Behind the Counter: Shop Lives from Market Stall to Supermarket
Book
Behind the Counter reveals the largely hidden personal stories of shopworkers. Corner shops,...
Children of the Mill: True Stories from Quarry Bank
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Channel 4's The Mill captivated viewers with the tales of the lives of the young girls and boys in a...
Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin
Pierre Assouline and Charles Ruas
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One of the most beloved characters in all of comics, Tintin won an enormous international following....
Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Liszt
Book
Arguably the greatest of all piano virtuosi, Liszt was one of the few composers of his day who had...
Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D'Orcia
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Iris Origo was one of the twentieth century's most attractive and intriguing women, a brilliantly...
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity
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*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006* Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of...
Who's Who of the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Everyone Named in the Bible
Martin H. Manser and Debra Reid
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The Bible contains over three thousand names - all of which are included in this exhaustive Who's...
Nib + Ink: The New Art of Modern Calligraphy
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The original, authentic and bestselling guide to modern calligraphy from Chiara Perano, founder of...
Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark
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This book is an intimate, fond and funny memoir of one of the greatest novelists of the last...
biography
Sky Chasers
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A encounter with a boy dangling from the sky changes pickpocket Magpie's life forever. Like her,...