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The dramatic and inspiring story of one woman's incredible journey into the heart of a man and his nation.

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Tells the story of a lost and damaged world of childhood and the constants of his father's world: men defined by drink they could take and the pain they could stand, men shaped by their guilt and machismo. This book examines the way men are made and how they fall apart, about understanding in order to have a good son you must have a good father.

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The highly acclaimed intellectual memoir of the groundbreaking theorist of nationalism

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"A scholar tells the story of how his son, born with significant and multiple impairments, forced him to reconsider his commitments to the Enlightenment thinkers he studied, the ideal of Enlightenment reason he had embraced, and his own prejudices against people with intellectual disabilities"--

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"A donor mother's ... memoir of grief and rebirth that is also a ... medical science whodunit, taking us inside the world of organ, eye, tissue, and blood donation and cutting-edge scientific research"--

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This remarkable new biography--the first in a quarter-century--restores Hitchcock the man in all his three-dimensional glory. Here is the comprehensive film craftsman and the private man: dedicated romantic, constant trickster, impotent voyeur, devoted husband, a man who sacrificed his life, again and again, for his work.

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The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray

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An intimate portrait of the life of Eleanor 'Erlund' Hudson (1912-2011), the watercolourist, etcher and designer who was best known for her evocative depictions of women at work during the Second World War.

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A piercing blend of memoir, criticism and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves, and how others might do the same - 'A compelling anti-guide to art and life' Literary Review

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From 1950 to 1962, John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. After Picasso's death, his widow Jacqueline collaborated in the preparation of this work, giving Richardson access to Picasso's studio and papers.

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Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented Cubism and to that extent engendered modernism. Bringing a fresh light to bear on the artist's sensationalised private life, this title presents a view of this paradoxical man of his paradoxical work.

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Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the definitive biography, full of original, groundbreaking new insights into Picasso's life and work.

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Wilson's subtle, entertaining and frequently provocative critical biography looks back through the indifference which has surrounded Walter Scott in recent times, and the distortions of his Victorian idolaters, to recapture the freshness of Scott as he appeared to his contemporaries.

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With warmth and compassion, Jill shares her own experiences of loss and helps you through the most difficult time of your life.

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A powerful and searing account of love, loss and a mother's relentless fight for justice.

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With his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four team at the Athens Olympics, Matthew Pinsent clinched an historic fourth Olympic Gold to add to the three already won with his legendary rowing partner Steve Redgrave.

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The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his recollection of those hedonistic days.

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The television journalist describes life growing up in the heart of the American Midwest and his early journalism career in the 1960s, reflecting on the people, places, culture, and values that shaped him and continue to shape him today.