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Alan Bennett: Keeping On Keeping On

PROFILE BOOKS, 2017

There's a provocative sermon on private education given before the University at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and 'Baffled at a Bookcase' offers a passionate defence of the public library.

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Alan Bennett: Writing Home

FABER & FABER, 2014

Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings.

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Alan Rickman: Madly, Deeply - The Alan Rickman Diaries

CANONGATE, 2022

Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond.

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Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

HODDER & STOUGHTON, 2014

Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing he reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphant seasons with Manchester United.

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Andrew Hodges: Alan Turing: The Enigma

VINTAGE BOOKS, 2014

Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in 1938, as a shy young Cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering.

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Andrew Roberts: Churchill

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2019

A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians

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Ariel Bosi: Todo Sobre Stephen King

PLAZA JANÉS, 2016

Todo sobre Stephen King nos descubre a uno de los autores más prolíficos y de mayor éxito de nuestro tiempo.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Total Recall

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2013

The most interesting parts of the book are those that deal with his impoverished Austrian upbringing in the wake of Germany's defeat in the Second World War, and his discovery of bodybuilding as a ladder to a better world

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Barack Obama: A Promised Land

VIKING, 2020

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy

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Barack Obama: Dreams From My Father

CANONGATE, 2016

An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking big questions about identity and belonging.

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Barbara Payton: I Am Not Ashamed

SPURL EDITIONS, 2016

I Am Not Ashamed is more than just tawdry memoir. It is a book that also possesses an unforeseeable transcendence within.

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Bart van Es: The Cut Out Girl

PENGUIN, 2019

*** WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 ***'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting' The Times

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Bear Grylls: Mud, Sweat and Tears - The Autobiography

CHANNEL 4, 2012

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age.

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Bear Grylls: Mud, Sweet and Tears - The Autobiography

CHANNEL 4, 2011

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age.

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Bettina Landgrafe: Weiße Nana: Mein Leben für Afrika

KNAUR TASCHENBUCH, 2012

Kinder, die als Sklaven arbeiten müssen, hochschwangere Frauen, die von medizinischer Versorgung nur träumen können, und Leprakranke, die von ihren Familien verstoßen werden.

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Blaine Harden: Escape From Camp 14

PAN BOOKS, 2013

Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea.

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Bob Dylan: The Philosophy of Modern Song

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2022

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

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Bono: Surrender - 40 Songs One Story

HUTCHINSON, 2022

Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and...

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Boris Johnson: The Churchill Factor - How One Man Made History

HODDER & STOUGHTON, 2014

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century.

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Boris Johnson: The Churchill Factor - How One Man Made History

HODDER & STOUGHTON, 2015

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century.

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Carrie Fisher:The Princess Diarist

BLACK SWAN, 2016

When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved -

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Cathy Park Hong: Minor Feelings - An Asian American Reckoning

ONE WORLD, 2021

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America.

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Charles Chaplin: My Autobiography

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2003

A silent comedy star whose legendary slapstick routines are recognisable to this day, Chaplin's My Autobiography is an incomparably vivid account of the life of one of the greatest filmmakers and comedians, with an introduction by David Robinson.

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Chris Kyle: American Sniper

WILLIAM MORROW, 2015

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history.

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Classic American Autobiographies

SIGNET BOOK, 2014

The true diversity of the American experience comes to life in this superlative collection of autobiographies--including those of Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglas, Mark Twain, and more...

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Corey Taylor: Seven Deadly Sins

EBURY PRESS, 2012

The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns.

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David Attenborough: Adventures of a Young Naturalist

TWO ROADS, 2018

In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC.

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Debbie Harry: Face It - A Memoir

HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2022

DEBBIE HARRY is a musician, actor, activist and the iconic face of New York City cool.

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Deborah Feldman: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2020

Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Carolyn Jessop’s Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.

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Dolly Alderton: Everything I Know About Love

PENGUIN, 2019

*Winner of Autobiography of the Year at the National Book Awards 2018**Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2018*

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ELIZABETH

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2002

A brit királynő életrajza eredeti nyelven.

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Eric Clapton: Clapton: The Autobiography

THREE RIVERS PRESS, 2008

More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music.

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Erich Kästner: Das Blaue Buch

ATRIUM-VERLAG, 2018

Nachdem Erich Kästner 1933 von den Nazis als Autor verboten worden war, entschloss er sich, ein geheimes Tagebuch zu führen.

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Eva Baronsky: Herr Mozart wacht auf

AUFBAU TASCHENBUCH, 2011

Am Vorabend noch hat er auf dem Sterbebett gelegen. Nun erwacht Wolfgang Amadé Mozart an einem unbekannten Ort und - wie ihm nach und nach klar wird - in einer fremden Zeit.

