Biography: General
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See also: Biography & Autobiography
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Leading From The Front: My Story
£7.64
- Paperback - Mainstream
Gerald Ronson reveals how he fought his way to the top of the business ladder, lost everything twice, then clawed his way back up again. -
Lives & Times: Achievements Of The Famous And Remarkable, Age By Age
£25.00
- Hardback - Inkbee
This is a collection of brief biographical sketches detailing achievements of hundreds of famous and remarkable people. They are ordered by the person's age at the time of their achievement. The book encompasses people from the fields of popular culture, sport, invention, science, the arts, commerce and politics. -
Add to BasketLivingstone
£14.44
- Paperback - Yale University Press
David Livingstone is revered as one of the world's greatest explorers and missionaries and as the first European to cross Africa. This biography reveals the man behind the myth, one capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice. -
Add to BasketThe Lord God Made Them All
£7.64
- Paperback - Pan Books
Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, 'The Lord God Made Them All' is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors. - Add to BasketLaw, Life And Laughter: A Personal Verdict
£7.64
- Paperback - Black & White
Legendary Sheriff Irvine Smith QC is one of the most formidable lawyers of his generation. Called to the Bar in 1953, he was involved as Counsel in some of Scotland's biggest cases and also defended five capital murder trials before the abolition of the death penalty. Here he gives his expert verdict on life, laughter and the law. -
Add to BasketThe Last Laird Of Coll
£5.94
- Paperback - Birlinn
Reveals both the beauty of the island as well as the harshness of island life and the incredible story of how the laird inherited an estate burdened with debt, spending his life trying to rebuild a livelihood from it. -
Add to BasketThe Long Bridge
£7.64
- Paperback - Sandstone
Urszula Muskus spent 18 years in the Gulag Archipelago. This is her story of long train journeys into Siberia, bandit molls, work on the steppe, the many characters she met and their fates, and eventually reuniting with her children in England. -
Add to BasketLet The People Decide: The Autobiography Of Dennis Canavan
£8.49
- Paperback - Birlinn
Throughout his 33 year political career as a councillor, MP and MSP Dennis Canavan has been recognized as one of the most colourful politicians to grace the halls of Holyrood. This autobiography chronicles an extraordinary and fascinating life of devoted service to Scottish and UK politics. -
Last Of The Hard Hat Divers
£16.99
- Hardback - Book Guild
Recently retired following a long and distinguished career as a seaman and 'hard hat' diver working on complex underwater engineering projects, Bob Sinclair now sets down both his story as one of the last hard hat divers, and his history, which takes us back to the 1930s and his childhood in Scotland. -
Let The People Decide: The Autobiography Of Dennis Canavan
£16.99
- Hardback - Birlinn
Throughout his 33 year political career as a councillor, MP and MSP Dennis Canavan has been recognized as one of the most colourful politicians to grace the halls of Holyrood. This autobiography chronicles an extraordinary and fascinating life of devoted service to Scottish and UK politics.
