Biography Books
Wilkinson Publishing Last Words
Book SynopsisLast Words by Phillip Adams is a captivating collection of essays from a masterful storyteller and cultural commentator.
£19.12
Hamilcar Publications The Legend of Mitch Green
Book SynopsisWith his trademark insider acuity, unsentimental compassion, and faultless eye and ear, Charles Farrell gives us an indelible portrait of one of boxing's great characters and a definitive account of what happens when talent runs afoul of the way things work in the world.Carlo Rotella, contributor to The New York Times Magazine and author ofCut Time: An Education at the FightsMitch Blood' Green hadmore things going for him to make big money in boxing than nearly any fighterin history. A six-foot-six, 225-pound heavyweight with a chiseled physique anda traffic-stopping look, Green had street credibility for dayshe was the gang leaderof the Black Spadesand four New York Golden Gloves heavyweight titles. But his penchant formayhem, drugs, and chaos, while keeping him in the news, torpedoed his pro boxingcareer. He lost a high-profile decision to Mike Tyson at Madison Square Garden,got into a tabloid-grabbing late-night street fight with Tyson at anafter-hours boutique in Harlem, and then disappeared. Until Charles Farrellfound him. In The Legend of Mitch Blood Green and Other Boxing Essays, Farrell captures life in the boxingbusiness from its deepest interior, and offers additional portraits of charactersas wide-ranging as Donald Trump, Floyd Patterson, Bert Cooper, Charley Burley, PeterMcNeeley, and Muhammad Ali. Trenchant, fearless, and often flat-out funny, there has neverbeen a boxing book like this, and there will never be another.
£26.24
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Dont Talk About Joe Mac
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£27.00
Sibylline Press Foghorn
Book SynopsisThe heyday of small press publishing in San Francisco lives againThis memoir that reads like fiction recounts the never-before-told story of the heyday of small presses in the 1980s and 1990s in San Francisco when Bay Area presses—armed with arrogance and personal computers—took the publishing field. The invention of the desktop computer was akin to the invention of printing press at the end of the Middle Ages, heralding a renaissance in the book business and ushering in a hotbed of creativity recognized even by New York City, the long-held center of all things publishing. In these glory days, presses like Foghorn Press, Nolo Press, Ten Speed Press, Heyday Books, Wilderness Press, New World Library, and Chronicle Books were a just few of many to partner with independent neighborhood bookstores to stage the first San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival which drew 35,000 readers.This is the often comic story of one of those presses and its intrepid publisher, Vicki Morgan. At Foghorn Press, Vicki was 25, young and brash and ambitious. She set out to quixotically build a book publishing company from scratch with her eccentric brother to help. As part of their optimistic Morgan heritage, the siblings employed every strategy they had to grow Foghorn Press with no capital, 100-hour work weeks, cheap beer, irrepressible belly laughs, and no book publishing experience. Over 13 years, they assembled a cast of often preposterous authors and resistant staff while surviving a drunken ex-husband, a con artist, calculating distributors, a fleet of good ol’ boys, terrible cash flow, and their own differing aspirations. Books were brought to market and miraculously sold from their offices in the Boiler Room until Foghorn became a resounding success with sales, media, acclaim. But of course, the story doesn’t end there.
£14.24
Black Panel Press Hanging on by a Thread
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£28.79
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Just Add Rose Water
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£8.54
Libri Publishing PATH TO FAME ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Book SynopsisRobbie Williamsis the perfect choice for the very first Path to Fame book. Robert Peter Williamsdid not become Robbie until, aged sixteen, he joined a bunch of boy bandhopefuls who eventually made it to the very top as Take That.
£12.99
InterActions In Search of the Hearts Sense of Truth
Book SynopsisA journey around a sacred mountain ~ a journey of body, soul and spirit ~ a life journey. In Search of the Heart's Sense of Truth is the fruit of a lifetime. It is a depiction of ways forward through the mighty trials that are racing towards us, if we have the courage and mental clarity to recognize what we are in fullness as human beings.
£31.49
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Knysna Forest
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£8.54
Hermits United David Hockney in his Studio
Book SynopsisFrom 1998 to 2017, Jean Fremon visited David Hockney in his studio in Los Angeles, Bridlington and London. Intimate observation mingled with spirited conversation, a tableau of vision, meditation, and passion for invention. This book is translated from the French, David Hockney a l'atelier (L'Echoppe, 2017).
