Biography: General

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  The Blue Nile Story - Allan Brown - Hardback
  The Blue Nile started out playing village dances throughout rural Scotland after forming at Glasgow University on the late 1970s. They have acquired a reputation for reticence, a glacial pace of production, perfectionism and rare concert appearances. The author charts the band's progress as it sets about recording its fifth album.
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  It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet: The Further Adventures Of A 1930s Vet - James Herriot - Paperback
  This second hilarious volume of memoirs contains more tales of James' unpredictable boss Siegfried Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, animal mayhem galore and his first encounters with a beautiful girl called Helen.
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  Last Of The Hard Hat Divers - Bob Sinclair - Hardback
  Recently retired following a long and distinguished career as a seaman and 'hard hat' diver working on complex underwater engineering projects, Bob Sinclair now sets down both his story as one of the last hard hat divers, and his history, which takes us back to the 1930s and his childhood in Scotland.
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  On The Milk - Willie Robertson - Paperback
  As a 14-year-old bursting with energy & life, Willie lied about his age to get a job on the milk truck. Well, maturity was called for. Delivering milk may not be everyone's idea of a glamorous start to your working life but it came to represent far more than Willie & his best friend Gordon could possibly imagine.
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  If Only They Could Talk: The Classic Memoirs Of A 1930s Vet - James Herriot - Paperback
  For more than 25 years, James Herriot captivated millions of readers and T.V. viewers with tales of the triumphs, disasters, pride and sometimes heartache that filled his life as a vet.
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  The Butcher: Anatomy Of A Mafia Psychopath - Philip Carlo - Paperback
  Written by the best-selling author of 'The Ice Man', 'The Butcher' is a disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family.
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  Getting On With Business: An Oral History Of A Scottish Fairground Dynasty - Frank Bruce - Paperback
  This is the story of Frank Codona and his family - a fairground dynasty that has lasted for over two hundred years in Scotland, told mostly in their own words.
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  My Bonnie: The Story Of A Love Affair - John Suchet - Hardback
  In 2009, John Suchet revealed that his beautiful, 67-year-old wife, Bonnie, the love of his life, was suffering from dementia. Written in passionate & vivid prose, that captures both the warmth of the good times & the utter despair of the bad times, John weaves together a series of moving & heartfelt stories.
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  Girl In Blue - Anne Ramsay - Hardback
  This is Anne Ramsay's riveting story of 14 years in the police, first as a WPC and then as a detective. She vividly describes the reality of police work, from analysing crime scenes to her first frightening trip to the mortuary, from knocking on someone's door to deliver tragic news to being used as a honey trap.
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  The Iceman: The Rise And Fall Of A Crime Lord - Russell Findlay - Paperback
  The trial and conviction of Jamie Stevenson has laid bare the blood-soaked criminal career of Scotland's most dangerous crime lord. This is the full story of the law-breaking, the violence and the rise and fall of one of our most dangerous crime lords.