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As Pelzer details his outward struggle to survive--learning to fall asleep with his eyes open, for example--and his internal efforts to understand and rise above his circumstances, he assaults readers with the graphic facts, told in surprisingly matter-of-fact language, about being beaten bloody for falling asleep when he was supposed to be awake, and being forbidden to bathe and forced to eat scraps from a dog bowl. Family members (including Pelzer's father), neighbors and teachers were aware of the abuse but did nothing to help, and Pelzer credits outsiders, especially his friend Ben, with finally allowing him to see himself more clearly. By looking back at--and then releasing--the image of the skinny, red-haired boy who wanted nothing more than his mother's love, Pelzer discovers his true spirit, which he shares courageously and selflessly here in the hope of healing himself, as well as raising awareness of and preventing child abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pelzer, Richard B.","offers":[{"title":"As New \/ As New \/ Reprinted edition","offer_id":34990348501037,"sku":"15","price":9.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/files\/15.jpg?v=1759084015"},{"product_id":"180","title":"The Lawless the Kent Chronicles -Volume Seven","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Nelson Doubleday,1978.Book Club Edition.The Kent Chronicles-Volume 7.Red hardback(black lettering to the spine,some nicks,dents and creases on the edges of the spine) in VGC, with Dj(two tears on the edges of the Dj cover,some nicks,scratches,creases and small ink marks on the Dj cover) in GC.Nice and clean pages with mark,ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges,a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,some shelf wear inside the Dj cover(tainted,yellow and some foxing marks inside the Dj cover).The book is in VGC for its age with some shelf wear.596pp including The Kent Family Tree,afterword.A collectable book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Jakes","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Good \/ Book Club Edition","offer_id":34990360461357,"sku":"180","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/180.jpg?v=1583176579"},{"product_id":"205","title":"Around Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Macmillan,2004.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks \u0026amp; creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with colour photos,b\/w maps.The book is new with a small nick and crease on the edge of the pages.Price un-clipped.327pp including Glossary.First edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: More people have gone into space than sailed around the world alone. Yet for Emma Richards being adrift in pirate-infested waters was nothing compared to struggling through the 'soul-destroying solitude' of crossing 30,000 nautical miles for 132 days in a solo yacht. Moving, compelling and inspirational, Around Alone is a stunning tale of a young woman's battle with the elements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richards, Emma","offers":[{"title":"As New \/ As New \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990361935917,"sku":"205","price":17.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/files\/205.jpg?v=1759084225"},{"product_id":"253","title":"The Life And Letters Of Walter H Page","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.William Heinemann,1923.Volume I \u0026amp; II.Pictorial green hardbacks(small tear,some nicks,dents and light shelf wear on the covers and spines,gilt lettering on the front cover and spine) in VGC, no Dj's.Illustrated with b\/w plates.Nice and clean pages with gilt on the outer edges,some nicks, aged and tainted on the outer edges of the pages,some creases,nicks,small foxing marks and small tear on the edges of the pages,owner's name and date written on the first blank page of Volume I.The books are in VGC for its age but with light shelf wear.882pp(in total) including List of illustrations,appendix,index.Collectable books.Heavy books(approx 2.4 Kg in total).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burton J Hendrick","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ No Dj cover \/ Volume I \u0026 II","offer_id":34990364852269,"sku":"253","price":46.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"501","title":"Cloughie: Walking on Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Headline,2002.First edition-second printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with laminated Dj(some nicks,scratch and creases on the laminated cover),both in VGC.Ex-Library book with pocket,stickers.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges,some large creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages,two marks on the edges of the last blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.Price un-clipped.276pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: Any debate about who the greatest British manager of all time must start with Brian Clough, who was able to take two small Midlands clubs - Derby County and Nottingham Forest - to their first-ever championships and then inspire Forest to two successive European Cups. Idiosyncratic and controversial, Clough was the people's choice for the role of England manager, but never got the job. In this account of his life, he reveals how he achieved such results and gives his outspoken views on the state of the modern game, the current crop of managers and much else besides. Also, he talks fully about his battle with alcohol and how he has found a new calm since he retired from management in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clough, Brian","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First edition-second printing","offer_id":34990380318765,"sku":"501","price":9.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/501.jpg?v=1583176912"},{"product_id":"539","title":"Countess Dracula: Life and Times of Elisabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Bloomsbury,1997.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Purple hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(two small creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, two small nicks and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.286pp including Notes on Pronunciation,notes,bibliography and index.A collectable first edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Product Description: This is the story of Elisabeth Bathory, a 17th-century Transylvanian countess. She was tried as a vampire and became an inspiration for depraved murderers up to the present day. Based on research conducted at archives in Eastern Europe, this account includes both the recorded truth and the legend that has grown up around her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thorne, Tony","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990382121005,"sku":"539","price":83.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/539.jpg?v=1583176961"},{"product_id":"590","title":"Daughters of Britannia : The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.HarperCollins,1999.First edition-4th printing(5 7 9 8 6 4).