Biography
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth I..
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After I swim, I watch an osprey hanging in mid-air. If those who came before really do dissolve and dissipate, and if their cells really are all around us, then that bird is held there by Mum and Pete..
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A moving, heart breaking, and lyrical true story of the author's escape from an apocalyptic cult-and the survival skills that led to her freedom. My family prepared me for the end of the ..
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Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file...
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Over six years of imprisonment on Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the suffering and degradation infli..
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For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany. She led the country through numerous crises, shaping both Germany and international politics with her actions and attitudes. In her memoirs,..
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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH AN EXTRA CHAPTER! 'Essential reading' Guardian 'A joyful read' Sunday Times 'Disarmingly honest' Daily Mirror 'Bravely revealing' Bernardin..
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'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may just save lives' Daily Mail 'Funny, fascinating, compelling . . . also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The Times ..
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From Hamas to America is a gripping memoir that follows the son of Hamas founder, Mosab Hassan, as he breaks away from his culture's practice of terrorism to becoming a double-agent for Israel to fina..
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Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daugh..
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Geoff Deane has worked as a fly-pitcher selling out of a suitcase, and flogged suits on Brick Lane market in London's East End. He was the singer in a much-loved culty punk band the Leyton Buzzards, a..
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From Josh Brolin, a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable. A remarkable and an unforgettable read. Weaving a latticework of different stra..
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023 Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy Winner of ..
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The sequel to I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a..
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'A fully realised portrait of a complex man: spiritual but peevish, brilliantly talented, but for ever shadowed by the Lennon/McCartney axis' The Times, Book of the Year From the author of the m..
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From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and my..
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A revelatory account of how King George VI and Elizabeth's marriage unexpectedly saved the monarchy. Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents' letters and diaries and those of..
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An Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023 'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year' Oprah 'This book pulses with a defiant wonder at the living world, as wild and unru..
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Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it. From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt an..
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A stunning new memoir from national treasure Michael Rosen, exploring the role trauma - from chronic illness to the loss of a child - has played in his life, and how we can learn to live again in the ..
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'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health services to provide any kind of meaningful improvement for autistic people. Should be essential read..
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When Chloe Dalton was eight years old, she would kick a rugby ball around the field during the half-time break of her brothers' games. People noticed she was a handy kick, but when they told her she s..
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'This book made me laugh and then order an unholy amount of takeaway.' GREG DAVIES 'One of my favourite comics has now written an annoyingly great book.' ROMESH RANGANATHAN 'Full of belly la..
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'Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful.' STEPHEN FRY 'A message of beauty and optimism.' JOANNA LUMLEY 'Stunningly beautiful, immensely sad, immensely uplifting.' GEORGE MONBIOT..
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'A. N. Wilson's biography of the German polymath is wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject' - Frances Wilson, the Telegraph 'Rich and full and passionate and intelligen..
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'A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time' - Robert Harris, author of An Officer and a Spy 'Gripping..
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From the outside, Seana Smith lived an enviable life. An Oxford graduate, a successful career with the BBC and Sydney's Channel 9, a bestselling author, happily married. But behind this perfect life s..
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'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I've read this year' David Peace 'A magnificent book . . . beautifully written and passionately argued' Dominic Sandbrook 'A remarkable eye-witness ac..
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** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STELLA PRIZE ** A gorgeously written reflection, set in Tasmania, on motherhood, farming, nature and home. In my mind I walk over the land. I run my hands through ..
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'A fascinating and wide-ranging account of what neurosurgery is really about - the past, present and future.' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm Since its inception in the early twentieth century,..
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Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames to manning modern day lighthouses. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights is a collection..
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This book is Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014. It was shortlisted for the the Costa Biography Award 2014. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learni..
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A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and mo..
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'If not with you, then for you.' It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach ..
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A powerful, moving memoir on love, loss and this one precious life. 'If not with you, then for you.' It ..
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The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each mornin..
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The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries 'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' Ben Mac..
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'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century . . . finally, we are getting the full text, in all its bitchy, scintillating detail' Ben Macintyre 'A masterpiece - a time machine that transpor..
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The third and final volume of the remarkable Sunday Times bestselling diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon 'An utterly addictive glimpse of London high society and politics in the 40s and 50s.' R..
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Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. No..
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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poig..
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal..
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classi..
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER 'An unforgettable epic of a book'DAILY MAIL ..
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The electrifying memoir of acclaimed photographer Sally Mann - 'An instant classic' (New York Times) Where does the impulse to create come from? What are the forces that shape an artist's work? T..
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The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with..
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WINNER OF THEM'S 2023 NOW AWARD FOR LITERATURE A SELF WELL-READ BOOK CLUB SELECTION A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023- ELLE, ESQUIRE The dazzling, heartfelt me..
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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! *THE MUST-READ NOUGHTIES NOSTALGIA MEMOIR* 'Hilarious' CAITLIN MORAN 'Witty, gossipy, self-effacing and deeply nostalgic, this is a joy for all of us wh..
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The last time Clancy Martin tried to kill himself was in his basement with a dog leash. He didn't write a note. How Not to Kill Yourself is an affirmation of life by someone who has tried to e..
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By eighteen years old, Cameron Russell earned more money than her mother had in her entire life. It's a lot easier to succeed when you're beautiful. A supermodel for nearly two decades, Camero..
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