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    Two Women Living Together
    Two Women Living Together by Hana Kim and Sunwoo Hwang is a warm and witty Korean bestseller that redefines family life. At some point between living alone and becoming single, Hwang Sunwoo and Kim Hana found each other and decided to live together in a nice apartment where their four cats would finally have the freedom to run around. Together,...
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    Woolgathering
    A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith 'A poet of distinction' New York Times 'Glorious' NPR 'Rare and ferocious' Salon 'Shockingly beautiful' New York Magazine Everything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from...
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    The Churchills
    "There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles," so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough—soldier of genius, restless empire-builder, and cuckolder of Charles II—onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers, and profligates, heroes and womanisers. The Churchills is a richly layered portrait of an extraordinary set of men and women—grandly...
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    Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different
    This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, the bestselling book that changed countless boys' lives around the world and gave them the confidence to be themselves. What have the footballer Kylian Mbappe, the philosopher Socrates, and the singer Ed Sheeran all got in common? All three of them...
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    So Me
    So Me: SO good. SO funny. SO naughty. SO honest. The intimate and hilarious memoir of the country's favourite TV presenter comes to paperback. Graham Norton, whose impish charm and quick wit have earned him a place in our hearts, looks back at his life so far. In his own words, So Me is 'a real romp through a journey...
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    Michael
    He died at only 37, but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a twelve-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael's trusted confidant until his...
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    Kobe Bryant
    As the son of Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, a former NBA player and star of various European teams, Kobe spent his childhood watching professional basketball. From the moment he could pick up a ball, he was learning to dribble and shoot. His basketball education was unique — a combination of lessons on basic fundamentals, one-on-one games against his dad, and observation...
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    Elements of Chemistry
    What makes a quark? How many quarks make a proton? How many protons make an oxygen atom? How many oxygen atoms make a carbon dioxide molecule? How many carbon atoms make you? In this accessible little book, packed with helpful diagrams and interesting information, science writer Matt Tweed takes us on a whirlwind tour into the tiny realms, the stuff...
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    Curepedia
    A Rough Trade Book of the Year A Guardian Music Book of the Year 'Beautifully written and meticulously researched' Classic Pop '[An] all-encompassing repository of Cure wisdom' Record Collector The Cure are indisputable titans of alternative rock. Recognisable as much for their iconic aesthetic, videos and artwork as for the lyrical and musical genius of Robert Smith, The Cure's work...
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    Desert Flower
    Desert Flower by Waris Dirie is an extraordinary autobiography that recounts the life of a woman whose name means "desert flower." Waris was born in Somalia to nomadic parents and faced a challenging childhood. She underwent extreme female circumcision at the age of five, a traumatic experience that shaped her life. At just 13 years old, her father sold her...
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    Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. 'An eye-watering account of the president's abuse of the rules of golf' The Sunday Times 'Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming' The New Yorker Commander in...
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    The Whole Truth
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    Insomnia
    The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorsese - as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators - with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir Testimony. For four decades, Robbie Robertson produced music for Martin Scorsese's films, a relationship that began when Robertson convinced Scorsese to direct The Last Waltz, the iconic film...
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    A Killer By Design
    'I think you have something here,' I said, 'This could lead to a whole new way of understanding criminal behaviour. As far as I know, no one's ever tried to figure out why serial killers kill. The implications are profound.' Haunting, heartfelt, and deeply human, Dr Ann Burgess's remarkable memoir combines a riveting personal narrative of fearless feminism and ambition,...
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    Born Survivors
    Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbands. Alone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the Nazis, these young women were privately determined to...
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    Dark Squares: A cult leader, a child prodigy and the chess revolution
    Educated meets The Queen's Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch, who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult—and how chess ended up saving his life. Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness, Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult. Despite psychological manipulation, physical abuse, and neglect, he persevered....
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    Fires Which Burned Brightly
    A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks. In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood — 'cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range' — the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street,...
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    The McCartney Legacy
    The follow-up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world’s greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life from 1974 to 1980. This second instalment of the groundbreaking multivolume set, The McCartney Legacy, Volume 2: 1974-80,...
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    "Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board "
    In this moving personal account of faith and fortitude, internationally ranked surfer Bethany Hamilton tells how she survived a shark attack that cost her arm—but not her spirit. They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing—not even the loss of...
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    The Art of Batting
    The Art of Batting is a wonderful tale, as described by David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd, and showcases one of cricket’s most distinctive writers, according to Andy Zaltzman. This ground-breaking book reveals the science, skill, and culture that made the 50 greatest batters of all time. Most batters just do their best, yet the top players create art. It is physically impossible...
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    It Was You All Along
    The self-made musical artist follows his bestseller IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD with this second inspirational book for everyone who’s looking for answers in all the wrong places. It’s a book about self-empowerment, self-awareness, and ultimately self-love. Independent rapper, songwriter, singer, and producer Russ sells out concerts across America and around the globe, collaborating with top artists, such as Snoop...
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    The Ride of a Lifetime
    The CEO of The Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world, and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. 'One of the best business books I've read in years.' BILL GATES THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE...
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    Queens of the Conquest
    Full of passion and betrayal, murder and war, the first volume of an epic new series from bestselling historian Alison Weir, bringing five of England's medieval queens to life. Queens of the Conquest is a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Love, murder, war, betrayal — this is the story of the five extraordinary queens who helped the Norman kings...
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    Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
    “So smart and entertaining it should come with its own popcorn”—People Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the film version of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the acclaimed, New York Times bestseller that is the definitive account of Audrey Hepburn and the making of the cultural landmark film—now updated with a new introduction by the author. In Fifth Avenue, 5...
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    Nina Simone's Gum
    THE TIMES BESTSELLER FEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE 'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' - NICK CAVE 'In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project.' - MAX PORTER 'A unique study of a fan's devotion, of transcendence and of the artistic vocation...
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    IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
    Instant National Bestseller! Wall Street Journal bestseller; USA Today bestseller; Publishers Weekly bestseller; international bestseller. An inspirational book by self-made musical superstar, Russ, reminding you that it starts with YOU, to believe in yourself, and to get out of your own way. Twenty-seven-year-old rapper, songwriter, and producer Russ walks his own path, at his own pace. By doing so, he...
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    First Man In
    NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he’s learned over the course of his fascinating, exhilarating life. Special forces training is no walk in the park. The...
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    The Phantom of the Open
    The Phantom of the Open is soon to be a major film starring Mark Rylance. This hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story chronicles the life of Maurice Flitcroft, the World’s Worst Golfer. 'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' - Spectator When 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open—never...
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    The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi
    The People Smuggler by Robin de Crespigny is the gripping and inspiring story of one man's escape from Saddam's Iraq to become "the Oskar Schindler of Asia". When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Hussein's torture chambers, he is forced to leave his family behind in Iraq. What follows is an incredible international odyssey through the shadowy world of fake passports,...
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    The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton
    A revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades. In The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton, Jefferson Morley delivers a gripping biography of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton, one of the most important unelected officials in the US government during the...
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    The Criminal Mind
    The Criminal Mind is the harrowing memoir of forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding. As a forensic psychiatrist, Duncan Harding has worked on some of the most harrowing cases one can imagine, spending time in the prison service, the Old Bailey and at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital. His is a life spent working with serial killers, psychopaths, and children who kill their...
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    The Broken House
    The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt Sunday Times An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private...
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    Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life
    Sixty years ago, New Zealand's greatest adventurer, Edmund Hillary, made world history with his ascent of Mt Everest. This intimate and inspiring book tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people. Drawing on Sir Ed's personal archives, it is a portrait...
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    Novelist as a Vocation
    Thoughts and advice on the creative writing process from an international master of literature. Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles. You end this collection...vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again — Guardian Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist...
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    Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
    "The greatest British diarist of the 20th century... finally, we are getting the full text, in all its bitchy, scintillating detail" - Ben Macintyre "A masterpiece - a time machine that transports the reader back to British politics and high society at the end of the 1930s." - Robert Harris "An unrivalled guide to the social and political life of...
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    Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
    The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. 'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' – Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Wickedly entertaining.' – Andrew Marr, New Statesman 'An irresistible, saucy read . . . One of the most impressive editions of our time.' – The Telegraph 'They're among the...
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    Great Diaries
    An illustrated guide to the finest literary and historically important diaries from ancient times to the present day. Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Great Diaries provides an intimate insight...
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    Billy Slater Autobiography
    Now in paperback, the autobiography of one of the greatest rugby league players of all time. Billy Slater has been called the best fullback ever to have played the game by rugby league greats and fans alike. With a glittering collection of personal and club honours, including four grand final wins, five Dally M awards, and two Clive Churchill Medals,...
