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What's My Motivation?What's My Motivation?
As a boy, Michael Simkins always wanted to be someone.

Billie Piper: Growing PainsBillie Piper: Growing Pains
From teenage pop star to Las Vegas bride and on to Doctor Who - this is the up-close and personal story of the country's favourite girl next door.

The Centre of the BedThe Centre of the Bed
Presents the memoirs of a legendary figure in TV and the arts.

From Here to MaternityFrom Here to Maternity
Presents a story for women who have been, are or want to be pregnant. Based on the author's experiences of pregnancy and birth, this book covers everything from the usual morning sickness, food cravings and getting a seat on the bus, to the foetus th

A Young Man's PassageA Young Man's Passage
Features Julian Clary's story, in his own words - the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. Far more than just another celebrity autobiography or 'funny book', this is a witty account of a unique progre

Days from a Different WorldDays from a Different World
Presents a journey through the England of the late 1940s, and also tells the somewhat strange and often deeply painful story of John Simpson's family. This work talks about his father and his grandmother, and also his grandfather, who drank the famil

Marching PowderMarching Powder
Tells the story of Thomas McFadden, a small-time English drug smuggler who was arrested in Bolivia and thrown inside the notorious San Pedro prison.

One ChildOne Child
This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full

Jack VettrianoJack Vettriano
Presents about thirty images, as well as some surfaced works, and the best of the paintings published in "Lovers and Other Strangers" and "Fallen Angels". This work is reissued in smaller user-friendly format. It contains a biographical text and olde

Angry White PyjamasAngry White Pyjamas
A brilliant and captivating insight into the bizarre nature of contemporary Japan.

Thomas HardyThomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary. This seminal biography covers Hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to London i

Tuesdays with MorrieTuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom rediscovered his college professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited Mitch every Tuesday, just like in college. This is a chronicle of their time together and the

Keeping MumKeeping Mum
Mum and Dad - Squibs and Bert - were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson as he grew up in Cambridge and London during the 1940s. His mother danced with the Yanks all night and slept under a fake fur coat all day, and when his father bothered to come

The Tiger's ChildThe Tiger's Child
Torey Hayden returns with this deeply-moving sequel to her first book, One Child (the Sunday Times bestseller). After seven years, Torey is reunited with Sheila, the disturbed 6-year-old she tried to rescue.

Where There is EvilWhere There is Evil
Sandra Brown was eight when her friend and neighbour, twelve-year-old Moira Anderson, disappeared from the small town of Coatbridge near Glasgow in 1957. Moira has never been seen since. This is the story of Sandra's quest to unravel the mystery and

The Motorcycle DiariesThe Motorcycle Diaries
The film tie-in edition of the established modern classic.

The Wicked Wit of Winston ChurchillThe Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
The speeches and sayings of Winston Churchill have often passed in history, This collection brings together a collection of his most famous sayinghs with less well-known witticisms. It presents hundreds of Churchill's wittiest and wickedest quips.

French RevolutionsFrench Revolutions
A depiction of an inadequate man's attempt to achieve the unachievable and ride the route taken by the pros on the 2000 Tour de France, this is a tale of calorific excess, ludicrous clothing and intimate discomfort.

KeaneKeane
This paperback edition of Roy Keane's autobiography contains a new chapter covering the events that followed the book's original publication: Keane's vindication by the FAI report; the punishment meted out by the FA; and Mick McCarthy's resignation.

Burnt ToastBurnt Toast
'Toast. You know when you're trying to make it and you just can't get it right? It's too light or too soft, then totally burnt. Do you try to scrape off the black? Do you throw it away or do you just eat it? Up until now, I ate the burnt toast ! then

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