‎Biography‎

‎Countess Of Carnarvon‎

‎Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey : The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle‎

‎Hodder & Stoughton UK 2011. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 310 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hodder & Stoughton UK 2011. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean and minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere and by the extraordinary people who lived there over the centuries.One person particularly captured Fiona's imagination - Lady Almina the 5th Countess of Carnarvon.Almina was the illegitimate daughter of banking tycoon Alfred de Rothschild. She was his only daughter and he doted on her. She married George the Earl of Carnarvon at 19 with an enormous dowry.At first life at Highclere was a dizzying mix of sumptuous banquets for 500 and even the occasional royal visitor. Almina oversaw 80 members of staff - many of whom came from families who had worked at Highclere for generations.But when the First World War broke out life at Highclere changed forever.History intervened and Almina and the staff of Highclere were thrown into one of the most turbulent times of the last century. Almina was forced to draw on her deepest reserves of courage in order to ensure her family the staff and the castle survived.This is the remarkable story of a lost time. But Highclere remains and in this book Fiona weaves Almina's journey into the heritage and history of one of England's most exquisite Victorian castles. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781444730838. Inventory No: 23060236. 9781444730838 Hodder & Stoughton paperback‎

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‎Gerald Durrell‎

‎The Bafut Beagles‎

‎Penguin UK 1961. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 203 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin UK 1961. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The follow up to My Family and Other Animals and the second book in The Corfu Trilogy the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells.Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children ten-year-old Gerald discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises bats and butterflies scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . . causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 23061081. Penguin paperback‎

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‎Edward Behr‎

‎Hirohito: Behind the Myth‎

‎Random House USA 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 437 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Random House USA 1989. First Edition. This is the first USA edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Spine has slight fading. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. . Previous owner's signature in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A revisionist portrait of Japan's late emperor traces Hirohito's life from birth to death and discusses his involvement in World War II arguing that Hirohito played a key role in the conflict and that he should have been tried as a war criminal. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0394580729. ISBN/EAN: 9780394580722. Inventory No: 23070013. 9780394580722 Random House hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23070013 ISBN : 0394580729 9780394580722

‎Margaret Olley‎

‎Far From A Still Life‎

‎Vintage Australia 2012. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 625 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Vintage Australia 2012. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Margaret Olley is arguably Australia's most loved artist. She's also one of the country's most generous benefactors to public art galleries. This intimate biography begins in the 1920s in the green tropical wet of Tully North Queensland where Margaret's early childhood was spent on a cane farm and dairy. The story unfolds to tell of her life-long love affair with painting. At boarding school at Somerville House Brisbane Margaret found a mentor in art teacher Caroline Barker and she went on to blossom as an art student at East Sydney Technical College. The book includes intriguing revelations about her friendships with well-known figures such as Donald Friend William Dobell and Russell Drysdale and the success of her first one-person show in Sydney at the age of twenty-five. Bohemian adventures in Europe with fellow Australian artists including David Strachan were to follow. She travelled - sketchbook in hand - around England France Italy and Spain; met Alice B. Toklas in Paris; and lived on a vineyard at Cassis in the South of France. Her story continued back in Australia where in the late 1950s in Brisbane Margaret struggled with alcoholism and was eventually forced to face up to drying out or drying up creatively. Once she'd given up her comforting nips her return to life and painting was joyous. Far from a Still Life details her bout of personal darkness - her 'black hole' when not only did she want to give up painting but also living - and the freedom of a walking frame. Margaret got through those difficult times and continued with her preoccupations of producing art; providing more donations to our galleries; and entertaining the odd celebrity like Barry Humphries or Maggie Smith in her notoriously cluttered Paddington terrace. With new material detailing her final travels around regional galleries donating her work and buying that of others and her feverish work painting right up until the day of her death this is a rich and comprehensive look at eighty-odd years of Margaret Olley her lovers and friends and of course her painting. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781742755854. Inventory No: 23070111. 9781742755854 Vintage paperback‎

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‎Michael and Joan Tallis‎

‎The Silent Showman : Sir George Tallis the Man Behind the World's Largest Entertainment Organisation of the 1920s‎

