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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

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  • The Cruel Harvest: The Plight of the Southern Right Whale & History of False Bay Whaling 1792-1932 (Paperback)

    Michael Walker
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  • A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist (Paperback)

    Richard Fortey
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    'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation'AD...

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  • Simply More (Trade Paperback)

    Cynthia Erivo
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    It is never too late to build the life you’re seeking. Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing that th...

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  • Freddie Flintoff: Autobiography (Trade Paperback)

    Freddie Flintoff
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    Freddie Flintoff's life in full, in his own words, through the moments that made him. A look back at the moments that made Freddie Flintoff. Told i...

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  • Xi: A Study in Power (Paperback)

    Kerry Brown
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    'Kerry Brown's Xi is the perfect primer for understanding Xi Jinping's status as China's greatest ruler since Mao and as this century's least assai...

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  • The Crack-up

    Wordsworth Books
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    Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writi...

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  • Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew (Paperback)

    Wordsworth Books
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    In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' Ma...

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  • Fires Which Burned Brightly (Hardcover)

    Sebastian Faulks
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  • Mind Over Miles (Paperback)

    Russ Cook
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    10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days. Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in...

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  • Gwyneth: The Biography (Trade Paperback)

    Amy Odell
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    Bestselling author Amy Odell takes readers inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarising celebrities of the last thi...

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  • The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family

    Wordsworth Books
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    'A cracking read ' Lynn Barber, Observer The Mitford Girls tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - a...

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  • The Real Modi: The Man Who Would be Prime Minister

    Wordsworth Books
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  • Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

    Wordsworth Books
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    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A...

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  • Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far

    Wordsworth Books
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    ______________________ THE #MERKY STORY SO FAR Edited and co-written by Jude Yawson Contributions by Team #Merky Images by Kaylum Dennis ...

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  • Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich (Paperback)

    Richard J. Evans
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ‘Elegantly written and powerfully argued … it ranks among the best works on this terrible period’ Sunday TimesA...

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  • 9780141186917

    Storm of Steel (Paperback)

    Ernst Junger
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    Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel is translate...

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  • We Did Ok, Kid (Hardcover)

    Anthony Hopkins
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    Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theatre career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety in hi...

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  • Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

    Michael Palin
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    'An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that: a tremendous act of love.' ...

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  • Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire (Trade Paperback)

    Michael Palin
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    Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago...

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  • Marilyn:Diva, Woman, Goddess

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  • God and the Devil

    Peter Cowie
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  • Freedom (Paperback)

    Angela Merkel
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    'A great accomplishment . . . A wonderful reflection of an extraordinary sweep of history' – Barack ObamaFor 16 years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor...

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  • From Here To The Great Unknown: A Memoir (Paperback)

    Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
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    The Number One Global Bestselling Memoir‘Stunningly candid . . . Keough’s portrait of her mother in her final months is especially indelible’ – The...

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  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (Trade Paperback)

    Virginia Roberts Giuffre
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    Daughter. Prisoner. Survivor. Warrior. Nobody’s Girl ... This is Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s last word. In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the he...

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