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TELL YOUR MOTHER by Bill Brown


Although Bill Brown retired from the Fire Service in 1984, it was another 25 years before he got the urge to put pen to paper, and the “People’s Author” competition, featured on the Alan Titchmarsh Show, provided the impetus for Bill to write about his Brixton childhood. Rationing is still a part of everyday life, and for ten- year-old Billy, a mischievous lad full


of ambition and imagination, this means opportunity. With both his parents at work, after school and weekends are spent scouring the bomb sites and markets, working in a scrapyard and selling everything from bricks to horse muck, machetes to baby chicks. Packed full of wonderful characters, from the barrow boys to the first West Indian immigrants, the girls at Woolies to the rag and bone men. 326pp paperback, photos.


£7.99 NOW £4 72361 LADY AND THE PEACOCK: The Life of


Aung San Suu Kyi by Peter Popham Biography of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, known throughout the world as an icon of democracy and non-violent dissent in Burma. Suu Kyi’s father, Aung San, was the architect of Burma’s independence, but was assassinated in 1947 when she was just two years old. In 1972 she married British academic Michael Aris and had two sons. Everything changed in 1988. Returning Burma to nurse her ailing mother, within six months she was leading the biggest popular revolution her country had ever seen. Confined to house arrest by the dictatorship, her party still won a landslide victory in the 1990 election. She received the Nobel Peace Prize. She has narrowly avoided assassination twice. 45 b/w photos, 448pp. £20 NOW £5.50


74144 THEY ALSO SERVE by Bob Sharpe


From garden boy to valet and butler, Bob Sharpe worked in a variety of houses during more than 30 years. As a gentleman he saw the extraordinary sexual antics of the rich and well connected, and had to be on hand for the most trivial and bizarre requests at any time of day or night. As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the


estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for 30 fires, and sleep on the floor outside his master’s room. He cleaned shoes, ironed underwear and socks and once had to stand all night in the hall waiting for a late visitor to arrive. But as a butler he was the best paid servant in the house, waited on, feared and respected by the other servants. Bob knew the real world of upstairs downstairs and the secrets of the landed gentry, even to the point on incest and attempted murder! 246pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


72531 JUST ONE CATCH: The Passionate Life


of Joseph Heller by Tracy Daugherty Born in New York’s Coney Island in 1923, Joseph Heller was later to achieve world fame as the author of Catch- 22. Enlisting for the war, Heller trained as a bombardier and was at the centre of the massive bombing campaign of 1944 when B-25 crews were flying two missions a day. Heller did 60 missions, and in a terrifying incident his plane’s co-pilot was killed by flak while the gunner received a massive leg wound which Heller patched, keeping him alive. A post-war Fulbright scholarship to study in Oxford was followed by copywriting for Time- Life, marriage, and his complicated private life. Catch-22 in 1961 caught the new cynical mood. The book also covers Heller’s divorce, second marriage and later work. 548pp, photos. £25 NOW £6


74054 CHURCHILL THE POWER OF WORDS: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through his Writings and Speeches


edited by Martin Gilbert The editor has chosen 200 extracts from Churchill’s books, articles and speeches that express the essence of his thoughts and reveal the main adventures of his life, the many crises of his career, his major


parliamentarian interventions and initiatives and his philosophy of life and human existence. These extracts range from his memories of his childhood and schooldays, to his contributions - during more than 50 years - to debates on social policy and on war. Together with an illuminating introductory and explanatory text, they create a fascinating biographical narrative of the statesman’s life and how he made his mark on Britain and the world stage. 486 pages with b/ w archive photos, lists of readings, illus and maps. £25 NOW £9


73126 COUNTRY GIRL: A Memoir by Edna O’Brien


The doyenne of Irish literature, Edna O’Brien was born the youngest child of a strictly religious family in Co. Clare and had what she described as a “suffocating” childhood. At the age of 20 she was awarded a pharmacist licence, and it was around this time she began reading in earnest. Her brilliant first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960 and was banned in Ireland, denounced from the pulpit and even burned for its frank portrayal of the sex lives of its women characters. 1970 saw A Pagan Place, which railed against her repressive childhood. Here is her childhood with her alcoholic father, the dreaded tinker families and mad Mabel, the Sisters of Mercy convent, the pharmacy and the flowering of her love of books and on through her astonishing literary career. Plus encounters with the giants of music and Hollywood as well as literature. 339pp, photos. £20 NOW £6.50


