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The hapless and hilarious
tale of a life lived
under the constant and
ruthless reign of a
chocolate biscuit!
Charting Arabella's
neurotic relationship
with food, from
prolonged abstinence to
binge eating, this
humorous memoir recreates
a childhood besieged with
battles over food.
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Marina Picasso remembers
being six year old and
standing awkwardly in
front of the gates of
Picasso's grand house
near Cannes. She was
there with her father and
eight-year-old brother to
collect from her
grandfather the weekly
allowance that Picasso
grudgingly gave his
eldest son to support is
family.
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Tells the story of a
young man's exposure to
the terrors,
dislocations, and
horrors of armed
conflict. This title
presents a record of one
man's maturation in the
crucible of the greatest
war the world has known.
If his war is queer, it
is because each man's
experience is strange in
its own way.
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Chris Mullin's
bestselling "A View From
the Foothills" provided a
riveting insider's
account of life as a
junior minister. Laying
bare the personalities,
pyrotechnics and
political intrigues of
the Blair years, it was
described as 'Yes
Minister meets Alan
Clark'. Funny and
self-deprecating, the
new diaries run from his
sacking by Blair as a
minister after the 2005
elections to Election Day
2010 as he prepares to
step down after 23 years
as an MP wryly observing,
'they say failed
politicians make the best
diarists, in which case
I am in with a chance'.
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A work from an ex-cop,
ex-soldier, ex-security
'consultant' and an Aid
International volunteer
who has experienced all
sorts of dangerous stuff
involving guns,
explosions, surgical
procedures, combat,
sword-play, rioting and
other potentially
life-threatening
situations all over the
world. It covers a few of
his cautionary tales.
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Most people know Joe
Pantoliano from his
memorable roles in "The
Sopranos", The Matrix,
The Goonies, Risky
Business, Memento, The
Fugitive, and "Midnight
Run". Joey was diagnosed
with clinical depression.
This is the story of
Joey's Hollywood success,
and his undiagnosed
mental illness and
substance abuse.
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Deals with the emotional
journey of a father and
son trying to repair a
relationship through a
joint activity that
depends on sheer physical
effort, the kind of
physical effort that may
once have been the source
of commonality between
father and son in all
previous generations but
which seems to be absent
in the modern world.
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When her son, Mattie,
was born with a rare
disorder now known as
Dysautonomic
Mitochondrial Myopathy,
the author was advised to
put her child in an
institution and 'let
nature take its course'.
Recounting the details of
his life, this book
offers a picture of an
ordinary boy who happened
to be facing a
life-threatening health
situation.
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Killed by a sharpshooter
at the Battle of
Queenston Heights in the
War of 1812, Isaac Brock
is revered as a hero and
the saviour of Upper
Canada. But he did much
more. This title sets
Brock's life story in the
context of the larger
struggle between Britain
France - a struggle that
gave rise to other heroes
like Wellington and
Nelson.
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In 1983 Andy McNab was
assigned to B Squadron,
one of the four Sabre
Squadrons of the SAS,
and within it to Air
Troop, otherwise known
as Seven Troop. The links
they forged then bound
them inextricably
together, but the things
they saw and did during
that time would take them
all to breaking point in
the years that were to
follow.
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A new biography of Isaac
Newton that reveals the
extraordinary influence
that the study of alchemy
had on the greatest Early
Modern scientific
discoveries. In this
'ground breaking
biography' Michael White
destroys the myths of the
life of Isaac Newton and
reveals a portrait of the
scientist as the last
sorcerer.
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Although much has been
written on Elizabeth
Barrett-Browning, little
attention has been paid
to her childhood, during
which she was crippled by
illness and dominated by
her father. This book
focuses on these years,
drawing upon little-known
diaries now held in
America, and other
material.
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A memoir of Michael Bliss
- a university professor,
prolific scholar,
public intellectual, and
frank critic of the world
he has known. It
describes a life that has
taken him from small-town
Ontario in the 1950s to
international recognition
for his books in Canadian
and medical history.
