Them: A Memoir of Parents by Francine Du Plessix Gray
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At the height of their fame, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix Gray were the grandest power couple in the New York City fashion world, gifted Russian ?migr's who consorted with Dali and Dietrich and told American women how to look, where to travel, and what to read. As told by their daughter, th ...Show more
The Guggenheims by Irwin Unger
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Meyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims, were reckoned among America's wealthiest. Through research, Irwin Unger, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize in history, and his wife, convey a story in its scope - o ...Show more
Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography by Richard Branson
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"Compelling. Brilliant. Revealing. Funny. Inspirational. Extraordinary. Sir Richard Branson s amazing memoir is now updated to include the effect on the Virgin Group of 11 September, his views on the war in Iraq, the rise of Virgin Blue and the flotation of Virgin Mobile. Discover how Virgin is moving i ...Show more
Hoi Polloi by Craig Sherbourne
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A gritty memoir by an outstanding journalist. Describes the world of seedy pubs, horseracing, sex, crime and new money.
Talleyrand by Duff Cooper
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Duff Cooper's classic biography charts the remarkable progress of Talleyrand; a silver-tongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France's Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's ...Show more
Light on Life: The Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate Freedom by B. K. S. Iyengar
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The world's most venerated yoga teacher sheds light on life through the prism of yoga As human beings, we all seek to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon the earth while striving for something more permanent and profound. So many seek this greater Truth in the heavens, but it lies much clo ...Show more
Fathers and Sons by Alexander Waugh
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Gillian's pick... (Memoir) The Waugh family has been writing books since the nineteenth century. Evelyn's father, brother and son were all writers and now his grandson has taken up the baton. Based on recollections of his father, Auberon, and on a mine of hitherto unseen documents relating to Evely ...Show more
The Insider : The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade by Piers Morgan
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The Insider dominated the UK media on publication in March 2005 and instantly became a No.1 bestseller. Not only did it fill thousands of column inches with its revelations about prominent political and showbiz figures, it was critically acclaimed across the broadsheets for its unique and fascinating in ...Show more
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
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Love and darkness are just two of the many forces which run through Amos Oz's extraordinary, moving autobiographical novel. He takes us on a bold, courageous journey through his childhood and adolescence, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people- his parents. At the tragic heart o ...Show more
In My Skin: A Memoir by Kate Holden
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An Australian memoir published to critical acclaim worldwide, In My Skin is the true story of Kate Holden's life as sex worker and a heroin addict. Kate was a nice middle-class girl: a dreamy bookworm, a classics scholar and an innocent. In this memoir she chronicles in frank and beautifully crafted pro ...Show more
Will in the World : How Shakespeare became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt
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The theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and acted was a cut-throat commercial entertainment industry. Yet his plays were also intensely alert to the social and political realities of their times. Shakespeare had to make concessions to the commercial world, for the theatre company in which he was a share ...Show more
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter
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A take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization, and reason.