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Gypsy – The Art of Tease (Paperback / softback - 2 Mar 2010)

Gypsy – The Art of Tease

By (author) R Shteir

ISBN-13: 9780300164480 ; ISBN-10: 0300164483

Price: £11.64 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, (Paperback / softback - 23 Feb 2010)

The Woman Behind the New Deal
¬Kirstin DowneyΣs lively, substantive andηdare I sayηinspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates PerkinsΣ career but also deepens the known contradictions of RooseveltΣs character.‾ ηMaureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air One of Franklin Delano RooseveltΣs closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the...

By (author) Kirstin Downey

ISBN-13: 9781400078561 ; ISBN-10: 1400078563

Price: £17.15 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Nothing But the Truth: Selected Dispatches (Hardback - 1 Feb 2010)

Nothing But the Truth
Before her murder in 2006, Anna Politkovskaya won international fame for her reporting. Nothing But the Truth is a collection of her best writing.Beginning with a brief introduction by the author about her pariah status, Nothing But the Truth contains material which characterizes the self-effacing Politkovskaya more fully than she allowed in her other books. The collection in this book presents a solid overview of...

By (author) Anna Politkovskaya

ISBN-13: 9781846552397 ; ISBN-10: 1846552397

Price: £18.99 £15.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Bad Things in the Night (Paperback / softback - 16 Feb 2010)

Bad Things in the Night
A highly moving and compulsive memoir of a childΣs suffering at the hands of her abusive stepfather within an enclosed and secretive JehovahΣs Witness community. In the genre of traumatic childhood memoirs, Beth EllisΣ story will stand out.

By (author) Beth Ellis

ISBN-13: 9780091928629 ; ISBN-10: 0091928621

Price: £8.05 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Bard: Robert Burns, a Biography (Paperback / softback - 1 Feb 2010)

The Bard
No writer is more charismatic than Robert Burns. Wonderfully readable, The Bard catches Burns’s energy, brilliance and radicalism as never before. To his international admirers he was a genius, a hero, a warm-hearted friend; yet to the mother of one of his lovers he was a wastrel; to a fellow poet he was “sprung . . . from raking of dung;” and to his political enemies a “traitor.”...

By (author) Robert Crawford

ISBN-13: 9781844139309 ; ISBN-10: 1844139301

Price: £14.99 £11.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

Jerry West
When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, WestΣs signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world.    In this marvelous bookηthe first biography of the basketball legendηaward-winning reporter and author...

By (author) Roland Lazenby

ISBN-13: 9780345510839 ; ISBN-10: 0345510836

Price: £22.14 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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How Could She? (Paperback / softback - 8 Feb 2010)

How Could She?
At just five years old, Dana Fowley learned that there was no one she could trust and nowhere she could escape to. She and her younger sister endured years of terrible abuse, subjected day after day to unimaginable attacks, and not only did their own mother do nothing to protect them, she willingly helped. DanaΣs lifelong suffering was at last revealed in a high-profile court case when she bravely faced her...

By (author) Dana Fowley

ISBN-13: 9780099522256 ; ISBN-10: 009952225X

Price: £8.05 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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In Praise of Strong Women: A Psychiatrist's Memoir (Paperback / softback - 11 Feb 2010)

In Praise of Strong Women
An unflinching memoir that honours the girls and women that influenced Kirkpatrick as they are forced to deal with life crisises that are often kept out of sight in modern society birth, illness war and death.

By (author) David Kirkpatrick

ISBN-13: 9781894694704 ; ISBN-10: 1894694708

Price: £16.99 £15.29 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Pinch Me: A Long Walk From the Prairies (Paperback / softback - 19 Mar 2010)

Pinch Me
Pinch Me. Why pinch me? So I can be sure that this happiness I feel is not a dream, that my life has really changed so much since I was a fat little girl in Saskatchewan. Growing up, losing my fatness and leaving my home province was sometimes fun, sometimes painful, often challenging. But what about this happiness? Did I really find it? Should I have expected to? There were times when I would experience...

By (author) Beth Rowles Scott

ISBN-13: 9781894694742 ; ISBN-10: 1894694740

Price: £13.50 £12.15 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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SALADIN: HERO OF ISLAM (Paperback - 18 Feb 2010)

SALADIN
Hero of Islam.

By (author) GEOFFREY HINDLEY

ISBN-13: 9781848842038 ; ISBN-10: 1848842031

Price: £12.99 £10.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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CRIMINAL WOMEN: FAMOUS LONDON CASES (Hardback - 18 Feb 2010)

CRIMINAL WOMEN
Famous London Cases.