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An autobiographical work
using the author's words
and samples from all the
texts she has received
from people since the
start of the SMS text
messaging era. The book
will be extensively
illustrated featuring
many of the artworks
which Tracey has produced
and exhibited over the
last few years.
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The much-loved,
critically-acclaimed
memoir from the Booker
Prize-winning author of
The English Patient. In
an exotic, evocative
portrait of the heat,
wildlife, sounds and
silences of the Sri
Lankan landscape,
Ondaatje combines vivid
recreations of a
privileged, eccentric
older generation with a
deeply personal
reconciliatory journey in
which he explores his own
ghosts, and how his
family's extraordinary
history continues to
influence his life.
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A biography of the
German-Jewish philosopher
Ernst Cassirer
(1874-1945), a leading
figure on the Weimar
intellectual scene and
one of the last and
finest representatives of
the liberal-idealist
tradition. It traces the
development of Cassirer's
thought in its historical
and intellectual setting.
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Tells the true story of a
California couple on the
brink of separation who
unexpectedly find love
again on the Italian
Riviera. This title
intends to offer hope
that all of us who find
the courage to listen to
our hearts and follow our
dreams can experience a
new beginning.
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Joe is ten and mentally
disabled. He's funny,
fascinating and
maddening. This title
tells his moving story,
and also argues that
until we know Joe's life,
we can't understand our
own. It explains how we
are mind-readers, how we
make sense of other
people and how we
understand guilt, and
shows that Joe sets our
humanity in sharp relief.
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On 27 June 1868, Hole in
the Day (Bagonegiizhig)
the Younger left Crow
Wing, Minnesota, for
Washington, DC, to
fight the planned removal
of the Mississippi
Ojibwe. This book focuses
on the role of Ojibwe
culture and tradition,
and features interviews
with more than fifty
elders to explain the
events leading up to the
death of Hole in the Day.
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Lowry began writing his
best-known work, Under
the Volcano, during
their marriage. He based
the character of Yvonne
on his wife. Now, for
the first time, Jan
Gabrial tells the true
story of their lives
during those heady years,
and provides a
compelling portrait of a
troubled artist.
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Weaving together personal
anecdote, biological
fact, philosophical
doubt, cultural
criticism, and the
wisdom of an eclectic
range of writers and
thinkers - from Lucretius
to Woody Allen, the
author renders both a
hilarious family portrait
and a resonant meditation
on mortality.
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This literary biography
of Nobel Prize-winning
poet and dramatist Derek
Walcott traces the
creative contradictions
in his life from colonial
St Lucia to 1999 when, a
star of international
literature and a symbol
of cultural
decolonization, he
wanted to be Poet
Laureate of England.
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* Covers more than 30
years of Woody Allen's
life and career * By the
author of the definitive
Woody Allen biography *
'Plenty entertaining' The
New York Times Book
Review * 'Essential
reading for aspiring
filmmakers... but no less
intriguing for simple
cinephiles...' Los
Angeles Times * Handsome
trade paperback original
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It's Belfast, 1975. The
city lies under the dark
cloud of the Troubles,
and hatred fills the air
like smoke. But Tony
Macaulay has just turned
twelve and he's got a new
job. He's going to be a
paperboy. And come rain
or shine -- or bombs and
mortar -- he will
deliver!
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Tired, empty, and
disillusioned with
married life, Susan
Pohlman was ready to call
it quits. As soon as she
and her husband, Tim,
completed their business
trip to Italy, she
planned to break the news
that she wanted to end
their eighteen-year
marriage.
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The Scots conquered the
world. They just forgot
to tell anyone about it.
This book remedies that
situation. It contains
humour and wisdom, and
is a set of anecdotes,
an exemplary story of the
Scot's diaspora and an
autobiography that shows
how one man overcame the
obstacles set against
him.
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Follows law enforcement
officials on their hunt
for a mysterious mountain
man responsible for a
number of attacks
committed over a two-year
span near the small town
of Shade Gap. The case
escalates when a woman is
abducted, sending police
on a seven-day manhunt
through the mountainous
country that proves fatal
for several people
involved.
