Frank Skinner on the Road: Love, Stand-up Comedy and the Queen of the Night
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In this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road...
Meeting with Mussolini: Tagoreas Tour in Italy, 1925 and 1926
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Of the many countries Rabindranath Tagore visited in his lifetime, his Italian sojourns of 1925 and...
Behind the Counter: Shop Lives from Market Stall to Supermarket
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Behind the Counter reveals the largely hidden personal stories of shopworkers. Corner shops,...
Hinterland
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All serious politicians are supposed to possess a hinterland, but not all do. Chris Mullin was one...
Ice Cream, Gasmasks and God: A Young Girl Grows Up in the War Years
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Joyce Lovely grew up in Liverpool during World War 2, her family narrowly surviving a blitz which...
Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend
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Diana Athill has corresponded with the American poet Edward Field for over thirty years, freely...
The Way We Die Now
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We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a...
Mao's Cultural Army: Drama Troupes in China's Rural Revolution
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Charting their training, travels, and performances, this innovative study explores the role of the...
Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond
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A highly personal memoir of Oscar Wilde, and a close copy of the 1932 original, which was limited to...
A Different Life
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I'm not sure what the older ones thought or knew of the day ahead, as for me, I had no idea, I...