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  • B. Traven
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    B. Traven

    His life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown is a graphic biography that tells the larger-than-life story of the German revolutionary, actor, and writer known as B. Traven (18821969). Despite...
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    Mad About Shakespeare
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    Mad About Shakespeare

    ‘Enlightening, moving’ SIR IAN MCKELLENFrom the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. ‘The web of our...
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  • Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid
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    Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid

    Champion swimmer, trailblazer and film idol - the adventurous life of our first Hollywood superstar, by the bestselling author of Sister Viv, Mrs Kelly, Hudson Fysh, Banks and Banjo Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a...
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    Inshallah United
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    Inshallah United

    Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023 'There was always hope. There was always next season. Inshallah.'Inshallah United is about growing up as a strictly halal Stretford Ender; a devout Muslim and diehard Manchester Red...
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    Approach Without Caution
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    Approach Without Caution

    Is there always someone else to blame for your failures? Afraid of putting the real work in to achieve your goals? Are you sick of just being average and do you want to start winning?It’s time to drown out self-doubt and the distracting noise of...
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    I Have A Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition

    With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott KingA beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary speech at the March on Washington, part...
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    Signs And Secrets Of The Messiah
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    Signs And Secrets Of The Messiah

    Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time—so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your life...
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    Anthems We Love
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    Anthems We Love

    "Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There is no formula. Just these inspiring stories of the heart . . . " -Cameron Crowe, Academy Award-nominated director, producer, and...
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  • Tears of Strangers
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    Tears of Strangers

    Where do I belong? Who am I? The blood of my fathers links me to a much older place and time. I've walked in the footprints of my ancestors: I've sat by the riverbank at night and imagined them around me. I am all that they have made me. Journalist Stan...
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    Leslie F*cking Jones
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    Leslie F*cking Jones

    "You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody else, they can't f*cking deny you." Leslie Jones is a warrior. Raised by a tough dad and a loving but often sick mom, her father's...
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  • Agatha Christie Poirot Calendar 2024
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    Agatha Christie Poirot Calendar 2024

    For the first time, Hercule Poirot – ‘probably the greatest detective in the world’ – is celebrated in the official Agatha Christie Calendar, comprising 14 brand new cover designs from the best-selling books and (as it’s a leap year) 366 little grey...
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    Extraordinary Wing Women

    A beautifully illustrated gift book celebrating the beauty, power, and joy of female friendship. Wingman: a pilot who flies behind and outside the leader of a flying formation.While researching her first book, That’s What She Said, Kimothy Joy...
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    Pairing Up
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    Pairing Up

    For decades, George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire and creator of A GAME OF THRONES – has collaborated with an ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe. Tales of Love & Lust...
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    Normal Schmormal
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    Normal Schmormal

    The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs. ‘A funny, irreverent and loving book’ Daily Express‘We had such a variety of experts...
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    Not That Fancy
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    Not That Fancy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe best things in life are really not that fancy. This photo-driven book featuring all-things-Reba invites you to get back to the basics of life: fun, food, friends, and...
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    Unforgiving

    In this deeply personal memoir in the vein of Andre Agassi's Open and Megan Rapinoe’s One Life, the winningest snowboardcross rider of all time chronicles her career, a story of self-growth that reveals the secret of her resilience and how she overcame...
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  • Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen
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    Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen

    A Treasure Trove of 175 Quips—Both Witty and Wise—from Beloved Writer Jane Austen!“Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.”—Jane Austen to Fanny Austen, 1814No wiser or wittier words have been spoken...
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    Sabine's War
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    Sabine's War

    An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery‘A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.’ Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz Sabine’s War is the previously untold...
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  • Unsafe
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    Unsafe

    Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own.Cathy sets...
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  • Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom
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    Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom

    Jane Austen’s Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writers in the English language. Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated female writers in history, best known for her...
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    Great and Horrible News!
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    Great and Horrible News!

    ‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings...
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  • Where My Feet Fall
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    Where My Feet Fall

    The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground...
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    What it Takes to Save a Life

    Mountains Beyond Mountains meets Tattoos On the Heart in this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California - and how he discovered what bonds all...
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    These Vital Signs

    A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ”...
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  • Where There's Muck There's Bras
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    Where There's Muck There's Bras

    From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden. From Cartimandua, the forgotten Iron...
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  • Running Strong
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    Running Strong

    A story about running away, crashing through and hitting my stride When the whole world seems set against you, how you keep the negative voice out of your head?Candice Warner knows all about the damaging consequences of living life in front of the...
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    His Masterly Pen

    As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the life of Thomas Jefferson and his contributions as a writer.In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas...
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    Timothy Keller
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    Timothy Keller

    The untold story of the people, the books, the lectures, and ultimately the God who formed and shaped the life of the late Timothy Keller.Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But who impacted his own thinking, and what...
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    Boleyn Boy
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    Boleyn Boy

    *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton Park and became ‘Mr West Ham’: a one-club man who lived the dream. A modern footballing legend, Mark Noble is the embodiment of what it means to...
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    Collins Modern Classics - Fermat's Last Theorem
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    Collins Modern Classics - Fermat's Last Theorem

    The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat’s Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century. In 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his...
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  • Returning Light
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    Returning Light

    ‘On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the...
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    Cold-Water Eden
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    Cold-Water Eden

    An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world’s most captivating big-wave surfing destinations. ”A brilliant story” – Ray D’Arcy Born and raised in Bundoran, with the waves of the west...
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    Origin Africa
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    Origin Africa

    A major new look at how Africa’s geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is also the story of how it was the crucible for the evolution most extraordinary species on Earth – Homo...
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  • Gas Man
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    Gas Man

    10… 9… 8… 7… 6…That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin – and that’s all most people know about what I do. But what happens between you conking out and waking up? And what does the anaesthetist have to do...
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    Bodies From The Library 5
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    Bodies From The Library 5

    Classic crime fiction's 'Indiana Jones' Tony Medawar unearths more unpublished and uncollected stories from the Golden Age of suspense, including John Bude, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L. Sayers and Julian Symons. ‘Five books in, and the selection here...
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    Howdunit
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    Howdunit

    Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book. Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous...
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    There Once Is A Queen
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    There Once Is A Queen

    “There once is a Queen ever constant to her people…”From the Nation’s Favourite Storyteller Sir Michael Morpurgo comes a poetic celebration of our Queen and longest reigning monarch, beautifully illustrated in watercolour by acclaimed artist Michael...
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    Devil Dogs
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    Devil Dogs

    A Times History Book of the Year 2022From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last. The ‘Devil Dogs’ of K Company, 3/5...
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    I Used to Live Here Once
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    I Used to Live Here Once

    ‘An absolute belter of a biography’ MARINA HYDEA Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022An LA Times Best Book of the Year 2022An intimate, revealing and profoundly moving biography of Jean Rhys, acclaimed author of Wide Sargasso Sea. An...
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  • Millennial Love
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    Millennial Love

    A 2021 ‘BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR’ – THE INDEPENDENT‘A mouthpiece for our anxieties and a tonic for our hearts.’ Charly Cox‘Funny and honest.’ Pandora Sykes‘Offers readers of all stripes and ages a great overview of relationships in the digital era’. Matt...
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    Marple
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    Marple

    A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will...
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  • Walking The Invisible
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    Walking The Invisible

    See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry.An ‘imaginative and elegant trek through the...
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