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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

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Author: Michael Schulman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float...
Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife

Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife

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Author: Gustav Mahler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Alma Mahler-Werfel was one of the most fascinating and ambivalent of twentieth-century women. Her book Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters (1940)...
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A memoir about women, addiction and love

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A memoir about women, addiction and love

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Author: Nina Renata Aron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'The disease he has is addiction,' Nina Renata Aron writes of her boyfriend. 'The disease I have is loving him.'...
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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Author: Barbara Amiel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching...
Francis I: The Maker of Modern France

Francis I: The Maker of Modern France

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Author: Leonie Frieda Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Yet he was also arguably the most significant king that France ever...
Deer Man: Seven Years in the Forest

Deer Man: Seven Years in the Forest

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Author: Geoffroy Delorme Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'Haunting, remarkable and ultimately very moving' Sunday Times The astonishing, true account of one man's quest to immerse himself in nature...
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

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Author: John Walsh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young...
Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist

Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist

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Author: Lawrence James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical...
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

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Author: Nadia Wassef Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'A moving portrait of Diwan and the Cairo that embraced it, an ode to all the people who have kept it...
Chest Pain: A man, a stent and a camper van

Chest Pain: A man, a stent and a camper van

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Author: Michael Harding Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In late 2018, Michael Harding was in a hotel room in Blanchardstown experiencing severe pains in his chest. He eventually phoned...
Chaise Longue

Chaise Longue

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Author: Baxter Dury Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Wild, exhilarating and very funny' Sunday Times 'A must-read for pop culture fans' The Times 'Unflinching' Observer ---------------- Chaos and debauchery...
Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and Interviews

Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and Interviews

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Author: Professor Christopher Murray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Since the success of "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" in 1964, Brian Friel has written over twenty plays, successively confirming his...
Allegorizings

Allegorizings

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Author: Jan Morris Format: Paperback 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...
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: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'This book will make you love her as much as I do' FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON 'Breath-taking courage and compassion...
All the Colors Came Out: A Father, a Daughter, and a Lifetime of Lessons

All the Colors Came Out: A Father, a Daughter, and a Lifetime of Lessons

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Author: Kate Fagan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 ? Kate Fagan and her father forged their relationship on the basketball court, bonded by sweaty high fives and a dedication...
A Stinging Delight: A Memoir

A Stinging Delight: A Memoir

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Author: David Storey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds...
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

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Author: Nigel Nicolson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'You cannot find peace by avoiding life' Virginia Woolf An intimate portrait of Virginia, the best-known and most influential Bloomsbury author...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

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Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

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Author: Andrea Wulf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill...
Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

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Author: Julia Kaye Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she...
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

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Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus...
How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

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Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this...
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

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Author: Chris Paling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year...
Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

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Author: Vashti Bunyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Magical and transporting' Maggie O'Farrell 'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival... A quietly defiant and moving work' Sinead Gleeson 'An...
Spring Tides: Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man

Spring Tides: Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man

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Author: Fiona Gell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'This is my earliest memory. I am three years old and I sit in the bottom of my great-uncle's pot boat...
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...
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: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 As the bookish daughter of a travelling salesman, Jami Attenberg was drawn to the road. Her wanderlust led her to drive...
It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!

It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!

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Author: Tom Scharpling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From cult comedy icon and beloved radio host Tom Scharpling, an inspiring, funny, and thoughtful memoir It Never Ends is Tom...
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...
Are We There Yet?: To indignity . . . and beyond!

Are We There Yet?: To indignity . . . and beyond!

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Author: Emily Atack Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Warm, charming and remarkably honest - Grazia The highs, the lows, the hangovers, the relationships, the lucky breaks (and the breaks...
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...
Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: True Stories from Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper

Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter: True Stories from Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper

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Author: Carol Ann Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Original, intelligent and thought-provoking, Carol Ann Lee's book sheds new light on to the human stories behind the headlines. A...
My Life in Food: A Memoir

My Life in Food: A Memoir

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Author: Albert Roux Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In 2021, the world of cooking lost a legendary figure. Albert Roux, together with his brother Michel, transformed the way we...
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age

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Author: Anne de Courcy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said...
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...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

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Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!

It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!

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Author: Tom Scharpling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Tom Scharpling is good at being funny, which is a miracle, considering what he's survived. Like hitting a deer and narrowly...
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...
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

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Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...
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,...
What Language Do I Dream In?: My Family's Secret History

What Language Do I Dream In?: My Family's Secret History

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Author: Elena Lappin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Elena Lappin's life could be described as 'five languages in search of an author'. She now lives in London, but she...
Deer Man: Seven Years in the Forest

Deer Man: Seven Years in the Forest

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Author: Geoffroy Delorme Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The astonishing, true account of one man's quest to immerse himself in nature and live with wild deer for seven years....
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...
Goodbye to All That

Goodbye to All That

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Author: Robert Graves Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The Western front through the eyes of a survivor 'There has been a lot of fighting hereabouts. The trenches have made...
Running with the Krays - The Final Truth About The Krays and the Underworld We Lived In

Running with the Krays - The Final Truth About The Krays and the Underworld We Lived In

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Author: Freddie Foreman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 For over fifty years, Freddie Foreman's name has commanded respect, and occasionally fear, from those who work to uphold the law...
The Tongue Set Free: Remembrance of a European Childhood

The Tongue Set Free: Remembrance of a European Childhood

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Author: Elias Canetti Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'The Tongue Set Free is so beautifully written. It begins with an extraordinary image, Canetti's earliest memory. He comes out of...
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...