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Angela’s Ashes

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

A memoir of growing up in New York in the 1930s and in Ireland in the 1940s. McCourt tells of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums – too many children, too little money, his mother barely coping as his father’s drinking bouts brought the family close to disaster.
Author : Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, Frank McCourt
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 1053094
Price : £7.36
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

KINDNES OF SISTERS

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Crane has recreated a meeting between Augusta – Byron”s half-sister with whom he had a passionate love affair – and Byron”s society wife Annabella. They meet 40 years after the death of Byron and argue and declare their motives for the actions and events that have shaped their adult lives.
Author : KINDNES OF SISTERS by DAVID CRANE
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 2570521
Price : £19.79
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

SOLZHENITSYN

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Based on personal interviews with Solzhenitsyn and his family, Joseph Pearce provides an insight into a towering literary and political figure.
Author : SOLZHENITSYN by JOSEPH PEARCE
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 2740400
Price : £17.81
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

The Diving-bell and the Butterfly

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France, it is now a major motion picture directed by Julian Schnabel.
Author : The Diving-bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7139845
Price : £4.68
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

Autobiography

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

The life of Agatha Christie as told by herself. It covers her childhood, her first marriage, the birth of her daughter Rosalind, her second marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan, and an account of her legendary career as a novelist and playwright.
Author : Autobiography by Agatha Christie
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6353282
Price : £6.02
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

Twopence to Cross the Mersey

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Author, Helen Forrester tells of her early life in the north of England with her parents struggling to make ends meet. Despite harsh times Helen struggles to gain an education to give herself a chance in life.
Author : Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen Forrester
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6361684
Price : £5.17
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

Liverpool Miss

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

This sequel to “Twopence to Cross the Mersey” continues the story of Helen Forrester’s poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression.
Author : Liverpool Miss by Helen Forrester
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6364942
Price : £5.17
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

ROSES ROUND THE DOOR

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Author : ROSES ROUND THE DOOR by CHRISTINE MARION FRASER
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 6370527
Price : £3.34
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

MAXWELL

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

This is an account of the events leading to the death of Robert Maxwell and of the fraud trial which followed. The investigation recounts the business and social life of a man who sought to influence world affairs, indulge in exceptional hedonism and control one of the world”s largest corporations.
Author : MAXWELL by TOM BOWER
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 6384242
Price : £6.69
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies

WALKING IN THE SHADE

Book Reviewer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:59:59 +0000

This is Doris Lessing”s follow-up to the first part of her autobiography, “Under My Skin”. Here, we move into the heyday of her career, sparked off by the international success of her first novel in 1950. She went on to forge a unique role for herself in British literary and political life.
Author : WALKING IN THE SHADE by DORIS LESSING
Published by : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number : 6388892
Price : £6.69
Fiction & Poetry > Letters, Diaries, Biographies & Autobiographies