£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Tayoltita las Minas de San Luís
£15.29
Unicorn Publishing Group From Market to Stock Market
Book SynopsisFrom Market to Stock Market is the astonishing story of Bill Adderley who, from the humblest of beginnings, created one of the most successful retail chains in Britain today. Dunelm, Britain's leading homeware group, has over 180 superstores and a market value on the London Stock Exchange of 2.2 billion. The son of poor Irish immigrants, Bill grew up in a council house in Leeds, sharing a bed with his three brothers. He got his first job at fifteen, working as a Saturday Boy' at the local Woolworth, and went on to become a Woolworth manager when he was twenty-one. In the 1970s however Woolworth's went into steep decline and Bill left to start up his own business, selling seconds and reject goods on a stall in Leicester market. His first coup was a truckload of reject slippers, followed by reject Marks & Spencer curtains from which he made enough money to start a company that grew into the Dunelm homeware furnishings group. In 2006, Dunelm Group Plc listed on the stock market, since when the shares have increased six-fold. At the age of fifty-eight, Bill passed over the executive reins to his son Will and now lives a quiet life near Leicester with his wife Jean.
£21.25
Future Horizons Incorporated Different...Not Less: Inspiring Stories of
Book SynopsisTemple Grandin offers the world yet another great work, an inspiring and informative book that offers both hope and encouragement.In these pages, Temple presents the personal success stories of fourteen unique individuals that illustrate the extraordinary potential of those on the autism spectrum. One of Temple's primary missions is to help people with autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and ADHD tap into their hidden abilities. Temple chose these contributors from a wide variety of different skill sets to show how it can be done. Each individual tells their own story in their own words about their lives, relationships, and eventual careers. The contributors also share how they dealt with issues they confronted while growing up, such as bullying, making eye contact, and honing social skills. Different...Not Less shows how, with work, each of the contributors: Found invaluable mentors Learned skills necessary for employment when young Became successfully employed Developed self-confidence Faced the challenges of forming and maintaining relationships (and sometimes) Raised families Trade ReviewThis is an inspiring book. The stories of achievement will be encouraging for parents of a young child with an autism spectrum disorder and will be especially inspirational for adolescents and young adults who are feeling despondent that autism could deprive them of a successful career or relationship. This book has antidepressant qualities to rival those of medication." —Dr. Tony Attwood
£18.95
Advantage Media Group The Line of the Ball
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£20.69
Ozark Mountain Publishing A Ronins Tale
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£24.00
Random House Publishing Group Clam Down
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£21.60
Post Hill Press Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain: The
Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers’ rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adversity—with the strength of their love and commitment—to bring about meaningful change. “A chronicle of lives of unwavering dedication. Now in their 80s, labor and civil rights activists Norman and Velma Hill recount more than six decades of struggles, triumphs, and frustrations in their tireless work as ‘crusaders for democracy.’... An inspiring joint memoir.” —Kirkus ReviewsWhen Velma Murphy was knocked unconscious by a brick thrown by a man from an angry white mob and was carried away by Norman Hill, it was the beginning of a six-decade-long love story and the turmoil, excitement, and struggle for civil rights and labor movements. In Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain, the Hills reflect upon their more than half a century of fighting to make America realize the best of itself.Through profound conversations between the two, Velma and Norman Hill share their earliest memories of facing racial segregation in the 1960s, working with Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, and A. Philip Randolph, crossing paths with Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. They also reveal how they kept white supremacists like David Duke from taking office, organized workers into unions, met with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and continued to work tirelessly, fighting the good fight and successfully challenging power with truth.Trade Review“Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain is the powerful memoir of Norman and Velma Murphy Hill, two lifelong warriors in the struggles for racial equality, economic justice, and democracy. The Hills bring to their story the unique perspective of participants in the making of our nation’s history—from the direct action campaign to integrate Chicago’s Rainbow Beach, the Route 40 freedom riders, and the 1963 March on Washington to the 1968 strike of Memphis sanitation workers in which Martin Luther King would be assassinated and the successful drive to organize New York City’s paraprofessionals into the United Federation of Teachers. In the civil rights, labor, and democratic socialist movements, they labored shoulder-to-shoulder with King, A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, Al Shanker, and others, and their narrative brings these figures and their historic work to life. As new generations of activists in the freedom and labor movements take up the baton of these struggles today, the authoritative account of Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain provides an indispensable guide.” -- Randi Weingarten, president, the American Federation of Teachers“Intimate details of personal sacrifices and struggles to bring about freedom, justice, and equality in this country have been far too few. But in Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain, Norman and Velma Hill provide theirs in a powerful, compelling, and often touching narrative, not least providing information that deep-seated racial hatred and