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Joey Anuff


Dumb Money: Adventures of a Day Trader
(with Gary Wolf)
One day trader. Four frenzied hours. The entire day-trading universe before him. Strap in.

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413751409 | £9.99 | 14 Sep 2000 | Find out more

Dumb Money: Adventures of a Day Trader
(with Gary Wolf)
One day trader. Four frenzied hours. The entire day-trading universe before him. Strap in.

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413751607 | £7.99 | 07 Jun 2001 | Find out more

Blake Bailey


A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates
'The literary biography of the year' Douglas Kennedy, Independent

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413774330 | £12.99 | 19 Jan 2006 | Find out more

Michael Bartholomew


In Search Of H.V. Morton: The authorised biography of H.V. Morton
The first authorised biography of one of the best-selling travel writers of all time

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413774873 | £8.99 | 26 Jan 2005 | Find out more

Kate Bassett


In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller
The first major biography of Jonathan Miller

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234x153mm | ISBN: 9780413773128 | £19.99 | 05 Dec 2008 | Find out more

H. E. Bates


An Autobiography
Publication in one volume of Bates's three acclaimed autobiographies, The Vanished World, The Blossoming World and The World in Ripeness

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413776006 | £12.99 | 19 Oct 2006 | Find out more

Jean Benedetti


Dear Writer, Dear Actress(Editor): The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper
'An extraordinary relationship and Benedetti does an extraordinary job in presenting it here' Irish Times

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413776372 | £8.99 | 15 Mar 2007 | Find out more

Scyld Berry


Cricket's Burning Passion
The Cricket Society's Book of the Year 2006

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413776631 | £8.99 | 15 May 2008 | Find out more

Dr Brian Brivati


Hugh Gaitskell
The Best Prime Minister Britain never had.

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751862 | £14.99 | 01 Sep 2006 | Find out more

James Callaghan


Time and Chance
'One of the great political careers of the late twentieth century' Roy Jenkins, The Observer

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751800 | £14.99 | 01 Aug 2006 | Find out more

Arthur R. Chandler


E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh
A stunningly illustrated biography of one of Britain's greatest illustrators

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248x187mm | ISBN: 9781903368022 | £19.99 | 01 May 2003 | Find out more

Graham Chapman


A Liar's Autobiography: Volume IV
Graham Chapman, who died in October 1989, reveals in his autobiography what it was like to be part of the revolutionary and zany Monty Python team

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413740908 | £8.99 | 11 Oct 1999 | Find out more

Anton Chekhov


Dear Writer, Dear Actress: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper
"An extraordinary relationship and Benedetti does an extraordinary job in presenting it here" (Irish Times)

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413705808 | £18.99 | 27 Oct 1996 | Find out more

Phil Davison


Volcano in Paradise: Death and survival on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
A gripping eyewitness story of the destruction of the beautiful Caribbean island of Montserrat in the volcanic eruptions of the late 1990s

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413771841 | £14.99 | 22 Jan 2003 | Find out more

Geoffrey Elliott


From Siberia With Love: A Memoir of Exile, Death, Love and Tobacco
An epic, moving tale of exile, home, and hope for change

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775641 | £7.99 | 23 Feb 2006 | Find out more

Justin A. Frank M.D.


Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the US President
An extraordinary analysis of the most powerful man in the world.

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751756 | £12.99 | 01 May 2006 | Find out more

Lucy Grealy


Autobiography of a Face
"This is a book that makes us question the very concept of beauty. Read it twice and then read it again..." Ann Patchett

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413774743 | £7.99 | 30 Sep 2004 | Find out more

Duff Hart-Davis


Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singh
An affectionate biography of India's renowned 'tiger-man'

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234x153mm | ISBN: 9780413775535 | £16.99 | 27 Oct 2005 | Find out more

Roy Jenkins


A Life at the Centre
The autobiography of one of the towering figures of twentieth-century British politics

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751770 | £14.99 | 01 Jul 2006 | Find out more

Joyce Johnson


Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir
'The best book ever written about the Beats' - Washington Post

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775597 | £7.99 | 09 Feb 2006 | Find out more

Terry Jones


Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary
'Terry Jones's brilliant work of literary and historical detection' Observer

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413776594 | £12.99 | 28 Aug 2008 | Find out more

