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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Charles Todd's Magnificent Obsession

David Dufty

RRP: £18.99

It was the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth century Australia, but it very nearly collapsed in the face of monumental obstacles.The year was 1870, and letters took six weeks to get to Englan …

The Diaries of Mr Lucas

Hugo Greenhalgh

RRP: £10.99

‘A kaleidoscopic portrait of post-war queer life’ Guardian’Fascinating’ The Times’Absorbing, illuminating, highly entertaining and often very funny’ Spectator’Fascinating, bitchy, humorous and shockin …

The Fall of the House of Montagu

Robert Wainwright

The House of Drogo Montagu is the family name of the Dukes and Earls of Manchester who served the British monarchy for five centuries. But by 1927, when Alexander, the eldest son of the 9th Duke, marr …

Fulvia

Jane Draycott

‘A thoroughly rapacious woman…as cruel as she is greedy’ Cicero’A woman who took no thought for spinning or housekeeping…meddlesome and headstrong’ Plutarch'[She] caused the death of many, both to …

Radio Birdman

Murray Engleheart

RRP: £16.99

Sydney’s legendary Radio Birdman were a stake through the satin and scarfed hearts of the mid seventies’ music scene, revolutionising the conservative Australian industry in the process. Regarded as o …

The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto

Benjamin Wallace

‘The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.’ James Patterson’This is, by far, the deepest investigation into possibly the biggest mystery of the 21st century. …

When the Going Was Good

Graydon Carter

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 IN THE INDEPENDENT, GQ, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BBC CULTURE’Graydon Carter is a brilliant raconteur of his own life…it’s a real yarn of a lost world’ Marin …

Frighten the Horses

Oliver Radclyffe

RRP: £16.99

‘This book is as sharp as razors, but it also pulses with a passionate, desperate, human urgency for truth and liberation. I am deeply grateful to have read it’ Elizabeth GilbertAs the daughter of two …

The Not To Do List

Rolf Dobelli

PERFECT FOR FANS OF Mel Robbins’ THE LET THEM THEORY and THE COURAGE TO BE DISLIKEDThe new book from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Art of Thinking ClearlyHave you ever: Got stuck in …

The Not-To-Do List

Rolf Dobelli

The new book from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Art of Thinking ClearlyHave you ever: Got stuck in your career? Said ‘yes, sure’ when you should have said ‘sorry, no’? Tried to chan …

Parent Yourself First

Bryana Kappadakunnel

RRP: £16.99

‘Warm, hopeful, and practical … This book is a cycle breaker’s almanac’ Eli Harwood, author of Raising Securely Attached Kids A judgement-free, no-nonsense parenting guide that explains how you can …

The Will to Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

RRP: £10.99

‘Even the tragic and negative aspects of life, such as unavoidable suffering, can be turned into a human achievement by the attitude which a man adopts toward his predicament… to transform despair i …

The Impossible Man

Patchen Barss

RRP: £12.99

A Guardian Best Science Book of the YearThe first biography – ‘a stunning achievement’ (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) – of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose …

Crooks

Paul Williams

RRP: £16.99

THE #1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERFor almost forty years, Paul Williams has chronicled the life and crimes of some of Ireland’s most notorious godfathers, killers and thieves. In Crooks he brings his reade …

I Don't Need Therapy

Toni Lodge

RRP: £16.99

A hilarious memoir of home truths and whatever the opposite of ‘that girl energy’ is, from one half of the hit podcast Toni and Ryan.Most of us tell little white lies all the time. Whether it’s ‘I’m f …

Grandparents

Michael Carr-Gregg

RRP: £14.99

A groundbreaking guide to grandparenting and a celebration of grandparents, from one of Australia’s foremost parenting experts.The grandparent-grandchild relationship is a truly special one, but the l …

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