Pippa’s 'biography' books on Goodreads (60 books)

	#	cover	title	author	isbn	isbn13	asin	pages	rating	ratings	pub	(ed.)	rating	my rating	review	notes		comments	votes	count	started	read	added		owned
checkbox	position	cover	title Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty	author Bailey, Catherine	isbn 0141019239	isbn13 9780141019239	asin 0141019239	num pages 519 pp	avg rating 3.94	num ratings 3,020	date pub Mar 01, 2007	date pub edition Apr 29, 2008	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Jan 21, 2017	date read Feb 08, 2017	date added Jan 21, 2017	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Poets in Their Youth	author Simpson, Eileen	isbn 0374522618	isbn13 9780374522612	asin 0374522618	num pages 272 pp	avg rating 4.18	num ratings 210	date pub 1980	date pub edition Nov 1990	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Aug 12, 2014	owned	format paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne	author Reef, Catherine	isbn 0547579667	isbn13 9780547579665	asin 0547579667	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 3.86	num ratings 1,241	date pub Oct 01, 2012	date pub edition Oct 23, 2012	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 31, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Circulation: William Harvey, a Man in Motion	author Wright, Thomas	isbn 0701185732	isbn13 9780701185732	asin 0701185732	num pages 272 pp	avg rating 3.71	num ratings 75	date pub Apr 05, 2012	date pub edition May 14, 2012	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 14, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan	author Dau, John Bul *	isbn 142630708X	isbn13 9781426307089	asin 142630708X	num pages 160 pp	avg rating 4.00	num ratings 817	date pub Jan 01, 2010	date pub edition Oct 12, 2010	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Oct 02, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Karl Marx: His Life and Environment	author Berlin, Isaiah	isbn 0195103262	isbn13 9780195103267	asin 0195103262	num pages 228 pp	avg rating 4.01	num ratings 989	date pub 1939	date pub edition Sep 12, 1996	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 21, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror	author Sayers, Dorothy L.	isbn	isbn13	asin	num pages 1,231 pp	avg rating 3.84	num ratings 44	date pub 1928	date pub edition 1928	Pippa's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review A very good overview.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 20, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Such A Strange Lady: A Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers	author Hitchman, Janet	isbn 0450026574	isbn13 9780450026577	asin 0450026574	num pages 203 pp	avg rating 3.14	num ratings 103	date pub 1975	date pub edition 1976	Pippa's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 20, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Debts of Honour	author Foot, Michael	isbn 0330265512	isbn13 9780330265515	asin 0330265512	num pages 223 pp	avg rating 3.78	num ratings 23	date pub 1980	date pub edition 1981	Pippa's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review A selection of essays about people who have greatly influenced him. I found it rather moving and added it to that 'to buy' list, which has most of the ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1990	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Michael Foot, a portrait	author Hoggart, Simon	isbn 0340270403	isbn13 9780340270400	asin 0340270403	num pages 216 pp	avg rating 3.50	num ratings 2	date pub Sep 01, 1981	date pub edition Jan 01, 1981	Pippa's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1990	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title George Orwell: A Life	author Crick, Bernard	isbn 0140058567	isbn13 9780140058567	asin 0140058567	num pages 672 pp	avg rating 4.06	num ratings 401	date pub 1980	date pub edition Aug 26, 1982	Pippa's rating it was ok	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I have huge admiration for Orwell and he must have been an incredible man, but unfortunately this biography is rather dull.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1986	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe	author Koestler, Arthur	isbn 0140192468	isbn13 9780140192469	asin 0140192468	num pages 624 pp	avg rating 4.25	num ratings 1,140	date pub 1959	date pub edition Jun 05, 1990	Pippa's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1984	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World	author Fischer, Louis	isbn 0451627423	isbn13 9780451627421	asin 0451627423	num pages 192 pp	avg rating 4.19	num ratings 4,332	date pub Jan 01, 1950	date pub edition Jan 01, 1982	Pippa's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review I think I actually read an earlier version of this book, as I have noted it as 'The Life of Mahatma Gandhi'. I found it interesting and well researche ...more	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1991	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title My House Has Two Doors	author Han, Suyin	isbn	isbn13	asin	num pages unknown	avg rating 4.17	num ratings 30	date pub 1980	date pub edition unknown	Pippa's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1984	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Birdless Summer	author Han, Suyin	isbn 0586037691	isbn13 9780586037690	asin B000JL5DVG	num pages 352 pp	avg rating 4.25	num ratings 87	date pub 1968	date pub edition 1985	Pippa's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review The third volume of her superb autobiography.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1983	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Wind in the Tower: Mao Tsetung & The Chinese Revolution, 1949-1975	author Han, Suyin	isbn 0316342882	isbn13 9780316342889	asin 0316342882	num pages 404 pp	avg rating 4.13	num ratings 52	date pub Dec 31, 1976	date pub edition Jan 01, 1976	Pippa's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1983	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Morning Deluge I: From Mao's Childhood to The Long March	author Han, Suyin	isbn 0586039775	isbn13 9780586039779	asin 0586039775	num pages 400 pp	avg rating 3.88	num ratings 48	date pub Jan 01, 1971	date pub edition 1976	Pippa's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Dry in patches, but really gripping in others. This takes this fantastic series of biography up to 1949.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 2	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1983	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary	author Winchester, Simon	isbn 0060839783	isbn13 9780060839789	asin 0060839783	num pages 242 pp	avg rating 3.84	num ratings 118,253	date pub Sep 28, 1998	date pub edition 2005	Pippa's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title A Mortal Flower (China : Autobiography, History, Book 2)	author Han, Suyin	isbn 0586037381	isbn13 9780586037386	asin 0586037381	num pages 368 pp	avg rating 4.06	num ratings 79	date pub 1966	date pub edition 1985	Pippa's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1983	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title China: Autobiography, History, Book 1 - The Crippled Tree	author Han, Suyin	isbn 0586038361	isbn13 9780586038369	asin B003UMQTJ6	num pages 448 pp	avg rating 4.11	num ratings 143	date pub 1965	date pub edition 1986	Pippa's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Superb. Gave a huge amount of insight into her life in China. I went on and read every volume of her autobiography.	notes Notes are private!	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read Jan 1983	date added Sep 16, 2012	owned	format Paperback	actions view (with text)

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