
The Man in White Boots: The Biography of Alan Ball, the Youngest 1966 World Cup Hero
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It is a special footballer who wins the World Cup as a 21-year-old and ends a two-decade career as...

The Queen's Speech: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen in Her Own Words
Book
On 9 September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-serving monarch in British history....

Women Warriors: Ten Courageous Lives of Women Who Went to War
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After her beloved husband was forced to fight for William II, Mrs Christian 'Kit' Welsh was not...

Slim Jim: Simply the Best
Book
Jim Baxter was one of Scotland's greatest-ever football players, a left-footed wonder who became a...

Boy About Town
Book
'I was no longer fitting in at school. I was unsure of my friends, and they were increasingly unsure...

Charles Darwin: pocket GIANTS
Book
When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform...

Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend
Book
From prison cell to Las Vegas penthouse, Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend is the...

Earl and His Butler in Constantinople: The Secret Diary of an English Servant Among the Ottomans
Nigel R. Webb and Caroline Webb
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George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, was an unconventional ambassador. A Scottish aristocrat who had...
Kieren Fallon: The Autobiography
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Kieren Fallon was one of the world's greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with...

Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars
Book
"[A] fantastically readable and endlessly fascinating book...Delicious, occasionally fantastical,...