The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela; Sahm Venter (Editor); Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela (Foreword by)
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Category: Biography
From The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
My Vice-Regal Life: Diaries 1978 to 1982 by Lady Anna Cowen
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Category: Biography
Sunday, 8 January 1978 I have decided to keep a diary during Zelman's term of office as Governor General. I have kept diaries of three recent overseas journeys, and have been pleased that I had, because one forgets so much and the re-reading of a sentence can bring whole occasions, scenes, and otherwise ...Show more
Tao des Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee; James ter Beek (Translator)
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Category: Biography
ie meisten Menschen kennen Bruce Lee nur von seinen Filmen und sehen ihn nur als Schauspieler, aber er war auch ein Kampfkunstler, Autor und Philosoph. Er begann sein Kampfkunsttraining in Hong Kong, als er 13 Jahre alt war. Ein Freund stellte ihn Yip Man vor, Grossmeister im Wing Chun Kung Fu. Funf Jah ...Show more
The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith
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Category: Biography
In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof. Prompted by interes ...Show more
Tales of a Country Doctor by Paul Carter
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Category: Biography
One cold winter night, on my way to have dinner with friends, I got stuck in traffic. There had been an accident at the lights ahead. As I sat there in the dark and the wet, waiting for the mess to be cleared, I glanced across the road. There on a noticeboard outside a rundown weatherboard church was a ...Show more
The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor by Ali Gripper
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Category: Biography
Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary the story of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows, took on the world's medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of sight to hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest and most isolated people.
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford by Richard F Snow
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Category: Biography
From the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who "writes with verve and a keen eye" ("The New York Times Book Review"), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T--the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America. Every century ...Show more
A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette Brennan
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Category: Biography
Helen Garner is one of Australia's most important, and some would say, most admired living writers. That admiration is inspired by a sense that she is honest, authentic and fearless in the pursuit of her craft. But Garner also courts controversy, not least because she refuses to be constrained by the ru ...Show more
Father Bob : The Larrikin Priest by Sue Williams
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Category: Biography
This is the life story of Father Bob Maguire - a rare behind-the-scenes look at the much-loved 'people's priest'. The enigmatic champion of the down-and-out was shaped by a lonely childhood in poor circumstances, an early priesthood that collided with the upheaval of Vatican 11 and working with the army ...Show more
The Attachment: Letters from a most unlikely friendship by Ailsa Piper, Tony Doherty
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Category: Biography
Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both-a most unlikely friendship I must confess-might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy hills of old Donegal. Or am I allowing that uncontrollable imagination of mine too much slack? This is the st ...Show more
Girl Boy Girl: how I became JT Leroy by Savannah Knoop
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Category: Biography
In Girl Boy Girl, Knoop tells her side of the story, revealing how she came to portray the young trans hustler turned literary wunderkind - a persona created by her sister-in-law, Laura Albert, to help sell her books. Much more than an inside look at one of the most famous literary hoaxes of all time, t ...Show more
Wounds - A Memoir of War and Love by Fergal Keane
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Category: Biography
A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past. 2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER After nearly three decades reporting conflict from all over the world for the BBC, Fergal ...Show more