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Face It: A Memoir

Face It: A Memoir

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Author: Debbie Harry Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

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Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute

30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute

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Author: Charles Esdaile Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Almost two centuries since his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains the subject of vigorous debate. On one side are those...
In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali

In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali

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Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...
The Queen

The Queen

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 In this entertaining and insightful biography of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True...
Bombs and Barbed Wire: One Man's Great Escape

Bombs and Barbed Wire: One Man's Great Escape

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Author: Jeff Steel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 392 His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is shot...
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...
The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

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Author: Marcus Chown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one...
The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

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Author: Joe Posnanski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski enters the world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted...
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

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Author: Dorian Lynskey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey's account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory." --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and...
Walden

Walden

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Author: Henry David Thoreau Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: In Walden, Thoreau offers apositive and insightful look at human solitude and the natural world. Detailing his experiences of...
The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)

The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)

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Author: Ha Jin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting- a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the 8th century poet, Li Bai--also...
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: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 The latest installment from always funny, sometimes bizarre comic David Sedaris. Praise for Theft By Finding The writing here...
Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

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Author: Mark Webber Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010,...
Courage and Compassion: A Stretcher-bearer's Journey from No-man's Land and Beyond

Courage and Compassion: A Stretcher-bearer's Journey from No-man's Land and Beyond

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Author: Don Farrands QC Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 This is the true story of a young Australian soldier whose life of opportunity was challenged by trauma and salvaged...
A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue

A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue

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Author: John Aldridge Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Film in development with The Weinstein Company In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food

Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food

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Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
The Korean Kid: A Young Australian Pilot's Baptism of Fire in the Jet  Fighter Age

The Korean Kid: A Young Australian Pilot's Baptism of Fire in the Jet Fighter Age

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Author: Rochelle Nicholls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 340 A vicious civil conflict erupted on the Korean peninsula in 1950 and sucked 24 nations into a new round of fighting....
Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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Author: Jonathan Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 This accessible and expertly written introduction and overview of Tracey Emin's life offers a completely up-to-date view on the...
The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

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Author: Jon Gertner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic...
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

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Author: David Sedaris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself?...
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...
A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

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Author: Francesca Wade Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and read Monte Cristo......
I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

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Author: Stephanie Grisham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler...
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate,...
Lou Reed: A Life

Lou Reed: A Life

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Author: Anthony Decurtis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed. As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground...
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 Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again

The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again

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Author: Jim Davidson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and...
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...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

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Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon:...
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

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Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

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Author: Clay Risen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history:...
SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes

SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes

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Author: Damien Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold...
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

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Author: A N Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince...
The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today

The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today

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Author: Shannon Bream Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The women of the Bible lived timeless stories-by examining them, we can understand what it means...
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73

The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73

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Author: Allan Kozinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 720 In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in...
Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America's Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare

Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America's Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare

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Author: Mick Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it...
The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads

The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads

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Author: Ameliah Scott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 My journey to the skies and the people and animals of the Australian outback 'Scott is devoted to bringing veterinarian services...
Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London

Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London

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Author: Andrew Nagorski Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'An intimate, touching portrait of a genius as an old man' -SYLVIA NASAR, author of A BEAUTIFUL MIND 'A gripping masterpiece'...
Paris: The Memoir

Paris: The Memoir

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Author: Paris Hilton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created....
Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

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Author: Geena Davis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times Film and...
Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

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Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The brilliant new book from the Chief Instructor of SAS: Australia that will explain the principles...
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...
When in French: Love in a Second Language

When in French: Love in a Second Language

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Author: Lauren Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to...
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...
Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

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Author: Amaryllis Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fast and thrilling . . . Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carre character...
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

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Author: Seth Meyerowitz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over...