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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • The Heavens Are All Blue: A memoir of two doctors, a marriage and a life of love before loss

    Dr Finbar Lennon
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    When Dr Kate McGarry was diagnosed with an advanced cancer of unknown origin she resolved to write a book to chart her experience: as a woman comin...

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  • The Heat of the Moment: A Firefighter's Stories of Life and Death Decisions

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    'An inspirational memoir from an extraordinary woman . . . A humbling, jaw-dropping read' Viv Groskop'This book will change the way you think...

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  • The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax

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    Bestselling historian Andrew Roberts's much-admired reappraisal of one of the most influential - and controversial - British politicians of the 193...

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  • The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman

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    'A significant and timely book ... Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review In 1810 the slave turned sho...

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  • The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

    Lan Yan
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    Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th Century ...

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  • The House on Carnaval Street: From Kabul to a Home by the Mexican Sea

    Deborah Rodriguez
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    I hadn't been planning on making Mexico my new home, but the little house on the sea was all that I had left . . . Intimate, honest and touchin...

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  • The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

    Anne de Courcy
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    Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of po...

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    The Iceberg: A Memoir

    Marion Coutts
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    In 2008 the art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The tumour was located in the area controlling speech and language, and would...

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  • The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen (Hardcover)

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    A beautifully illustrated account of the letters and correspondence of Jane Austen. It has been said that Jane Austen the woman and Jane Austen th...

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  • The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan and the Climbing Life

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    Shortlisted for Biography of the Year at the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020Shortlisted for Adventure Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanf...

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  • The Independent Factor: My Personal Journey through Politics and Diplomacy

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  • The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War

    Wordsworth Books
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    'Essential to a proper understanding of the war and of our world of today' Michael Morpurgo1.5 million Indians fought with the British in the First...

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  • The Innocent Man (Paperback)

    John Grisham
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    A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham.In the baseball draft...

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  • The Irishman: Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses

    Wordsworth Books
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    The book behind the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harve...

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  • The Kardashians: An American Drama

    Jerry Oppenheimer
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    Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have heard about them, are finally exposed in New York Times ...

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    The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi

    Jonathan Rugman
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    'Reporting at its best. Immaculately researched, sober and informative' John le Carre'Compulsory reading...fast-paced and brilliantly written' Jer...

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    The King's War

    Mark Logue
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    The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the multi Oscar-winning film ...

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  • The Knife's Edge: The Heart and Mind of a Cardiac Surgeon

    Stephen Westaby
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    A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019 An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession's most em...

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    The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

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    Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A and E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astoni...

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  • The last words of Rowan du Preez: Murder and conspiracy on the Cape Flats

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  • The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate

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    'A wonderful book: Nancy Campbell is a fine storyteller with a rare physical intelligence. The extraordinary brilliance of her eye confers the read...

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  • The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood (Paperback)

    Bill Bryson
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    Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In this deeply funny and personal memoir...

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  • The Life and Times of Stanley Christodoulou

    Stanley Christodoulou, Graham Clark, David Isaacson
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    On bended knee, he leaned over the stricken boxer and counted him out. When he waved the fight over, there was exactly one second to go in the dram...

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    The Life of Castruccio Castracani

    Niccolo Machiavelli
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    Rising from humble beginnings as a foundling, Castruccio Castracani came to prominence as one of the most powerful and shrewd warlords in Italy. In...

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