Story of Che Guevara by Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
** NEW ** Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Lucia Alvarez de Toledo follows Ch ...Show more
Under a Canvas Sky : Living Outside Gormenghast by Clare Peake
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Mervyn Peake was born in China, the son of medical missionaries, and the juxtaposition of his exotic surroundings and the very English manners at home had a lasting effect on him. Reading Treasure Island until he could recite it by heart and waiting for comics to arrive from England had him living a chi ...Show more
The Long Walk: The Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture: The Way Back by Slavomir Rawicz
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Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19th November 1939, he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the Gulags. After a three month journey to Siberia in the depths of winter he escaped with six companions, realising that to stay in t ...Show more
Wait For Me - Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister by Deborah Devonshire
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: good
Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, and thei ...Show more
Snowblind by Robert Sabbag
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'Un-put-downable ... the best book ever written about cocaine.' Loaded
Rafa: My Story by Rafael Nadal & John Carlin
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No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena - a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. This autobiography, written by Nadal with award-winning journalist John Carlin, includes memor ...Show more
Frank: The Making of a Legend by James Kaplan
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Who was Frank Sinatra? And how did who he was lead to him creating such incomparable music? In FRANK, fans finally have a biography that goes more deeply into who he really was than any previous book about this extraordinary man. Sinatra was a bundle of contradictions. At once both spoiled and neglected ...Show more
Life with My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone
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Christopher Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his forty-seven years of growing up with, working with and understanding the most famous woman of our time. Throughout most of the iconic star's kaleidoscopic career, Christopher played an important role in her life: as her back-up dancer, her perso ...Show more
Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching and gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. When Motley Crue were at the height of their fame, there wasn't a drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days - sometimes alo ...Show more
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line by Doug Beattie
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Doug Beattie MC returns to Helmand Province for one final tour before retiring - and it's the most bloody and brutal conflict yet. In 2006 Doug Beattie of 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was awarded the Military Cross for his part in recapturing the town of Garmsir from the Taliban. He was due to ret ...Show more
From Eskimo Point to Alice Springs by Anne Watts
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This is the moving and heartwarming memoir of a British nurse who has spent her life working in the world's most remote and hostile environments. In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills. Her father expected her to work locally, not too far from North Wales, wh ...Show more
The Man without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
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Handpicked in 1999 by the 'Family' surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, with very little governmental or administrative experience beyond having served as deputy mayor of St Petersburg, seemed like the perfect choice in the eyes of an oligarchy bent on moulding ...Show more