72786 SEMI INVISIBLE MAN: The Life of Norman Lewis by Julian Evans


Norman Lewis (1908-2003) from the 1950s to the ’90s, wrote books which have stood the test of time better than all but a handful of contemporaneously published novels. Son of a pharmacist and born in Enfield, his accounts of pre-Vietnam War southeast Asia, pre-mass tourism Spain and wartime Naples remain required reading, true masterpieces of travel writing. A British spy for over 20 years, he also raced for Bugatti before the war and was a crack shot. Living in Ibiza after the war, he was a flamboyant host, a businessman with mafia connections and lived a life of rock-star hedonism. 813pp, photos. £25 NOW £5


73075 A BOOK OF SECRETS: Illegitimate


Daughters, Absent Fathers by Michael Holroyd In an unclassifiable book, part biography, part autobiography, part fantasy and make-believe, the reader is carried away to a hill above the Italian village of Ravello, on which sits the Villa Cimbrone. Here, among others, are Alice Keppel, the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and Edward, Prince of Wales, Eve Fairfax, a muse of August Rodin, and the novelist Violet Trefusis, lover of Vita Sackville-West. The book profiles, too, such dignitaries as Lord Randolph Churchill, D. H. Lawrence and E. M. Forster, along with bankers and Members of Parliament during the late 19th and 20th centuries, most of them linked somehow to the Villa Cimbrone. 264 paperback pages, photos and family trees. $16 NOW £5


73135 MARTIN LUTHER KING by Godfrey Hodgson


A rounded portrait of a Christian prophet and the most brilliant orator of his age. Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th century American history through his leadership of the non-violent Civil Rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. The biography traces his life and career from his birth in Atlanta in 1929, the campaigns that made possible the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to his assassination in Memphis in 1968. 249pp in paperback, photos. £9.99 NOW £4


73911 CHAMBERLAIN LITANY: Letters Within a Governing Family from Empire to


Appeasement by Peter T. Marsh Joseph Chamberlain was the pivotal British statesman of his day. After his stroke, his two sons, Austen and Neville, took up central positions in public life. Although they were never to match Joseph’s power, the Chamberlains had thus produced three leading statesmen within two generations, an achievement unrivalled in British history. Three of Joseph’s four daughters also devoted themselves to the public in education, voluntary services and government, and sustained the correspondence that kept them all together. Historians have long known that Neville’s letters to his sisters provide a singularly revealing record of his thinking, particularly over appeasement and the agreement he reached with Hitler at Munich. These letters amount to an autobiography of the family, and reading them is almost like eavesdropping. Neville Chamberlain’s achievement at Munich in apparently appeasing the Fuehrer was discredited by the outbreak of the war he had struggled to avert. He was driven from power, and replaced by Churchill with resounding success. Winston’s victories, not only during the war but afterwards in writing its history, forced the unfortunate Hilda to change her interpretation of the Chamberlains’ story from a song of praise to a lament. An engrossing 395 pages with b/ w archive photos, family tree and chronology. £25 NOW £6.50


BUSINESS & COMPUTERS


Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. - Mark Twain


74097 HOW TO MAKE MONEY TRADING: Everything You Need to Know to Control Your Financial Future by Lex van Dam This book dispels the myth that working in the City is complicated and only a select few can do it and makes it clear from the beginning that, whatever you may have been told, there are no quick fixes and magic formulae. Using this book will arm you with all the groundwork you need - understand the economy, learn how to manage risk, make informed decisions based on past events and analyse company performance to develop your own investing style and ideas. Packed full of company histories, full explanations of all the jargon and trading strategies, famous traders’ stories and plenty of illustrative anecdotes. Revised and updated 2012 paperback edition, 190pp. £9.99 NOW £3.50


72091 MICROSOFT WORD MADE EASY by Rob Hawkins


Covering Word from Office 97 to 2010, here is straight talking, step-by-step guide to headings and styles, Clipart, file types, troubleshooting, font advice, terminology, help with printing and useful links for beginners to intermediate computer users. Produce an annual Christmas letter, write a 20,000 word dissertation with contents page and index, learn about mail merge and produce professional looking reports, posters and leaflets. Screen shots, 256 large paperback pages. £9.99 NOW £4.50


73816 DICTIONARY OF FINANCE AND


INVESTMENT TERMS: Eighth Edition by John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman The numerous examples in this dictionary are designed to help readers gain understanding and help them relate abstract concepts to the real world of finance and investment. Line drawings are provided in addition to the text to clarify concepts best understood visually. For example, technical chart patterns used by securities