actions by racists were not unique to the South. A new generation will learn more from this book about two of those who well fit the description of giants on whose shoulders we all stand.” -- Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist and author“Norman and Velma’s memoir captures the spirit of the civil rights struggle in America, their pivotal roles fighting for justice, and their enduring bond. It is a story of love, courage, integrity, hope, and determination. It serves as an essential reminder of how two brilliant minds joined forces to help change our world for the better. As we continue to fight for equality, let us turn to their words for distinct wisdom and encouragement.” -- Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president, National Action Network“Norman Hill and Velma’s memoir reminds us all of the transformative power vested in a community organized from shared experience to bring about real change. The struggle for civil rights in the United States is not defined by any one moment, but by the collective stories of people across this country who put their lives on the line in hopes that America might one day live up to its promise. It is my sincere hope that the new generation of emerging activists and leaders will be inspired by this book as they chart a course forward to tackle the many challenges facing African Americans today.” -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters“Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill have written a compelling, richly detailed and thoroughly gripping account of their involvement in the civil rights and organized labor movements. It is so important, now more than ever, to remember the struggles that redefined the trajectory of American history, as we moved from the dark era of Jim Crow segregation and racism to a brighter era where we have come that much closer to realizing the ideals of freedom and dignity for all citizens. For the Jewish community, the missions the Hills took to Israel helped strengthen African-American support for the Jewish state." -- Abraham H. Foxman, national director emeritus, Anti-Defamation League“Norman and Velma Hill began Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain as young, idealist, warmly romantic students who were united around a common mission—to challenge the status quo of race relations in this country and to champion the values of their African American heritage. Theirs is a story of audacious youth who became tenacious partners in the risky and often unrewarding struggle to organize for social and economic justice against all odds. A must-read chronicle of a time in our history that offers a clear remembrance for those who lived it; and, serves as a platform on which future activists can stand. Bravo, Norm and Velma!” -- Clayola Brown, president, A. Philip Randolph Institute“This book is about two people who fell in love with each other and with the movements for social and racial justice. It is a must-read for those who are committed to a society free of racial and gender oppression and to the right of workers everywhere to share in the wealth that we help to create every day. Norman and Velma are true heroes of the civil rights and labor movements, and their efforts helped build a better society for all.” -- Liz Shuler, president, AFL-CIO“Norman and Velma Hill’s passion for justice—and for one another—is an inspirational story, and one that needs to be told. Their journey from idealistic young social justice soldiers to civil rights icons is quintessentially American and should be held as an example for the next generation of leaders.” -- Marc Morial, president, the National Urban League“Their memoir tells a vivid story of struggle and perseverance, one that both illuminates a vital chapter in the history of American democracy and will inspire a new generation of activists to renew the never-ending effort to build a just society.” -- Carl Gershman, president, the National Endowment for Democracy“Norm and Velma Hill bring history to life in their book, Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain. Their story bears witness to the experience of countless civil rights foot soldiers, who were willing to risk their lives to realizing justice and freedom for all. This memoir should be a call to action to this generation of activists as they work to build upon the progress of icons like Norm and Velma Hill. Those working for progress should read and internalize this powerful testament to passion, persistence and moral courage in the face of injustice." -- Congresswoman Barbara Lee
£18.70
Scheidegger & Spiess Dalai Lama
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£38.40
Anness Publishing The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal
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£10.79
Permuted Press Life in the Pits
Book SynopsisA former commodities trader gives an intimate glimpse into what it was like to work on the raucous exchange floors in the trading pits of Chicago and New York.In 1989, Brad Schaeffer was working as an artist when his trader brother invited him to visit the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Schaeffer promptly quit his job and became a clerk in that most iconic arena of raw capitalism. During the next six years, Schaeffer rose from clerk to trader, making markets on Eurodollar options in Chicago and heating oil options in New York. In that time, jammed literally shoulder-to-shoulder, he screamed, flailed his arms, hurled expletives, and pushed and shoved his way through his day. He was a keen observer of the methodology, incidents, and personalities that made the now-extinct open outcry trading pits such a unique place to do business. Life in the Pits recollects those last, most glorious days when red-faced alphas in colorful jackets performed thousa
£11.69
London League Publications Ltd Dave Jessup: A Speedway Journey
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£14.20
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC 30000 Home Runs
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£13.49
The Conrad Press Love Letters
Book SynopsisA biography of two people
£12.34
Pallas Athene Publishers Recollections of Oscar Wilde
Book SynopsisCharles Ricketts wrote this account of his close friendship with Oscar Wilde, partly as an imagined conversation with a fictitious French writer. Facsimile with afterword.
