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The Broken House: Growing up Under Hitler - The Lost Masterpiece

The Broken House: Growing up Under Hitler - The Lost Masterpiece

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The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. 'Exquisitely written... haunting... Few...
All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying

All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying

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"A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice" The Guardian ' Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book' The Sunday Times...
Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

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A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique...
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

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The dramatic and entertaining account of the revolution in Cuba, from the architect of its success We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat...
Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

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For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight...
Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman

Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Now What?: On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain

Now What?: On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain

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Politics: The three vowels and five consonants which control our world.'But what has politics got to do with me?' I hear you ask. Well, quite a lot really. Whether you...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

$34.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the world

A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the

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A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain -...
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly...
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the world

A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the

$39.99 AUD$31.99 AUD
A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain -...
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

$55.00 AUD$20.00 AUD
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

$26.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A Down legend

Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A

$59.99 AUD$47.99 AUD
The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of...
Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A Down legend

Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A

$59.99 AUD$30.00 AUD
The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

$26.99 AUD$21.59 AUD
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
Crisis

Crisis

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We had been there for over 12 hours. The man was still 30 feet up a tree, balancing on a branch directly over one of the main railway lines out...
Outspoken: My fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan for readers of BECOMING, I AM MALALA and RISING HEART

Outspoken: My fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan for readers of BECOMING, I AM MALALA and RISING HEART

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Author: Dr Sima SamarFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 233mm, 415g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia, 2024The inspiring memoir of the warrior for women who's defied the Taliban at...
The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

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Author: Timothy Garton AshFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 183g, 208 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2019The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making,...
A Fork in the Road, A

A Fork in the Road, A

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica

Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica

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Author: Duncan Mackay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS 'Duncan has...
Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning

Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning

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Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Elliot Ackerman's exceptional memoir is a superb, unique and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the...
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future

Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future

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Author: Charlie Hertzog Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In 2019, climate activist Charlie Hertzog Young attempted suicide, following a succession of breakdowns. He jumped off a six-storey building,...
Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition

Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition

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LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE FIRST BOOK AWARD 2024WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023: POLITICS'A riveting blend of memoir and manifesto ... I found myself dog-earing every page' Elizabeth Day'Profoundly articulate....