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Stuart: A Life
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~Alexander
Masters
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The Farm: The Story of
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~Richard
Benson
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When Richard Benson was growing up he felt like the village
idiot with O'levels' glowing. School reports aren't much help
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Ugly
~Constance
Briscoe
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An account of my life.
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Cash: The
Autobiography
~Johnny
Cash
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This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend
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of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's
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A Million Little
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~James Frey
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When he entered a residential treatment centre at the age of
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The Game: Undercover
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~Neil
Strauss
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A Man Without a
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~Kurt
Vonnegut
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"A Man Without A Country" is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny
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Untold Stories
~Alan
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Moondust: In Search of
the Men Who Fell to Earth
~Andrew
Smith
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Too Close to the Sun:
The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
~Sara
Wheeler
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Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. He
was 6 foot 3 inches tall, and once lifted a car out of a ditch
unaided. After a dazzling career at Eton and Oxford, he sailed
in 1910 for British East Africa. There, in this earthly
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Matisse the Master: A
Life of Henri Matisse: 1909-1954 v. 2
~Hilary
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In this astounding book (winner of the Whitbread Book of the
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Wilfred Thesiger: The
Life of the Great Explorer
~Alexander
Maitland
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Being Jordan
~Katie
Price
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This book needs no introduction. The hardback edition was the
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Fowler: My
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~Robbie
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Margrave Of The
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~John Peel,
Sheila Ravenscroft
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Who's the B*****d in
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~Jeff
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Ever wondered what it is like to step out on to a pitch with
50,000 fans screaming abuse at you, while you try and make an
informed decision? Or what really gets said between players or
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Brando Unzipped
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The mysteries that enveloped the late icon Marlon Brando are
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Prison Diary 3
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The final volume of Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries covers the
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parole in July 2003. It includes a shocking account of the
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How to Survive Your
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~Jonathan
Maitland
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In 2004, a chance encounter led TV broadcaster Jonathan Maitland
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