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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • Breaking the Silence: The inspiriational story of a girl born deaf and how she took the gamble of a lifetime to hear

    Jo Milne
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    Imagine for a moment that you have never heard the voices of those you love, the music on the radio, the sound of birdsong at dawn, nor the persist...

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  • BREATHTAKING TPB

    CLARKE, RACHEL
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    When the once-in-a-century pandemic struck, it didn't matter that it was predicted and expected - nor even that we had watched it before, playing o...

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    Brief Candle In The Dark

    Richard Dawkins
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    In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to public...

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    Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science

    Richard Dawkins
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    In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to public...

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  • Briewe van W.E.G. en N.P. Van Wyk Louw 1941-1970 (Hardcover)

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    'n Versameling briewe van die broers W.E.G. en N.P. van Wyk Louw. Die briefwisseling tussen Van Wyk en W.E.G. Louw vanaf 1941 tot met Van Wyk Louw ...

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  • BRING OUR GIRLS BACK TPB

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    Bounty hunters, the manpower of western militaries and special Swiss agents were all deployed but they either met road block after road block or fl...

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    Broken & Betrayed (Paperback)

    Alan D. Elsdon
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    The 2005 brutal assault and murder of student Inge Lotz, whose body was found in her Stellenbosch apartment, remains unsolved. Strangely, the Natio...

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  • Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.

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    Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the...

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  • Brutal legacy

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  • Brutal School Ties: The Parktown Boys Tragedy (Paperback)

    Sam Cowen
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    In September 2018, Collan Rex, former water polo coach at Parktown Boys High, was found guilty of 144 charges of sexual assault and sentenced to 23...

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  • BROTHERS IN ARMS PB

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    Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the...

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  • Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day (Paperback)

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    It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in World War Two. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-movi...

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  • Hitler and Stalin

    Laurence Rees
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    Hitler and Stalin. Two tyrants, two sides of the same coin. The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime relationship - and shocking similarit...

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  • Never Give Up: A Life of Adventure (Paperback)

    Bear Grylls
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    The extraordinary new autobiography from adventurer Bear Grylls. The sequel to the multi-million copy selling global phenomenon Mud, Sweat and Tear...

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  • Lawrence of Arabia (Trade Paperback)

    Ranulph Fiennes
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    An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film  Lawrence of Arabia  - from "The World's Greatest...

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  • Fry's Ties: The Life and Times of a Tie Collection (Hardcover)

    Stephen Fry
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    Discover the tales behind the ties in Stephen Fry's witty companion to our most distinguished accessory, the perfect gift for the tie-wearer in you...

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  • But You Did Not Come Back

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    A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back is the deeply moving memoir of a survivor of the Holocaust. 'I was quite a cheerful pers...

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  • Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation

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    The Book of Proverb (Paperback)

    Tebogo Thekisho, Paballo Rampa
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    Tebogo Thekisho, better known as ProVerb, first caught South Africa’s attention in 2005 with the release of his now classic debut hip-hop album, Th...

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  • Ask A Footballer

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    Ever wondered what it's REALLY like to be a Premier League footballer?My name is James Milner and I'm not a Ribena-holic.Let me share insights into...

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  • Ask A Footballer

    James Milner
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    'Ask a Footballer is a fine read, showcasing how an unassuming man has forged success, winning the Premier League twice, the FA Cup and the Champio...

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  • A Long Letter to My Daughter

    Marita van der Vyver
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    A Long Letter To My Daughter is award-winning South African author Marita van der Vyver's youth memoir.An unputdownable read that weaves together b...

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  • A Million Little Pieces

    James Frey
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    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Inspirational and essential' Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho'Poignant and tragic' The Spectator'Easily the...

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  • Billion Dollar Burger: Inside Big Tech's Race for the Future of Food

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    A fast-paced, gripping insider account of the entrepreneurs and renegades racing to bring lab-grown meat to the world.The trillion-dollar meat indu...

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  • Billion Dollar Whale: the bestselling investigation into the financial fraud of the century

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    A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND FORTUNE MAGAZINE. The epic story of how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the ...

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  • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork (Paperback)

    Reeves Wiedeman
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    A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller: This "vivid" inside story of WeWork and its CEO tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, ...

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    Angola Reisjoernaal (Paperback)

    Esther Badenhorst
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    Die reis op soek na antwoorde begin in Augustus 2018 met 'n toer deur Angola. Die ongenaakbare terrein en taal hindernisse in Angola, maak toerlede...

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    A Dark Secret

    Casey Watson
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    Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his...

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  • A Dog Named Beautiful: The true story of the Labrador who taught a Marine to love life again

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    For fans of Nala's World and Arthur, this is an uplifting and unforgettable true story about how the love of a good dog can save your life.Rob Kug...

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  • A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight

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    'Armed with a squash racket and enormous will, Maria Toorpakai has risen from the turmoil of tribal life in Pakistan to become not only a world-cla...

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  • Can You Hear Me?: An NHS Paramedic's Encounters with Life and Death

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    A memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life as a paramedic.A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestri...

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  • Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel

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    Ronnie Kasrils's memoir reflects on compelling questions as to what turned a white youngster from a modest background into a life-long revolutionar...

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  • Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair

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    'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery o...

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  • Challenge Accepted!: 253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl

    Celeste Barber
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    'Prepare to laugh' - Reese Witherspoon 253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl. Funny woman, Instagram st...

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  • Charles: The Heart of a King

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    The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller '[The book that] made headlines around the world.' Independent He has lived his whole life in the public eye...

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  • Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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    *** "I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show "Rivet...

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