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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

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Author: Lyndal Roper (University of London) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 From "one of the best of the new [Martin Luther] biographers" (The New Yorker), a portrait of the...
Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

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Author: Rick Beyer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The day was hot and sticky. The man in the rowboat was an impetuous hothead. His row across the choppy Hudson...
Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture (from the acclaimed author of Coco Chanel)

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture (from the acclaimed author of Coco Chanel)

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Author: Justine Picardie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Picardie's journey to uncover the secret life of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine takes the reader to the heart of Occupied...
Young Rembrandt: A Biography

Young Rembrandt: A Biography

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Author: Onno Blom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 278 Rembrandt's life has always been an enigma. How did a miller's son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist...
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

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Author: Gino Segre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope...
Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

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Author: Nicola Tallis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the 'Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

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Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane

Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane

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Author: Paul Auster Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2021 Booker Prize-shortlisted and New York Times bestselling...
Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning

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...
One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper

One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper

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Author: Sarah Bax Horton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a compelling new suspect as the most...
Idiot Wind: A Memoir

Idiot Wind: A Memoir

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Author: Peter Kaldheim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who...
The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown

The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown

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Author: Karen Olsson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A New York Times Editors' Pick and Paris Review Staff Pick A wonderful book. --Patti Smith I was riveted. Olsson is...
Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny

Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny

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Author: John Sweeney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary...
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

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Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus...
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir

The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir

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Author: Justus Rosenberg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the...
The Astrologer: How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitler's Mind

The Astrologer: How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitler's Mind

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Author: James Parris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Were British Intelligence chiefs gullible or sensible to recruit an astrologer to assist in the war effort against Nazi Germany? And...
The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939

The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939

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Author: Frank McDonough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand. On January 30th,...
Move Like Water: A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures

Move Like Water: A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures

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Author: Hannah Stowe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A heartfelt hymn to the sea and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most gifted nature writers of the new...
Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash

Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash

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Author: Michael S Foley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Johnny Cash was an American icon, known for his level bass-baritone voice and sombre demeanour, for huge hits like "Ring...
To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde

To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde

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Author: Rupert Everett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A Times, Telegraph and Guardian Book of the Year 2020 'Quivers with honesty, A-list gossip and sardonic prose' The Times 'Everett...
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

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Author: Mike Duncan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of...
Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

Happy-Go-Lucky: 'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

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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...
A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

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Author: Tom Segev Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 816 When Tom Segev's biography of David Ben-Gurion was published in Israel in early 2018, it was a major event, making headlines...
The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective

The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective

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Author: Andrew Lycett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Questing was Sherlock Holmes's business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of...
Constable: A Portrait

Constable: A Portrait

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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'...
Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

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Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens's remarkable life and career, but it...
Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad

Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad

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Author: Terry Jennings Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In a signed copy of his autobiography, Waylon Jennings penned a personal note to his son, Terry Jennings, ending it with...
The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

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Author: Daniel Okrent Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 NAMED ONE OF THE "100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR" BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "An extraordinary book, I...
The Secret Life of John le Carre

The Secret Life of John le Carre

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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...
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: The powerful memoir from the beloved star of Friends

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: The powerful memoir from

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'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may just save lives' Daily Mail'Funny, fascinating, compelling . . . also a wonderful read for...
The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War

The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War

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Author: J. Alison Rosenblitt (Regent's Park College, University of Oxford) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Renowned for his formally fractured, gleefully alive poetry, E. E. Cummings is not often...
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

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Author: Hilary Spurling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The author of the award-winning Matisse: A Life gives us the definitive biography of writer Anthony Powell--and takes us deep into...
The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

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Author: Marina Wheeler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 SHORT LISTED FOR THE 2021 CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 'The Lost Homestead is a memoir of Wheeler's mother and her family, which...
Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

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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 Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II

The Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II

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Author: Catherine Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 64 years, longer than any British monarch in history. During that time...
Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty

Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty

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Author: Alexander Larman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors at War Power and Glory begins with the fallout...
The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire

The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire

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Author: Michael Wolff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 THE BOOK THAT BROUGHT DOWN RUPERT MURDOCH - AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional...
Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion - A Financial Times Book of the Year

Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion - A Financial Times Book of the Year

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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...
Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography

Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography

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Author: Anthony Burton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Wedgwood was born in the Staffordshire Potteries in 1739 and lived in the area all his life. His family were all...
How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea

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Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this...
The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

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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...
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

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Author: Laura Jane Grace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman / My mother once told me she would...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

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Author: Sarah Beeny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 An instant Sunday Times bestseller Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home... Throughout...
Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature

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Author: Julia Bradbury Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'It's hard not to be persuaded by Bradbury's enthusiasm and positivity' THE TIMES Join Julia Bradbury as...
Elton John at 75

Elton John at 75

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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...
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

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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...
An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

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Author: Kate Mosse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 A deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love, a celebration of older people and ageing,...
How to be Champion: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

How to be Champion: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

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Author: Sarah Millican Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'The naughtiest, helpiest, laughieoutloudiest and goodest book I've ever done reading on. Give that girl a banana!' DAWN FRENCH THE NO.1...