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The Monkey and the Dragon: A True Story about Friendship, Music, Politics & Life on the Edge

The Monkey and the Dragon: A True Story about Friendship, Music, Politics & Life on the Edge

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Wild Hope

Wild Hope

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Author: Marisa Bate Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Retracing my mother's footsteps in search of women's freedom 1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in Omaha, Nebraska,...
Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

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Author: Anna Malaika Tubbs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing'...
Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

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Author: Roy Strong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 800 'The Alan Clark diaries of cultural politics' Sunday Times 'At every word a reputation dies' A. N. Wilson Roy Strong is...
My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die

My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die

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Author: Kevin Toolis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Death is a whisper in the Anglo-Saxon world. But on a remote island, off the coast of County Mayo, death has...
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

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Author: James McBride Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'A formidable free-style book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music...
Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy

Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy

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Author: Roy Strong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong. 'What is the finest sight in the...
The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

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Author: Frances Stonor Saunders Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises...
Cold-Water Eden

Cold-Water Eden

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Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating...
The Wanted: The Unauthorized Biography

The Wanted: The Unauthorized Biography

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Author: Chas Newkey-Burden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Tom Parker, Nathan Sykes and James McGuiness topped the UK charts within a week of the release...
A Love Letter Life: Pursue Creatively. Date Intentionally. Love Faithfully.

A Love Letter Life: Pursue Creatively. Date Intentionally. Love Faithfully.

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Author: Jeremy Roloff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Are you living the kind of love story you want to read about More than 2.3 million people watched as Jeremy...
Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet

Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet

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Author: Elaine Feinstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Ted Hughes is one of the greatest English poets of this century, yet his life was dogged by tragedy and controversy....
Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America's Founding Father

Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America's Founding Father

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Author: George Goodwin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Sensitive, moving and finely textured' Guardian 'Fantastic' Dan Snow For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a...
The Dive: The untold story of the world's deepest submarine rescue

The Dive: The untold story of the world's deepest submarine rescue

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Author: Stephen McGinty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The Dive is a thrilling narrative nonfiction in the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Apollo 13. They were out of...
The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir

The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir

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Author: Roman Dial Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Destined to become an adventure classic." -Anchorage Daily News Hailed as "gripping" (New York Times) and "beautiful" (Washington Post),...
Mind Games: The Ups and Downs of Life and Football

Mind Games: The Ups and Downs of Life and Football

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Author: Neville Southall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In this unique book, one of football's greatest cult players reflects on the travails of the sport and draws upon his...
View from the Sidelines

View from the Sidelines

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The Life of a Long Distance Writer

The Life of a Long Distance Writer

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Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor: Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals

Royal Mistresses of the House of Hanover-Windsor: Secrets, Scandals and Betrayals

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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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Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by war, saved by ballet: an extraordinary true story

Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by war, saved by ballet: an extraordinary true story

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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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A Life in the Twentieth Century

A Life in the Twentieth Century

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The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe

The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe

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Author: Christopher Stevens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time. Praised for inventing...
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......
Heretic: A Memoir

Heretic: A Memoir

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Author: Jeanna Kadlec Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what...
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....
Heretic: A Memoir

Heretic: A Memoir

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Author: Jeanna Kadlec Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what...
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...