Prince Albert

The success story of the British royal family can be laid at the door of Prince Albert, who, after his death in 1861, turned into a man who could do no wrong. His statues were to be seen all over the …

The Face Pressed Against a Window

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Tim Waterstone is one of Britain’s most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone’s empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the …

Autumn in Venice

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The remarkable story of Hemingway’s love affair with both the city of Venice and the muse he found there.In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn’t published a novel in nearly a …

Barefoot Surgeon

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Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary story of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows, took on the world’s medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of sight to hundr …

Fifty Years On

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August 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of an eruption of armed violence that traumatised Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warf …

Manson in His Own Words

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We called him a devil and quarantined him behind such labels as ‘the most dangerous man alive.’ But Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone awry. This astonishing book lays …

For All Mankind

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Between December 1968 and December 1972, twenty-four men captured the imagination of the world as they voyaged to the moon. In For All Mankind, Harry Hurt III presents a dramatic, engrossing and expan …

Original Spin

In April 1974 new recruits Viv Richards, Ian Botham, Peter Roebuck and Vic Marks reported for duty at Somerset County Cricket Club. Apart from Richards, ‘all of us were eighteen years old, though Both …

Small Fry

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Vogue’s Best Books of the Year, 2018Sunday Times’ Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018A New York Times Book of the YearNew Yorker Book of the YearA frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of App …

The Borgias

The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici.The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless m …

Headstrong Daughters

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How would you feel, as a guest, about sitting in a suburban living room that is for women only? What if you wanted a baby but as a single woman could not have one outside of a marriage? Could you stay …

How Death Becomes Life

A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery.Leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one bod …

I'm a Joke and So Are You

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Evening Standard’s the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018 ‘Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being h …

Moeen

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Longlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards, 2018Longlisted for The Telegraph’s Sports Book Awards – Autobiography of the Year, 2019One of the Daily Mail’s and the Observer’s Books of the Year, …

The Forgotten Sister

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A heart-rending, profoundly moving novel about protecting the ones you love from the secrets that will hurt them most, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes.To lose your family is heart-brea …

The Ginger Child

A 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 …