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Ultimately they would wed and venture together into some of the most inaccessible regions on Earth.
At this tender age, Florence Baker had already seen and experienced more than most women of the Victorian era.

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After travelling the world in his handmade boat, Scottish adventurer Ron Falconer meets Anne, and with their two children, they go to live on tiny Caroline Atoll in the Pacific. This is an account of their life lived simply in this paradise. Finally, modern day realities intervene, and they have to leave the island as developers arrive.

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General, minister of war, and prime minister, Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was the most powerful leader in Japan during World War II. This book examines his life against the backdrop of Japanese militarism to illuminate the man who chose war rather than succumb to US-induced economic strangulation.

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Or a tragic - and very public - death in the mountains

Years before, as communism was collapsing and the Balkans slid into chaos, Humar was unceremoniously conscripted into a dirty war that he despised, where he observed brutal and inhumane atrocities that disgusted him.

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The "definitive and invaluable" (Los Angeles Times) biography of the legendary jazz giant Tommy Dorsey

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The definitive account of golfs founding father and son, Old and Young Tom Morris. For the first time, the two are portrayed as men of flesh and blood heroic but also ambitious, loving but sometimes confused and angry. Two men from one household, with ambitions that made them devoted partners as well as ardent foes.

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Once tipped to lead the Labour Party, Benn's growing disillusionment with what he regarded as the "democratic deficit" infecting politics, reinforced his resolve to continue playing the role he valued most, as "a good House of Commons Man". This title traces his 50-year political career.

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Regarded as the best radio and TV comic of his era, Tony Hancock was a man whose star burned brightly in the eyes and ears of millions before his untimely death in 1968. Now, forty years on, critically acclaimed biographer John Fisher brings the first fully authorised account of his life.

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A memoir of a most unusual girl growing up in a small town near Niagara Falls in the 50s.

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There is no training course in the world that will set you up for dead bodies. This book features a story that offers a revealing look at the macho world of the guards and what it's really like on the inside.

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An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, Carly Simon's Touched by the Sun is a chronicle, in loving detail, of the late friendship she and Jackie shared.

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A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, was now struggling to master life's simple challenges.

A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker.

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Allan Fels has never been one to shy away from a fight, whether it is taking on the big end of town, transforming cartels or challenging low paid workers being ripped off. In this book he opens up about how his daughter's schizophrenia, what it was like being sacked at 74, and what thirty years of public service has taught him.

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Michael Hill believes the looming meltdown can be a good thing for businesses and entrepreneurs. It is possible to succeed in a downturn - in fact it is the perfect situation in which to perfect a business. With the right attitude, you can not only survive, but emerge from the crunch with a new feeling of prosperity and strength.

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The basketball player, coach, and ESPN analyst examines his life and career through the prism of toughness, which he explains comes from discipline, a team-oriented mind-set, and belief in oneself.

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Follows Lance's return to the 2009 season from the Tour Down Under in Australia to the Tour de France in July seeking to answer the question: why

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A triumph - Time Out

Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story.

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In 1952, Alberto Granado, a young doctor, and his friend Ernesto Guevara, a medical student from a distinguished Buenos Aires family, set off from Cordoba in Argentina on a 1949 Norton 500cc motorbike and travelled through Chile, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. Their experience changed them for ever.