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  • The King Under the Mountain
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    The King Under the Mountain
    Rather than a mammoth life and times, In Search of Tolkien gives what this literary giant's legacy needs: a shorter, more provocative and more suggestive account of his life and work which explores hidden corners and previously unseen trails. Obliquely executed and determined to bring us back to the books that are deeply loved and respected across the globe, it...
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  • The Great Dictator
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    The Great Dictator
    Penniless virgins. Reckless dukes. Flappers. Airmen. Suffragettes. Barbara Cartland made them fall in love. She wrote 723 books without touching a typewriter: instead, she reclined on her sofa with a Pekinese on her lap—romantic fiction billowed out of her. This dazzling biography reveals the woman behind the powder and mascara—a clever, socially precarious writer navigating a twentieth-century world of war-damaged...
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    The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby
    A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens—an evangelical Christian family committed to establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority behind our laws...
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  • The Changing Game
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    The Changing Game
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026 A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS: SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'O'Neill can talk the talk as he's walked the walk.' 'O'Neill is an elite motivator' The Times 'Peppered with insight and brilliant stories from...
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  • The Burden and the Blessing
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    The Burden and the Blessing
    Edith Wright grew up listening to stories about her great-grandfathers, Harry Hunter and Adrien D Antoine, two white men from Europe who came to rule the pearling industry at its peak in northwest Australia. Between them, they changed the social and cultural fabric of the Kimberley region for generations to come, fathering many mixed-race children and gaining reputations for violent...
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  • Small Town Girls
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    Small Town Girls
    A luminous memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jayne Anne Phillips Jayne Anne Phillips grew up in the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia. The distinctly American landscape of Appalachia—dense with forests and small churches, rich in history and misunderstandings—has been the great setting for her fiction, even as she and her boundless imagination have travelled to other times and places....
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  • Rough Edges
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    Rough Edges
    'This is essential reading for anyone who loves this country's seasides' — Fiona Robertson, author of Stone Lands 'A powerful synthesis of perspective and self-determination' — Irish Times 'Natasha Carthew writes with an insight and an acuity of vision that few can match' — Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean 'Fascinating ... affecting ... illuminating ... [Carthew] has genuinely interesting...
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  • Ring of Salt: Finding home and hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland
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    Ring of Salt: Finding home and hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland
    Betsy Cornwell left home with her baby on his first birthday, checking into a hotel under a false name so her husband could not track them down. Over the long months of housing insecurity that followed, bouncing around cheap motel rooms and friends' couches, Betsy's determination to offer her son something she'd never had—a safe, stable home—took on the force...
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  • Receipts From the Bookshop
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    Receipts From the Bookshop
    Many of us dream of owning a bookshop but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum. Once a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings—mostly people who were actually hoping to catch her mother. The...
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  • Operation Pimento
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    Operation Pimento
    August 1943: Adam Hart's great-grandfather Frank Griffiths is the only survivor of Operation Pimento, a secret World War 2 mission to disrupt supply lines from Italy into Nazi-occupied France. Though seriously injured, Frank embarks on a perilous, 1,200-mile, 108-day escape across France, Switzerland, and Spain. August 2022: Adam Hart retraces his great-grandfather's epic journey, meeting descendants of people who risked...
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  • Middle Rage
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    Middle Rage
    Life is messy and people are complicated (and sometimes more than a bit bloody annoying), but Myf Warhurst thought she was navigating it all okay. Sure, sometimes she had to smile and stay silent when she saw something that didn't sit right, because rocking the boat wasn't her style. After all, she was a woman who'd grown up thinking it...
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  • Lush!
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    Lush!
    AUDITIONS. GAVIN AND STACEY. HOLLYWOOD STARS. LOVE ACTUALLY. SEX SCENES. CELEB KISSES. WARDROBE DILEMMAS. MOTHERHOOD. BODILY FUNCTIONS. CHRISTMAS. TRUE LOVE. Life for Joanna Page has been anything but dull, in fact it's been absolutely lush... In this funny, candid and surprising memoir, Joanna looks back on growing up on the Welsh coastline, the warmth of family and neighbours, and the...
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  • Last Night I Dreamt
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    Last Night I Dreamt
    An intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer Daphne du Maurier and her famous ancestors, by her eldest grandson. Born into a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne grew up in an atmosphere of carefree privilege. At a time when girls of her class were not expected to have a career, she defied convention and moved to Cornwall to pursue her...
