When Alexandra "e;Bo"e; Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "e;tough bugger"e;.
Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, Playing the Game is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 2007 centenary celebrations, on his own life, from his wonderfull idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography and includes a healthy sprinkling of some of BP's more memorable aphorisms, such as 'I don't mind confessing I have a weakness for hippos' and 'The man who holds the average boy's attention for more than seven minutes is a genius', not to mention 'Knowledge without character is mere pie-crust'.
Always Unreliable is the collected first three volumes of Clive James's eloquently witty autobiographies, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England and May Week Was in June.
On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south London, to HMP Wayland, a Category C establishment in Norfolk.
A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.
The second instalment of his famed unreliable memoirs, Falling Towards England sees Clive James set sail for London - a long way from the acclaimed author, poet and broadcaster he would one day become .
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Closing Time recounts Joe Queenan's Irish Catholic upbringing in a family dominated by his erratic father, a violent yet oddly charming emotional terrorist whose alcoholism fuels a limitless torrent of self-pity, railing, destruction, and late-night chats with the Lord Himself.
After nearly twenty years of SAS operations, including a never before published role in the infamous Bravo Two Zero patrol, Bob Shepherd retired from the military to work as an advisor on the international commercial security circuit.
From the bestselling author of Kane and Abel, Hell is the first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries - the author's daily record of the time he spent locked inside.
Ein Stück amerikanische Geschichte: Das Leben des einen Präsidenten, betrachtet durch die Augen eines anderenBeide waren sie Präsident der USA: George H.
From Juno and Canadian Country Music Award winner George Canyon comes a heartfelt and candid memoir charting his humble beginnings in rural Nova Scotia, the hard-won success he found under the bright lights of Nashville, Tennessee, and all the life lessons he learned on and off the road that ultimately led him home.
Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into his life and career, from his early broadcasting days in the remote northern Manitoba community of Churchill to the fast-paced news desk of CBC's flagship show, The National, where he reported on stories from around the world.
The autobiography of women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stantonpublished for the 100th anniversary of women's suffrageincluding an updated introduction and afterword from noted scholars of women's history Ellen Carol DuBois and Ann D.
An authoritative, ';must-read' (Keith Hernandez) biography of Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seaver, still the greatest player ever to wear a Mets jersey, by a journalist who knew him well.
Le chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique du Canada, Jagmeet Singh, nous livre le récit fascinant et bouleversant de sa famille : une histoire de courage et de résilience face à l'adversité.
From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC's The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person stories about remarkable Canadians who embody the values of our great nationkindness, compassion, courage, and freedomand inspire us to do the same.
One of NPR's Best Books of 2020 One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 From the New York Times bestselling author of I Can't Date Jesus, which Vogue called ';a piece of personal and cultural storytelling that is as fun as it is illuminating,' comes a wry and insightful essay collection that explores the financial and emotional cost of chasing your dreams.
Now a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthyLee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel Coward, and many others.
In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas to the world stage and the White House.
John Osborne has long been a fan of radio - from late night sessions of John Peel to Test Match Special at dawn, he has always enjoyed tuning in to the riches of our best broadcasts.
On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into the Newhaven estuary outside Brighton and tried to swim across, almost drowning in the process.
NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, the writer Adam Mars-Jones took responsibility for his care.
'Part Germaine Greer and part Mae West, she is not a woman you should spurn' Guardian'Nell's distinctive voice, both written and spoken, has had a powerful and provocative place in Irish society .
*From the 'anti-guru' author of the smash hit The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k and the New York Times bestseller Get Your Sh*t Together *Being yourself should be the easiest thing in the world.
'There is one animal that is familiar to all of us, whoever we are, wherever we live'Even if we've never had direct contact with one, we will have seen one, or at the very least, heard one.
From the author of Yoga Girl and "e;international force in the world of yoga"e; (Allure), a moving and inspirational memoir on how to cope with tragedy, adversity, and change through yoga.
Not Waving But Drowning tells the harrowing true story of one man's childhood struggle against poverty and his subsequent drive to become a policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
