Biography: adventurers and explorers Books
WW Norton & Co Hemingway The 1930S
Book Synopsis[R]eads like a novel, filled with strongly drawn characters and a wealth of lively detail.... The book offers as much insight into the creative process as it does into this crucial period of our history.Lee SmithTrade Review"Brilliant. . . . Carefully researched and masterfully constructed." -- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal
£20.42
WW Norton & Co Bess of Hardwick Empire Builder
Book SynopsisThe best account yet available of this shrewd, enigmatic and remarkable woman.-Sunday Times [London]Trade Review"Lovell has synthesized admirably a staggering amount of information...and she presents it with verve. A fascinating life within an endlessly fascinating era." -- Kirkus Reviews
£26.59
Alfred A. Knopf The Power Broker
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£52.50
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Son of the Revolution
Book SynopsisAn autobiography of a young Chinese man whose childhood and adolescence were spent in Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution.
£17.09
Random House USA Inc Alexander Hamilton The Graphic History of an
Book SynopsisA graphic novel biography of the American legend who inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential figures in United States history—he fought in the Revolutionary War, helped develop the Constitution, and as the first Secretary of the Treasury established landmark economic policy that we still use today. Cut down by a bullet from political rival Aaron Burr, Hamilton has since been immortalized alongside other Founding Fathers such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson—his likeness even appears on the ten-dollar bill. In this fully-illustrated and impeccably researched graphic novel-style history, author Jonathan Hennessey and comic book illustrator Justin Greenwood bring Alexander Hamilton’s world to life, telling the story of this improbable hero who helped shape the United States of America.
£16.14
Random House USA Inc So Much I Want to Tell You
Book SynopsisFrom Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide. In the months that followed, she realized that the one thing helping her process her grief and begin to heal was comedy. So she began making YouTube videos as a form of creative expression and as a way to connect with others. Ten years later, Anna has more than a million subscribers who watch her smart, honest vlogs on her YouTube channel. Her most popular videos, including ''How to Put On Your Face'' and ''Why Girls Should Ask Guys Out, are comical and provocative, but they all share a deeper message: Your worth is determined by you and you alone. You must learn to love yourself. In So Much I Want to Tell You, Anna opens up about her own struggles with poor self-esteem and reveals both the highs and lows of coming-of-age. She offers fresh, funny, hard-won advice for young women on everything from self-care to money to sex, and she is refreshingly straightforward about the realities of dating, female friendship, and the hustle required to make your dreams come true. This is Anna''s story, but, as she says, it belongs just as much to Kristina and to every other girl who must learn that growing up can be hard to do. Witty and real, Anna breaks things down in a way only a big sister can.Praise for So Much I Want to Tell You''this book is filled with the kind of honesty, vulnerability, and determination that makes Anna such a captivating person. One warning: You''ll want to hug her a lot while reading this.''''Natalie Tran, actress and comedian ''As a woman working in entertainment, Anna Akana is accustomed to feeling vulnerable. Which means that she''s used to being brave. This book is a tribute to the duality of bravery and fear as told through Anna''s experiences to date.''''Hannah Hart, New York Times bestselling author of Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded ''Frank advice on how to live a productive, happy life . . . written in tribute to a ''fearless, talented, and bold'' sister.''''Kirkus Reviews
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC My Life In Art Biography and Autobiography
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre. His account of his own famous productions is interspersed with his anecdotes of the famous.
£27.47
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Dreams Of Anne Frank
Book Synopsis"In celebrating the spirit of optimism that shines through the thoughts and dreams of one extraordinary thirteen-year-old during the darkest of times, Bernard Kops has created a dramatic masterpiece" (Time Out)
£15.60
Penguin Random House LLC Silent Warrior The Marine Snipers Vietnam Story Continues
Trade ReviewPraise for Silent Warrior“Will thrill buffs and servicemen alike.”—Publishers Weekly
£21.47
Penguin Publishing Group Im Sorry You Feel That Way The Astonishing But True Story of a Daughter Sister Slut Wife Mother and Fri End to Man and Dog
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£15.00
Penguin Putnam Inc An Angel from Hell Real Life on the Front Lines
Book SynopsisWith new material- the gripping war memoir by a young veteran and cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn. With new material about Ryan Conklin's second tour in Iraq, An Angel from Hell is a gritty, blunt, sometimes laugh-out-loud Iraq war memoir from the grunt's perspective. This is an edgy, candid report from the front lines and a captivating coming-of-age story by a young veteran and former cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn. With stunning candor and wisdom beyond his years, Ryan Conklin gives voice to a complex and life-changing experience for his generation.