‎Wakefield Press Australia 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 370 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Wakefield Press Australia 1999. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: George Tallis arrived in Australia as a 17-year-old immigrant in 1886 and rose to become head of J.C. Williamson Ltd the world's largest entertainment organisation. This book is his story an intriguing view of Australian entertainment between 1886 and 1938. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 186254431X. ISBN/EAN: 9781862544314. Inventory No: 23070233. 9781862544314 Wakefield Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23070233 ISBN : 186254431X 9781862544314

‎Sean Egan‎

‎The Mammoth Book Of The Rolling Stones : An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world‎

‎Constable & Robinson London 2013. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 531 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Constable & Robinson London 2013. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Writing has been created dents in back cover. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'The greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world!'This vainglorious introduction given to The Rolling Stones on stage by an excitable roadie was almost immediately accepted as a simple statement of fact. It was already evident that Mick Jagger Keith Richards and Co. were as their first manager Andrew Loog Oldham had claimed 'a way of life'.The Stones' defiance of convention made them the figureheads of a questioning new generation and drove the Establishment to imprison them. This enduring rebel aura and the unmistakeable craft evident in classic records such as Satisfaction Honky Tonk Women and Brown Sugar ensured subsequent generations of diehard fans establishing the band as the biggest box office attraction the world has ever seen.The Mammoth Book of The Rolling Stones provides a comprehensive collection of reviews analysis interviews and exposes - both archive and contemporary favourable and critical concise and epic - of these extraordinary cultural icons as they pass the astonishing milestone of 50 years as rock's pre-eminent band. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781780336466. Inventory No: 23071069. 9781780336466 Constable & Robinson paperback‎

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‎R. M. Winn‎

‎Up A Hollow Log‎

‎Penguin Australia 2012. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 243 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin Australia 2012. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Master storyteller Ryle Winn learnt his craft in the backblocks experimented with it in the public bar and honed it in between musters and sale yards. In Ryle's third collection of true tales read how ordinary situations can turn into mayhem at the drop of a hat. Meet an ute-load of wayward working dogs a horse and rider that would do The Man from Snowy River proud and an opportunistic elephant outwitting a truck driver. And if that's not enough there's always the wedding anniversary shared with a couple of bogged cows two hundred metres from dry land.You'll bust a gut laughing you'll be left incredulous you might even shed a tear or two. But most of all you'll be glad you took the time to join Ryle Winn in celebrating man's best friend - and other creatures from the bush and beyond. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780143205272. Inventory No: 23071087. 9780143205272 Penguin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23071087 ISBN : 0143205277 9780143205272

‎Eric Idle‎

‎Always Look on the Bright Side of Life : A Sortabiography‎

‎Weidenfeld & Nicolson UK 2018. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 289 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Weidenfeld & Nicolson UK 2018. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly creased. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Best known for his unforgettable roles in Monty Python from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this brilliantly entertaining memoir that takes us on an unforgettable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy television theatre and film. Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison David Bowie and Robin Williams all of whom became lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout that involve other close friends and luminaries such as Mick Jagger Steve Martin Paul Simon and Mike Nichols - let alone the Pythons themselves - Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal hilarity and heart. In Always Look on the Bright Side of Life named after the song he wrote for Life of Brian that has since become the number-one song played at funerals in the UK he shares the highlights of his life and career with the off-beat humour that has delighted audiences for decades. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781474610285. Inventory No: 23070369. 9781474610285 Weidenfeld & Nicolson paperback‎

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‎Otto Rosenberg‎

‎A Gypsy in Auschwitz‎

‎Monoray UK 2022. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 230 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Monoray UK 2022. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Otto Rosenberg is 9 and living in Berlin poor but happy when his family are first detained. All around them Sinti and Roma families are being torn from their homes by Nazis leaving behind schools jobs friends and businesses to live in forced encampments outside the city. One by one families are broken up adults and children disappear or are 'sent East'. Otto arrives in Auschwitz aged 15 and is later transferred to Buechenwald and Bergen-Belsen. He works scrounges food whenever he can witnesses and suffers horrific violence and is driven close to death by illness more than once. Unbelievably he also joins an armed revolt of prisoners who facing the SS and certain death refuse to back down. Somehow through luck sheer human will to live or both he survives. The stories of Sinti and Roma suffering in Nazi Germany are all too often lost or untold. In this haunting account Otto shares his story with a remarkable simplicity. Deeply moving A Gypsy in Auschwitz is the incredible story of how a young Sinti boy miraculously survived the unimaginable darkness of the Holocaust. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN/EAN: 9781800961104. Inventory No: 23070368. 9781800961104 Monoray paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23070368 ISBN : 1800961103 9781800961104

