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America Over the Water
Author: Shirley Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'Shirley is a time traveller, a conduit for essential human aches, one of the greatest artists who ever lived' Stewart Lee...
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy
Author: Christine Toomey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began...
Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain
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...
A Final Grain of Truth: My Autobiography
Author: Jack Webster Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Jack Webster has had a lifetime of adventure as a respected and highly-commended journalist, meeting the rich and famous and experiencing...
U & I: A True Story
Author: Nicholson Baker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike,...
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!
Author: Florence Hazrat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier...
Russia: Myths and Realities
Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Wise and thorough' - The Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' -Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ......
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: The Comedy Classic
Author: Bob Mortimer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Two comedy greats talk life, friendship and the joys of fishing... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have...
The Black Book: The Britons on the Nazi Hit List
Author: Sybil Oldfield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'Oldfield's thoroughly researched and fascinating historical biography explores the lives of many of the 2,600 citizens who attracted Hitler's ire, ranging...
Orwell's Roses
Author: Rebecca Solnit (Y) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'I loved this book... An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times' - Margaret Atwood Outside my work the thing...
Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother
Author: Anne Sebba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN 'Totally riveting....
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives
Author: Jude Rogers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture
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,...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars
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...
Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian
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...
Migrants: The Story of Us All
Author: Sam Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move. 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective...
Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo)
Author: Beryl Gilroy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Being denied teaching jobs due to the colour bar. Working in an office amidst the East End's bombsites. Serving as a...
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness
Author: Dr Eben Alexander, III Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In 2008, Dr Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed...
Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage
Author: Eileen Atkins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the finest...
Unprotected: A Memoir
Author: Billy Porter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 It's easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in...
Infidelity and Other Affairs
Author: Kate Legge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'One cannot fail to be entranced by Legge's bone-deep strength and wisdom.' Annabel Crabb 'Unflinchingly investigating the value of monogamy and...
A History of Royal Britain in 100 Objects
Author: Gill Knappett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 126 From the glory of coronation regalia to coins, from imposing statues to stamps, from distinguished medals to monuments, and from beautiful...
Mr Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family
Author: Clare Paterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Family patriarch John Horniman established the tea company that bore his name in 1826, which went on to become one of...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater
Author: Jeff Maynard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of...
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
Author: Louis Menand Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 880 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not...
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Author: Anderson Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to...
Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos
Author: Matt Lodder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on,...
Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches: The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
Author: Victoria Emes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond. I'm assuming you've picked up this book because you're either curious...
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Author: Jonny Steinberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched,...
The Year of Magical Thinking (Collins Modern Classics)
Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that...
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Author: Chris Kyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 SIX MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE SOURCE FOR THE HIGHEST-GROSSING WAR MOVIE OF ALL TIME. The #1 New York Times...
Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do
Author: Tracy Dawson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases trailblazers throughout history who disguised themselves as men...
Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
Author: Alberto Angela Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 "The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI
Author: The RNLI Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending...
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine
Author: Owen Matthews Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War
Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer...
Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict
Author: Elizabeth Day Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL 'Bravely revealing.' Bernardine Evaristo 'Funny, moving, helpful and...
Cold-Water Eden
Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's...
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
Author: Anna Wiener Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Joan Didion at a startup' Rebecca Solnit 'Impossibly pleasurable' Jia Tolentino 'This is essential reading' Stylist At twenty-five years...
Bert Hinkler: The Most Daring Man In The World
Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 454 The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells...
Open: An Autobiography
Author: Andre Agassi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to...
You Can Count on God: 365 Devotions
Author: Max Lucado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Today's worries and anxieties can seem overwhelming, but trusted pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado leads you to...
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
Author: Louis Menand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War...
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 As gripping as any spy thriller, Max Hastings's account of the critical role of intelligence in the Second World...
Chastise: The Dambusters
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation...
Letters to Gil
Author: Malik Al Nasir Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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...
Hear's the Thing: Lessons on Listening, Life, and Love
Author: Cody Alan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 We live in a world of noise where everyone is so quick to speak. When we slow down and give someone...