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The Life of a Long Distance Writer

The Life of a Long Distance Writer

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Question 7

Question 7

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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

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Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner

Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner

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Greta Garbo: Divine Star

Greta Garbo: Divine Star

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Churchill: A Biography

Churchill: A Biography

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Burning: A Journal

Burning: A Journal

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A Life in the Twentieth Century

A Life in the Twentieth Century

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Going to Sea in a Sieve: The Autobiography

Going to Sea in a Sieve: The Autobiography

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Author: Danny Baker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Danny Baker was born in Deptford, South East London in June 1957, and from an early age was involved in magazine...
Unbroken: One Woman's Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope

Unbroken: One Woman's Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope

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Author: Madeleine Black Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 At the age of thirteen Madeleine Black faced more physical and emotional trauma than most ordinary people do in a lifetime......
God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments

God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments

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Author: Hannah Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A New York Times bestseller. "My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because it's in the...
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir

My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir

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Author: Katherine Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story...
Unbought and Unbossed

Unbought and Unbossed

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 "A tremendously impressive book."-Washington Post "Her motto and title of her autobiography-Unbought and Unbossed-illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities...
Hands: An Anxious Mind Unpicked

Hands: An Anxious Mind Unpicked

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Author: Lauren Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Raw, intense and absorbing.' MATT HAIG 'As tender and funny as it is painful.' TLS 'I didn't give my hands much...
One Jump at a Time: My Story

One Jump at a Time: My Story

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Author: Nathan Chen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In this exhilarating memoir, three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist Nathan Chen tells the story of his remarkable journey to success,...
His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

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Author: Fred Kaplan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the...
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

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Author: Kate Andersen Brower Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen...
Roaring Girls: The extraordinary lives of history's unsung heroines

Roaring Girls: The extraordinary lives of history's unsung heroines

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Author: Holly Kyte Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'Extraordinary' Woman&Home A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she...
Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

Heal Me: In Search of a Cure

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Author: Julia Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Like a third of the UK population, Julia has a chronic pain condition. According to her doctors, it can't be cured....
Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home

Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home

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Author: Roger Bennett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The #1 New York Times Bestseller One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett...
The Family Outing: A Memoir

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...
Cokie: A Life Well Lived

Cokie: A Life Well Lived

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Author: Steven V. Roberts Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts-a trailblazer for women-remembered by her friends and family. Through her...
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

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Author: Julie Welch Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart...
How Not to be American: Misadventures in the Land of the Free

How Not to be American: Misadventures in the Land of the Free

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Author: Todd McEwen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 This new American uniform - the baseball cap, t-shirt, shorts and trainers (why not a scooter?) is not about looking good....
Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir

Long Drawn Out Trip: A Memoir

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Author: Gerald Scarfe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In 1964 a young artist sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons, sketching former Prime Minister Winston Churchill....
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...
Not Like Other Dads

Not Like Other Dads

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Author: Sean Szeps Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A fearless, frank and funny memoir about reinventing the rules of parenting Sean had wanted to be a mum since the...
Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership

Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership

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Author: Victoria Glendinning Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography....
The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

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Author: Casey Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 "Magnificent." -People Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and...
The Good Fight

The Good Fight

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman...
Unbought and Unbossed

Unbought and Unbossed

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Author: Shirley Chisholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 "A tremendously impressive book."-Washington Post "Her motto and title of her autobiography-Unbought and Unbossed-illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities...
Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

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Author: Valerie Bertinelli Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on...
The Family Outing: A Memoir

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...
Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

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Author: Dr. Ajay K. Seth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An inspirational story of hope and miracles as a small-town orthopedic surgeon forever changes one woman's life after performing...
The Man Who Invented Vegemite

The Man Who Invented Vegemite

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The Enigmatic Mr Deakin

The Enigmatic Mr Deakin

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Muhammad: a Prophet for Our Time

Muhammad: a Prophet for Our Time

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I, Mick Gatto (Updated Edition)

I, Mick Gatto (Updated Edition)

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Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music

Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music

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The Woman I Was Born to be

The Woman I Was Born to be

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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...
The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On

The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On

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Author: Joan Bakewell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously' The Times Old age is...
Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown

Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown

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Author: Shaun Bythell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real...
Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures

Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures

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Author: Ted Kessler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish 'There's only one Ted Kessler!' Liam Gallagher PAPER CUTS...
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

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Author: Nadia Wassef Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'A moving portrait of Diwan and the Cairo that embraced it, an ode to all the people who have kept it...
Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'It's hard to think of a better living practitioner of hilarious honesty than David Sedaris' The Times 'David Sedaris is funny...
Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama: The Sunday Times bestseller

Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama: The Sunday Times bestseller

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Author: Bob Odenkirk Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'A real gem of a book for comedy fans... honest, irreverent and...
Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

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Author: Mick Wall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Last Of the Giants is the mad, funny, dark and often painful story of a lost band from a now-distant time'...