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Levels of Life
by Julian BarnesPublished: 02/04/2013
This short, unconventional book is probably the most moving that Julian Barnes has ever written
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette WintersonPublished: 01/05/2012
The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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Martini: A Memoir
by Frank MoorhousePublished: 03/09/2007
Acclaimed author Frank Moorhouse considers the world's most elegant and mysterious cocktail whilst also reflecting on his life.
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Georgette Heyer Biography
by Jennifer KloesterPublished: 01/12/2011
The definitive biography of one of Britain’s best-loved novelists.
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Joseph Anton
by Salman RushdiePublished: 18/09/2012
A compelling and frank account of one of the most extraordinary stories in recent literary history - Salman Rushdie and the fatwa.
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Liberation: Diaries Vol 3
by Christopher Isherwood, edited by Katherine BucknellPublished: 01/05/2012
Hilarious and often deeply moving, the final volume of Christopher Isherwood's extraordinary diaries chronicles the 1970s, with a preface by Edmund White
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Virginia Woolf: A Biography
by Quentin BellPublished: 26/04/1996
The standard life of Virginia Woolf, as fresh and exciting now as it was when it was first published in 1972. 'A work of art, evoking by his frankness and outstanding skill the vivid personality that cast a spell upon almost everyone lucky enough to know Mrs Woolf. ' Raymond Mortimer
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Georgette Heyer's Regency World
by Jennifer KloesterPublished: 01/04/2008
A must-have guide to the people, places and society in Georgette Heyer's Regency novels
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki MurakamiPublished: 01/06/2009
The first, fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer
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From Germany to Germany: Diary 1990
by Günter GrassPublished: 01/10/2012
A fascinating account of one of the defining moments of modern European history by Europe's greatest living writer
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Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961
by Paul HendricksonPublished: 16/01/2013
This is a literary tour de force, an invaluable, unforgettable and original portrait of Ernest Hemingway and his beloved boat, Pilar.
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The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women
by James EllroyPublished: 01/08/2011
A raw, explicit memoir as high-intensity and riveting as any of Ellroy's novels. The theme: the author’s obsessive pursuit of women.
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The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir
by Pam AyresPublished: 18/10/2012
An eagerly-awaited country childhood memoir by one of Britain's most-loved personalities
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Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 01/03/2012
One of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of interviews, including his last-for US Airways Magazine.
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A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Fam
by Michael HolroydPublished: 15/09/2009
A major literary event from ‘one of the greatest biographers of our age’
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Green Hills Of Africa
by Ernest HemingwayPublished: 19/11/2012
'In a class by itself-the country, at all hours shines bright and clear in these pages' Daily Telegraph
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Pam Ayres - The Works: The Classic Collection
by Pam AyresPublished: 01/04/2010
A new edition of Pam Ayres' classic collection of poems
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Sartre
by Iris MurdochPublished: 19/11/1999
Iris Murdoch's unique study of one of the 20th century's foremost thinkers
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Dickens: Abridged
by Peter AckroydPublished: 01/03/2012
The abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's classic biography of Dickens, reissued with a stunning new cover look to celebrate Dickens' bicentenary
