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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • Unbreakable

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  • I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir

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    House of Huawei: Inside the Secret World of China's Most Powerful Company (Paperback)

    Eva Dou
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  • My Family And Other Spies

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    An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century. ...

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  • Henry "Chips" Channon The Diaries 1943 - 57

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  • How We Might Live

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  • Edie

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  • Struck by Genius

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  • Harlod Wilson The Winner

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  • Tokyo Noir (Paperback)

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  • I Dared to Call Him Father (Paperback)

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    Ninette's War: A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France (Paperback)

    John Jay
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    Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz (Trade Paperback)

    Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
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  • Far Above The World (Hardcover)

    Paul Morley
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    'I love Paul Morley's writing about David Bowie ... magical and inspired, like Bowie himself.' Johnny Marr'A compelling chronicle of David Bowie's ...

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  • The Greatest Escape (Paperback)

    Neil Churches
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    The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist ...

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  • Dairy Of A Young Girl (Hardcover)

    Anne Frank
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  • Clergyman's Daughter

    H Botsis
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  • The Best of All Possible Worlds (Paperback)

    Michael Kempe
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    A gripping portrait of the man considered the last universal genius that takes us on a mind-expanding journey through the history of ideas 'The ...

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    London Falling (Trade Paperback)

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  • Lou Reed

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    'The only Lou Reed bio you need to read' The Washington Post One of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction bo...

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  • Saving My Sons: A Journey With Autism (Paperback)

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    Ilana and Martin Gerschlowitz are an ordinary middle-class South African family – young, newly married with bright, promising futures. Ilana falls ...

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  • Antjie Krog: ‘n Ondersoekte Lewe (Paperback)

    Louise Viljoen
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    Hierdie publikasie is die sestiende in ‘n reeks aangebied deur die SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. Die reeks bring hulde aan skrywers met die H...

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    William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story (Trade Paperback)

    Russell Myers
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  • Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma (Paperback)

    Matthew Parris
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    A Times Biography of the Year 'I learned a lot reading this ... the strength of Fracture is that it is very much like a cracking radio script: ent...

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    Mrs Maybrick (Hardcover)

    Victoria Blake
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    Florence Maybrick was a 19-year-old Alabama belle when she married cotton-broker James Maybrick in 1881. She was convicted of his murder in 1889 af...

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  • Molly Keane: A Life

    Sally Phipps
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    Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the ...

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  • The Instant

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  • Yesterday Morning

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    Lucky (Paperback)

    Ed Jackson
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    'What a story and what an inspirational human. Ed is a total legend.' Joe Wicks 'A life-affirming story . . . inspirational' Tim Peake As see...

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  • 9781529427295

    Operation Relentless: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History

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    Russian billionaire Viktor Bout was the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death' he was both "Public Enemy No. 1" to the glob...

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  • Hunting Evil: Inside the Ipswich Serial Murders

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    The definitive account of a national tragedy: by the journalist who broke the story and the UK's 'Number One Expert on Serial Killing' - with full ...

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  • Letters To A Young Poet

    Rainer Maria Rilke
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  • Christopher Nolan

    Dan Jolin
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    Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon

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    Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is an illustrated biography of Coco's Chanel's life from the internationally reknown illustrat...

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  • Queen Charlotte Sophia

    Tina Andrews
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  • Poor Charlie's Almanack

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  • Faith And Defiance (Trade Paperback)

    Mukoni Ratshitanga
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  • Brothers Grimm (Paperback)

    Ann Schmeising
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  • Football Stories Son (Paperback)

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  • Still Bobbi (Trade Paperback)

    Bobbi Brown
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    Feeling stuck? You need to read this book. Let Bobbi's powerful story be your reminder that you don't need permission and you don't have to feel re...

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  • Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography (Paperback)

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    In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting l...

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  • Bread of Angels (Trade Paperback)

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    A radiant new memoir from beloved artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award Winner Just Kids. God whispers through a crea...

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  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

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    During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also...

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  • All the Best for the Future (Trade paperback)

    Greg James
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