£16.00
Penguin Publishing Group Youll Be SorRee A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War
Book SynopsisSid Phillips, a World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO®'s The Pacific, offers up an invaluable firsthand account of the war against Japan. A mortarman with H-2-1 of the legendary 1st Marine Division, Sid was only seventeen years old when he entered combat with the Japanese. Some two years later, when he returned home, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned Sid into an Old Timer by Marine standards, and more: he left as a boy, but came home a man.These are his memoirs, the humble and candid tales that Sid collected during a Pacific odyssey spanning half the globe, from the grueling boot camp at Parris Island, to the coconut groves of Guadalcanal, to the romantic respite of Australia. Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, General Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend, Eugene Sledge. He remembers the rain of steel from Japanese bombers and battleships, the Trade Review"For anyone who cares about the human dimension of war—its cost and its heroism—Sid Phillip's book is a must read."—Ken Burns, Emmy award-winning filmmaker of The War "We have an extraordinary opportunity now to recognize perhaps THE key player, if there is one, if there's ONLY one key player, he might be at the very top of the pyramid... a native of Mobile, Alabama, a man who appears over and over in our series... Dr. Sid Phillips."—Tom Hanks, Executive Producer, The Pacific"Like his life-long friend, Eugene Sledge, Sid Phillips speaks to us in these enchanting memoirs in his natural voice, engaging and modest, full of insight and intelligence, but ever alert to the lighter side of even the most dismal human circumstances. And like any great story teller, he leaves you wishing to hear a great deal more."—Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
£19.10
Time Warner International Woman in the Mists The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
Book SynopsisDeep in the volcano country of central Africa live some of the rarest, most intriguing animals on earth -- the mountain gorillas. Here, in the mist-shrouded forests, Dian Fossey courageously dedicated her life to studying them. Here she patiently waited until the luminous-eyed gorillas accepted her presence, hugged her, and loved her...while she fought for their survival against poachers, callous researchers, zoo collectors, and local bureaucrats. And here, surrounded by these enemies, she died, mysteriously and brutally murdered.Now, one of the world''s most respected naturalist writers draws for the first time ever on Dian Fossey''s personal writings to reveal the true story of a magnificent obsession...one woman''s enormous empathy for a highly intelligent, desperately endangered animal -- and how it ruled her life, her work, and her heart.
£18.04
Little, Brown & Company Adventures in the Screen Trade
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Little, Brown & Company The Sins of the Father Joseph P Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy.For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him.The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy''s enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.
£24.00
Little, Brown & Company My Sergei A Love Story
Book SynopsisThe Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei''s life.
£21.60
Little, Brown & Company Once Upon a Time
£27.09
Random House USA Inc The Orchid Thief
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£17.10
Penguin Publishing Group Biggest Brother The Life of Major Dick Winters the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne—the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero. After he enlisted in the army’s arduous new Airborne division, Winters’s natural combat leadership helped him rise through the ranks, but he was never far from his men. Decades later, Stephen E. Ambrose’s
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Penguin Putnam Inc Going Overboard
Book SynopsisIn 1999, Sarah was a typical bride-to-be, flustered with wedding details. Then the groom called. “I don’t want you to panic, but I might not be able to come to our wedding....”So began Sarah Smiley’s life as a military wife. As a former Navy brat herself, Sarah knew better than anyone that weddings and funerals—even childbirth!—take a backseat to Uncle Sam. But just as the young, nationally syndicated columnist was getting comfortable with the military wife’s routine, her husband was sent away for an unexpected deployment. What followed was a true test of strength and wit. From getting locked out of the house in cowgirl pajamas to wrestling with the temptation of infidelity, Sarah exposes it all with candor, heart—and knowing humor.
