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The Cupboard Under The Stairs: A Boy Trapped In Hell--
Paul Mason - Paperback - Mainstream
Paul Mason's father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring that operated on the outskirts of Carlisle during the 1960s. He would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. This title tells Paul's story.
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The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare
Paul Keany - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
When Paul Keany proceeded through Caracas airport in Venezuela with six kilos of cocaine hidden in his suitcase, he was expecting a holiday in the sun with a pay packet of 10,000 Euros: enough to pay off a bank loan and a few small debts. But Paul quickly realised he was in serious trouble.
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
Robert Gordon - Paperback - Canongate
This is the long-awaited biography of the man who invented electric blues, rising from the cotton fields to Chicago's South Side, and then on to international stardom. It follows Muddy through scores of women, hits, and moments of divine grace.
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Confessions Of A Good Girl
Andrea McLean - Paperback - Pan
This is the honest, entertaining and often surprising autobiography of one of our favourite 'Loose Women'. Andrea McLean is much loved for her bubbly, warm personality. But her life has seen its share of heartache, as well as love and happiness, and now she's finally ready to tell the full story.
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Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix And Post-War Pop
Charles Shaar Murray - Paperback - Canongate
This text traces the sources of Hendrix's talent, showing how his knowledge of black musical traditions enabled him to cross racial barriers and achieve legendary status as both musician and performer.
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Call The Fire Brigade: Friendships, Fire And Fear
Allan Grice - Paperback - Mainstream
Allan Grice recounts his most memorable experiences as a member of the London Fire Brigade in the 1970s. He worked the city's East End, with its myriad commercial premises, brooding Thames-side warehouses, seedy tenements, and its colourful cosmopolitan community, ranging from prosperous manufacturers to down-and-out winos.
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Caspar Hauser: Inertia Of The Heart
Jakob Wassermann - Paperback - Floris
This is a classic book which tells the story of Kaspar Hauser's remarkable, short life and his effect on those who met him. Wassermann interviewed many people connected with Hauser to glean as much detail as possible, to best try to understand the strange young man.
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The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare
Paul Keany - Paperback - Mainstream
When Paul Keany proceeded through Caracas airport in Venezuela with six kilos of cocaine hidden in his suitcase, he was expecting a holiday in the sun with a pay packet of 10,000 Euros: enough to pay off a bank loan and a few small debts. But Paul quickly realised he was in serious trouble.
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Cry And You Cry Alone: The Girl Who Vowed She'd Never Forget
Rosalinda V. Hutton - Paperback - Mainstream
'Cry and You Cry Alone' is the achingly honest story of a survivor of shocking child abuse that took place in the heart of an English suburb.
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Crappit Heids For Tea: Recollections Of A Highland Keeper's Daughter
Chris Fletcher - Paperback - Birlinn
A charming and rare memoir of estate life in Sutherland during the early part of the 20th century. One of the first keepers at Shinness Esate was John Fraser. In the 1970s, his daughter Iby wrote down some of her recollections for the interest of the Fletcher family, who acquired the estate in 1941.