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Unorthodox

Unorthodox

Deborah Feldman, Bravo Ltd (2012)
The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

The instant New York Times bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape... Zobraziť viac

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Hamnet

Hamnet

Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week... Zobraziť viac

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A Journey

A Journey

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers... Zobraziť viac

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Wonders Beyond Numbers

Wonders Beyond Numbers

Johnny Ball, A & C Black (2017)
A History of All Things Mathematical

Johnny Ball is by some margin Britain's most famous mathematician. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as a Zobraziť viac

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Fatherland

Fatherland

Burkhard Bilger, HarperCollins Publishers (2023)
A Memoir of World War Two, Conscience and Family Secrets

What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up... Zobraziť viac

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Rome

Rome

The DK Eyewitness Rome Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps ... Zobraziť viac

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Milk

Milk

Alice Kinsella, Picador (2023)
On Motherhood and Madness

'Sublime' - Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers'A book about the raw, riotous, brutally beautiful act of being alive.' - Kerri ni Dochartaigh, author of Thin PlacesAlice Kinsella wAlice Kinsella was in her mid-twenties... Zobraziť viac

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Wired For Love

Wired For Love

Stephanie Cacioppo, Little, Brown (2022)
A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss and the Essence of Human Connection

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all... Zobraziť viac

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Tell Me the Truth About Love

Tell Me the Truth About Love

Susanna Abse, Ebury (2022)
13 Tales from the Therapist's Couch

'A must-read for everyone wanting to understand more about what makes us fall in - and out - of love' Philippa Perry'A charming, useful, kind book about the pains and hopes of relationships' Alain de Botton'Wonderfully wise... Zobraziť viac

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Origins of The Wheel of Time

Origins of The Wheel of Time

Michael Livingston, Pan Macmillan (2022)
The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan

Explore never-before-seen insights into The Wheel of Time, including... Zobraziť viac

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The Beatles Book

The Beatles Book

The Beatles Book is the ultimate authority on the fab four. Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, brings together three eminent Beatles experts to compile an invaluable and essential guide. Divided into four sections ... Zobraziť viac

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The Rebel and the Kingdom

The Rebel and the Kingdom

A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime... Zobraziť viac

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Every Man for Himself and God against All

Every Man for Himself and God against All

Werner Herzog, Bodley Head (2023)
A Memoir

The long-awaited memoir by the legendary filmmaker and celebrated author. Told in Werner Herzog's inimitable voice, this is the story of his epic artistic career, as inventive and daring as anything he has done before... Zobraziť viac

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The Art of Winning

The Art of Winning

Dan Carter, Ebury (2023)
Lessons learned by one of the world’s top sportsmen

Dan Carter is a widely hailed as one of the most elite and successful professional rugby players in the world... Zobraziť viac

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Mozart in Italy

Mozart in Italy

Jane Glover, Pan Macmillan (2023)
Coming of Age in the Land of Opera

At thirteen years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who had captured the hearts of northern Europe, but his father Leopold was now determined to conquer Italy. Together, they made three visits there the last when Mozart was seventeen... Zobraziť viac

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Sing Backwards and Weep

Sing Backwards and Weep

Mark Lanegan, Orion (2020)
A Memoir

From the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, onstage, backstage, and everywhere in between, Sing Backwards and Weep reveals the abrasive reality beneath... Zobraziť viac

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Letters to Felice

Letters to Felice

More than two decades of letters from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—to the people in his life, from his years as a student in Prague in the early 1900s... Zobraziť viac

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The Great Divide

The Great Divide

A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible construction of the Panama Canal and casting light on the unsung people who lived and laboured in its shadow - by acclaimed author Cristina Henriquez... Zobraziť viac

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The Cleopatras

The Cleopatras

A remarkable insight into the real story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt... Zobraziť viac

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Sea Change

Sea Change

Sylvia A. Earle, Texas A&M University Press (2021)
A Message of the Oceans

In 1952, at age sixteen, Sylvia Earle—then a budding marine biologist—borrowed a friend’s copper diving helmet, compressor, and pump and slipped below the waters of a Florida river. It was her first underwater dive... Zobraziť viac

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