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This long-awaited biography of Alfred Jarry reconstructs a life both "ubuesque" and pataphysical.

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In 1858, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the remote Spice Islands, Alfred Russel Wallace wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. A year later, with Wallace still at the opposite side of the world, On the Origin of Species was published.

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This biography explores Alice Walker's life experiences and her lifework in context of her philosophical thought, and celebrates the author's creative genius and heroism.

Born in Eatonton, GA, in 1944, a daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker has lived a remarkable and courageous life, and she continues to do so as an elder.

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An intimate and revealing portrait of America's most memorable first daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, this biography presents a detailed and richly entertaining portrait of the witty and whip-smart child of Teddy Roosevelt.

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A unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who loved books such as CALL THE MIDWIFE and TRUST ME, I'M A VET and the brand new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

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But when the sport exploded into the mainstream and surfing changed for ever, Dora's paradise was lost.

Outraged at gridlocked swells and a scene that had grown ever more commodified, Dora eventually fled Malibu, seeking empty waves - and anonymity - beyond America.

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In a memoir of staggering power and candour, award-winning journalist Fergal Keane addresses his experience of wars of different kinds, some very public and others acutely personal.

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A memoir of growing up Catholic in Northern Ireland.

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Volume 13 of The Complete Works of George Orwell

On 18 August 1941, Orwell joined the BBC's Overseas Service.

Along with Volumes 14 and 15 of the Complete Works, Volume 13 shows the enormous efforts he made to disseminate culture rather than crude propaganda.

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This memoir "All The Broken Bodies: My Life as a Physical Therapist" details Martha's career as a physical therapist, revealing how the practice of physical therapy has changed over the decades. For Martha, PT was a calling. Stories of her most memorable cases and how she handled them illustrate the lessons she learned not only about patient care, but about life, humanity, and compassion.

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Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. Following Ginsberg's death in 1997, Barry Miles has drawn on both his long friendship with the poet and on Ginsberg's journals and correspondence to produce an immensely readable account of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary poets.

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A biography of Edmund Allenby with a focus on his eight years in the Middle East

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A biography of Edmund Allenby with a focus on his eight years in the Middle East

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Growing up, Kelly Denley had dreamed of the perfect family, and of being a perfect mum. But as the mother of eight descovered, almost perfect was actually perfect enough. This is the story of how she turned her life around, and stopped her family from falling apart. Australian author.

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The only daughter of alcoholic parents, novelist Pip Granger spent much of her childhood outside looking in.

No strangers to the demon booze, her parents were deeply involved in a passionate relationship that rose to exciting highs and plunged to terrible and often frightening lows.

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What becomes of a famous 1930s movie star that has left a career of stage and film to pursue a new career path in teaching the next generation of actors and kindred spirits

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Thomas Etzemller examines the impact of two of the leading social scientists of the twentieth century, Alva and Gunnar Myrdal. This study brings to light the roots of modern social engineering, providing insight for today's sociologists, historians, and political scholars.