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(watermarks inside the edges of the Dj cover,two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover,b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages but with slight damp damage on the edges of some of the pages,light shelf wear on the outer edge of the pages.The book is in VGC except for the watermarks on the Dj cover and the damp on the edges of the pages.343pp including Author's note,list of principal women,list of illustrations,notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable book. This is another paragraph Review: As the daughter of a diplomat, Katie Hickman is well situated to write about the lives of the women who, from the 17th century onward, have traversed the globe as partners of Britain's ambassadors. These women are more than simply bored socialites or helpmeets, they are indispensable companions, intrepid travellers, and, in many cases, exemplary ambassadors for their country. Hickman details the lives of the female ambassadors, from flamboyant characters such as Vita Sackville-West, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the bolter Emma Hamilton, to lesser-known contemporary stoics like Jane-Ewart-Biggs, whose husband, the British Ambassador to Eire, was killed by an IRA car bomb in 1976, and Veronica Atkinson and family who cowered in the basement of the British Embassy in Bucharest during the 1989 uprising that overthrew the Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceaucescu. What frequently unites Hickman's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries and memoirs, she portrays women who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from friends and family--many, in particular, were separated from their children, who would be sequestered at boarding school back in Britain--while maintaining an unimpeachable public image. I shall be obliged to travel three or four days between Buda and Essek without finding any house at all, through desert plains covered with snow, where the cold is so violent many have been killed by it, wrote Lady Mary Wortley Montagu of her treacherous journey to Constantinople in 1716. Almost 300 years later, in 1996, Stephanie Hopkinson wryly itemised the bizarre qualifications necessary for daily diplomatic life in a Sarajevo under siege: Ability to.apply make-up in the dark; aptitude for for bathing in a cold teacup and keeping one's hair\/self\/clothes clean and uncrumpled as long as possible .vivid imagination which converts tinned frankfurters, bread and rice into smoked salmon\/steak and chips.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hickman, Katie","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First edition-4th printing","offer_id":34990385233965,"sku":"590","price":15.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/590.jpg?v=1583177012"},{"product_id":"599","title":"David Bowie: A Rock 'N' Roll Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Proteus,1984.First UK edition.Paperback(small creases and nicks on the cover)in VGC.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with a small mark,ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges,small ink mark on the title page,some large creases on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.184pp including David Bowie's discography,source notes.First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynch, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ N\/A \/ First UK edition","offer_id":34990385528877,"sku":"599","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/599.jpg?v=1583177034"},{"product_id":"606","title":"Days from a Different World: A Memoir of Childhood [Illustrated]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Macmillan,2005.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).White hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nicks on the cover) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges,two pencil marks impressions and pen mark on the edge of the front endpaper,small nick on the edge of the pages.Nice and clean book except for the pen mark on the edge of the front endpaper.421pp.price clipped.First edition. Product Description: This is not a mere exercise in nostalgia, rather it is a journey through the England of the late 1940s and 1950s in all its shabby wonder and it will also tell the somewhat strange and often deeply painful story of John Simpsons family. It begins with Simpson at the deathbed of his aunt, the last of his close relatives to die. As she lay there, half-demented, he found himself talking to her about his childhood - his father, his grandmother, the small and rather depressing south London suburb which his family had built and dominated, and finally declined with. He talked to her about the people who were dead, and the lives which were just starting. Candid, beautifully written and touching, Like an Evening Gone will enchant all those who read it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simpson, John","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990385659949,"sku":"606","price":17.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/606.jpg?v=1583177039"},{"product_id":"619","title":"Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.John Murray Publishers,2006.First UK edition-first printing.Dark blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with colour photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.329pp.Price un-clipped.First edition. This is another paragraph Book Description: On 3rd December 2005, 13-year-old Charlotte Thompson and her school friend were killed by a train at Elsenham station in Essex. They were crossing the tracks to catch a train to Cambridge to go Christmas shopping. There was no footbridge at the station. Following her death, Charlie's father began writing a series of remarkable letters to his lost daughter. The letters were his way of continuing to talk to Charlie, of keeping her close to him after death. In them, he writes of his terrible grief, and of family life in the wake of disaster. Through his letters he creates a powerful portrait of his beautiful, vivid and unpredictable daughter. He also describes a family struggling to survive tragedy and the challenges and triumphs of daily domestic life in a world that will never be the same again. Dear Charlie is a moving family memoir, an account of mourning, and a biography of a lost girl. Above all, it is a powerful love letter from a father to his daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thompson, Reg","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990386053165,"sku":"619","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/619_4d6f649135388a149cf90aa117bed04a.jpg?v=1583177051"},{"product_id":"648","title":"Dg: The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton,1988.First edition.