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Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby
Author: Elaine Showalter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 These fascinating letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby tell the story of an extraordinary friendship. 'A beautiful collection' Daisy Dunn,...
Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific
Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR...
The Tender Bar: Now a Major Film Directed by George Clooney and Starring Ben Affleck
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Author: J R Moehringer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 NOW A MAJOR FILM DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY AND STARRING BEN AFFLECK 'Highly entertaining . . . constructed...
The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940
Author: Susan Ronald Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's deeply controversial tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the...
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,...
Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren
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Author: Michael Gross (Oxford UK) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an...
The Child Bride
Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Author: A. N. Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A Book of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, Irish Times and TLS. 'Superb' Daily...
Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde
Author: Thomas Bleitner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Experience the glamour and excitement of the Jazz Age, through the lives of the women who defined it. It was a...
The Secret Life of John le Carre
Author: Adam Sisman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Secrecy came naturally to John le Carr, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
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Author: Leonard Mlodinow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 This "vivid and compelling account" (The Wall Street Journal) opens not only the inner workings of one of physics' greatest minds,...
The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power
Author: Tom Bower Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The explosive new book from Britain's leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower As one of the most famous and influential couples in...
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...
Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
Author: David Ritz Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 768 Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother,...
Elton John at 75
Author: Gillian G. Gaar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John at 75 examines Sir Elton's...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback 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. A GUARDIAN...
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown
Author: Alexander Larman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated...
Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
Author: Stephen Westaby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT'S AWARD 2017 An incredible memoir...
Napoleon and the Rebel: A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power
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Author: Marcello Simonetta Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Lucien was the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but...
To the Manner Born: Wm. H.T. Walker
Author: Russell K. Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 436 Making use of personal correspondence official documents, contemporary newspaper articles and eye witness narratives, the book includes details of Walker's...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man
Author: Stephen Fry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 The original bestselling autobiography by the comedian, novelist and national treasure, Stephen Fry. ______________________________ The original bestselling autobiography by...
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...
Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy and Connection
Author: Mimi Zhu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Be Not Afraid of Love is a stunning collection of interconnected essays and affirmations that follow Mimi Zhu's journey toward embodying...
The Messenger
Author: Shiv Malik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The Messenger tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two men looking to change the world - a...
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Author: Natasha Trethewey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE...
Undreamed Shores: The Hidden Heroines of British Anthropology
Author: Nick Frost Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'No life can really be all black, right? Even during the darkest times, what got me through that bleakness...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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Author: Luis J Rodriguez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East...
Constable: A Portrait
Author: James Hamilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 ONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2023 'Eye-opening...
The Cutting Edge: The Story of the Beatles' Hairdresser Who Defined an Era
Author: Leslie Cavendish Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set...
Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
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Author: Kate Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Confessions While many know of...
Samuel Johnson: A Personal History
Author: Christopher Hibbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look of the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson. Using...
The Andy Warhol Diaries
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Author: Andy Warhol Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 864 The classic, scandalous, and bestselling tell-all-and-then-some from Andy Warhol--now a Netflix series produced by Ryan Murphy. This international literary sensation turns...
The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
Author: Jonathan Reisman, MD Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In his beautifully written prose, Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their...
Operation Man Hunt: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History
Author: Damien Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'The Night Manager meets Narcos' Saul David 'To catch this criminal took incredible courage and skill. This is James Bond meets...
Stalin's Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow
Author: Deyan Sudjic Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously...
Unleashed
Author: Boris Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 784 THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES...
My Nonidentical Twin: One ordinary girl. One life-changing condition. How Tourette's changes your world.
Author: Evie Meg - This Trippy Hippie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 *Order now to read the long-awaited debut book from the huge TikTok sensation Evie Meg | This...
The Chateau - Forever Home: The instant Sunday Times Bestseller, as seen on the hit Channel 4 series Escape to the Chateau
Author: Dick Strawbridge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Take a journey to Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson in the spellbinding memoir from Sunday Times bestselling authors, Dick and Angel Strawbridge. Dick and...
One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton
Author: Barbara Winton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The book that inspired major motion picture ONE LIFE, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. 'Remarkable' - Guardian Sir...
Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage
Author: Eileen Atkins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to...
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends
Author: Sarah Knights Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer 'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times 'A picturesque portrayal of...
The Last Colony: A Tale of Race, Exile and Justice from Chagos to The Hague:
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When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy
Author: Christine Toomey Format: Hardback 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...
Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion - A Financial Times Book of the Year
Author: Alfons Kaiser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A revelatory biography of Karl Lagerfeld, introducing readers to the public and private life of the charismatic designer Karl Lagerfeld lived...
Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter
Author: Emma Soames Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'It wasn't easy being a Churchill child - and only Mary managed it with serenity and aplomb, as her diary of...
Ten Feet Tall and Not Quite Bulletproof: Drug Busts and Helicopter Rescues - One Cop's Extraordinary True Story
Author: Cameron Hardiman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Cameron Hardiman lived a life most young boys could only dream of. Every morning he put on a navy blue police...
Clouds over Paris: The Wartime Notebooks of Felix Hartlaub
Author: Felix Hartlaub Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The writer Felix Hartlaub died in obscurity at just 31, vanishing from Berlin in 1945. He left behind a small oeuvre...
Tom Stoppard: A Life
Author: Professor Dame Hermione Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 992 In this gripping narrative, Hermione Lee builds a unique portrait of one of our greatest playwrights. Her biography is...