Political memoir of a dissenting voice in British politics.

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Explores the overlap of religious and sexual identities in the stories gay men write about themselves.

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Scottish aristocrat, rebellious youth, expert horseman, MP and poet - beneath the image of rake and hellraiser, Gordon remained a frustated conservative. A flawed hero, he was acclaimed as Australia's National Poet in 1933. Hutton examines him as a man and a poet against his culture and his times.

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Adam Smith is celebrated all over the world as the author of The Wealth of Nations and the founder of modern economics. A few of his ideas - such as the 'Invisible Hand' of the market - have become icons of the modern world. This is a biography of Adam Smith.

The naval historian Eliot Morison sailed on Columbus' route to the New World before beginning to write about his life. The result of this expedition is this biography of Christopher Columbus.

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Presents an account of the life experiences of an Africanist archaeologist. This title takes readers on a journey across the world, from his origins in a small Jewish community in Manchester to his adventures on archaeological sites in the villages of Africa before finally settling down to teach in Los Angeles.

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When Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in major league baseball in 1947, elbowing aside the league's policies of segregation that had been inviolate for 60 years, he became a symbol of opportunity and acceptance for African American players everywhere.

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Africa evokes a deep sense of mystery. It is a place that retains what most of the world has lost: space, roots, traditions, awesome beauty, true wilderness, rare animals, and extraordinary people. This book portrays the harsh and beautiful landscapes of Africa.

A charming narrative told with heaps of Celtic charm, this book is filled with nostalgic reminiscences about growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s and 60s, and spans the breadth of their long career, including appearing on Top of the Pops alongside Bob Geldof and being feted by Terry Wogan.

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Argues that pluralism of opinion, and not a just toleration, was the outcome of the 'modernization' of society. This book draws on a range of sources with a focus on the newspaper and periodical press. It argues that changes in attitudes were integral parts of the internecine religious disputes of, above all, the 1850's and 1860's.

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A fascinating exploration of the life of mountaineer and adventurere, Edmund Hilary - penetrating beyond the legend to reveal a character of paradoxes.

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An account of rape and its aftermath on a 39-year-old woman. For Nancy Venable Raine, second only to the soul-breaking burden of her rape at 39 was the silence that shrouded it, a silence born of her own feelings of shame and the incomprehension of others.

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Balancing past and present, Hazelton shows how 7th-century events are alive in Middle Eastern hearts and minds today as though they had just happened, shaping modern headlines from Iran's Islamic Revolution to the civil war in Iraq.

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The inspirational story of an ordinary woman who gave up her career to learn how to sail and become the first woman to circumnavigate the world against the prevailing winds and currents.

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A book of hilarious real-life anecdotes from Molly Meldrum, one of Australia's best-loved personalities.

Featuring interviews of friends, family and colleagues of President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, this book tells the story of how he came to power. It documents his often strange behaviour, with his visions of the Hidden Imam and diatribes against Israel. It shows us the plots, passions and personalities that influence his next move.

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What is it about air travel that brings out the craziest, rudest and most ridiculous side of human nature

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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, his first work of prose: a ... memoir of a family's bonds and a meditation on race, addiction, fatherhood, ambition, and American culture"--

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