Born in the red half of Bristol, Chris supported Bristol City from a very early age. Like a lot of youngsters, he enjoyed watching his heroes train and play, particularly his hero John Atyeo, and would often hang around the ground to get the players’ autographs. His footballing skills developed, along with his dream of playing for the club he loved. He was soon signing autographs instead of collecting them.
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Colourful biography of a childhood in one of Bristol's closest local communities before the Second World War.
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‘Every divorcing woman should read this book’
In this fourth book of the author, the talented heroine of the ‘Shades’ trilogy, jilted by the man she is devoted to, marries the wrong one on the rebound. A dramatic tale of Sixties changing society, hilarious happenings, talented characters and the terror of the Brixton riots are all colourfully described.
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Jane, the beautiful daughter of the heroine, Anne, of the previous four books, sets off with Germano to fulfil his boyhood dream of having a restaurant in the ecological paradise of Costa Rica. After many setbacks the two young lovers build their restaurant, 'La Dolce Vita', set in a beautiful garden created by Jane from the jungle.
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A Story of Refugees from the former Czechoslovakia who survived the Holocaust - As told to Elisabeth Winkler.
In 1937 Sigo Weber was in the final stages of his studies as a medical student in Brno and his future wife Leah was training to be a couturier in her home-town of Moravska Ostrava.
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In the summer of 2007, Lin Sheffrin was diagnosed with a cancer which quickly invaded her liver. "Fifty/50 – A Memoir" is her brave story.
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With the recession biting and green issues constantly in the news, publication of this entertaining but always practical guide to sensible living could not be more timely.
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John Barry, far and away Britain’s best-known film and popular composer, has made not one but four outstanding contributions to the international music scene.
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A biography of Joseph Cottle of Bristol, best known as the publisher of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Publisher, editor and author, he was, effectively, the first to publish the work of Wordsworth and Coleridge, Southey and Charles Lamb.
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A Memoir and Selected Essays on Education and Spiritual Valuesby a leading educationalist.
In this book, the late Professor Roy Niblett CBE, chronicles his exceptional career from early days in a village near Bristol before the First World War.
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