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,dent\/nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges,small foxing mark on the outer edge of the pages.The book is in VGC but with some shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover.237pp including Postscript:Do we need the BBC?,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: This is an account of Alisdair Milne's years as Director General of the BBC when he had to deal with the aftermath of the Falklands War, the miners' strike, press accusations, a hostile government, the Real Lives fracas, the Panorama libel action and the Secret Society case. Meanwhile the BBC was under scrutiny from the Peacock Committee, license fee negotiations and satellite broadcasting. It also covers the history of the BBC since the 1950s when the BBC wilted under pressure from ITV and then recovered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milne, Alasdair","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First edition","offer_id":34990387658797,"sku":"648","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/648.jpg?v=1583177093"},{"product_id":"659","title":"Dickens: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Oxford University Press,1979.First UK edition.Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick,ink mark and crease on the cover and spine) with Dj(small tear on the edge of the Dj cover,some nicks,scratches and creases on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages but with some foxing marks,nicks and slightly tainted on the outer edges,two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the front endpaper,small creases,nicks and ink mark on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC for its age but with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.438pp including List of illustrations,references,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MacKenzie, Norman Ian","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition","offer_id":34990388052013,"sku":"659","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/659.jpg?v=1583177102"},{"product_id":"661","title":"Dickie Bird's Britain [Illustrated] (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton,2002.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).The book is Signed by the Author on the title page with an inscription.Large format dark blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small scratch and nick on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with many colour.b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new.The book is in fine condition as new.Illustrations by Derry Brabbs.256pp.Price clipped.A collectable signed first edition.Heavy book. This is another paragraph Review: Only Shakespeare could have invented a character so full of life's rich juices as Dickie Bird. Cricket's genius has been to accommodate his foibles and celebrate his humour. My delight has been in knowing him for all these years. - Michael Parkinson n nProduct Description nWith humour and affection, Dickie Bird travels around Britain and details what he loves best about it. On his travels he meets sports heroes such as Sir Steve Redgrave and media stars like Rory Bremner, but also many ordinary, but very special folk. Each encounter reminds him of some ripe anecdote from his 30 years behind the stumps. Everywhere he goes, the nation's favorite umpire manages to bring out the best in the people he encounters, with his quirky curiosity and unerring ability to find the genuine individualists and the passionately committed who make up the face of Britain in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bird, Dickie","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990388150317,"sku":"661","price":22.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/661_99feee4f-ce71-42dd-b374-9410a07e0a7e.jpg?v=1583255079"},{"product_id":"702","title":"Dreaming of Iceland: The Lure of a Family Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton,2004.First UK edition-2nd printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2).Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of nicks and crease on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover,b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with some small creases and nick on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.227pp including Family Tree, a note on pronouncing the unpronounceable,glossary of people,bibliography.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Sally Magnusson's memoir of her trip to Iceland with her father Magnus Magnusson to explore their heritage is not only a record of the relationship between a father and his adult daughter, but also charts a journey through some of the most beautiful and unspoiled areas of this country and its culture and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magnusson, Sally","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition-2nd printing","offer_id":34990389362733,"sku":"702","price":27.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/702.jpg?v=1583177143"},{"product_id":"731","title":"Edward Heath: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Pimlico,1994.First paperback Pimlico edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Large format paperback(very small tear on the edge of the front cover,a couple of nicks,creases and scratch on the spine and cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with two nicks and small ink mark on the outer edges,two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first page of the book,some creases and small nick on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the cover.890pp including List of illustrations,notes and references,bibliography,index.Please note:This is heavy book (approx 1.3 Kg). This is another paragraph Product Description: The son of a carpenter, Heath broke the mould of upper-class Tory leaders and suffered years of snobbish mockery. With accomplishments outside politics, in music and international sailing, he is a veritable Renaissance Man. Yet his period premiership collapsed in chaos and humiliation after only three-and-a-half years. Eclipsed by the Thatcherite economic miracle, his achievements were easily overlooked. Now that Thatcherism itself has given way to a punishing recession, perhaps Heath can emerge in terms of Shakespearean tragedy - as a man of remarkable qualities cursed with a blight that turned all to ashes. This biography is by the author of Lloyd George: the Goat in the Wilderness, F.E. Smith, Roy Jenkins and Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campbell, John","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ N\/A \/ First paperback Pimlico edition-2nd printing","offer_id":34990390738989,"sku":"731","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/731.jpg?v=1583177176"},{"product_id":"836","title":"Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Precidio Press,1990.First edition.Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two small scratches on the cover) in VGC, no Dj.