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Colin MacFarlane was born
in the Gorbals in the
1950s, 20 years after
the publication of "No
Mean City", the classic
novel about pre-war life
in what was once
Glasgow's most deprived
district. This title
witnesses the last days
of the old Gorbals and
reveals what it was
really like to live in
the old Gorbals.
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Drawing on private
letters and papers, and
with the co-operation of
Daphne du Maurier's
family, the author
explores the secret drama
of her life - the
stifling relationship
with her father,
actor-manager Gerald du
Maurier; her troubled
marriage to war hero and
royal aide, 'Boy'
Browning; her wartime
love affair; and more.
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Presents the stories of
Aboriginal leader Patrick
Dodson's life woven from
interviews, government
archives and family
stories. This book covers
events from colonization
in the Kimberleys to the
era of native title,
from pearling to
pastoralism, through
missions and
institutions. It shows
how this family has
survived an uncaring
state system.
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The years that have
passed since Neil
Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
and Michael Collins
piloted the Apollo 11
spacecraft to the moon in
July 1969 have done
nothing to alter the
fundamental wonder of the
event: man reaching the
moon remains one of the
great events of our
lifetime. This book
conveys the drama and
beauty of that adventure.
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Anna Lowe grows up on the
doorsteps of pubs,
waiting for her mum to
come out. Having to give
up her bedroom to her
mother's drunken friends.
And regularly calling out
the ambulance, after
finding her mother
unconscious and covered
in vomit. But it is when
they move in with her
mother's boyfriend Carl
that things take the
ugliest turn.
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A woman from Ontario is
buried and her papers
reveal a mystery. The
author took on the
assignment of his career
when investigating the
secret of why his mother
took a lifelong secret to
her grave. In searching
for clues, the author
explores the place of
families in Canadian
society and reveals
shameful ongoing
discrimination against
native people.
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Alfred Wainwright
(1907-1991) became the
proverbial legend in his
own lifetime. He made the
Lakeland fells his own
through a series of
hand-drawn, hand-written
guide books. Over 200
fells became known as
'Wainwrights'. His
exploits have been
emulated in the BBC
television series
"Wainwright Walks". This
book presents a treatise
on fell walking.
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Not Quite What I Was
Planning made six-word
memoirs an international
phenomenon, as people
around the world shared
terse true tales of
romance, parenthood,
friendship, ambition,
failure, haircuts, and
French fries. This title
contains a thousand
(more) glimpses of
humanity from different
writers.
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Card-playing corpses,
unfaithful husbands and
'flying' ladies - life as
an ambulance driver in
the 1970s was certainly
varied. This title takes
us back to a time when
lonely old ladies could
call 999 and have a cup
of tea waiting when the
drivers turned up for a
chat; and when learning
to drive the ambulance
meant going out for one
test drive.
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Michael Buble is one of
the biggest male solo
artists in the world. His
albums have sold more
than 25 million copies
worldwide. And his live
shows fill the world's
biggest stadiums to
capacity wherever he
plays. This title reveals
what really makes him
tick, as well as
hundreds of photographs
from various aspects of
his life.
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Stephen Nasser somehow
dug deep within his soul
to survive the brutal and
inhumane treatment his
captors inflicted on the
Jews. He was the only one
of his family to survive.
In this book, his
account of the Holocaust
is told in the
refreshingly direct and
optimistic language of a
young boy, that appeals
to younger audiences and
his contemporaries.
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Philip Larkin, known to
many through his poems,
contrived to present to
the world a picture of
himself which kept many
facets of his complicated
personality hidden. This
biography is written by
Larkin's literary
executor and close
friend, Andrew Morton.
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In interviews ranging
from 1955 to 1980,
Alfred Hitchcock talks
about the time he was
locked in a police cell
when he was a child and
being typecast as a
director of thrillers.
This title discusses his
early films; the advent
of talkies; planning
"Psycho"; American
audiences; cinema
techniques; and, more.