‎Ralph & Zimmerman, Keith & Kent Barger‎

‎Hell's Angel : The Life and times of Sonny Barger and The Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club‎

‎Fourth Estate UK 2001. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 259 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fourth Estate UK 2001. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Sonny Barger is the Hells Angel of all Hells Angels the motorcycle club which has been the scourge of America for over forty years. Sonny was their de facto leader for much of that time the man who Hunter S. Thompson immortalised in his 1965 classic Hells Angels noting "Barger is nothing short of Winston Churchill when it come to leading people." He's been called an American legend and he's feared and revered by people on both sides of the law. From the club's formation in the 1940s to the height of their notoriety twenty years later from Sonny's first hand account of what really happened with the Rolling Stones at Altamont to his periods of imprisonment from his fights with rival gangs and the police to his own battle with cancer "Hell's Angel" sets the record straight. Sonny Barger has ridden with the Angels for 40 years obeying no law but that of the HAMC. For the first time this is his own - and their own - story Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781841153360. Inventory No: 23071216. 9781841153360 Fourth Estate paperback‎

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‎Bill & Lockwood, Douglas Harney‎

‎The Shady Tree‎

‎Seal Books Australia 1975. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 206 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Seal Books Australia 1975. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0851793789. ISBN/EAN: 9780851793788. Inventory No: 23050068. 9780851793788 Seal Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23050068 ISBN : 0851793789 9780851793788

‎Yout A. Alaak‎

‎Father of the Lost Boys : A Memoir‎

‎Fremantle Press Australia 2020. Medium Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Medium Trade Paperback. 230 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fremantle Press Australia 2020. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the true story of Mecak Ajang Alaak a teacher who led 20000 of the Lost Boys of South Sudan to safety during the Second Sudanese Civil War. During the Second Sudanese Civil war thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There in 1989 teacher and community leader Mecak Ajang Alaak assumed care of the Lost Boys in a bid to protect them from becoming child soldiers. So began a four-year journey from Ethiopia to Sudan and on to the safety of a Kenyan refugee camp. Together they endured starvation animal attacks and the horrors of land mines and aerial bombardments. This eyewitness account by Mecak Ajang Alaak's son Yuot is the extraordinary true story of a man who never ceased to believe that the pen is mightier than the gun. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781925815641. Inventory No: 23050198. 9781925815641 Fremantle Press paperback‎

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‎Eric Clapton‎

‎Eric Clapton: The Autobiography‎

‎Century London 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 392 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Century London 2007. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God'. Tracks such as Layla Sunshine Of Your Love Wonderful Tonight and Tears In Heaven have become anthems for generations of music fans. Now for the first time Eric tells the story of his personal and professional journeys in this pungent witty and painfully honest autobiography. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781846053092. Inventory No: 23060048. 9781846053092 Century paperback‎

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‎Michael J. Fox‎

‎Lucky Man : A Memoir‎

‎Bantam Australia 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 323 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Australia 2003. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The ten years since my diagnosis have been the best ten years of my life and I consider myself a lucky man' - Michael J Fox When Michael J. Fox announced to the world that he had Parkinson's disease a degenerative neurological condition he had been secretly fighting it for almost ten years. By the time the public started grieving for him he had stopped grieving for himself. Far from being bitter about being forced into retirement at the height of his career he considers himself a lucky man. With the same energy passion and humour he invests in his performances Fox recounts the incredible story of his life-changing experiences - and what Parkinson's has given him- the chance to appreciate a wonderful life and career his family and the opportunity to help find a cure. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1863252894. ISBN/EAN: 9781863252898. Inventory No: 23061037. 9781863252898 Bantam paperback‎

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‎Laurie Lee‎

‎Cider With Rosie - Cinder With Rosie Series #1‎

‎Penguin UK 1963. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Illustrator: John Ward. Paperback. 231 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin UK 1963. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned. Spine working loose but still intact. Illustrator: John Ward. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 23061034. Penguin paperback‎

