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The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
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Author: Martha Saxton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 An insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation's father The Widow Washington is the first life of...
In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness
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Author: Jim Axelrod Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 "Got an urgent 'you've got to read this book' note from buddy Armen Keteyian, and I'm glad he was insistent ....
Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945
Author: Ronald C. Rosbottom Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The author of When Paris Went Dark returns to World War II to tell the remarkable story of the youngest...
All Against All: The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War
Author: Paul Jankowski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions...
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow: A True Story
Author: Action Bronson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 An entirely original and empowering memoir meets self-help guide from the bestselling author, rapper, artist, and chef Action Bronson From the...
Soar: A Life Freed by Dance
Author: David McAllister Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'McAllister's triumphant story.' Benjamin Law 'A ripping memoir.' Jane Turner From the backblocks of Perth to international stardom, this is a...
Constable: A Portrait
Author: James Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 ONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022 'Eye-opening and full of surprises . . . A treasure'...
My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future
Author: Indra Nooyi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A must-read for working women and the men who work with us, love us and support us' Hillary Rodham Clinton 'Surprising...
In Strictest Confidence
Author: Craig Revel Horwood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The third instalment in Craig Revel Horwood's frank and funny autobiography takes the reader through the highs and lows of...
White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain's Legacy of Slavery
Author: Thomas Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an...
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
Author: Lady Antonia Fraser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular' Guardian 'As a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals'...
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club
Author: Julie Welch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Fleet Street Girls is the inspiring and evocative story of the female journalists who broke down barriers in the 1970s...
Solid Ivory
Author: James Ivory Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Over 20 films. Over 40 years. What collaboration in any medium has lasted so long, been so successful, so personal, so...
When Marilyn Met the Queen: Marilyn Monroe's Life in England
Author: Michelle Morgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me' MARILYN MONROE In July...
The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon
Author: Simon Fenwick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In 1945, Eddy Sackville-West, Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys - writers for the New Statesman and a National Trust administrator -...
On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain's Statues
Author: Roger Lytollis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores...
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
Author: Nadia Wassef Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found...
1913: The Year before the Storm
Author: Florian Illies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is...
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...
The Good Germans: Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945
Author: Catrine Clay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the...
Our History of the 20th Century: As Told in Diaries, Journals and Letters
Author: Travis Elborough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first...
My Generation: Collected Nonfiction
Author: William Styron Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 Including significant previously uncollected material, My Generation is the definitive gathering of the fruits of this beloved writer's five decades of...
Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning
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Author: Alex Halberstadt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In this "urgent and enthralling reckoning with family and history" (Andrew Solomon), an American writer returns to Russia to face a...
When in French: Love in a Second Language
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Author: Lauren Collins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she...
Great Society: A New History
Author: Amity Shlaes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 The New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a stunning revision of our last great period...
Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
Author: Chris Wallace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Riveting." --The New York Times * "Propulsive." --Time * "Reads like a tense thriller." --The Washington Post...
The Instant
Author: Amy Liptrot Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 'I loved this book' - Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path 'Utterly absorbing' - Lucy Jones, author of...
Brand New Me: More honest, heart-warming and hilarious antics from reality TV's biggest star
Author: Charlotte Crosby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Charlotte Crosby is one of the nation's best loved and funniest TV stars. Here in BRAND NEW ME Charlotte...
The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan
Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in...
Vintage Knitwear: Collecting and wearing designer classics
Author: Marnie Fogg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Foreword by Kaffe Fassett A visual journey through the decades, Vintage Knitwear takes a close look at the key periods, significant...
Dying of Politeness: A Memoir
Author: Geena Davis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man
Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern...
Why Patti Smith Matters
Author: Caryn Rose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose....
The Heavens Are All Blue: A memoir of two doctors, a marriage and a life of love before loss
Author: Dr Finbar Lennon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 When Dr Kate McGarry was diagnosed with an advanced cancer of unknown origin she resolved to write a book to...
Two-Way Mirror: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Author: Fiona Sampson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Beautifully told. It is high time Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Aurora Leigh were once again household names.' - Mail on Sunday...
Managing Expectations: A Memoir
Author: Minnie Driver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When I was six, I wrote my first short essay. The title given by the teacher was: 'When I grow up,...
The Platinum Queen: Over 75 Speeches Given by Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch
Author: Jennie Bond Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 For the first time, all 70 of the Queen's Christmas speeches are published together in full, along with six additional feature...
Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time
Author: Philip Clark Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The definitive, investigative biography of jazz legend Dave Brubeck. In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz...
Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography
Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 832 Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated...
Chemical Warrior: Syria, Salisbury and Saving Lives at War
Author: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 GRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence. "Unlike any account of warfare...
Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop
Author: Thomas Travisano Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1 An illuminating new biography of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop's friend James...
The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe since 1492
Author: Philipp Ther Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The history of Europe as a continent of refugees. European history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major...
Roger Moore: A bientot...
Author: Roger Moore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 In this warm and engaging book, the late, great Sir Roger Moore reflects on life and ageing. Delivered to his publisher...
Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories
Author: Renee Hollis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 'We are only a small and young nation, but we are one and all a band of brothers and we march...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir
Author: Ursula Burns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing...
Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy
Author: Anne Sebba Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Totally riveting. I couldn't put it down" VICTORIA HISLOP "Masterful, original and painfully gripping" PHILIPPE SANDS "A heart-piercingly brilliant book about...
This Sceptred Isle
Author: Christopher Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have...
Africa: A Modern History
Author: Guy Arnold Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1136 The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African...