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The Mayor of Castro Street

Randy Shilts

RRP: £9.99

‘If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door’This is the definitive biography of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and cold-blooded assassination mirrore …

The Commando Way

Bram Connolly

RRP: £14.99

‘For Bram to share his amazing stories is a gift . . . you can’t help but be inspired.’ – Paul RoosTo be a good leader you first have to be a good follower, but to be a great leader you have to rememb …

American Prometheus

Kai Bird

RRP: £12.99

***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION’Reads like a thrill …

Eithne Shortall Two-Book Collection

Eithne Shortall

Love in Row 27What happens when Cupid plays co-pilot? Still reeling from a break-up, Cora Hendricks has given up on ever finding love. For herself, that is. To pass the time while working the Aer Ling …

Kate Kelly

Rebecca Wilson

RRP: £14.99

Kate Kelly, the daring sister of legendary bushranger Ned Kelly, was mysteriously found dead in a lagoon outside the NSW town of Forbes in 1898.At the inquest, Kate’s husband Bricky Foster claimed tha …

Treasured

Christina Riggs

RRP: £12.99

‘Impeccably researched and beautifully written’ David Wengrow’Utterly original’ Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turnin …

Freeman's Change

John Freeman

RRP: £12.99

The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships and adapt to a new way of life – one with far fewer possibilities for interaction. And yet, in this period of intens …

King of the Blues

Daniel de Visé

RRP: £12.99

‘Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced’ Eric Clapton’No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues’ President Barack Obama’One part of me says, “Yes, of course I ca …

How to Be a Rock Star

Shaun Ryder

RRP: £9.99

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER’Candid, brilliant and bizarre’ Guardian’Stories about the frontman and his bandmates are legion … [like] Peter Kay with menaces’ The Sunday TimesAs lead singer of Happy Monday …

Wild at Heart

Miriam Lancewood

RRP: £14.99

Miriam Lancewood’s first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand with her husband, hunting and gathering, and roaming the mountains like …

The Reckoning

Mary L Trump

RRP: £9.99

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the healing process.For four years, Donald J Trump inflicted an onslaught of overla …

How to Get Over Being Young

Charlotte Bauer

RRP: £9.99

A deliciously funny and sage guide to midlife – an unscientific, flaws-and-all account of one woman’s adventures and misadventures through the dark comedy of the wilderness years. Through her own expe …

How to Walk a Dog

Mike White

RRP: £8.99

‘The book of the year. THE book on dogs. And people.’ Andrew Dickens, Newstalk ZBMike White began walking his SPCA-rescue huntaway, Cooper, at Wellington’s dog parks ten years ago, and since then has …

Murder Under the Microscope

James Fraser

RRP: £12.99

‘Jim Fraser has been at the forefront of forensic science in the UK for decades… A superb story of real-life CSI.’ Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes’Powerful… Fascinating …

The Arbornaut

Meg Lowman

RRP: £10.99

One of the world’s first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field – she invented one of the first treetop walkways – and a tireless advocate for the planet. In a voice as infecti …

The Last Lions of Africa

Anthony Ham

RRP: £14.99

‘Bravely pursued, acutely observed and elegantly told.’ John Vaillant, author of The Tiger’Urgent and important. This moving tale with a heroic cast of characters, leonine and human, is a must-read fo …

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