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Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Author: Suzanne Heywood
ISBN: 9780008498535
Format: Paperback
$24.99

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 ‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES ‘A seven-year...  Read More >>

The Forbidden Daughter

The Forbidden Daughter

Author: Zipora Klein Jakob
ISBN: 9780008665036
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Top of the World: Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair

Top of the World: Surviving the Manchester Bombing to...

Author: Martin Hibbert ,  Fiona Duffy
ISBN: 9781802471748
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Silent Village: The Life and Death of Oradour-sur-Glane

Silent Village: The Life and Death of Oradour-sur-Glane...

Author: Robert Pike
ISBN: 9781803995915
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied France  Read More >>

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking...

Author: Hannah Pick-Goslar
ISBN: 9781846047466
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Nigger from The Black Lagoon

The Nigger from The Black Lagoon

Author: Shane Williams
ISBN: 9781952874925
Format: Paperback
$29.01

"With no father around, I grew up a bastard child with a single struggling mother. The castaway of my family, the...  Read More >>

The Nigger from The Black Lagoon

The Nigger from The Black Lagoon

Author: Shane Williams
ISBN: 9781952874932
Format: Hardback
$55.41

"With no father around, I grew up a bastard child with a single struggling mother. The castaway of my family, the...  Read More >>

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9781787334793
Format: Hardback
$55.00

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account...  Read More >>

The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation

The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted...

Author: Justice Malala
ISBN: 9781471194542
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The compelling story of nine days that saved South Africa from civil war    Read More >>

Forever Max: The Lasting Adventures of the World's Most Loved Dog

Forever Max: The Lasting Adventures of the World's Most...

Author: Kerry Irving
ISBN: 9780008645045
Format: Hardback
$37.99

***The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller*** The heartwarming, inspiring final chapter in the life...  Read More >>

Hard Bargain: What Life-Altering Experiences Taught Me About Faith, Friendship, and Family

Hard Bargain: What Life-Altering Experiences Taught...

Author: Donald G Denihan
ISBN: 9781963296358
Format: Paperback
$60.59

For Donald Denihan, it was supposed to be the fishing trip of a lifetime. Instead, it ended up nearly costing him...  Read More >>

One Petal at a Time

One Petal at a Time

Author: Joni Karen Caggiano
ISBN: 9781962374163
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Distopia Generacional

Distopia Generacional

Author: Felipe Mecina
ISBN: 9798224629138
Format: Paperback
$38.52

En un Pasado Dist�pico, la Distop�a Cernia Sobre Nuestra Generaci�n...  Read More >>

Run For Your Life: The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets

Run For Your Life: The remarkable true story of a family...

Author: Sue Williams
ISBN: 9781761424069
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets.    Read More >>

Rise Together: The Art of Climbing Out of the Ditch

Rise Together: The Art of Climbing Out of the Ditch...

Author: Laquita Dian
ISBN: 9798986488073
Format: Hardback
$84.48

In a roadside ditch, Laquita Dian was face-to-face with no one but herself and the dirt. She was demoralized, dehydrated,...  Read More >>

Behind these Doors: As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week

Behind these Doors: As heard on Radio 4 Book of the...

Author: Alex South
ISBN: 9781399707596
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early...

Author: Blessin Adams
ISBN: 9780008500269
Format: Paperback
$24.99

‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION....  Read More >>

God’s Ghostwriters

God’s Ghostwriters

Author: Candida Moss
ISBN: 9780008612184
Format: Paperback
$34.99

‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan 'A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent...  Read More >>

Little Girl Lost: Amelia Just Wants a Home She Feels Safe in…

Little Girl Lost: Amelia Just Wants a Home She Feels...

Author: Casey Watson
ISBN: 9780008641665
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson  Read More >>

Blind Not Broken: Your guide to turning loss and grief into happiness

Blind Not Broken: Your guide to turning loss and grief...

Author: Lucy Edwards
ISBN: 9780600637653
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The debut book from disability activist and TikTok sensation Lucy Edwards  Read More >>

Hildasay to Home: How I Found a Family by Walking the UK's Coastline

Hildasay to Home: How I Found a Family by Walking the...

Author: Christian Lewis
ISBN: 9781035033782
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Sunday Times bestselling Chris Lewis meets the love of his life and starts the real adventure of a lifetime as he...  Read More >>

God’s Ghostwriters

God’s Ghostwriters

Author: Candida Moss
ISBN: 9780008612177
Format: Hardback
$59.99

‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan 'A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent...  Read More >>

She Called Me Throwaway

She Called Me Throwaway

Author: Shama Shams
ISBN: 9781957366203
Format: Paperback
$52.77

This is the true story of a young girl who must fight for her life and confront her family and past for the truth....  Read More >>

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the...

Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780008670191
Format: Hardback
$34.99

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling...  Read More >>

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