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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...
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 -...
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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Confessions of Clyde Cameron

Confessions of Clyde Cameron

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From Eternity to Here: Memoirs of an Angry Priest

From Eternity to Here: Memoirs of an Angry Priest

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Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics

Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics

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Author: Ruth ParkFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 196mm, 372g, 400 pagesPublished: Text Publishing, Australia, 2019Following on from A Fence around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one...
Cacophony of Bone

Cacophony of Bone

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Author: Kerri ni DochartaighFormat: Hardback, 144mm x 220mm, 418g, 304 pagesPublished: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, 2023Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to...
Everything is Everything: As seen on BBC's CLIVE MYRIE'S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE

Everything is Everything: As seen on BBC's CLIVE MYRIE'S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE

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Author: Clive MyrieFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 238mm, 573g, 320 pagesPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom, 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR, NOW UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL Readers LOVE Everything is...
Facing the Music: A searingly candid memoir from S Club 7 star, Hannah Spearritt

Facing the Music: A searingly candid memoir from S Club 7 star, Hannah Spearritt

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Author: Hannah SpearrittFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 240mm, 553g, 256 pagesPublished: Dialogue, United Kingdom, 2023'There has been a lot of fun and adventure in my five decades on earth. There are...
In My Stride: Lessons learned through life and adventure

In My Stride: Lessons learned through life and adventure

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Author: Helen SkeltonFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 236mm, 560g, 304 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023'A remarkable read' - Woman's Own'In My Stride is just as bubbly and positive as...
Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

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Author: Pamela AndersonFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 236mm, 460g, 256 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023ACTRESS. ICON. ACTIVIST. Her story, in her voice, for the first time. In this honest,...
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 KenwayFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 240mm, 540g, 336 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current...
I Will Be Good: A Memoir of a Dublin Childhood and a Life Less Ordinary

I Will Be Good: A Memoir of a Dublin Childhood and a Life Less Ordinary

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Meet Peig McManus, an unforgettable Dublin character whose story will make you laugh and cry.-Her memoir of a 1940s' childhood is recounted with candour and wit, as she describes her...
About A Son: A Murder and A Father's Search for Truth

About A Son: A Murder and A Father's Search for Truth

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Author: David WhitehouseFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 218mm, 380g, 272 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2022As heard on the HOW TO FAIL podcast with Elizabeth Day'I was utterly floored by...
The Half of It: A Memoir

The Half of It: A Memoir

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Author: Madison BeerFormat: Hardback, 142mm x 218mm, 327g, 176 pagesPublished: Dialogue, United Kingdom, 2023Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire...
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

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Under a Venice Moon

Under a Venice Moon

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Telltale: Reading Writing Remembering

Telltale: Reading Writing Remembering

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