The Impossible Climb
Mark SynnottOne slip, one false move, one missed toehold and you’re dead. On June 3rd 2017 veteran adventure journalist and professional climber Mark Synnott was in Yosemite to witness something that only a handf …
Genre: Biography & Memoir
A Certain Light
Cynthia BanhamRRP: £14.99
‘Life is not defined by the bad things that happen to us. It certainly isn’t for me.’Written for her young son so that he would know what had happened to his mother, Cynthia Banham’s inspiring family …
A Tokyo Romance
Ian BurumaRRP: £8.99
When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in …
Danger Music
Eddie AyresRRP: £9.99
Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience — from learning the viola as a child, to playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and moving to Australia to present an extremely successful ABC Class …
Spearhead
Adam MakosFrom the author of the Sunday Times bestseller comes the remarkable story of an unsung hero of World War II.Spearhead honors an unsung hero of World War II, Clarence Smoyers, who deplored violence but …
The Ginger Child
Patrick FlaneryA raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple’s attempt to adopt a child.But would you take a ginger child? a social worker asks Patrick Flanery as he and his husband embark on their …
All the Lives We Ever Lived
Katharine SmythFollowing her father’s death, Katharine Smyth turned to her favourite novel, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, as a way of making sense of her bereavement. Written out of a lifelong admiration for W …
Equal Power
Jo SwinsonRRP: £8.99
Why is gender inequality so stubbornly persistent? Power. Even today, power remains concentrated in the hands of men right across the worlds of business, politics and culture. Decisions taken by those …
In A Time Of Monsters
Emma SkyReturning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East t …
Rocky Road
Robert WainwrightRRP: £14.99
In the early 1930s, the Australian family confectionery company Darrell Lea was a sensation, its shops stacked with delicious chocolates, marshmallows, nougat and much more in line with the company’s …
The Attachment
Ailsa PiperRRP: £14.99
Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both-a most unlikely friendship I must confess-might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy hills …
The Face Pressed Against a Window
Tim WaterstoneTim Waterstone is one of Britain’s most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstones empire that started with one bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childh …
Freedom Fighter
RRP: £9.99
Joanna Palani made headlines across the world in 2016 when her role fighting on the front line of the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one of a handful of western women who have joined the interna …
Freedom Fighter
Joanna PalaniRRP: £9.99
The gripping story of one woman’s war against ISIS on the frontlines of Syria.Joanna Palani made headlines across the world when her role fighting ISIS in the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one …
Journey to Health
Simone AndersonRRP: £14.99
Social-media sensation Simone Anderson’s weight peaked at 169 kg. When she finally faced up to how overweight she was, she knew something had to change.Simone shared her progress on Facebook, to keep …
Slow
Brooke McAlary‘Dear Mr & Mrs Jones, I am writing to inform you of my withdrawal from the race to keep up with you . . .’Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she was close to having it all. Married to a wonderfu …
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