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‎Harold Evans‎

‎Good Times Bad Times‎

‎Weidenfeld and Nicolson UK 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 430 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Weidenfeld and Nicolson UK 1983. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In Harold Evans’s classic memoir he tells the inside story of Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of the Times of London and his rise to become a global media power In 1981 Harold Evans was the editor of one of Britain’s most prestigious publications the Sunday Times which had thrived under his watch. When Australian publishing baron Rupert Murdoch bought the daily Times of London he persuaded Evans to become its editor with guarantees of editorial independence. But after a year of broken promises and conflict over the paper’s direction Evans departed amid an international media firestorm. Evans’s story is a gripping behind-the-scenes look at Murdoch’s ascension to global media magnate. It is Murdoch laid bare an intimate account of a man using the power of his media empire for his own ends. Riveting provocative and insightful Good Times Bad Times is as relevant today as when it was first written. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0297782959. ISBN/EAN: 9780297782957. Inventory No: 23040188. 9780297782957 Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23040188 ISBN : 0297782959 9780297782957

‎R. M. Winn‎

‎Rough Diamonds & Real Gems : Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Australians‎

‎Penguin Australia 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 243 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin Australia 2007. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This inspiring collection features nine captivating stories about ordinary bush men and women who lead extraordinary lives. There's the island cattleman who swims his herd past toothy sharks and beady-eyed crocs; the pineapple grower who builds a stone church for his community; the timber worker who becomes a champion woodchopper; and a dairywoman who at eighty-eight is still rescuing birthing cows from the brink of death. Rhyll's effortless larrikin style will have you laughing out loud one minute and on the edge of your seat the next. It's impossible not to be moved by the stories of these real-life heroes. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; ISBN/EAN: 9780143006473. Inventory No: 23040210. 9780143006473 Penguin paperback‎

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‎Stuart & Bouda, Simon Diver‎

‎Survival : The Inspirational Story Of The Thredbo Diaster's Sole Survivor‎

‎Macmillan Australia 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 224 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan Australia 1999. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: On July 1997 the skiing village of Thredbo was devastated by a landslide that swept away two ski lodges burying 19 people under tonnes of debris. There was only one survivor - skiing instructor Stuart Diver. This book traces Stuart's life up to the time of the landslide and concludes with his recovery. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0732909813. ISBN/EAN: 9780732909819. Inventory No: 23040208. 9780732909819 Macmillan paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23040208 ISBN : 0732909813 9780732909819

‎Richard Bradford‎

‎Martin Amis The Biography‎

‎Constable & Robinson UK 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 418 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Constable & Robinson UK 2011. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Page have a rippling effect as if exposed to water. 2 small stains on inside of front cover. . ABOUT THIS BOOK: Martin Amis's life could itself provide the formula for an enthralling work of fiction. Son of one of the most popular and best-loved novelists of the post-War era he has forged a groundbreaking manner of writing that owes nothing to the style of his father nor indeed to anyone else. He relished and recorded the bizarre turbulent atmosphere of Britain and the US during the 1970s and 80s arguably the transformative period of the late 20th century. No other contemporary writer has proved so magnetic for the popular press: he has despite himself achieved celebrity status. Of late his reputation as a novelist has been matched by his outspoken challenging writing on contemporary global politics and he has earned the status as the Orwell of the early 21st century.Martin Amis offers the real Martin Amis a cabinet of contrasts: tortured eloquently aloof kind obsessive loved by women a dedicated family man often the architect of his own undoing and a literary genius. Moreover this fascinating biography discloses the autobiographical thread that runs through Amis's books.Richard Bradford has talked with Amis at length questioned him on his childhood his private history his opinions and the inspiration for his fiction and these exchanges are supplemented by interviews with a large number of his friends and fellow writers.Praise for Richard Bradford's previous titles:Praise for Lucky Him: The Life of Kingsley Amis:'Nearly all critical biographies relate the work to the life - insidiously tendentiously helplessly. Richard Bradford is different: he does it convincingly and with vigour. The result is an original and stimulating book'. Martin Amis'I found Bradford's approach refreshing. Rare among literary academics he writes clearly doesn't show off and knows a lot about his subject. He presents a fascinating chronicle of the development of Amis's brilliant ear for speech. He also brings out the full extent of the symbiosis between Amis and his best friend Philip Larkin: in a way Larkin invented Amis.' Craig Brown'At his better moments Bradford. rises to Amis's stylistic level.' Humphrey CarpenterPraise for First Boredom Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin:'This book easily the best on Larkin yet to appear is a masterful analysis of "the weirdly fatalistic interweaving of his life and his writing". . A great biography of a great artistic genius. Utterly magnificent.' Roger Lewis'Bradford is intent on providing a corrective to Andrew Motion's Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life and does place welcome emphases on matters that Motion for all his comprehensiveness glided over perhaps too lightl Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781849017015. Inventory No: 23040184. 9781849017015 Constable & Robinson hardcover‎

