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She often said She'd never make the same mistake again: She always made a new mistake instead. (from 'Rondeau Redoubl') When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was first published, it catapulted its author into the bestseller lists and established her as one of our funniest and most eloquent poets.

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Friel has written an historical play about Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an alliance of Irish and Spanish soldiers against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsdale, at which the alliance was defeated.

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Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography reveals how Marilyn's childhood contributed to her struggle with bi-polar disorder, and impacted her career and personal life.

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The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques. This biography of a Victorian celebrity, voted the greatest black Briton in history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage.

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A reissue of one of the classics of Scottish history.

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Matchbox Theatre is the perfect gift for fans of Michael Frayn or the theatre - thirty comic masterpieces from the author of Noises Off and Skios.

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May Hunt, a Malyangapa woman from Milparinka, made a life for herself and her children when dust storms swirled off the Simpson Desert and gibber-covered plains shimmered in the midday heat. This title looks at the hardships of a nomadic family life, community relationships and the enduring struggle of a single mother with six children.

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An original, inventive new biography of Franz Kafka - and his readers

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Mick sheds new light on a man whose very name defines an era

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From a brilliant new talent, Milk is an astonishingly evocative, intimate and moving memoir charting one womans experience of pregnancy and motherhood in modern Ireland.

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As a result of a crash, Goodman was left with a broken neck and a mangled body. Within three months, the man doctors had written off was sitting up, talking and breathing. After two years he was hunting and fishing. His miracle was wrought from human faith, motivation and courage.

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Born in 1915, John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining 20th-century transformation, the dismantling of segregation. He has influenced with determination and dignity the nation's racial conscience, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom and more than 130 honorary degrees.

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Miss Dior is about what a woman can be. Through the untold story of resistance hero, Catherine Dior, Picardie illuminates ideas of femininity, strength and beauty and the work of one of the world's most iconic designers.

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The beguiling story of one of Britain's most remarkable horticulturalists.

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A scorching new anthology of Black British poetry, edited by the award-winning acclaimed poet Kayo Chingonyi and following in the footsteps of the 1998 seminal collection The Fire People.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable sports personalities and celebrities of our time. He is a legend who transcended boxing and rose above all sport. A man of mythic proportions, Ali rose to become a prominent feature of our cultural landscape.

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Bestselling author Sinclair McKay gives a gripping account of a murder in the heart of Victorian London, which intrigued and scandalised Bloomsbury society.

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Compton Minster is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary in the year 1901 - a thousand years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main ceremonies, a high official of the cathedral, the chancellor, dies in mysterious circumstances, and no on except the doctor and the undertaker is allowed to view the corpse.

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Fact meets fable, and science meets reason in Muscovy by Matthew Francis, this magical collection from the acclaimed poet - now in paperback.

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Gerald Durrell's classic memoir of growing up on Corfu

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An extraordinary friendship formed in the most unlikely of circumstances. When James Frey first meets Leonard in the rehabilitation centre where they are both recovering drug addicts. Despite their highly unreliable track records their shared grit and humour sparks a mutual admiration which transforms into loyalty.

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This memoir, told in gloriously comic vignettes, is an utterly joyful reflection on living - and sometimes thriving (sometimes not) - with anxiety.

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An exploration of female friendship and women in music, from the iconic singer-songwriter and bestselling author of Another Planet and Bedsit Disco Queen.