Biography

Front Cover of Death of a Revolutionary by Richard L Harris
Death of a Revolutionary - Richard L Harris

Death of a Revolutionary: Che Guevara's Last Mission by Richard L Harris is a probing account into the life and death of South American revolutionary icon Che Guevara and this revised edition includes a new chapter on the effects of his legacy today.

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Orang-Utan - Barbara Harrisson

Orang-Utan by Barbara Harrisson is the story of the Harrisson's attempts to rear as many as five of the young apes in their home in the hopes of returning them to the wild. Illustrated with many b&w photos.

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My Brief History - Stephen Hawking

My Brief History: A Memoir by Stephen Hawking recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity.

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Mortality - Christopher Hitchens

Mortality by Christopher Hitchens is the exemplary story of one man's refusal to cower in the face of the unknown, as well as a searching look at the human predicament. Crisp and vivid, veined throughout with penetrating intelligence, Hitchens's testament is a courageous and lucid work of literature, an affirmation of the dignity and worth of man.

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Africa, My Passion - Corinne Hofmann

Africa, My Passion by Corinne Hofmann is an exquisite personal pilgrimage in which Corinne Hofmann delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people.

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50 - Steve Hofmeyr

50 deur Steve Hofmeyr is 'n Fotografiese herdenking van die lewe en loopbaan van een van Suid-Afrika se suksesvolste musikante en gewildste akteurs, met 'n geweldige aantal toegewyde bewonderaars. Die boek bevat foto's uit Steve se jong dae en sy deurbraak-jare in die musiekbedryf.

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Titian - Peter Humfrey

Titian by Peter Humfrey is an ideal introduction to Titian's life and work for the general reader and scholar alike.

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Another Farm in Africa - Henry D Jackson

Another Farm in Africa by Henry D Jackson is the personal account of a Zimbabwean farmer, businessman and minister in a traumatised community, dealing with his childhood in Rhodesia, the war, independence and the economic collapse of the country. Invaders arrived at his farm too, and he endured imprisonment on a fake charge.

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Grayson Perry - Wendy Jones

Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl by Wendy Jones is a wonderful biography of the artist. Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. Fantasy took over his life, in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear, Alan Measles. He grew up.

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A Labyrinth of Kingdoms - Steve Kemper

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper is the first english biography of Heinrich Barth which rescues Barth from obscurity.

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Front Cover of Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
Black Mass - Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill

Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill is an epic story of violence, double-cross, and corruption at the center of which are the black hearts of two old friends whose lives unfolded in the darkness of permanent midnight. James "Whitey" Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend.

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Michel Foucault - Charles C Lemert and Garth Gillan

Michel Foucault: Social Theory and Transgression by Charles C Lemert and Garth Gillan is an evenhanded and accessible introduction to the work of this important social theorist.

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Tigress of Forli - Elizabeth Lev

Tigress of Forli: The Life of Caterina Sforza by Elizabeth Lev shows how between her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, to her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, Caterina Sforza's life crossed the firmament of Italy's High Renaissance like a shooting star.

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Lives in Writing - David Lodge

Lives in Writing: Essays by David Lodge is a collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary.

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Front Cover of Introducing: Chomsky by John Maher and Judy Groves
Introducing: Chomsky - John Maher and Judy Groves

Introducing: Chomsky by John Maher and Judy Groves is a graphic guide to the pioneering linguist and social reformer. Illustrations by Judy Groves

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Wilfred Thesiger - Alexander Maitland

Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer by Alexander Maitland is an authorised biography which was written with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive.

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The Illustrated West with the Night - Beryl Markham

The Illustrated West with the Night by Beryl Markham describes her life growing up in Kenya, becoming the first female in Africa to earn a racehorse trainer's licence and of course the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. This edition is abridged and illustrated.

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Galley Slave - Jean Marteilhe

Galley Slave: Seafarers' Voices No.

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Front cover of The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart
The Winter of Our Disconnect - Susan Maushart

The Winter of Our Disconnect: How One Family Pulled the Plug and Lived to Tell/text/Tweet the Tale by Susan Maushart asks the question if Thoreau could last two years in the woods without the mod-cons of the early nineteenth century (running water), then surely Susan Maushart can survive six months without the technology of the twenty-first century?

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Front cover of The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays
The Millionaire and the Bard - Andrea Mays

The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio by Andrea Mays tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession. When Shakespeare died in 1616 half of his plays died with him.

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Marx Before Marxism - David McLellan

Marx Before Marxism by David McLellan is a detailed account of the evolution of Marx's ideas as a young man, his exile in Paris and the importance of these early phases to his later work.

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Front Cover of Stanley by Frank McLynn
Stanley - Frank McLynn

Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer by Frank McLynn describes one of the greatest of African explorers. Stanley accomplished many feats but behind the public man lay a disturbed personality. Illustrated with b&w photos.

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Call Me Burroughs - Barry Miles

Call Me Burroughs: A Life by Barry Miles is a rigorously researched biography that finally gets to the heart of its notoriously mercurial subject. It was written with the full support of the Burroughs estate and draws from countless interviews with figures like Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, and Burroughs himself.

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All Told - Leroy Neiman

All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs by Leroy Neiman is the memoir of one of the most recognisable contemporary artists in the world - arguably the world's most recognisable contemporary artist - broke the barrier between fine art and popular art during a career in which he created indelible images that helped define the twentieth century.

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Front Cover of Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson
Portrait of a Marriage - Nigel Nicolson

Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson by Nigel Nicolson is the classic story of the relationship between his parents, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.

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