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$9Stradivarius : Five Violins, One Cello and a Genius by Toby Faber"Blending history, biography, meticulous detective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber embarks on an absorbing journey as he follows some of the most prized instruments of all time. Mysteries and unanswered questions proliferate from the outset - starting with the enigma of Antonio Stradiv...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$8Boy and Going Solo by Roald DahlBoy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. Reissued in the exciting new Roald Dahl branding. Boy is the story of Roald Dahl's very own boyhood, including tales of sweet-shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse Plot - the inspiration for s...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$7Beyond the Horizon: Extreme Adventures at the Edge of the World by Richard Parks…Richard Parks has what must be one of contemporary sport's most extraordinary and inspirational stories. Soon after he turned 30, the professional career in rugby that had been his life for over a decade was cut short by injury, leaving him faced with an uncertain future. But unlike many other young...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$10A Long Way from Home: The Diary of Lillian Glenmore, Warkworth, 1943 by Lorraine OrmanIn 1943, 14 year-old Lillian Glenmore is sent with her sister Joyce to live with grandparents on a dairy farm near Warkworth. Her diary describes the social conditions and her experiences of the war, including the arrival of the U.S. Marines. Includes historical note and photographs. Re-released in...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$6Humboldt and the Cosmos by Douglas BottingAlexander von Humboldt, once described as the 'last universal scholar in the field of the natural sciences', was one of the most extraordinary men of his time. This work looks at the man, what drove him, the age he lived in, and follows his journeys of discovery along the Casiquiare canal and the Up...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$10The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by…“Riveting, powerful, moving."—The Observer, “Compelling.A book that must be read."—Daily Mail. A story of almost unimaginable suffering." --BBC Radio 4. “Urquhart grabs our attention with unforgettable stories."—Minneapolis Star-TribuneThis is the extraordinary story of a young man, cons...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$9A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke,John RendallIn 2008, YouTube.com featured an extraordinary film clip that soon became an internet phenomenon. It showed the emotional reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free's George Adamson, who would introduce him into his rightful home in the w...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$10Death of a Princess (Diana Princess of Wales) by Thomas Sanction,Scott MacLeodIn many ways the crash of a black Mercedes S-280 into the 13th pillar of Paris's Alma Tunnel on the early morning of 31 August 1997 resembles a thousand other fatal road accidents. This particular tragedy was, however, exceptional. In causing the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$10Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesley Sully SullenbergerGet to know "Sully" your pilot neighbor, from Danville.Absolutely riveting. Written with zero bravado, and harrowing accuracy.Buy from Store 0 0 -
$11An Appetite for Wonder. The Making of a Scientist by Richard DawkinsAppetite for Wonder The Making of a ScientistBuy from Store 0 0 -
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$8A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENCE : A Story of Love and the Birth of a New Nation by Kirst…From her first visit to East Timor in 1990, Kirsty Sword fell in love with the country and its people and became determined to help them in their seemingly hopeless struggle for independence. Little did she know then where her passion for the cause would lead her.Over the next decade, Kirsty worked...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$8Devil That Danced On The Water by AMINATTA FORNAAn intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African childhood -- of an idyll that became a nightmare. As a child she...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$9Colour Bar: A United Kingdom by Susan WilliamsLondon, 1945: the heir apparent to the kingship of Bechuanaland (later Botswana) arrives in Britain to complete his legal studies. Seretse Khama, an urbane 24-year-old, educated like Mandela at Fore Hare, is welcomed into the elite world of the Inner Temple in London. But then, in 1947, he does some...Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$6Feminist Theorists: Three Centuries of Women's Intellectual Traditions by D…Feminist Theorists Three Centuries of Women's Intellectual TraditionsBuy from Store 0 0 -
$35Shrapnel And Semaphore: My Grandfather's Diary of Gallipoli by Jan Chamberlin60 pages, includes B&W photos. WW I War diary of Walter Edmund (Bill) Leadley.Buy from Store 0 0 -
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$8Forbidden Love by Norma KhouriJordan is a predominantly Muslim country in the heart of the Arab world. It is a modern, technologically advanced and a rapidly democratising nation (or so they want the world to believe). It is a country which welcomes the future with open arms whilst holding on firmly to its ancient roots and trad...Buy from Store 0 0 -
$12Anais Nin a Biography by Deirdre BairArguably the world's most famous diarist, Anaïs Nin drew much of her acclaim from her shocking accounts of artistic and sexual self-exploration within the avant-garde worlds of Paris, New York, and Hollywood. But who was this woman whose peccadilloes led to relationships of bigamy and incest, who f...Buy from Store 0 0
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