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'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.' Elizabeth Barrett Browning has come down to us as a romantic heroine. But behind the melodrama lies a thoroughly modern figur...

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The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

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In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the streets protesting about unemployment, homelessness and the National Front, Benjamin’s poetry could be heard

Camera Girl

Camera Girl

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A moving and inspiring memoir of Doreen Spooner. Struggling to hold her head high through the disintegration of her family through alcoholism, she began a

The Telegraph Book of Readers' Letters from the Great War

The Telegraph Book of Readers' Letters from the Great War

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An anthology of letters from writers to the Telegraph covering the lead up to and the duration of the entire First World War. For the

The Great American Read : The Book of Books

The Great American Read : The Book of Books

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A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to

Murder Gang

Murder Gang

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They were an elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime reporters covering the most notorious British crime between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s. It was

Wellington's Brigade Commanders

Wellington's Brigade Commanders

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Recent research into the Duke of Wellington's armies during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign has enhanced our understanding of the men he led,

Hitler: A Global Biography

Hitler: A Global Biography

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From a prize-winning historian, the definitive biography of Adolph Hitler Hitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that the dictator's ...

Just As I Am

Just As I Am

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'Just as I am este adevărul meu. Sunt eu, simplu și nevătămat, cu sclipiciul și ghirlandele lăsate deoparte. În aceste pagini, eu sunt într-adevăr Cicely,

Queen

Queen

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The Queen details the intriguing life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, highlighting her commitment to service, sacrifice, and the Commonwealth of nations over which

Hottentot Venus

Hottentot Venus

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'A significant and timely book ... Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary ReviewIn 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, Lon...

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

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In this gripping narrative, Hermione Lee builds a unique portrait of one of our greatest playwrights. Her biography is remarkable for its unprecedented access to

The Longest Kill

The Longest Kill

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It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for

The Terry Pratchett Diary

The Terry Pratchett Diary

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Sir Terry Pratchett left us, far too early, in March 2015. To celebrate his life and works, we've given over the 2017 Discworld Diary -

Sinatra: The Chairman

Sinatra: The Chairman

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Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's bestselling Frank: The Voice--which completes the definitive biography that ...

Love That Dares

Love That Dares

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An intimate and inspiring collection of letters revealing some of the greatest queer love stories in history A good love letter can speak across centuries,

Cult Following

Cult Following

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Bexy Cameron grew up in the notorious Children of God cult, where the concept of family means something very different to what we are all

Olivier

Olivier

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Hollywood superstar; Oscar-winning director; greatest stage actor of the twentieth century. The era abounded in great actors - Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness, Burton, O'T...

Eyewitnesses at the Somme

Eyewitnesses at the Somme

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In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to

Coming Home to Tibet

Coming Home to Tibet

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When her mother dies in a car accident along a great highway in India, far from her country and her family, Tsering decides to take

Oscar Wilde's Chatterton

Oscar Wilde's Chatterton

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In Oscar Wilde's Chatterton, Joseph Bristow and Rebecca N. Mitchell explore Wilde's fascination with the eighteenth-century forger Thomas Chatterton, who tragically took ...

In America

In America

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In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and

Rag and Bone: A History of What We've Thrown Away

Rag and Bone: A History of What We've Thrown Away

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Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor thimbles, to Victorian buttons

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britaințs Top Forensic Pathologist

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britaințs Top Forensic Pathologist

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Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death. He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including some of

The Temptress

The Temptress

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Alice de Janzé, o multimilionară seducătoare, scandalizează Parisul anilor 1920 atunci când își părăsește soțul francez pentru amantul ei englez -pe care ulterior a înce...

If This Is a Man & The Truce

If This Is a Man & The Truce

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With the moral stamina and intellectual pose of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, duitful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German...

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government’s parliamentary majority in

Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon

Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon

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Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still dominates popular culture. Now, drawing on years of research and dozens

Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

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This is the first attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of the published work of the poet and critic, Seamus Heaney. Compiled in accordance with principles

Churchill and Stalin

Churchill and Stalin

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Based on documents from the Russian archives, this comprehensive study charts the tumultuous wartime relationship between Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and British Prime...

