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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....
The Bells of Nagasaki

The Bells of Nagasaki

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A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history- the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. 'A book that everyone should read' The Times A harrowing, heart-rending...
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...
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE 'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of...
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...
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World

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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Fast-moving,...
Will I Ever Have Sex Again?: A disarmingly honest and funny exploration of sex (and those who aren't having it)

Will I Ever Have Sex Again?: A disarmingly honest and funny exploration of sex (and those who aren't having it)

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Author: Sofie Hagen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'This book had sex with my brain!' SARA PASCOE 'Hilarious. Intimate. Vital.' JAMEELA JAMIL 'I couldn't put the book down!' LAURA...
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...
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...
First Man

First Man

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Author: James Hansen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever...
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...
My (Half) Latinx Kitchen: Half Recipes, Half Stories, All Latin

My (Half) Latinx Kitchen: Half Recipes, Half Stories, All Latin

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"Kiera Wright-Ruiz's My (Half) Latinx Kitchen is entirely singular: hilarious and poignant in its stories, precise and flavorful in its recipes, the book is a gem of memory and feeling...
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...
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...
Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and

Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and

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A Daily Mail Book of the Week Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave

Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave

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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ... remarkably wide-ranging' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of...
Connie: A Memoir

Connie: A Memoir

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S PICK A LA TIMES AND PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH "This delightful memoir is filled...
Kafka: Letters to Milena

Kafka: Letters to Milena

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Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 Kafka first made the aquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech, and...
What You're Made For: Powerful Lessons from a Life in Sports

What You're Made For: Powerful Lessons from a Life in Sports

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Author: Ryan Holiday Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Coach George Raveling is a living icon in the fields of sport and leadership. His story begins in the 1930s, under...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

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Author: Andrew North Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying...
Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World

Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World

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Author: Jane Robinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Acclaimed historian, Jane Robinson brings out of the shadows one of Victorian Britain's most influential but forgotten women. First wave feminist,...
The Vet 2: the big wild world

The Vet 2: the big wild world

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Author: Luke Gamble Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 No longer a newbie vet, Luke Gamble takes over Pilgrims veterinary practice in Dorset and establishes an international veterinary charity, Worldwide...