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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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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.

In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary "Went With the Wind" skit; and things that would happen only to Carol.

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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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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 is Jeff Thomson's story, from the cricket fields of his Sydney schoolboy days to the international matches and beyond, as told to Ashley Mallett by Thommo, his former teammates and his opponents. Thommo's legendary partnership with Dennis Lillee, a combination known as Lillian Thomson, was one of the most lethal in the history of cricket.

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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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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.

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'Looking back at The Libertines is like catching flashes of sunlight between buildings as you race by on a train. An old film reel where the spools are weathered and worn, leaving empty frames on the screen'

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They said it couldn't be done. Sceptics warned that as a car approached 750 mph the shock waves generated when it hit the sound barrier would either force it off the ground like an aeroplane or tear it apart. Richard Noble, the modern embodiment of the swashbuckling British speed seeker of yesteryear, was used to that kind of blinkered thinking.

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Tells the story of ordinary Tibetans in the twentieth century. This title refutes China's claim that Tibet has been part of China since the seventh century AD, showing how the relationship between the two countries was symbolic and ceremonial, rather than one of political suppression.

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Sarah tries to make sense of the vast new country she's won. After a lifetime of winning nothing but the right to be designated driver, Sarah Darmody strikes it rich in a contest so bizarre most people think it's an urban legend - the Green Card lottery.

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Actor and writer, Jane Lapotaire, was one of the lucky ones who survived 'a brain attack' (cerebral haemorrhage), the third biggest killer after cancer and heart attacks. This is her story.

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