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Hazzard and Harrower: The letters

Hazzard and Harrower: The letters

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Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972, six years after they began...
How to Knit a Human: A memoir

How to Knit a Human: A memoir

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Author: Anna Jacobson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did it....
Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging

Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging

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Author: Cher Tan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 There was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise - something new and...
Woven: First Nations poetic conversations from the Fair Trade project

Woven: First Nations poetic conversations from the Fair Trade project

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Author: Red Room Poetry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 to open up / to respond as genuinely as possible / to offer hope / we want things to change...
Because I Love Him

Because I Love Him

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Author: Ashlee Donohue Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 172 'In all of the madness stood two addicts: one severely addicted to alcohol and drugs, and the other just as addicted...
John Bsst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest

John Bsst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest

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Author: Iain McCalman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Busst. Known to his enemies as 'The Bingil Bay Bastard', John Busst, a Bendigo-born...
Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking

Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking

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Author: Kerryn Phelps Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Power of Balance is the landmark memoir from Dr Kerryn Phelps AM that explores the events and ideas that have inspired...
Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

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Author: M. John Harrison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece. Formally inventive, constantly surprising, M John Harrison has written an archaeology of fragments...
Quietly Hostile

Quietly Hostile

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Author: Samantha Irby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You 'Brilliant, hilarious and perspicacious' - ELIZABETH DAY 'SO...
Caesar's Vast Ghost

Caesar's Vast Ghost

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Author: Lawrence Durrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'A richly characteristic bouillabaisse by our last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean, our old Prospero of the south.' -...
Among Others: Friendships and Encounters

Among Others: Friendships and Encounters

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Author: Michael Frayn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 It's the other people around you, says Michael Frayn, who make you what you are. So he would like to say...
The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

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Author: Marina Wheeler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Deeply touching.' - Daily Mail 'A personal, sometimes harrowing history of partition... a writer well worth reading.' - The Times 'A...
The Raven's Nest

The Raven's Nest

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Author: Sarah Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the strange landscape she...
Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren

Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren

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Author: Michael Gross (Oxford UK) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword. "Deep-dish...sharp-clawed...honestly...
Some Answers Without Questions

Some Answers Without Questions

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Author: Lavinia Greenlaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The place I went to when I could not speak was also where my voice came from. Part memoir, part manifesto,...
The Making of Us: Why School Matters

The Making of Us: Why School Matters

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Author: Clarissa Farr Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 What makes a good education? 'A crucial book of the moment: the best-informed education insider laying out how schools should work'...
Elon Musk: Risking It All

Elon Musk: Risking It All

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Author: Michael Vlismas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 From humble beginnings as an awkward boy from Pretoria, who loved comics and science fiction books, to the influence of his...
An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created

An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created

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Author: Santi Elijah Holley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A New York Times Editors' Pick "Magnificent.... A uniquely intimate history of Black liberation." - Los Angeles Times The long...
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

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Author: David Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who,...
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

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Author: Justine Picardie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its...
Zig-Zag Boy: Madness, Motherhood and Letting Go

Zig-Zag Boy: Madness, Motherhood and Letting Go

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Author: Tanya Frank Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 '[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life' BOB ODENKIRK 'Fiercely intelligent, humane and necessary' NATHAN FILER,...
Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

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Author: Elizabeth Day Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Bravely revealing' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience' SATHNAM SANGHERA...
Charlie's Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts

Charlie's Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts

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Author: Paul Sexton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most...
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

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Author: Fergal Keane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict...
The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir

The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir

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Author: Elio Morillo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 "Inspiring and joyous."-People "Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every...
The Antipodean Express: A journey by train from New Zealand to Spain

The Antipodean Express: A journey by train from New Zealand to Spain

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Author: Gregory Hill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 296 An epic journey from New Zealand to Spain, celebrating the enduring romance of travel by train. The journey of The Antipodean...
The House of Hidden Meanings: The surprising, revealing and poignant memoir from a pop culture icon and bestselling author for readers who loved THE WOMAN IN ME, LOVE PAMELA and PAGEBOY

The House of Hidden Meanings: The surprising, revealing and poignant memoir from a pop culture icon and bestselling author for readers who loved THE WOMAN IN ME, LOVE PAMELA and PAGEBOY

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Author: RuPaul Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant,...
What It Takes to Save a Life: A Veterinarian's Quest for Healing and Hope

What It Takes to Save a Life: A Veterinarian's Quest for Healing and Hope

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Author: Kwane Stewart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Mountains Beyond Mountains meets Tattoos On the Heart in this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals...
Harry Potter: Dumbledore's Army Hardcover Ruled Journal

Harry Potter: Dumbledore's Army Hardcover Ruled Journal

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Author: Insight Editions Format: Notebook / blank book Number of Pages: 192 Record your magical adventures with the Harry Potter Dumbledore's Army Hardcover Ruled Journal, a new addition to Insight...
Australia Day: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Talking to My Country and The Queen is Dead

Australia Day: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Talking to My Country and The Queen is Dead

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Author: Stan Grant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away.'...
Gin and Phonics: My journey through middle-class motherhood (via the occasional pub)

Gin and Phonics: My journey through middle-class motherhood (via the occasional pub)

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Author: Clara Batten Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'I was asked the other day what I thought the hardest part of parenting was. I'd have to say that it's...
She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

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Author: Mia Mercado Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY * A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK * A NYLON MUST-READ * A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN...
Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

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Author: Dr. Ajay K. Seth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An inspirational story of hope and miracles as a small-town orthopedic surgeon forever changes one woman's life after performing...
Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

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Author: Geena Davis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times Film and...
Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged

Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged

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Author: Robert L. O'Connell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 From national bestselling author and acclaimed military historian Robert L. O'Connell, a dynamic history of four military leaders whose extraordinary...
A Visible Man: The Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

A Visible Man: The Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

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Author: Edward Enninful Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When Edward Enninful became first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few at the heights of the elitist world of fashion wanted...
A Pocketful of Happiness

A Pocketful of Happiness

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Author: Richard E. Grant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a...
Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor's investigation into stalking

Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor's investigation into stalking

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Author: Nicole Madigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the disturbing phenomenon of stalking. Journalist...
Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

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Author: Sarah Gristwood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 A captivating collection of extracts from women's diaries, looking back over four centuries to discover how women's experience - of men...
Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

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Author: Frank McCourt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the...
Long Hard Road Out Of Hell

Long Hard Road Out Of Hell

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Author: M Manson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The best-selling autobiography of America's most controversial celebrity icon, Marilyn Manson (with a bonus chapter not in the hardcover). In his...
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

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Author: Hyeonseo Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and...
How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

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Author: Elizabeth Day Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day's brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of things...
Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands

Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands

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Author: Annie Worsley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'An instant classic...
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

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Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable...
Just Getting Started: Lessons in life, love and menopause

Just Getting Started: Lessons in life, love and menopause

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Author: Lisa Snowdon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Lisa Snowdon is on a mission to spread the word: growing old just means getting better! Having struggled for over a...
The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius

The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius

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Author: Scott C Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported...
While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America

While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America

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Author: Yeonmi Park Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on...