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The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

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Author: Tina Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 16 THE VANITY FAIR DIARIES is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New...
Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge

Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge

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Author: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He's crossed both Poles on foot. He's been a...
Coal Black Mornings

Coal Black Mornings

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Author: Brett Anderson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star success, and in COAL BLACK MORNINGS he traces...
The Flying Optometrist

The Flying Optometrist

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Author: Joanne Anderton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Age range 4+ The Flying Optometrist travels in his little red aeroplane from his practice in the city to a remote...
The Crying Years: Australia's Great War

The Crying Years: Australia's Great War

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Author: Peter Stanley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 168 The Great War continues to fascinate us all. In this original approach, prize-winning historian Peter Stanley cleverly weaves his...
A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations

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Author: Juliet Nicolson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have...
Molly Keane: A Life

Molly Keane: A Life

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Author: Sally Phipps Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which...
Wicked Lord Lyttelton

Wicked Lord Lyttelton

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Author, Thomas Frost Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 192 A drug addict and debaucher of women, Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, indulged in all the vices and libertinism...
All the Kremlin's Men, Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

All the Kremlin's Men, Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

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Author, Mikhail Zygar Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 400 ALL THE KREMLIN'S MEN is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based...
To the Edges of the Earth, 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

To the Edges of the Earth, 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

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Author, Edward J. Larson Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 352 Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) and "adrenaline-fueled" (Outside)...
Do Dice Play God?, The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Do Dice Play God?, The Mathematics of Uncertainty

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Author, Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 304 A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe...
The Best in the World, At What I Have No Idea

The Best in the World, At What I Have No Idea

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Author, Chris Jericho Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 320 The two-time bestselling author, wrestler and metal rocker returns with another insightful and hilarious memoir of his latest wild adventures in...
The Bitter Road to Freedom, a New History of the Liberation of Europe

The Bitter Road to Freedom, a New History of the Liberation of Europe

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Author, MR William I Hitchcock (University of Virginia) Format, Microfilm Number of Pages, 454 American s are justly proud of th e role their country played in liberating Europe from...
Billie Eilish, Rebel Teen to Alt-Pop Queen

Billie Eilish, Rebel Teen to Alt-Pop Queen

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Author, Mr Kevin Pettman Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 64 The must-have celebration of Billie Eilish, the most talked about teen on the planet. This book takes fans up close...
Backstop Land

Backstop Land

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Author, David Passes Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 46 A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics...
Into the Fire

Into the Fire

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Author, Glenn Patterson Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 240 Eleven guests. Three nights. One murderer... 'I tore through it' Erin Kelly 'Perfect storytelling' Victoria Selman 'A wicked plot'...
Unsolved Case Files, Escape at 10,000 Feet, D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

Unsolved Case Files, Escape at 10,000 Feet, D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

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Author, Tom Sullivan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 104 A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only...
The House of Yan, A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

The House of Yan, A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

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Author, Lan Yan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 432 Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th...
Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

Young Prince Philip, His Turbulent Early Life

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Author, Philip Eade Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 384 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost...
In Days to Come: A New Hope for Israel

In Days to Come: A New Hope for Israel

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Author: Avraham Burg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Born in 1955, Avraham Burg witnessed firsthand many of the most dramatic and critical junctions in Israeli history. Here he chronicles...
Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

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Author: Timothy Bentinck Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Hilarious' Mail on Sunday 'Stylish, very funny memoir' Daily Mail Timothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer...
Noa and the Little Elephant

Noa and the Little Elephant

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Author: Michael Foreman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 A heart-warming and achingly relevant story about elephant conservation, from picture book legend, Michael Foreman. Noa loves to watch the elephants...
Protest!

Protest!

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Author: Alice Haworth-Booth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 Illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth, and written by Emily and her sister Alice, this book is a timely history of peaceful protests...
Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

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Author: Jay Jayamohan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave...
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first Mass-Murder Programme

The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first Mass-Murder Programme

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Author: Charlie English Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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Author: Henri Charriere Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 688 A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder...
A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

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Author: Jeffrey Toobin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 452 The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, A...
My Remarkable Journey

My Remarkable Journey

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Author: Katherine Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the...
Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

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Author: Tove Ditlevsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The classic Danish trilogy hailed as a masterpiece on publication in English last year - now in a single...
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Author: Laurie Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The beautiful and moving follow-up to the acclaimed Cider with Rosie 'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in...
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human

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Author: Elli H. Radinger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 What wolves can teach us about being human Love your family, care for your those around you, never...
This is Matisse

This is Matisse

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Author: Catherine Ingram Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 In the history of twentieth century modernism, Henri Matisse is a calm and unstoppable revolution of creative genius. Trained originally in...
To Win a War

To Win a War

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Author: John Terraine Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages:
Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf

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Author: Adolf Hitler Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 704 Mein Kampf was first published in two volumes in 1925-6 and sold between eight and nine million copies during...
A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

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Author: Ernest Hemingway Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for...
Love Letters: Vita and Virginia

Love Letters: Vita and Virginia

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Author: Vita Sackville-West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The radical, relatable, and playful love story between two extraordinary twentieth-century writers, revealed in selected letters and diary entries....
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret

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Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

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Author: Daisy Dunn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid...
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

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Author: Andrea di Robilant Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman's daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught...
Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and Her FIght for Survival

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Author: Mende Nazer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at the age of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her...
Aunts Up The Cross

Aunts Up The Cross

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Author: Robin Dalton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 142 My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was...
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

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Author: Jonathan Fenby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 848 The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping. In 1850, China...
Sister Outsider

Sister Outsider

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Author: Audre Lorde Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde The woman's place of power within each...
A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne

A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne

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Author: Robyn Annear Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This is a book about the making - and remaking - of a city. The demolition firm of Whelan...
Life on Air

Life on Air

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Author: David Attenborough Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 "The memoirs of the world's leading Natural History programme maker, updated and revised for 2009" "Sir David Attenborough is...
Home in the World: A Memoir

Home in the World: A Memoir

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Author: Amartya Sen, FBA Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals Where is 'home'? For...
Pessoa: An Experimental Life

Pessoa: An Experimental Life

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Author: Richard Zenith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1088 A monumental biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most enigmatic writers 'A completely superb and magisterial life of...
Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of THE BROKEN ROAD. Handsome, spirited and erudite, Patrick...