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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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In need of a bit of pep from the queen of drag? RuPaul is here for you in this pocket collection of positivity. Learn how to love yourself, find your family and serve up some rose-tinted realness with quotes that cover everything from self-confidence to superstardom. Full of laughter, colour and creativity, this little book will help you make every day your most fabulous moment yet.Use all the colours, touch all the toys and lick all the candy! Do it all!Fulfillment isn&rsquo;t found over the rainbow &ndash; it&rsquo;s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead.That is the key to navigating this life &ndash; don&#39;t take it too seriously. That&#39;s when the party begins.What it says on your driver&rsquo;s license isn&rsquo;t really who you are &ndash; you are something much greater than that.When you become the image of your own imagination, it&rsquo;s the most powerful thing you could ever do.

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Biggie Smalls, the iconic face of East Coast gangsta rap, is considered by many to have been the greatest rapper of all time. His deep voice, effortless flow, vulnerable storytelling and the window he offered into hustler life in the 90s immortalised him in the hip-hop hall of fame, even before his death at the young age of 24.In this collection of his insights and philosophy delivered throughout his short but brilliant life, we hear the &#39;King of New York&#39;&#160;in his own words on his early life in Brooklyn, his marriage to Faith Evans, his notorious temper and even&#160;his infamous friendship-turned-fatal-rivalry with Tupac Shakur.&#39;I&rsquo;m just realising that nothing protects you from the inevitable. If something&rsquo;s going to happen, it&rsquo;s gonna happen, no matter what you do.&#39;&#39;I was real, real bad. You know what made it worse? Motherf*ckers would tell my mother that I did something, and she just wouldn&rsquo;t believe them. "Not my Christopher", she would say.&#39;&#39;I&rsquo;m really no different than anybody else, I say grow from your mistakes and hopefully you can stand the repercussions.&#39;

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In Pocket Cardi B Wisdom, the chart-topping Queen of Hip-hop dishes out her dirtiest and most delightful pearls of wisdom &ndash; on everything from getting shmoney, to female empowerment and of course, Kulture.If there&#39;s one thing we know about Cardi, it&#39;s that she does not hold back. This powerhouse has got the world in the palm of her perfectly-manicured hand, and in this collection of her most unapologetically brilliant quotes, you can see why. OKURRR?!&#39;I&rsquo;m the person who has to prove everyone wrong, constantly.&#39;&#39;Nobody makes my decisions about my life but me.&#39;&#39;I&rsquo;m just a regular degular shmegular girl from the Bronx.&#39;&#39;My personality is humongous.&#39;

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In Pocket Kardashian Wisdom, the world&rsquo;s&#160;most famous family offer their opinions on&#160;absolutely everything you can think of &ndash; from authenticity, to growing older, to how to take your best selfie.Whether you can&rsquo;t live without them, or you&#160;just can&rsquo;t look away, the Kardashian gang are&#160;an absolute goldmine of philosophy, advice&#160;and hysterical one-liners, and this collection of&#160;their best quotes is a must-have for any fan. Organised into six chapters with full-colour chapter openers and spot illustrations of separate portraits throughout, Pocket Kardashian Wisdom covers all aspects of the Kardashian empire &ndash; STYLE, HUSTLE, SELF-LOVE, HATERS, FAMILY and SASS.&#160; 
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&lsquo;My vibe right now is just living life.&rsquo;&#160;&mdash;Kourtney 
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As one of the most renowned actresses of all time, Elizabeth Taylor starred in many of the 20th&#160;century&rsquo;s most unforgettable films, including&#160;Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,&#160;and&#160;Who&rsquo;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.&#160;Known and loved throughout the world for her striking beauty and generous humanitarian efforts, Elizabeth&rsquo;s legacy lives on today. 
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Pocket Elizabeth Taylor Wisdom&#160;celebrates this incredible woman by highlighting her most memorable and wittiest quotes on life, fame, activism, love, beauty and more. Beautifully packaged and inspirational with every turn of the page, this collection pays homage to a true icon.&#160; 
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 &#39;I&#39;ve been through it all, baby, I&#39;m Mother Courage.&#39; 
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 &#39;What you are is what others perceive of you. Who you are is what you perceive of yourself.&#39; 
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 &#39;Excuses cannot absolve you, and they are so undignified.&#39; 
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 &#39;I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands.&#39; 
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 &#39;You can&#39;t cry on a diamond&#39;s shoulder, and diamonds won&#39;t keep you warm at night, but they&#39;re sure fun when the sun shines!&#39; 
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You betta work! Pocket RuPaul Wisdom contains only the fiercest advice from the supermodel of the world. Learn how to sissy that walk, sashay, shant&eacute;, and slay the runway.In Pocket RuPaul Wisdom, Ru shows off her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Full of insights into love, identity, glamour and performance, this collection of quotes is perfect for Drag Race fans and anyone seeking wisdom from the ultimate queer icon.&lsquo;If you can&rsquo;t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?&rsquo;&lsquo;We all came into the world naked. The rest is all drag.&rsquo;&lsquo;I can barely speak English, but I&rsquo;m fluent in throwing shade.&rsquo;Sometimes we all need a little Ru in our lives.

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&lsquo;I&rsquo;m just a cosmic yob, I suppose.&rsquo; 
 
&lsquo;I change every day. I&rsquo;m not outrageous. I&rsquo;m David Bowie.&rsquo; 
 
&lsquo;I&rsquo;m an instant star. Just add water and stir.&rsquo; 
 
Genre-hopping, gender-bending: Bowie has never been afraid to pushthe boundaries. Whether masquerading as an alien, a spaceman or a goblin king, this rock &lsquo;n&rsquo; roll hero was a true visionary. The death of the Man Who Fell to Earth shook fans around the world, but his influence lives on. 
 
Pocket Bowie Wisdom is full of insights into music, identity, fame, love and creativity from one of the most pioneering musicians of all time. This collection of quotes makes a perfect gift for the Bowie fan in your life.

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Dolly Parton&#39;s&#160;best quotes compiled into a handy pocket-sized edition, perfect for reading on the go. 
 
 Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country, or the Dolly Lama, as she has been called is renowned for her hilarious quotes, witty one-liners, and self-deprecating humour. 
 
I&#39;m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I m not dumb and I&#39;m not blonde either. 
 Don&#39;t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. 
 People are always asking me in interviews, What do you think of foreign affairs? I just say, I&#39;ve had a few. 
 
 So if yo&#39;&#160;re feeling blue, need a laugh, a hug, or some solid Southern advice, this is the book for you. From love to diets, life advice, and more, there&#39;s something for every Dolly fan.

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Witty Quotes and Wise Words From Dolly Parton

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

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