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London in 1934. Clever young civil servant Doreen Bates is working in the same office as E, an older married man. In the years just before the war, they develop an irresistible attraction to one anoth

Teaches us how to make presentations. This title provides a simple five-step path to take us from jitters and complexity to confidence and clarity.

The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime relationship - and shocking similarities - between two tyrants 'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and

**The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England** In the heady summer of 1977, a naive young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider w

In February 1945 the Allies obliterated Dresden, the 'Florence of the Elbe'. Explosive bombs weighing over 1,000 lbs fell every seven and a half seconds and an estimated 25,000 people were killed. Was

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars. Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Li

Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to their country's polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself.It includes:* Ori

Includes various sketches, rough and alternate drafts, family and reference photos, notebook and diary entries and the transcript of the author's interviews with his father Vladek as well as a long in

Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history - science, religion and magic. Over the last few centuries, magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe, and that

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR'Hisham Matar has the quality all historians - of the world and the self - most need: he knows how to stand back and let the past speak

'Bhutto's new novel will move you with its profound wisdom and sharp grasp of our turbulent times' Elif Shafak 'This is a bold and probing novel, from a writer strikingly alert to something small and

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and com

Dag Hammarskj?ld, the Secretary General of the United Nations, was a Swedish politician, a moral philosopher and an idealist. He had a vision for a new world, more peaceful and equitable, and he was f

What's your journey of becoming? Based on Michelle Obama's bestselling memoir, this gorgeous journal features an intimate and inspiring introduction by the former First Lady and more than 150 inspirin

As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, the author conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects

One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons. Brilliant, lucid and thought-provoking' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized

'Hilarious and heart-breaking at the same time, Nimko has blown apart all taboos, blown apart the echo chamber and included all women in the feminist conversation. Essential reading for everyone' - Sc

A timely call to reshape government through technology, from Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah, two leading experts in the field. For many aspects of how our countries are run - from social security and

At 31, the author was 17 weeks pregnant and looking forward to having her first baby. Recording the awkward conversations, the highs and lows of treatment, the mixed blessings of receiving 'Get Well'

Everything we think, do, and refrain from doing is determined by our brain. It shapes our potential, our limitations, and our characters. This book reveals how nearly everything about us - from our se

'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both a

With a journey into the worlds of his 'secret sharers' - the men and women, who inspired some of his most enthralling novels - and a testament to the author's extraordinary engagement with the last ha

Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked i

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An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Anything is Possible tells

A producer. A novelist. An actress. It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. There are riots in Paris and the Vietnam War is out of control. Whi

THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT CAME TO ME.NO MATTER HOW THEY GOT HERE,THEY DID THE F***ING JOB.Iggy Pop hasn't left a mark on music; he's left it battered and bruised, too.Inducted into the Rock and Roll Ha

Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low

A memoir of a son's search for his father and the return to a homeland he never thought he'd see again. This is a personal tale of loss. It deals with history, politics and art. It's about what it is

'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times' Guardian________________________________Nat, a 47 year-old veteran

'Timely and fascinating' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, Duchess of DevonshireWhat was mothering like in the past?When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herse

The new novel from Salley Vickers, Sunday Times bestselling author of The LibrarianGrandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation: fiercely

The return of the best-selling, award-winning economist extraordinaire. With the same powerful evidence, and range of reference, as his global bestsellerCapital in the Twenty-First

Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders - the hilarious, touching life story of the iconic comedian and national treasureJennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From C

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF I AM ZLATAN COMES... I AM FOOTBALL. A photographic journey around planet Zlatan including interviews with: POGBA, MINO RAIOLA, JOSE MOUINHO AND MANY OTHERS. "

The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J. M. W. Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists.J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most celebrated landscape pain

Investigating the worlds of work, shopping, healthcare, house-buying, online dating, politics and daily life, this book exposes the true cost of economic thinking, points the way to some compelling al

An extraordinary new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet

From Salley Vickers, bestselling author of Miss Garnet's Angel, comes The Boy Who Could See Death, an enchanting and unsettling collection of short stories. Eli is an ordinary boy with an extraordinar

Seeks to provide proper, weighty answers to the questions women are asking themselves. Covering a range of subjects from clothes and cosmetics, being a parent to older children, having older parents a