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Introduces the reader to
Victor Serge's life and
extraordinary novels,
locating them amidst
debates about revolution,
communism, anarchism,
literature and
representation, and in
comparison with his
contemporaries. This
study demonstrates that
the voice of Serge is
unified by a notion of
dissent - an active
dissent far removed from
quietism.
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A portrait of Olga Rudge,
concert violinist and
companion for half a
century to literary titan
Ezra Pound. It draws on
Rudge's personal
notebooks and
correspondence to explore
her relationship with
Pound, her influence on
his life and career, and
her own career as a
violinist and
musicologist.
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Olga Baillie-Grohman was
born in Austria. Her
marriage to a senior
Government official
enabled her to fulfil
many missions in life.
She used her standing to
advance better urban
housing for African's,
education for the women
and as a representative
to the coffee farmers.
This book aims to show
that Olga's story serves
an inspiration to others.
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George Pine was born in
Bristol in 1891. He
fought in WW1 and spent
his working life on the
Bristol trams. When he
was 80, George wrote his
life story. For the past
10 years his grandson (by
marriage) Clive Burlton
has been editing,
researching and
annotating George's
story. He has included
200 archive photographs
and illustrations.
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Sadia Shepard grew up in
a joyful, chaotic home.
Her father, a white
American Protestant, and
her mother, a Pakistani
Muslim, cherished their
different backgrounds,
and created a household
full of stories and
storytellers. But at the
age of thirteen, Sadia
learned that there was
one story she had never
been told.
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Expected to continue the
family tradition and
become a priest in rural
India praying in the
ancestral temples of
Kali, the author escapes
to Williams College for
his higher education. His
previous life of
abstinence and celibacy
devolves into a life of
violence and dealing
drugs to the offspring of
America's finest
families.
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A work, published in
1821, in which the
author describes a number
of experiences during his
boyhood which he implies
laid the foundations for
his later life of
helpless drug addiction.
Full of psychological
insight and descriptive
writing, it consists of
his remarkable account of
the pleasures and pains
of opium.
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This richly illustrated
anthology (containing
more than 120 photographs
and images) heralds the
25th anniversary of the
demise of Cathy
Berberian. The celebrated
mezzo-soprano, composer,
polyhistor and artistic
non-conformist died in
March 1983 at the age
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Kelly did not say Tell em
I died game. But well he
might. Seal's classic
study of the Ned Kelly
legend shows that, in a
sense, the facts are
unimportant. Many
generations of
Australians have needed
to believe in Ned Kelly,
and have tailored his
legend to fit their
needs.
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Presents a body of
literature on Karl
Friedrich Schinkel,
Germany's most important
19th-century architect.
This work records and
assembles material on
buildings by Schinkel,
one hundred and sixty
years after his death,
after two world wars and
major political
upheavals. It is intended
to fill the gap by
providing the possible
compilation.
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Presents the story of
Frank Hackett-Jones
(1892-1988) which touched
many of the events,
places and issues that
shaped the lives of many
other Australians. This
book describes social
history which ranges
widely, also
geographically -
including Sydney,
country NSW, Adelaide,
Melbourne and the Middle
East.
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After leaving the
business world to care
for her two small
children and her ageing
grandparents, Julie
Hersh felt that she had
evaporated into her
surroundings, no longer
sure of who she was. She
became deeply depressed.
This is a memoir of how
one woman chose life over
death that illuminates
the true nature of
depression as a disease.
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Follows Hahnemann during
his struggles to have
Homeopathy accepted, his
determination, his
marriage to Melanie, has
final years in Paris and
his death in 1843. This
title provides insight to
Hahnemann the person and
to Germany at the time of
Hahnemann.
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Michael's newfound career
started with an impulsive
move to Barcelona, a
vanished job assignment,
no work visa, and an
Hermes scarf sold on eBay
to generate some quick
cash. But soon the
resourceful Michael
discovered the truth
about the waiting list
and figured out the
secret to getting Hermes
to part with one of these
precious bags.
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Part reminiscence, part
meditation, Reveries of
the Solitary Walker is
Rousseau's last great
work, the enduring
testimony of an alienated
person seeking
self-knowledge. As he
records his walks round
Paris, he finds
happiness in solitude and
nature. The new
translation includes an
introduction and notes
that explore the work and
its contexts.
