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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • The Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss and Literature

    Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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    Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall...these fictional masterpieces are all recognised as landmarks of English Literature. Sti...

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  • The Grass Ceiling: On Being a Woman in Sport

    Penguin Books Ltd
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    A sportswoman on being female in a male-dominated sporting world 'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting'...

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  • A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre 1945-2020

    Penguin Books Ltd
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    John le Carre was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, poli...

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  • Out of the Corner

    Random House Usa Inc
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  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Alex Haley
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    Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilr...

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  • The Hiding Place

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    The #1 testimony book that every Christian needs to read. As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland riske...

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  • The Lives of Brian: The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from legendary AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson

    Penguin Books Ltd
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTouching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the legendary story of one of th...

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  • Just Sayin': My Life In Words

    Cornerstone
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    The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books.Malori...

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  • Rise (Paperback)

    Siya Kolisi
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      His truth. His story. In his words. There have been many comments made and books written about Siya Kolisi, captain of the Springboks, and the fi...

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  • Calling the Shots: My Autobiography (Paperback)

    Sue Barker
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    The instant Sunday Times bestseller 'A life of two wonderfully entertaining halves' Sunday Times Rewind to 1971, and Sue Barker's coach is sending ...

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  • I'll Die After Bingo: My unlikely life as a care home assistant

    Ebury Publishing
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    Nominated for the Chortle Comedy Book Award 2023'Blisteringly well written, deeply humane and very funny' Daily Telegraph'Enough to make you die la...

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  • The Ship Beneath The Ice (Paperback)

    Mensun Bound
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    Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's sh...

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  • A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women

    Scribe Publications
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    Featured in Stylist's 'Can't Miss' Books of 2023 Sometimes I think that carrying - other people, the continuity of history, generational identity, ...

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  • Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

    Wordsworth Books
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  • Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe

    Wordsworth Books
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  • Decolonising The Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)

    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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    A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decoloniz...

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  • Wifedom (Hardcover)

    Anna Funder
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    Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own, and when she...

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  • An Autobiography

    Angela Y Davis
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  • Bwana, There's A Body In The Bath!

    Peter Whitehead
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    Born in Shanghai and shipped to England as a child, Peter Whitehead then made his way to Australia, solo, at the age of 13 in 1938, in order to sav...

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  • Painting A Life In Africa

    Joan van Gogh
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  • Straight from the Heart (Trade Paperback)

    Bonnie Tyler
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    We all know the name, and we all know that voice, but what the world doesn't know is how Bonnie Tyler came to be the vocal powerhouse that took the...

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  • My Big Fat Greek Taverna: From Diplomacy to Ouzo (Paperback)

    Costa Ayiotis
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    ​In a moment of madness, Costa Ayiotis, a former United Nations diplomat, quits the Joburg rat race and opens a Greek taverna in Hout Bay. The loca...

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  • Bush Brothers: Life and Death Across the Border (Paperback)

    Steve De Witt
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    Bush Brothers is an intimate look at the daily life of ordinary soldiers – and the unbreakable bonds they formed under fire. From basic training to...

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  • Derick Hougaard: Die Ware Storie van die Liefling van Loftus (Paperback)

    Brenden Nel
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    Op die bloedjong ouderdom van 19 verower Derick Hougaard die Curriebeker vir die Blou Bulle. Maar toe begin die dobbelstene verkeerd val. Harsingsk...

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