Biography

Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver [9780007500956]

Driving a cab for more than 30 years Gene Salomon has collected a remarkable selection of stories. He shares the very best in this unforgettable memoi…

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A Lot with a Little [9781743795521]

In this evocative memoir, Tim Costello explores the people and experiences that have shaped him into a socially active fighter for the world's most ch…

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Arabs Unseen [9789385436536]

Arabs Unseen explores the enlightening journeys of 10 exemplary figures from the modern Arab world. It embraces the theme of drawing inspiration from …

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Back on Track: How one man and his dogs are changing the lives of rural kids [9780733642128]

As a kid, Bernie Shakeshaft's mischievous and reckless behaviour led him to became known as the wild one of his devout Catholic family. It isn't surpr…

Claremont Boy [9780872331730]

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Fit, Fifty and Fired Up [9781743315583]

Are you slogging your guts out at a job you don't particularly like to buy things you don't particularly need? Would you like to spend more time with …

High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs, and Other Bad Behaviour [9781787384637]

High Risk is a dark, raw and uncompromising tale of the human condition in extremis, drawing on the many lives of Ben Timberlake: as an archaeologist,…

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King Among Ministers, A: Fifty Years in Parliament Recalled [9781913491147]

Tom King's personal memoirs range across a life of exceptional activity and interest. Aged nineteen, he found himself commanding a military company ag…

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Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World For Women [9781472154439]

A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights Dorothy L. Sayers is now…

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One Man's Family [9780872331754]

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Remarkable Encounters (Russian Edition): Men and Women Who Have Shaped Our World [9781911604723]

A personal look at meetings with the leading figures on the 20th century Written by well-known Russian journalist and ex KGB Chairman in Azerbaija…

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Stardust Baby [9781913406455]

On Valentine's Day in 1981, a fire in the Stardust nightclub in Dublin killed 48 young people, and left behind one orphan, Lisa Lawlor. Now, on the 40…

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Stately Secrets [9781800460980]

Everything is not always what it seems behind the doors of the stately homes of Britain, and it's often the stories that the tour guide didn't tell yo…

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Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different 2 [9781787476554]

This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, the bestselling book that changed countless b…

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The Adventures of M. James [9780976204626]

The Adventures of M. James is a rare and direct account of the Pacific War told through the eyes of a sensitive enlisted man-a pacifist who discovers …

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The Case of George Pell: reckoning with child sexual abuse by clergy [9781912854707]

Some people will have wanted me to give my opinion in this book about Pell's guilt or innocence, and on whether the courts got it right or wrong. But …

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The Churchill Who Saved Blenheim: The Life of Sunny, 9th Duke of Marlborough [9781912690220]

History has been unkind to Sunny Marlborough, largely because it was written by his first wife, the 'dollar princess' Consuelo Vanderbilt. It is true…

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The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations [9780316522618]

Aisholpan Nurgaiv, the subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress, tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with wri…

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The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 [9781408895474]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel. An engagin…

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The Just: how six unlikely heroes saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust [9781912854219]

The remarkable story of how a consul and his allies helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in one of the greatest rescue operations of the t…

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