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Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth

Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth

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A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way...
Phocion: Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy

Phocion: Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy

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Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall "Elegant and enlightening."-Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal Phocion (402-318 BCE) won Athens's...
Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern

Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern

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The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king. Mark Winterbottom's story is unlike any other in motorsport. It's not about privilege or million-dollar sponsors...
Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

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Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta,...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

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The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
Making a Scene

Making a Scene

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From influential and iconic star Constance Wu, a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations that will resonate with readers everywhere. 'Like her, the book is bold,...
A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

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A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking...
So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

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So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities...
Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

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'This is some of the best English prose of our time' SPECTATOR 'A feast for mind and soul' ISABELLA TREE 'A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life' DAILY...
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

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The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for 'shame to change sides'. For the very first time, Gis le Pelicot tells her story. The extraordinarily...
Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present

Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present

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**Winner of the Gourmand Cookbook Award** Lebanon offers a unique variety of fragrant and refined dishes, enriched over centuries by new flavours and spices brought by traders from across the...
This Is Me: THE INSTANT NO.1 BESTSELLER: The high life. The dark times. The FULL story - the explosive new autobiography from Katie Price

This Is Me: THE INSTANT NO.1 BESTSELLER: The high life. The dark times. The FULL story - the explosive new autobiography from Katie Price

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Author: Katie Price Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 ** AN EXPLOSIVE READ. GET READY FOR TRUTHS AND BOMBSHELLS. ** 'Staggeringly honest... Katie is one of showbusiness's great survivors,' Bryony...
These Heavy Black Bones

These Heavy Black Bones

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Author: Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY...
The Barefoot Woman

The Barefoot Woman

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Author: Scholastique Mukasonga Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 153 From the author of the critically acclaimed novel Our Lady of the Nile, ahaunting, delicately wrought work of non-fiction, memorialising a...
Sins of the Father: My story of survival

Sins of the Father: My story of survival

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Author: Shaneda Daly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'I look back now and see that I never stood a chance. It's hard when you realise your whole childhood was...
O Brother

O Brother

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Author: John Niven Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A GUARDIAN BEST MEMOIR...
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

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Author: Karolina Watroba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba...
A Truce That Is Not Peace

A Truce That Is Not Peace

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Author: Miriam Toews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025 'The best memoir you will read...
Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke

Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke

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John Clarke was best known as Fred Dagg in New Zealand and for 'The Games' and 'Clarke and Dawe' in Australia. He was a performer, actor, writer, satirist and commentator....
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

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The must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, based on the iconic 'Modern Love' essay in the New York Times and perfect...
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing: On Making a Living

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing: On Making a Living

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A witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and a driving desire to thrive A Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Economist and the Financial...
Inside the Cartel: How an Undercover FBI Agent Smuggled Cocaine,

Inside the Cartel: How an Undercover FBI Agent Smuggled Cocaine,

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"Truth is always stranger than fiction... A stunning, riveting and extraordinary real-life story of life in the shadows." #1 International Bestselling Author Don Winslow The gripping true story, that reads...
Straya Day: from the bestselling author of RUM and GOLD, with 45

Straya Day: from the bestselling author of RUM and GOLD, with 45

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The unofficial history of Australia's national day since the first contentious one, thereby offering 237 other reasons for a day off. 'The nation is grateful. This is an indispensable book....
I Wrote This For Attention

I Wrote This For Attention

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'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and - dare I say - slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER A thrilling memoir by The White Lotus and Euphoria actor, Lukas Gage, which chronicles his upbringing in a...
The Forest Is the Path

The Forest Is the Path

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'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times You're falling...
Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and

Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and

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A fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society-in science, politics, art, and more-transformative. By the author and host...
Alexa Hampton: Design, Style, and Influence

Alexa Hampton: Design, Style, and Influence

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From Alexa Hampton, one of today's greatest interior designers and owner of Mark Hampton LLC, comes a beautifully photographed memoir about her journey into design and the inspirations that shaped...
Up In Smoke - Stories From a Life on Fire: 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring

Up In Smoke - Stories From a Life on Fire: 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring

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Author: Leigh Hosy-Pickett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Hilarious' Russell Brand 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring 'Totally engaging, highly inspiring and impossible to put down' Nazir Afzal OBE Leigh...
True Nature: The Lives of Peter Matthiessen

True Nature: The Lives of Peter Matthiessen

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Author: Lance Richardson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of the Paris Review, towering figure of...
There and Back: Diaries 1999-2009: The brand new volume from the beloved author, TV icon and Monty Python star

There and Back: Diaries 1999-2009: The brand new volume from the beloved author, TV icon and Monty Python star

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Author: Michael Palin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'A social history of Britain spanning four decades, told with unflagging empathy and wit ' Jonathan Coe, Observer THE FOURTH VOLUME...
The Strength of Love: Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience and Optimism

The Strength of Love: Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience and Optimism

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Author: Kate Garraway Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 *** The Sunday Times Bestseller *** 'Intimate, tender and brutally honest ... a remarkable book.' Decca Aitkenhead, The Sunday Times 'These...
Still Standing: A Pregnant Woman. A brutal attack. An inspirational fight for survival.

Still Standing: A Pregnant Woman. A brutal attack. An inspirational fight for survival.

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Author: Natalie Queiroz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Natalie Queiroz was eight months pregnant when she was stabbed by her partner in the most vicious attack imaginable. In the...
Standing on the Shoulders: Incredible Heroes and How They Inspire Us

Standing on the Shoulders: Incredible Heroes and How They Inspire Us

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Author: Dan Walker, Jr. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'SUCH AN INCREDIBLE READ' ZOE BALL 'ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST INSPIRING BOOKS' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY With a foreword by 2021...
Life With Picasso

Life With Picasso

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Author: Francoise Gilot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Francoise Gilot was a young painter in Pasis when she first met Picasso - he was sixty-two and she was twenty-one....
Homelands: The History of a Friendship

Homelands: The History of a Friendship

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Author: Chitra Ramaswamy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022 'Remarkable' - The Times 'Achingly beautiful'...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

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Author: Alice Walker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage...
Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It

Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It

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Author: Tim Clare Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 After a decade of living with panic attacks and anxiety, Tim Clare made a promise to himself - he would try...
Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H. W. Bush

Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H. W. Bush

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Author: Jean Becker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush and New York Times bestselling author of The Man I Knew, Jean...
Cacophony of Bone

Cacophony of Bone

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Author: Kerri ni Dochartaigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage...
Both Not Half: 'Few people write about identity with such fluency and sincerity' SATHNAM SANGHERA

Both Not Half: 'Few people write about identity with such fluency and sincerity' SATHNAM SANGHERA

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Author: Jassa Ahluwalia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Full of warmth, humour, optimism and sometimes painful honesty' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 'Anyone who's ever struggled to make sense of who they...
Being John Lennon

Being John Lennon

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Author: Ray Connolly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally...
Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean

Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean

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Author: Brett Archibald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'That's what happened, I think, struggling to stay afloat as the ocean pummels me from all sides. I must have blacked...
After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller

After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller

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Author: Max Wallace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to...
The Uncool

The Uncool

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The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe-one of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakers-revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in...
Mao's America: A Survivor's Warning

Mao's America: A Survivor's Warning

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THE BOOK BEHIND THE VIRAL TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEW An inspiring survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out

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* A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often...
Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure: Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me

Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure: Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me

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Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera . . . Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights...
The Secrets of the Titanic

The Secrets of the Titanic

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September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres. Paul-Henri...