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Sireana Thompson was born and raised and currently resides on the Jicarilla Apache Indian reservation in Dulce, New Mexico. This is her life story, that took her from the reservation to boarding schools, to life on the street, and back home to the reservation. This author's story is one of simplicity, heartbreak, rebellion, loneliness, love, and resilience.

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The most celebrated memoir of the year: a "candid, funny and kaleidoscopic" work from "one of our most important cultural voices," beloved film critic Roger Ebert brings readers a "candid, moveable feast" of a book---now in trade paperback!
*Quotes from The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, and New York Times Book Review.

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This autobiography shares Stephen D. Evans's life experiences, travel adventures, and lessons learned along the way.

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A searching and at times harrowing re-appraisal of the life of Evel Knievel, the seventies American icon and the greatest daredevil motorcyclist that ever lived. Now fully updated in paperback with the story of the last few years of his life and his death in 2007.

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Life Unpacked shares the compelling true story of the author's life in Beirut, Lebanon, before and after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Barbara Childs shares her perspectives and invites readers to see life through her eyes as an eleven-year-old United States Embassy Diplobrat. Everything that she experienced prepared her for the unexpected circumstances she would encounter later in life as an adult.

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Tells the story of a man who learnt to trust something other than lady luck. This title offers an insight into the glamorous, celebrity-filled and popular world of poker.

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From the heady days of her Miss Universe win to the tragic death of her soulmate Martin Crowe, Lorraine Downes' life has been full of highs and lows.

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An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflects on life and the common experiences that make us human. These ten essays tell stories from his life, from encounters with a Giant Caucasian Sheepdog and a martial arts master to a journey through a remote Italian village, and draws out the meaning of these experiences for himself and his readers.

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Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life, passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food. This cookery book blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a poignant story.

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Manette Ansay ("Ann") grew up in a small town, not unlike the one she immortalised in "Vinegar Hill". Her passion was the piano, which she practised for hours each day. This is the story of how ill health forced her to abandon her musical career and how she built a new life as a writer.

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The final part of Helen Forrester's autobiography continues the story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of the war years in Blitz-torn Liverpool.

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Professor Peterson examines these questions in relation to Hitler's government with its reputedly unlimited internal power; he traces the flow of power throughout the Nazi state from 1933 to 1945, from Hitler to his ministers to provincial governments. Through a detailed analysis of the province of Bavaria the author shows that Hitler did not have

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"Occasionally a book that begins as a work of scholarship becomes a great and profoundly moving human document. This life of Lincoln's friend, law partner and biographer is such a book. It has a two-fo"

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A major movie, starring Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and directed by Steven Spielberg, offers the biggest platform yet for the bestselling series of books with Participant Media, which have included Food Inc and Waiting for Superman.

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A comprehensive insightful read for anyone interested in British culture during the sixties and seventies. The volume includes the diaries of the revolutionary British film and theatre director who became one of the major cultural figures of his time. It has a preface by Malcolm McDowell.