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Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries
Author: Sarah Gristwood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 A captivating collection of extracts from women's diaries, looking back over four centuries to discover how women's experience - of men...
Angela's Ashes
Author: Frank McCourt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the...
Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
Author: M Manson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The best-selling autobiography of America's most controversial celebrity icon, Marilyn Manson (with a bonus chapter not in the hardcover). In his...
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea
Author: Hyeonseo Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and...
How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong
Author: Elizabeth Day Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day's brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of things...
Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
Author: Annie Worsley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'An instant classic...
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Author: Mark Dery Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. 'A genius book about a bookish genius' Daniel Handler,...
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable...
Solito: The New York Times Bestseller
Author: Javier Zamora Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Solito is my travel book of the year.' Telegraph 'Heartbreaking... A rare, eye-opening rendition of...
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
Author: Harry Sidebottom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 On 8 June AD218 a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Rallying his retreating...
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Author: Nandini Das Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR...
The Shape of Dust: A father wrongly imprisoned. A daughter's quest to free him
Author: Lamisse Hamouda Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An incredible true tale of overcoming injustice and ode to the fierce love within one family, The Shape of Dust is...
Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature
Author: Anna Beer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Essential reading.' Claire Tomalin Warned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper...
Francis Benali: The Autobiography: Shortlisted for THE SUNDAY TIMES Sports Book Awards 2022
Author: Francis Benali Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 LONGLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022 'Anyone wanting an example of never being beaten should look at the...
Alexander Hamilton
Author: Ron Chernow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 832 You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. 'I was...
Hudson Fysh: The extraordinary life of the WWI hero who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings from the popular award-winning journalist and author of BANJO, BANKS and MRS KELLY
Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings By...
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain: WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
Author: Anita Sethi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Winner of the 2021 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Non-fiction Shortlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize "I knew in...
Unfinished Woman
Author: Robyn Davidson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024 SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN 'The zigzagging life of an adventurer'...
Eat Pray Love: Bloomsbury Modern Classics
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A beautiful new limited edition paperback of Eat Pray Love, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list It's 3...
Landbridge: Life in Fragments
Author: Y-Dang Troeung Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A brilliant, devastating memoir about the very act of writing memoir, and what it means to bear witness to atrocity Born...
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Author: Michael Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the...
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
Author: Clare Carlisle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 An exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage, in art and life When she...
The Seven Ages of Death: 'Every chapter is like a detective story' Telegraph
Author: Dr Richard Shepherd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new...
The Trading Game: A Confession
Author: Gary Stevenson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open 'If you...
Monet: The Restless Vision
Author: Jackie Wullschlager Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 A magnificent new biography of the founder of Impressionism In the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet...
The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness
Author: Anne Boyer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Blending memoir with critique, the Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of sickness and health, cancer and the cancer industry, in the modern world...
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
Author: Anna Funder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK...
The Hong Kong Diaries
Author: Chris Patten Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 The diaries of the last British Governor, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover In June 1992 Chris Patten went...
The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
Author: Scott C Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported...
The Naturalist: The remarkable life of Allan Riverstone McCulloch
Author: Brendan Atkins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 ** Shortlisted, 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards, NSW Community & Regional History Prize ** For lovers of natural history, this is...
Just Getting Started: Lessons in life, love and menopause
Author: Lisa Snowdon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Lisa Snowdon is on a mission to spread the word: growing old just means getting better! Having struggled for over a...
The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
Author: Scott C Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported...
Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Wise Words From a Legendary Icon
Author: Hardie Grant Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom is a collection of some of her best and most empowering quotes. This is the ultimate...
The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent
Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Longlisted for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Chosen as a 'Book...
Playing It My Way: My Autobiography
Author: Sachin Tendulkar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 This is cricket icon, Sachin Tendulkar's life story in his own words - his journey from a small boy with dreams...
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist
Author: Chris Paling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year...
Peggy and Me: The heart-warming bestselling tale of Miranda and her beloved dog
Author: Miranda Hart Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 Hello dear book browser and thank you very much for browsing my way. Welcome to PEGGY AND ME. The story of...
Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling
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Author: Lionel Trilling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A great critic's quarrels with himself and others, as revealed in his correspondence In the mid-twentieth century, Lionel Trilling was America's...
The Moth: This Is a True Story
Author: Catherine Burns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 With an introduction by Neil Gaiman Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches,...
From Harvey River: A Memoir Of My Mother And Her Island
Author: Lorna Goodison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When Lorna's great-grandfather, William Harvey, discovered a clearing at the end of a path cut by the feet of escaping slaves,...
Great Bales of Fire: More Tales of a Country Fireman
Author: Malcolm Castle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 More tales of a country fireman, from the author of ALL FIRED UP. Perfect for fans of HEARTBEAT or the brand...
A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons
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Author: Julian Norton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Warm and heartfelt stories and amusing anecdotes from the life of a vet in God's Own County. Julian Norton has been...
The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods
Author: Greg King Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect...
The South Bank Show: Final Cut
Author: Melvyn Bragg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 What drives a musician to write extraordinary songs? How do writers create their worlds? How does an actor achieve greatness? For...
Hollywood Double Agent: The True Tale of Boris Morros, Film Producer Turned Cold War Spy
Author: Jonathan Gill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, ?lm...
Up In Smoke - Stories From a Life on Fire: 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring
Author: Leigh Hosy-Pickett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Hilarious' Russell Brand 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring 'Totally engaging, highly inspiring and impossible to put down' Nazir Afzal OBE Leigh...
Long Way Home: Love, life, death, and everything in between
Author: Dan Jarvis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Winner of Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2020 'Dan Jarvis's story is a belter. It's about love, loss, courage...
Take Nothing For Granted: Tales from an Unexpected Life
Author: Ross Kemp Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Jaw-dropping experiences' - THE SUN *** Readers are also LOVING Take Nothing For Granted . . . 'So so good! Am...