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Always Home: A Daughter's Culinary Memoir

Always Home: A Daughter's Culinary Memoir

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Author: Fanny Singer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother - and herself - Fanny Singer, daughter of food icon and activist Alice...
Terence: The Man Who Invented Design

Terence: The Man Who Invented Design

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Author: Roger Mavity Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Bayley, the author of books on style, design and taste, tells the Habitat story with his customary polycultural panache . ....
The Noel Coward Diaries: With a Foreword by Stephen Fry

The Noel Coward Diaries: With a Foreword by Stephen Fry

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Author: Sheridan Morley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 768 'A gold mine of gossip with a cast of thousands' GUARDIAN The unexpurgated diaries of one of the greatest, most talented,...
The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard

The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard

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Author: Marc Eliot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the...
Brief Lives 3 - Newton

Brief Lives 3 - Newton

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Author: Peter Ackroyd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 The third brilliant short biography in Peter Ackroyd's Brief Lives. Newton is a companion volume to Chaucer and Turner. Isaac Newton...
Don't Ask Me About My Dad: An Inspiring True Story of a Scared Little Boy with a Dark Secret

Don't Ask Me About My Dad: An Inspiring True Story of a Scared Little Boy with a Dark Secret

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Author: Tom Mitchelson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Growing up with him was like being in my own war zone, living in perpetual fear of when the bombs would...
Here We Go Again: Recipes and Inspiration to Level Up Your Leftovers

Here We Go Again: Recipes and Inspiration to Level Up Your Leftovers

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Author: Rachel Holtzman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Leftovers can be so much more than the sum of their parts. Yesterday's dinner, last week's baking experiment, snack drawer remnants,...
CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries

CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries

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Author: John L Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in...
Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow

Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow

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Author: Charles Moore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 880 In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next...
The Making of You: A guide to finding your identity and bossing motherhood

The Making of You: A guide to finding your identity and bossing motherhood

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Author: Binky Felstead Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Magical highs and messy lows - motherhood is a rollercoaster of emotions, but it can be The Making of You. From...
I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders)

I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (but Mostly Blunders)

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Author: Jason Gay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Like many of us, Jason Gay didn't see this coming: a reshaped world, on edge, often stuck at home, questioning everything,...
Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

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Author: Aidan Levy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 784 Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the "Saxophone Colossus," he is widely acknowledged as one of the...
Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

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Author: Ken Wharfe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Today, twenty-five years since Diana's death, seems the right moment for a reassessment of this remarkable woman. Did the Royal Family...
How to Think Like Churchill

How to Think Like Churchill

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Author: Daniel Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Remembered for his leadership during the Second World War, Churchill's commitment to 'never surrender', along with his stirring speeches and radio...
Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch

Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch

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Author: Nicola Tallis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 As the battle for royal supremacy raged between the houses of Lancaster and York, Margaret Beaufort, who was descended from Edward...
Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

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Author: Cathy Park Hong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Chosen as a Guardian BOOK OF 2020, picked by AnOther as a Book You Should Read This Year, BBC Best...
The Ungrateful Refugee

The Ungrateful Refugee

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Author: Dina Nayeri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 What is it like to be a refugee? It is a question few in the West give much thought, and yet...
On Bowie

On Bowie

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Author: Simon Critchley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 What made Bowie special? What made him the cultural icon he is today? And what made millions of people around the...
Afterglow: A Dog Memoir

Afterglow: A Dog Memoir

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Author: Eileen Myles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the...
Milton Berle: An Autobiography

Milton Berle: An Autobiography

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Author: Milton Berle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 When Milton Berle died in the Spring of 2002, THE NEW YORK TIMES declared that the legendary comic "may have had...
The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

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Author: Joelle Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'Joelle Taylor has a Midas touch with words' Diana Souhami A Cosmo best books to look forward to in 2024 pick...
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat

Putting the Rabbit in the Hat

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Author: Brian Cox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox. *Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich*...
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll

William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll

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Author: Casey Rae Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 William S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music's counterculture has been less well documented-until now. Examining...
Memoirs and Reflections

Memoirs and Reflections

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Author: Evgeny Kissin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Evgeny Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and...
Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

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Author: Rosamond Richardson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A beautiful book' Tim Birkhead, author of BIRD SENSE 'A glorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds' Bel...
Journeys to the Other Side of the World: further adventures of a young David Attenborough

Journeys to the Other Side of the World: further adventures of a young David Attenborough

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Author: Sir David Attenborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'a wondrous reminder of Attenborough's pioneering role . . . full of delightful tales' Daily Express 'An adventure that sparked...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

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Author: Emily Kenway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 *FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical...
Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

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Author: Oasis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'An entertaining first-hand account of pure rock 'n' roll madness.' The Daily Telegraph 'Hundreds of exclusive photos and brilliant one-liners make for...
Orwell: The New Life

Orwell: The New Life

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Author: D.J. Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature....
A Colourful View From the Top: Twenty-One Extraordinary Stories of Leaders of Colour Achieving Excellence in Business

A Colourful View From the Top: Twenty-One Extraordinary Stories of Leaders of Colour Achieving Excellence in Business

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Author: Jonathan Mildenhall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Much needed inspiration for those working hard to reach a position that matches their potential and their allies' Ally Owen, Founder...
The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers

The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers

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Author: Ben Jacob Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD 'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the...
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

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Author: Brian Herbert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 688 Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. This science fiction epic combines politics human evolution and ecology and has captured the imagination of...
Keira & Me: A tale of two best friends and how they saved each other, the new bestseller from the Supervet

Keira & Me: A tale of two best friends and how they saved each other, the new bestseller from the Supervet

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Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Let national treasure Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - the Supervet - break your heart and put it back together again in...
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban

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Author: Malala Yousafzai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In the face of Taliban oppression, one girl's unwavering defiance sparked a worldwide movement. Shot in the head for daring to...
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

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Author: Lee Lawrence Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known,...
I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music

I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music

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Author: Sylvia Patterson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 This is a three-decade survivor's tale ... a scenic search for elusive human happiness through music, magazines, silly jokes, stupid shoes,...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

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Author: David Randall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring,...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

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Author: Hollie McNish Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly...
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street

Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street

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Author: Cin Fabre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabre ran with the wolves of Wall...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

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Author: Natasha Walter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS 'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

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Author: Audrey Osler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries....
Turning: Lessons from Swimming Berlin's Lakes

Turning: Lessons from Swimming Berlin's Lakes

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Author: Jessica J. Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'The water slips over me like cool silk. The intimacy of touch uninhibited, rising around my legs, over my waist,...
The Rules Do Not Apply

The Rules Do Not Apply

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Author: Ariel Levy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Every deep feeling a human is capable of will be shaken loose by this short, but profound book' David Sedaris 'I...
Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

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Author: Sean Howe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the end of the 1960s, the mysterious Tom For ade suddenly appeared, insinuating himself into the top echelons of countercultural...
Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

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Author: Aidan Levy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 800 **Winner of the American Book Award (2023)** ?**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)** The long-awaited first full biography of...
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

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Author: Katie Nicholl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire...
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

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Author: Edward Parnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 'A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare 'An exciting new voice'...
Diana: Her Last Love

Diana: Her Last Love

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Author: Kate Snell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 WITH NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR. When you're the most famous woman in the world, can you really love in secret?...