Benedict Kiely


Drink To the Bird: A Memoir
The brilliant first volume of memoirs by one of Ireland's greatest writers

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413740601 | £6.99 | 09 Aug 1999 | Find out more

The Waves Behind Us: Further Memoirs
Sequel to the hugely acclaimed first volume of autobiography from one of Ireland's most celebrated writers

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413751201 | £7.99 | 06 Jul 2000 | Find out more

Hugh Leonard


A Devil for Grandeur

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775375 | £7.99 | 01 Jan 2008 | Find out more

Home Before Night
Hugh Leonard's irresistible memoirs, the companion volume of OUT AFTER DARK

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413771681 | £7.99 | 09 May 2002 | Find out more

Out After Dark
An autobiographical evocation of forties and fifties Ireland, a companion volume to Leonard's widely acclaimed HOME BEFORE NIGHT

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413771483 | £7.99 | 09 May 2002 | Find out more

Christopher Milne


Beyond the World of Pooh: Selections from the memoirs of Christopher Milne
The remarkable work of autobiography about the boy who grew up to be Christopher Robin

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413754608 | £8.99 | 07 Feb 2001 | Find out more

Chris Offutt


No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home
A superb, resonant memoir from a writer compared to Hemingway, Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413772831 | £12.99 | 05 Feb 2003 | Find out more

Katherine Russell Rich


The Red Devil: To Hell With Cancer and Back
"This is one of the most wonderful books I've ever read. Simply amazing - wise, funny, life-giving" - Anne Lamott

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413770103 | £7.99 | 06 Feb 2002 | Find out more

Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno


E.E. Cummings: A Biography
'Cummings' complex story is told openly and readably in this fine biography' - Scotland on Sunday

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775696 | £12.99 | 01 Jun 2006 | Find out more

Michael Shelden


Orwell: The Authorised Biography
The definitive biography of one of the most exciting lives in literary history

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751732 | £14.99 | 05 Jun 2006 | Find out more

E.H. Shepard


Drawn From Life
Following Drawn From Memory, the second volume of memoirs by the much-loved artist of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413772480 | £9.99 | 17 Oct 2002 | Find out more

Drawn From Memory: The Autobiography of E.H. Shepard
"An enchanted book, warm with muffin fires and bright with untrammelled innocence" - Daily Mail

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9780413753007 | £9.99 | 26 Oct 2000 | Find out more

Marcia Siegel


Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance
A major biography of the great American choreographer

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234x153mm | ISBN: 9780413765703 | £19.99 | 13 Apr 2006 | Find out more

Lauren Slater


Spasm: A Memoir with Lies
The brilliant and controversial new book by the bestselling author of Welcome to my Country and Prozac Diary

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413751805 | £6.99 | 07 Mar 2001 | Find out more

Terry Southern


Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern
The uncensored, hugely entertaining writings of the Beat godfather, author, pornographer, scriptwriter and founder of New Journalism - "the counterculture's secret genius" (Independent)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413772411 | £8.99 | 04 Jul 2002 | Find out more

Wole Soyinka


Aké: The Years of Childhood
"A beautifully drawn picture ... that will surely number among the classics of childhood" Evening Standard

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413751904 | £8.99 | 08 Feb 2007 | Find out more

Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: A Memoir 1946-65
The third of the Nobel Prize-winner's classic works of autobiography

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413744203 | £8.99 | 03 May 2007 | Find out more

Isara: A Voyage Around Essay
The second of the Nobel Prize-winner's classic works of autobiography

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413752000 | £8.99 | 03 May 2007 | Find out more

William Taylor


This Bright Field: A Travel Book in One Place
An extraordinary autobiographical account of a quest for identity, history and vocation in the East End of London

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413746900 | £8.99 | 24 May 2001 | Find out more

D. R. Thorpe


Alec Douglas-Home
As part of Politico's Great Statesman series: the critically acclaimed biography of a man who was described by Margaret Thatcher as representing 'all that was best of his generation'.

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216x135mm | ISBN: 9781842751916 | £14.99 | 01 Jan 2007 | Find out more

Jackie Wullschläger


Inventing Wonderland: The Lives of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame and A.A. Milne
A beautifully written journey through the lives and minds of the most acclaimed children's authors of all time

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413703309 | £9.99 | 13 May 1996 | Find out more





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