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By: Barry Miles

ISBN: 9780753518182
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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'Fear makes me a writer, fear and a lack of confidence'

Charles Bukowski chronicled the seedy underside of the city in which he spent most of his life, Los Angeles.


(Paperback)

By: Janet Browne

ISBN: 9780712668378
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2003
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2003
Publisher: Vintage
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This concluding volume of Janet Browne's biography covers the transformation in Darwin's life after the first unexpected announcement of the theory of evolution by natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.


(Hardback)

Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1976
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jane Smiley

ISBN: 9781474619806
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 27th May 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Superb, highly accessible biography of one of the giants of English literature by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES
'Engaging and stimulating' Simon Callow


(Hardback)

Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1973
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Rebecca Fraser

ISBN: 9781784870775
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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'If men could see us as we really are, they would be amazed', wrote Charlotte Bront, the outwardly conventional parson's daughter who had rarely met any men beyond those of the church or classroom by the time Jane Eyre was published in 1847.


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By: Penelope Fitzgerald

ISBN: 9780007142743
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2003
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Penelope Fitzgeralds fascinating portrait of the tragic poet and her life at the heart of the Bloomsbury set.


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By: Damian Collins

ISBN: 9780008127633
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence.


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By: Jean Findlay

ISBN: 9780099507086
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 27th August 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Written by Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family archive, this book presents a portrait of a man hurled into war, through an era when the world was changing fast and forever, who brought us the greatest epic of time and memory that has ever been written.


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By: Richard West

ISBN: 9781841194639
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The first great Englishman and his 'calamitous' century


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By: Richard L. Harris

ISBN: 9780313359163
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This concise biography of the world famous revolutionary Che Guevara provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of his remarkable life, tragic death, and enduring political legacy.

Che Guevara is one of the most controversial and iconic figures in recent memory and is still a hero to many.


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By: Tommy Chong

ISBN: 9781439153529
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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By: Jon T. Hoffman

ISBN: 9780375760440
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2002
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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Nicknamed Chesty for his barrel chest, Lewis B. Puller is considered the greatest Marine Corps hero of all time. Hoffman, in this balanced and much-noticed biography, deftly interweaves the legendary stories with combat critique, defending Puller's title as the epitome of the Marine combat officer.


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By: Cheryl Hardacre

ISBN: 9781741147957
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2006
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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A charming, tender and vivid memoir of an Italian boyhood in a small village in post-war Italy, high in the remote Abruzzo mountains. A nostalgic, delightful read.


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By: Bruce Klein

ISBN: 9780091957056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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It also reminds us, once again, what an important role animals can play in our lives" - James Bowen, author of A Street Cat Named Bob


The first time Bruce Klein caught sight of Chewy, this beautiful street dog captured his heart.

Chewy had been a stray since he was a puppy.


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By: Vanessa Ann Gunther

ISBN: 9780313379208
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This biography offers a chronological presentation of the major events in Nez Perce history and in the life of one of their greatest leaders, Joseph.

Chief Joseph: A Biography explores the world of the Nez Perce Indians from their entrance into the Columbia Plateau through their relations with the expanding United States.


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By: Ronald Waterhouse

ISBN: 9781780764993
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The author became a High Court judge in 1978, and went onto lead the biggest inquiry into child abuse ever held in Britain, publishing the highly significant and influential report "Lost in Care" in 2000. In this title, he provides frontline insights into the complex British legal system.


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By: Piers Dudgeon

ISBN: 9780007202782
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A fascinating insight into the life of one of the country's bestselling and best-loved authors, marrying her work with her extraordinary life, and looking at her rise to fame and fortune against all the odds.


By: Luis M Garcia

ISBN: 9781741148527
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2006
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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What was it really like to grow up in Castro's people's paradise With an evocative wide-eyed innocence, Luis M. Garcia takes us back to his childhood in this evocative memoir of growing up in 1960s Cuba.


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By: Soname Yangchen

ISBN: 9780749951115
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Tells the story of Soname's triumph over adversity, told against the backdrop of a turbulent and dangerous Tibet. Soname was born in the harsh Tibetan countryside during the Chinese occupation. Of noble descent, she had to endure a childhood in servitude in Lhasa, separated from her family and the world she loved.


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By: Tanisha R. Showell

ISBN: 9781667893556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: Morris West

ISBN: 9781760297558
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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For his internationally bestselling Children of the Sun, Morris West walked the streets of impoverished postwar Naples to investigate the plight of the street children. He tells the story of Father Mario Borrelli who established a home for the children and became world-renowned as a result of this book.


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By: James Lilley

ISBN: 9781586483432
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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One of America's most respected diplomats on a life spent serving in the Far East


(Hardback)

By: Edward Weech

ISBN: 9781526164551
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A polymath and participant in the 'first wave' of British Romanticism, Manning was one of the first Englishmen to study Chinese language and culture. His extraordinary story, told for the first time, transforms our understanding of Romanticism and the cultural exchange between Britain and Asia.

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