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Mao:The Unknown
Story
by Jung Chang & Jon
Halliday |
| By the author of
Wild Swans and her husband. |
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Based on a decade of research,
and interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China and with virtually
everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him - this is the most
authoritative life of Mao ever written. It is full of startling revelations,
exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown
Mao. |
| ... this
explosive biography presents a compelling portrait of one of the most evil
dictators ever to have ruled .... |
Being
Freddie: My Story So Far
by Andrew
Flintoff |
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Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff is one
of the most exciting cricketers in the world and has improved out of all
recognition during the last 2 years. This book marks his story so far in his
own words, taking us up to and including the summer of 2005, when he performed
heroics with both bat and ball against Australia. |
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| Chronicles:
Volume One by Bob
Dylan |
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First volume of the three
volume memoir of one of the most influential songwriters of our time. Dylan
takes us back to the early 1960s when he arrived in New York to launch his
phenomenal career. This is Dylan's story in his own words - a personal view of
his motivations, frustrations and remarkable creativity. |
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Toast: The Story
of a Boy's Hunger
by Nigel Slater |
| Nigel Slater's
extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. Whether relating
his mother's ritual burning of the toast, his father's dreaded Boxing Day stew
or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit
this memoir vividly recreates daily life in sixties surburban
England. |
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| Billy by Pamela
Stephenson |
| The story of one of
the most succcessful British stand-up comedians of recent years. Written by his wife and companion of 20 years, it
includes details of the sexual abuse he suffered as a child alongside accounts
of his life and career. |
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Slipstream: A
Memoir
by Elizabeth Jane
Howard |
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Candid autobiography of the
successful novelist and former wife of Sir Peter Scott and Sir Kingsley Amis.
Her friends included some of the greatest writers and thinkers of the day -
Laurie Lee, Arthur Koestler and Cecil Day-Lewis. Honest and unflinching, this
book illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th
century. |
John F. Kennedy:
An Unfinished Life 1917-1963
by Robert Dallek |
| Drawing on
first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, historian Robert Dallek
provides a revealing portrait of Jack Kennedy, which could alter the way we
think about his life, his presidency and his legacy. The result is a portrait
of a bold, brave and truly human John F.Kennedy. |
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| Piaf by David
Bret |
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A tiny, black-clad figure
with a scorchingly powerful voice who dominated stages around the world for
almost thirty years, the legendary Edith Piaf still reigns supreme more than
four decades after her death. David Bret tells Piaf's amazing rags-to-riches
story with unprecedented detail, honesty and compassion. |
| ... the most
comprehensive and up-to-date biography available ... the ultimate tribute to
the undisputed genius of a remarkable woman
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| Sherlock
Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography by Nick Rennison |
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Rennison reveals for the first
time Holmes's influence on the political events of late-19th-century England
and his connections to the criminal underworld. It also brings to light his
friendships with key figures of the day, including Oscar Wilde and Sigmund
Freud; and exposes the truth about his cocaine use. |
| ... a new
account of the life and times of the famous detective ... |
Kate Remembered:
Kathryn Hepburn
by A. Scott Berg |
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Kate Remembered is a
loving tribute and a tender farewell that reveals an unusual relationship in a
unique life, one fully lived - and largely according to Katharine Hepburn's own
rules. More importantly, it sets down many of the stories of that life as she
saw them, full of sentiments she felt should not be made public until after her
death. |
| A memoir with
never a dull page.... |
| Life On
Air by David
Attenborough |
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Sir David Attenborough is
Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and
broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on
the globe that he has not visited. In this book David tells stories of the
people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited. |
News From No Man's Land
by John Simpson |
| On 13 November
2001, John Simpson and a BBC news crew walked into Kabul and the liberation of
the Afghan capital was broadcast to a waiting world. It was the end of a
sustained campaign, that Simpson had covered from the beginning, despite
appalling difficulties and, often, great danger. |
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"The range of his travels is staggering...
Never less than entertaining, sometimes moving
and often funny...." |
Napoleon : His
Wives & Women
by Christoper Hibbert |
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An up-to-date account of
Napoleon, concentrating especially on his private life, examining all stages of
his developing and extraordinary career; his character, interests and tastes;
his friendships, enmities and love affairs. |
Samuel Pepys: The
Unequalled Self
by Claire
Tomalin |
| Biography of naval
administrator Samuel Pepys, who was well-known for being the friend of the
famous and powerful. This text, which draws on Pepys' own personal diary,
covers his childhood and young adulthood. It moves through the famous diary
years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting up of a new
household. |
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