Biography & Autobiography
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Gorbals Diehards: A Wild Sixties Childhood
£6.79
- Paperback - Mainstream
During the 1960s Glasgow boy Colin MacFarlane had a gang: the Incredible Gorbals Diehards. These were young boys trying to survive in one of the world's toughest areas, the infamous slums of Glasgow. Here, MacFarlane reveals what it was like to grow up on the streets in the Gorbals during this period. -
Jimmy Irish: Undercover And Alone Against The Mafia - A True Story
£9.99
- Paperback - Mainstream
This is the true story of one mans fearless courage whilst working undercover to infiltrate the Mafia. On behalf of every law-abiding American, Jimmy Mullan put his own life on the line as every day and night he rubbed shoulders with the Mobs drug dealers, killers, extortionists, thieves and loan sharks. -
Tommy's Peace: A Family Diary, 1919-33
£11.04
- Paperback - Mainstream
Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 30 years. With each witty and well-observed entry, he recorded events at home and abroad through times of war and peace, joy and sadness. In this follow-up to 'Tommy's War', the focus is on the post-war years. -
Island Wife: Living On The Edge Of The Wild
£7.64
- Paperback - Two Roads
A memoir of a woman's life on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer. -
The Cupboard Under The Stairs: A Boy Trapped In Hell--
£6.79
- Paperback - Mainstream
Paul Mason's father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring that operated on the outskirts of Carlisle during the 1960s. He would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. This title tells Paul's story. -
Add to BasketA Day To Die For: 1996, Everest's Worst Disaster
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- Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
This title reveals for the first time the full, startling facts that led to the 1996 tragedy on Everest. As a first-hand witness, Graham Ratcliffe spent the night of 10th May on Everest's South Col, at 26,000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm that would claim eight lives. This is Grahams incredible story. -
Add to BasketMa, I've Reached For The Moon An I'm Hittin The Stars
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- Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
'Never again will I let myself plunge so low, it nearly cost my life then ended in the mad house', Martha vows, as she sits back in the taxi. A young Russian monk from the mental hospital has proposed marriage. Then she receives a shock. A letter from Father Ralph Fitzgerald, the man who rescued her from the streets. -
Add to BasketTomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
£7.64
- Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-and-a-half-year nightmare of starvation, torture and disease. This is his story. -
Add to BasketThe Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare
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- Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
When Paul Keany proceeded through Caracas airport in Venezuela with six kilos of cocaine hidden in his suitcase, he was expecting a holiday in the sun with a pay packet of 10,000 Euros: enough to pay off a bank loan and a few small debts. But Paul quickly realised he was in serious trouble. -
Add to BasketMy Son, My Son
£7.64
- Paperback - Vintage Books
What do you do when your wife abducts your children? This was the question facing Douglas Galbraith when, in 2003, he returned home to Scotland from a few days' work in London. The house was silent, empty and locked; his four and six-year-old sons' pyjamas lay on the bedroom floor.
