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Frank: The Making of a Legend

Frank: The Making of a Legend

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Small Bamboo: How my family's journey on a leaky boat led to our wonderful life in Australia

Small Bamboo: How my family's journey on a leaky boat led to our wonderful life in Australia

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

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Author: Nigel Nicolson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'You cannot find peace by avoiding life' Virginia Woolf An intimate portrait of Virginia, the best-known and most influential Bloomsbury author...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

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Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

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Author: Andrea Wulf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill...
Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

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Author: Julia Kaye Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she...
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

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Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus...
Into the Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier ... and Less American

Into the Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier ... and Less American

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Author: Damien Cave Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When Damien Cave brought his young family to Sydney to set up the New York Times' Australian Bureau, they encountered the...
How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

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Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this...
Frank Whittle (Icon Science): The Invention of the Jet

Frank Whittle (Icon Science): The Invention of the Jet

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Author: Andrew Nahum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Frank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943...
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist

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Author: Chris Paling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year...
Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

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Author: Danny Goldberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground...
No Shame: the hilarious and candid memoir from one of our best-loved comedians

No Shame: the hilarious and candid memoir from one of our best-loved comedians

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Author: Tom Allen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell' SARAH MILLICAN 'Tom Allen is one of the funniest comedians in the...
To Siri, With Love: A mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of a machine

To Siri, With Love: A mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of a machine

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Author: Judith Newman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A moving and witty memoir with a big heart' - Nigella Lawson No one would consider Judith Newman's domestic life normal....
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line

Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line

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Author: Doug Beattie, MC Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Doug Beattie MC returns to Helmand Province for one final tour before retiring - and it's the most bloody and...
Saffron Barker Vs Real Life: My perfectly filtered life (Sort of. But not really at all)

Saffron Barker Vs Real Life: My perfectly filtered life (Sort of. But not really at all)

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Author: Saffron Barker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 #SaffronBarkerVSRealLife In world of airbrushing and perfectly constructed social media lives, one girl is battling to make it through completely unfiltered...
A Gift from Bob: NOW A MAJOR FILM

A Gift from Bob: NOW A MAJOR FILM

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Author: James Bowen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Street Cat Bob and James, stars of bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob that touched...
A Class of Their Own: Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich

A Class of Their Own: Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich

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Author: Matthew Hammett Knott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A hilarious account of life with the children of the super rich...well written...and very funny indeed' - BOOK OF THE...
Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

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Author: Barbara Charone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 First as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand,...
Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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Author: Barbara Amiel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching...
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

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Author: Nigel Nicolson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'You cannot find peace by avoiding life' Virginia Woolf An intimate portrait of Virginia, the best-known and most influential Bloomsbury author...
My Life in Food: A Memoir

My Life in Food: A Memoir

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Author: Albert Roux Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In 2021, the world of cooking lost a legendary figure. Albert Roux, together with his brother Michel, transformed the way we...
The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

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Author: Matthew Hollis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 The Waste Land is said to be the greatest poem of the age. It is thought to describe the moral decay...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

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Author: Daisy Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like...
Kevin Pietersen on Cricket: The toughest opponents, the greatest battles, the game we love

Kevin Pietersen on Cricket: The toughest opponents, the greatest battles, the game we love

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Author: Kevin Pietersen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In 2014, Kevin Pietersen's autobiography was one of the most talked about sporting media stories of the year, largely due to...
The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

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Author: Rosie Kinchen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and...
What Makes Us Stronger

What Makes Us Stronger

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Author: Freya Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. Freya Lewis was just three metres away from the...
Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude

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Author: Emma Forrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of Managing Expectations 'The most delicious memoir...
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Vanished World of Jewish Rhodes

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Vanished World of Jewish Rhodes

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Author: Michael Frank Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Having the last word can be very lonely.' Nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never shared the...
Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family

Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family

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Author: Amy Ellis Nutt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Becoming Nicole is a powerful and illuminating book about one couple's journey in coming to accept and nurture their transgender...
The Ref's Call: Memoir of a Rugby Referee

The Ref's Call: Memoir of a Rugby Referee

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Author: Owen Doyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A genuine presence on the field, Owen refereed with the perfect balance of respect and authority' Keith Wood 'Highly respected with...
War Within & Without

War Within & Without

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Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

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Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood

Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood

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Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy

Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy

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The Will to Live on

The Will to Live on

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The Strong Man: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink

The Strong Man: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink

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The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer

The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer

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Taken in Contempt

Taken in Contempt

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Running Strong: The best, inspiring, revealing memoir for every woman this Mother's Day 2023

Running Strong: The best, inspiring, revealing memoir for every woman this Mother's Day 2023

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On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren

On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren

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Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles

Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles

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John Wright Remembers: The Autobiography of a Rubber & Plastics Man

John Wright Remembers: The Autobiography of a Rubber & Plastics Man

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Hold the Line: My Story

Hold the Line: My Story

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Have A Little Faith

Have A Little Faith

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Give Me My Father's Body

Give Me My Father's Body

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Beyond the Wave: A tsunami survivor's story

Beyond the Wave: A tsunami survivor's story

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And Why Not?: Memoirs of a Film Lover

And Why Not?: Memoirs of a Film Lover

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