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Josh Lewsey
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Josh Lewsey is a household name in English rugby. He has been a World Cup winner, part of the prestigious British Lions squad and a crucial member of the Wasps team, one of the most successful UK premiership rugby sides of the last 10 years. Not content with just being... more
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Tom Fort
[Paperback 2011]
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Twenty years ago, Tom Fort drove his little red car onto the ferry at Felixstowe, bound for all points east. Eastern Europe was still a faraway place, just emerging from its half-century of waking nightmare, blinking, injured, full of fears but importantly full of hope, as well. Things were different... more
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Alastair Campbell
[Hardbound 2007]
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Paperback edition of the momentous political memoir, taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries whilst working as press secretary for Tony Blair. It charts the rise of New Labour and tumultuous years of Blair's leadership, from the death of Diana to negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland, from Kosovo, Afghanistan and... more
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Andrew Eames
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth--from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania. Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the continent's bloodiest history and... more
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Stephen Anderton
[Paperback 2011]
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A highly enjoyable biography of the gloriously eccentric English gardener and writer, Christopher Lloyd ("Christo") who created the garden at the English house of Great Dixter in Sussex, and was regarded as the greatest "plantsman" of the 20th century. "From the Hardcover edition."... more
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Paul O Grady
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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About the Book : Birkenhead, 1973. The eighteen-year-old Paul O’Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. New white T-shirt, freshly ironed jeans, looking good. As he bids farewell to his mum, who’s on the phone to his auntie, and wanders off down the street in... more
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Richard Webber
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Biography of the }Carry On{ phenomenon, with exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, and with scripts of unmade }Carry On{ films, the first time they have ever been published. 'A comprehensive and warm biography of the key players, as well as the films themselves' }Empire{ In August 1958, the... more
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Brian Keenan
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The story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut, and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment and survival that was "An Evil Cradling" In this remarkable and equally moving act of retrieval, Brian Keenan has captured... more
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Angela Thirlwell
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Subtitled, }The Four Loves Of Ford Madox Brown{. Examines the lives of four central women in the Pre-Raphaelite artist's life, his two wives and models and his two secret lovers. Remarkably, there has been only one biography of Ford Madox Brown in the past century and none at all of... more
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Ian Botham
[Paperback 2010]
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In "My Sporting Heroes," one of the country's most iconic and likeable sporting greats, Sir Ian Botham OBE, takes time out from his many charitable and commentating commitments to draw up his template of what he believes makes a true sporting hero. Botham singles out the ten qualities he believes... more
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Carol Ann Lee
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The definitive biography of one of Britain's most infamous criminals, Myra Hindley. Scrupulously researched and compellingly well-written, this is a fully in-depth and challenging portrait. 'Infamous, I have become disowned, but I am one of your own' -- Myra Hindley, from her unpublished autobiography On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley... more
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Christopher Fowler
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Funny and moving memoir of a surburban childhood in the early 60s. Fowler had an active imagination as a child, and would read everything, including cereal packets. But his parents, after 15 years of post-war belt-tightening, were unwilling to indulge his passion. 'The book is fabulous, and I hope it... more
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John Campbell
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Subtitled, }Two Hundred Years Of Political Rivalry From Pitt & Fox To Blair & Brown{. A fresh look at 8 pairs of political rivals that have determined the course of politics over the last 2 centuries. Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. Gordon Brown and Tony... more
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Edmund De Waal
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Subtitled, }A Hidden Inheritance{. An epic family history told through an extraordinary inheritance of wood and ivory carvings, from an acclaimed young artist. The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from... more
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Kelly Osbourne
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Kelly Osbourne's book aims to combine autobiography with young women's style bible. Having lived her awkward adolescence in public as part of Britain's most high profile but not exactly ordinary family, she was recently voted 'Britain's Most Stylish Celebrity' by viewers of }LK Today{. The ultimate accolade! *Also appeared in... more
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Maurice Hamilton ,
Frank Williams
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Williams F1 represents the last of the true independent teams. This definitive history of the team includes Sir Frank's personal recollections along with memories and anecdotes. Founded in 1977 by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head, Williams F1 represents the last of the true independent teams; a company devoid of... more
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Ewen Southby Tailyour
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When the Royal Marines Commandos returned to a chaotic Helmand in the winter of 2008, they realised that to stand any chance of success they would need to pursue an increasingly determined Taliban harder than ever before. This time they were going to hunt them down from the air. With... more
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Adrian Fort
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Biography of a key military and political figure between the Boer and Second World War. Archibald Wavell was born a few years before Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and died shortly after the end of the Second World War (1883-1950). During that time the country in which he was born and... more
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Shappi Khorsandi
[Paperback 2010]
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Hilarious and heartwarming, this memoir is the story of growing up in a strange land where you don't speak the language, everyone smells like milk, and to top it off, the Ayatollah wants you and your family dead In the tradition of Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love" and Gerald... more
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Bertie Ahern
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Working with Richard Aldous, Bertie Ahern has written a very human and compelling book which reveals what it was like to be Irish Taoiseach for more than ten tumultuous years during which the whole country and Europe was transformed. Bertie Ahern, three times Irish Taoiseach, is often described as an... more