Biography & Autobiography

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See also: Biography & Autobiography

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  Barack & Michelle: The Love Story - Christopher P. Andersen - Paperback
  They exploded onto the national political scene in 2004 and within four years captured the ultimate political prize. In so doing, they became a First Couple like no other. Christopher Andersen draws on those who know the Obama's best to examine in detail the unique partnership and the grace, courage and humour that defines it.
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  Street Fighting Man: The Quality Street Gang And Me - Jimmy Swords - Paperback
  In 'Street Fighting Man', former gangster and unlicensed boxer Jimmy Swords breaks his long silence to reveal the eventful story of his life as the head of the Quality Street Gang, the biggest and most feared crime syndicate in Britain.
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  Strictly Me: My Life Under The Spotlight - Mark Ramprakash - Paperback
  In 'Strictly Me', Mark Ramprakash covers in detail all aspects of his cricket career from the hot-headed cricketing prodigy who made his test debut for England at the age of 21, to finally being cast aside by his country in 2002, even though in the 2006 and 2007 seasons his batting average for Surrey was over 100.
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  Red Dust Road - Jackie Kay - Hardback
  In this revelatory and redemptive book Jackie Kay tells the story of her own life. It is a book about belonging and beliefs, strangers and family, biology and destiny and what makes us who we are.
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  Car Trouble: A Childhood On Four Wheels - Wensley Clarkson - Paperback
  'Car Trouble' presents a portrait of a middle-class boy virtually left to run his own life in one of the world's biggest cities, London. Yet through that neglect emerged a quick-witted survivor whose life was uniquely shaped by his childhood obsession with cars.
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  Hero Of The Fleet: Two World Wars, One Extraordinary Life: The Memoirs Of Centenarian William Stone - William Stone - Paperback
  William Stone died on Saturday, 9 January 2009 aged 108. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire's light began to fade & saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World War. This book tells his story.
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  Nothing Like A Dame: The Autobiography - Elaine C. Smith - Paperback
  In this autobiography, Elaine charts the many highs and lows of her showbiz career thus far. She reveals the heartache she has hidden behind the laughs, not least following the death of her mother, which took her to a dark place from which she thought she'd never return.
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  In The Name Of My Father: Murder And Mayhem In The North - Patrick Conroy - Paperback
  The story that unfolded at Geordie gangster Paddy Conroy's torture trial in 1995 was one of the most bloody and controversial in British criminal history. For the first time in this no-holds-barred memoir, Paddy Conroy reveals all about his war with those that threatened his community and attacked his family.
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  The Last Of The Last: The Final Survivor Of The First World War - Claude Choules - Hardback
  In 2009, aged 108, Claude Choules became the last man alive on active service before the 1918 Armistice and the last who served in both world wars. 'The Last of the Last' provides a riveting account of his lifetime, one that vividly mirrors how the last century unfolded.
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  Ma, It's A Cold Aul Night An I'm Lookin For A Bed - Martha Long - Paperback
  In this instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her parents and the establishment, she is now 16. Her time at the convent school is up and she leads us through her first months of freedom in 1960s Dublin.