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Darren Hayes – singer, songwriter, producer, performer and former frontman of the iconic pop duo Savage Garden – takes control of his life story in this candid, unfiltered memoir.

The Whole Truth

Jackie's bestselling memoir - now in paperback

AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs

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A Different Kind of Power

Mark Kriegal

Till Death Do Us Part

Lauren Zonfrillo

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

Guenther Steiner

Letters from Gaza

Mohammed Al-Zaqzooq, Mahmoud Alshaer

The Penguin Lessons

We Are Free to Change the World

Lyndsey Stonebridge

My Family and Other Animals

The Trading Game

The Taylor Swift Book

Down and Out in Paris and London

The Lives of the Caesars

Main Character Energy

Chopping Onions on My Heart

Duncan Ferguson

A Thousand Threads

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You wouldn't read about it

In their own words

True stories of courage

Inspiring women

Remarkable journeys

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