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In 1997, Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas, having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend and climbing partner in the process. He vividly recreates the joy and despair of climbing, building the book to a desperate finale that lays bare the fragility of our carefully constructed convictions.

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'There was a lot that we kept from my mother.

Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side.

The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life.

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The opening lengthy chapter is a brutal and brilliant description of the terrible WA car accident several years ago that nearly took Hughes' life and left him physically and mentally shattered. In this beautifully written and searingly honest opening he makes you understand the trauma of devastating physical damage.

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Here, Alda listens in on things he's heard himself saying at critical points in his life - from the turbulence of the 60s, to his first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, and to the ache of September 11.

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In his masterpiece of family literature, And When Did you Last See Your Father, Blake Morrison's mother appears as an intriguing but mostly silent figure. From the obstacles the lovers faced, to their moments of hilarity and joy Things My Mother Never Told Me is a revealing and poignant anatomy of family conflict, love, war, and finally marriage.

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Paquita Delprat and explorer Douglas Mawson became engaged on the eve of his 1911 Antarctic expedition. Mawson was to be away for fifteen months, and their life would begin after this separation. Mawson's return was delayed another year, stretching the lovers' endurance to the limit. This work sheds light on aspects of Sir Douglas Mawson's life.

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A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation Oldie

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"What were Prince's politics What did he believe about God And did he really forsake the subject--sex--that once made him the most subversive superstar of the Reagan era In this illuminating, thematic biography, Joseph Vogel explores the issues that made PRince one of the late 20th century's most unique, controversial, and fascinating artists"--Dust jacket.

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Afascinating glimpse into the life of a wife of one of the nation's most notorious and wealthy mobsters. A story of redemption that will touch the heart of any woman who's faced hardship and lonliness in her marriage.

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Thomas Carlyle is an account of a major figure in Victorian literature and a unique commentator on nineteenth-century life.

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Thomas Carlyle was a major figure in Victorian literature and a unique commentator on nineteenth-century life. Born in humble circumstances in the Scottish village of Ecclefechan in 1795, his rise to fame was marked by determination and the development of a distinctive literary voice. This book traces Carlyle's personal and intellectual career.

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Examining the relationship between Hooker's activities and his writings, Frank Shuffelton considers his role in the crises of early New England politics and religion. The author analyzes Hooker's works and shows that as preacher and pastor, theologian and architect of the Puritan religious community, Thomas Hooker voiced concerns that remained impo

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This is the first biography of Thomas Harris: confidant of George III, 'spin doctor', philanthropist, sexual suspect, brothel owner, and the man who controlled Covent Garden theatre for nearly five decades. -- .

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This bibliography includes more than 1600 annotated entries for works on More's life and writings published from 1935 to 1997.

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This collection of essays addresses Thomas Mores guiding principles of leadership through his writings, actions, and in recent artistic depictions.

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Fired by Stanford and the University of Chicago but recommended by his peers to the presidency of the American Economic Association, Thorstein Veblen remains a baffling figure in American intellectual history. This title unravels the riddles that surround his reputation and assesses his varied and important contributions to modern social theory.

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Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014

A rich historical biography of those wild Wyndhams three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain.

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The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became,to America's continuing chagrin,the father of the Chinese missile program.

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At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. It is Sizwe's deep ambivalence, rooted in his deep sense of the cultural divide, that becomes the key to understanding the dynamics that thread their way through a terrified community.