As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most recognisable stars. This charts his life from his childhood, through his years studying astro physics and teaching, his success with Queen, his more recent projects...
Biography
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Auteur:Maguire, Peter, Gracie, RicksonSommaire:Rickson Gracie shares the full story of how his father and uncles came to develop Jiu-Jitsu, what it was like to grow up among generations of world-renowned fighters from the Gracie clan, and the principles and skills that guided him to...
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Auteur:Dashtgard, AnnahidSommaire:Annahid Dashtgard was born into a supportive mixed-race family in 1970s Iran. Then came the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which ushered in a powerful and orthodox religious regime. Her family was forced to flee their homeland, immigrating to...
- Auteur:Mactavish, JoanSommaire:
This is a book about a young Canadian girl, Mae Brown, who exhibited intelligence, stamina, commitment and courage under the exceptionally incapacitating condition of being both deaf and blind. Born in 1935, the third child of a...
- Auteur:McCarthy, AndrewSommaire:
Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Andrew McCarthy shares an intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.
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Auteur:Pearlman, JeffSommaire:Focusing on the players, American sports writer Jeff Pearlman presents a biography of the NFL dynasty that won the Super Bowl three times during the 1990s: the Dallas Cowboys.
- Auteur:Dahl, RoaldSommaire:
Roald Dahl's life was as bizarre, exciting and funny as the stories he wrote, and here is the whole of his own extraordinary autobiography in one volume. With a new Quentin Blake cover and a whole new end section of fascinating...
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Auteur:Coren, StanleySommaire:Coren tells the wry, poignant, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog whose antics inspired Coren's insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist, and on his outlook on life as a whole.
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Auteur:Viloria, HidaSommaire:Hida Viloria was raised as a girl but discovered early on that he/r body was different. It wasn't until s/he was twenty-six and encountered the term intersex. In this book, Hida describes her search for authentic identity and love in a...
- Auteur:Blumenthal, KarenSommaire:
Award-winning author Karen Blumenthal devoted months to tracing the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde, unearthing new information and debunking many persistent myths. The result is an impeccably researched nonfiction tale of love, car...
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Neil Boyd does not spare his own blushes as he gives a lively and authentic account of his initiation into priestly life.
- Auteur:Wilkinson, CaroleSommaire:
Ned Kelly was a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. He was in trouble with the law from the age of 12. He stole hundreds of horses and cattle. He robbed two banks. He killed three men. Yet, when Ned was sentenced to death, thousands of...
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Auteur:Wright, RichardSommaire:The author relates his life as an African American growing up in the South during the Jim Crow years. This version of the autobiography is presented in two parts, as authorized by the author's estate. Part one tells of his painful early...
- Auteur:Proulx, AnnieSommaire:
Proulx vividly recounts the ups and downs of building her dream house on a nature preserve in Wyoming.
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A collection of poems, short stories and non-fiction
- Auteur:Eilish, BillieSommaire:
Billie Eilish shares personal highlights and moments as she reflects on photos from her life and career, both on and off the stage.
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Auteur:CROWLEY, F. KSommaire:Documents Forrest's career as inland explorer, public servant and politician. "After being actively involved in the drafting of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sir John Forrest fought hard for 'fair...
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Auteur:SHAW, JanetSommaire:Janet Shaw was adopted as a baby. At thirteen months, she was diagnosed with a malignant cancer called retinoblastoma and had one eye removed. As a young woman, the desire to find her natural parents becomes overwhelming and she sets...
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