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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • THE REB AND THE REBEL

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    The origin and development of the South African Jewish Community is one small part of a vast and varied literature on the formation of 19th century...

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  • The relatively public life of Jules Browde

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  • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

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    'One of the best business books I've read in years.' BILL GATESTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019________________...

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  • The Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal

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    LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 'Reads like a thriller, or even a spy novel...Walsh keeps you gripped' Rosamund ...

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  • The Salt Path (Paperback)

    Raynor Winn
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    Bring nature into your home with the uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the winds...

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  • The Scandalous Lady W: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce (by the bestselling author of The Five)

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    'Deliciously lurid' Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times bestselling author of The Five exposes the divorce that scandalised Georgian England.She was a spi...

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  • The Secret Life Of The Savoy: And The D'Oyly Carte family (Paperback)

    Olivia Williams
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    'A real triumph, beautifully written, with many wonderful stories of the Savoy.' Lady Anne Glenconner, author of Lady in Waiting'An elegantly craft...

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  • The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

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    For fans of One Born Every Minute. The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, ...

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  • The Sheltering Desert: A Classic Tale of Escape and Survival in the Vastness of the Namib Desert (Paperback)

    Henno Martin
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    The Sheltering Desert tells the story of two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, who were sent to the former South West Africa in 193...

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  • The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

    Brian Masters
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    ________________________________________AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME When he was arrested in July 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer had a severed head in the refrigerat...

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  • The Skripal Files: Putin, Poison and the New Spy War

    Mark Urban
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    The Skripal Files tells the full story behind the Salisbury Poisonings, one of the most shocking incidents to occur in Britain in recent memory. Ma...

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  • The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough (Paperback)

    Hugo Vickers
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    **The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020**'Vickers gives breathing, alarming life to a woman who puzzled and thrilled her contemporaries...

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  • The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

    Eric Haseltine
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    'All the power and intrigue of a cinematic thriller ... immersive, dramatic, and historically edifying' Kirkus Moscow in the late 1970s: one by on...

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  • The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Official Secrets

    Marcia Mitchell
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    INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETS FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION ...

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  • The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets

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    'A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties ... remarkable' 5* review, Telegraph O...

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  • The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope

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    'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.' - HRH The Duke of Cambrid...

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  • The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica

    Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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    The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring...

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  • The Tennis Partner (Paperback)

    Abraham Verghese
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    When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county ...

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  • The twinkling of an Eye: A mother's Journey

    Sue Brown
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  • The Unlikely Secret Agent (Paperback)

    Ronnie Kasrils
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    It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. On 19 August the dreaded Security Police swoop on Griggs bookstore in dow...

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  • The Unmapped Mind: A Memoir of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Learning How to Live

    Christian Donlan
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    'Remarkable and revelatory, a dazzling achievement. Quietly electrifying' Sunday Times On the day his daughter takes her first steps Christian Donl...

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  • The Unwinding of the Miracle: A memoir of life, death and everything that comes after

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    Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia planned by her grandmother, only to have to flee the political upheaval of th...

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  • The Upside of Hunger: A True Tale

    Roxi Harms
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  • The Virgin Banker

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    Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the straight-talking CEO of Virgin Money, looks back at the events that have influenced, shaped and inspired her to become one o...

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