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19 year-old Chani lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, but is bound to marry a stranger. Buried secrets, fear and sexual desire bubble to the surface in a story of liberation and choice, not to mention what happens on the wedding night...

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Dry January, Talk Like A Pirate Day, British Tomato Fortnight... Dan Brotzel observed a different awareness day every day for a whole year in this touching and funny memoir.

Having survived the 2015 Everest Avalanche, climber and film cameraman Joe French found his way back to health and stability through barefoot running in the forest near his home.

A young woman returns to the small town of B. on the Transylvanian border, only to discover dark connections with Vlad the Impaler. A gothic satire in lyrical prose.

Dorothy Wellesley was a poet, gardener, and duchess, she was also bisexual and a rebel. The biography by her granddaughter includes unpublished material relating to the Bloomsbury Group and W.B. Yeats. This is a riveting story of a complex and fascinating woman.

This book shines a light on the incredible engineering work that those men you see on the side of the road undertake.

The story of Britain's only native pod of orcas.

Kim Hawes, pioneer for women in the music industry, spent decades on the road with the biggest and baddest bands ever: Elvis Costello, Rush, Black Sabbath and Motorhead.

Amelia has landed her dream job, creating itineraries for exclusive holidays in exotic places. For a woman travelling alone, it's a riskier venture than she anticipated.

A lyrical tale of family secrets and self-discovery. Denis knows his mother kept things from him. His godmother, Clemence, knows the truth. In rich, sensuous prose, Roberts interweaves Denis's search for answers with Clemence's memories of the time she spent working for Matisse.

Jenny Boyd's extraordinary life is the stuff of movies and novels, twice married to Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, sister of Pattie Boyd, and close associate of The Beatles, hers is a story of incredible people and places experienced at a pivotal time in the 20th century.

Lynx is a Grief Nurse, kept to ensure the Asters are never troubled by negative emotions. With romance, mystery and spectacular gothic world-building, this spellbinding debut novel is unforgettable.

Ike Anya's story of training and working as a doctor in tempestuous 1990s Nigeria. Full of compassion and insight, often humorous and always moving, this is a unique doctor's journey.

In The Wood That Built London, historian C.J. Schuler charts the fortunes of the North Wood from the earliest times: its ecology, ownership, management, and its gradual encroachment by the expanding metropolis.

Revealing what it was like to be Laa-Laa and experience the astonishing success of the Teletubbies phenomenon, Nikky Smedley's enchanting story is as warm and funny as the programmes themselves.

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Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C.J. Schÿler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted from it and traded along the way.

London May 1907. Young Stalin attends conference of communists, connecting with fiery Finnish activist Elli Vuokko while he battles to keep the party radical and dodge the secret police.

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