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Tom Stoppard: A Life

Tom Stoppard: A Life

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Author: Professor Dame Hermione Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 992 In this gripping narrative, Hermione Lee builds a unique portrait of one of our greatest playwrights. Her biography is...
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir

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Author: Kirsty Logan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood 'You and your partner want a baby. But your...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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Author: Ben Opipari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music...
Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

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Author: Duncan Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those who know football?...
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life

The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life

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Author: Theresa May Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'So boldly different it creates a mini-genre all of its own' - ANDREW MARR As...
Paused in Cosmic Reflection: The definitive, fully illustrated story of The Chemical Brothers

Paused in Cosmic Reflection: The definitive, fully illustrated story of The Chemical Brothers

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Author: The Chemical Brothers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 Paused in Cosmic Reflection is the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers....
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...
A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024

A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024

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Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 'A triumphant memoir' Cathy Park Hong, author of MINOR FEELINGS, finalist...
Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology

Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology

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Author: Laura Coffey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 "A magical and hugely captivating journey - filled with such beauty, wonder and surprise. A simply marvellous read, hugely recommended" -...
Horace Jones: Architect of Tower Bridge

Horace Jones: Architect of Tower Bridge

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Author: David Lascelles Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887) was the architect of Tower Bridge, designed in collaboration with John Wolfe Barry. But while some of...
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...
Keeping On Keeping On

Keeping On Keeping On

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Author: Alan Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 736 'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I...
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.

SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.

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Author: Damien Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio 'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war'...
The Man Who Loved Siberia

The Man Who Loved Siberia

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Author: Roy Jacobsen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Siberia, to me, is a fairy-tale land. Fritz Dorries set out on his first trip to Eastern Siberia in 1877, when...
Take Nothing For Granted: Tales from an Unexpected Life

Take Nothing For Granted: Tales from an Unexpected Life

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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...
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...
My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea

My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea

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'A beautiful, heartfelt love letter to the sea, and a cherished industry. Ash is a force of nature, she's a testament to working hard and dreaming big' Dermot O'Leary'A beautifully...
You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

You Don't Need a Dick to DJ

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Before she became Smokin Jo - the most famous and visible of the first generation of 'superstar DJs' - Joanne Joseph was a young girl growing up in a children's...
The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us

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'Jaw-dropping . . . Read then pass it on' STYLIST, Book of the Month'I was utterly floored by The Chain. It has the pace of a thriller and the weight...
A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: 'Fantastic, exciting deep dive into kitchen life from one of Britain's leading young chefs' (Tom Kerridge)

A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: 'Fantastic, exciting deep dive into

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'Sally really tells it how it is . . . This book will be a go to for those needing that bit of bravery and resilience in a world that...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe

Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless

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A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN'Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away' GIOVANNA...
The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time

The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time

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Author: Catherine Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 No life exists outside the times. This is a story about one young woman coming of age, and about the place...
Forever in the Sunshine: The Story of Morecambe and Wise as Only Family Can Tell It

Forever in the Sunshine: The Story of Morecambe and Wise as Only Family Can Tell It

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Author: Gary Morecambe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Relive the laughter with this definitive book on Morecambe and Wise - the most famous and best-loved British comedy double-act of...
Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends: The captivating, candid and hilarious new memoir from the legendary actress and bestselling author

Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends: The captivating, candid and hilarious new memoir from the legendary actress and bestselling author

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Author: Joan Collins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'I'm lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I've had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories...
Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery: or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On

Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery: or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On

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Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From the bestselling author of A Shed of One's Own, a very funny memoir about being 60. Marcus Berkmann's funny, instantly...
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...
My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'personal and warm and full of revealing small details about music superstars' The Independent top 20 books of 2024

My Family and Other Rock Stars: 'personal and warm and full of revealing small details about music superstars' The Independent top 20 books of 2024

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Author: Tiffany Murray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A book of the year for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Daily Mail 'Gloriously tender and funny ....
Did I Ever Tell You?: The most moving memoir of 2024

Did I Ever Tell You?: The most moving memoir of 2024

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Author: Genevieve Kingston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 '[A] heartfelt memoir' New York Times 'Compelling and heartbreaking' Ann Napolitano A deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying...
Underclass: A Memoir

Underclass: A Memoir

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Author: Dr Jessica Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and...
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

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Author: Karolina Watroba Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba...
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...
Kitchen Person: Notes on Cooking & Eating

Kitchen Person: Notes on Cooking & Eating

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Author: Rachel Cooke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In 2009, Rachel Cooke started a monthly column for The Observer on cooking and eating: here are her fifty best. In...
Diana: The Life and Legacy of the People's Princess

Diana: The Life and Legacy of the People's Princess

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Author: Brian Hoey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 189 Diana, Princess of Wales was admired throughout the world for her vitality, determination and beauty. When she first came on the...
Tika the Iggy: Lessons in Life, Love, and Fashion

Tika the Iggy: Lessons in Life, Love, and Fashion

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Author: Thomas Shapiro Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Tika the Iggy is the fashion model of the 21st century with millions of fans on social media. She is an...
Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings

Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings

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Author: Reyna Grande Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 ""Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America."" -Publishers Weekly "[These...
Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions

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...
Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

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Author: David Tremain Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 On 28.2.42 there arrived in the U.K. a remarkable woman agent: Mathilde Lucie (or Lily) CARRE.' Her codename was VICTOIRE, although...
Candace Pert: Genius, Greed, and Madness in the World of Science

Candace Pert: Genius, Greed, and Madness in the World of Science

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Author: Pamela Ryckman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The story of maverick scientist Candace Pert, whose groundbreaking research introduced the world to the mind-body connection, opioid receptors, and peptide...
How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures

How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures

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Author: Mark Kermode Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was...
Smoke and Mirrors: From the Soviet Union to Russia, the Pipedream Meets Reality

Smoke and Mirrors: From the Soviet Union to Russia, the Pipedream Meets Reality

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Author: Leonid Sinelnikov Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Smoke and Mirrors is about a world which is no more. There is already no such country on the map -...
The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43

The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43

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Author: Charles Allen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The Prisoner of Kathmandu is the story of Brian Hodgson, Britain's "father of Himalayan studies." Born in 1801, Hodgson joined the...
Beautiful Trauma: A Journey of Discovery in Science and Healing

Beautiful Trauma: A Journey of Discovery in Science and Healing

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Author: Rebecca Fogg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Late one night, Rebecca Fogg's hand is partially amputated in an explosion in her flat. Quick thinking saves her life, but...
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork: The Sunday Times Business Book of the Year

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork: The Sunday Times Business Book of the Year

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Author: Reeves Wiedeman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 **The Sunday Times Best Business Book of the Year 2020** 'A satisfying ticktock of the company's rapid rise and crash, culminating...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy

As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy

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Author: Alice Sedgwick Wohl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We think we know Edie Sedgwick, Warhol muse, Factory superstar, icon of the 1960s, a comet who flamed out too...
The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

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Author: Victoria Belim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Wild Swans for Ukraine ... rich and magnificent' Bookseller 'A paean to hope and...
Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business

Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business

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Author: Andrew Lauder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Andrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people...
Munkey Diaries

Munkey Diaries

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Author: Jane Birkin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Jane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge...