Telling Tales by Alan Bennett
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"To be brought up in Leeds in the forties was to learn early on the quite useful lesson that life is generally something that happens elsewhere." In this delightful collection of reminiscences, Alan Bennett recalls his early years in a sequence of tales that are funny, touching and written in his unique ...Show more
The Confession by James McGreevey
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One of the most hotly anticipated memoirs for Americans: The governor who resigned with the words "I am a gay American" finally reveals his personal story of torment and triumph. In August 2004, Governor Jim McGreevey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay ...Show more
Observations of a Very Short Man by Nigel Marsh
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Father's Day, 5 am: Nigel Marsh is woken by his 7 year old son Harry banging him on the nose with a card he's made at school. 'My dad is ...'the card says, to which Harry has added: '...a very short man'. 'That's the least of your problems,' Nigel's wife Kate remarks. As usual, she's right. So begins Ob ...Show more
Toast : The story of a boy's hunger by Nigel Slater
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This edition not available in New Zealand. This is top food writer Nigel Slater's eat-and-tell autobiography. Detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked his passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer, this is also a catalogue of how the British have eaten over the last three ...Show more
Slash: The Autobiography by Slash with Anthony Bozza
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The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist. Finally, all the lurid tales of sex, drugs and rock n' roll are revealed as Slash describes his incredible rollercoaster journey as part of the biggest rock band in the world, living life to the full ...Show more
Agent Zigzag - The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman - Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre
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Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2007 As read on Radio 4 Film rights optioned by New Line Cinema. One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agen ...Show more
Enchantment: Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto
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Born in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness. But when she was five, her father deserted the family. With the outbreak of war in 1939, her mother thought they would be safer in Holland than Holland Park, but although they survived the German Occupati ...Show more
Last Curtsey: The End of the English Debutante by Fiona MacCarthy
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The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
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Princess Diana stole the world's heart, but what was at the heart of her complex behaviour?Tina Brown penetrates Diana's world revealing Diana's tumultuous inner life as no one else has done before. She documents who was really to blame for Diana's untimely death. She reveals the extent of the Alfred Hi ...Show more
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope by Shirin Ebadi
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In this remarkable book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells her extraordinary life story. Dr Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of Sharia law in harmony with vital human rights such ...Show more
Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita
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The award-winning and best-selling account of Raimond Gaita's father's life has been turned into a feature film, starring Eric Bana Romulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia with his young wife Christina and their infant son Raimond soon after the ...Show more
A Russian Diary by Anna Politkovskaya
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A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, A Russian Diary is an unflinchi ...Show more