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Maggie & Me
Damian Barr - Hardback - Bloomsbury
It is 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks.
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Maggie & Me
Damian Barr - Paperback - Bloomsbury
It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks.
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Ma, I've Reached For The Moon An I'm Hittin The Stars
Martha Long - 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.
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A Mother's War: One Woman's Fight For The Truth Behind Her Son's Death At Deepcut
Yvonne Collinson Heath - Hardback - Mainstream Publishing
Yvonne Collinson Heath will never forget the telephone call that changed her life for ever. On 23 March 2002, her elder son, James - a private with the Royal Logistic Corps - was found dead in mysterious circumstances at the notorious Deepcut barracks. He had a single gunshot wound to the head. It was a tragedy that to this day raises questions. 'A Mother's War' recounts Yvonne's anguish at losing her son, a boy who dreamed of serving his country but died before he had even reached his 18th birthday.
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Once Upon A Time: The Lives Of Bob Dylan
Ian Bell - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
This text draws together the tangled strands of the many lives of Bob Dylan in all their contradictory brilliance. For the first time, the laureate of modern America is set in his entire context: musical, historical, literary, political and personal.
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The Sinatra Club: My Life Inside The New York Mafia
Salvatore Polisi - Hardback - Mainstream Publishing
Born into one of the New York Mob's feared Five Families, Polisi ran an illegal after-hours gambling den, The Sinatra Club, that was a hangout for up-and-coming mobsters like John Gotti and the three wiseguys immortalised in Goodfellas: Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone. Yet for Polisi, the glory days spent robbing banks and pulling heists were fleeting. When he was busted, and already sickened by the bloodbath that had engulfed the Mob as it teetered towards extinction, he flipped and became one of a breed he had loathed all his life: a rat. Here, Polisi tells his story of life inside the New York Mob.
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Tomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
Andy Coogan - 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.
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The Man Who Gave Away His Island: A Life Of John Lorne Campbell Of Canna
Ray Perman - Paperback - Birlinn
This is the story of a remarkable man and his triumph over adversity, bank managers and bureaucrats to fulfil his dream. Even after he gave it to the National Trust for Scotland he still had to fight to secure his legacy.
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1814, Year Of Waverley: The Life And Times Of Walter Scott
Christopher Harvie - Paperback - Argyll
Chris Harvie guides you through Sir Walter Scott's life and exciting times, including Scott's career in Edinburgh and the Borders, as invalid, as schoolboy, lawyer, translator and writer.
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A Passion Play: The Story Of Ian Anderson And Jethro Tull
Brian Rabey - Paperback - Soundcheck
With the help of fascinating new interviews, Brian Rabey traces the history of a band which started life as the Blades, briefly included Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and went on to become Prog Rock royalty. The band constantly re-invented itself with new personnel and styles from blues, to folk to heavy rock and more. Full of quotes from contemporaries to put the band in context and photographs from the band's private collection, this is a must for fans.