The Dyers Handbook: Memoirs of an 18th Century Master Colourist
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Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax,...
Walking into Hell 1st July 1916: Memoirs of the First World War
Geoffrey Malins and Edward G. D. Living
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The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting...
From Borneo to Lockerbie: Memoirs of an RAF Helicopter Pilot
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Geoff Leeming belongs to an elite group of helicopter pilots. He describes his flying experiences in...
Autre-Biography: Poetics of Self in J. M. Coetzee's Fictionalized Memoirs
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This study explores the poetics and politics of self in J. M. Coetzee's "autre"-biographical works...
Mud, Blood and Bullets: Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western Front
Edward Rowbottom and Janet Tucker
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It is 1915 and the Great War has been raging for a year when Edward Rowbotham, a coal miner from the...
Through it All I've Always Laughed: Memoirs of Count Arthur Strong
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Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the...
David Lean's Dedicated Maniac: Memoirs of a Film Specialist
Richard Torne and Eddie Fowlie
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From blowing up the bridge on the River Kwai to covering the Spanish countryside in fake snow for...
Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid
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Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret's life in service was about...
Fiddlers and Whores: The Candid Memoirs of a Surgeon in Nelson's Fleet
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'A country of fiddlers and poets, whores and scoundrels', Nelson's famous description of Naples, was...