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Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist is an invaluable biography of an important if somewhat neglected figure in British cultural and political life,whose significance has been overshadowed by that of his wife, Virginia Woolf. His vital role in her life and career is a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-08-29
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A hilarious essay collection perfect for anyone dealing with the challenges, indignities, and celebrations that come with being a thirty-something by actor and YouTube star Lisa Schwartz (Lisbug).Lisa Schwartz's stories and musings are all about watching her friends...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2019-08-27
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**A Sunday Times Book of the Year**The closest you’ll ever get to the most infamous drug kingpin in modern history, told by the person who stood by his sideThe story of Pablo Escobar, one of the wealthiest, powerful and violent criminals of all time has fascinated the...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2019-08-22
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Picking up where he left off in his acclaimed memoir Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin brilliantly captures a bygone era, and the thrills of new adulthood in the early 80s.It begins in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a 13-year-old kid staging his own author photo that he...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2019-08-20
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Manu Gandhi, M.K. Gandhi’s grand-niece, joined him in 1943 at the age of fifteen. An aide to Gandhi’s ailing wife Kasturba in the Aga Khan Palace prison in Pune,Manu remained with him until his assassination. She was a partner in his final yajna, an experiment in...
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OUP India
Parution :
2019-08-20
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'Brilliant biography of an undersung late-blooming treasure . . . subtly profound as well as wickedly entertaining, this biography does its subject scintillating justice' MojoCruel to Be Kind is the definitive account of Nick Lowe's uncompromising life as a songwriter...
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Constable
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2019-08-15
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Die gegenwärtigen digitalen Formen des Kommunizierens geben zweifelsohne Anlass zu Reflexionen über die Geschichte der Gattung Brief, über Brieftheorien und Briefautor_innen. Diese Voraussetzungen ließen internationale Briefforscher_innen vom 3. bis 5. März 2017 im...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-08-14
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'A rallying cry for privacy justice' New York Times'We need more warriors like Carrie' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movementIn an era of doxing, revenge porn and online stalking, the law is failing us. Tech companies are untouchable and often women are persecuted....
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Virago
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2019-08-13
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In this "compelling and disturbing" true story, a young woman's toxic mentor develops a dark, stalking obsession that disrupts her career -- and her peace of mind. (Rebecca Traister,New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad)Donna Freitas has lived two lives.In...
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Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2019-08-13
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Candace Bushnell gets personal in her new memoir - an investigation into what happens when a woman of a certain age (ok, let's call it 'middle') finds herself not-so-young, free and single in the city.MILFs, cougars, love, sex, divorce - Candace's brilliantly funny...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Book Group
Parution :
2019-08-08
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The remarkable true story that became a viral news sensation.Former Royal Engineer Sean Laidlaw was working as a bomb disposal expert in Syria when he heard whimpering from the rubble of a school that had exploded and collapsed. Upon further inspection he found that the...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2019-08-08
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The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage. "This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O,The Oprah Magazine"A...
Editeur :
Twelve
Parution :
2019-08-06
ePub
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What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about? How is Meg and Mog related to Polish embroidery? And why does death in picture books involve being eaten? Fierce Bad Rabbits explores the stories behind our favourite picture books, weaving in tales of Clare Pollard's...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-08-01
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This is the true story of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard, the character in the fifth series of the BBC's popular television drama Poldark. Colonel Despard was the last person to be sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering in Britain - for high treason, an alleged...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2019-08-01
ePub
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'A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story' Simon Schama'Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant complex and tragic genius' William Dalrymple, Los Angeles TimesGeorge Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-08-01
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'Superb, beautifully written, touching and occasionally very funny' Andrew RobertsDavid Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-08-01
ePub
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The Irish immigrants who arrived in Argentina between 1840 and 1890 were welcomed. Argentina was different from the English-speaking destinations familiar to other Irish emigrees: the historical antagonism between Catholicism and Protestantism was absent, and Irish...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-07-29
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Take a trip down memory lane with the memoir from national TV treasure John Craven, as he recounts both the highs and lows of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people and animals that have helped to shape it. _______'A cracking read' Chris...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-07-25
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Discover the powerful story of one woman's lifelong dedication to adventure and determination to succeed, as featured in the brand new BBC2 documentary The Last Mountain'I shed a tear as I read this . . . I'll admit that I did not do so when I originally heard of her...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-07-25
ePub
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From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt"A rip-roaring life... Every red-blooded American should read this entertaining book." — Wall Street Journal In his time, there was no more...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2019-07-23
ePub
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