Walter Sickert: A Life
By: Matthew Sturgis
4.30
Format: 784 pages, Paperback
The first major life of the outstanding English painter – and Jack the Ripper suspect – Walter Sick…
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By: Colm Tóibín
3.72
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
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2. Dead Sea
By: Tim Curran
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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3. The Kingdom by the Sea
By: Paul Theroux
3.36
Format: None pages,
It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince Willia… read more
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4. The Haar
By: David Sodergren
4.17
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
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5. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biogra… read more
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6. Me
By: Elton John
4.33
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more
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By: Nat Cassidy
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
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8. The Shortest History of Germany
By: James Hawes
3.72
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
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By: Janice Hallett
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a … read more
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10. On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
By: Laura Cumming
3.58
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
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3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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12. Walter Sickert: A Life
By: Matthew Sturgis
4.30
Format: 784 pages, Paperback
The first major life of the outstanding English painter – and Jack the Ripper suspect – Walter Sick… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
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