A Gift from Bob

A Gift from Bob

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From the day James rescued a street cat abandoned in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, they began a friendship which has transformed both their

Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

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In this unique living testimony, illustrated with nearly 80 color illustrations, a Holocaust survivor shares his experiences to honor the millions, including his friends,...

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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This lavishly illustrated hard back book tells the incredible story of Francis Albert 'Frank' Sinatra.

Mr Lear

Mr Lear

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O apreciere literară frumos ilustrată a lui Edward Lear - cel mai cunoscut pentru poemul său „The Owl and the Pussycat” - și „prostiile” sale

Signs of Murder

Signs of Murder

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From the UK's leading criminologist comes the true story of Margaret McLaughlin, and the man he believes was fitted up for her murder 'Enthralling ...

Jane Austen: Her Life, Her Times, Her Novels

Jane Austen: Her Life, Her Times, Her Novels

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Jane Austen traces the author's life and times, her personal relationships, the attitudes and customs of the time that shaped her and were in turn

Adam Elsheimer: 1578-1610

Adam Elsheimer: 1578-1610

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Adam Elsheimer is first recorded in 1600 and by 1610 he was dead. But, rather like Giorgione, who had died young in Venice 100 years

Serial Killer

Serial Killer

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Explore the means, motives, and opportunities of more than 100 notorious serial killers, revealing what (if anything) drove them to their crimes. In recent years,

Queen of bebop

Queen of bebop

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'Queen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and

This Mum Runs

This Mum Runs

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The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey, the runner and mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016. 'Come-back races? I've

Oh, What a Lovely Century

Oh, What a Lovely Century

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At the heart of Roddy's writing adventures lay his search for love, even if just for the night. He fell head over heels for, and

This Is Shakespeare

This Is Shakespeare

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An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of the plays...

Animals

Animals

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Christopher Isherwood was a celebrated English writer when he met the Californian teenager Don Bachardy on a Santa Monica beach in 1952. They spent their

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

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These memoirs from one of the great leaders of our time are ‘essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history – and then go

Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, the Early Years, 1926-1966

Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, the Early Years, 1926-1966

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The first of two volumes, MAXIMUM VOLUME traces Martin's early life, from an impoverished childhood, through WWII, to becoming head of EMI's Parlophone Records. Then

Liberation: Diaries Vol 3

Liberation: Diaries Vol 3

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`A slip of a wild boy: with quick silver eyes,' as Virginia Woolf saw him in the 1930s, Christopher Isherwood journeyed and changed with his

Travel Light, Move Fast

Travel Light, Move Fast

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From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well lived Six

P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Hardcover, P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Hardcover, P.G. Wodehouse

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One of the funniest writers of the 20th century, PG Wodehouse shied away from a biography. Drawing on unpublished sources, this definitive edition of his

At Last

At Last

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THE FIFTH PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL As friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

Friends and Enemies: A Memoir

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Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching candour from a truly

In Search of Sir Thomas Browne

In Search of Sir Thomas Browne

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Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English writer, physician, and philosopher whose work has inspired everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Jorge Luis Borges, Virginia...

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl

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Precipitated by the #MeToo movement, Jeannie confronts her rapist for closure - an incredibly moving memoir for our times. Things We Didn't Talk About When

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

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From the acclaimed biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and ...

Against Everything

Against Everything

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'These essays address such key topics in the cultural, political, and intellectual life of our time as the tyranny of exercise, the tyranny of nutrition

Writer's Journey

Writer's Journey

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The Writer's Journey invites you to follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most famous authors on the travels that inspired their greatest

Memories Unleashed Vietnam Legacy, Carl Rudolph Small

Memories Unleashed Vietnam Legacy, Carl Rudolph Small

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A memoir of the Vietnam War written as a series of short stories. This memoir of the Vietnam War is structured as a series of

A Plot to Kill

A Plot to Kill

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În octombrie 2015, Peter Farquhar a fost găsit mort în casa sa din Maids Moreton, întins pe canapea, lângă o sticlă de whisky. A fost

Becoming Dr. Seuss

Becoming Dr. Seuss

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Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. Whimsical and wonderful, his work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. The silly,

Permanent Record

Permanent Record

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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

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Colm Tóibín begins his incisive, revelatory Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know with a walk through the Dublin streets where he went to university--a wide-eyed boy

More Myself: A Journey

More Myself: A Journey

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As one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring