Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
By: Henry Channon
4.43
Format: 1161 pages, Kindle Edition
This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the …
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1. The Fight
By: Norman Mailer
4.04
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fi… read more
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"How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse."-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"It is not uncommon for fighters’ camps to be gloomy. In heavy training, fighters live in dimensions of boredom others do not begin to contemplate. Fighters are supposed to. The boredom creates an imp…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"(On choosing to write the book in third person, and using his name Norman as the nom de plume) NOW, OUR MAN of wisdom had a vice. He wrote about himself. Not only would he describe the events he saw,…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
2. The Great Silence 1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War
By: Juliet Nicolson
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Peace at last, after Lloyd George declared it had been 'the war to end all wars', would surely brin… read more
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3. George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent
By: Christopher Warwick
4.83
Format: 368 pages,
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4. What Belongs to You
By: Garth Greenwell
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia's Na… read more
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5. The Woodlanders
By: Thomas Hardy , Patricia Ingham
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in… read more
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6. Diaries 1942-1954
By: James Lees-Milne , Michael Bloch
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
James Lees-Milne (1908-97) made his name as the country house expert of the National Trust and for … read more
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7. Queen Mary
By: James Pope-Hennessy
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
As official biographer, the author had access to private papers which helped unfold the moving stor… read more
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8. I Will Bear Witness 1933-41 A Diary of the Nazi Years
By: Victor Klemperer , Martin Chalmers
4.30
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
The publication of Victor Klemperer's secret diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary … read more
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9. Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
By: David Hepworth
4.25
Format: 512 pages, ebook
As heard on Radcliffe and Maconie, Danny Baker and Simon Mayo 'Fascinating from start to finish' Si… read more
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10. Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
By: Chris Stewart
3.07
Format: None pages,
No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he handed over a check. Now all he had to do… read more
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11. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
12. George V: Never a Dull Moment
By: Jane Ridley
4.23
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively… read more
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13. 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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14. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)
By: Mark Billingham
4.11
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more
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15. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
16. In Memoriam
By: Alice Winn
4.53
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more
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"It’s intimate."-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Call me Sidney,"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Where’s the rest of it?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Do you believe in magic?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
17. The Trial
By: Rob Rinder
4.24
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more
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"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."-Rob Rinder, The Trial
18. The Teacher (DS Cross Mysteries, #6)
By: Tim Sullivan
4.51
Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition
An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes f… read more
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19. 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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20. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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21. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
22. Odd Boy Out
By: Gyles Brandreth
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In Odd Boy Out Gyles Brandreth provides an extraordinarily revealing account of growing up and comi… read more
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23. Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
By: Gareth Russell
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret , a deliciously entertaining co… read more
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24. The Wartime Book Club
By: Kate Thompson
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey … read more
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25. James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder
By: Chris Bryant
3.94
Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition
They had nothing to expect from the mercy of the crown; their doom was sealed; no plea could be urg… read more
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26. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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27. The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of Marlborough
By: Hugo Vickers
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled, as much as she pu… read more
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28. Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
By: Henry Channon
4.43
Format: 1161 pages, Kindle Edition
This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the … read more
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29. The Diaries of Mr Lucas: Notes from a Lost Gay Life
By: Hugo Greenhalgh
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS Mr George Lucas led a double life. A mild-mannered civil servant by day, by nig… read more
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30. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
31. Gabriel's Moon
By: William Boyd
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more
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