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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: Paperback 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'...
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...
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...
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...
James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.In 2019, James quit all forms of social media...
These Bodies of Water: A Personal History of the British Empire in the Middle East

These Bodies of Water: A Personal History of the British Empire in the

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'Sabrina Mahfouz is a tidal wave of truth swallowing the banks of empire with a torrent of information which will not be damned' Lemn Sissay'A bold, brave look at the...
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...
The Patchwork Family: Toddlers, Teenagers and Everything in Between from Part-Time Working Mummy

The Patchwork Family: Toddlers, Teenagers and Everything in Between

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'Refreshing and honest ... this isn't your standard mum memoir' Psychologies MagazineHow to hold it together, even when things are falling apart. Laugh, cry and scream along the rollercoaster of...
Up in Smoke - My True Story of Life as a Firefighter: 'Fascinating, moving' Richard Herring

Up in Smoke - My True Story of Life as a Firefighter: 'Fascinating,

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'Firefighters are a unique breed. It takes a certain kind of individual to enter a burning building to rescue someone they have never met before.' A third-generation firefighter, Leigh Hosy-Pickett...
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 Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

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

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An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of...
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...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

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'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
Undoctored: The brand new No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of 'This is Going to Hurt'

Undoctored: The brand new No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of 'This is Going to Hurt'

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Author: Adam Kay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW INCLUDING BRAND NEW MATERIAL THIS IS GOING TO HURT was the bestselling non-fiction...
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...
Beyond Supervet: How Animals Make Us The Best We Can Be: The perfect gift for animal lovers

Beyond Supervet: How Animals Make Us The Best We Can Be: The perfect gift for animal lovers

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Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 In this inspiring, uplifting and heart-warming memoir, world-renowned veterinary surgeon Professor Noel Fitzpatrick shares some of the most personal and...
The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

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Author: Lyndall Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The revealing of the hidden muse - Emily Hale - the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem -...
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...
The Chateau - Forever Home: The instant Sunday Times Bestseller, as seen on the hit Channel 4 series Escape to the Chateau

The Chateau - Forever Home: The instant Sunday Times Bestseller, as seen on the hit Channel 4 series Escape to the Chateau

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Author: Dick Strawbridge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Take a journey to Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson in the spellbinding memoir from Sunday Times bestselling authors, Dick and Angel Strawbridge. Dick and...
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...
One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

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Author: Barbara Winton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The book that inspired major motion picture ONE LIFE, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. 'Remarkable' - Guardian Sir...
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...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir

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Author: Ursula Burns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing...
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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Author: Sebastian Junger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and boundless curiosity' THE TIMES...
Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

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Author: Geena Davis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times Film and...
You Never Know: A Memoir

You Never Know: A Memoir

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Author: Tom Selleck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of...
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...
The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose

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Author: Porsha Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Porsha Williams is a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on...
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

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Author: Fergal Keane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD....
The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power

The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power

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Author: Tom Bower Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The explosive new book from Britain's leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower As one of the most famous and influential couples in...
The Forbidden Daughter

The Forbidden Daughter

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Author: Zipora Klein Jakob Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The unforgettable true story of one Jewish orphan's survival against impossible odds, and her lifelong quest for family, safety and...
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...
She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

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Author: Joan Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A stirring and eye-opening celebration of the enduring legacy of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill-released in 1998 and named "Best Album...
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...