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    Mob Girl: The Explosive True Story of the Woman Who Took on the Mafia

    Teresa Carpenter
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    Arlyne Brickman dated the wiseguys but she was wiser than them all... SOON BE A MAJOR FILM Born in 1934, the daughter of a Jewish mobster, Arlyne B...

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  • My Name Is Selma

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    'I am one of few Jewish survivors of World War Two, but one of many Jewish people to fight the Nazi regime. My story illustrates what happened to t...

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    My Name Is Selma (Paperback)

    Selma van de Perre
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    'I am one of few Jewish survivors of World War Two, but one of many Jewish people to fight the Nazi regime. My story illustrates what happened to t...

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  • My Own Story: Inspiration for the major motion picture Suffragette

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    Don't miss Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst in the major motion picture Suffragette.Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing at...

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  • No Longer Whispering To Power: The Story Of Thuli Madonsela (Paperback)

    Thandeka Gqubule
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    Advocate Thuli Madonsela has achieved in her seven years as Public Protector what few accomplish in a lifetime; her legacy and contribution cannot ...

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  • Operation Jihadi Bride: My Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS - The Incredible True Story

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    Soldier Magazine's Book of the MonthFascinating... Incredibly dangerous. The TimesGripping. Adrenalin fuelled true-life account with all the making...

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  • Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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    An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure...

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  • Patriots & Parasites (Paperback)

    Dene Smuts
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    Patriots & Parasites, completed just days before Smuts’s unexpected death in 2016, is her account of the momentous period known as the Transiti...

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  • Permanent Record

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    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLEREdward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals...

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  • PERMANENT RECORD PB

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    The Sunday Times top ten bestseller.Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveal...

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  • Promises to Keep

    Joe Biden
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    President Joe Biden tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama's beloved, influential vice preside...

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  • Rate of Climb: Thrilling Personal Reminiscences from a Fighter Pilot and Leader

    Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards
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    Rick Peacock-Edwards has led different lives at different times, but through it all has used a bonus in life nowadays often overlooked: he has cons...

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  • Renias Diary

    Renia Spiegel
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    Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of DenialJuly 15, 1942, WednesdayRemember this day; remember it well. You will tell generations to come...

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  • SAVING JUSTICE TPB

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    'The Capitol riot was our Chernobyl.'(Guardian interview, Jan 19th 2021)'An absolutely fascinating read.'Emily MaitlisJames Comey, former FBI Direc...

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  • Shooting Ghosts

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  • Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

    Mary Jennings Hegar
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    On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Desp...

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  • Spanner in the Works

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  • The Addison Diaries: Natal Carbineer, Gunner, Pioneer Farmer - the Life and Times of Frederick Addison (1894-1969)

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    Frederick Addison came from a family with a strong military tradition, and it is not surprising that he, his two brothers, and two cousins all join...

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  • The Day the Nazis Came: My childhood journey from Britain to a German concentration camp

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    By the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe and deported from occupied Guernsey, along with his family, ...

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  • The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Paperback)

    Anne Frank
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    THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of ...

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  • The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Paperback)

    Anne Frank
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    A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women SelectionOne of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II come...

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  • The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

    Elspeth Huxley
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    When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Ken...

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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 Independent Factor: My Personal Journey through Politics and Diplomacy

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