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  • Joe Cole, Luxury Player
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    Joe Cole, Luxury Player
    SHORTLISTED FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 'EVOCATIVE' The Guardian 'COMPELLING AND BRILLIANTLY CANDID' Daily Mail 'A GREAT BOOK' Jake Humphrey, High Performance Podcast CANDID, RAW AND UNFORGETTABLE, THIS IS JOE COLE'S STORY - A MUST-READ FOR ANY FOOTBALL FAN One of the best players of his...
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  • In the Rhododendrons
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    In the Rhododendrons
    ‘In a memoir that pulses with feeling and intelligence, [Christle] excavates the past to expose difficult truths’ Guardian When Heather Christle realises that she, her mother, and Virginia Woolf share a traumatic history, she begins to rewrite and intertwine each of their stories, in search of a more hopeful narrative and a future she can live with. During a rare...
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  • If Only You Knew
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    If Only You Knew
    THE SENSATIONAL, INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: READERS ARE CALLING IT 'FROM THE HEART, HONEST AND REVEALING'; 'PERFECT'; 'A BRILLIANT BOOK' Pop legend Lulu looks back over her astonishing life with fresh eyes, reflecting on all she has learnt. From the tenements of Glasgow to the Royal Albert Hall and the glittering lights of Hollywood: Lulu's journey to fame and fortune...
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  • Icons of Style: BTS
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    Icons of Style: BTS
    Since day one, BTS have rewritten the fashion rules, from the red carpet to the arena. Whether in sunshine-hued tailoring or as ambassadors for Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook nail boy-band style. Taking the matchy-matchy boy-band template and each giving it their own spin with oversized accessories, pattern clashing, and impeccable styling, the...
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  • I Choose My Beginning
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    I Choose My Beginning
    From the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and recipient of France's Legion of Honour, Nadia Murad reclaims the story of her life in this profoundly moving memoir introduced by Gloria Steinem. 'Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations' Amal Clooney In 2014, Nadia Murad was...
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  • Gallagher
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    Gallagher
    ‘Brilliant...an absolute classic’ Paul Ross ‘Harrison usefully tracks the brothers' post-Oasis careers and the toxifying feud between them’ Ludovic Hunter Tilney, Financial Times ‘Harrison...goes further than most in getting to the core of who the Gallaghers are’ Shaun Curran, The i Paper * BONDED BY MUSIC. BROKEN BY EACH OTHER. BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. THE SUPERSONIC STORY OF TWO BROTHERS...
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  • Finding Gold
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    Finding Gold
    'An uplifting book full of joyful nuggets of wisdom from a true adventurer!' - Dr Hermione Cockburn OBE, BBC TV Coast presenter and science communicator 'Lyrical, magical, philosophical and inspirational' - James Ogilvie, Chair, Walking Scotland, Woodland Trust Director, Chartered Forester 'This is more than a story of gold. It is a reflection of a way of life.' - Sanjay...
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  • Everyone's Seen My Tits
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    Everyone's Seen My Tits
    'Funny, forthright and illuminating' Grazia 'Keeley Hazell is clever, thoughtful and very, very ambitious' Mail on Sunday A moving, genuine, and hilarious collection of essays about fame, glamour, infamy, and the power of writing your own story, from Page 3 model turned writer Keeley Hazell. For much of her life, Keeley Hazell has been labelled and pigeonholed. Growing up in...
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    Dark Squares: A cult leader, a child prodigy and the chess revolution
    Educated meets The Queen's Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch, who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult—and how chess ended up saving his life. Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness, Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult. Despite psychological manipulation, physical abuse, and neglect, he persevered....
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  • Croc
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    Croc
    Lessons on life and business you are guaranteed to find nowhere else. Crocs are many things to many people. They're the best-selling non-sneaker shoe on the planet, for starters. For some, it's true, they're the ugliest shoe ever made. What's indisputable is, two decades later, they've been worn by billions of feet worldwide, from the supermarket to the red carpet....
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  • Catherine & Diana
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    Catherine & Diana
    From bestselling author and royal commentator Ingrid Seward, an inside look at the lives and loves of Diana and Catherine, the Princesses of Wales A title in use for over 700 years, the Princess of Wales is one of the most senior positions in the British royal family. In a new book, bestselling author and royal commentator Ingrid Seward dives...
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  • Burn This Letter
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    Burn This Letter
    A remarkable story. We must be grateful that the recipients ignored one another's frequent exhortations to set fire to the missives after reading... Pedersen is as interested in her heroines' social lives as she is in their political ambitions. And here is where the book earns its place on the history curriculum... Fascinating New Statesman BURN THIS! Why did so...
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  • Beautiful Lives
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    Beautiful Lives
    For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest—often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different. Beautiful Lives is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose...
