Biography & Autobiography

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Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life Of Henry Allingham, The Oldest Surviving Veteran Of The Great War
Henry Allingham - Hardback - Mainstream
Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War & is one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. In this book, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era & how it was altered irrevocably by the Great War.
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Karl König: My Task
Karl König - Paperback - Floris
Karl König founded the influential Camphill movement in Britain, for people with special needs. This is the story of his remarkable life which spanned both World Wars.
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Karl König And Anthroposophy: Reflections From His Diaries
Peter Selg - Paperback - Floris
This title follows Karl König's spiritual journey from his early years to the end of his life. Through the words of his diaries, in which he battles with health and his impatient temperament are recorded with merciless honesty, we can follow his inner path that led to profound insights into the nature of children with special needs.
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King Lauderdale: The Corruption Of Power
Raymond Campbell Paterson - Paperback - Birlinn
John Maitland was a Scottish politician of the late Stewart age and a man of considerable learning and ability. He was a Covenanter who was also a royalist, and a royalist who never ceased to be a Covenanter. This biography provides an analysis of Britain's political life in the late 17th century.
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The Kennedys: The Conspiracy To Destroy A Dynasty
Matthew Smith - Paperback - Mainstream
This text uncovers the truth behind the greatest conspiracy of the 20th century - the plot against America's first family. Never before has there been such a conspiracy - assassination of President John F. Kennedy, murder of Senator Robert Kennedy and the disgrace that stopped Edward Kennedy from reaching the White House.
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The Knife Man
Wendy Moore - Paperback - Bantam
In 'The Knife Man' Wendy Moore unveils the extraordinary world of 18th-century anatomist John Hunter, and paints a portrait of a pioneer in the then fledgling sciences of geology, biology and evolution, as well as of his efforts to take surgery out of the realms of superstition and into the domain of science.
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The King & I: The Uncensored Tale Of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise To Fame By His Manager, Friend And Sometime Adversary
Herbert H. Breslin; Anne Midgette - Paperback - Mainstream
In 1967, Luciano Pavarotti was an up-and-coming young tenor with a voice far more impressive than his stage technique or presence. Herbert Breslin became his manager and thus began a friendship that lasted over 36 years. This text is the story of that relationship, of moving Pavarotti out of the opera house and onto the concert stage.
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Killing Charlie: The Bloody, Bullet-Riddled Hunt For The Most Powerful Great Train Robber Of All
Wensley Clarkson - Paperback - Mainstream
Charting the extraordinary rise and spectacular fall of Charlie Wilson, the most powerful villain to emerge from the Great Train Robbery, this biography takes us on a tour of five decades of the London underworld, including a spell on the Costa del Crime and forays into South America.
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The King & I: The Uncensored Tale Of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise To Fame By His Manager, Friend And Sometime Adversary
Herbert H. Breslin; Anne Midgette - Hardback - Mainstream
In 1967, Luciano Pavarotti was an up-and-coming young tenor with a voice far more impressive than his stage technique or presence. Herbert Breslin became his manager and thus began a friendship that lasted over 36 years. This text is the story of that relationship, of moving Pavarotti out of the opera house and onto the concert stage.