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages with large crease on the last blank page of the book,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.No Dj cover.348pp including list of illustrations,glossary.A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph From Library Journal: Admiral Gillcrist's 33-year career parallels the development of postwar naval aviation and its revolutionary use of jets aboard aircraft carriers. His memoirs are filled with flying stories (his own adventures and those of his shipmates) of hairsbreath escapes and occasional tragedies, all proving something we already knew; this is dangerous work. There is also history on postwar carrier developments in general, and on how naval aviation adapted to the challenge of the Vietnam War. While some subject background would aid the reader in understanding this capably and enthusiastically written history, it is still a remarkable window into the high-pressure world of the carrier pilot. For those closer to the field, the account rings with absolute authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gillcrist, Paul T.","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ No Dj cover \/ First edition","offer_id":34990398799917,"sku":"836","price":16.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/836.jpg?v=1583177286"},{"product_id":"850","title":"Finger Lickin' Good: A Kentucky Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Chatto \u0026amp; Windus,1990.First edition-first printing.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick and light shelf wear on the edge of the cover)with Dj(some creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with a b\/w plate.Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of creases on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.202pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: The author's own account of growing up absurd among the blue-bloods, the black people and the thoroughbred horses of his native Kentucky. It describes the eccentricities of his own family, more Southern than Jewish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levy, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990399324205,"sku":"850","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/850.jpg?v=1583177297"},{"product_id":"881","title":"Audley Harrison: Realising the Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Granada,2001.First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Black hardback(small mark and crease on the edge of the front cover,gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks,scratch and crease on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos.The book is new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.249pp.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harrison, Audley","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990400897069,"sku":"881","price":18.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/881.jpg?v=1583177326"},{"product_id":"921","title":"Freya Stark: Passionate Nomad","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Chatto and Windus,1999.First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Black hardback with laminated Dj cover(a couple of nicks and scratches on the laminated cover),both in VGC. Ex-Library book with stamp,pocket,sticker but in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings,maps.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges,small colour mark on the edge of the first page of the book,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.420pp including Bibliography,notes,list of illustrations and index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Review: One image stands out from Jane Geniesse's new biography of the writer and explorer Dame Freya Stark. Taken just after her first trip to Damascus in 1928, it is a photograph of Stark in full Arab dress: a remarkable emblem of this woman's passion for the East, her inchoate wish to explore the mysteries of a new land. Born to Flora and Robert Stark on January 31, 1893, Stark was, on the one hand, a creature of the late 19th century: a woman brought up within the repressive confines of Victorian family life. On the other hand, that family life was erratic, nomadic, even scandalous. In particular, Flora Stark looms large in Freya's life: a mother, driven by her own desires for domestic and artistic independence, from whom her daughter struggles to break free. The connection between that struggle and Freya's passion for travel--the lure of the East in her eyes--is one of the obscure, but fascinating, threads to emerge from Geniesse's biography. Battling against frail health, as well as social convention, Stark carved out a place for herself as an outstanding cultural explorer and commentator. At the same time, as Geniesse uncovers, she engaged in a lifelong struggle against low self-esteem (a terrible accident as a child left her permanently scarred) to become the star of her own adventure story. Bringing into focus Stark's personal and public personae, Geniesse has written an absorbing and timely account of a woman who played a key part in the charged encounter between Europe and the Middle East in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geniesse, Jane Fletcher","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990402895917,"sku":"921","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/921.jpg?v=1583177363"},{"product_id":"940","title":"G. P. 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In August 1996 bin Laden issued his first call to Muslims to attack U.S. targets. Since then his name has been linked to every major anti-American terrorist act by Muslims. For this book Bergen draws on ten years of 'bin Laden watching'. The book will reveal the Islamist militant's unsuspected previous links with the West, and why he has proved such a force throughout the Muslim world. Bergen's personal experience of bin Laden and his secret world helps make this such a powerful and well-informed book that is unrivalled by anything already published or announced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bergen, Peter L.","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990411022381,"sku":"1125","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1125.jpg?v=1583177556"},{"product_id":"1162","title":"Hurricane : The Life of Rubin Carter, Fighter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Fourth Estate,2000.First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Paperback(two small nicks,crease and scratch on the cover) in fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with two ink marks and nick on the outer edges,small nick and crease on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book.358pp including sources,index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirsch, James S.","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ N\/A \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990412496941,"sku":"1162","price":17.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1162.jpg?v=1583177590"},{"product_id":"1163","title":"Hurricane, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Atlantic Books,2002.First UK edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Paperback(small nick on the edge of the cover)in mint condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book,crease inside the pages.368pp including index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borrows, Bill","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ N\/A \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990412529709,"sku":"1163","price":16.