£15.00
Penguin Putnam Inc The Forgotten 500
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£16.15
Penguin Books Ltd Brought Forth on This Continent
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£15.57
Broadway Books The Mirage Factory
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£15.30
Crown David Bowie The Oral History
Book SynopsisDylan Jones’s engrossing, magisterial biography of David Bowie is unlike any Bowie story ever written. Drawn from over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators, some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie, this oral history weaves a hypnotic spell as it unfolds the story of a remarkable rise to stardom and an unparalleled artistic path. Tracing Bowie’s life from the English suburbs to London to New York to Los Angeles, Berlin, and beyond, its collective voices describe a man profoundly shaped by his relationship with his schizophrenic half-brother Terry; an intuitive artist who could absorb influences through intense relationships and yet drop people cold when they were no longer of use; and a social creature equally comfortable partying with John Lennon and dining with Frank Sinatra. By turns insightful and deliciously gossipy, David Bowie is as intimate a portrait as may ever be drawn. It sparks wi
£15.19
Penguin Random House Group Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass
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£6.91
Penguin Publishing Group Letters of Ayn Rand
Book SynopsisThe publication of the letters of Ayn Rand is a cause for celebration, not only among the countless millions of Ayn Rand admirers the world over, but also among all those interested in the key political, philosophical, and artistic issues of our century. For there is no separation between Ayn Rand the vibrant, creative woman and Ayn Rand the intellectual dynamo, the rational thinker, who was also a passionately committed champion of individual freedom.These remarkable letters begin in 1926, with a note from the twenty-year-old Ayn Rand, newly arrived in Chicago from Soviet Russia, an impoverished unknown determined to realize the promise of the land of opportunity. They move through her struggles and successes as a screenwriter, a playwright, and a novelist, her sensational triumph as the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and her eminence as founder and shaper of Objectivism, one of the most challenging philosophies of our time. They are written
£25.36
Penguin Publishing Group Journals of Ayn Rand
Book SynopsisRarely has a writer and thinker of the stature of Ayn Rand afforded us access to her most intimate thoughts and feelings. From Journals of Ayn Rand, we gain an invaluable new understanding and appreciation of the woman, the artist, and the philosopher, and of the enduring legacy she has left us.Rand comes vibrantly to life as an untried screenwriter in Hollywood, creating stories that reflect her youthful vision of the world. We see her painful memories of communist Russia and her struggles to convey them in We the Living. Most fascinating is the intricate, step-by-step process through which she created the plots and characters of her two masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of painstaking research that imbued the novels with their powerful authenticity. Complete with reflections on her legendary screenplay concerning the making of the atomic bomb and tantalizing descriptions of projects cut short by her death, Journals o
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Penguin Publishing Group The Grizzly Maze Timothy Treadwells Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
Book SynopsisWith a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly ManTimothy Treadwell, self-styled “bear whisperer” dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled, it created a media sensation.In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell’s rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man whose controversial ideas and behavior earned him the scorn of hunters, the adoration of animal lovers and the skepticism of naturalists. “Intensely imagistic, artfully controlled prose . . . behind the building tension of Treadwell’s path to oblivion, a stunning landscape looms.”—Newsday
£19.10
Basic Books Out Of America
Book SynopsisNothing in Keith Richburg''s long and respected journalistic career at the Washington Post prepared him for what he would encounter as the paper''s correspondent in Africa. He found a continent where brutal murder had become routine, where dictators and warlords silenced dissent with machine guns and machetes, and where starvation had become depressingly common. With a great deal of personal anguish, Richburg faced a difficult question: If this is Africa, what does it mean to be an African American? In this provocative and unvarnished account of his three years on the continent of his ancestors, Richburg takes us on a extraordinary journey that sweeps from Somalia to South Africa, showing how he confronted the divide between his African racial heritage and his American cultural identity.
£22.64
Basic Books Musil Diaries Robert Musil 18991941
Book SynopsisRobert Musil is ranked alongside Marcel Proust and James Joyce for his monumental, unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities. His Diaries, a distillation of forty-three years of material, are valuable in a number of ways: as a first-hand historical document of life in twentieth-century central Europe, as a kind of unwitting autobiography of a great novelist, and as a writer''s notebook that details the moods of artistic adventure.Readers will gain keen insights into Musil''s passage from scientist, to soldier, to novelist, in honest passages that reveal the man in all his humor, ambition, frustration, and transcendence.
£19.99
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Hitler A Global Biography
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£27.65
Basic Books Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen A Search for Serenity in the Sun
Book SynopsisEnglish poet Roger Green left the safety of God, country, and whiskey to immerse himself in an austere and sober life on the Greek Island of Hydra. But when Green discovered that his terrace overlooked the garden of sixties balladeer Leonard Cohen, he became obsessed with Cohen''s songs, wives, and banana tree. Hydra starts with a poem the author wrote and recited for his fifty-seventh birthday (borrowing the meter of Cohen''s Suzanne, and ripe with references to the song), with Cohen''s ex-partner Suzanne, who may or may not be the subject of Cohen''s song, in the audience. By turns playful and philosophic, Green''s unconventional memoir tells the story of his journey down the rabbit hole of obsession, as he confronts the meaning of poetry, history, and his own life. Beginning as a poetic meditation upon Leonard Cohen''s bananas, Green''s bardic pilgrimage takes the reader on various twists and turns until, at last, the poet accepts the joy of accepting his fate.
