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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...
Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions

Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions

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Author: Alberto Manguel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries. "The...
A King in Hiding: How a child refugee became a world chess champion

A King in Hiding: How a child refugee became a world chess champion

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Author: Fahim Fahim Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 227 Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim Mohammad arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as...
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Author: Jordan Belfort Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL. 'What separates Jordan's story...
(R)evolution: The Autobiography

(R)evolution: The Autobiography

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Author: Gary Numan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 A Daily Mail 'best TV and showbiz memoir' for 2020 From humble beginnings in Middlesex, where money was scarce but dreams...
Who am I, again?

Who am I, again?

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Author: Lenny Henry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Moving, powerful (and very funny).' - Mail On Sunday You might think you know Lenny Henry. Think again. In 1975, a...
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

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Author: Madeleine Albright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 "Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat." -New Yorker Now in paperback with a new epilogue In this...
Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence

Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence

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Author: Frances Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize An electrifying, revelatory new biography of D. H. Lawrence, with a focus on his...
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

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Author: Mark Piesing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest...
King's Counsellor: Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles edited by Duff Hart-Davis

King's Counsellor: Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles edited by Duff Hart-Davis

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Author: Sir Alan Lascelles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 The diaries of 'Tommy' Lascelles - as featured in the Netflix hit THE CROWN 'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator...
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

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Author: Tarana Burke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twenty-first century, the me too movement, Tarana Burke...
Audrey and Bill: A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn and William Holden

Audrey and Bill: A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn and William Holden

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Author: Edward Epstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Here for the first time is the complete, captivating story of an on-set romance that turned into a lifelong love story...
Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead

Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead

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Author: Peter Conners Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Told against the backdrop of the American landscape of the late '80s to the mid-'90s, Growing Up Dead is...
Caroline's Dilemma: A colonial inheritance saga

Caroline's Dilemma: A colonial inheritance saga

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Author: Bettina Bradbury Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Shortlisted for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History Caroline Kearney faced a heart-breaking dilemma. Caroline was a 31-year-old mother of...
The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters

The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters

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Author: Joanna Gaines Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In her first solo memoir, New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey...
The Messenger

The Messenger

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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...
For the Record

For the Record

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Author: David Cameron (Georgia Institute of Technology) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive...
Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage

Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage

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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...
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

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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...
The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000

The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000

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Author: Fred Anderson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 Americans often think of their nation's history as a movement toward ever-greater democracy, equality, and freedom. Wars in 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...
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver

Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver

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Author: Jill Heinerth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths...
The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

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Author: Meryle Secrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter...
Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo)

Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo)

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Author: Beryl Gilroy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Fresh and vital ... Full of wit, perceptiveness, humour and compassion ... A remarkable pioneer ... A hugely important memoir from...
The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

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Author: Shannon Bream Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect.... "Have faith" is a phrase we...
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement

When We Rise: My Life in the Movement

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Author: Cleve Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was part of the last generation of gay people who grew up not knowing if there...
Backing into the Spotlight: A Memoir

Backing into the Spotlight: A Memoir

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Author: Michael Whitehall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Backing into the Spotlight is a hilarious and an unashamedly non-PC memoir . . . Now in his eighth decade, Whitehall...
Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport, Fame and Fatherhood

Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport, Fame and Fatherhood

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Author: Tom Daley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Longlisted for Autobiography of the Year, Sports Book Awards 2022 The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller A deeply personal and...
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

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Author: James Buchan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in...
The Buddhist on Death Row

The Buddhist on Death Row

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Author: David Sheff Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places. Jarvis...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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...
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962

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Author: Blanche Wiesen Cook Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 688 One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly...
Spring

Spring

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Author: Karl Ove Knausgaard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 "Spring features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation...Fall in love...
You Never Know

You Never Know

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Author: Claire Lorrimer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The incredible autobiography from Claire Lorrimer, bestselling romance novelist and daughter of 'Queen of Romance' Denise Robins. You Never...
Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau

Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau

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Author: Kevin Dann (Kevin Dann) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Now in paperback, this thrilling, meticulous biography by naturalist and historian Kevin Dann fills a gap in...
The Child Bride

The Child Bride

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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...
Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust

Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust

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Author: Livia E. Bitton Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'Among the most moving documents I have read in years ... You will not forget it' Elie Wiesel From...
Mellencamp: The Biography

Mellencamp: The Biography

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Author: Paul Rees Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The definitive biography of John Mellencamp featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-told details about the life of the iconic American rock and...
Of Fortunes and War: Clare Hollingworth, first of the female war correspondents

Of Fortunes and War: Clare Hollingworth, first of the female war correspondents

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Author: Patrick Garrett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 'Unputdownable' Alexander McCall Smith 'One of the most unforgettable journalists I have ever met' Chris Patten 'She was a pioneer' Kate...
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...
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949

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Author: Doris Lessing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "I was born with skins too few. Or they were scrubbed off me by...robust and efficient hands." The experiences absorbed through...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

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Author: Geezer Butler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A Rough Trade Book of the Year The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million...
Hell Is Round the Corner: The Unique No-Holds Barred Autobiography

Hell Is Round the Corner: The Unique No-Holds Barred Autobiography

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Author: Tricky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Tricky is one of the most original music artists to emerge from the UK in the past 30 years. His signature technique...
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...
Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

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Author: Michael J. Gerhardt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership "Abraham Lincoln had less schooling than...
Relentless: Secrets of the Sporting Elite

Relentless: Secrets of the Sporting Elite

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Author: Alistair Brownlee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In his quest to define 'sporting greatness', double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has spent nearly 4 years interviewing and training with...
Hitch 22: A Memoir

Hitch 22: A Memoir

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Author: Christopher Hitchens Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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Author: Henri Charriere Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 688 A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder he had...