Biography & Memoir
Dangerous Hero
25.64€
by Tom Bower Format: Hardback, 400 pages Published: 19 Feb 2019 `THE BOOK EVERY VOTER MUST READ' Mail on Sunday `Meticulous and highly readable ... Funny and devastating' Daily Telegraph `The most compelling in-depth study so far' Guardian A gripping expose of the man, his politics and what Corbyn in Downing Street could mean for Britain After four...
Born A Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood
12.80€
by Trevor Noah Format: Paperback / softback, 304 pages Published: 21 Sep 2017 WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer...
Black Klansman
10.24€
by Ron Stallworth Format: Paperback / softback, 208 pages Published:29 Jul 2018 * ADAPTED AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BY SPIKE LEE* NOMINATED FOR SIX 2019 ACADEMY AWARDS & WINNER OF 'BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY' BAFTA* WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when a black detective goes undercover in the...
The Favourite
12.80€
by Ophelia Field Format: Paperback / softback, 592 pages Published: 29 Nov 2018 'An incredible story crackling with royal passion, envy, ambition and betrayal ... A tour de force' Lucy WorsleySarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was as glamorous as she was controversial. Politically influential and independently powerful, she was an intimate, and then a blackmailer, of Queen...
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In Your Defence : Stories of Life and Law
11.52€
by Sarah Langford Format: Paperback / softback, 320 pages Published: 3 Jan 2019 Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the vulnerable, the heartbroken and the hopeful.She must become their voice: weave their story around the black and white of the law and tell it to...
Can You Ever Forgive Me? : Memoirs of a Literary Forger
10.24€
by Lee Israel Format: Paperback / softback, 144 pages Published: 10 Jan 2019 Now a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy-Lee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel...
The Language of Kindness : A Nurse’s Story
11.52€
by Christie Watson Format: Paperback / softback, 352 pages Published: 3 Jan 2019 * THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * `It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh. It encouraged me to appreciate this most underappreciated of professions more than ever' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtChristie Watson was...
Prairie Fires
28.21€
Pulitzer Prize in Biography by Caroline Fraser Format: Paperback Published: 13 Nov 2018 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR One of The New York Times Book Review's...
Notes on a Foreign Country : An American Abroad in a Post-American World
21.78€
Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Non-Fiction 2018 by Suzy Hansen Format: Hardback, 288 pages Published: 4 Jan 2018 'A deeply honest and brave portrait of of an individual sensibility reckoning with her country's violent role in the world.' Hisham Matar, New York Times Book ReviewIn the wake of the 11th September attacks and the US-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy...