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Author: Jan Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary...

Author: Mary Trevelyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 He was one of the most eminent literary figures in the world. She was the kind of pioneering woman who knew...

Author: Jonathan Fenby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the...

Author: Barbara Demick (Y) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION In 1950, China claimed sovereignty over Tibet, leading to decades of unrest...

Author: Barack Obama Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing...

Author: Matthew Continetti Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 A "superb" and "ambitious" (New York Times) intellectual and political history of the last century of American conservatism When most people...

Author: DBC Pierre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Big Snake Little Snake is a cascade of true stories by DBC Pierre, recorded while on his way to make a...

Author: James Ivory Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'Read this wonderfully entertaining book: a unique story of a unique life in the world of world cinema' Wes Anderson 'Jim...

Author: Philippe Sands, QC Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human...

Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when...

Author: Jami Attenberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it...

Author: Stanley J. Browne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Stanley J. Browne is an actor, and he has been an actor all his life. Born to a Jamaican mother...

Author: Robert Baer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 *** 'Reads like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' -James Risen, The Intercept 'A compelling account of the ongoing search for the Fourth...

Author: Raja Shehadeh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja....

Author: Jennifer Higgie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed...

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...

Author: Malala Yousafzai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 *Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize* In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in...

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...

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...

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 ......

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...

Author: Lemn Sissay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep it a secret? This story is...

Author: Dr. Jerry Toner (Fellow Teacher and Director of Studies in Classics) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation andinsight, Amit Chaudhuri's Finding the Raga immerses us in the rigorousbeauty and cosmology...

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...

Author: Iain Spragg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 A hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom - and they're all true....

Author: Carmela Ciuraru Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of...

Author: Suzanne Heywood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over...

Author: Tabitha Lasley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED FOR THE...

Author: Burkhard Bilger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration...

Author: Mickey Harte Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Wonderfully lyrical, nostalgic, funny, dark, tragic, deeply emotional, honest and hopeful ... This is no ordinary memoir' - Irish News A...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...

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