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**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020****The Times Best Biography Audiobook of the Year 2021**'Vickers gives breathing, alarming life to a woman who puzzled and thrilled her contemporaries'SUNDAY TIMES 'Best Paperbacks of 2021''A continuously astonishing...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2020-01-09
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Warm, charming and remarkably honest - GraziaThe highs, the lows, the hangovers, the relationships, the lucky breaks (and the breaks I worked my arse off for) that have got me to the here and now. Emily Atack was flung to fame at just 17, as Charlotte 'Big Jugs'...
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Seven Dials
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2019-10-31
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A rich, nuanced exploration of women's anger from a diverse group of writersWomen are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions,...
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Seal Press
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2019-10-08
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'HEIDA IS A FORCE OF NATURE . . . EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF MODERN ROLE MODEL' SUNDAY TIMESThe inspiring story of Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine Heida Asgeirsdottir has become a double prize-winning international bestseller.As heard on Radio...
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John Murray
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2019-04-18
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[The] rare biography of a public figure that's not only beautifully written, but also shockingly revelatory." -- The AtlanticA vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in...
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Twelve
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2019-04-02
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THE UPLIFTING AND HEARTWARMING LOVE LETTER TO FAMILY ANDTHE GREAT OUTDOORS 'Glorious springtime, haystacks and a herd of cows can all be found in this' Sunday Times Bestseller'Cox is a natural storyteller... she brings that authentic voice to bear in her memoir. The...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2019-03-07
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'These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world.' Publishers Weekly With a foreword by Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge and Master of Churchill College.Ten Women Who Changed...
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Robinson
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2019-02-07
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a hilarious and poignant collection about love, loss, work, comedy and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew.When Abbi Jacobson announced to friends and...
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Virago
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2018-10-30
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Cora Staunton is an iconic figure in the world of modern GAA. In this ground-breaking autobiography, she reveals her extraordinary journey from teenage rookie to the highest-scoring forward in the history of Ladies Gaelic Football. Since making her senior inter-county...
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Transworld Digital
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2018-10-18
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'Modern, punchy and fresh' Sunday Times'A positive and fascinating read' Stylist 'A collection of unexpectedly revealing interviews with "mould-breaking women"... This optimistic volume also includes an intimate memoir from Davidson herself' Guardian...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2018-09-20
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The "hilarious and poignant" story of one chronically anxious woman's quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding (Cheryl Strayed). For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show),...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2018-07-31
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'Hilarious' The Times'I was completely captivated' David SedarisPeople are odd. Even the most predictable of us sometimes defy expectations. Add to that the tricks that life plays on us and the world suddenly seems full of impossible things.As an award-winning actor and...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2018-06-07
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The photo of a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind.Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran.Masih's self-portrait sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom', a social media campaign that went viral. An enlightening,...
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Virago
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2018-06-07
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As seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media.In this bestselling...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2018-03-29
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WOMEN IN HISTORY
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'A delightful memoir' Kate Saunders, The Times'Fabulous . . . dazzling' Tatler'Enchanting . . . movingly lyrical' Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Country LifeThis short volume has turned out to be merely a handful of recollections of well-remembered times and stories - some...
Editeur :
Constable
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2018-03-08
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Winner of the Mbokodo Award for Women in the Arts for Literature, the ATKV (Afrikaans Language and Culture Association) Award for non-fiction and the kykNet/Rapport Award for non-fiction. 'Here was Emily . . . in these diaries and scrapbooks. An unprecedented, intimate...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2018-03-01
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Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders, this group...
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Virago
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2017-10-26
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Hilarious, heartwarming and inspirational, this is the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by comedian Sarah Millican. The funniest book of the year! *****'The naughtiest, helpiest, laughieoutloudiest and goodest book I've ever done reading on. Give that...
Editeur :
Trapeze
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2017-10-05
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High-profile escort, journalist, author, mum and sex-industry pioneer. A woman who prides herself on staying true and being empowered - even mentoring other women - yet who, when it comes to her own life, had become a dishevelled bloody mess. We left Samantha X confused...
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Hachette Australia
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2017-08-29
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For fans of BBC Three's Clean Eating's Dirty Secrets and The Cost of Cute, an honest and fun insight into tackling the problems that all young people face.From struggling with an eating disorder and body image issues to flashing Harry Potter (yes, that really did...
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Headline
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2017-07-27
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