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  • Adaptability
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    Adaptability
    Harness the power of adaptability to embrace change, overcome obstacles and achieve success. Today, women are competing on more fronts than ever before. From career demands to family life, relationships and financial pressures, the pace is relentless and the stakes feel high. These challenges are deeply understood by Denise Lewis - an Olympic gold medallist, broadcaster, mother, and woman who...
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  • Actually, Nevermind
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    Actually, Nevermind
    Actually, Nevermind is a collection of sharply funny, deeply honest essays from comedian Taylor Tomlinson, on the art of changing your mind. From once holding black-and-white beliefs shaped by a strict religious upbringing and early grief, to now embracing the glorious mess of nuance, Taylor charts her evolving worldview—both the profound and the ridiculous. With self-deprecating humour and flashes of...
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  • According to G
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    According to G
    Geraint Thomas is one of Britain's most loved sports stars. He's won Olympic gold medals, finished first, second, and third at the Tour de France, and stayed at the top of his sport for almost two decades as other riders and eras have come and gone. According to G tells the story of his epic journey - from the streets...
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  • 1945: The Reckoning
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    1945: The Reckoning
    Excellent, grappling with aspects of end of empire that tend to fall through the cracks' -AL MURRAY As the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires. In India, a generation committed to independence must decide whether to support 'the Raj' or fight alongside the Japanese. One military family is bitterly...
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  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
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    Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
    The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. Join Judi as she lifts the curtain on cherished memories and hilarious anecdotes from seven decades of performing with some of the greatest names in theatre. Step behind the camera as she reprises her most famous roles, such...
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    Diddly Squat: The G.O.A.T.
    Our favourite gentleman farmer is back! And this time, it's those pesky goats that are causing trouble... Uncooperative animals, underperforming crops, and rather less than best-laid plans pursued with unbridled enthusiasm—Clarkson's farm is the gift that keeps on giving. And this time there's one rather devil-may-care farm animal who's really getting Jeremy's goat... Pull on your wellies, grab your flat...
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  • How to Be Hopeful
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    How to Be Hopeful
    A joyful journey into how to live more hopefully in hard times, from million-copy Sunday Times bestseller Caitlin Moran—perfect for fans of Wintering. Not getting enough sleep, doomscrolling on your phone, and feeling acid anxiety every time you watch the news? You're not alone. One morning, Caitlin Moran lay in bed and realised she had finally reached Peak Despair. The...
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    Redwood
    From the multi-million-selling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear war. The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah's fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America — unknown to the public...
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    Stay
    STAY is a raw, unflinching memoir of resilience and growth. Sitting in complete silence in the backseat of a private jet, with a life vest on and waiting for your fate to be decided, is something most people will never experience. Koko Casey was a trained international flight nurse, retrieving critically ill patients from all over the world. Koko had...
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    Crossroads
    Crossroads offers a profound insight into the personal journeys of some of Australia's vibrant personalities who have encountered hardship, adversity, and often, incarceration. In this book, these men recount their own narratives, spanning from their childhood through to their pivotal crossroads. Regardless of the choices they made—right or wrong—their experiences are undeniably captivating, providing a glimpse into a world that...
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  • Shop Different
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    Shop Different
    How the Apple Store changed shopping forever – one customer at a time. In Shop Different: A Retail Story, visionary retailer Ron Johnson reveals the untold story of how he and Steve Jobs created the Apple store. From the first store’s opening to a global empire of over 500 locations, Johnson shares a behind-the-scenes look at iconic moments, including the...
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  • Secret Voices
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    Secret Voices
    'Totally addictive.' - Alice Loxton, The Daily Telegraph 'An intriguing, highly snackable guide to women's experiences.' - Independent 'A modern classic.' - Alison Weir, author and historian 'The sort of book you return to again and again.' - Tracy Borman, author and historian A captivating collection of daily extracts from women's diaries, looking back over four centuries to discover how...
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    Buckets of Hope
    This book is not just my story, it is an invitation into your own. Because hope can be held, shaped and carried, one bucket at a time. - Abang Anade Othow Separated from her family at the age of five, Abang Anade Othow endured unimaginable loss, displacement and trauma. Yet, in the face of chaos, she imagined a lifeline: Buckets...
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  • Beyond Belief
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    Beyond Belief
    A celebration and exploration of gossip, reclaiming it as a powerful tool for building relationships, sharing vital information and enabling women’s voices to be heard. Tittle-tattle. Hearsay. Rumours. Bitching. Tea. ‘A powerful defence of a woman’s right to speak. Everyone should have this on their bookshelf’ – Monika Radojevic Call it what you will: the fact remains that gossip is...
