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Laura Galloway

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An ancestry test suggesting she shared some DNA with the Sámi people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic tundra, tapped into Laura Galloway’s wanderlust; an affair with a Sámi reindeer herder ul …

Malcolm Young

Jeff Apter

RRP: £14.99

Malcolm Young was a legend: the founder and the driving force of AC/DC, a man with what many have called ‘the greatest right hand in rock and roll’. That right hand provided the instantly recognisable …

The Florentines

Paul Strathern

RRP: £12.99

Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly chan …

Boy on Fire

Mark Mordue

RRP: £12.99

An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, th …

Endpapers

Alexander Wolff

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‘Remarkable lives in extraordinary times – a gripping and exceptional literary journey.’ Philippe Sands’Alexander Wolff is keen, after a generation of silence, to follow the untold stories wherever th …

Husna's Story

Farid Ahmed

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The couple had been praying when a gunman burst into the mosque. He shot and killed 51 people that day and injured many others. In this book Husna’s husband, Farid Ahmed, tells Husna’s story, includin …

Facing the Haka

Andy Burt

This brilliant selection of photographs and stories describes what it means to stare down the most famous ritual in sport, from the perspective of those who have been there. Facing the Haka examines t …

The Favour

Laura Vaughan

RRP: £8.99

‘Absorbing, intelligent and atmospheric… Genius’ Elizabeth Haynes_________________________Fortune favours the fraud…When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the li …

The Rome Plague Diaries

Matthew Kneale

RRP: £9.99

On the first morning of Rome’s Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what …

The Warrior and the Prophet

Peter Cozzens

RRP: £10.99

A History Book of the Year in The Times ‘Cozzens is a master storyteller; his books weave a wealth of intricate detail into gripping historical narrative.’ The Times’Marvellous… One of the best piec …

Pain

Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen

RRP: £9.99

‘Combines a career’s worth of expertise with a long history of pain treatment. For anyone concerned with pain treatment, or anyone who has struggled to manage pain of any kind, it’s an important read. …

Michael

Tina Hutchence

RRP: £9.99

He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael’s big sister, Tina, adored him fro …

The Wine O'Clock Myth

Lotta Dann

RRP: £12.99

Women around the globe are buying and consuming alcohol at alarming rates never seen before. But is it doing us any favours? Is it really that treat or reward that we deserve? Lotta Dann thinks not. I …

Victoria Park

Gemma Reeves

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‘Original, thought-provoking’ – Elizabeth Macneal’a delightful read . . . beautifully observed’ – Daily MailMona and Wolfie have lived on Victoria Park for over fifty years. Now, on the eve of their s …

Daddy Cool

Darleen Bungey

RRP: £14.99

‘Every family has secrets. Ours also has an award-winning biographer. My sister’s discoveries astonished me.’ Geraldine BrooksWho can ever truly know their parents?He was a glamorous heart-throb, a fa …

Mackenzie's Mission

Rachael Casella

Rachael and Jonathan were thrilled to welcome their baby Mackenzie into the world and to start their new lives as parents. Little did they know that in a few months that they would be tested to endura …

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