The Python Years Diaries 1969-1979 Michael Palin Phoenix 2007 Paperback
In July 1969, a struggling actor called Michael Palin enjoyed 'an encouraging first day's shooting' on a new show tentatively entitled Bunn, Wackett, In July 1969, a struggling actor called Michael Palin enjoyed 'an encouraging first day's shooting' on a new show tentatively entitled Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot. A decade later (following the programme's change of name to Monty Python's Flying Circus), Palin was one of the biggest names in British television. These lively, engaging and meticulously kept diaries record Palin's meteoric rise over ten surreal years. ...more
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Gulag Boss A Soviet Memoir Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky Oxford University Press 2011 Hardback
The horror of Stalin's gulags has been movingly documented by Solzhenitsyn and other former prisoners. Never before has there been a memoir from one oThe horror of Stalin's gulags has been movingly documented by Solzhenitsyn and other former prisoners. Never before has there been a memoir from one of their captors. Fyodor Mochulsky was a young engineer when he was put in charge of a labour camp in the Arctic. His account details the horrific conditions, which forced him to question his deep faith in Communism, and sheds new light on the age-old question of how ordinary people can participate in acts of inhumanity. ...more
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Letters From HMS Britannia William Lambert & The Late Victorian Navy AB Demaus (Edited by) Amberley 2010 Paperback Illustrated
Such Things Happen The Life of a Typographer John Lewis Unicorn 1994 Hardback Illustrated
John Lewis (1912-1996) was an innovative and influential typographer and designer, whose many achievements included the ground-breaking Studio Vista sJohn Lewis (1912-1996) was an innovative and influential typographer and designer, whose many achievements included the ground-breaking Studio Vista series of art paperbacks. In this absorbing memoir he reflects on a long and rewarding life devoted to his craft, his wife Grizelda, sailing, and their cats. With self-deprecating humour, Lewis recalls his Welsh childhood, his wartime service as a camoufleur, his work with Benjamin Britten designing programmes and sets for the Aldeburgh festival - and an encounter with Picasso in Provence. ...more
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Recollections The Life and Travels of a Victorian Architect Sir Thomas Graham Jackson; Ed. Sir Nicholas Jackson Unicorn 2003 Hardback Illustrated
Thomas Graham Jackson (1835-1924) is best remembered as the architect of Oxford's 'Bridge of Sighs' and the graceful style immortalized as 'Anglo-JackThomas Graham Jackson (1835-1924) is best remembered as the architect of Oxford's 'Bridge of Sighs' and the graceful style immortalized as 'Anglo-Jackson' by Betjeman. Much of his inspiration came from the European travels which he recorded in these Recollections. Edited by his grandson, with an introduction and gazetteer of the buildings by James Bettley and with Jackson's own drawings and watercolours, this new edition includes much previously unpublished material, including his priceless record of the historic buildings of Dalmatia. ...more
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Hitch 22 A Memoir Christopher Hitchens Twelve 2010 Hardback
Acerbic, erudite and unpredictable, the late Christopher Hitchens was one of the most brilliant polemicists of our times. With all his characteristic Acerbic, erudite and unpredictable, the late Christopher Hitchens was one of the most brilliant polemicists of our times. With all his characteristic verve, this memoir recounts his upbringing as the son of a naval officer, and his discovery of his Jewish heritage after his mother's suicide. It describes Hitchens's relationships with his brother and his friendship with fellow writers Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie, and explains his controversial decision to support the 2003 invasion of Iraq and take US citizenship. ...more
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Sinatra: Frank and Friendly
Terry O'Neill Evans Mitchell 2007 Hardback Illustrated
'You only live once', Frank Sinatra remarked, 'And the way I live, once is enough'. This tribute by one of the world's leading photographers captures 'You only live once', Frank Sinatra remarked, 'And the way I live, once is enough'. This tribute by one of the world's leading photographers captures all the glamour, energy and lust for life of the legendary singer. More than 100 superbly reproduced photographs, most never published before, taken on stage and backstage, on location and on the golf course, reveal the many sides of Sinatra's personality: the charismatic star, the consummate professional, and the warm and funny private man. ...more
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Seeing Things A Memoir Oliver Postgate Canongate 2009 Hardback Illustrated
In this delightful memoir, the inimitable children's storyteller Oliver Postgate recalls his childhood as a wartime evacuee and his chequered career aIn this delightful memoir, the inimitable children's storyteller Oliver Postgate recalls his childhood as a wartime evacuee and his chequered career as a farmhand, relief worker, actor, inventor and artist. With what Stephen Fry describes in his foreword as a 'matchless blend of authority, kindliness and humour', Postgate goes on to relate how, in a Kent cowshed and on a shoestring budget, he and his friend Peter Firmin created the much-loved classics The Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Bagpuss. ...more
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Gods of Tin The Flying Years James Salter Counterpoint 2004 Paperback Illustrated
Stet An Editor's Life Diana Athill Granta 2001 Paperback
For half a century, Diana Athill edited, coaxed, nursed and, at times, coerced a succession of novelists from Jean Rhys to Timothy Mo into producing tFor half a century, Diana Athill edited, coaxed, nursed and, at times, coerced a succession of novelists from Jean Rhys to Timothy Mo into producing their finest work. Elegant, clear-sighted and self- deprecating, her memoirs offer a wise and often very funny account of a life in publishing; a life in which the parade of literary luminaries takes second place to Athill's sheer love of language and literature. ...more
Midnight at the Palace My Life as a Fabulous Cockette Pam Tent Alyson 2004 Paperback Illustrated
In 1969 the Cockettes took the sexual revolution to the stage of the Palace Theatre, San Francisco. Performers including Hibiscus, John Rothermel, PriIn 1969 the Cockettes took the sexual revolution to the stage of the Palace Theatre, San Francisco. Performers including Hibiscus, John Rothermel, Pristine Condition and Divine mounted a series of rebellious, gender-bending shows with titles such as Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma which lampooned mainstream culture. In this memoir, Cockette Pam Tent offers a glimpse into the far-off world of late 60s counterculture and 'thrift store drag'. ...more
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Geronimo The True Story of America's Most Ferocious Warrior Geronimo; Ed. SM Barrett Skyhorse 2011 Paperback Illustrated
First published in 1906, this is Geronimo's first-hand account of his 25-year struggle against the American government and its injustices towards the First published in 1906, this is Geronimo's first-hand account of his 25-year struggle against the American government and its injustices towards the Apache people. He discusses the origins, history and customs of his tribe, explains how white settlers wronged them and describes the events of the Apache Wars, his imprisonment and forced surrender. He ends by expressing his hopes for future mutual respect. ...more
Ruth Maier's Diary A Young Girl's Life under Nazism Jan Erik Vold (Edited by) Harvill Secker 2008 Paperback Illustrated
Ruth Maier was 17 when the Nazis marched into Vienna in 1938 and her family's secure, middle-class life was shattered. Fleeing to Norway, she enjoyed Ruth Maier was 17 when the Nazis marched into Vienna in 1938 and her family's secure, middle-class life was shattered. Fleeing to Norway, she enjoyed a few years of freedom and a passionate friendship with the poet Gunvor Hofmo, until that country too fell to Hitler. Intelligent and articulate, her diaries vividly record her experiences, breaking off only on her deportation to Auschwitz. Published for the first time, they form one of the most moving personal testimonies of the Holocaust. ...more
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