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The wry, perceptive, and strikingly evocative memoir of a much-respected chef Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall ...

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* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * Young Mary Newton, born into a large Irish family in a small Watford semi, was always getting into trouble. When sh...

The hilarious and true story of two senior-citizens and their whippet dog who hatch, plan and carry out a “lunatic scheme” to sail from Stone in St...

Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins . For ...

The Queen at a loose end playing I-Spy, QPR fans arguing at the cheese counter, prank phone calls to Mao Tse-Tung, the Roman tax collector Glutinus...

My Booky Wook was one of the most revered and successful celebrity autobiographies of all time (not including the Bible or anything by Jordan). The...

'A raw, honest rollercoaster that touches the heart' ***** 'Kate and her family's courageous battle over the last year is told with such candour' *...

In 1961, Wally Funk was the youngest of thirteen American female pilots in the Woman in Space programme. Her mission was to become one of the first...

Critically acclaimed writer and award-winning foreign correspondent, Anthony Loyd is also an ex-heroin addict. ANOTHER BLOODY LOVE LETTER exposes t...

Born in 1917, Dame Vera Lynn was 92 when she realized that her great age gave a better perspective (she wrote her first autobiography in her fiftie...

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From the jacket: Aged just 32, Simon Dawson took a risk. He sold his London flat and moved his wife and Great Dane to a cottage in Devon. Scraping ...

A heartwarming memoir of working-class life in the East End in the early 1900s   I was born in a tenement flat in the East End of London in the yea...

The very hilarious and idiosyncratic Billy Connolly guides readers through his gripping adventures and some of the world's most dramatic landscapes...

The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehra...

A moving, thought-provoking and uplifting story of a wonderful mother, daughter relationship. Gloria Hunniford's daughter, TV presenter Caron Keati...

Joey's bestselling book updated with an exclusive new chapter! The nation's favourite Essex boy tells his rollercoaster story so far. Trendsetter, ...

The second of four unique war diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, this book tells the story of the experiences of a nurse...

The Pedant's ambition is simple. He wants to cook tasty, nutritious food, he wants not to poison his friends, and he wants to expand, slowly and wi...

Novelist Iris Murdoch died in 1999 after a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Her husband, writer John Bayley, who wrote movingly of the i...

Paperback in good condition. A few scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Pen marks on page block. Binding is s...

Five heart-stopping true stories of terror and triumph, told by the man who tried to make life better for these troubled children ...Clive, a thirt...

James Herriot meets Bridget Jones in this honest, no-holds-barred account of the ups and downs of a vet's life Misty was ecstatic to see her owner ...