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The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

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With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
A Very Private School

A Very Private School

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times , Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year 'Shocking and moving' Guardian 'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose'...
Sonita: My Journey from Child Bride to Global Changemaker

Sonita: My Journey from Child Bride to Global Changemaker

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Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award One woman's extraordinary journey from child bride to global changemaker At just 10 years old, Sonita Alizada was nearly sold into marriage....
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

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With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
Liar Liar: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault

Liar Liar: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault

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'Powerful and heart-wrenching ... I cannot recommend this book highly enough' - Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be and The Last to...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning book' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Dazzling' TARA WESTOVER 'A story about hope, imagination and resilience' GUARDIAN An...
Unloved: From the bestselling author, Toni Maguire comes a new story

Unloved: From the bestselling author, Toni Maguire comes a new story

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How does an abusive childhood lead you into the world of drug dealers and addiction? When Marc was a small child, his father committed suicide. When his mother remarried, Marc...
A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

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The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for 'shame to change sides'. For the very first time, Gis le Pelicot tells her story. The extraordinarily...
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53

Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53

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After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by...
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...
The Consequences of Love

The Consequences of Love

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A beautiful, fearless and hopeful account of grief, memory, loss and the love between two sisters When Gavanndra Hodge was seven years old her world was a precarious place. Her...
This Happened to Me: A Reckoning

This Happened to Me: A Reckoning

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"Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others." - Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author For...
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells

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The riveting, powerful, New York Times bestselling memoir Chanel Miller's story changed our world forever. In 2016 Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was...
Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

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Twenty years in jail- Kathleen Folbigg's extraordinary story of wrongful conviction, and how science, advocacy and friendship freed her. In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies....
Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

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The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning book' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Dazzling' TARA WESTOVER 'A story about hope, imagination and resilience' GUARDIAN An...
Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father

Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father

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The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this unforgettable memoir traces one daughter's moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the truth...
In the Days of Rain: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

In the Days of Rain: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War

I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

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A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him 'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your...
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan

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A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him 'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your...
In Bad Faith: Inside a secret ultra-Orthodox sect and the brutal betrayal it tried to hide

In Bad Faith: Inside a secret ultra-Orthodox sect and the brutal betrayal it tried to hide

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

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The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...
Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

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The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...
A Very Private School

A Very Private School

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year'Shocking and moving' Guardian'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose' The Times At eight...
Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

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The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down...
Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing' SIMON...
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life story

The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

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With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing' SIMON...
A Very Private School

A Very Private School

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Shocking and moving' Guardian'A tour-de-force' Washington PostAt eight years of age, Charles Spencer was sent away to one of England's most exclusive boarding schools. In this...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

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

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the...
Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

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The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

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

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the...
Sworn to Silence

Sworn to Silence

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The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence

The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence

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Author: Dr Amanda Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown In The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence, Dr Amanda Brown reveals...
Letters to Gil

Letters to Gil

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Author: Malik Al Nasir Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to...
Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way ... Damian is just seven when he is taken in...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Author: J. D. Vance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You...