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127 Hours Reading Group Guide
Posted On: February 3, 2011Posted In: Reading Groups
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
This reading group guide for 127 Hours includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion.
Read More...Zoya Phan on Little Daughter – A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Posted On: June 8, 2010Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Zoya Phan is a 28-year-old ethnic Karen refugee from Burma. As a teenager she was forced to flee her country after her village was attacked by the Burmese Army. She now lives in London and works for the human rights organization Burma Campaign UK. Listen to her talk about her life in this podcast.
Read More...Nick Kent on Apathy for the Devil
Posted On: May 27, 2010Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Faber
Legendary NME rock journalist Nick Kent discusses his memoir of the 70s, Apathy for the Devil, which features his encounters with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Chrissy Hynde, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols.
Read More...The Round-up: People’s Lives
Posted On: May 26, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
From America to China via the Sudan and Kenya, from stage and screen to science and literature, here are fifteen of the very best and most intriguing biographies and memoirs you could hope for, all from the Bookhugger publishers…
Read More...An interview with Phil Daniels, Class Actor
Posted On: March 26, 2010Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Celebrating the launch of his autobiography, watch an interview with this Class Actor and number one geezer
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