£17.09
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC From Zero to Infinity and Back A full Circle
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£17.99
Everyman The Rights Of Man And Common Sense
Book SynopsisTom Paine is celebrated for the part he played in both the American and French Revolutions. Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. So well thought of was he outside Great Britain that he became a distinguished public figure in both France and the United States. RIGHTS OF MAN and COMMON SENSE are the two short books in which he elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose which can still be read with pleasure and excitement today. These are among the foundling texts of the radical tradition in America and Western Europe.
£10.44
Pocket Napoleon 4: L'immortel de sainte-Helene
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£14.03
Third State Books Inc. L.A. Coroner
Book SynopsisL.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial “Coroner to the Stars,” who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, and Natalie Wood. It blends Hollywood celebrity and death, Asian American history, and Los Angeles history in a feat of exquisite storytelling. L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood is the first ever biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of the County of Los Angeles from 1967 to 1982. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Noguchi conducted the official autopsies of some of the most high-profile personalities of his time. His elaborate press conferences, which often generated more controversy than they did answers, catapulted him into the public eye. Noguchi was also the inspiration for the popular 1970s/80s television drama Quincy, M.E., starring Jack Klugman. Featuring never-before-published details about Noguchi’s most controversial cases, L.A. Coroner is a mesmerizing, meticulously researched true crime biography, set against the backdrop of the racial politics of the 1960s and 1970s and Hollywood celebrity culture
£19.79
Candy Jar Books A Seemingly Ordinary Man
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£8.54
Instant Apostle Hand Stretched Across the Void: How we discovered
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Season of Need
£22.49
Partnership Publishing Hell Here
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£11.25
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd John Henry Gurney
Book SynopsisJohnHenry Gurney: A Passion for Birdsdetails the life of JohnHenry Gurney (1819-1890), a successful banker whose wealth enabled him to indulge his passion for collecting natural historyspecimens, especially birds.
£31.99
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Never Take No for an Answer
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£11.39
Sibylline Press Reviving Artemis
Book SynopsisAn aging woman finds her place in the natural world as a huntress.Reviving Artemis is the unlikely story of a woman raised in mid-twentieth-century suburbia who lived in New York City as a young adult and moved to Vermont in 1984. For more than thirty years, she raised domestic livestock, kept bees, and cultivated fruits and vegetables while teaching literature and telling stories. But when she turned sixty, something shifted. Luskin was overtaken by a primal urge to step out of the garden, off the blazed trails, and into untracked forest by learning to hunt deer. Deeply personal, lyrically told, and funny, Reviving Artemis reveals Luskin’s ambivalence about guns and her fear of entering the forest alone in the dark. She persisted, using her literary acumen to read the forest and, as thoughtfully as she hunts for words, to hunt for deer. With the stories of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, childbirth, and wild nature to inspire her, Luskin became a huntress, determined to age fiercely and compelled to tell this story of finding her place in the natural world.
£12.99
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC CRO67 a Golden Bear Story
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£9.49
Columbia Global Reports Cuba in War Time
£12.34
Columbia Global Reports Race Adjustment
£12.34
Boom Entertainment Hello Darkness Vol. 3
£16.19
Wymer Publishing Blondie A Visual Biography
£31.99
Gwasg y Bwthyn Paradwys Goll
£11.99
Diversion Books A Fathers Fight
£14.39
Golden Duck (UK) Ltd The Tuesday Boys
£14.24
Golden Duck (UK) Ltd Scapa Ferry
£13.29
University of Tennessee Press Forest Time
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£14.24
Temple Lodge Publishing A Life for Anthroposophy
£16.14
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Around the World Not Counting Days
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£21.59
Brambleby Books The Ruffled Edge: Notes from a Nature Warden
Book SynopsisThe author, a professional conservationist, tells his own stories of truely exhilarating encounters of British wildlife, especially birds, while working as a nature warden.
£7.59