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Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography

HODDER & STOUGHTON, 2012

This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist, Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the band.

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Geoffrey C. Ward: The Roosevelts

KNOPF, ALFRED A, 2014

Geoffrey C. Ward, distilling more than thirty years of thinking and writing about the Roosevelts.

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George Szirtes: The Photographer at Sixteen

MACLEHOSE PRESS, 2020

When you run the film backwards the figure in the pool emerges and lands neatly back on the diving board while the water beneath her heals. So, if we run life backwards, we move from its the end to its very beginning.

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Herta Müller: Mein Vaterland war ein Apfelkern

FISCHER TASCHENBUCH, 2016

Herta Müller hat spätestens nach der Verleihung des Literatur-Nobelpreises im Jahr 2009 faszinierte Leserinnen und Leser in aller Welt gefunden.

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Howard Stern: Howard Stern Comes Again

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2019

Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president.

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Hyeonseo Lee: The Girl with Seven Names

WILLIAM COLLINS, 2016

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.

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Ian Carroll: The Life of Tommy Cooper

FONTHILL MEDIA, 2018

`Cooperman! The Life of Tommy Cooper' is a hilarious look at one of Britain's best-loved comedians. For almost four decades, Tommy Cooper was the most popular entertainer in the country, and certainly the most imitated.

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Ian Stewart: Significant Figures

BASIC BOOKS, 2017

In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history.

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iO Tillett Wright: Darling Days: A New York City Childhood

VIRAGO PRESS, 2017

It was a tenement building at the centre of the drug-addled, punk-edged, permanent riot that was iO's corner of the Lower East Side of New York City in the '80s and 90's.

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Isaac Asimov: I. Asimov - A Memoir

BANTAM, 1995

Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time.

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J. M. Coetzee: Sommer des Lebens

FISCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG, 2012

Mit Sommer des Lebens gewährt uns J. M. Coetzee überraschend Einblick in seine entscheidenden Lehrjahre als Schriftsteller.

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James Acaster: James Acaster's Classic Scrapes

HEADLINE, 2018

James Acaster has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five times and has appeared on prime-time TV shows like TASKMASTER, MOCK THE WEEK, LIVE AT THE APOLLO and WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

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James Edward Austen-Leigh: A Memoir of Jane Austen

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008

James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870, over fifty years after her death.

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James Patterson: All-American Murder

ARROW BOOKS, 2018

He had it all. A $40 million NFL contract. Fame. Adoration.Until he was convicted of murder, and jailed for life without parole.

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Jean-Paul Belmondo: Mille vies valent mieux qu'une

FAYARD, 2016

Jean-Paul Belmondo se livre. Son enfance marquée par la guerre, sa mere courage, l'atelier de son pere sculpteur, ses premieres amours. Il nous entraîne dans les pas dilettantes de son service militaire en Algérie.

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Jen Winston: Greedy - Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

ATRIA BOOKS, 2021

A hilarious and whip-smart collection of essays, offering an intimate look at bisexuality, gender, and, of course, sex. Perfect for fans of Lindy West, Samantha Irby, and Rebecca Solnit—and anyone who wants, and deserves, to be seen.

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Jennifer Teege: Amon

ROWOHLT TASCHENBUCH VERLAG, 2014

Es ist ein Schock, der ihr ganzes Selbstverständnis erschüttert: Mit 38 Jahren erfährt Jennifer Teege durch einen Zufall, wer sie ist.

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Jimmy Carr: Before & Laughter

QUERCUS, 2022

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians - for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn't have the tools or self-belief to shake things up*

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Joachim Meyerhoff: Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

KIWI TASCHENBUCH, 2017

Mit Anfang zwanzig geschieht dem Erzähler in Joachim Meyerhoffs drittem Roman das Unerwartete: Er wird auf der Schauspielschule in München angenommen und zieht in die großbürgerliche Villa seiner Großeltern.

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Joan Didion: The White Album

FOURTH ESTATE, 2017

Joan Didion’s hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of the Sixties.

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Joe Biden: Promise Me, Dad

PAN BOOKS, 2018

From President-Elect Joe Biden, winner of the 2020 United States presidential election, Promise Me Dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.

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John Cleese: So, Anyway

ARROW BOOKS, 2015

Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend.

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John Howard Griffin: Black Like Me

SERPENT'S TAIL, 2019

In the autumn of 1959, a white Texan journalist named John Howard Griffin travelled across the Deep South of the United States disguised as a working-class black man. Black Like Me is Griffin's own account of his journey.

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