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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...
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...
Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story

Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story

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Author: Stephen Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of...
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...
My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History

My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History

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Author: John Illsley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The first and only inside story of the global music phenomenon Dire Straits, with a foreword by Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits...
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...
The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent

The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent

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Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Longlisted for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Chosen as a 'Book...
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun

The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun

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Author: The Countess of Carnarvon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

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Author: Gareth Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500...
We All Go into the Dark

We All Go into the Dark

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Author: Francisco Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A captivating, eloquent and deeply original book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across...
The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle

The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle

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Author: Anna Shechtman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off...
The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

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Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 From one of India's finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket. As a fan, player,...
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

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Author: Eddie Betts Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 It's a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG. Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards, Social Impact Book...
Bibi: My Story

Bibi: My Story

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Author: Benjamin Netanyahu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 736 In Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's "compelling" (The Economist) and "fascinating" (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister...
Hell West and Crooked

Hell West and Crooked

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Author: Tom Cole Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The bestselling story of a real-life Crocodile Dundee. the bestselling story of a real-life Crocodile Dundee. In this remarkable memoir, tom...
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

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Author: Eric Metaxas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith As Adolf Hitler and...
You Never Know: A Memoir

You Never Know: A Memoir

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Author: Tom Selleck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers...
The Allure of Chanel (Illustrated)

The Allure of Chanel (Illustrated)

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Author: Paul Morand (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Told in her own words, Coco Chanel's memories offer a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most...
Emperor of Rome

Emperor of Rome

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Author: Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary...
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

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Author: Brad Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 11 June, 1930. On a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, a curious steel ball is lowered 3000ft into...
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future

Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future

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Author: Charlie Hertzog Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In 2019, climate activist Charlie Hertzog Young attempted suicide, following a succession of breakdowns. He jumped off a six-storey building,...
Late Light: WINNER OF THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING

Late Light: WINNER OF THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING

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Author: Michael Malay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 This is a book about falling in love with vanishing things Late Light is the story of Michael Malay's own journey,...
Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed - Commemorate the historic coronation of the new King

Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed - Commemorate the historic coronation of the new King

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Author: Robert Jobson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The definitive biography of King Charles with exclusive material and insight from a source close to the King himself.