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    A Wife On Gorge River
    Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family through the writing of Robert Long—aka Beansprout—and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on...
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    The Secret History of the Mongols
    An inventive translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan. 'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the Protection of the Majestic Imperial Fortune.' Born a poor nomad in an unforgiving world, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan transformed the thirteenth century, ultimately ruling an empire that would stretch from Korea to Crimea and Syria...
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    Price of Peace
    A page-turning biography of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the big ideas that outlived him. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. An "outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes that moves swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit" (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas. "A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of...
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    Voice for the Voiceless
    In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. The Dalai Lama has had to contend with the People’s Republic of China his entire life. He was 15 years old when communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, only 19 when he had his first...
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    Knife
    The Instant Sunday Times #1 Bestseller - a moving, life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie. On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in...
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    A Jane Austen Year
    This beautifully illustrated book charts the life of one of the world's most beloved authors, through the objects that surrounded her, the personal letters and manuscripts that she created, and the events that shaped her life and understanding. It is published in partnership with the curators of Jane Austen's House, the enchanting Hampshire cottage where her genius flourished that now...
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    Life and Death in Shanghai
    This is a first-hand account of China's Cultural Revolution. Life and Death in Shanghai is written by Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao. She was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy...
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    HOPE
    The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025 and the pressing needs of our times, he has been urged to share this personal legacy now. HOPE is the...
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    The Place of Tides
    A story of friendship, history and redemption on a remote Norwegian island. We are all in need of lights to follow. One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old...
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    Highways and Byways
    The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time. From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales of the imagination, Highways and Byways is a collection of stories taking readers on an enthralling tour (complete with the odd detour) through the raucous, well-lived life of one of...
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    Grid
    This gripping biography of Air Commodore Keith 'Grid' Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar, Croix de Guerre, tells the story of his remarkable exploits during the First World War. Flying single-seat fighters against the best of the German air force, including the Red Baron's Flying Circus and airmen such as Werner Voss, Caldwell accumulated 26 victories in aerial combat. Over...
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    Character Limit
    Rising star New York Times investigative tech reporters, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tell for the first time the full and shocking inside story of Elon Musk's unprecedented hostile takeover of Twitter and the forty-four-billion-dollar deal's seismic political and financial fallout. The definitive account of how the world's richest man, in a fit of unbridled vanity and arrogance, took over...
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    A Cook’s Book
    A Cook’s Book by Nigel Slater is a captivating culinary memoir that intertwines personal storytelling with culinary expertise, offering readers a glimpse into the life and mind of one of Britain's most beloved food writers. This book is more than just a collection of recipes; it's a journey through Slater's lifelong passion for cooking, from his early childhood memories to...
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    Monsters
    'How rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read' - MEGAN NOLAN, Sunday Times 'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life' - JENNY OFFILL Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica...
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    Don't Dream It's Over
    In early 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song and biggest hit for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-founded by Neil's big brother Tim several years earlier. Over the next four decades, Neil not only nurtured one of the finest heads of hair in music, but crafted hit after hit—'Don't Dream It's Over',...
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    Great-Uncle Harry
    Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. I cannot remember the last time I read a book so immediately absorbing and affecting. Michael Palin has never been better - which is, of course, saying a great deal. BILL BRYSON From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin...
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    Typhoon
    Strap in and hold on tight for the first ever first-hand account of the RAF's world-beating Typhoon jet in combat, from the Wing Commander who led them into the war against ISIS. The Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 is the most advanced multi-role combat aircraft in the world. Capable of flying at nearly twice the speed of sound and powering to a...
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    Elle
    Real life gems from the Aussie icon. I have learned that love is what really matters... My life experiences brought about that discovery. I deeply wish that you learn unconditional love, firstly of yourself, then of others, then of life itself. It's your true nature. In the dazzling world of fashion, Elle Macpherson is synonymous with elegance, grace, and timeless...
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    Tiger Woods
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2019 THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE RISE, FALL AND RISE AGAIN OF TIGER WOODS 'A rattling read... Superbly written' Daily Mail'Arguably the most serious attempt ever made to get behind golf’s great enigma' Guardian'Exhilarating, depressing, tawdry and moving......
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    My Own Words
    The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—“a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of one of our generation's most influential voices in both law and public opinion” (Harper’s Bazaar). My Own Words offers a rich collection of essays, speeches, and writings from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, providing readers...
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    In My Time of Dying
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