A History of Britain in Just a Minute
By: Gyles Brandreth
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Join national treasure and Just a Mi…
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1. The Graduate (The Graduate, #1)
By: Charles Webb
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When Benjamin Braddock graduates from a small Eastern college and moves home to his parents' house,… read more
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2. Bizarre England: Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises
By: None
3.67
Format: 542 pages,
In this charming book, author David Long introduces the reader to some of the oddest and most inter… read more
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3. Bournville
By: Jonathan Coe
3.81
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more
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4. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
5. Murder on Lake Garda
By: Tom Hindle
3.55
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of C… read more
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6. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more
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7. Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Welcome back to Clarkson's farm. At the end of Jeremy's first year, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him … read more
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8. Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.14
Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition
Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from our favourite wellie-wearing w… read more
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9. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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10. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)
By: Richard Coles
3.90
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more
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11. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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12. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life
By: Miriam Margolyes
4.08
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more
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13. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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14. The Seventh Son
By: Sebastian Faulks
3.60
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more
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15. Berserker!
By: Adrian Edmondson
4.32
Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition
From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more
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16. Taxtopia: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game
By: The Rebel Accountant
4.37
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
In TAXTOPIA a rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naïf to skilled tax … read more
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17. Goth: A History
By: Lol Tolhurst
3.68
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Following his memoir Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more
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18. The Rest is History: The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast
By: Tom Holland
3.85
Format: 522 pages, Kindle Edition
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys... there's a new history book in town. Fro… read more
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19. The God Desire
By: David Baddiel
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more
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"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
20. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen
By: Peter Kay
4.23
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more
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21. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles
By: Peter Brown
3.53
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more
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22. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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23. What About Men?
By: Caitlin Moran
3.70
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more
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"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?
24. The Very Best of Fesshole: Britain Confesses Anonymously
By: Rob Manuel
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
*THE PERFECT FATHER'S DAY GIFT* 'Puerile, reprehensible and very, very funny' Adam Kay 'I love Fe… read more
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25. Just Ignore Him
By: Alan Davies
4.36
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Al… read more
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"This is the true inheritance tax of life. Behaviours and habits, ingrained, your own but not your own, a duty on your existence, a tariff to be levied on those who try to love you."-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him
"Later, I imagined that the past is not behind us at all, but unseen beneath our feet. We are supported by it as we walk, sometimes balanced, sometimes not, and if we tried we could reach below to gra…"-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him
"I don't see the point of leukaemia. Some diseases are using you as the host for a time and then they transfer to someone else, they survive that way, those pathogens, airborne or waterborne, jumping …"-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him
26. A History of Britain in Just a Minute
By: Gyles Brandreth
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Join national treasure and Just a Mi… read more
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27. Butterfly Brain
By: Barry Cryer
3.86
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
Barry Cryer is one of the great comedians of the last 50 years. This is a sparkling series of hilar… read more
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28. Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages
By: Olivia Swarthout
3.85
Format: 203 pages, ebook
Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!Explore what your medieval lif… read more
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29. Green Living Made Easy: 101 Eco Tips, Hacks and Recipes to Save Time and Money
By: Nancy Birtwhistle
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
'The tips and tricks are just brilliant.' – Jane Dunn, author of Jane's Patisserie 101 eco-friendl… read more
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