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Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya.
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The composer’s final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity.
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A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world had seen.
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A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world had seen.
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Roger Mortimer’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching, always generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes and sharp observations, with a unique analogy for each and every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into.
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This is a series of letters to a writer seeking guidance, revealing the thoughts and feelings of one of the greatest poets and most distinctive sensibilities of the 20th century.
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This, the second volume of Susan Sontag’s journals, begins in the middle of the 1960s. It traces and documents her evolution from fledgling participant in the artistic and intellectual world of New York City to world-renowned critic and dominant force in the world of ideas with the publication of ‘Against Interpretation’ in 1966.
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The number one bestseller and acclaimed storyteller writes a forceful account of life inside the British penal system.