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Add to BasketEvery Living Thing
£7.64
- Paperback - Pan Books
Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, 'Every Little Thing' is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors. -
Add to BasketEscape From Evil
£6.79
- Paperback - Pan
Cathy was just 16 when she met a charming older man called Peter Tobin. He became first controlling, then violent, and Cathy found herself trapped in a terrifyingly abusive marriage. Eventually, for the sake of her young son, she found the strength to escape. Then in 2006 she saw on TV that her ex-husband was a serial killer. -
Add to BasketEccentric Wealth: The Bulloughs Of Rum
£8.49
- Paperback - Birlinn
In 'Eccentric Wealth', Alastair Scott traces the life of Lancashire industrialist Sir George Bullough in this absorbing biography which explores his family's connection with the Hebridean island of Rum, particularly the building of Kinloch Castle, the most intact preserve of Edwardian high-living to be found in Britain. -
Add to BasketEffie: A Victorian Scandal
£16.99
- Hardback - Book Guild
This is the true story of Euphemia Chalmers Ruskin, also known as Effie, the wife of famous Victorian art critic John Ruskin. She shattered the Victorian illusion of the 'perfect' marriage by seeking an annulment on the grounds of non-consummation so she could marry Romantic artist John Everett Millais. -
Add to BasketThe Enforcer: A Life Fighting Crime
£8.49
- Paperback - Black & White
'The Enforcer' is the story of a life fighting crime and some of Britain's toughest criminals. -
Add to BasketEscape To The Sea: Memoirs Of A Victorian Merchant Mariner
£14.99
- Paperback - Whittles
A vivid, first-hand account of the action-packed life of an able seaman in merchant sailing vessels during the Victorian era. -
Add to BasketEveryman's Worst Nightmare: Cancer Of The Penis
£9.99
- Paperback - Fledgling
The personal story of an ordinary man who went from finding a black spot on the end of his penis, to diagnosis and treatment for cancer on it. He writes about his early denials, and about the traumas, hopes, disappointments and successes that followed. -
Add to BasketEvery Living Thing
£6.99
- Paperback - Pan
When Herriot is called out on a spring morning, it feels like vetting at its best - an easy, trouble-free case, a nice farmer and a docile patient. But within seconds of administering a new drug, the horse crashes to the ground in front of a shocked vet. -
Add to BasketThe Enigmatic Sailor: Memoirs Of A Seagoing Intelligence Officer
£14.95
- Paperback - Whittles
This is the account of a young naval officer who acted as a seagoing eavesdropper in World War II. Sir Alan Peacock presents graphic recollections of life on the lower deck, being torpedoed in a Channel action, and contributing to intelligence information required to foil enemy attacks on Russian convoys.
