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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Bookshop Dogs

Ruth Shaw

Heartwarming and charming stories of dogs and books from the bestselling author of The Bookseller at the End of the World.Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw’s three wee bookshops in Manapour …

How to Run an Indie Label

Alan McGee

From founding Creation Records to discovering Oasis, a no-holds-barred rampage through gigs, clubs, boardrooms, drugs and booze that shows the wild spirit of the UK indie music scene. ‘A true believer …

The House With All The Lights On

Jessica Kirkness

RRP: £16.99

The House With All The Lights On is a lyrical exploration of family, identity and history, and what it is to be a member of a family where the most beautiful of bonds are born in difference.’If I were …

Truss at 10

Anthony Seldon

RRP: £12.99

*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*’Enticingly structured… Commendable… The menu is well known, but is deliciously seasoned all the same.’ The Times[A] forensic and eloquent evisceration of T …

The Art of Not Eating

Jessica Hamel-Akré

RRP: £12.99

A luminously original exploration of the deep roots of diet culture by an award-winning historian’A courageous and beautifully written exploration of a vitally important subject’ The Herald’Fascinatin …

Girls Don't Play Sport

Chloe Dalton

RRP: £14.99

A timely and defiant manifesto unpacking the past, present and future of women’s sport, from the Olympic gold medal-winning founder of The [Female] Athlete Project.’A must-read’-Laura Henshaw’A brilli …

The Friday Afternoon Club

Griffin Dunne

RRP: £10.99

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER’Wise, funny and generous’ The Times’Warm and perceptive’ New York Times’So honest and funny and smart’ Observer’Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story’ Washingto …

Book of Life

Deborah Conway

RRP: £16.99

A no-holds-barred memoir that charts the rise and fall – and rise – of one of Australia’s most iconic music performers.You think you know Deborah Conway? You think seeing her scowling and striding and …

The Lost Queen

Sophie Shorland

‘A good story, embracing character, emotion and drama… refreshing.’ THE TIMES’A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait… Wittily written and rich in detail’ Miranda SeymourDespite Catherine of …

Fallen

Mick Conefrey

RRP: £10.99

‘Mick Conefrey’s Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his “Because it’s there!”‘ Peter Hillary’Mick Conefrey’s gripping accoun …

One of Them

Shaneel Lal

RRP: £16.99

‘Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.’ – Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For S …

Johnson at 10

Anthony Seldon

RRP: £12.99

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****A FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*’Excellent… first class… both fair and damning.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times ‘Aut …

Everything/Nothing/Someone

Alice Carrière

RRP: £14.99

*GIRL, INTERRUPTED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY* *A JENNETTE MCCURDY BOOKCLUB PICK*’The story is extraordinary, but more importantly, the storytelling is exceptional… If you read one memoir this year, make …

Love Language

Linda Marigliano

RRP: £16.99

Linda Marigliano has built a career out of performing for other people. In her day-job as an on-air presenter or in her family home, she contorted herself into ‘the cool girl’ or ‘the good girl’, and …

Make Love Work

Nic Beets

RRP: £16.99

‘Insightful, practical and inspiring . . . required reading for anyone in or venturing into a relationship.’ – Jennifer Ward-Lealand, actor and intimacy coordinatorWe all want to make the most of our …

The Crossing

Sophie Matterson

RRP: £16.99

‘The Crossing is as profound as it is moving – a tapestry of adventure, love and, of course, camels.’ Tim Cope, author of On the Trail of Genghis KhanIn 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterso …

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