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Kiss Me, Chudleigh
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Auberon Waugh was a philosopher - savage, eccentric, but a philosopher nonetheless. More than any...
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Lighter-Than-Air: The Life and Times of Wing Commander N.F. Usborne RN, Pioneer of Naval Aviation
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Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining...
Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
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Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to...
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Lone Wolf: The Remarkable Story of Britain's Greatest Nightfighter Ace of the Blitz - Flt Lt Richard Playne Stevens DSO, DFC & Bar
Andy Saunders and Terry Thompson
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During the Second World War, Flt Lt Richard Stevens led an extraordinary campaign as an RAF...
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Lure of the Mountains: The Life of Bentley Beetham, 1924 Everest Expedition Mountaineer
Michael D. Lowes and Graham Ratcliffe
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Lure of the Mountains is the first published biography of accomplished photographer, ornithologist,...
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Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army
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Aisin Gioro Xianyu (1907-1948) was the fourteenth daughter of a Manchu prince and a legendary figure...
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Herzl: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State
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The first biography in more than a generation of the father of modern political Zionism and in...
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Anne Bancroft: A Life
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"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967)...
The Antagonist Principle: John Henry Newman and the Paradox of Personality
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The Antagonist Principle is a critical examination of the works and sometimes controversial public...
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Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces
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If you're looking for a parenting book, this is not it. This is not a treatise on how to be a...
biography