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'Enthralling' GUARDIAN'Incredibly absorbing ... astonishingly candid' Bill BrysonWinner of the PEN Ackerley Prize and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for LiteratureShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award; Duff Cooper Prize; Wellcome Book Prize; Guardian First Book...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2014-03-13
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Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound...
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Penguin
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2012-12-13
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Previously published as Mandela's WayWritten by the co-author of international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man presents fifteen powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 -...
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Virgin Digital
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2012-04-24
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The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric.Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable trade unionist who...
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Sceptre
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2010-09-02
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British poet Laurie Lee's celebrated autobiographical trilogy: Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War'I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the...
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Penguin
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1993-10-28
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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE-WINNER, THE FIVE, THE WOMEN KILLEDBY JACK THE RIPPER'Under her pen, history comes alive' Professor Dame Sue Black'A fabulous 18th-century tale. Hallie Rubenhold tells it beautifully'...
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Transworld Digital
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2026-01-15
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In her one-of-a-kind voice, Diane Keaton shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. From a mortifying encounter with a makeup artist to an awkward excursion to Victoria’s Secret with her...
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Penguin
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2025-12-18
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George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites?
George Orwell remains a work in progress. He is, or has become, a meme, a global writer, a national treasure, a London statue, a scholarly society, a Prize and a Journal, a...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-12-15
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In this heart-wrenching memoir by a renowned transplant doctor who grew up without religion, a journey of self-discovery as he uncovers his family's past. David Weill grew up in New Orleans the only son of a world-famous Jewish pulmonologist and a Southern Baptist...
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Union Square & Co.
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2025-12-09
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Johnny Cash, 'The Man in Black', is one of America's most prolific and influential songwriters, speaking through his songs to the soul of the nation while capturing the victories and losses that marked his own life. This comprehensive and definitive book collects - for...
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White Rabbit
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2025-11-27
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Sir Michael Gambon was one of the greatest actors of the last 50 years, with a career that began as second spear carrier in Hamlet, alongside Anthony Hopkins (he had to lift Peter O'Toole - Hamlet - out of Ophelia's grave and was told he would never work again if he...
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Abacus
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2025-11-20
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SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEKREVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME: THE TRUE STORY OF THE DECEPTION OF PRINCESS DIANA‘Dianarama often has the feel of a thriller… a well written, pacy book’SUNDAY TIMES'Sensational. Vigorous, entertaining and energetic as a thriller. A shocking...
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Penguin
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2025-11-20
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"We are infinitely rich, yet we mess about with penny-in-the-slot machines," writes Brian W. Aldiss in this autobiographical work written over the course of one month. From his Oxfordshire home, he ruminates on dreams, education, the role of technology in our lives, the...
Editeur :
Gateway
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2025-11-20
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Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line-up of the iconic girl band Sugababes.This is the story of the girl the tabloids never saw.The real highs.The real lows.THE REAL GIRL."The odd, lurid life of a very young pop star...If...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
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2025-11-13
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The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorsese – as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators – with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir Testimony'Intense, exciting, delirious' THE TIMES'Thrilling,...
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Penguin
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2025-11-13
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A stunning celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic career as a performer, featuring entertaining personal stories alongside 350 full-color photographs, including exclusive images and ephemera from her archive, and an eight-page gatefold listing her lifetime of...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2025-11-13
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Comedian Rob Riggle’s frank, funny, and inspirational memoir about how the lessons he learned while serving in the US Marines prepared him for life, especially when it came to pursuing his comedy dreams. Before he graced movie screens in films like The...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2025-11-11
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"This is a unique and necessary book. The Good Russian takes us inside wartime Russia, to a city that Jana Bakunina knows intimately. She brings us face to face with ordinary Russians, and also tells her own compelling personal story. Best of all, she writes very well."...
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The Bridge Street Press
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2025-11-06
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'Witty, urgent, and unflinching... her story speaks to anyone who believes that protest can be art, and that art can confront, disrupt, and even destabilize authoritarian power' Alpa ShahWhat can you do when your country becomes a repressive authoritarian state? 2014:...
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Penguin
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2025-11-06
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'My favourite wine w*nker' Jack Whitehall'Finally, a wine book that's as moreish as my Malbec' Alan Carr'An enormously entertaining read' Spectator'A full-bodied book that’s really got legs' Mail on Sunday‘I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2025-11-06
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