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By: Midge Gillies
ISBN: 9780340837993
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A brilliant evocation by an acclaimed historical biographer of what it was really like to live in a Britain in the shadow of Nazi invasion.
(Hardback)
By: Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt
ISBN: 9781400333516
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
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Known to millions as simply Sister Jean, the Loyola Chicago matriarch gives readers a remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond.
(Paperback)
By: Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9780141189468
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2008
UK Publication Date: 28th August 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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A biography of the founder of Buddhism and a study of Siddartha Gautama's life and works. It recounts the story of Prince Siddhartha's upbringing and his father's wish to protect him from all human suffering, despite a prediction that he would become a great holy man in later life. It offers an introduction to the world of Buddhism.
(Paperback)
By: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN: 9781784872410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th July 2017
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS
In 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts.
(Paperback)
By: Ricky Ross
ISBN: 9781472289308
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
UK Publication Date: 17th August 2023
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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The first memoir by Deacon Blue singer and music icon Ricky Ross
(Paperback)
By: Peter Crouch
ISBN: 9780340937136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
UK Publication Date: 16th October 2008
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The lofty man of English football gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at his remarkable rise to the top.
(Paperback)
By: Andrew Morton
ISBN: 9781789293739
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 11th November 2021
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson.
(Hardback)
By: Walt Whitman
ISBN: 9781598536140
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: The Library of America
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The incomparable wisdom of America's greatest poet, distilled from his late-in-life conversations with Horace Traubel.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Gershom Scholem
ISBN: 9781590170328
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2004
UK Publication Date: 15th February 2003
Publisher: New York Review Books
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The great Jewish scholar shares his insights into philosopher Walter Benjamin, a childhood friend who committed suicide in 1940. Reprint.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Fiona MacCarthy
ISBN: 9780571295135
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Bauhaus was more than an architectural trend - it was the birth of a new way of thinking. This is a captivating biography of the visionary Walter Gropius whose ideas still set the pattern for the way we live, work, and think today.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Fiona MacCarthy
ISBN: 9780571295142
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Fiona MacCarthy's captivating biography of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius is a 'masterpiece' (Edmund de Waal)
(Hardback)
By: Alan Gallay
ISBN: 9781541645790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
Publisher: Basic Books
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From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and coloniser, showing how he laid the foundations of the English Empire
(Hardback)
By: Martin Bell
ISBN: 9781786077639
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2020
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Following a sixty-year journey from war to peace, from soldier to UNICEF ambassador, Martin Bell reflects on war and peacekeeping, and where they stand today
(Paperback)
By: Emmanuel Jal
ISBN: 9780349121253
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The extraordinary and inspirational story of a young boy soldier in the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
(Hardback)
By: Nigel Cawthorne
ISBN: 9781802797183
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 31st August 2023
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and Prince Andrew.
(Hardback)
By: Benjamin Pogrund
ISBN: 9781888363715
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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This chronicle of South Africa's leading newspaper during 30 years of apartheid by one of the country's most distinguished journalists is also a riveting memoir and commentary on freedom of the press.
(Paperback)
By: Lindy Woodhead
ISBN: 9781474606493
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 16th March 2017
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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From the author of MR SELFRIDGE, the glittering story of two remarkable women - Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein - and their legacy which touches the lives of virtually all women today: the creation of the modern cosmetics and beauty industry.
(Paperback)
By: Lady Antonia Fraser
ISBN: 9781842126363
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2003
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2002
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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An evaluation of women leaders in war.
(Paperback)
By: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780007198856
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen warriors from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings.
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By: Marya Hornbacher
ISBN: 9780006550891
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1999
UK Publication Date: 4th January 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Johnson
ISBN: 9780751539738
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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* A Childhood Stolen. An Innocence Betrayed. A Life Redeemed
* A shocking and inspiring true account of addiction and recovery - in the tradition of The Kid and Ugly
(Paperback)
By: Tarek El-Ariss
ISBN: 9781635424461
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 23rd April 2024
Publisher: Other Press LLC
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(Paperback)
By: Roger Deakin
ISBN: 9781784700065
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2014
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.
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By: Kate Berridge
ISBN: 9780719565526
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Publisher: John Murray Press
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From the shadow of the guillotine to the glare of fame in Victorian London - how Madame Tussaud became the first great female entrepreneur
