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Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

  • The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

    Mason Funk
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    THE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews wi...

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  • The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion

    Ruth Hunt
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    'A fascinating and thoughtful exploration of faith in the modern world. If you're wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it...

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  • The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

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    "Offers hope in the face of desperate odds" - ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020"[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir...T...

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    The Bosasa Billions: How the ANC Sold its Soul (Paperback)

    James-Brent Styan
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    Just as South Africans were starting to come to grips with the staggering cost of state capture, the Bosasa bombshell hit the country. This grand-s...

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  • The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

    William Kamkwamba
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    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR - AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his fami...

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  • The Boys In The Boat: An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin

    Daniel James Brown
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    Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold in Nazi German...

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  • The Bucket: Memories of an Inattentive Childhood

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    The Bucket by Allan Ahlberg - the enthralling childhood story one of Britain's best-loved children's authors'My mother, who was not my mother, I se...

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  • The Buddhist on Death Row

    David Sheff
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    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places. Jarvis Jay Masters's early ...

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  • The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America

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    Kendrick Lamar understands and employs blues, jazz, and soul in his music, which makes it startling. His work is more than merely brilliant; it is ...

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  • The Central Park Five: A story revisited in light of the acclaimed new Netflix series When They See Us, directed by Ava DuVernay

    Sarah Burns
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    The case of the Central Park Five is being revisited with a new acclaimed Netflix limited series on the subject, When They See Us, directed by Ava ...

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  • The chapter we wrote: The City Press story

    Len Kalane
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  • The Choice (Paperback)

    Edith Eger
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    The eminent psychologist and Holocaust survivor guides us through a universal journey of redemption and healing, after her experiences in Auschwitz...

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  • The Churchill Factor (Paperback)

    Boris Johnson
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    As the country navigates a national crisis once again, read how Britain's Prime Minister was inspired by Winston Churchill.One man can make all the...

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    The class of '79: Three students who risked their lives to destroy apartheid

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    Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quietest girls in the class, Marion Sparg joined the armed wing of the African National Co...

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  • The Code: The Power of "I Will" (Paperback)

    Shaun Tomson, Patrick Moser
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    The twelve stories in this book, taken from Shaun Tomson's own life experiences in and out of the surfing world, offer the simple message "I will" ...

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  • The Collected Schizophrenias

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    'Dazzling ... in her kaleidoscopic essays, memoir has been shattered into sliding and overlapping pieces ... mind-expanding' The New York Times Boo...

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  • The Complete Maus (Paperback)

    Art Spiegelman
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    The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman - the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust survivor story'The most affecting and successful narrative ever done abo...

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  • The Complete History of the SAS: The World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force

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    Specializing in covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue, the SAS is one of the world's most famous, feared and respected elite ...

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  • The Corfu Trilogy (Paperback)

    Gerald Durrell
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    *The classic trilogy set in sun-soaked Corfu that inspired ITV's acclaimed TV series The Durrells*Three classic tales of childhood on an island par...

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  • The Cost of Living

    Deborah Levy
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    A Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyThe powerful second memoir from the twice-Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home...

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  • The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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    Investigate 100 of the world's most notorious crimes, including the Great Train Robbery, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the murders of serial killer...

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  • The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication

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    In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charl...

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  • The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018

    Wordsworth Books
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    WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019'A ma...

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  • The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018

    Bart van Es
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    WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018'Luminous, elegant, haunting - I read it...

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