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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day

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    'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.'Richard Dannatt, Ge...

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  • A Tangled Web: Mata Hari: Dancer, Courtesan, Spy

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    In this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; ...

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  • A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story.

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    Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go int...

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  • A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's Threat to the West

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    1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Po...

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  • A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world

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    'The Muslim Mother Teresa' Huffington Post Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Ad...

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  • A Woman Makes A Plan (Paperback)

    Maye Musk
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    "Warm, honest and true--A Woman Makes A Plan is full of insight as well as a good dose of humor, offering readers a lifetime of hard-won advice." -...

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  • A Woman Like Her: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch

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    'The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time' Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC World News, BBC Weekend News, BBC News at Six, Radio 4 ...

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  • Across boundaries: A life in the media in a time of change

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  • Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend

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    Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story...

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  • Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters

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    'A superb book' Financial Times, Books of the YearAdam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential ...

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    Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea

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    THE HEART-STOPPING MEMOIR, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY AND SAM CLAFLIN, AND DIRECTED BY BALTASAR KORMAKUR (EV...

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  • African Daydreams (Paperback)

    Colin Nott
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    Colin Nott's love for his homeland, Zimbabwe, her people and its wildlife, shines through every page of this memoir. Moving from the magical, spark...

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  • Afrikaner odyssey: The life and times of the Reitz family

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  • Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks: Stories and Secrets of Murder in the Making

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    Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore ...

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  • Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy (Trade Paperback)

    Ben MacIntyre
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    Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed 'Agent Sonya', her story has never been told - until now....

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  • Agent Sonya (CD)

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    Brought to you by Penguin.A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'His best book yet' The Times'Macintyre's page-turner is a dazzling portrait of a flawed...

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  • Agent Sonya

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    A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His best book yet' The Times 'Macintyre's page-turner is a dazzling portrait of a flawed yet driven indivi...

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  • Ai, Abraham (Paperback)

    Abraham Luckhoff
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    Dr. Abraham Lückhoff het as dominee, koerantman en diplomaat op drie vastelande gewerk en so ’n leeftyd se humoristiese staaltjies en stories bymek...

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  • Aiming High: Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and Disrupting Silicon Valley

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    'I have no intention of making small bets' - Masayoshi Son In order to understand what's happening in Silicon Valley, you just need to look at M...

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  • Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography (Paperback)

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    Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing he reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European succe...

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  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Spirit of Innovation

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    In 1876, at only 29 years old, Alexander Graham Bell completed the invention that would turn him into a household name: the telephone. What began a...

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  • Ali: A Life: Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017

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    BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES ...

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  • All In

    Billie Jean King
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    An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals--let alone athletes--of recent tim...

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  • All Our Waves Are Water (Paperback)

    Jaimal Yogis
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    In this meditative memoir-a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton-the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "f...

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