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‎Garth Baker‎

‎Thirty-Two Years Trapping the Swan Hills‎

‎Destiny Publishing Company Book. Good. Paperback. Light wear. Signed by the author. Destiny Publishing Company Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 047708 ISBN : 1878724045 9781878724045

‎Rheta Grimsley Johnson‎

‎Good Grief : The Story of Charles M. Schulz‎

‎Ravette UK 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 264 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ravette UK 1990. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An American icon brilliant and notoriously private Charles Schulz is a fascinating paradox. He owns an ice arena a plane and is a regular on Forbes' list of top money makers--yet his roots are firmly planted in the snows of St. Paul and the preachings of the church. This fully authorized portrait explores the Peanuts creator's extraordinary life. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1853042552. ISBN/EAN: 9781853042553. Inventory No: 23040268. 9781853042553 Ravette hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23040268 ISBN : 1853042552 9781853042553

‎Ian Molly Meldrum‎

‎The Never Um Ever Ending Story : Life Countdown and Everything in Between‎

‎Allen & Unwin Australia 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 457 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin Australia 2014. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: More than thirty-five years in the making this is the story of Ian 'Molly' Meldrum and the television show that stopped the nation. In 1974 Molly was working as a record producer and music journalist when he was offered the chance to be the talent co-ordinator of a new music show called Countdown. It would run for the next thirteen years and become one of the most-loved and most-watched programs on Australian television. It also turned Molly into a national institution or 'mental institution' as one of his friends put it. During that period he not only became the most influential voice in Australian music he endeared himself to millions of viewers with a uniquely unpolished interviewing style and a tangible on-screen passion. For better or for worse whether interviewing Prince Charles or Sid Vicious Molly was always Molly. Along the way he talked partied argued exchanged blows and became firm friends with a roll-call of the world's greatest musical names. Sir Elton John famously described him as 'the best thing that ever happened to Australian music.' Filled with outrageous anecdotes and a kaleidoscopic cast of musos colourful characters and international superstars The Never Um Ever Ending Story is Molly's hilarious vivid warm and always compelling memoir of his chaotic incredible life and the show that made him famous. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781760112059. Inventory No: 23040363. 9781760112059 Allen & Unwin hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23040363 ISBN : 1760112054 9781760112059

‎Neil Grant‎

‎Clark Gable in His Own Words‎

‎Hamlyn UK 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 62 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hamlyn UK 1992. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Dubbed "the king of Hollywood" Clark Gable was one of the greatest stars of cinema history. Gable established himself in the movies in the 1930s playing supporting roles as a thug or gangster. In this book Gable speaks for himself. His words thoughts and remarks to friends and colleagues are reprinted around a collection of photographs to create a portrait of this legend of the silver screen. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film Radio & Television. ISBN: 060057458X. ISBN/EAN: 9780600574583. Inventory No: 23050012. 9780600574583 Hamlyn hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23050012 ISBN : 060057458X 9780600574583

‎Matthew McConaughey‎

‎Greelights‎

‎Headline UK 2020. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback. 289 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Headline UK 2020. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781472283535. Inventory No: 23030164. 9781472283535 Headline paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23030164 ISBN : 1472283538 9781472283535

‎Mary Moody‎

‎Au Revoir : Running Away from Home at Fifty‎

‎Pan Books UK 2004. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 279 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books UK 2004. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Living the good life in the Blue Mountains in NSW Mary Moody's life was full. At fifty she had built a satisfying career as a writer and television presenter which allowed her time to look after her family house and garden. The only thing missing was time for herself a chance to reflect on life and its meaning. Like many women of her generation caught up with the commitments of work and family Mary had never had a moment alone so she decided to say au revoir. She ran away to live on her own for six glorious months in the rural paradise of southwest France. "Au Revoir" is the story of Mary's solo journey. It is funny warm and reflective as Mary adapts to life as a single person in France. Her account of an escape - with its exhilarating freedom new experiences and chance for renewal - will inspire every reader to run away from home. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0330364480. ISBN/EAN: 9780330364485. Inventory No: 23030273. 9780330364485 Pan Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23030273 ISBN : 0330364480 9780330364485