Biography & Autobiography

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Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916): A Musical Life
Jennifer Oates - Hardback - Ashgate
Hamish MacCunn's music was popular during his lifetime and through the middle of the 20th century. After World War II MacCunn receded into obscurity, but in recent years his music has begun to be performed, recorded, and studied with renewed vigour. Jennifer Oates explores MacCunn's professional activities and compositions chronologically and includes what is known of his private life where relevant.
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Hostage: A Year At Gunpoint With Somali Gangsters
Paul Chandler - Paperback - Mainstream
In this title, Paul and Rachel Chandler exclusively recount their ordeal, revealing the entire breathtaking, inspiring and poignant story behind the dramatic headlines of their capture by Somali pirates.
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Houdini And Conan Doyle
Christopher Sandford - Paperback - Duckworth
This title tells how two famous friends became bitter enemies in a battle over life, death, and the afterlife. Based on original research, this history of two popular geniuses conjures up the fame, personalities and competing beliefs that pulled them apart.
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Houdini And Conan Doyle
Christopher Sandford - Hardback - Duckworth Overlook
This title tells how two famous friends became bitter enemies in a battle over life, death, and the afterlife. Based on original research, this history of two popular geniuses conjures up the fame, personalities and competing beliefs that pulled them apart.
£8.49
Hostage: A Year At Gunpoint With Somali Gangsters
Paul Chandler - Paperback - Mainstream
In this title, Paul and Rachel Chandler exclusively recount their ordeal, revealing the entire breathtaking, inspiring and poignant story behind the dramatic headlines of their capture by Somali pirates.
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£5.94
How Could He Do It?
Emma Charles - Paperback - Arrow
This is a mother's account of how a daughter and a family were betrayed by the father and the system which should have protected them.
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Hell's Prisoner: The Shocking True Story Of An Innocent Man Jailed For Eleven Years In Indonesia's Most Notorious Prisons
Christopher V. V. Parnell - Paperback - Mainstream
This is the story of an innocent man's 11 years in Indonesia's most notorious prisons. Parnell was in Bali when police claimed to have found hashish on him. He was given the death penalty, which was reduced to 20 years and a fine. Over 11 years, he was subjected to unthinkable sessions of torture.
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High Hopes: My Autobiography
Ronnie Corbett - Book with sound disc - Random House Audiobooks
This volume tells the story of how Ronnie Corbett pursued his goal of becoming an actor, along the way finding fame as one of the Two Ronnies. It tells of his schooldays and re-lives his years performing in nightclubs, pantomines, and summer shows.
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Hamish Henderson: A Biography
Timothy Neat - Paperback - Polygon
This is a biography of Hamish Henderson, well-known songwriter, poet, and pioneer in the field of Scottish folksong. It assesses his place in the 20th century based on interviews with those who knew Henderson both personally and professionally.
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Hard Time: A Brit In America's Toughest Jail
Shaun Attwood - Paperback - Mainstream
'Hard Time' is the harrowing yet often darkly humorous account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence, insect infested cells and food unfit for animals. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy and eccentricity of prison life.