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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets

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    'A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties ... remarkable' 5* review, Telegraph O...

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  • The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope

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    'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.' - HRH The Duke of Cambrid...

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  • The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica

    Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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    The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring...

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  • The Tall Assassin: The Darkest Political Murders of the old South Africa (Paperback)

    Alan D. Elsdon
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    General Hendrik van den Bergh, the former head of the Security Police and later head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS), was for many, the most...

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  • The Tennis Partner (Paperback)

    Abraham Verghese
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    When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county ...

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  • The twinkling of an Eye: A mother's Journey

    Sue Brown
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  • The Unmapped Mind: A Memoir of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Learning How to Live

    Christian Donlan
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    'Remarkable and revelatory, a dazzling achievement. Quietly electrifying' Sunday Times On the day his daughter takes her first steps Christian Donl...

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  • The Unwinding of the Miracle: A memoir of life, death and everything that comes after

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    Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia planned by her grandmother, only to have to flee the political upheaval of th...

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  • The Upside of Hunger: A True Tale

    Roxi Harms
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  • The Virgin Banker

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    Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the straight-talking CEO of Virgin Money, looks back at the events that have influenced, shaped and inspired her to become one o...

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    The Voyage of the Beagle

    Charles Darwin
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    With an Introduction by David Amigoni. Charles Darwin's travels around the world as an independent naturalist on HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 i...

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    The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz (Paperback)

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    One of the Sunday Times paperbacks of the Year 2020 One of the Financial Times best books of 2020 'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore...

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  • The White Darkness

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    `A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure' JOHN GRISHAM on David Grann's The Lost City of Z`A wonderful story of a lost ag...

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  • The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family

    Karen Dolby
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    The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family celebrates the flashes of fun and brilliance of the most famous family in the world.There is no doubt that the B...

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  • The Wife's Tale: A Personal History

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    WINNER OF THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 AN ECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR A CBC BOOK OF THE...

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  • The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran

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    'A must-read for anyone who cares about women's equality' Sheryl Sandberg'A flame-thrower for the rights of women who live under the thumb of repre...

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  • The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the Princesses

    Alathea Fitzalan Howard
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    **SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020**'A must if you love The Crown' Good Ho...

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  • The Wolf of Wall Street

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    NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL. 'What separates...

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  • The Wolf Of Wall Street

    Jordan Belfort
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    NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL.'What separates Jor...

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  • The world and the cattle

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    This is the autobiography of A. S. Mopeli-Paulus, author of the best-selling "Blanket Boy's Moon" and of its equally prestigious follow-up, "Turn t...

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  • The World According to Bob: The further adventures of one man and his street-wise cat

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    From the stars of A Christmas Gift from Bob, now a major motion picture with Luke Treadaway, the incredible and heartwarming sequel to the bestsell...

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  • The World Is A Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village

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  • The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)

    Joan Didion
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    From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a ...

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  • Collins Modern Classics: The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)

    Joan Didion
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    Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light ...

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