By (author) JOHN J. EDDLESTON

ISBN-13: 9781845631116 ; ISBN-10: 1845631110

Price: £16.99 £15.29 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Blue Lights and Long Nights (Paperback / softback - 16 Feb 2010)

Blue Lights and Long Nights
At the age of twenty-three, Les Pringle decided to escape from office life, broaden his horizons and become an ambulance driver. Little did he realize how broad those horizons would turn out to be, as told in this heartwarming, true story of life on the frontline in 1970s Britain.

By (author) Les Pringle

ISBN-13: 9780552158527 ; ISBN-10: 0552158526

Price: £7.99 £6.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Yehuda Halevi (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

Yehuda Halevi
A masterly biography of Yehuda Halevi, one of the greatest of Hebrew poets and a shining example of the synthesis of religion and culture that defined the golden age of medieval Spanish Jewry. Like Maimonides, with whom he contrasts sharply, Yehuda Halevi spanned multiple worlds. Poet, philosopher, and physician, he is known today for both his religious and secular verse, including his famed ¬songs of...

By (author) Hillel Halkin

ISBN-13: 9780805242065 ; ISBN-10: 0805242066

Price: £20.62 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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James Whitham: What a Good Do! (Paperback / softback - 15 Feb 2010)

James Whitham
James Whitham, universally popular and one of motorcycle racingΣs most colorful characters, won three British titles and for well over a decade was a world-class rider, competing in World Superbike, World Supersport, Endurance and Grand Prix. This frank, sometimes moving and always riotously funny account of his battles with the best in the sport, with hair-raising crashes, serious injuries and ª most...

By (author) Mac McDiarmid

ISBN-13: 9781844257119 ; ISBN-10: 1844257118

Price: £7.99 £6.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter is one of the most important and influential artists of the post-war era. For decades he has sought innovative ways to make painting more relevant, often through a multifaceted dialogue with photography. Today Richter is most widely recognized for the photo-paintings he made during the 1960s that rely on images culled from mass media and pop culture. Always fascinated with the limits and...

By (author) Dietmar Elger; Translated by Elizabeth M. Solaro

ISBN-13: 9780226203232 ; ISBN-10: 0226203239

Price: £31.00 £26.70 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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J B Harkin: "Father of Canada's National Parks" (Paperback / softback - 15 Apr 2010)

J B Harkin
Hart's deft biography presents Harkin (1875-1955) as a major force in early Canadian parks and wildlife stewardship and conservation. This book offers s thorough portrait of a historically significant Canadian.

By (author) E J (Ted) Hart

ISBN-13: 9780888645128 ; ISBN-10: 0888645120

Price: £23.50 £18.13 Not Available

The KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko (Hardback - 8 Feb 2010)

The KGB's Poison Factory
In late November 2006 the whole world was shaken by a ruthless assassination in London of former lieutenant colonel of the FSB (the Russian security service and a successor to the KGB) and British citizen Alexander Litvinenko. This has been the most notorious crime in the past 30 years committed by Russian intelligence on foreign soil. Former Russian military intelligence officer and international expert in...

By (author) Boris Volodarsky

ISBN-13: 9780760337530 ; ISBN-10: 0760337535

Price: £20.62 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Experience of My Life: Emigration (Spiral bound - 15 Apr 2010)

Experience of My Life
At age 15, Ilona Davydova's family immigrated to the United States. Davydova left behind her home, her language, her culture, and her ideals. In her endless search for herself in this new capitalist world, she faced countless struggles. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author returned to her homeland. Within a few months, through an astonishing combination of circumstances, she rose to become one of...

By (author) Ilona Davydov

ISBN-13: 9780976499107 ; ISBN-10: 097649910X

Price: £32.99 £24.13 Not Available

MALE ORDER: THE CHARLES TYRWHITT STORY (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

MALE ORDER
This book is an inspiring and dramatic account of the founding of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts, one of the most successful mail order companies in Britain today with a turnover of 50 million pounds. The story of entrepreneurial journey is told through anecdotes by founder Nicholas Wheeler himself.

By (author) NICHOLAS J. WHEELER; TREVOR CLAWSON

ISBN-13: 9781854584038 ; ISBN-10: 1854584030

Price: £17.95 £14.36 Not Available

Valentino Rossi: Portrait of a Speed God - Third Edition (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Valentino Rossi
This is a long-awaited update of a fabulous visual study compiled by one of the best bike racing journalists in the business. Compelling photographs and sharp narrative capture the larger-than-life character of Valentino Rossi, one of the worldΣs most charismatic sporting personalities, both on and off the track. RossiΣs life is charted from his earliest days, following his graduation through the ranks,...

By (author) Mat Oxley

ISBN-13: 9781844258338 ; ISBN-10: 1844258335

Price: £19.99 £15.59 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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