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  • Not Far From Brideshead by Daisy Dunn

    Not Far From Brideshead by Daisy Dunn

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    Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dreamworld - from which pain could be shut out. Soldiers arrived with pictures of the university fully formed in their heads, and...
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  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 9781444723250

    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 9781444723250

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    Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic...
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  • If This Is A Man/The Truce by Primo Levi

    If This Is A Man/The Truce by Primo Levi

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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 hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible...
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  • Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn 9780525521013

    Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn 9780525521013

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525521013Author Mary V. DearbornFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 828gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...
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  • Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses by Paula Byrne 9780008322250

    Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses by Paula Byrne 9780008322250

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    A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas Hardy is one of the most...
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  • Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder 9780241482742

    Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder 9780241482742

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    'Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait.' - Claire Tomalin A BLAZING, GENRE-BENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIMELooking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder...
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  • The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family by Mary S. Lovell

    The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family by Mary S. Lovell

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    'A cracking read ' Lynn Barber, Observer The Mitford Girls tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as any novel: Nancy, whose bright social existence masked an obsessional...
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  • The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

    The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385720250Author Sylvia PlathFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...
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  • Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Lucy Worsley 9781529303919

    Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Lucy Worsley 9781529303919

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    'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth...
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  • You Left Early: A True Story of Love and Alcohol by Louisa Young

    You Left Early: A True Story of Love and Alcohol by Louisa Young

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    'Extraordinarily powerful' Emma Thompson There are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent. Louisa Young met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their...
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  • Capote's Women: Watch TV's FEUD: CAPOTE VS THE SWANS by Laurence Leamer 9781399721226

    Capote's Women: Watch TV's FEUD: CAPOTE VS THE SWANS by Laurence Leamer 9781399721226

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    A FASCINATING TRUE STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, INTRIGUE AND UNFORGIVABLE BETRAYAL, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES Readers LOVE Capote's Women 'A genuinely fascinating account of a great writer and his muses.' 'Loved it! Fabulous book about a extremely...
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  • Down Below by Leonora Carrington

    Down Below by Leonora Carrington

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370606Author Leonora CarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...
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  • Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer 9780593328101

    Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer 9780593328101

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593328101Author Laurence LeamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 211mm...
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  • Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy 9780691218557

    Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy 9780691218557

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    The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the...
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  • Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

    Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

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    In Lunar Park, Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, rips into his most frightening subject yet: himself.He became a bestselling novelist while still in college, immediately famous and wealthy. He watched his insufferable father reduced to a bag...
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  • Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 by Katherine Rundell

    Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 by Katherine Rundell

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    **A Sunday Times top ten bestseller****Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2023****Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction 2023****Shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize 2023**'Masterly.'...
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  • I Remember by Joe Brainyard 9781887123488

    I Remember by Joe Brainyard 9781887123488

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    The American artist's much-imitated memoir, described by Paul Auster as "one of the few totally original books I have ever read." Joe Brainard's I Remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from Paul Auster to...
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  • 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

    84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

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    This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'. DAILY TELEGRAPHTold in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS...
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  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist by Lori Gottlieb

    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist by Lori Gottlieb

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    A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the Year Ever wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice - where her patients are looking...
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  • Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin 9781784742935

    Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin 9781784742935

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    'Destined to become a new classic' Chris KrausA dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences...
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  • Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature by Elizabeth Winkler

    Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature by Elizabeth Winkler

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    A thrillingly provocative investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy...and who the Bard might really be. The theory that Shakespeare may not have...
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  • String Theory: David Foster Wallace On Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication by David Foster Wallace

    String Theory: David Foster Wallace On Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication by David Foster Wallace

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598534801Author David Foster WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 364g
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  • Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences by Bev Vincent

    Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences by Bev Vincent

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    Take an intimate tour through the life and works of Stephen King, made vivid with rare photos and ephemera from King's personal collection.Even if you are a die-hard fan, you will find something new in this beautifully packaged Stephen King reference...
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  • Diary by Witold Gombrowicz

    Diary by Witold Gombrowicz

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    A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953,...
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  • Philip Roth: Why Write? Collected Nonfiction 1960-2014 by Philip Roth

    Philip Roth: Why Write? Collected Nonfiction 1960-2014 by Philip Roth

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598535402Author Philip RothFormat HardbackPage Count 476Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America
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  • Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris

    Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris

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    'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed'FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched yet...
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  • Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming

    Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming

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    **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A wonderful read (or a great present) for anyone who loves stories and art' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, NinaA beautifully illustrated...
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  • The Long and Winding Road: TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE STORY OF LESLEY PEARSE: AS CAPTIVATING AS HER FICTION by Lesley Pearse 9780241453209

    The Long and Winding Road: TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE STORY OF LESLEY PEARSE: AS CAPTIVATING AS HER FICTION by Lesley Pearse 9780241453209

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    'I couldn't put this book down. Although harrowing at times, Lesley's indomitable spirit shines through. What an inspiration, what a book!' Katie Fforde'More extraordinary than any plot twist in Pearse's novels' Mail on SundayREAD THE SPELLBINDING MEMOIR...
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  • Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer 9781009200165

    Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer 9781009200165

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    Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame - and scandal - before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution. He also...
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  • I Feel Bad About My Neck: Dolly Alderton introduction by Nora Ephron

    I Feel Bad About My Neck: Dolly Alderton introduction by Nora Ephron

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    'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. I don't know how she did it' - Phoebe Waller-BridgeNow with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora's...
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  • Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life by Amy Key

    Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life by Amy Key

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    Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?An essential memoir about building life on your own terms***A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR***'Marks an important shift in ideas about intimacy'OBSERVER'The harbinger of real talent'SUNDAY TIMESWhen...
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  • The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

    The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

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    THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth' MAIL ON SUNDAY____________Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine...
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  • I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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    The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA).'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what...
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  • I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke

    I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke

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    This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable subject himself. A joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new generation.'One of Britain's outstanding poets' - Sir Paul McCartney'Riveting' - Observer'An exuberant account of a...
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  • Learning to Think.: A broken system kept her trapped, education helped her break free by Tracy King 9780857527431

    Learning to Think.: A broken system kept her trapped, education helped her break free by Tracy King 9780857527431

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    Discover the inspirational coming-of-age memoir about modern poverty in Britain and the liberating power of education.'An astonishing tale, well structured and punchily told.' - Sunday Times'Impossible not to read in one sitting.' - Stylist, Best Books...
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  • Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

    Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

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    The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside ...
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  • Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley

    Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley

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    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and...
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  • Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 9780141183053

    Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 9780141183053

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    'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish...
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  • Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

    Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

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    The bestselling book that inspired the cult classic film, Girl, Interrupted, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie."Not since Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar has a personal account of life in a mental hospital achieved as much popularity and acclaim" TIME...
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  • Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work by Mason Currey

    Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work by Mason Currey

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    'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesBenjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas. Freud worked sixteen hours a day,...
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