Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie the Pooh by Ann Thwaite
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Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's acclaimed biography of A. A. Milne, one of the most successful English writers ever, and the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, and of Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Christopher Robin. But the fictional Christopher ...Show more
Curry by Naben Ruthnum
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No two curries are the same. Curryasks why the dish is supposed to represent everything brown people eat, read, and do. Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this wildly funny and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By ...Show more
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal
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Thomas Buergenthal is unique. Liberated from the death camps of Auschwitz at the age of eleven, in adulthood he became a judge at the International Court in The Hague. In his honest and heartfelt memoirs, he tells the story of his extraordinary journey - from the horrors of Nazism to an investigation of ...Show more
Daring to Drive: A gripping account of one woman's home-grown courage that will speak to the fighter in all of us by Manal Al-Sharif
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THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED CHANGE WITH HER CALL FOR GREATER FREEDOMS FOR WOMEN.THE GUARDIAN: 'MANAL AL-SHARIF BECAME A GLOBAL FIGUREHEAD OF A CAUSE THAT DREW THE ATTENTION OF GLOBAL LEADERS WHO URGED THE [SAUDI] KINGDOM TO OVERTURN THE BAN' ON WOMEN DRIVING. 'Future generations will marvel at M ...Show more
Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour
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'The most dazzling biography of a female writer to have come my way for a decade...' - Financial Times 'To be savoured for its vivid and sympathetic recreation of the tragic life and brilliant times of the gifted Mary Shelley' - Times Literary Supplement 'Brilliant and enthralling' - Independent On Su ...Show more
This Girl Ran ["Tales of a Party Girl Turned Triathlete"] by Helen Croydon
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Dare to be Kind by Lizzie Velasquez
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How being called 'the world's ugliest woman' transformed one woman's life - and inspired millions of others.Because of a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez has dealt with harassment about her appearance for most of her life. In 2007, the rise of social media led to her most public and humiliating ...Show more
Walking Free: The Extraordinary True Story by Munjed Al Muderis; Patrick Weaver (As told to)
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In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched into the operating theater and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front of his staff. ...Show more
Prince Harry: The Inside Story by Duncan Larcombe
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** Now updated to cover Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement. **Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which he's made headlines all over the world, Harry has won the nation's admiration and respect through hi ...Show more
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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Category: Biographies
This is New York Times Best-seller. An adrenaline-fuelled expose of life inside the tech bubble, Chaos Monkeys lays bare the secrets, power plays and lifestyle excesses of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists and money cowboys who are revolutionising our world. Written by startup CEO and in ...Show more
Sensation by Isabel Losada
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In a world where women are having sex they don't want in order to please men they don't much like; where men take more pleasure on internet sites than in their own lovers and the pressure is constantly on to be having great, "red hot" sex all the time - where even Caitlin Moran admits she baulks at usin ...Show more
Without My Mum: A Daughter's Guide to Grief, Loss and Reclaiming Life by Leigh; Horst Leigh Van Der;Van Der Horst
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When Leigh Van Der Horst lost her beloved mother to cancer in 2008, she faced her biggest battle yet. How would she cope without the wisdom and support of her role model? InWithout My Mum, Leigh reveals how she overcame her devastating grief, and in the process rediscovered herself and her inner strengt ...Show more