(Paperback)
By: Jeremy Scott
ISBN: 9781786077363
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The extraordinary stories of six women who defied the spirit of their age
(Paperback)
By: Paul Johnson
ISBN: 9780099550259
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2011
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Presents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life.
(Paperback)
By: Emer Nolan
ISBN: 9781526159281
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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The book offers five interlinked portraits of Irish women artists and political figures: Edna OBrien, Sinad OConnor, Nuala OFaolain, Bernadette McAliskey and Anne Enright.
(Paperback)
By: Karen Farrington
ISBN: 9781849901093
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Chosen by the show's guests, each biography reveals the life and times of artists, sportsmen, statesmen, authors, monarchs, actors, musicians and scientists, showing why they inspire, what they achieved and how they have influenced the world at large.
(Paperback)
By: Nadia Jamal
ISBN: 9781760293314
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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Nadia Jamal takes us inside the lives of ordinary Muslim women from around Australia, showing how they find ways to stay true to their faith, and to themselves as well. These candid and moving stories reveal a side to Australian life that is little known and often misunderstood.
(Paperback)
By: Chris Wright
ISBN: 9780008113353
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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What do you do next if you have walked on the moon How do you follow the first perfect 10 in Olympic history How do you move on after surviving a plane crash Some people will forever be defined by a single moment.
(Paperback)
By: Claudia Renton
ISBN: 9780007544912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
UK Publication Date: 20th November 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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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.
(Hardback)
By: Dudley Edmondson
ISBN: 9781647552770
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: Adventure Publications, Incorporated
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(Paperback)
By: Harriet Hall
ISBN: 9781035427628
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2025
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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SHE: A CELEBRATION OF RENEGADE WOMEN is a dazzling celebration of inspirational women by Harriet Hall.
(Paperback)
By: Ekow Eshun
ISBN: 9780241990698
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 26th June 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alistair Cooke
ISBN: 9781611457186
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2013
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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The author had interviewed, or reported on hundreds of the most influential men and women of the twentieth century. In this title, he has collected his memories of more than a score of them: they include actors and generals, a jazzman, an intensely scholarly woman and a casually funny one, an architect, a publisher, and several politicians.
(Hardback)
By: Crystal Mccrary
ISBN: 9781584799597
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2012
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Jane Graham
ISBN: 9781788702324
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2019
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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From The Big Issue's popular section, this collection features 100 remarkable people from the worlds of entertainment, politics, food, sport and business writing letters to their younger selves.
(Hardback)
By: Patrick Grant
ISBN: 9783899555523
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2014
UK Publication Date: 18th November 2014
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag
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Celebrating style, individuality, and joie de vivre, this book showcases more than 80 original men who will inspire readers to lead a less ordinary life.
(Hardback)
By: Mackenzi Lee
ISBN: 9781419729256
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Abrams
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A collection of biographies and illustrations celebrating the irrepressible spirit of history's forgotten women
(Paperback)
By: Alexander Parker
ISBN: 9781472143013
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place
(Hardback)
By: Libby Jackson
ISBN: 9781780898360
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 16th November 2017
Publisher: Cornerstone
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From Ada Lovelace in the nineteenth century, to the women behind the Apollo missions, from the astronauts breaking records on the International Space Station to those blazing the way in the race to get to Mars, this book reveals extraordinary stories, champions unsung heroes and celebrates remarkable achievements from around the world.
(Hardback)
By: William F. Buckley
ISBN: 9781101906217
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Taya Kyle
ISBN: 9780062912367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Presents an inspiring collection of stories of Americans who have persevered over adversity and built extraordinary lives after loss, hardship, and setbacks, showcasing the resilience of the American spirit.
(Paperback)
By: Lyuba Vinogradova
ISBN: 9780857051998
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 14th June 2018
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The fascinating story of the young women who served as Soviet snipers during the Second World War
(Paperback)
By: Lorna Gibb
ISBN: 9781783782642
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020
Publisher: Granta Books
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A brave, pioneering book that gives voice to the stories behind an issue that affects millions.
(Paperback)
By: Lionel Barber
ISBN: 9780241239469
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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From Angela Merkel to Sean 'P Diddy' Combs, Martin Amis to one of the Arab world's most notorious sons, this book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of or world's most powerful players.
(Hardback)
By: Craig Taylor
ISBN: 9781848549708
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 23rd March 2021
Publisher: John Murray Press
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From the best-selling author of Londoners, a symphony of contemporary New York in the magnificent words of its people.
(Hardback, Signed edition)
By: George W. Bush
ISBN: 9780804189774
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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