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The Weil Conjectures: On Maths and the Pursuit of the Unknown
Karen Olsson
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic – and sister to Andre, one of the most...
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Maid
Stephanie Land
Read more ▸ Order ▸BARACK OBAMA’S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019.
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK.Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie...
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Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You
Various, edited by Adam Kay
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸Curated and edited by Adam Kay (author of multi-million bestseller This is Going to Hurt), Dear NHS features...
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Travel Light, Move Fast
Alexandra Fuller
Read more ▸ Order ▸When her father becomes gravely ill on holiday in Budapest, Alexandra Fuller rushes to join...
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Gresham’s Law: The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I’s Banker
John Guy
Read more ▸ Order ▸Thomas Gresham was arguably the first true wizard of global finance. He rose through the...
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Coming Undone: A Memoir
Terri White
Read more ▸ Order ▸To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of Folio’s...
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My Name Is Why
Lemn Sissay
Read more ▸ Order ▸At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a foster family followed by six...
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The Great Romantic: Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus
Duncan Hamilton
Read more ▸ Order ▸Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker ‘made music’ and ‘spread beauty’ with his bat....
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Miss Aluminium
Susanna Moore
Read more ▸ Order ▸At seventeen, Susanna Moore left her home in Hawai’i, with no money, no belongings and no prospects....
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
Anne Glenconner
Read more ▸ Order ▸The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid...
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Sixty Somethings
Nicola Madge
Read more ▸ Order ▸The ‘Swinging Sixties’ are commonly depicted as hedonistic days. A point in history remembered for...
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Price of Peace
Zachary Carter
Read more ▸ Order ▸A page-turning biography of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the transformative ideas that outlived...