great Rock Stars: The Authorised Biography of The Who's John Entwistle

The Ox: The Last of the Great Rock Stars: The Authorised Biography of The Who's John Entwistle

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Author: Paul Rees Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The definitive no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitarist It is an unequivocal fact that in terms of...
Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

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Author: Mick Wall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'An epic tale, told the way it should be' RECORD COLLECTOR 'The book he was born to write' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE...
Thinking Again

Thinking Again

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Author: Jan Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Necrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication In...
Allegorizings

Allegorizings

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Author: Jan Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary...
Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you...
The Life of P.T. Barnum (Collins Classics)

The Life of P.T. Barnum (Collins Classics)

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Author: P. T. Barnum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of the 19th Century......
Bob Marley: The Untold Story

Bob Marley: The Untold Story

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Author: Chris Salewicz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock'n'roll? How is that he...
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

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Author: Roxane van Iperen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international...
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Vanished World of Jewish Rhodes

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Vanished World of Jewish Rhodes

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Author: Michael Frank Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Having the last word can be very lonely.' Nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never shared the...
Freedom

Freedom

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Author: Sebastian Junger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm 'Sebastian Junger bears witness to...
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

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Author: Jami Attenberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it...
America Over the Water

America Over the Water

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Author: Shirley Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'Shirley is a time traveller, a conduit for essential human aches, one of the greatest artists who ever lived' Stewart Lee...
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: The Comedy Classic

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: The Comedy Classic

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Author: Bob Mortimer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Two comedy greats talk life, friendship and the joys of fishing... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have...
Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

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Author: Barbara Charone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 First as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand,...
The Year of Magical Thinking (Collins Modern Classics)

The Year of Magical Thinking (Collins Modern Classics)

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Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that...
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

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Author: Chris Kyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 SIX MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE SOURCE FOR THE HIGHEST-GROSSING WAR MOVIE OF ALL TIME. The #1 New York Times...
Cold-Water Eden

Cold-Water Eden

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Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's...
Bert Hinkler: The Most Daring Man In The World

Bert Hinkler: The Most Daring Man In The World

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Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 454 The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells...
Open: An Autobiography

Open: An Autobiography

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Author: Andre Agassi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 720 One of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years, 'Wild Swans' is an epic true story of how...
A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus

A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus

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Author: David Bennett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 At 14, David Bennett came out to his parents. At 19, he encountered Jesus Christ. At that moment, his...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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Author: Henri Charriere Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 688 A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder...
The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking

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Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and...
Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Highly engaging ... Go now,...