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(Paperback, With flaps)
By: John Van Wyhe
ISBN: 9780233006185
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Contains deep analysis on Darwin's life, and includes explanations on the formations of his famous theories - such as how they were hugely shaped by those he encountered on his travels through the Americas on HMS Beagle.
(Paperback)
By: Janet Browne
ISBN: 9781844133147
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2003
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2003
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Few lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries - as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than 100 years after his death.
(Paperback)
By: Simon Callow
ISBN: 9780007445318
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist.
(Paperback)
By: Claire Tomalin
ISBN: 9780141036939
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
UK Publication Date: 21st June 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, and a great novelist. This book paints a fresh portrait of Dickens, capturing the complex character of this great genius.
(Paperback)
By: Clare Jackson
ISBN: 9780141987453
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Robert Hardman
ISBN: 9781035071197
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th November 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The definitive, page-turning story of King Charless reign, revealing the truth behind the news stories as the new monarch set out to make his mark, from royal expert and bestselling author Robert Hardman.
(Paperback)
By: Simon Callow
ISBN: 9780099581956
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
UK Publication Date: 29th November 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats - from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe.
(Hardback)
By: Shirin Wheeler
ISBN: 9781786581754
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 9th November 2023
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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A look at the major events of the twentieth century through the eyes of the man who witnessed it all: celebrated BBC foreign correspondent Charles Wheeler.
(Paperback)
By: Sally Bedell Smith
ISBN: 9781405932790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
UK Publication Date: 2nd November 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Robert Jobson
ISBN: 9781789461626
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 12th December 2019
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The intimate study that debunked the myths about 'the man who will be King'.
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By: Catherine Mayer
ISBN: 9780753560099
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 25th August 2022
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Peter Ackroyd
ISBN: 9780099287568
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it
Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award.
(Hardback)
By: Scott Eyman
ISBN: 9781982176358
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
UK Publication Date: 23rd November 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception.
(Paperback)
By: Keith O'Brien
ISBN: 9780593469392
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Keith O'Brien
ISBN: 9780593317372
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Paul Sexton
ISBN: 9780008546335
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the worlds most revered and celebrated drummer.
(Paperback)
By: Claire Harman
ISBN: 9780241963661
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors, watching five beloved siblings sicken and die, haunted by unrequited love: Charlotte Bronte's life has all the drama and tragedy of the great Gothic novels it inspired. This book presents an illuminating account of one of our best-loved novelists.
(Paperback)
By: Lyndall Gordon
ISBN: 9781844084722
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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* From the highly acclaimed author of Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft comes this extraordinary analysis of Charlotte Bronte
(Paperback)
By: Poorna Bell
ISBN: 9781471160721
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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(Hardback, Main)
By: John Carlin
ISBN: 9781782393269
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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With unique access to Oscar Pistorius, his family and friends, the acclaimed author of Invictus tells the sensational insider story of the trial.
(Paperback, Main)
By: John Carlin
ISBN: 9781782393290
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2015
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2015
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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From birth to jail, from triumph to tragedy - the sensational story of Oscar Pistorius, from the acclaimed author of Playing the Enemy (filmed as Invictus).
(Hardback)
By: Dan Martin
ISBN: 9781529427585
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography.
(Paperback)
By: Dan Martin
ISBN: 9781529427608
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th July 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography.
(Hardback)
By: Sanya Richards-Ross
ISBN: 9780310349402
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Zondervan
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Five-time Olympic medalist Sanya Richards-Ross shares triumphant and heartbreaking stories as she tells of her journey to becoming a world-class runner. Sanya helps readers learn how to run their best race and live their best life.
