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'I Will Be Complete is the best memoir I've read in years.

Want to know what really goes on during an Olly Murs UK tour?

This short book, taken from Remembered For A While, tells the stories and circumstances that surround every known recording in Nick Drake's canon (as well as a few unrecorded songs).

In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London and asked to interview the star as they had met once before and enjoyed a good raport.

By turns, it is riotous, deeply serious, practical and sad.

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***WINNER OF THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE******WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION AWARD***A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIn January 1905 the young Vaughan Williams, not yet one of England's most famous composers, visited Norfolk to find folk songs 'from the mouths of the singers'.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'From the heart.

Denise Van Outen, original 90s 'ladette', West End star and primetime TV favourite, reveals for the first time the true story of grit and graft beneath the famous Essex sparkle.

'Ever since I was a child I loved to dance.

'Gratitude is your soul's superfood, but cheaper than goji berries, and twice as good for you.

Sunday Times Bestseller'I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve.

***I'm still learning, still making mistakes, but I feel ready now - after a lot of twists and turns along the way - to share my journey with you.

*A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'**A TIMES 'BEST PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS' BOOK OF 2021**A GUARDIAN 'BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BUSINESS BOOK AWARD'A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry'An impassioned, meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society' - Observer__________Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.

With a foreword by MARK KNOPFLER'An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls and thrills of navigating a great rock band to the pinnacle of success.

Guy Martin can't sit still.

Get the kettle on, the biscuits out and settle in for a belting read.

Martin Hayes spent his childhood on a farm in County Clare, in a household steeped in musical tradition.

Legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.

Freedom comes in many forms 'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus FERAL, UNHOLY.

Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed.

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: a hilarious and heartfelt new autobiography from the national treasure Sir David Jason'There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason.

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'Joins the dots in a neglected narrative of female scientists, visionaries and code-breakers' ObserverHow is artificial intelligence changing the way we live and love?

Kamila Shamsie retells 'The Ugly Duckling'.

'As informative as it is poetic' Dolly Alderton'Compassionate, funny and beautifully written' Daisy Buchanan------------------------------Every woman will experience the panic years in some way between her mid-twenties and early-forties.

'This is an utter tonic.

The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted.

________________________________________The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhether he likes it or not, John is getting older.

Mans here to help you help yourself.

The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most successful and unusual bands of the last five decades.

No other pop group in recent history has faced fame with such intelligence, humour and shrewdness as the Pet Shop Boys.

__________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStop searching for the answers - and start delighting in the questions with Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High Low podcast.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.

Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.

'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artistIn 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million.

The most iconic concert hall in the world celebrates 150 years with a stunning review of history's finest performances and performers.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music's iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry's evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, introduced by the author.

'Groundbreaking.

Pop music s a simple pleasure.

The perfect gift for the Spice Girls fan in your life!

If it s me and your granny on bongos, it s The Fall.

***NEW NOVEL ATMOSPHERE COMING JUNE 2025 PREORDER NOW***NOW A SMASH HIT AMAZON PRIME TV STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONETHE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling MALIBU RISING'I LOVE it .

It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.

'The life-affirming expression of an artist engaged in living to the full' The Times Smiling in Slow Motion is Derek Jarman's last journal, stretching from May 1991 until a fortnight before his death in February 1994.

A poetic, passionate and intensely personal exploration of colour written during the final year of Derek Jarman's life -- with a new introduction by Ali Smith.

From the author of the bestselling Darwin: A Life in Poems, Ruth Padel s new collection follows in the footsteps of one of the world s greatest composers, Beethoven, and investigates what his life and music might mean to us todayTwo hundred and fifty years since Beethoven was born, Ruth Padel goes on a personal search for him, retracing his steps through war-torn Europe of the early nineteenth century, delving into his music, letters, diaries and the conversation books he used when deaf, to uncover the man behind the legend.

In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart's of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma.