The Lights of Pointe-Noire
Alain Mabanckou and Helen Stevenson
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Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age...
Voices from the Past: Channel Islands Invaded: The German Attack on the British Isles in 1940 Told Through Eyewitness Accounts, Newspaper Reports, Parliamentary Debates, Memoirs and Diaries
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In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly...
Where the Ocean Meets the Sky: Solo into the Unknown
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'Nobody grows old living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years...
Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice: The Memoirs of Alfred Plumley 1880-1892
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Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old...
Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir
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Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal,...
Smoke and Other Tales
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Foreword by Will Self. Smoke and Other Tales is writer Gerry King’s follow-up to the...
Escaping from the Kaiser: The Dramatic Experiences of a Tommy Pow
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Only a week after joining the 8th Durhams in April 1915 Private Herbert Tustin was captured at the...
Last Drink to LA: Confessions of an AA Survivor
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I touched bottom, as alcoholics like to say, on 12 February 1983 (the date is slightly fuzzy)....
Authentic and Inauthentic Places in Tourism: From Heritage Sites to Theme Parks
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With the rise of post-truth and fake news, a thorough examination of authenticity has never been so...
Hebrides: 50 Walking and Backpacking Routes
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Inspirational guidebook to walking in the Hebrides, on the west coast of Scotland. 50 adventurous...