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1163.jpg?v=1583177591"},{"product_id":"1167","title":"Beyond Ugly","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Hodder and Stoughton,2007.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of nicks,scratches,crease and small ink mark on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages with a small mark and two small ink marks on the edges of the pages,very small mark on the outer edge of the pages.Nice and clean book except for the small mark on the edges of the pages.240pp.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Briscoe, Constance","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990412628013,"sku":"1167","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1167.jpg?v=1583177593"},{"product_id":"1211","title":"In the Footsteps of Robert Bruce [Illustrated]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Sutton Publishing,1999.First edition-first printing.Large format blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) in fine condition,with Dj(small nicks,scratches and two creases on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with many full colour,b\/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of nicks on the edges,light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover and on the back of the Dj cover.Nice and clean book.196pp including Appendix:Access to Sites,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: On June 7, 1329 Robert Bruce died. For over 600 years, Robert Bruce has had his own place in Scottish history, his position almost that of a patron saint and that the story of his life as hero king has held the minds of the champions of Scottish nationalism for generations. Yet behind this legendary figure is a complex, and in many ways, more fascinating picture, a man who not only led his nation to a famous victory over the English at Bannockburn, and who is commemorated in his followers' national anthem Flower of Scotland, but who overcame great odds to win power for himself and his family's long-held ambition for political power. This book takes the reader on Bruce's journey, from his birth in southwest Scotland to a family with strong connections in Annandale, Cumberland and north Yorkshire, to his kingship and triumph at Bannockburn. Here are the sites and settings associated with Robert Bruce in the years following the death of King Alexander III of Scotland in 1329.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Young, Alan","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990416003117,"sku":"1211","price":18.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1211.jpg?v=1583177649"},{"product_id":"1215","title":"In the Shadow of a Saint","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Doubleday,2000.First edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Pictorial hardback with Dj(a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b\/w map.Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice and clean book as new.264pp including Postscript.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiwa, Ken","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-2nd printing","offer_id":34990416134189,"sku":"1215","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1215.jpg?v=1583177653"},{"product_id":"1222","title":"Innocent Abroad: The Travels of Miss Hannah Hauxwell","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Century,1992.Reprinted edition.Large fornat red hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick \u0026amp; crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos,drawings.The book is as new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book,very small crease and nick on the edges of the pages.191pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Realising an ambition to travel, Hannah Hauxwell, author of Seasons of My Life, visits many famous places, including Paris, the Alps, Geneva and Venice. Her experiences are compared with those of 19th century travellers, and she meets many local inhabitants with whom she finds much in common.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hauxwell, Hannah.","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ Reprinted edition","offer_id":34990416298029,"sku":"1222","price":14.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1222.jpg?v=1583177659"},{"product_id":"1227","title":"Greg Dyke: Inside Story [Illustrated]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.HarperCollins,2004.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,a couple of small nicks on the edge of the back cover and spine) with Dj(some nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings,cartoons.Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark,nick and slightly tainted on the outer edges,a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf inside the edges of the Dj cover.345pp including List of illustrations,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: The eagerly awaited, frequently explosive and always entertaining memoirs of the recent Director-General of the BBC, whose departure in January 2004 caused a huge popular outcry in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dyke, Greg","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990416527405,"sku":"1227","price":16.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1227.jpg?v=1583177667"},{"product_id":"1262","title":"Jack: What I Learned Leading a Great Company with Great People","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Headline Book,2001.First UK paperback edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Large format paperback(small nicks,crease and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with a couple of ink marks and some nicks on the outer edges,a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.488pp including Appendices,Author's note,index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Welch, Jack","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ N\/A \/ First UK paperback edition-first printing","offer_id":34990417739821,"sku":"1262","price":14.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1262.jpg?v=1583177698"},{"product_id":"1263","title":"Jack: What I Learned Leading a Great Company with Great People","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Headline Book,2001.First UK edition-8th printing(10 9 8).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the front cover) with Dj(two small creases,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges,some nicks,creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.488pp including Author's note,Appendices,index.