Biography and Memoir Books
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The Swimmer : The Wild Life of Roger Deakin
BEST BOOK OF 2023 ACCORDING TO THE NEWSTATESMAN AND OBSERVER'The Swimmer is a wonderful, original achievement; teeming with stories, glittering with images, and experimental in form and tone' Robert MacfarlaneRoger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog, was a man of many parts: maverick ad-man,...- £10.99 GBP
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In the Wars : An uplifting, life-enhancing autobiography, a poignant story of the power of resilience
AS HEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCSAS SEEN ON THE CHANGEMAKERS, a Paramount+ docuseries profiling activists fighting for changeA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'A riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.' KHALED HOSSEINI, author of The Kite Runner'One of the most incredible life stories you...- £10.99 GBP
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Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters
An illustrated selection of Van Gogh's letters, forming an extraordinary window into the life and creative thinking of one of the world's most iconic artists. Vincent van Gogh's letters have long been prized as some of the most valuable documents in the world of...- £12.99 GBP
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Orwell : The New Life
Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have together sold over 40 million copies. Even now, he continues to...- £14.99 GBP
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Jan Morris : life from both sides
`A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris's favourite word in her final days) kindness.' The Sunday TimesThe first full account of the remarkable life of Jan Morris: writer, soldier, traveller, and trans pioneer. Jan Morris is widely considered one of Britain's best-loved writers, known...- £12.99 GBP
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Hockney : A Graphic Life
Follow the journey of David Hockney's exceptional life in a unique graphic novel�format. From his childhood in Bradford and�early years making it as an artist, to his sun-drenched�Los Angeles period, his triumphal return to the UK and his recent�iPad drawings that proudly exclaim that...- £16.99 GBP
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A Rose For Winter
Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the gypsy...- £8.99 GBP
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Jane Austen at Home : A Biography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced...- £12.99 GBP
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A Writer's World
In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice, Sydney to Berlin, and the Middle East...- £14.99 GBP
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Thomas Cromwell : A Life
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'This is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years' Hilary Mantel'A masterpiece' Dan Jones, Sunday TimesThomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious...- £18.99 GBP
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Monet : The Restless Vision
The Art Book of the Year, The TimesA Telegraph, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Economist, Tablet and Evening Standard Book of the YearA magnificent new biography of the founder of ImpressionismIn the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and...- £35.00 GBP
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Diaries, 1942-1954
James Lees-Milne (1908-97) made his name as the country house expert of the National Trust and for being a versatile author. But he is now best known for the remarkable diary he kept for most of his adult life, which has been compared with...- £14.99 GBP
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Planting the World : Joseph Banks and His Collectors: an Adventurous History of Botany
Embark on an extraordinary journey through the annals of botanical exploration and discovery. "Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors" by Jordan Goodman unveils the captivating tale of how Joseph Banks and the intrepid plant hunters of Kew Gardens forever altered the course...- £10.99 GBP
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The Wonderful Mr Willughby : The First True Ornithologist
Birkhead has combined ingenuity and perseverance to produce an evocative portrait of a great pioneer in the scientific study of birds' Literary ReviewFrancis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with his Cambridge tutor John...- £10.99 GBP
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The Multifarious Mr. Banks : From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World
A fascinating life of Sir Joseph Banks which restores him to his proper place in history as a leading scientific figure of the English Enlightenment"An extensive, admiring account of his subject's circuitous route to fame and power."-Wall Street Journal"Readers interested in the British Enlightenment,...- £12.99 GBP
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Nature's Engraver : A Life of Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at the end of the eighteenth century, just as Britain fell in love with nature. This was one of the wildlife books that marked the moment, the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by woodcuts of...- £16.99 GBP
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Biography and Memoir Books
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