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Angela Y. Davis
An AutobiographyA powerful and commanding account of the life o...A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis. Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Libera... -
Simon Callow
Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man BandIn One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic s...In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles’ life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the tw... -
Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's RosesIn 1936 Orwell planted roses at his cottage in ...In 1936 Orwell planted roses at his cottage in Hertfordshire. Over eighty years later Rebecca Solnit encounters them, and is inspired to explore a different side to the great writer and activist to... -
Antoine Leiris
Life, AfterA moving account of single fatherhood in the wa...A moving account of single fatherhood in the wake of bereavement. When Antoine Leiris lost his wife, Hélène, in a terrorist attack in Paris, he was left to care for their baby alone. In this wry an... -
Keiron Pim
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph RothThe first English language biography of the gre...The first English language biography of the great European writer Joseph Roth, exploring his genius and his tragic life story, lived in the shadow of war. The brilliant, mercurial, self-mythologisi... -
Patrick Barkham
The Swimmer : The Wild Life of Roger DeakinRoger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog a...Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of unusually many parts. A born writer who nonetheless took decades to write his first book, Roger was also variously - and som... -
Raynor Winn
Landlines : The remarkable story of a thousand-mile journey across BritainSome people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk ...Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once befo... -
Jamie Blackett
Land of Milk and Honey : Digressions of a Rural DissidentLand of Milk and Honey is the long-awaited sequ...Land of Milk and Honey is the long-awaited sequel to Red Rag to a Bull. Author Jamie Blackett finds himself in danger of losing the family estate as his beef business encounters difficulties and th...
