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Pessoa: An Experimental Life

Pessoa: An Experimental Life

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Author: Richard Zenith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1088 A monumental biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most enigmatic writers For many thousands of readers Fernando Pessoa's...
Life: My Story Through History

Life: My Story Through History

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Author: Pope Francis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events...
The Family Outing: A Memoir

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...
Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir

Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir

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Author: Leslie Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 "You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody...
The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable

The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable

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Author: Nigel Farndale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 85 obituaries carefully curated from...
The Women's Pages

The Women's Pages

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Author: Victoria Purman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the bestselling author of The Land Girls comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real...
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place

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Author: Sally Bayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and...
Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent

Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent

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Author: Wendy Law-Yone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENT A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi,...
The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

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Author: Buzz Bissinger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Instant New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation...
The Hats of the Queen

The Hats of the Queen

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Author: Thomas Pernette Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In her 70 years in power, Queen Elizabeth II has made her mark on history, navigating the ups and downs of...
Britney: The Unauthorized Biography

Britney: The Unauthorized Biography

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Author: Danny White Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 She has sold more than 150 million albums, wowed sell-out audiences around the globe and starred in iconic music videos but...
Then There Was Her

Then There Was Her

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Author: Sophie Cachia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Social media and business entrepreneur Sophie Cachia reveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition...
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

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Author: Dave Grohl Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 THE INTERNATIONAL NO 1 BESTSELLER * ONE OF NME's BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2021 * ONE OF VARIETY'S BEST MUSIC BOOKS...
Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs

Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs

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Author: Julia Banks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Power Play is an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world, from the...
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

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Author: Justine Picardie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 SLEEK. CHIC. NOTORIOUSLY GUARDED. WELCOME TO THE SECRET WORLD OF COCO CHANEL. Justine Picardie's definitive biography explores the dark mysteries hidden...
Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

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Author: Steve Baltin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 "Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There...
Confidence: The Secret

Confidence: The Secret

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Author: Katie Piper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Confidence is about empowerment. It's about valuing who you are, not what you want to do or how you look. It's...
Handmade: Learning the Art of Chainsaw Mindfulness in a Norwegian Wood

Handmade: Learning the Art of Chainsaw Mindfulness in a Norwegian Wood

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Author: Siri Helle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Humans have always used their hands to create the world around them. But now most of us have gone from being...
Mister Good Times

Mister Good Times

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Author: Norman Jay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THE LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE 'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to...
Clothes... and other things that matter: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

Clothes... and other things that matter: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

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Author: Alexandra Shulman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Chosen by Evening Standard as one of the best books to look forward to in 2020. 'a must-read memoir for even...
Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography

Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography

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Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 832 Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated...
Letters To Poseidon

Letters To Poseidon

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Author: Laura Watkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to...
Managing Expectations: A Memoir

Managing Expectations: A Memoir

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Author: Minnie Driver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When I was six, I wrote my first short essay. The title given by the teacher was: 'When I grow up,...
Happiness Becomes You: A guide to changing your life for good

Happiness Becomes You: A guide to changing your life for good

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Author: Tina Turner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Each of us is born, I believe, with a unique mission, a purpose in life that only we can fulfill. We...
Say It Again in a Nice Voice: The funny and relatable memoir about motherhood from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Sorrow & Bliss, for readers of Ann Patchett and Dolly Alderton

Say It Again in a Nice Voice: The funny and relatable memoir about motherhood from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Sorrow & Bliss, for readers of Ann Patchett and Dolly Alderton

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Author: Meg Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 From the author of the much-acclaimed novels Sorrow and Bliss and You Be Mother, Meg Mason, comes a hilarious and endearing...
100 Letters that Changed the World

100 Letters that Changed the World

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Author: Colin Salter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish...
Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

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Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a "vivid, compelling, and unputdownable new biography" (Christopher Andersen,...
Total Recall

Total Recall

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Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial and truly unique life....
Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

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Author: Tori Telfer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history's notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams-by...
Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love

Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love

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Author: Haruki Murakami Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet- Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays...
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression

Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression

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Author: Nino Strachey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group -- creative young people who tantalised the original...
Eat, Gay, Love: Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize

Eat, Gay, Love: Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize

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Author: Calum McSwiggan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 **LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE** 'You've never read a travel memoir like this before' The Sunday Times, 'Pride Culture...
To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde

To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde

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Author: Rupert Everett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Quivers with honesty, A-list gossip and sardonic prose' The Times 'Everett is a deliciously gifted writer. Nothing and no one escapes...
How I Learned to Understand the World: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

How I Learned to Understand the World: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

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Author: Hans Rosling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling - Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfulness. This...
This Is Your World: The Story of Bob Ross

This Is Your World: The Story of Bob Ross

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Author: Sophia Gholz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 Bob Ross continues to inspire young and old alike with his public television painting program, "The Joy of Painting," almost 30...
The Lick of Love: How dogs changed my life

The Lick of Love: How dogs changed my life

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Author: Julian Clary Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 From one of Britain's best-loved comedians comes this wonderfully funny, sharp and touching memoir and a celebration of the bond between...
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Author: Gyles Brandreth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history....
Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene

Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene

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Author: Kim Reed Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 By day, Kim Reed was a social worker to the homebound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. By night, she scrambled into Manhattan...
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography

The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography

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Author: Paul Gorman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 896 'I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us...
Party like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter

Party like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter

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Author: J.T. Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR, J.T. Harding charts his life from a kid growing up in Michigan to a chart-topping songwriter...
Kangaroo Dundee

Kangaroo Dundee

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Author: Chris Barns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Brolga (aka Chris Barns) is the 6ft 7in strong but sensitive Aussie star of the extraordinary BBC series Kangaroo Dundee. Brolga...
Under the Camelthorn Tree: The Impact of Trauma on One Family

Under the Camelthorn Tree: The Impact of Trauma on One Family

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Author: Kate Nicholls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Kate Nicholls left England to raise her five children in Botswana: an experience that would change each of their lives. Living...
Golem Girl: A Memoir - 'A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit' DAVID MITCHELL

Golem Girl: A Memoir - 'A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit' DAVID MITCHELL

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Author: Riva Lehrer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit' DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud Atlas The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of...
Broken Greek: A Story of Chip Shops and Pop Songs

Broken Greek: A Story of Chip Shops and Pop Songs

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Author: Pete Paphides Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 *AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'* 'Lip-lickingly, dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit' Observer 'Unflinching and heartwarming' -...
Rudolf Nureyev: The Life

Rudolf Nureyev: The Life

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Author: Julie Kavanagh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 800 The incredible story of the 20th century's superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes Born on...
Power Play: Elon Musk, Tesla, and the Bet of the Century

Power Play: Elon Musk, Tesla, and the Bet of the Century

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Author: Tim Higgins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The fast-paced business story of Tesla- Elon Musk's battle to build the mass-market electric car to change the world Inside the...
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level

Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level

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Author: Leander Kahney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An intimate look at the man who led Apple to be the world's first two-trillion-dollar company In 2011, Tim Cook took...
Fall: Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021

Fall: Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021

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Author: John Preston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell In February 1991, Robert Maxwell...