Tracks (Film Tie-In Edition) by Robyn Davidson
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR AND A STUNNING COLOUR PICTURE SECTION 'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian des ...Show more
An Idiot Abroad : The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington
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Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot. Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push, eat English food on a package holiday in Majorca. Which isn't exactly Michael Palin, is it? So what happened ...Show more
Art of Sleeping Alone by Sophie Fontanel
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
At the age of twenty-seven, after many years of having (and, for the most part, enjoying) an active sex life, beloved French author, journalist, editor, and fashion blogger Sophie Fontanel decided she wanted to take a break. Despite having it all-a glamorous job, plenty of dates and boyfriends, stylish ...Show more
Sheila: The Australian Beauty who Bewitched British Society by Robert Wainwright
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She wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for 40 years, and died a Russian princessAs a child Sheila Chisholm chased kangaroos on horseback and swam with sharks at Bondi Beach. As a young woman she nursed sold ...Show more
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for six-figure sums and hangs on celebrities' walls. The ...Show more
Branson Behind the Mask by Tom Bower
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The image remains pristine: a charismatic high-school dropout turned billionaire, whose stratospheric rise and daring exploits have won him millions of enduring admirers and made him a model for aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the world. But is this story still credible? Over the last decade, has Bran ...Show more
Squeezing the Orange by Henry Blofeld
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The quintessentially English cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure, fondly known as "Blowers", tells his colourful life story. Born in Norfolk and educated at Eton and Cambridge, Henry Calthorpe Blofeld OBE, nicknamed "Blowers" by the late Brian Johnston, is ...Show more
Mandela : A Biography by Martin Meredith
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Fully revised and updated, in a biography the Sunday Times described as 'a fitting epitaph to an extraordinary career', Martin Meredith details the life of Nelson Mandela, one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to ...Show more
My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in ...Show more
Million Little Pieces by James Frey
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“ The most lacerating tale of drug addiction since William S. Burroughs’ Junky.” — "The Boston Globe"“ Again and again, the book delivers recollections that leave the reader winded and unsteady. James Frey’ s staggering recovery memoir could well be seen as the final word on the topic.” — "San Francisco ...Show more
A Journey by Tony Blair
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In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten year ...Show more