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By: Liz Mohn

ISBN: 9780770436018
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2012
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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Born into a seemingly hopeless world, this German girl grew into a proactive woman who, following her late husband's death, now represents the fifth generation of Bertelsmann's ownership. She sits on the company's supervisory board, where for decades she has brought unconventional ideas to a traditional media empire.


(Paperback, Main)

By: Simon Louvish

ISBN: 9780571226474
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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'This is a compelling tale of ambition, lust and financial chicanery that is vividly evocative of its period.' - Film Review (UK)


(Hardback)

By: Homa Katouzian

ISBN: 9781786072931
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2018
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The first biography of one of Irans most original socialist thinkers and activists


(Paperback)

By: Paula Byrne

ISBN: 9780007548149
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
UK Publication Date: 23rd March 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever and forgotten Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.


(Paperback)

By: Ann Wilson

ISBN: 9780062101686
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Heart, fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson, has given fans everywhere classic, raw, and pure badass rock and roll for more than three decades. In this book, they recount a journey that has taken them from a gypsy-like life to the frozen back roads of Vancouver, where they got their start as a band, to the pinnacle of success - and sometimes excess.


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By: Laura Moisin

ISBN: 9781550228380
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
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The story of one woman's struggle to overcome anorexia.


(Paperback)

By: Laura Jackson

ISBN: 9780749951382
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2007
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The fascinating and definitive biography of much-loved actor Kiefer Sutherland.


(Hardback)

By: Mark Braude

ISBN: 9781529300482
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 18th August 2022
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The story of Alice Prin, aka Kiki -- who captivated 1920s Paris -- and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Man Ray


(Paperback)

By: Mark Braude

ISBN: 9781529300499
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The story of Alice Prin, aka Kiki -- who captivated 1920s Paris -- and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Man Ray


(Paperback, Main)

By: Chuck Klosterman

ISBN: 9780571223985
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2007
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2007
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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An uproariously funny and smart meditation on life, death, celebrity, rock 'n' roll, why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing . and what that means for the rest of us!


(Paperback)

By: William Plomer

ISBN: 9781784875718
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th November 2019
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback, Special edition)

By: Candace Cameron Bure

ISBN: 9780310351641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2018
Publisher: Zondervan
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As a woman in todays world, you know what its like to feel pressure on all sides to conform to societys expectations. In Kind is the New Classy, beloved actress and bestselling author Candace Cameron Bure reveals the thought patterns and practices that have empowered her to flourish with grace, integrity, and excellence.


(Paperback)

By: Snorri Sturluson

ISBN: 9780140441833
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2005
UK Publication Date: 29th July 1976
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The biography of one of the most remarkable and memorable of the Medieval kings of Norway.


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By: Marc Morris

ISBN: 9780099591825
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 7th January 2016
Publisher: Cornerstone
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The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel.


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By: Blaine Harden

ISBN: 9781509815791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2019
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Discover the true story of the dark reign of the number one US spy-master in Korea.


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By: Chris Crutcher

ISBN: 9780060502515
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Whether trying to impress members of the girls' softball team--with disastrous dental results--or enduring the humiliation of his high school athletic club initiation, Crutcher's recollections of the tricky road to adulthood is peppered with hilarious, heartbreaking, and unforgettable events.


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By: Claudia Gold

ISBN: 9780007554805
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was this great, yet tragic king For fans of Dan Jones, George RR Martin and Bernard Cornwell.


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By: Sir Alan Lascelles

ISBN: 9781474618205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in the Netflix hit The Crown. These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household during the abdication crisis, the second world war and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair
'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator


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By: Tracy Borman

ISBN: 9780099549178
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2010
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. The mark that this enigmatic and largely neglected royal mistress left on the society and culture of early Georgian England was to resonate well beyond the confines of the court, and can still be felt today.


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By: Ledley King

ISBN: 9781782069072
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 14th August 2014
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The inspiring and untold story of Ledley King, one of English football's most lauded and recognised talents, and the heartbreaking account of a career cruelly cut short.


(Hardback)

By: Sonia Purnell

ISBN: 9780349014722
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The sensationally gripping and revelatory biography of Pamela Churchill Harriman, one of the most influential women in 20th century politics, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance


(Hardback)

By: Ann MacMillan

ISBN: 9781802790030
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2022
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Opening with the reign of King Alfred, during which the foundations of the nation were laid, this book introduces the monarchs who have ruled through personal and political strife, triumph, war and peacetime. This is the story of modern civilization.


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By: Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

ISBN: 9781844138364
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2005
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Alfred Kinsey was the twentieth century's first scientifically reputable and most influential researcher into sex.

For this remarkable biography - which forms the basis of a major film - Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy has interviewed in depth Kinsey's remaining family, his close colleagues, friends and lovers.


(Paperback)

By: Charles Allen

ISBN: 9780349116853
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A long overdue reassessment of Kipling in India by a leading historian of the subcontinent, author of PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ and SOLDIER SAHIBS

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