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Welch, Jack","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-8th printing","offer_id":34990417772589,"sku":"1263","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1263.jpg?v=1583177700"},{"product_id":"1280","title":"Joe's War: My Father Decoded","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Vigaro Press,2004.First UK edition-first printing.Grey hardback(blue lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice \u0026amp; clean book as new.424pp including Notes,Author's note.Price clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kobak, Annette.","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990418165805,"sku":"1280","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1280.jpg?v=1583177722"},{"product_id":"1305","title":"Just a Boy: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Ebury Press\/Ted Smart,2004.First edition-6th printing(10 9 8 7 6).Pictorial hardback(two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small tear inside the edge of the Dj cover,some nicks,creases and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with some creases on the edges,two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the title page.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.207pp.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McCann, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First edition-6th printing","offer_id":34990418886701,"sku":"1305","price":9.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1305.jpg?v=1583177741"},{"product_id":"1306","title":"Just as I am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.HarperCollins,Zondervan,1998.First US edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Large format paperback(some creases and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges,small creases \u0026amp; nick on the edges of the pages,pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.775pp including Index of names and places.Heavy book(approx. 1.2 Kg). This is another paragraph Book Description: In this account of his life, Billy Graham shares how he came from ordinary beginnings to have an extraordinary life of prestige and influence - all derived from his unshakable belief in Christ. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nFrom the Back Cover nBilly Graham has touched the hearts and souls of millions with his message of faith. Now, for the first time ever, Dr. Graham tells his life story in a momentous work of insight. Hailed as the world's preacher, his calling as an Evangelist has taken him to every nation, from Europe to Asia, from major capitals to the most remote outposts. His Crusades have spanned fifty years, and he has been part of history in the making and friend to every president since Eisenhower. A pioneer in social issues (he refused to preach to segregated audiences in the South), he has led by his extraordinary example of integrity. In this abridged audio version of Just As I Am, read by Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham looks back at it all with down-to-earth warmth and candor -- remembering his dairy farm upbringing, his early preaching experiences, and the overwhelming international response to his public ministry based on his unshakable belief in Christ. Billy Graham Crusades have reached more than 200 million people in person, and millions more have heard him on radio, television, and film, He has been welcomed behind the Iron Curtain, into China and North Korea, and on every continent. And, at a time when many public figures seem scandal-prone, Dr. Graham maintains an unimpeachable reputation and powerful presence by managing his organization scrupulously, limiting his personal earnings, and urging cooperation rather than competition among all religious people. Just As I Am reveals Billy Graham to be as forthright and engaging as ever as he reflects with plainspoken immediacy on his private life. As he shares his own spiritual journey, he writes movingly of his everyday joys and struggles, and of his profound commitment to his wife, Ruth, and their family. Discussing his relationship with heads of state as diverse as Queen Elizabeth II, the Shah of Iran, and Kim Il Sung, Dr. Graham also shares such memorable encounters as his plane trip with civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when an engine caught fire, and the tragically unsuccessful attempt to warn President John F. Kennedy, Jr., about the danger of his trip to Dallas. Dr. Graham details his friendships with nine U.S. presidents, beginning with Eisenhower and including Johnson and Nixon and continuing to this day with Bill Clinton. As Dr. Graham points out When a president of the United States, for example, wept in my presence, or knelt with me to pray, or privately unburdened his concerns about his family, I was not thinking about his political philosophy or his personality but about his need for God's help. This is an inspiring story of how a man of God grew into a man of great influence. Examining his life and ministry from the wise and humble perspective that has made him one of the world's most beloved and respected leaders, Billy Graham's Just As I Am is an unforgettable portrait that will be treasured by listeners everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graham, Billy.","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ N\/A \/ First US edition-first printing","offer_id":34990418952237,"sku":"1306","price":18.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1306.jpg?v=1583177742"},{"product_id":"1380","title":"Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Little, Brown,2002.First UK edition-first printing.Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the front cover) with Dj(small nicks,scratch and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC plus.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges,light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC plus with light shelf wear.417pp including Appendices,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: The minutes and hours following 11th September terror attacks on the World Trade Center posed the greatest challenge to governance in New York City's history. Mayor Rudoph Guiliani had barely escaped with his life in the collapse of the first tower. Fires burned furiously near the site as the other buildings verged on collapse. Air Force fighter jets criss-crossed the sky to ward off other attacks. And yet in those moments after the calamity, and in the following days and months, Mayor Guiliani not only steered the city through the crisis, but did so with an assurance and authority that was hailed around the world as a model of courageous leadership. In this book, Guiliani describes vividly the chaos and horror of the twin-towers catastrophe, and explains how the rules of management he enforced as Mayor enabled him to gain control of the emergency. These are also the rules, Guiliani makes clear, that anyone in a leadership position - from the head of a large corporation to the owner of a corner shop - can use to inspire others and achieve concrete results.