£24.30
Basic Books Not by Chance Alone
Book SynopsisHow does a boy from a financially and intellectually impoverished background grow up to become a Harvard researcher, win international acclaim for his ground-breaking work, and catch fire as a pioneering psychologist? As the only person in the history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its highest honors,for distinguished research, teaching, and writing, Elliot Aronson is living proof that humans are capable of capturing the power of the situation and conquering the prison of personality. A personal and compelling look into Aronson''s profound contributions to the field of social psychology, Not by Chance Alone is a lifelong story of human potential and the power of social change.Trade Review"[Aronson] offers a revealing portrait both of himself and of social psychology in the past half-century." (Nature)"
£22.64
The Perseus Books Group Founders Son A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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£13.99
Wiley Freud Darkness in the Midst of Vision Darkness in the Midst of Vision Darkness in the Midst of Vision
Book SynopsisAdvance Praise for Louis Breger's FREUD "Louis Breger's rich and readable study of Freud offers a thoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. Everyone with an interest in psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic movement will enjoy exploring, grappling with, arguing about, and learning from this absolutely fascinating book.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: "The Development of the Hero." PART ONE: FREUD'S LIFE: THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS. A Traumatic Infancy. Childhood and Adolescence. The Early Adult Years: Searching for an Identity. Opening Up: Martha, Cocaine, Fleischl. Jean-Martin Charcot: "The Napoleon of Neuroses." Martha: "The Loss on an Illusion." PART TWO: THE BIRTH OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. Josef Breuer and the Invention of Psychotherapy. Breuer, Freud, and the Studies on Hysteria: 1886-1895. The Break with Breuer. Self-Analysis and the Invention of the Oedipus Complex. The Interpretation of Dreams and the End of the Fliess Affair. The Great Freud Emerges: 1899-1905. PART THREE: THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT: 1902-1939. The Psychoanalytic Movement: Images of War. Alfred Adler: The First Dissident. The King and His Knights: The Committee. Carl Gustav Jung: The Favorite Son Expelled. The First World War. Trauma Revisited: The Neuroses of War. Freud at Work: The Postwar Years. Freud at Home. Anna Freud: The Perfect Disciple. Otto Rank: "I Was In Deepest of All." "What Does a Woman Want?" Sandor Ferenczi: The Wise Baby. The Final Years. Appendix: Psychoanalysis Interminable: Freud as a Therapist. Background and Sources. Notes. Bibliography. Credits. Index.
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Rawhiti Editorial Services Displaced Donkeys A Guernsey Familys War
£12.40
Lisa Tamati Enterprises Ltd Relentless How a mother and daughter defied the odds
£12.34
Independently Published The Panty Thief
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£10.18
Carolyn Tamm I Didnt Know It Was Trauma
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£14.24
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Opal
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£9.49
Harmony/Rodale BareBones Meditation Waking Up from the Story of My Life
Book SynopsisBorn with only one hand, Joan Tollifson grows up feeling different, finds identity as a bisexual lesbian and a disability rights activist, but also sinks into drug addiction and alcoholism. She embraces Zen Buddhism and then a very bare-bones spirituality that has no form. Bare-Bones Meditation reveals the inner process of the mind in a new way, and Tollifson's account is beautifully written--intense and from the heart.
£14.30
Random House USA Inc Rising Out of Hatred The Awakening of a Former
Book SynopsisThe powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, this is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another. “Rising Out of Hatred proclaims if the successor to the white nationalist movement can forsake his ideological upbringing, can rebirth himself in antiracism, then we can too no matter the personal cost. This book is an inspiration.” —Ibram X. Kendi, bestselling author of How to Be An AntiracistDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show—already regarded as the the leading light of the burgeoning white nationalist movement. We can infiltrate, D
£14.40
Random House Publishing Group Empress of the Nile
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Random House USA Inc Here All Along
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Random House USA Inc Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
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Random House USA Inc Ernest Hemingway
Book SynopsisIncorporating fascinating new research, Mary Dearborn’s revelatory investigation of Hemingway’s life and work substantially deepens our understanding of the artist and the man. A St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Book of the YearThe “most fully faceted portrait of Hemingway now available” (The Washington Post) draws on a wide array of never-before-used material, resulting in the most nuanced biography to date of this complex, enigmatic artist. Considered in his time the greatest living American writer, Hemingway was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize whose personal demons undid him in the end, and whose novels and stories have influenced the writing of fiction for generations after his death.
£19.33
Random House USA Inc Life Undercover
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Random House USA Inc Walking
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