autobiography
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of my Early Life
- £10.00
- For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography.ÒIn the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God É perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in…
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Testament of Youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925 (SIGNED)
- £275.00
- In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of…
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The Blast of War (1939-45) (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- The second volume of Macmillan's autobiography, covering the years of the Second World War, in which he participated as a senioar member of Churchill's War Cabinet. With multiple b/w photos and 4 maps (incl on endpapers)
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The Co-Op’s Got Bananas! A memoir of growing up in the Post-War North
- £25.00
- Despite the struggle to make ends meet during the tough years of warfare in the 1940s and rationing persisting until the early 1950s, life could still be sweet. Especially if you were a young boy, playing football with your pals, saving up to go to the movies at the weekend,…
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The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
- £35.00
- The American edition of Laurie Lee's much loved memoir, Cider with Rosie. A wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie…
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The End of the Line – a memoir
- £35.00
- Cobb's final memoir, drawn from his whole life from pre-war Vienna, fifties Paris, and communist Bulgaria. The final entry was written just two days before his death.
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The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
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The Fry Chronicles: an autobiography
- £15.00
- Welcome to Stephen Fry's The Fry Chronicles, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space…
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The Golden Sovereign. A Conclusion to “Over The Bridge”
- £20.00
- The Golden Sovereign, first published in 1957, concludes Mr. Church's autobiographical record, begun with Over the Bridge, that magical re-creation of an Edwardian childhood. The new volume exactly covers the second decade of the century: opening with the death of the author's mother when he was still a boy and…
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The Hiding Place
- £8.00
- As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of Christ. Despite the danger and threat of discovery, the ten Boom family courageously offered shelter to persecuted Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Then…
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The Liberators: My Life in the Soviet Army
- £25.00
- A former high-ranking Soviet Army officer who has defected to the West delineates Soviet tactical policy, armaments, and military technology, and esses army personnel and their training
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The Lost Childhood and other essays
- £75.00
- Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such as Henry James, the Young Dickens, John Buchan, Ford Madox Ford and Beatrix Potter.
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The Marble Foot, an Autobiography (1905-1938)
- £20.00
- Sir Peter Quennell CBE (1905Ð1993) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic. He wrote extensively on social history. This is the first of 2 volumes in his autobiography.
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The Music Room (Uncorrected Proof)
- £12.00
- ÔFiennes has exceptional gifts, and he has written a small masterpiece, a tribute to the power of place, family and memoryÕ Sunday Telegraph William FiennesÕ childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home. His older brother…
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The Point of Departure (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Robin Cook's unvarnished account of the build-up to and the consequences of the second gulf war, as well as a broader look at the Blair government since its re-election in 2001: its increased alliance to right-wing figures such as George W Bush; its erosion of Cabinet government; its failure to…
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of my Early Life
- £10.00
- For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography.ÒIn the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God É perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in…
- Add to basket
-
Testament of Youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925 (SIGNED)
- £275.00
- In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of…
- Add to basket
-
The Blast of War (1939-45) (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- The second volume of Macmillan's autobiography, covering the years of the Second World War, in which he participated as a senioar member of Churchill's War Cabinet. With multiple b/w photos and 4 maps (incl on endpapers)
- Add to basket
-
The Co-Op’s Got Bananas! A memoir of growing up in the Post-War North
- £25.00
- Despite the struggle to make ends meet during the tough years of warfare in the 1940s and rationing persisting until the early 1950s, life could still be sweet. Especially if you were a young boy, playing football with your pals, saving up to go to the movies at the weekend,…
- Add to basket
-
The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
- £35.00
- The American edition of Laurie Lee's much loved memoir, Cider with Rosie. A wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie…
- Add to basket
-
The End of the Line – a memoir
- £35.00
- Cobb's final memoir, drawn from his whole life from pre-war Vienna, fifties Paris, and communist Bulgaria. The final entry was written just two days before his death.
- Add to basket
-
The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
- Add to basket
-
The Fry Chronicles: an autobiography
- £15.00
- Welcome to Stephen Fry's The Fry Chronicles, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space…
- Add to basket
-
The Golden Sovereign. A Conclusion to “Over The Bridge”
- £20.00
- The Golden Sovereign, first published in 1957, concludes Mr. Church's autobiographical record, begun with Over the Bridge, that magical re-creation of an Edwardian childhood. The new volume exactly covers the second decade of the century: opening with the death of the author's mother when he was still a boy and…
- Add to basket
-
The Hiding Place
- £8.00
- As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of Christ. Despite the danger and threat of discovery, the ten Boom family courageously offered shelter to persecuted Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Then…
- Add to basket
-
The Liberators: My Life in the Soviet Army
- £25.00
- A former high-ranking Soviet Army officer who has defected to the West delineates Soviet tactical policy, armaments, and military technology, and esses army personnel and their training
- Add to basket
-
The Lost Childhood and other essays
- £75.00
- Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such as Henry James, the Young Dickens, John Buchan, Ford Madox Ford and Beatrix Potter.
- Add to basket
-
The Marble Foot, an Autobiography (1905-1938)
- £20.00
- Sir Peter Quennell CBE (1905Ð1993) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic. He wrote extensively on social history. This is the first of 2 volumes in his autobiography.
- Add to basket
-
The Music Room (Uncorrected Proof)
- £12.00
- ÔFiennes has exceptional gifts, and he has written a small masterpiece, a tribute to the power of place, family and memoryÕ Sunday Telegraph William FiennesÕ childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home. His older brother…
- Add to basket
-
The Point of Departure (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Robin Cook's unvarnished account of the build-up to and the consequences of the second gulf war, as well as a broader look at the Blair government since its re-election in 2001: its increased alliance to right-wing figures such as George W Bush; its erosion of Cabinet government; its failure to…
- Add to basket