Biography & Memoir
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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: Volume 1: “This is jolly old Fame”
Paul Kent
Read more ▸ Order ▸Whether you re an absolute beginner or an aficionado, Paul Kent has captured the essence...
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The Existential Englishman
Michael Peppiatt
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘The Existential Englishman’ is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris – a...
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Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia
Peter Pomerantsev
Read more ▸ Order ▸A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of...
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When Time Stopped
Ariana Neumann
Read more ▸ Pre-order ▸A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains
In this remarkably moving memoir, Ariana Neumann...
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On Drinking
Charles Bukowski
Read more ▸ Order ▸The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for...
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How to Fail
Elizabeth Day
Read more ▸ Order ▸Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, ‘How To Fail’ is Elizabeth Day’s brilliantly funny, painfully...
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On the High Wire
Philippe Petit
Read more ▸ Order ▸In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe...
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The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
Read more ▸ Order ▸The uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey...
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Slightly Foxed Edition 49 Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Read more ▸ Order ▸The close of Roald Dahl’s childhood memoir Boy saw him setting off for Africa in 1938 to...
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Viktor Pivovarov. The Agent in Love
Viktor Pivovarov
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘The Agent in Love’ is more than an autobiography. In telling the story of his...
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Kilvert’s Diary
William Plomer & Francis Kilvert
Read more ▸ Order ▸Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman...
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Family Record
Patrick Modiano
Read more ▸ Order ▸An enthralling reflection on the ways that family history influences identity, from the 2014 Nobel...