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Biography & True Stories
Gumboot’s selection of Biographies and Autobiographies covers a wide topic range. Whether you are looking for a true story or a book on an inspirational sporting hero, a memoir, or the latest who is doing what in entertainment we have it all.
 | Paperboy: An Enchanting True Story of a Belfast Paperboy Coming to Terms with the Troubles(Paperback)It's Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned twelve and he's got a new job. He's going to be a paperboy. And come rain or shine -- or bombs and mortar -- he will deliver!
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 | We Bought a Zoo (Film Tie-in): The Amazing True Story of a Broken-down Zoo, and the 200 Animals That Changed a Family Forever(Paperback)A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.
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 | The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London(Hardback)The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times.
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 | Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968(Paperback)A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland
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 | Worth Fighting For(Paperback)Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze first met as teenagers at his mother's dance studio. He was older and just a bit cocky; she was the gorgeous waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. It didn't take long for them to fall in love.
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 | Knifer(Paperback)Drug addiction. Criminal behaviour. Murder... and all before his sixteenth birthday. From foster home to children's home to living rough on the streets, Cain never had a normal childhood. By the age of 8 he was carrying a knife. Seven years later he was serving time for killing someone.
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 | Tintin: Herge and His Creation(Paperback)The little black-and-white cartoon figure of Tintin first appeared in Belgium in 1929 in a Catholic newspaper where his creator, Herge, worked. Harry Thompson looks at the story of Herge, of Tintin and his origins, and beyond to when President de Gaulle could call Tintin 'his only rival'.
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 | The Dressmaker of Khair Khana(Paperback)When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own.
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 | Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal(Paperback)It's 2006 and Nepal is a country torn apart by war, greed and corruption. Caught in the middle are the Nepalese children, snatched and sold into slavery, the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually return. Some of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage, only to....
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 | A Life in Stitches(Paperback)From creating her very first sweater, an electric blue disaster that led to an unlikely bonding between father and daughter to the yellow afghan that caused a breakup (and, ultimately, a breakthrough) and discovering that her love of knitting pales next to actual, true love, Rachael Herron's ability to spin wonderful yarns full of love, loss and laughter is addictive.....
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 | My Friend Michael: the Story of an Ordinary Friendship with an Extraordinary Man(Hardback )Frank Cascio was a close friend of tragic superstar Michael Jackson for more than twenty-five years. In My Friend Michael, Cascio offers a deeply personal, behind-the-scenes look at the Michael Jackson he knew. Filled with never-before-told stories and intimate details, My Friend Michael is the most candid, moving, and provocative portrait of the 'King of Pop'.
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 | Coco Chanel(Paperback)The Mail on Sunday calls it 'gripping', the Sunday Times declares it to be 'fascinating', the Telegraph 'elegant' and 'brilliant' while the Daily Mail hails it as a 'vividly told account, in the style of Chanel herself'. This is the definitive biography of a heroine who founded the most successful fashion label in history; a woman that transformed her life....
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 | David Hockney: The Authorised Biography(Paperback)In this astounding authorised biography Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in the world today.
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 | Amexica: War Along the Borderline(Paperback)In the last three years more than 23,000 people have been murdered in Amexica - the area of land that forms the border between the US and Mexico. This is both the busiest and most deadly frontier in the world, studded with guard-posts, infra-red searchlights and heavily armed patrols.
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 | Smoking Monkeys, Drilling Rigs, Bio-diesel Bikes and Other S(Paperback)A bumper volume chock full of Paul Carter's hugely entertaining stories of his seriously crazy, sometimes terrifying, always hilarious adventures. Strap yourself in for a wild ride.
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 | Sub: Real Life on Board with the Hidden Heroes of the Royal Navy's Silent Service(Paperback)At any given time, any number of the Royal Navy's 15 nuclear submarines lurk undetected in the world's oceans. Totally self-sufficient for months at a time, they lie in readiness to be deployed to listen, intercept, or attack wherever they may be needed.
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 | Charles Dickens: A Life(Hardback )Charles Dickens was a phenomenon. Perhaps the greatest novelist in the English language, the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination, Sam Weller, Mr Pickwick, the Artful Dodger, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Lady Dedlock, Mrs Gamp, Pip, Miss Havisham and many more. He was also a demonically hard-working journalist, father of ten children, indefatigable walker and traveller,....
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 | Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson(Hardback )The first official book by international superstar Lady GagaIn this book of original, behind-the-scenes photographs, acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson follows superstar Lady Gaga during one year of her life, from Lollapalooza through the final show of her Monster Ball tour.
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 | Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest(Hardback )If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war. Of the twenty-six British climbers who, on three expeditions (1921-24), walked 400 miles off the map....
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 | One Way Road: The Autobiography of Robbie McEwen(Paperback)Professional road cyclist Robbie McEwen will do whatever it takes to win on a bike. He is proud of his reputation as a 'competitive little bugger' and 'a bit of a hard bastard in the peloton', yet he is at pains to point out that what he's channelling is not rage or aggression but a fierce determination and razor-sharp focus.....
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