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Born to humble
circumstances, John
Redpath emigrated to
Canada in 1816 and by
1818 he had his own firm.
His involvement in the
political life of
Montreal made him an
obvious candidate for the
City Council. Covering
the remarkable life of
Redpath, this book
traces his upwardly
mobile social status and
his acceptance into the
elite society.
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During the Great
Depression, there were
few clients coming to
Frank Lloyd Wright for
designs, so he turned to
writing and lecturing. In
1932, he and his wife,
began the Taliesin
Fellowship where 30
apprentices came to learn
from the architect. This
book relates some of the
day-to-day activities
that occurred in the
Taliesin Fellowship.
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On the surface, Mary
Weiland had a fairy-tale
life. She was a highly
paid fashion model
married to successful
rock star Scott Weiland,
the notorious frontman
for Stone Temple Pilots
and Velvet Revolver. This
book describes the
extreme highs and lows of
her life, the volatility
of which long hinted at
mental illness.
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In the 1980s - and barely
out of his teens - Valder
Larka left his native
Sweden to fight with the
armed resistance during
Uganda's bush war.
Against the fragile
backdrop of war's brutal
theatre he found
brotherhood, a sense of
purpose and belonging and
- in the most unlikely of
places - true love.
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Christy Brown was
disabled from birth with
cerebral palsy and unable
to use any part of his
body other than his left
foot. Doctors said he was
a mental defective and
that he would never be
able to lead any kind of
normal life; Christy
proved them wrong. This
biography tells the story
of Christy's struggle
with his disability.
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A Hawaiian beach boy
named Boat holds
everything together. Boat
was a 285-pound Hawaiian
man-solid muscle, yet
gentle and spiritual.
This narrative begins
with a confused and
troubled boy at a
Pittsburgh Pirates
baseball game and ends
more than six decades
later with a content old
man experiencing a
miracle in Mexico.
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Presents a true story of
how one man manipulated
an intelligent,
independent woman,
conning her out of GBP
200, 000 and leaving her
to bring up the children
he claimed he could never
have. This book reveals
how the con man has been
doing the same thing to
various other women for
at least 27 years.
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A story that begins in
1903 when George
Pocaterra left Italy and
came to the Canadian
Rockies with hopes of
striking it rich. In
1933, he returned to
Italy, where he met and
fell in love with Norma
Piper, a Calgary singer
who had moved to Italy to
study opera. They
eventually married, and
he took over the
management of Norma's
operatic career.
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Offers the author's
account of his life spent
in the ER and on the
battlegrounds, fighting
to save lives. This title
includes stories of
treating victims of
gunshot wounds,
stabbings, attempted
suicides, flesh-eating
bacteria, car crashes,
industrial accidents,
murder, and war.
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Colin Eglin was at the
frontline of the making
of South African history
for the second half of
the 20th Century. He
served in parliament
through the terms of
seven successive prime
ministers and presidents.
This title recalls an
active life well lived,
from childhood in South
Africa in the 1920s and
1930s to fighting his way
through Italy.
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In 1934, Igor Stravinsky
was fifty-two, a Russian
expatriate living in
Paris and already
regarded by many as the
most important composer
of his generation. This
work follows Stravinsky
through the remainder of
his long life, which he
would spend largely in
the United States. It
also shows his
increasingly complex and
often agonised family
life.
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A biography of Virginia
Woolf which moves freely
between a detailed
life-story and attempts
to understand significant
questions. She is
presented as occupying a
distinct and even uneasy
position within the
Bloomsbury Set, and also
as a radically sceptical,
subversive, courageous
feminist.
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Says that the manuscript
of "The Destruction of
the European Jews" was
rejected by major
publishers; and in the
wake of publication, the
author faced a hostile
reception from those who
refused to believe that
the Jews were less than
heroic in their journey
to the gas chambers. This
book shows how the study
was used and abused.
