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A Drinking Life
First published as John Barleycorn, Jack London's autobiographical novel is a harrowing account of a life undermined by...
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Homage to Catalonia
'Above all, there was a belief in the revolution and the future, a feeling of having suddenly emerged into an era of equality and...
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The Great Mathematicians
Why did Florence Nightingale introduce pie charts? How did Lewis Carroll regard Pythagoras? Who learned calculus from her nursery...
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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup's memoir recalls how he was kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 and sold into slavery, describing the brutalities...
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The 50 Greatest Engineers. The People Whose Innovations Have Shaped Our World
In this stunning jacketed hardback, science writer Paul Virr introduces 50 of the world's most influential engineers of all time...
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100 Most Infamous Criminals. Murder, mayhem and madness
An indispensable introduction to the darker side of life, revealing the often strange and grisly stories behind the world's most...
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Narrative of William W. Brown
"Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me." A standout among slave testimonies, the Narrative of William...
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Autobiography of a Female Slave
Martha Griffith Browne, a Southern slave-owner who became wedded to the cause of emancipation, wrote this "autobiography" of Ann,...
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Hospital Sketches from the Civil War
A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self-sacrifice sweetens character....
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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. An American Slave
A classic story of trying circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is...
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No Comment. What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective
Jess McDonald was a true crime junkie and Line of Duty sofa sleuth with a strong sense of justice. Under a year later, thanks to...
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The Soul of a Woman
The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende – a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a...
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Shakespeare's Wife
Little is known of the wife of England's greatest playwright. In play after play Shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy...
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Pondlife. A Swimmer's Journal
The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best...
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Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio
The Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio – Stendhal’s first published work – owes its inspiration to the audacious pragmatism of...
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Travels in the South of France
Published posthumously in 1930, Stendhal’s travel notes on his 1838 journey to southern France contain descriptions of cities...
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Writings
In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the...
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Rome, Naples and Florence
Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of...
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Life of Dante
Life of Dante brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni...
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Racine and Shakespeare
This major critical work by the great French novelist reveals Stendhal’s decisive role in the literary renaissance called...
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The Life of Rossini
Rossini’s success in Italy in the early 1820s was certainly not echoed in France, where he was regarded as “an ill-bred parvenu,...
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Pictures from Italy
In the summer of 1844, taking a break from novel-writing, the thirty-two-year-old Charles Dickens embarked on a journey to Italy...
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Homage to Catalonia
Follows the text of the first edition published by Secker & Warburg in 1938. Contains over 20 pages of notes

After travelling...
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The Duel
The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels – on the run from the authorities of his native Venice...
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Antonin Artaud. The Man and His Work
The influence of Antonin Artaud on the contemporary theatre has only become evident since the early Sixties, although writers and...
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Windswept & Interesting. My Autobiography
The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian.

'It's the first time I've done this. Other people...
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The Escape Artist. The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape...
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Step By Step
The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and...
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George Eliot
One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and...
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Calling the Shots. How to Win in Football and Life
The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David...
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