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giuliani, Rudolph","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990424424493,"sku":"1380","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1380.jpg?v=1583177798"},{"product_id":"1413","title":"Life of Wagner Vol 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Cambridge University Press,1976.First Cambridge University Press paperback edition.Volume III.Paperback(small mark and sticker on the back cover,a couple of small nicks,creases and scratch on the cover and spine) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.614pp including Foreword,additional sources and references,appendices I to III,index.Heavy book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Newman, E.","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ N\/A \/ N\/A","offer_id":34990425538605,"sku":"1413","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1413.jpg?v=1583177833"},{"product_id":"1420","title":"Lifelines(Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition.Sidgwick \u0026amp; Jackson,1989.First UK edition-first printing.The book is Signed by the Author on the first blank page of the book Best Wishes,Edwina Currie.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases,scratches \u0026amp; nicks on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages with a small nick and ink mark on the outer edges,two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.291pp including Chronology,index.Price clipped.A collectable signed first edition. This is another paragraph Synopsis: This personal account covers the health of the British people between 1986 and 1988, politics, insights into the workings of the Whitehall machine and a look at the minds of mandarins and their ministers. Edwina Currie also reveals her thoughts on her period in office, during the challenges and crises on subjects from AIDS to breast cancer, from welfare to woolly hats, aiming to show what it was like to be a minister in the Thatcher government and how policy is really made. It will be of interest to anyone concerned about health - their own, that of their friends and family, and that of the nation - and to those who are intrigued by the phenomenon of Edwina Currie herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Currie, Edwina","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990425997357,"sku":"1420","price":20.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1420_b150c86e-f421-4025-90ac-67ad44fcf1ac.jpg?v=1583255094"},{"product_id":"1448","title":"Lost Laysen","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Orion,1996.First UK edition.Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nicks,two creases and scratch on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated inside the front cover,b\/w photos,drawings.The book is new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.Edited by Debra Freer.127pp including Bibliography.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mitchell, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition","offer_id":34990427635757,"sku":"1448","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1448.jpg?v=1583177865"},{"product_id":"1477","title":"Maeve Brennan: Homesick at The New Yorker","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Jonathan Cape,2004.First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edge of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.339pp including Author's note,list of abbreviations,permissions,notes,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph From Publishers Weekly: Bourke (The Burning of Bridget Cleary) writes a sensitive biography of writer Brennan, who came to the U.S. from Ireland as a teenager (her father was the first Irish ambassador to the U.S.) and in 1949, in her early 30s, joined the New Yorker to write about women's fashion. Tiny, fiercely intelligent and impeccably groomed, Brennan was cherished by her colleagues. William Maxwell, a close friend, edited her stories--mainly fictionalized accounts of her Irish childhood, which he greatly admired--for the magazine. She also wrote a Talk of the Town column under the pseudonym The Long-Winded Lady. Yet behind the archly sophisticated persona, Bourke writes, was a fragile, alienated woman who, following a failed marriage to fellow writer St. Clair McKelway, drifted into an eccentric middle age and serious mental breakdown before leaving the New Yorker. She died in an obscure nursing home in 1993. Bourke, who teaches at University College, Dublin, draws a portrait rich in New Yorker history and modern Irish feminist history alike, one likely to do much to foster a new readership for Brennan's work. 8 pages of b\u0026amp;w photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bourke, Angela","offers":[{"title":"New \/ As New \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990429175853,"sku":"1477","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1477.jpg?v=1583177895"},{"product_id":"1526","title":"Max Bygraves: In His Own Words(Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Breedon Books Publishing,1997.First UK edition-first printing.The book is Signed by the Author on the half-title page with an inscription. Grey hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj(some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages with some small ink marks and nick on the outer edges,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.250pp including Foreword by Johnny Mans,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable signed first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: Story of Max Bygraves is here, from his childhood in Rotherhithe, and his prize fighter father, to his days filling the London Palladium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bygraves, Max","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990430453805,"sku":"1526","price":78.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1526_f98ba079-cca5-4aff-bf81-6301bcca3560.jpg?v=1583255096"},{"product_id":"1527","title":"Max Clifford - Read All About It [Illustrated]","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Virgin Books,2005.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(some nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos.The book is new with light shelf wear.249pp including index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: The world's leading media guru tells all about the stories he has put in - and kept out - of the headlines over a forty-year career. Working with the world's leading celebrities on the biggest stories, Max Clifford knows the ins and outs of the public relations machine like no one else. A controversial, funny and compelling autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clifford, Max","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":34990430519341,"sku":"1527","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1527.jpg?v=1583177945"},{"product_id":"1570","title":"Millergate: The Final Solution","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition. Wright Books, 1998. Very Rare First Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the back cover)with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the Dj cover), both in mint condition.The book includes an extra clear Dj cover(small tear, nick and scratches on the edges of the extra Dj cover) over the original Dj cover with black border and the worlds Official Status, December 1944-Never To Be Released.Illustrated with colour, b\/w photos, drawings, maps.Very rare and collectable book.196pp including index.Price un-clipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wright, David Graham","offers":[{"title":"As New \/ As New \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990431633453,"sku":"1570","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1570.jpg?v=1584393688"},{"product_id":"1615","title":"Moving on [Illustrated]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Blake Publishing,2005.