Biographies and Autobiographies
In their own words or from the pen of a biographer, the lives of others hold a magnetic intrigue for. Indulge your curiosity here…
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Blue A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces John Sutherland June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A candid, objective, cooly passionate, and often unsettling account of policing from a police officer. John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992 aged 22, we... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/05/2017 
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Letting Go A True Story of Murder, Loss and Survival by Rachel Nickell's Son Alex Hanscombe June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A truly touching, considered, and frank life story. In 1992 Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times in front of her nearly three year... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Finding Gobi The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey Dion Leonard June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A book to put a great big beaming (and somewhat tearful) smile on your face. ‘Finding Gobi’ documents the quite amazing story of one man’s... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to the Eagle Has Landed Mike Ripley Maxim Jakubowski June 2017 Book of the Month. Following on from Martin Edwards' splendid, award-winning Golden Age of Murder, about Christie and the heyday of the British cozy school of crime... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2017. Christopher de Hamel is a man happy in his work – his enthusiasm and love for his subject lights up this account of medieval manuscripts and their history. With first-rate illustrations, we too... Format: Hardback - Released: 22/09/2016
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The House of the Dead Siberian Exile Under the Tsars Daniel Beer Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2017. One and a half times the size of Western Europe Siberia has acted as an open prison for centuries. Through physical work the mad, the bad and the dangerous were thought to find... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/05/2017
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Dad, You Suck Tim Dowling Tim Dowling’s candid and highly humorous weekly Guardian column charts his life with his wife and three sons… unless they are cross with his exposés when they become ‘Sean his life partner and their three adopted research chimps’. Cherry picking... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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SAS Rogue Heroes - The Authorized Wartime History Ben Macintyre 75 years after it was set up, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story. It has opened its secret archives for the first time, granting historian Ben Macintyre full access to a treasure trove of unseen reports,... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2017
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One Man and a Mule Across England with a Pack Mule Hugh Thomson In the Middle Ages, mules were used to transport goods across Britain. Strong, sturdy and able to carry a good 160 lbs of weight, they made ideal walking companions. Now, the author has revived that ancient tradition. Taking his cue... Format: Hardback - Released: 22/06/2017
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Les Parisiennes How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s Anne Sebba Anne Sebba has sought out and interviewed scores of women, and brings us their unforgettable testimonies. Her fascinating cast includes both native Parisiennes and temporary residents: American women and Nazi wives; spies, mothers, mistresses, artists, fashion designers and aristocrats. The... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/06/2017
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The Anatomy of a Traitor A History of Espionage and Betrayal Michael Smith Could you betray your country? Not only turn your back on your friends, family, everything you have ever known but actively seek to destroy it? The Anatomy of a Traitor focuses on the critical moment in a spy's life: that... Format: Hardback - Released: 08/06/2017
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Passchendaele Requiem for Doomed Youth Paul Ham Through an examination of the culpability of governments and military commanders in a catastrophe that destroyed the best part of a generation, the author argues that Battle of Passchendaele, far from being a breakthrough moment, was the battle that nearly... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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Bleaker House Chasing My Novel to the End of the World Nell Stevens Hilariously funny, painfully honest, and beautifully observed, Bleaker House is part memoir, part travelogue, part story collection. It is an exploration of the narrow spaces between real life and fiction and, in the end, a book about failing to write... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Jane Austen at Home A Biography Lucy Worsley Historian Lucy Worsley visits Jane Austen at home, exploring the author's life through the places which meant the most to her. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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The Jane Austen Treasury Janet Todd The Jane Austen Treasury is a delightful collection of facts and insights into the life and times of the great novelist and the attitudes and customs that shaped both her and her work. Taking each of her novels in turn,... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/05/2017
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The Genius of Jane Austen Her Love of Theatre and Why She is a Hit in Hollywood Paula Byrne A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. Jane's World celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such awesome... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Daring to Drive The Young Saudi Woman Who Stood Up to a Kingdom of Men Manal Al-Sharif A gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel. Daring to Drive is an account of Manal al-Sharif's fight for equality in... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/06/2017
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Farewell to the Horse The Final Century of Our Relationship Ulrich Raulff Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/05/2017
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Quiet Genius Bob Paisley, British Football's Greatest Manager Ian Herbert Quiet Genius is the story of how one modest man accomplished more than any other football manager, found his attributes largely unrecorded and undervalued and, in keeping with the gentler ways of his generation, did not seem to mind. It... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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The Battle Paul O'Connell As the heartbeat of Munster, British and Irish Lions captain in 2009, and captain of the first Ireland team to defend a Six Nations championship, O'Connell has emerged as perhaps the most beloved of the golden generation of Irish rugby... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2017
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Barry Sheene The Official Photographic Celebration of the Legendary Motorcycle Champion Rick Broadbent Published to mark the 40th anniversary of his second world championship win, this is the Barry Sheene story as told like never before by the people who knew him best. It delves deep into the family history to get inside... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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Believe Nicola Adams Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local sports centre while her mum was at aerobics. Age 13 she decided that she would win an Olympic Gold: nobody was going to stop her. Years of relentless training,... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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All Out War The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class Tim Shipman All Out War is a book about leaders and their closest aides, the decisions they make and how and why they make them, as well as how they feel when they turn out to be wrong. It is about men... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2017
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M Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster Henry Hemming Known simply as M, Maxwell Knight is seen today as one of MI5's greatest spymasters. He was the first in MI5 to grasp the potential of training female agents. This book reveals the names and stories of seven men and... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical Helena Kelly In her first, brilliantly original book, Austen expert Helena Kelly introduces the reader to a passionate woman living in an age of revolution; to a writer who used what was regarded as the lightest of literary genres, the novel, to... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2016
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Sound Stories of Hearing Lost and Found Bella Bathurst Much needed light is shed on the isolating world of the deaf through the author’s own personal journey recounting how she gradually lost her hearing leaving her with rage then hard won acceptance only to find she had a condition... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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