Provides a view of global diplomacy during one of the most tumultuous periods in UN history. This title shows readers a…

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Sinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's…

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A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis Edited by Toni Morrison and…

Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean…

From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - the author has…

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With the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, Jony Ive has become the most important person at Apple. Some would argue he always…

For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings…

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character is a captivating collection of…

Collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the…

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THE GRIPPING FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF BIN LADEN''S EXECUTION For the first time, read the first-hand account of the planning…

Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured…

A powerful memoir from 'the Democrats’ most talented political newcomer since Barack Obama' (Time)'Spectacular . . . Wes…

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Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when…

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Penguin Classics relaunch A new selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing…

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Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a…

After more than four decades living with multiple sclerosis, [the author] finds a flicker of hope in a groundbreaking…

Gives us a portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its 'middle ground', interrogating both the author's…

From New York Times bestselling author and artist Reza Farazmand, his first graphic novel about a young monster who moves to…

A #1 New York Times bestseller Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and…

A biography of Charlotte that recounts Charlotte Bronte's life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer…

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The recipient of multiple Peabody and Murrow awards, Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this strange…

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DW Winnicott's books, including The Piggle, Home Is Where We Start From and The Child, Family and the Outside World are…

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The real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, one of the world's most consequential investors, who has three times lost…

A collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his…

'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just…

Vivid, poignant, hilarious and tragic: the most rewarding and beautiful novel I've read in ages BARBARA TRAPIDO'A family…

Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours,…

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One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense…

Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a…

Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, being harshly…

Presents the story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor. This title intends to…

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The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled…

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From the comedian, actor, and former host of the Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his…

Little Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his…

Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She…

Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.…

Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in the East End, to skiving off school and…

Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten…

As a kid, Stacey dreamed of becoming a star. But at 17, it looked like her dream was shattered when she got pregnant by…

With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy.…

Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a…

Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still…