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American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

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A Bike Ride: 12,000 miles around the world

A Bike Ride: 12,000 miles around the world

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Occult London

Occult London

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Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

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The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison

The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison

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A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

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Inside Out: A Memoir

Inside Out: A Memoir

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The Path to Power

The Path to Power

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My Prison, My Home

My Prison, My Home

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The Cove: A Cornish Haunting

The Cove: A Cornish Haunting

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For over five decades Beth Lynch has been drawn back, over and again, to a rocky spot on the North Cornwall coast. Her earliest memories of the cove are bound...
The Light Room

The Light Room

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'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup' Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The Light...
Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage.

Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage.

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'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN'I loved this book for...
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,

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'I'm lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I've had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After...
Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStrictly Come Dancing professional and breast cancer and Crohn's awareness advocate Amy Dowden shares her journey from growing up in the Welsh Valleys to dancing on the...
Mountain: A Life on the Rocks

Mountain: A Life on the Rocks

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Steve Backshall has been climbing since his teens and has a genuine love affair with the mountains, and with an environment that has the power to make a human being...
In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

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'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....
Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy: The Real-Life Killer Clown

Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy: The Real-Life Killer Clown

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New York Post and Toronto Sun crime reporter and author of Cold Blooded Murder, Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In...
Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl - The Sunday Times bestseller

Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl - The Sunday Times

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Bestseller in the UK, Sunday Times, April 2024By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised...
Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

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Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
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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'[A] heartfelt memoir' New York Times'Compelling and heartbreaking' Ann NapolitanoA deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying mother - and the trail of letters and gifts she left...
The Light Room

The Light Room

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'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup' Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The Light...
Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life

Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life

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Courage and outrage inform 13 essays about black womanhood.Searing in its emotional honesty, Womanish is an essay collection by award-winning author Kim McLarin that explores what it means to be...
Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage.

Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage.

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'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN'I loved this book for...
Between the Chalk and the Sea: A pilgrim's path along the south coast

Between the Chalk and the Sea: A pilgrim's path along the south coast

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'I loved this memoir' - Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path'A whole new way of looking at a familiar landscape' - Neil Ansell, author of The Last Wilderness'Simmons observes...
Menopause: The True Story: A Life-changing Approach to the Change of Life

Menopause: The True Story: A Life-changing Approach to the Change of

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'The final step to equality has to be turning the menopause into a topic we can happily discuss, and even celebrate. In these pages, Christa D'Souza puts us firmly on...
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

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FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURT Portion of proceeds from sales go to NHS Charities Together "What shines through with all the stories is a...
Under A Rock

Under A Rock

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ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've...
FEH: A Memoir

FEH: A Memoir

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ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST LITERARY NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2024'Hurrah for one of our most merciless humorists. Auslander's prose isn't just laudable, it's frightening' David SedarisFrom the acclaimed author of...
Polite: The Art of Communication at Home, at Work and in Public

Polite: The Art of Communication at Home, at Work and in Public

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A fresh and fascinating look at politeness and the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives, from professor and pioneer of Politeness Theory, Louise Mullany'Fascinating and insightful....
Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto

Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto

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As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other people naked, too, and without...
What Is a Doctor?: A GP's Prescription for the Future

What Is a Doctor?: A GP's Prescription for the Future

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What Is a Doctor? is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free. Using stories and case...
Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC

Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC

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Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? From the popular journalist, podcaster and tweeter about his rescue dog #SophiefromRomania comes a moving memoir in search of the...
Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

Kew - Parched: 50 plants that thrive and survive in a dry garden

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Dazzling, diverse, durable - discover the remarkable drought-proof plants that flourish in the driest environments.With rainfall unpredictable and summers increasingly hot, plants that survive and thrive in these conditions have...
Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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'An ideal summer read' EVENING STANDARD'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a great read' YOMI ADEGOKEOenone didn't set out to become an...
In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

In Pursuit of Happiness: Mating, Marriage, Motherhood, Money, Mayhem

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'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....
Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma

Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma

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A Times Biography of the YearAda Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie. Frieda Kahlo. Carl Jung. Tupac Shakur. All geniuses who changed the world in ways that still influence...
Tiger Woman: A Wild Life

Tiger Woman: A Wild Life

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Dancer, singer, gang member, cocaine addict and artist's favourite: Betty May - aka the Tiger Woman - was a woman like no other.Born into abject poverty in Limehouse, Betty May...
Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains

Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE AND THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATUREWith great lyricism, Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing and the...
Stet: An Editor's Life

Stet: An Editor's Life

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Diana Athill helped shape some of the most celebrated books in modern literature. For nearly five decades, she edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) writers including Jean Rhys, V....
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

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'When I was a child in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild...
Saving Buddy: The heartwarming story of a very special rescue

Saving Buddy: The heartwarming story of a very special rescue

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'In my darkest hour, I reached for a hand and found your paw'When Nicola found Buddy, abandoned and broken, she vowed to do all she could to help save him....
Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir

Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir

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Everyone deals with grief in their own way. Helen Macdonald found solace in training a wild gos hawk. Cheryl Strayed found strength in hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. For Carol...
Teach Yourself: Criminology A Complete Introduction

Teach Yourself: Criminology A Complete Introduction

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Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and

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Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing. At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three...
Home Truths: The Facts and Fictions of Family Life

Home Truths: The Facts and Fictions of Family Life

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Previously published as No Family is Perfect.'Provides a fresh context for exploring issues that engage us throughout our lives ... It will change how we think and write about families'...
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'...
Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of Afghanistan's forgotten war

Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of

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"I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war" P. J. O'RourkeA young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet...