Lucreta’s first anthology is a poetic journey from memories of his grandmother shelling gunga peas by the side of the road, to her first impressions of the UK in the 1950s, to the emergence of multicultural London and a return visit to St Vincent, the land of his birth. Creole patois features in both Lucreta’s [...]
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What they say about it: Nineteen Seventy-nine takes place in a small fishing town called Musselburgh, situated on the east coast of Scotland. It’s about a young girl who is very naive yet incredibly self-aware in the year that changed her life forever – an evocative, moving and at times hilarious true-life story about growing [...]
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What they say about it The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux’s train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston’s subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina’s most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu [...]
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What they say about it Coming Back to Me replaces the myths and rumours with the truth as Trescothick talks with engaging openness and enthusiasm about his rise to the top of international cricket; and describes with equal frankness his tortured descent into private despair. “You need someone to break through, and call it depression [...]
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What they say about it: In September 2009 movie star Patrick Swayze lost his long and bravely fought battle against pancreatic cancer. His was a life richly led and this memoir, completed just weeks before his death, is a testament to the strength and passion of this remarkable man. This book isn’t just the [...]
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What they say about it For a man to chronicle his life in match reports may be a mark of his ingenuity. It is certainly a measure of his obsession. Nick Hornby’s affliction first took hold in 1968 when, as a sombre eleven-year-old, he saw Arsenal beat Stoke City (1-0 from a penalty rebound). From [...]
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Writing the life of his dead brother, Ken Dornstein loses hold of his own Ken Dornstein’s brother, David, was a victim of the Lockerbie plane crash, and this book is the author’s troubled attempt to form a coherent narrative out of his brother’s unfinished life. David dreamed of being a writer, and as the author [...]
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