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John Newton | |||
| From Disgrace to Amazing Grace | Biography | |||
| Jonathan Aitken | ||||
| Continuum 2007 308 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0826493831 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| John Newton was one of the most colourful figures of the 18th century. The author of the hymn 'Amazing Grace', he was the captain of a slave ship until a religious conversion during a storm at sea turned him into a passionate campaigner against the trade. Former cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken - himself no stranger to disgrace and redemption - draws on unpublished letters and diaries to understand how a man can experience so profound a change of heart. | ||||
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Virginia Woolf | |||
| A Critical Memoir | Biography | |||
| Winifred Holtby | ||||
| Continuum 2007 206 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0826494439 | ||||
| Published Price £10.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| This classic work was the first critical study of Virginia Woolf in English. Its author, the novelist, journalist and social reformer who went on to write the ever-popular South Riding, could not have been more removed from her subject in background or artistic outlook. The result, first published in 1932 when Woolf was at the height of her career, is an engrossing dialogue between two women writers on either side of the divide between traditional realism and the modernist avant-garde. | ||||
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The Collected Letters of Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) | |||
| (Four volumes) | Biography | |||
| Barry Smith (Edited by) | ||||
| Boydell 2005 1584 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843830809 | ||||
| Published Price £200.00 | Our Price £50.00 | |||
| Born in 1894 in the Savoy Hotel, London, Philip Heseltine (1894-1930), alias Peter Warlock, led an unorthodox and emotionally complex life from beginning to end. His extrovert, Bohemian lifestyle was in contrast to the miniaturist nature of his music and his work as author, critic and editor and transcriber of early music. This collection of the composer's letters (1899-1930), notable for the long correspondence with Frederick Delius, illuminates the intriguing story of Heseltine's life. With plates and an index. No jackets. | ||||
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Augustine, Sinner and Saint | |||
| A New Biography | Biography | |||
| James J O'Donnell | ||||
| Profile 2005 400 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1861976046 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Nearly 1600 years after his death, Augustine's Confessions continues to be read, and his influence endures in Western concepts of Gods, religion, politics and psychology. In this biography, James O'Donnell tells the story both of a trail-blazing churchman and of one of the most significant figures in world history, offering new insights into a figure who turns out to be more complex, more important and perhaps more interesting than even readers of the Confessions expect. | ||||
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My Life on a Hillside Allotment | |||
| Biography | ||||
| Terry Walton | ||||
| Bantam 2007 288 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0593057244 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Terry Walton's life as an allotment gardener is a tale of over 50 years' dedication to sowing, planting and harvesting in the Rhondda Valley. His memoir takes us from the first inspirational experiences as a four-year-old helping his father on the plot, to his current role as a TV and radio personality, and it documents how the valley has changed over the years while offering a wealth of anecdotes, topical tips and family recipes. | ||||
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Alex Guinness | |||
| A Life | Biography | |||
| Garry O'Connor | ||||
| Applause 2002 528 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1557835748 | ||||
| Published Price £21.50 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| His roles in Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai and Doctor Zhivago made Alec Guinness one of Britain's best-loved actors, yet he was also one of the most enigmatic, a chameleon-like master of disguise. His three volumes of autobiography offered scarcely a glimpse of the inner man. Now, drawing on interviews with family, friends and the actor himself, this authoritative yet sympathetic biography reveals a troubled, sexually ambivalent man riven by self-doubt and haunted by childhood rejection. | ||||
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