Biography / Autobiography 7


73919 GANDHI: The Man, His People and the Empire by Rajmohan Gandhi


Born into an administrative family in the Guajarati-speaking state of Kathiawar, Mohandas Gandhi rebelled against his parents’ teaching at an early age. Married at 12 to a wayward young girl, Kastur, he decided to study law in London, taking a vow of abstinence from wine, women and meat. Life was


difficult but Gandhi enrolled at the Inner Temple and returned home three years later a qualified lawyer. The seeds of his belief in dharma, “that religion which underlies all religions”, were being sown. On his return to India he found it difficult to make his way as liberal thinker, and when his law firm in Rajkot needed help with a court case in South Africa, Gandhi went. The contract was for a year, but Gandhi did not return until 1915. In South Africa he read the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit and concluded that he could not follow God without giving up all he had. Working with the sick and impoverished, he was drawn into politics, founding the Natal Indian Congress and trying to move them in the direction of Satyagraha, or peaceful action. The scene was set for his return to India and the long fight for independence. Emphasis is on the personal and spiritual forces that moulded his actions and philosophy. 738pp, photos.


£25 NOW £7


73157 WHEN I DIE by Philip Gould Labour guru Philip Gould was widely admired by people across the political spectrum, and his death from oesophageal cancer in 2011 made headlines, with Alastair Campbell’s moving last letter printed in many obituaries. Faced with a choice between treatment in America and at the Royal Marsden, Gould went to America, but when the cancer returned his surgeon admitted that more radical treatment should have been attempted. He vividly describes the physical symptoms and the way he coped with them, as well as the mental strategies for turning grief, fear and loss into the sense of an opportunity. When the condition becomes terminal Gould movingly expresses how a terminal diagnosis gives value to every minute of every day and transforms human relationships. Gould takes his own story almost to the end, typing even when he is very weak, and his wife and daughters complete the story with their own perspectives and reminiscences, for instance the family outing to choose a grave plot in Highgate Cemetery where their laughter scandalised the attendant. 228pp. £14.99 NOW £5


73718 THE KENNEDYS: Portrait of a Family by Richard Avedon and Shannon Thomas Perich


Photographer Richard Avedon chronicled the latter half of the 20th century with powerful portraits of artists, intellectuals, political figures and events of the time. In the early 1960s, he was commissioned by Harper’s Bazaar to create a series of photographic essays. So, just three weeks before his presidential inauguration, John F. Kennedy and his young family were to be found sitting for formal black-and-white portraits, all of which Avedon donated to the Smithsonian. Now, curator Shannon Thomas Perich has culled more than 75 images from that collection. In addition, a foreword by the distinguished historian Robert Dallek gives authoritative insight into one of the most fascinating presidents in American history - not to mention his extraordinary wife and photogenic children. Revealing quotations from the participants. 127 pages, 30cm x 26cm. $29.95 NOW £6


analysts and graphic concepts used in financial analysis. From Abandonment and Matched Maturities to Pension Plan, Z Bonds and Zero-Coupon Security this US publication covers all American terms, many of which have crossed over to the UK. Barron’s publication. 865pp in softback. £10.99 NOW £3.75


73667 TOUGH CALLS: Making the Right


Decisions in Challenging Times by Allan Leighton with Teena Lyons Allan Leighton began his career at Mars Confectionary, where he rose to become group marketing director before leaving to join ASDA. He talks to many other big businessmen who are in the know, from Sir Stuart Rose and Sir Terry Leahy, to Adam Crozier at ITV and Stephen Hester at RBS. This line-up of top executives outline their approaches to breaking down often highly complex problems into achievable solutions. 268 pages with Who’s Who. £18.99 NOW £4


73198 FROM GUTENBERG TO ZUCKERBERG: What You Really Need to Know about the Internet by John Naughton


The internet is one of the world’s civilisation-changing inventions and we are only just at the beginning. The lesson of Gutenberg is that new communications technology will not only reshape society but also affect the way people think. The advent of cloud computing means that users of the network are not bound by the restrictions of hardware, and cookies are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to personalisation. 373pp, paperback.


