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The author brings to life the Zuytdorp story, the Dutch East India ship which disappeared in 1712 enroute from Cape Town to Batavia. It covers the disappearance, the discovery of...

Five kids orphaned by a terrible accident ...a struggling family living in the most isolated spot on earth ...a single dad battling to cope in a house falling down around...

Follow the misadventures of Ian Moore as he chronicles the charming and chaotic escapades of his family and their eccentric assembly of animals, on their continued search for serenity in...

The uplifting true story of a London children's home dispatched to rural England during the Blitz, the Lady in Waiting who opened up her home, and the matron who changed...

After years behind bars, hundreds of men and women with incontrovertible proof of their innocence have been released from America's prisons. They were wrongfully convicted because of problems that plague...

Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and...

In 1970's New York, the ruthless Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in more than a million dollars a day. At the height of his...

Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth always makes news. From Hollywood to murder trials to the corridors of politics, this National Magazine Award winner covers lives led in public, on camera, in...

'Composed of heartbreak, hope, poignancy and candor... Kabul Beauty School is laid out masterfully, pulling readers in from the very first page.' LOS ANGELES TIMES Enter the war-torn capital of...

It was a tale of loss and recovery, of courage and sorrow, of horror and inspiration. Tania Head's astonishing account of her experience on September 11, 2001 - from crawling...

FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED, INCLUDING TWO NEW CHAPTERS TO BRING THE STORY UP TO DATE 'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' He has sold over...

Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the PART-TIME WORKING MUMMY page for its heartfelt posts, honest accounts of complicated family life and its appeal to 'bring parents together to...

From Sir Ernest Shackleton on South Georgia Island to currency trader Ron DiFrancesco in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, to diver Stephanie Schwabe in the Mermaid's Lair...

There is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. There is an increasingly large number of weapons in the arsenal of the rich, the powerful and the elected...

The book titled The Words to Say it by the author Marie Cardinal. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Back in 2012, everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was. Everyone, that is, but me. Thirteen years after the summer that defined me, I have finally defined myself. The disguises have...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLOODY BRILLIANT WOMEN A Times Best Book of the Year The Ladder brings together discussions between women - about work, love, growth, challenge, the big...

'Hilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down' Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking 'Might be a career-destroying book... highly enjoyable' Daily Telegraph 'A spin doctor to the...

The death of Matthew Leveson and the ten-year search for the truth What Mark and Faye Leveson have endured to discover the truth about the mysterious death of their son...

Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from its arrival in Egypt at the turn of the century to...

A Danish filmmaker, under the apprenticeship of three Papua New Guinean master sailors, set off from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, on the 30th of August 2016 on a world-record...

In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back....

The book titled Mab's Daughters: Shelley's Wives and Lovers: Their Own Story by the author Judith Chernaik. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty , Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores exactly what it takes to lead and inspire. In...

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025 'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY 'A triumph - a meditation...

Entrepreneur and lifestyle influencer Jacey Duprie shares her inspiring journey of going from farm girl to fashion icon and her lessons about personal growth and self-made success. With millions of...

Two childhood friends from small-town Wales meet in Miami for a summer road trip they've always dreamed of: to chase the swell of Hurricane Dean all the way up the...

I don't write about my experiences with depression to defend the legitimacy of my pain. My pain is real; it does not come to me because of my lifestyle, and...

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they...

The police. Theyre digging in the scrapyard . Cal Lovett has spent half his life telling other peoples stories on his true crime podcast. But the police are close to...

Who really did 'discover' New Zealand?; Why history has turned its back on the timid Abel Tasman; The burning of the sailing ship Boyd sets back European settlement by a...

This highly illustrated, detailed account of Harry and Meghan's relationship celebrates the announcement of their wedding and tells the story of a thoroughly modern royal romance. The book charts their...

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan...

The Clothes They Stood Up In is Alan Bennett's first story. Like Charles Dickens' novels which were first published in magazines, it originally appeared in the London Review of Books...

The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How...

The book titled Young Men And Fire by the author Norman Maclean. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The definitive account of tyranny and resistance as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series Extraordinary stories from the most perfected surveillance state of all...

'It's time we name our kingdom!' he shouted over the wind. 'I say we call this place Happy Land. If this ain't the land of happy people, then where is...

Great Australian Stories - Droving, Beer and Utes. Why is one of our prime ministers in the Guinness Book of Records ? How did beer save the life of a...

The men and women who slip beneath the world's radar and risk their lives for a cause - be it government, belief, country or money - command an irresistible hold...

'Full of delightful stories...a wonderful insight into the British obsession with al fresco eating' - Travel Gourmet From the peaks of the Himalayas to the historic grounds of Hampton Court,...

A Silent Tsunami is a unique combination of memoir and medicine - Rowan forensically examines the development of her mother's illness and explores dementia in a frank but illuminating, lyrical...

A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written, in a collectable clothbound edition Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which...

Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century - as judged by some of the...

"The story of Windrush must not be sterilised, or overly simplified. It is not only a story of successful integration, sport and cultural icons, or even everyday heroes like my...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST...

'You'll fall head over heels - again and again.' A delightful celebration of love's enduring magic. What draws us to love, binds us in partnership, and keeps us searching for...