New Biographies & Autobiographies
New for March
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After The Match, The Game Begins: The True Story Of The Dundee Utility
£7.99
PaperbackAs young boys, Kenny McCall and John Robb faced an early choice, Dundee United or Dundee FC. Kenny chose United and Robb picked Dundee. But, instead of becoming bitter rivals, they stood side by side as the only firm in the city which 'defended' both clubs. This is the true story of the Dundee Utility thugs.
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Eighty Years In The Highlands: The Life And Times Of Osgood H. Mackenzie Of Inverewe, 1842-1922
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£14.99
Paperback'Eighty Years in the Highlands' is a detail of the life of Osgood Mackenzie, famous for his garden at Inverewe. The author takes us from the world of his childhood in the 1840s, through the crofting and poor law, the religious and education reforms of the latter 1880s and into the widening horizons of the 20th century.
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Falling And Laughing: The Restoration Of Edwyn Collins
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£8.99
PaperbackIn February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages, leaving him unable to speak, read, write, walk, sit up or feed himself. With the help of his partner, Grace, and their 18-year-old son, Will, Edwyn fought back. This is the story of how he rebuilt his life.
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The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story Of Survival During The War In The Far East
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£18.99
HardbackThis is the extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore.
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Home From War: How Love Conquered The Horrors Of A Soldier's Afghan Nightmare
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Paperback'Home from War' gives a rare insight into the story behind the headlines when a soldier dies or is injured. It is also the account of Martyn Compton's battle for adequate compensation. This exploration of how one courageous man came to terms with losing his handsome young face cannot fail to inspire.
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Hooked: How I Survived Drugs, Prostitution And Bigamy In London's Nightlife
£7.99
PaperbackEmotionally scarred by having never known her mother & by the problems she experienced growing up with her middle-aged father, Clare Gee escapes to London & immerses herself in the seedy world of drugs, drink & sex, chasing happiness in the pubs and clubs, & snorting cocaine in private members' bars with her rich punters.
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Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered The World
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PaperbackClaire Harman traces the growth of Jane Austen's fame, the changing status of her work and what it has stood for - or has been made to stand for in English culture - in a wide-ranging study aimed at the general reader.
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London Journal 1762-1763
£12.99
PaperbackEdinburgh-born James Boswell, at 22, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in London from 1762 to 1763. This journal, not discovered for more than 150 years, is a deft, frank & artful record of adventures ranging from his vividly recounted love affair with a Covent Garden actress to his first meeting with Samuel Johnson.
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Monkey House Blues: A Shanghai Prison Memoir
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£9.99
PaperbackThis memoir tells the story of how Dominic Stevenson was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. It explores his life inside Shanghai Municipal Prison, aka 'The Monkey House'.
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Why Not Me?
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PaperbackThis title tells Mandy McMillan's inspirational, funny and uplifting story. It tells of her fight with breast cancer at the age of 27 and the birth of her daughter who was Britain's first Herceptin baby.
