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Lawrence of Arabia
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Thomas Edward Lawrence first set foot on the hot sands of Arabia in 1909. By 1918 there was a 20,000 price on his head. His journey to this point has long been legend. From his first postings as ar...
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Diddly Squat. Pigs might fly
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Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy’s had his work cut out. And it’s now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming, ...
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The umbrella murder
£25.00

September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge, London with a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing o...
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My family
£22.00

‘One of the funniest books I have ever read’ HADLEY FREEMAN

‘A masterpiece‘ SATHNAM SANGHERA

‘The read of the s...
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The cove
£20.00

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 up with idyllic family holidays; as sh...
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Rental person who does nothing
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The true life adventures of Shoji Morimoto, who launched a business in which he rents himself out to do nothing in Japan.
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Friends, lovers and the big terrible thing
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In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addict...
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World travel
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Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, ...
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The art thief
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This is the true story of art thief Stephane Breitwieser, who stole over 300 art pieces in the course of 200 heists.Â
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The last action heroes
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From the editor of Empire magazine, this is the behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life action stars who ruled 80s and 90s Hollywood, from Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to J...
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The Heart of the Woods
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The Heart of the Woods blends crafted narrative with stunning nature photography. An eye-opening study of trees, humankind and the natural world.
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The eagle in the mirror
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Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, ‘The Eagle in the Mirror’ is the story of Charles Howard ‘Dick’ Ellis. The longest-servi...
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Politics on the edge
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Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to bar...
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Paris
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Updated edition including new material

Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Model. Reality star. Self-created. Icon.

“”The future belongs to girls who re...
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Fearless
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Louise Minchin went from presenting BBC Breakfast to competing for the GB Team in triathlon in World and European championships, a journey she charted in her first book ‘Dare to Tri’. I...
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My family and other rock stars
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Rockfield Studios is a place of legend, the recording location of some of the most famous rock albums of all time. With her mother installed as the resident Cordon Bleu chef, Tiffany Murray grew up...
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Thunderclap
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On the morning of 12th October 1654, in the Dutch city of Delft, a sudden explosion was followed by a thunderclap that could be heard more than seventy miles away. Carel Fabritius – now known...
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The dam buster
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Barnes Wallis’ contribution to British aircrafts and weapons is legendary; from the R100 intercontinental airship and innovative aircrafts like the Wellesley and Wellington, to bombs that des...
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Bothy
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

‘The bothy embrace is addictive’ ADAM NICOLSON

‘Will have you reaching for your boots&#...
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Everything is everything
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‘I’ve realised that my skin colour, and the sensibilities acquired living in a white dominated world, have given me an interesting perspective on a myriad of topics and issues…...
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Track record
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George the Poet knows better than anybody the importance of reading your surroundings. Born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael’s Estate in Neasden, north-west London, he began rapping when ...
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Knife
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Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12th, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make...
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The outrun
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When Amy returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the re...
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Abroad in Japan
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When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he’d made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was abo...
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Alphabetical diaries
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A thrilling confessional from the award-winning author ofÂ Pure Colour, in the vein of Joe Brainard and Edouard LevÃ©.Â
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Cacophony of bone
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When Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage in the heart of Ireland they were looking for a home, somewhere to stay put. What followed was a year unlike any other. ‘...
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All down darkness wide
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Here is a luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet – a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma. When SeÃ¡n meets...
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Wayward
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In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and everybody she knew in London to take to the road with a horse, wagon, dog, guitar and her then partner. They made the long journey up to the Outer Hebr...
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The draw of the sea
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Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a book about the fisherman, surfers, swimmers, beachcombers, conservationists, sailors and boatbuilders who make their living on the Cornish Coast....
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Super-infinite
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Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. In his myriad lives he was a scholar of law...
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