Non fiction - Autobiography and biography

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The garden of the gods (Daisy)

Further details of a happy childhood on Corfu, the author is ten years old, observant and funny as he discovers the world about him.

Product code: 801393

£4.99

The hiding place (Daisy)

With John and Elizabeth Sherrill, the author recalls her years in the anti-Nazi underground and in the concentration camp to which she was sent with her sister Betsie.

Product code: 800200

£7.99

The last fighting Tommy; the life of Harry Patch, the oldest surviving veteran of the trenches (Daisy)

Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the... more

Product code: 801023

£7.99

The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Daisy)

In his deeply funny memoir, Bryson travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything... more

Product code: 800340

£7.99

The longshoreman; a life at the water's edge (Daisy)

The text combines autobiography and natural history, impassioned argument and state-of-the-art oceangraphy. It follows the author from stream to river, from pond to lake and loch,... more

Product code: 800148

£8.99

The two of us; my life with John Thaw (Daisy)

When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors. Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique... more

Product code: 800055

£7.99

The world according to Clarkson (Daisy)

In this book, Clarkson has free reign to expose absurdity, celebrate eccentricity and entertain richly in the process. From the chronic unsuitability of men to look after children... more

Product code: 800101

£6.99

Thomas Hardy; the time-torn man (Daisy)

Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural Dorset... more

Product code: 801283

£8.99

Tramp for the Lord (Daisy)

Members who met Corrie Ten Boom through her book The Hiding Place will need no introduction to this indomitable 80 year old as she travels the world giving the good news of the... more

Product code: 800201

£6.99

Trowel and error; notes from a life on earth (Daisy)

Alan Titchmarsh has had a passion for gardening for as long as he can remember. Aged eight, he announced to friends that he was going to be the next Percy Thrower, although he... more

Product code: 800001

£6.99

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