£10.99 NOW £3.50


72546 THE BANK: Inside the Bank of England by Dan Conaghan


The Bank of England started as a private bank, was nationalised after World War II, given operational independence in 1997 and is now changing radically again with the new legislation of 2013. This book covers the Bank’s fortunes since independence, in particular following the career of governor Mervyn King. Controversies over quantitative easing and the build-up of leverage are covered, together with King’s leadership style. In recent years there has been a tripartite structure between the Bank, the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority. 324pp. £18.99 NOW £5


73289 NO ANGEL: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone by Tom Bower


In the diminutive figure of Bernie Ecclestone - diminutive only in stature - he has a subject who could not fail to fascinate. Born into poverty on 28 October 1930 in Suffolk, today he has an estimated worth of over £2 billion earned from his inspired and relentless development and promotion of F1 racing. But how did he graduate from selling second-hand cars and motorbikes on London’s notorious Warren Street in the 1950s to become the major player he is today? Here are the deals, the marriages, the triumphs and disasters, with no detail spared. 417pp, colour photos. £8.99 NOW £4


73555 HEMINGWAY’S BOAT: Everything he


Loved in Life, and Lost: 1934-1961 by Paul Hendrickson


The volume traces Hemingway’s exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time - his beloved boat Pilar. Whenever he could, he returned to his adored fishing cruiser, to exult in the sea, to fight the biggest fish he could find, to drink, to entertain celebrities and friends, to seduce women, and be with his children. But, as he began to succumb to the diseases of fame, we see that Pilar was also where he cursed his critics, saw marriages and friendships dissolve, and tried - in vain - to escape his increasingly diminished capacities. Hendrickson shows that, for all Hemingway’s boorishness, depression and alcoholism, and despite his choleric anger, he was capable of remarkable generosity - to struggling writers, to lost souls, to the dying son of a friend. We see his relationship with his youngest son, Gigi - a doctor who lived his adult life mostly as a cross- dresser, and who died squalidly and alone in a Miami women’s jail. 531 roughcut pages, photos. $30 NOW £8


74068 MEMOIRS by William Rees-Mogg Educated at Charterhouse and Balliol, William Rees- Mogg started his career as a journalist at the Financial Times and joined the Sunday Times in 1960 as Political and Economic Editor before moving to The Times from 1967-81. He has spent his life at the centre of politics and journalism as commentator, Chairman of the Arts Council and Vice-Chairman of the BBC. His is a finely written record of an honourable public career from his defence of Mick Jagger on a charge of possessing amphetamines, to his criticism of the morality behind the war in Kosovo. The memoirs are peopled with characters including Margaret Thatcher, ‘Rab’ Butler, Golda Meir, Edward Heath, Roy Jenkins, Ronald Reagan and many more. 328pp paperback, photos. £12.99 NOW £4.50


73598 MUGABE: Teacher, Revolutionary, Tyrant by Andrew Norman


‘Education is not all the Mugabe has destroyed during almost three decades in office; but why? Despite the millions of words written about him in the press, describing him as ‘evil’, a ‘monster’ and so forth, no satisfactory explanation for his bizarre, cruel, destructive and irrational behaviour has been forthcoming. This book attempts to put Mugabe under the microscope, to explain just why this former teacher became a tyrant.’ The situation in Zimbabwe is far worse today than it was in 2000 - her people brutalised, disenfranchised and starved. In his book, Dr Andrew Norman describes the awful processes at work. 192pp in paperback, colour photos. £9.99 NOW £4


CHILDREN’S


Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?


- Alan Bennett


74411 I WANT A CAT by Tony Ross Jessy wants a cat more than anything. All her friends have pets, but her parents won’t let her have one. They try showering her with toy cats instead, but that’s not good enough for her. So she comes up with a plan to convince her parents to buy her a cat. Will her scheme work? See Jessy in her cat suit playing tricks on her parents in this fun read for youngsters aged three and up. Suitable to read along to build up understanding of new words. First published in 1989 and here in 2001 Australian imported edition with illustrations by the award-winning Tony Ross in colour. 9" x 10". £7.99 NOW £3


74217 UPSIDE DOWN JOKE WORLD: Mr


Potato Head by Steve Charney Mr and Mrs Potato Head invite you to their wacky, upside down world where they have chosen their favourite jokes, brainteasers and riddles with us. Mr Potato Head: Why is the sky so high? Colleen Cauliflower: So birds don’t hit their heads. Fossils are dug up by archaeologists. If dogs dig them up they are called bones. Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide. Why did the teacher wear sunglasses? In case she ran into any bright students. Cartoon illus, large print, 96pp paperback to suit ages three and up. $4.95 NOW £2


74175 CAPTAIN JACK


SPARROW HANDBOOK by Jason Heller Featuring terrific colour stills, original artwork and line drawings of sailor essentials, here is one for every would-be pirate who wants to cast off the shackles of landlubber society. It is the official guide to taking up seagoing roguishness in the right way, er, that is the wrong way, well let’s


say Jack’s way! How to bury treasure, break a curse, how to fight a tavern full of angry men, how to stay alive when your ship sinks, how to cope with mermaids, top ten pirate superstitions like keeping cats, the legend


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