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The Other Mother

The Other Mother

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Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England

Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England

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Author: Nigel Cawthorne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Nigel Cawthorne traces the antics of the various royal dynasties from Henry VIII to the present in a humorous style. He deals...
An Octopus in My Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek Island

An Octopus in My Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek Island

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Author: Jennifer Barclay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Escape to the sunlight and colour of a wild island in the south Aegean. When Jennifer moves alone into the Honey...
How to Think Like Churchill

How to Think Like Churchill

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Author: Daniel Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Remembered for his leadership during the Second World War, Churchill's commitment to 'never surrender', along with his stirring speeches and radio...
The Ungrateful Refugee

The Ungrateful Refugee

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Author: Dina Nayeri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 What is it like to be a refugee? It is a question few in the West give much thought, and yet...
Things I Learned from Falling: The must-read true story

Things I Learned from Falling: The must-read true story

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Author: Claire Nelson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'What a story - never heard a story like that before' - Chris Evans 'Uplifting and brave' - Stylist 'Claire Nelson...
Milton Berle: An Autobiography

Milton Berle: An Autobiography

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Author: Milton Berle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 When Milton Berle died in the Spring of 2002, THE NEW YORK TIMES declared that the legendary comic "may have had...
The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

The Night Alphabet: the electrifying debut novel from the award-winning poet

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Author: Joelle Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'Joelle Taylor has a Midas touch with words' Diana Souhami A Cosmo best books to look forward to in 2024 pick...
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat

Putting the Rabbit in the Hat

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Author: Brian Cox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox. *Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich*...
Memoirs and Reflections

Memoirs and Reflections

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Author: Evgeny Kissin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Evgeny Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and...
Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

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Author: Rosamond Richardson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A beautiful book' Tim Birkhead, author of BIRD SENSE 'A glorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds' Bel...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

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Author: Emily Kenway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 *FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical...
Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

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Author: Oasis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'An entertaining first-hand account of pure rock 'n' roll madness.' The Daily Telegraph 'Hundreds of exclusive photos and brilliant one-liners make for...
The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers

The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers

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Author: Ben Jacob Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD 'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the...
Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica

Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica

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Author: Duncan Mackay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS 'Duncan has...
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

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Author: Brian Herbert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 688 Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. This science fiction epic combines politics human evolution and ecology and has captured the imagination of...
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

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Author: Lee Lawrence Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known,...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

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Author: David Randall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring,...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

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Author: Hollie McNish Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly...
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street

Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street

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Author: Cin Fabre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabre ran with the wolves of Wall...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

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Author: Natasha Walter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS 'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

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Author: Audrey Osler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries....
Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

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Author: Sean Howe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the end of the 1960s, the mysterious Tom For ade suddenly appeared, insinuating himself into the top echelons of countercultural...
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

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Author: Katie Nicholl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire...
The Little Book of Compassion: For when life gets a little tough

The Little Book of Compassion: For when life gets a little tough

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Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The virtue of compassion is universally valued. Derived from the Latin 'com' and 'passio' and meaning 'to suffer together', practising compassion...
Soul Survivor: The Autobiography: The extraordinary memoir of a music icon

Soul Survivor: The Autobiography: The extraordinary memoir of a music icon

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Author: P.P. Arnold Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 P.P. Arnold's story is that of a rich and varied life. From her early musical origins in powerhouse church gospel, the...
I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives

I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives

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Author: Colin Grant Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A memoir told through a series of intimate portraits, which build into a poignant, insightful and unforgettable testimony of West Indian...
Here We Go Again: Recipes and Inspiration to Level Up Your Leftovers

Here We Go Again: Recipes and Inspiration to Level Up Your Leftovers

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Author: Rachel Holtzman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Leftovers can be so much more than the sum of their parts. Yesterday's dinner, last week's baking experiment, snack drawer remnants,...
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.

SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.

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Author: Damien Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio 'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war'...
Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

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Author: John Bercow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the...
Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming' The Sunday Times

Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming' The Sunday Times

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Author: Kit de Waal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Vivid and compelling and so moving... both painful and comforting to read' Marian Keyes **A BOOK OF THE YEAR -...
The Champ & The Chump: A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family

The Champ & The Chump: A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family

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Author: James McNicholas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 **Winner of Best Sports Entertainment book at the British Sports Book Awards 2022** 'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster 'Funny, moving...
Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

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Author: Will Sergeant Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Scenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo &...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

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Author: Alan Partridge Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative'...
Strange Things Are Happening

Strange Things Are Happening

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Author: Richard Norris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'The rainbow reaches right across the sky, for miles and miles, and has landed right in the middle of our field....
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

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Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
You've Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar

You've Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar

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Author: Pyae Moe Thet War Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'A fresh and insightful debut' New York Times 'Incisive and exciting' Shondaland In this electric debut essay collection, a...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

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Author: Audrey Osler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries....
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner

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Author: Selma Blair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Selma Blair has played many archetypal roles: gullible ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Fire-starter in Hellboy....
Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

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Author: Elaine Showalter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 The letters between Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth, and Winifred Holtby, author of South Riding, tell the story of...
Saving Jessie

Saving Jessie

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BLAIR NECESSITIES

BLAIR NECESSITIES

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Rhino

Rhino

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Another Bloody Love Letter

Another Bloody Love Letter

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KP: The Autobiography

KP: The Autobiography

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Robin Cook

Robin Cook

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Nostradamus: The Man Behind the Prophecies

Nostradamus: The Man Behind the Prophecies

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Doujon'S Heart

Doujon'S Heart

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