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Focuses on art and exile,
examining what it means
to be an immigrant artist
from a country in crisis.
This title tells the
stories of artists,
including the author,
who create despite, or
because of, the horrors
that drove them from
their homelands and that
continue to haunt them.
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By his own admission,
Mark Ormrod was a 'gravel
belly', a 'bootneck'
marine who loved nothing
more than being in the
heart of the action when
things kicked off. It's
what he was trained to
do, all he'd ever
wanted, and he relished
the prospect of a tour of
duty in Afghanistan. And
then the unthinkable
happened.
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Sold, a legal prostitute
when married off at the
age of 15, Charlotte
Smith left her wastrel
husband to support
herself and their
children as a poet and
novelist, who would have
a lasting influence on
William Wordsworth and
Jane Austen. This volume
is her biography.
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A memoir that guides us
through the New York of
the 1960s. Caught between
his uncle Fred, a
man-about-town, and his
aunt Linda, a secretary
at Paramount Pictures,
16-year-old John Skoyles
finds himself exploring
everything from the bars
and swank apartments of
Manhattan's Upper East
Side to the flophouses
and haunts of
Forty-second Street.
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When the author relocates
to the USA, his wife
informs him that they can
only take what is
'absolutely essential'.
Packing his collection of
football programmes, he
is aghast to be informed
that the programmes do
not fall into that
category. This title
tells the story of how
the author made the
selection of his most
important programmes.
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Nietzsche is considered
one of the most
controversial
philosophers of the
modern age. Here,
Safranski positions the
details of Nietzsche's
unhappy life within the
context of his thought,
covering Nietzsche's
boyhood obsession with
music, his time in the
army and his friendship
with Wagner.
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An achingly funny and
irreverent memoir, the
author recounts her
adventures judging
records around the world
with the "The Guinness
Book of Records" founder,
Norris McWhirter, CBE.
Nicknamed Batman and
Robin, they travelled
the UK and beyond
together meeting
eccentric, weird and
wonderful record
breakers.
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Engages with issues of
identity and selfhood,
caste/class
consciousness, changing
expressions of patriarchy
and Dalit women's
participation in
emancipatory struggles
and the dead ends reached
in Dalit politics where
meaningful liberation is
not fought for but the
seizure of political
power through
opportunism.
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This is not a story of
how to throw a pot or
recognise a fossil, but
it is the story of three
generations of a united
family - an inside look
at their joys and
sorrows, their courage
and adventure, their
humour and generosity,
their beliefs and doubts.
Above all it is about
living.
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On a clear autumn morning
in 2004, Rachel
O'Reilly, a 30 year-old
mother-of-two, was
brutally battered to
death in her home. It was
a merciless killing that
stunned the small,
trusting community where
she lived, and
devastated her close-knit
family. It soon emerged,
however, that police
investigating the case
believed Rachel had known
her killer.
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British-born Rachel Lloyd
dropped out of school at
13 to support her single
alcoholic mother. With
little opportunity, she
soon found herself
spiraling into a life of
torment and abuse as a
sexually exploited girl.
This is a memoir that
tells her life story - a
harrowing and
inspirational tale of
suffering, recovery,
discovery, and nobility.
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At thirteen, Rachel
Lloyd found herself
caught up in a world of
pain and abuse,
struggling to survive as
a child with no
responsible adults to
support her. Vulnerable
yet tough, she
eventually ended up a
victim of commercial
sexual exploitation. This
title presents her
portrait.
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This is a biography of
Charlotte Bronte, whose
novels "Jane Eyre",
Shirley, Villette and
"The Professor" won her
great fame. It provides
an objective and
compassionate account of
her life, from her bleak
but creative childhood in
Yorkshire to her early
death shortly after her
marriage.
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Birhan Woldu became one
of the most recognized
faces and forms of the
late 20th century when
her skeletal image was
used at the end of 'Live
Aid' to globally
publicize famine in
Africa. This title tells
Birhan's life story from
the days when her father
literally carried his
daughter across Africa on
an epic journey to life,
to Live Aid.
