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The Sappho Companion

By Margaret Reynolds

The Pact: A Love Story

By Jodi Picoult

Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World

By Dalai Lama

Spilling the Beans

By Clarissa Dickson Wright

Eternal Kiss of Darkness

By Jeaniene Frost

The Heat of the Moment: Life and Death Decision-Making From a Firefighter

By Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

By Jasper Rees

The Sailor in the Wardrobe

By Hugo Hamilton

Mary Slessor

By Basil Miller

Susanna Wesley: Servant of God (Preteen Biographies Series)

By Dengler, Sandy

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes To Weep

By Siba Shakib, Shaun Whiteside

The Devil Rides Out: Wickedly funny and painfully honest stories from Paul O’Grady

By O'Grady, Paul

Bruce Chatwin

By Shakespeare, Nicholas

Treasure Islands: Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

By Pamela Stephenson

The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both

By Juno Dawson

Handling Edna: The Unauthorised Biography

By Barry Humphries

Little Angels: The Real Life Stories of Thai Novice Monks

By Phra Peter Pannapadipo

We'll Always Have Paris: Trying and Failing to Be French

By Emma Beddington

Journal of a Solitude

By May Sarton

The Story of My Life

By Helen Keller

Match of the Day 365

By Steve Wilson

A Matter of Death and Life: Love, Loss and What Matters in the End

By Irvin Yalom, Marilyn Yalom

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

By Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger

Ariel (Faber Paperbacks)

By Sylvia Plath

How to Be a Husband

By Tim Dowling

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

By Yeonmi Park

Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently

By Emer O'Toole

Tell Me the Truth About Loss: A Psychologist's Personal Story of Loss, Grief and Finding Hope

By Niamh Fitzpatrick

Meb For Mortals: How to Run, Think, and Eat like a Champion Marathoner

By Meb Keflezighi, Scott Douglas