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  • A Suitable Man
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    A Suitable Man
    In 1924, into the tiny town of Warrnambool, which then had a population of a fraction under 4000 people, there came a travelling salesman... The remarkable life and achievements of Fletcher Jones. Australians of a certain generation all know Fletcher Jones - the stores, the clothing, the daggy dad slacks - but not many people know the extraordinary story of...
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  • Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
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    Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
    Throughout 2024, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each one of them about their experience of October 7, 2023, and what their life has been like since that pivotal date. She has selected twenty-six of these narratives to share with the world. Yazbek captures the raw, chilling accounts of ordinary civilians aged thirteen to sixty-five, who...
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  • The Fall of the House of Montagu
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    The Fall of the House of Montagu
    The House of Drogo Montagu is the family name of the Dukes and Earls of Manchester who served the British monarchy for five centuries. But by 1927, when Alexander, the eldest son of the 9th Duke, married an enterprising young Australian woman named Nell Stead, the family was on its knees financially. Faced with war and a legacy of excess...
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  • Inside Red Bull Racing
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    Inside Red Bull Racing
    Step inside one of the most successful British sports stories in history as acclaimed sports journalist Matt Majendie, who has covered F1 for nearly two decades, is given unprecedented access to the World Champion Red Bull Racing Team during its 2025 Formula 1 season. Amid the drama of the four-time champion Max Verstappen attempting to make it five in a...
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  • Hostage
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    Hostage
    The Telegraph, Bloomberg, and Time 'Book of the Year' 'A taut, immersive chronicle of endurance' - Time Magazine 'One of the most compelling and unflinching books you will ever read' - Daily Telegraph On 7 October 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be'eri, shattering the peaceful life Eli Sharabi had built with his British wife, Lianne, and their teenage daughters, Noiya...
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  • Homework
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    Homework
    Born in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of shortages and the Second World War. It was a time of Airfix models, wargames, conkers and frugality: Geoff's father splurges on a mono record player — before imposing a blockade on buying records. But far...
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  • You Never Know
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    You Never Know
    A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 Sunday Times bestseller New York Times bestseller Includes all new material from Tom exclusive to the paperback edition! There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived...
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  • Unleashed
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    Unleashed
    THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES ‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE’ ED BALLS 'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON Boris Johnson has always been larger than life. Controversial, untrammelled by the normal rules of politics, his route to becoming Britain’s prime minister...
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  • Shakespeare’s Strong Women
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    Shakespeare’s Strong Women
    If I be waspish, best beware my sting Meet a dazzling array of bold, brainy, mischievous and sometimes downright wicked women in this witty, empowering guide to Shakespeare’s fiercest female characters. From clever Rosalind to ruthless Lady Macbeth, via some lesser-known but equally captivating ladies, this irreverent guide explores the power, passion and most perceptive observations of Shakespeare’s characters. These...
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  • Paddy from Peru
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    Paddy from Peru
    You could call him Paddington, Adam said casually, Don't name him! I said, as if this was self-evident. Names turn situations into responsibilities. When Mirelle Radley set off for Peru with her cousin Adam, hoping to heal her broken heart, she didn't expect to meet someone who would change the course of her life forever. Meet Paddy, the Peruvian street...
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  • Ordinary Time
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    Ordinary Time
    This paperback edition includes an exclusive letter from Annie and two bonus chapters. “A beautifully written story of the sweetness of staying put, Jones’s book will add depth to any memoir collection.”—Library Journal Can life be an adventure, even when it’s just . . . ordinary? From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that...
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  • Limitless
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    Limitless
    ‘Inspirational’ Ben Fogle ‘Incredible’ Bear Grylls ‘Extraordinary’ Bill Bailey 13,000KM. 240 days. A journey no one thought possible. What are you capable of when you stop believing your own limits? When Mitch Hutchcraft set out to swim, cycle, run, and climb from the English Channel to the summit of Everest, he made history. Over 240 days, he crossed two continents...
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  • Kafkaesque
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    Kafkaesque
    'A book to underline endlessly, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy. A wonder’ Polly Barton 'Brings a welcome freshness of vision and a dashing style … provocative and illuminating' The Spectator What happens to a writer's work when it's translated – specifically,...
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  • Isle of Man TT
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    Isle of Man TT
    "…excellently documents the history of the Isle of Man TT", John McGuinness MBE Discover the history, behind-the-scenes stories and thrills of the world's greatest motorcycle road race. A visually-stunning book with amazing photography from this annual event. From 1907 to the present day, learn about the course and how it has changed, and how the corners got their names. Discover...
