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Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45
Sir Max Hastings

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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An in depth insight into the great war leader Churchill. Max Hastings gives a 'warts and all' account of Churchill's war years, not only looking at his trumphs but also some of his less successfull ideas and campaigns. ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4894/Finest-Years-Churchill-as-Warlord-1940-45-by-Sir-Max-Hastings.html

William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies
John Carey

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography 2010. Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 3 December 2009. A detailed and fascinating biography of the author of Lord of the Flies. In this biography Carey does make... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4880/William-Golding-The-Man-Who-Wrote-Lord-of-the-Flies-by-John-Carey.html

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Format: Hardback - Released: 10/09/2010
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The story of how one wild snail (and one of its 118 offspring) came to the aid of Elisabeth Tova Bailey as she recovered from a devastating illness. A friend dug up some violets and found a small snail, thinking... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4877/The-Sound-of-a-Wild-Snail-Eating-by-Elisabeth-Tova-Bailey.html

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang

Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2004
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Many Chinese memoirs have now been published in the West, but this remains the best – also the biggest – in size and scope – covering three generations. You may find it takes a while to get immersed but persevere... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4870/Wild-Swans-Three-Daughters-of-China-by-Jung-Chang.html

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Azar Nafisi

Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2008
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Exploding our idea of a one-size-fits-all view of the Middle East, Azar Nafisi reveals the personal toll of living under an intolerant regime. Her book describes a secret literature class, where studying Western Literature is both a view of another... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4869/Reading-Lolita-in-Tehran-A-Memoir-in-Books-by-Azar-Nafisi.html

Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
Walter Reid

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
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Churchill’s gift for words as a speaker and a writer – “we will fight them on the beaches”...”we will not give in”...and most tellingly “history will be kind to me for I intend to write it” has given us a... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4844/Churchill-1940-1945-Under-Friendly-Fire-by-Walter-Reid.html

Keeper: A Book About Memory, Identity, Isolation, Wordsworth and Cake
Andrea Gillies

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
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Winner of the inaugural Wellcome Prize 2009 This book could so easily have been subtitled A Descent into Hell, that it isn’t is thanks to Andrea Gillies exploratory method of care, her seeking to find out just what is happening in... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4630/Keeper-A-Book-About-Memory-Identity-Isolation-Wordsworth-and-Cake-by-Andrea-Gillies.html

Bad Blood
Lorna Sage

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2001
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A memoir of the 1950’s that conjures up that stifling post war period in vivid detail, Lorna Sage’s memory for inconsequential happenings, the texture of things, the tastes and sounds that surrounded her as she grew up make this both... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/3299/Bad-Blood-by-Lorna-Sage.html

The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion

Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006
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How badly we as a society deal with death is most poignantly outlined in Joan Didion’s memoir recalling the year following the sudden death of her much loved husband. How little we acknowledge the tearing grief, the “magical thinking” that... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/3288/The-Year-of-Magical-Thinking-by-Joan-Didion.html

Stuart : A Life Backwards
Alexander Masters

Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/02/2006
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Read the endorsements on the cover and believe them, this is truly a tragic and unique biography. I love the style, right from the start you are caught up in this strange story and then I love the story itself.... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/1055/Stuart-A-Life-Backwards-by-Alexander-Masters.html

The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle de Jour

Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2005
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You have probably caught some of the coverage for this book. It first appeared as a web diary and then there was much speculation as to whom the author might be. To date she remains anonymous, even through the book... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/673/The-Intimate-Adventures-of-a-London-Call-Girl-by-Belle-de-Jour.html

Return to the Olive Farm
Carol Drinkwater

Format: Hardback - Released: 08/07/2010
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July 2010 Editor's Choice. Continuing the story of Carol Drinkwater’s beloved Olive Farm. After returning from 18 months travelling around the Mediterranean Carol discovers that her dream of running an organic farm is threatened by nature and by the demands of... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4021/Return-to-the-Olive-Farm-by-Carol-Drinkwater.html

The Orton Diaries
Joe Orton

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/1996
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September 2010 Guest Editor Belle de Jour on Joe Orton... I have to admit to being an obsessive fan of Orton’s plays. But the farcical situations are nothing compared to the life he really lived, and if anything, Orton’s Diaries... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4876/The-Orton-Diaries-by-Joe-Orton.html

A Journey
Tony Blair

Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2010
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October 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair releases his memoir The Journey, which charts the successes and controversies surrounding his time as premier and tells us more about Iraq, his complex relationship with Gordon Brown and how it... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4853/A-Journey-by-Tony-Blair.html

The Fry Chronicles: A Memoir
Stephen Fry

Format: Hardback - Released: 13/09/2010
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October 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Stephen Fry is back with the second instalment of his memoirs, picking up at his university years. It’switty as ever and full of details about his more recent and turbulent life. Please note that an extract... ]]> http://www.lovereading.co.uk//book/4855/The-Fry-Chronicles-A-Memoir-by-Stephen-Fry.html