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. -
Add to BasketGang Of One
£7.64
- Paperback - Hodder
Imagine you're a 35 year old, white, British, middle-class businessman sentenced to three years in Big Spring, one of America's most notorious prisons. You've been told that if get into any trouble, your sentence will be doubled. You've just said goodbye to your lawyer. You're on your own. You are a gang of one. -
Add to BasketGang Of One
£14.44
- Hardback - Hodder & Stoughton
Imagine you're a 35 year old, white, British, middle-class businessman sentenced to three years in Big Spring, one of America's most notorious prisons. You've been told that if get into any trouble, your sentence will be doubled. You've just said goodbye to your lawyer. You're on your own. You are a gang of one. -
Add to BasketGorbals Diehards: A Wild Sixties Childhood
£8.49
- 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 worlds 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. -
Add to BasketThe Goalie: My Story
£6.79
- Paperback - Mainstream
Once voted Rangers Football Club's greatest goalkeeper of all time, Andy Goram is one of the clubs nine-in-a-row legends, and is the player against whom every subsequent Rangers' keeper is always judged. In 'The Goalie', Goram documents how he rose through the ranks to become the most gifted goalkeeper of his generation. -
Add to BasketThe Girl In The Wicker Basket
£5.94
- Paperback - Ebury
When Ann Kenny was four years old her foster mother hit her across the face with a fireplace shovel. She was left lying unconscious on the cold hard floor while the family went to mass. She almost lost an eye. This is just one of the childhood incidents Ann recalls in her vivid, shocking memoir of growing up in rural Ireland. -
Add to BasketThe Golden Thread: Mair Blethers From The Brig
£8.49
- Paperback - B & W
In 'The Golden Thread', Brigadier Frank Coutts looks back over the events of his life and, in particular, the events of the last 20 years, and sets out his often controversial views on the state of the nation.
