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By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

ISBN: 9781590170427
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2004
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2003
Publisher: The New York Review of Books, Inc
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This true-life story by a great American writer emerges from obscurity to shine a delightful light upon family life-then and now.


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By: Wangari Maathai

ISBN: 9780099493099
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2008
Publisher: Cornerstone
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She tells of her numerous run-ins with the brutal government of Daniel arap Moi and of the political and personal reasons that compelled her, in 1977, to establish the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa, and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages.


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By: Harry McCallion

ISBN: 9781789462852
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The most comprehensive book ever published about British Special Forces operations against the IRA during the Troubles.


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By: Sue-Ann Levy

ISBN: 9780771048005
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
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An autobiography of Canadian journalist Sue-Ann Levy.


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By: Simon Hart

ISBN: 9781035068791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The first insider account of life as a chief whip inside Westminster, from MP Simon Hart, who has served under Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.


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By: Boris Johnson

ISBN: 9780008618209
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Boris Johnsons Unleashed is an honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing book by the politician who has dominated our times.


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By: Anthony Geoffrey Brown

ISBN: 9780753512050
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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If politicians have souls - and that is far from certain - then this book ought to benefit my chances in the afterlife. From the West End's lap dancing clubs to Brighton's bordellos, from suburban extra-marital affairs to orgies just off the M25, 'Anonymous' proves that power - no matter how small - really is the ultimate aphodisiac.


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By: Osha Neumann

ISBN: 9781583228494
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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A thoughtful, funny and honest account of one man's role in 60s counterculture by the founder of anarchist street gang the Motherfuckers.


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By: Tim Tate

ISBN: 9781789461275
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2019
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The incredible true story told by former lady's maid, Hilda Newman, of what life was really like living and working amongst England's nobility... Just like Downton Abbey, Croome Court had its dramas both above and below stairs.


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By: Philipp von Boeselager

ISBN: 9780753825662
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.


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By: Dan Hampton

ISBN: 9780062130341
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
UK Publication Date: 5th June 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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A twenty-year battle-seasoned pilot who flew 151 combat missions in the world's most iconic fighter plane - the F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Viper as its pilots call it. A fighter pilot who came of age at the end of the Cold War, Dan Hampton was one of the flyers scrambled into the skies on 9/11. This title tells his story.


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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


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By: Ian Fritz

ISBN: 9781668010679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 19th December 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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In the tradition of Tim OBrien and Phil Klay, a memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost.


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By: Henry Langrehr

ISBN: 9780063027435
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.


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By: Bill Morneau

ISBN: 9781770417144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau left one of the most powerful political offices in the country and shares his vision for Canada and its potential for growth and prosperity.


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By: Miles Lagoze

ISBN: 9781668000038
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
UK Publication Date: 7th December 2023
Publisher: Atria Books
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The most bracingly honest, refreshing account of the Afghan war (Sebastian Junger,New York Timesbestselling author) from a Marine Corps Combat Cameraman and director of the acclaimed documentaryCombat Obscura.


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By: Rosie Holt

ISBN: 9781529924558
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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By: Kyle Carpenter

ISBN: 9780062898548
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor comes an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. Moving and unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from an extraordinary young leader.


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By: Kyle Carpenter

ISBN: 9780062898531
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2021
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor comes an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. Moving and unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from an extraordinary young leader.


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By: Ken Livingstone

ISBN: 9780571280414
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The turbulent true story from one of Britain's foremost politicians on over 40 years battling at the front line of social issues, as well as against the Blair and Thatcher governments.


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By: Jim Sillars

ISBN: 9781780276830
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this book, Jim Sillars gives the inside story of his life in politics. During his time serving as an MP in Westminster he met and had dealings with every prominent politician of the day, from Neil Kinnock to Margaret Thatcher, and his stories about these encounters give fascinating insights into political history.


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By: Anonymous Anonymous

ISBN: 9781785907128
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2021
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2021
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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"Ashamed Not in the least, my superiors told me that the results of my work saved thousands of British and American lives. It involved me in situations from which 'respectable' women draw back - but mine was total commitment. Wars are not won by respectable methods." Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, codenamed 'Cynthia'


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By: Norman Baker

ISBN: 9781849549417
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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Against the Grain is a journey through the political career of Norman Baker, the independent-minded, and colourful, former Liberal Democrat MP.


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By: Stephen Brennan

ISBN: 9781620870754
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Custer's narration takes us from just after the Civil War to just before he embarks upon the campaign that would lead to the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand. In the evenings, Custer would sit down with his beloved wife, Libby, and they would compose the stories of his exploits that became the book "My Life on the Plains".

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