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For years Richard Beard
would take holidays with
his motor-cycling friend
Drew. Drew was working in
the engine-room of
passenger ferries. Then
one year Drew phoned to
announce a complication:
he was planning to have a
sex change. This book
tells the story of how
Drew became Dru, of a
friendship, and of a
holiday after Dru's
operation.
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Legendary Sheriff Irvine
Smith QC is one of the
most formidable lawyers
of his generation. Called
to the Bar in 1953, he
was involved as Counsel
in some of Scotland's
biggest cases, such as
the 'crime of the
century' Glasgow bank
raid masterminded by the
Monocled Major which
netted the criminals a
record haul. This work
tells Irvine Smith's
story.
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In the first half of the
19th century, Flora
Tristan was a leader in
the European and American
movements for women's
rights and labour unions.
She was also painter Paul
Gauguin's future
grandmother. A
self-proclaimed pariah,
she denounced the abuse
of women and workers
through her lucid
discourse.
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Marie Stopes opened the
first free birth control
clinic in the British
Empire and won
international fame for
her work. Drawing on
family and personal
letters and papers, a
diary and Marie Stopes'
unpublished novel, this
book aims to throw light
on the interweaving of
the public and personal
life of a fascinating and
formidable woman.
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From military
sportswriter to roving
correspondent for the
National Observer, from
quasi Hell's Angel to
counterculture author and
gonzo journalist, Hunter
S Thompson led a life of
legend. This book
presents a portrait of a
man who redefined
participatory journalism,
and consumed more drugs
and alcohol than any
other living creature on
the planet.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein was
one of the founders of
modern analytic
philosophy, and is
regarded as the greatest
philosophical genius
since Immanuel Kant. This
book traces the complex
relationship between this
philosopher's life, his
work and his time. It
includes many
telling"es from the
philosopher's own
writings, as well as
illustrations.
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As a journalist, Kevin
Bloom had witnessed and
reported on the rising
tide of violence in
post-Apartheid South
Africa. But when his own
cousin was killed in a
vicious random attack,
the questions he'd been
asking about the
troubling political and
social changes in his
country took on a
sickeningly personal
urgency.
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Femme is a professional
30 something who is
simply addicted to sex.
Satisfying her sexual
needs, she offers to do
threesomes with
middleclass couples,
goes swinging, and rates
men according to their
performance in bed. This
book presents an expose
on the modern Irish
woman. It tells the story
of a young woman's sexual
conquests in Dublin.
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Playwright, wit,
socialist, polemicist,
vegetarian and charmer,
Shaw was a controversial
literary figure, the
scourge of Victorian
values and middle-class
pretensions. Holroyd has
cut his huge biography to
a manageable
single-volume life - the
definitive Shaw for
general readers and
students alike.
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This story is a chronicle
of courage in the face of
adversity and honour in
the aftermath of tragedy.
It is a testament to the
power of the human spirit
and a defining example of
the difference one
determined individual can
make to the world around
him.
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For over 28 years, David
Thompson explored and
mapped the uncharted
wilds of North America.
By 1812, he had surveyed
over three million
kilometres - one-fifth of
the continent - and
become the first European
to navigate the entire
length of the Columbia
River. This title
presents the life story
of one of the greatest
geographers of all time.
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Across North America in
2007 communities
celebrated the David
Thompson Bicentennial.
Thompson arrived at the
Churchill Factory trading
post in 1784. He was 14
years old and fresh from
the Grey Coat charity
school in London. He
spent his life in the fur
trade, first with the
Hudson's Bay Company and
then the rival Northwest
Company.
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Bernhardt Holtermann's
untimely death on his
47th birthday adds
romance and intrigue to
this novel of an
adventurous life. Mining
magnate, pioneer
photographer and public
benefactor, Holtermann's
main bequest to the
nation are his
magnificent photographs
which won for him
international acclaim.
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Based on original
research and using
hitherto material, this
book tells the story of
Dew's life, from his
humble beginnings as a
seed merchant's clerk to
chief inspector at
Scotland Yard in charge
of the most celebrated
murder investigation of
the twentieth century.
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