New Biographies
1529149967 
Hardback 
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Ebury Spotlight
Resource type: Physical
Note: Averil Mansfield established herself as a pioneer in every sense of the word when she qualified as a surgeon in the early 1970s. At the time just two per cent of her colleagues were female, and she was often met with surprise, bordering on disbelief and amusement, when telling people what she did. But time and again, Averil proved herself more than capable of the role which had been her greatest dream since the age of eight.
1529135877 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Century
Resource type: Physical
Note: For decades, Ronnie Archer-Morgan has brought to life the fascinating, often surprising backstories behind our most cherished heirlooms and household objects on the Antiques Roadshow. Now, he tells his own unlikely story. Born in the fifties to a Sierra Leonean mother battling mental health problems, Ronnie spent his childhood in and out of care.
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1398519928 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scribner UK
Resource type: Physical
Note: The remarkable story of how Oksana Masters triumphed over extraordinary challenges to become a Paralympic champion and an inspiration to so many.
1408716739 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Abacus
Resource type: Physical
Note: Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar. Sara Wheeler is Britain's foremost woman travel writer. Glowing Still is the story of her travelling life - what is 'important, revealing or funny' - in a notoriously testosterone-laden field.
0008524467 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: HQ
Resource type: Physical
Note: Behind Paris Hilton's meteoric rise from Upper West Side club kid to household name lies her self-proclaimed 'superpower' of ADHD and a hidden history that traumatised and defined her. Shocking, funny and surprisingly profound, this is the deeply personal memoir of the ultimate It Girl and a stunning inside view of a pop culture phenomenon.
1914197690 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Reach Sport
Resource type: Physical
1800181752 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Unbound
Resource type: Physical
Note: The much-loved author Montague Rhodes James is best known today for his ghost stories. Their popularity has kept them in print since the first collection was issued in 1931, and they've earned a cult following. But for all this literary success, his lifetime's correspondence has remained inaccessible in a Cambridge University archive - until now.
1788841700 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: ACC Art Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Stepping bravely into the cyclone of 21st-century fashions, Harry Styles is more than weathering the storm.
0008510520 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The Borough Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister in recent years, and both are the subjects of this remarkable and heart-breaking memoir, along with sibling relationships in literature and those of literary figures.
1398504432 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: In Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing biography that explores her remarkable achievements and unique status as an icon of the 19th century, but also corrects some of the myths that have grown around her life and career. Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to helper.
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0711271011 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Little Neil's dreams took flight when he rode on his first airplane as a child. After studying aeronautical engineering and time spent in the navy, he became a pilot. From there, he was selected to take a trip to where no human had gone before - the moon!
1529370345 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Sceptre
Resource type: Physical
Note: On the outside, Ben Short looks like he has it all - a successful career in advertising, a flat in a trendy area of London, an expensive motorbike. But inside, he's a wreck. Years of suffering with an anxiety disorder and depression have broken him, and his 'creative' career has become sterile and suffocating. A drastic change is needed.
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1035401428 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Headline
Resource type: Physical
Note: Charlotte Crosby is one of the UK's most beloved reality TV stars, an accomplished presenter, an award-winning entrepreneurial businesswoman and now a first-time expectant mum. Here in 'Me, Myself and Mini Me' Charlotte will talk us through the next stage of her journey, from her single days and meeting her partner Jake, to the moment she found out she was pregnant.
152939449X 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre
Resource type: Physical
Note: Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his wings.
1399408399 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Resource type: Physical
Note: In this touching but also profound memoir, Field explains two key factors in his upbringing - the poverty of his own childhood and the deep and lasting effect of his Christian socialism, as exemplified in the writings of F. D. Maurice and William Temple. Field has spent his adult life fighting against poverty in Britain, through parliament and through his strong personal influence.
1510230033 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated guide to her amazing life.
0241637988 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Ladybird Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Learn all about the Queen's early childhood, coronation, family life, legacy and the way she shaped the modern monarchy for an astonishing 70 years. This title also features fascinating facts about the number of Prime Ministers and leaders the Queen met, the countries she visited, her Jubilee celebrations and more.
1398324205 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Rising Stars
Resource type: Physical
Note: Black history is not just history - it is the history of people left out of the history books. But this book is different! In this book, we're going to meet 15 amazing Black women. Some were pioneers of the past - and some are doing incredible things today! Learn about Mary Prince, the first Black woman to publish her life story; Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
0241532310 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: Let me ask you a question: How many Black people can you name from our history? Mary Seacole? Ira Aldridge? George Bridgetower? Pablo Fanque? Walter Tull? Have you heard of these people? Yes? That's great! But if you haven't, don't worry, you're not alone, which is why I'm so excited to tell you all about them. Because the people in this book should by totally famous.
1526306441 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Wayland
Resource type: Physical
Note: This fascinating biography for children aged 7-11 tells the story of Charles' life, from his birth at Buckingham Palace to his archaeology degree from Cambridge University, his work as a Naval Officer, his marriage to Diana Spencer and the birth of his two sons, his extensive charitable work with The Princes Trust, his marriage to Camilla, now Queen.