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When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. A mother and daughter on the edge. 'A very important subject' - ITV's This Morning

When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. A mother and daughter on the edge. 'A very important subject' - ITV's This Morning

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Author: Roxy Longworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman 'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precious mother-daughter...
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

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Author: Amy Bloom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his...
Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

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Author: Alex Wheatle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news "A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter,...
Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

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Author: Catrina Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'This is a rich, beautiful and deeply moving book' GEORGE MONBIOT 'I loved this book' CLOVER STROUD Once Upon a Raven's...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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Author: Oenone Forbat Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'An ideal summer read' EVENING STANDARD 'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a...
The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants

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Author: Rosie Kinchen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and...
Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

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Author: Pamela Anderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 ACTRESS. ICON. ACTIVIST. Her story, in her voice, for the first time. In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates...
Under A Rock

Under A Rock

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Author: Chris Stein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024 'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said...
Starlight Wood: Walking back to the Romantic Countryside

Starlight Wood: Walking back to the Romantic Countryside

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Author: Fiona Sampson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A nourishing, occasionally provoking hybrid of group biography, cultural criticism and travelogue that seeks to restore to Romanticism its radicalism, and...
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...
Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World - WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World - WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

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Author: Lauren Fleshman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST...
Operation Man Hunt: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History

Operation Man Hunt: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History

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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...
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It

Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It

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Author: Stephanie Snow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURT Portion of proceeds from sales go to NHS Charities Together...
Who I Am: My Story THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Who I Am: My Story THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Author: Melanie C Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 'What a woman and what a book!' Elizabeth Day 'Fabulous!' Zoe Ball 'Sporty Spice telling it like it is.' Independent 'Incredibly...
Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

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Author: Simon Kuper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and...
The Anxiety Project

The Anxiety Project

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Author: Daan Heerma van Voss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 "The most interesting Dutch writer of his generation" Herman Koch "Vivid and moving. A marvellous hybrid of a book...
Last Word's Uncommon Women

Last Word's Uncommon Women

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Author: Celia Hayley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently...
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey

Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey

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Author: Arman Azadi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Arman is just a boy when he is forced to leave his home and embark on the most extraordinary journey. Separated...
Can I Have My Ball Back?: A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle from the British comedian

Can I Have My Ball Back?: A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle from the British comedian

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Author: Richard Herring Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Very funny, moving and heartwarming' BOB MORTIMER 'A bollockbuster!' ADAM BUXTON If we are cowardly, we are told to grow some...
Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti

Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti

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Author: Cosey Fanni Tutti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 In 2018, boundary-breaking visual and sonic artist Cosey Fanni Tutti received a commission to write the soundtrack to a film...
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 Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir

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Author: Victoria Belim Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Radio 4 Book of the Week 'A beautiful insight into a nation beyond war headlines' Independent 'A captivating family memoir spanning...
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...
Mad Girl: A Happy Life With A Mixed Up Mind: A celebration of life with mental illness from mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon

Mad Girl: A Happy Life With A Mixed Up Mind: A celebration of life with mental illness from mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon

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Author: Bryony Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic Sunday Times number one bestseller Mad Girl, with this stunning new edition. Mad Woman,...
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...
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...
A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I've Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions

A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I've Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions

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Author: David Peisner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Stephen "Steve-O" Glover-social media icon, comedy-touring stalwart, and star of Jackass-delivers a hilarious and practical guide to recovery, relationships, career, and...
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison

The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison

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Author: Jackie Malton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023 'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid 'A police memoir like no...
Paris: The Memoir

Paris: The Memoir

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Author: Paris Hilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Updated edition including new material Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Model. Reality star. Self-created. Icon.""The future belongs to girls who refuse...
Constable: A Portrait

Constable: A Portrait

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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...
I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

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Author: Chelsea Devantez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'I kept going and here I am.' There are things Chelsea Devantez probably shouldn't be telling you. Many of them are...
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...
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

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Author: Rob Sheffield Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 You know the songs by heart. You've traded the friendship bracelets. You've worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits. Now,...
Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

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Author: Duncan Hamilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023 A Daily Express Book of the Year 2023 'Magnificent, moving, often funny and...
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...
The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets

The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets

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Author: Andrew Pekarik Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Andrew Pekarik's "The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets" is an exceptionally beautiful and useful publication that celebrates in art and text the work...
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" -...
Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

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Author: M. John Harrison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'It will surprise you, sometimes...
Same Old Girl: 'a relatable read by a phenomenal writer' The Face

Same Old Girl: 'a relatable read by a phenomenal writer' The Face

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Author: Sylvia Patterson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Patterson is one of the great comic writers of the last quarter century' THE HERALD 'Unsparing but ultimately uplifting, every sentence...
Kipling

Kipling

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Author: Jad Adams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 218 Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he...
Driving Forwards: An inspirational memoir of resilience and empowerment after life-changing injury

Driving Forwards: An inspirational memoir of resilience and empowerment after life-changing injury

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Author: Sophie L Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A book that'll change your perspective on life. You'll not be able to put it down.' Fearne Cotton 'Everyone should...
The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire

The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire

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Author: Michael Wolff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political...
Unleashed

Unleashed

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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...
Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

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'An entertaining first-hand account of pure rock 'n' roll madness.' The Daily Telegraph'Hundreds of exclusive photos and brilliant one-liners make for a sensational read.' the Sun'We are the biggest band...