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  • Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead
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    Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead
    Television writer, producer, and bestselling author of the acclaimed The Broke Diaries and Mixed charts her unexpected role as her terminally ill mother's caretaker in this funny, moving, and unforgettable memoir. Angela Nissel always wanted her mother’s approval. But two defining events created a barrier between them: renouncing Christianity and being admitted to a psychiatric ward—events that mirrored failed parenting...
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  • BTS: Icons of K-Pop BTS: Icons of K-Pop
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    BTS: Icons of K-Pop
    Seven men. 78 million Instagram followers. 30 billion YouTube views. 47 billion Spotify streams. Sold out world tours. BTS: Icons of K-Pop presents the story of BTS, a global phenomenon. Fully revised and updated for a third time, this 2026 edition of the bestselling biography is the definitive account of BTS’s journey, from their trainee days to the explosive global...
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    La Stupenda, The Voice of the Century
    La Stupenda, The Voice of the Century celebrates the unparalleled brilliance of Dame Joan Sutherland, the soprano whose breathtaking artistry transformed the world of opera. Marking her 100th Anniversary, this vivid portrait brings to life the woman whose soaring top notes, radiant tone, and dazzling coloratura earned her global fame and the title that defined her career. From her triumphant...
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  • Let Me Down
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    Let Me Down
    Let Me Down offers a vivid and vulnerable account of an abusive relationship. At 18, Callie’s encounter with Reed, a brooding and arty student four years her senior, begins a youthful infatuation, a casual “thing.” But as their relationship deepens, what once seemed like innocent passion soon morphs into a cycle of manipulation, control, and violence. Callie shares the complexity...
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  • The Third Eye
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    The Third Eye
    The Third Eye is George Harrison's own intimate, beautiful collection of more than two hundred never-before-collected photos of the Beatles at work and at play—the vast majority published for the first time. From 1963 to 1969, George Harrison travelled the world with his bandmates, Pentax in hand, chronicling their impossible path from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan, Adelaide to Rishikesh, the...
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    An exquisite visual and lyrical portrait of Susie Cave that unites the creative talents of four icons - celebrated writer and musician Nick Cave, renowned photographer Dominique Issermann, superstar designer Irma Boom, and Susie Cave herself. Nick Cave's profound devotion to his wife Susie is present in the images he has crafted through words and lyrics since they met in...
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    The New York Times bestseller After the sudden death of his father, Dara Waldron became disoriented in a world that had once filled him with wonder. A year later, he meets an abandoned border collie called Oscar hiding on a derelict farm in County Clare. When Dara brings him home, he believes he’s committing an act of rescue. Oscar’s submissive...
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    A beautifully illustrated edition of international bestseller, Haruki Murakami's, meditation on memory and family. It's the accumulation of insignificant things that has made me the person I am. In this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki recalls his relationship with his father. When Haruki was six, his father took him on a bike ride to...
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    'When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth living.' - Stephen Hawking An insatiable curiosity and appreciation for life powered Stephen Hawking to the furthest reaches of the universe and human achievement. During his remarkable lifetime, he shed light on many of the mysteries of black holes and made key...
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    Susie is one of a kind. Her resilience, determination and brilliance have broken down barriers and made her the inspiration she is today. Susie's story is a powerful one for anyone hoping to understand what it takes to succeed against the odds while staying true to yourself. - LEWIS HAMILTON A Sunday Times bestselling inside look at the ultra-competitive world...
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    The third volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary Gonzo Papers. An iconic compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism spanning four decades – 1950 to 1990.
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    A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it. Hallelujah! — now is the perfect time for Morrison’s book On Memoir THE TIMES On Memoir is a gloriously freewheeling exploration of narrative non-fiction, its challenges, ethics and charms, and its power...
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    ‘Unflinchingly candid and extraordinarily powerful’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Dominic Gregory hasn’t just delivered a survey of courage and determination – Lifeboat at the End of the World is a hymn to human decency, and that makes it a very timely book indeed’ TIM WINTON Do you really think all lives are worth saving? On the empty shingle beach of Dungeness, the...
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    Canva creator Melanie Perkins and her partner Cliff Obrecht wrote their own playbook. Here’s the story of what we should all hope the next generation of business will look like: how they did it, why they did it and why it worked. 'I hope this story can inspire others to dream big, set goals, and make them happen.' – Melanie...
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    The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's most iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades. In the beginning, Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I've written a book that tracks Alice's 'evilution', how he and I became almost...
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    Queens and Kings
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    Never Say Die
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