Biographies & Memoirs

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The Voyeur's Motel
Gay Talese
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From Gay Talese, a remarkable new work of reportage more than thirty years in the making.


January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her
Michael Schofield
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A harrowing memoir from the father of a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia.


I Just Wanted To Save My Family
Adriana Hunter, Stephan Pelissier
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The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of ...


How Not to be American: Misadventures in the Land of the Free
Todd McEwen
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Todd McEwen left the United States in 1980, but it's still driving him crazy.


Jurek Becker: A Life in Five Worlds
Sander L. Gilman
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Sander Gilman's story of Jurek Becker provides a portrait of an extraordinarily gifted artist whose hope and courage are manifested in his legacy as one of the greatest German writers of the past century.


Modern Women: 52 Pioneers
Kira Cochrane
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Modern Women is a celebration of 52 influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions


Nicotine
Gregor Hens
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By turns philosophical and darkly comic, an ex-smoker's meditation on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong addiction. Written with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on ...


Steve Jobs: A Biographic Portrait
Kevin Lynch
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A comprehensive study of 'The Maverick' and his work, Steve Jobs tracks the entrepreneur's journey from savvy salesman to world-changing innovator.


Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
Heather Harpham
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A page-turning, shirt-grabbing true story that follows a one-of-a-kind family required to make nearly unimaginable choices


New State, Modern Statesman: Hashim Thaci - A Biography
Roger Boyes, Suzy Jagger
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A fascinating study of how a NATO intervention can work in a nation state if backed by a strong commitment to support democratic government.


Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler
Michael Crick
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Based on interviews with Butler himself, his friends, colleagues and family, and with access to many previously unseen papers, Crick chronicles the long and energetic life of the greatest analyst of British elections - a story which weaves its way through post-war history with surprises, colour and humour.


Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend
Karen Bartlett
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Paperback edition of bestselling music biography.


Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame
Vicky Beeching
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Vicky Beeching, called "arguably the most influential Christian of her generation" in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the time she reached her early thirties, Vicky was a household name in churches on both sides of the pond.


Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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During his remarkable lifetime, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) served his country in many capacities, including as the third President of the United States. But ultimately, this gifted individual — an accomplished architect, naturalist, and linguist — wished to be remembered primarily as the writer ...


Night
Elie Wiesel
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Born into a Jewish family in Romania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were rounded up by the Nazis, corralled into trains, and transported first into the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and then to Buchanwald. This is his terrifying and intimate account of the increasing horrors he endured, ...


The Drowned And The Saved
Primo Levi
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Primo Levi's devastating and classic account of what it meant to have survived the Holocaust.


The Queen of Whale Cay: The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water
Kate Summerscale
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The extraordinary stroy of 'Joe' Carstairs, the fastest woman on water
The Sunday Times bestseller


Prison Diaries
Denis MacShane
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Two days before Christmas 2013, former MP Denis MacShane entered one of Europe's harshest prisons. Having pleaded guilty to false accounting at the Old Bailey, he had been sentenced to six months in jail. Upon arrival at Belmarsh Prison, his books and personal possessions were confiscated and he was ...


Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves
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Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked.


My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
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Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family take off to the island of Corfu.
The Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna, thanks to the youngest of the family, budding naturalist Gerry.
Recounted with immense humour and ...

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