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with b\/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with a small mark and nick on the outer edges,a couple of creases and nick on the edges of the pages.366pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: James Hewitt has gone from being vilified to becoming one of the most popular celebrities and desired men in the country. A young, brave and gifted soldier, when James first met Princess Diana, he was a young Guards Captain. He supported and cared for her during one of the most troubled times of her life. When news of their affair hit the headlines, James was cast as the villain of the piece by the newspapers. Recently, in a remarkable reversal of fortune, James has proved his resilience and recast himself both as civilian and celebrity. In 2003, he was runner-up in Channel 4's The Games, and then won Back to Reality, cementing his popularity with the public. This sensational book reveals James's deepest secrets and dishes the dirt on what it's really like to live in a confined space with other celebrities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hewitt, James","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":34990433435693,"sku":"1615","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1615.jpg?v=1583178040"},{"product_id":"1616","title":"Mozart","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Orbis,1985.Reprinted edition.Large format paperback(small tear on the edge of the back cover,two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover) in VGC.Illustrated with many colour,b\/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages with a couple of small nicks on the outer edges,three pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book,very small mark and crease on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.208pp including Notes,chronology,glossary,bibliography,index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ottaway, Hugh","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ N\/A \/ Reprinted edition","offer_id":34990433468461,"sku":"1616","price":10.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1616.jpg?v=1583178042"},{"product_id":"1638","title":"My Defence: Winning, losing, scandals and the drama of Germany 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003eMint condition.Headline,2006.First edition-2nd printing.The book includes Asley Cole's printed signature.White hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two creases and a nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(two creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with colour photos.The book is new with two small nicks on the outer edge of the pages,very small creases and a dent on the edges of the last pages of the book.279pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: His phenomenal skill on the pitch and the controversy which has plagued him off it have made Ashley Cole one of the most talked-about players in recent years. Here, from inside the England dressing room, he tells the full story of their bid for World Cup glory in 2006.But this is alsomuch more than a World Cup diary. Cole talks openly about the 2005 'tapping up' scandal, when he was fined GBP100,000 by the FA following a meeting with Chelsea's Mourinho and Kenyon in a hotel room, and the media storm that followed. He reveals the ups and downs ofhis 2005 season at Arsenal, the last at Highbury before the move to a new stadium, and his struggles with injuries and form. And he also, of course, discusses his relationship with Girls Aloud's Cheryl Tweedy and the run-up to their wedding just after the World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cole, Ashley","offers":[{"title":"As new \/ Fine \/ First edition-2nd printing","offer_id":34990433992749,"sku":"1638","price":17.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1638.jpg?v=1583178058"},{"product_id":"1645","title":"My Land Of The North","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC.Headline book Publishing,1999.First revised edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover)with Dj(tear on the edge of the front Dj cover,two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with many colour,b\/w photos,maps,drawings.Foreword by Tom Cookson.Nice and clean pages with a small crease on the edges,inscription written inside the front cover.The book is in better condition than VGC except for the tear on the front Dj cover.224pp including index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: An account of Catherine Cookson's harsh upbringing in the industrial North East, and the effect that its poverty, exploitation and bigotry had on her life and her writing. The book is a tribute by Cookson to the land of her birth, which provided the inspiration for all her novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cookson, Catherine","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ First revised edition-first printing","offer_id":34990434189357,"sku":"1645","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1645.jpg?v=1583178065"},{"product_id":"1646","title":"My Land Of The North","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine condition.Headline book Publishing,1999.First revised edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Large format blue hardback(two small nicks on the edges of the cover,gilt lettering to the spine)with Dj( crease and two small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with many colour,b\/w photos.Foreword by Tom Cookson.Nice and clean pages as new with a small mark on the outer edges,two small pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book.224pp including index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book. p\u0026gt;This is another paragraph Product Description: An account of Catherine Cookson's harsh upbringing in the industrial North East, and the effect that its poverty, exploitation and bigotry had on her life and her writing. The book is a tribute by Cookson to the land of her birth, which provided the inspiration for all her novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cookson, Catherine","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Fine \/ First revised edition-first printing","offer_id":34990434222125,"sku":"1646","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/1646.jpg?v=1583178066"}],"url":"https:\/\/alpha2omegabooks.co.uk\/collections\/biographies-memoirs\/munson.oembed","provider":"Alpha 2 Omega Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}