New Biographies
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Headline
Resource type: Physical
Note: The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong romance but success was not guaranteed. This book plunges us back into 1940s Britain where fears of a flirtatious 'Greek' Prince stealing off with England's crown jewel saw a deliberate Establishment
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1035002108 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
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Note: Never in her wildest dreams did Emma Watkins, a Welsh farmer's daughter, imagine she would marry into the aristocracy but then she fell in love with David Manners, heir to the duchy of Rutland. When David inherited the dukedom, Emma became chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, with its illustrious history, 225 rooms (one full of chamber pots)
1529389739 
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Note: HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working member of the Royal Family, he has supported his cousin, The Queen, representing her at home and abroad. His royal duties began when, in 1952, at the age of 16, he walked in the procession behind King George VI's coffin, later paying homage to the Queen at her Coronation in 1953.
1914518004 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Sandstone Press
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Note: What do Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Elvis Costello, Rush and Chumbawamba have in common? Kim Hawes, pioneering female tour manager. Through hard work, hard partying and hard times, Kim hurled a TV through the glass ceiling of the male-dominated music industry. Sleeping on tour buses, kicking superstars offstage and pranking members of the world's biggest rock bands.
1471192326 
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Nigel Farage is arguably the most influential British politician of the 21st century. His campaign to take the UK out of the EU began as a minority and extreme point of view, but in June 2016 became the official policy of the nation after a divisive referendum. Crick's compelling biography takes the reader into the heart of Farage's story.
1789294843 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: An entertaining and revealing biography of one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Caroline Sullivan tells the story of Dua Lipa to date - from the daughter of refugees to a global musical icon.
1788162927 
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pursuit Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Cyclist Beryl Burton dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx, but with a longevity that surpasses even sporting legends like Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams and Sir Steve Redgrave. She was practically invincible in time trials, finishing as Best All-Rounder for 25 consecutive years and setting a world record in 1967 for distance cycling.
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1915343119 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Sona Books
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Note: For over fifty years, Bruce Springsteen has been on top of the rock 'n' roll stage with 20 studio albums - from his debut 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' to 2020's 'Letter to You' - his a life dedicated to music-making and committed social commentary song-writing.
147213012X 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Constable
Resource type: Physical
Note: Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in the final days of the Victorian era, he debated with Trotsky, played cricket with Constantine, was published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, inspired Kwame Nkrumah, and was a profound influence on the British Black Power movement.
0349135118 
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Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Constable
Resource type: Physical
Note: The King of Progressive Rock, a curator of talent and the reason behind Porcupine Trees rise and fall, the enormous scope and depth of Steven Wilsons career has spanned over 30 years. This is his untold story. Part memoir, part meditation, part roadmap, part confection box of loose threads, lyrics, stories, pictures and ideas,
0008586047 
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: A joyous, nostalgic celebration of eighties culture from one man at the centre of it all. In this candid, evocative memoir, Martin Kemp reflects on the unforgettable decade that made him - and that he in turn helped to shape. Join Martin as he reminisces on leading the New Romantics, heady nights at the Blitz, adventures with Spandau Ballet
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0552176044 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath.
030022379X 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Note: You know his work - Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I. But many people don't know the real Oscar Hammerstein II, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of his time, he was a fighter for social justice who constantly prodded his audiences to be better than they were.
1905662742 
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Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Genesis Publications
Resource type: Physical
Note: As one of the most innovative and remarkable songwriters of the last 50 years, Paul Weller has proved to be the ultimate shapeshifter, moving from The Jam's punk sensibilities to the genre-defying Style Council, and later through a remarkable 30-year solo career. Weller is one of few artists to have attained a UK number one album over five consecutive decades.
1398517267 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social media presence that includes 117 million followers on Instagram and 51 million followers on Twitter. He is an international brand worth billions of dollar
1915036690 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
1784744867 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
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Note: The world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have tried to call your own. Yet beauty may also appear. In the autumn of 2019 Xiaolu travelled to New York to take up her position as a visiting professor for a year, leaving her child and partner behind in London. The encounter with American culture and people threatens her sense of identity throws her into a crisis.
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Resource type: Physical
Note: Born in March 1896, Nancy Cunard was a great beauty, rich, promiscuous, with a mesmeric effect on men. She was also highly intelligent, reading widely and writing poetry. Of Nancy's many affairs the five included in this book are the ones with the American poet Ezra Pound, the novelists Aldous Huxley and Michael Arlen and pianist Henry Crowder; and her lifelong friendship with George Moore, her mother's lover.
1783966998 
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Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
Resource type: Physical
Note: In the wake of a traumatic lockdown, Nancy Campbell buys an old caravan and drives it into a strip of neglected woodland between a canal and railway. It is the first home she has ever owned. It will not move again. As summer begins, Nancy embraces the challenge of how to live well in this unconventional place.
1399804669 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: John Murray
Resource type: Physical
Note: Ronald Blythe lives at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home is Bottengoms Farm, a sturdy yeoman's house once owned by the artist John Nash. From here, Blythe has spent almost half a century observing the slow turn of the agricultural year, the church year and village life in a series of rich, lyrical rural diaries.
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