Books | Biography

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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Description: One of the many refreshing things about Barack Obama is his self-deprecating sense of humour. Responding to the unrealistic expectations for his presidency, Obama said 'I've been sent by my father from the planet Krypton to save the Earth.' Unfortunately, the irony....

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Dear Fatty

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Description: It's become a cliché in Britain to call somebody in the entertainment field a national institution -- but that's exactly what Dawn French is. As both comedienne and actress (the latter in both comedy and straight parts), she has become one of the best loved entert....

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That's Another Story: The Autobiography

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Review: If you liked Julie Walters in any of her work, Mrs O on stage or screen, Billy Elliot, Mrs Weasley in the well known Harry Potter films, Rita (the first and best), Petula Gordino or any number of fantastic characters then this is the book for you. This is the stor....

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At My Mother's Knee ...

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Description: Paul O'Grady, apart from being one of Britain's best loved entertainers, is a classic example of reinvention, as At My Mother’s Knee demonstrates. The young Liverpool entertainer, an altar boy from Irish Catholic Birkenhead, becomes the acid-tongued and outr....

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Parky: My Autobiography

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Review: Got the book as a xmas pressie from my daughter. I lived in the same street as Michael Parkinson in Cudworth so much of the early part of the book was a definite trip down memory lane for me. Other reviewers have commented on the overload of cricket but as someon....

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Look Who it Is!: My Story

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Review: Like so many other reviewers, I couldn't put this book down. I read it on Boxing day and my partner kept giving me funny looks when I was chuckling away to myself at Alan's antics. Alan's story goes to show that there are good times and bad times when you're a str....

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Fern: My Story

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Review: Not a habitual reader of celebrity autobiogaphies, i bought this as a gift and started reading it myself, and couldn't stop! It is a poignant and insightful account of Fern's life in and out of the spotlight, and gives a fascinating picture of life behind the TV sc....

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Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography of Marcus Trescothick

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Review: I enjoy cricket and have suffered depression and anxiety so both aspects of this book interested me and I found both really well dealt with. There was a good insight into the career of a successful cricketer and its incessant lifestyle living away from home and in....

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

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Review: I just finished this book last night and I have to say it is one of those books that you mourn finishing - What will I read now? I love social history but am not so much a historian that I can read straight-up history books although I keep trying. What I loved so m....

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Just Me

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Review: Just Me Before I got as far as hearing any of it, I was slightly frustrated at having to go around trying every CD player in the house, as there was no mention on either the cover, or the Amazon description, that this was not suited to certain players. It played on....

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