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By: Andrew S. Curran
ISBN: 9781590516706
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Other Press LLC
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A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who, along with Voltaire and Rousseau, helped build the foundations of the modern world.
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By: David Halton
ISBN: 9780771038204
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
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(Paperback)
By: Douglas Hurd
ISBN: 9780753828328
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 13th March 2014
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century.
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By: Lynn Vincent
ISBN: 9781455516230
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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The true story of Dog Company commander Capt. Roger Hill, who defended the lives of his men in combat and then was forced to defend himself against the same military he served.
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By: Dorothea Crewdson
ISBN: 9781780224824
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2014
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.
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By: John Loughery
ISBN: 9781982103491
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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By: Kevin Fulton
ISBN: 9781789461343
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2019
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The shocking true story of life as a double agent inside the IRA
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By: Brian Wood
ISBN: 9780753559116
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2021
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Sunday Times Bestseller that inspired BBC drama Danny Boy
At the age of 23, Brian Wood was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous Battle of Danny Boy.
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By: Ben H. Bagdikian
ISBN: 9780807070673
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
Publisher: Beacon Press
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Pulitzer prize-winner Ben Bagdikian takes an outsider's view of America and an insider's look at the world of journalism in this text.
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By: Anna Arutunyan
ISBN: 9781529927351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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By: Harlow Giles Unger
ISBN: 9780306824326
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Hachette Books
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A revealing biography of Dr. Benjamin Rush--fiery signer of the Declaration of Independence, prominent physician, ardent politician, zealous social reformer, passionate humanitarian, and dedicated educator
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By: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
ISBN: 9780099548522
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2011
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2011
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war.
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By: Susan Butler
ISBN: 9780306818370
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Hachette Books
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"The single best book that we now have on Earhart's life" (Washington Post Book World)--and the inspiration for the forthcoming major motion picture Amelia
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By: Diana Souhami
ISBN: 9781784291327
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2015
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A revealing insight into the remarkable life of the First World War heroine who saved hundreds of lives.
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By: Jesse Norman
ISBN: 9780007489640
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
UK Publication Date: 8th May 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burkes beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains.
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By: Jonathan Sumption
ISBN: 9780141988672
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: David Woodman
ISBN: 9780241383001
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 26th November 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Richard Davenport-Hines
ISBN: 9780141988719
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Richard Davenport-Hines
ISBN: 9780241014806
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences.
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By: Piers Brendon
ISBN: 9780141987354
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Jan Jarboe Russell
ISBN: 9781501198151
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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By: Alison Weir
ISBN: 9780099523550
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2008
UK Publication Date: 10th January 2008
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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She lived to be 82, but it was only in old age that she triumphed over the adversities and tragedies of her earlier years and became virtual ruler of England.
Eleanor has exerted a fascination over writers and biographers for 800 years, but the prevailing myths and legends that attach to her name still tend to obscure the truth.
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By: Eleanor Roosevelt
ISBN: 9780316552912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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This unique collection of personal and professional letters, daily newspaper columns, radio shows, speeches, manuscripts, and photographs creates an intimate portrait of America's original 'nasty woman.'
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By: Nicholas Gage
ISBN: 9781860463464
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2002
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 1997
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.
In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of his mother's killer.
