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Billy
By Pamela Stephenson. 2001
From welding to folk singing to comedy to writing to acting, Billy Connolly has proved his versatility and sheer determination.…
Here, his wife Pamela gives the reader an insider's view of this talented musician, singer, TV presenter, comedian and actor. 2001.The good listener: Helen Bamber, a life against cruelty
By Neil Belton. 1998
This is the extraordinary story of Helen Bamber, the founder of the Medical Foundation of the Victims of Torture. Since…
going to the Belsen concentration camp in 1945 to work with survivors, Helen Bamber's life has been devoted to working with people who have suffered the most appalling damage at the hands of others.Diary of a doctor: surgeon's assistant in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1826-1829
By Thomas Giordani Wright. 1998
The life of a young man in Newcastle 170 years ago is vividly described in these extracts. As assistant to…
Mr. McIntyre, Thomas had to cope with dreadful accidents and diseases - without the anesthetics, antiseptics and antibiotics that we take for granted.On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries from Archimedes to DNA
By Melvyn Bragg, Ruth Gardiner. 1998
Author and BBC radio host Melvyn Bragg invited many of the great modern interpreters of science to discuss the lives…
and work of 12 greats from Archimedes to Watson and Crick, and published the cream in On Giants' Shoulders. These are no dry transcripts, though; Bragg has a genius for selecting the most intriguing quotes and selections from both his guests and his subjects and weaving them into his own engrossing narrative. 1998.Let me entertain you
By Robbie Williams. 1998
Strawberries and cheam: the autobiography of Harry Secombe, book 2, 1951 - 1996
By Harry Secombe. 1996
James Herriot: the life of a country vet
By Graham Lord. 1997
A biography of the vet James Herriot. Born Alf Wright in Sunderland, his family moved to Scotland and he qualified…
as a vet in Glasgow. This work reveals much about his early days in Glasgow and describes in detail the 50 years he spent working as a country vet in Yorkshire.Morecambe and Wise
By Graham McCann. 1998
This is not just a biography of Britain's best-loved double-act, it is also the biography of one of British television's…
best-loved shows. Morecambe and Wise worked together for more than 40 years, honing skills drawn from the music-hall, variety, radio, movies and television and then combining them to produce an award-winning show that became the jewel in the crown of BBC's light entertainment output.C: because cowards get cancer too
By John Diamond. 1998
Shortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his…
neck. Having been assured for the previous 2 years that this was a benign cyst, Diamond was told that it was cancerous. This is the story of Diamond's life with, and without, a lump.Moab is my washpot
By Stephen Fry. 1997
Sent to boarding school at the age of seven, Stephen Fry survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violence, expulsion, imprisonment,…
criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at 18 years of age, ready to try and face a world in which he had always felt a stranger. In this book the man, whose public face has been seen on TV and cinema screens the world over, reveals his private face.David Jason: the biography
By Stafford Hildred. 1997
A biography of David Jason, the British actor known for such diverse roles as Pop Larkin in "The darling buds…
of May" as well as Inspector Jack Frost in the Frost mystery series. A versatile actor who can play both broad comedy and drama, the book reveals much about his public and private life. 1997.Is it Thora?: my autobiography volume two 1975 - 1995
By Thora Hird, Liz Barr. 1996
This second volume of Thora Hird's autobiography begins where "Scene and Hird" left off, in 1975. After her long and…
distinguished career in films, the book comes to the period dominated by television roles, beginning with the highly popular comedy series, "In Loving Memory".Parcel arrived safely: tied with string, my autobiography
By Michael Crawford. 1999
In his autobiography, Crawford recalls his childhood, his early years in showbusiness and the friendships it led to. Stage shows…
like "The Phantom of the Opera" and films such as "Hello Dolly!" are all remembered, and he offers plenty of professional and personal behind-the-scenes anecdotes.Accueillir la folie
By Roger R Lemieux. 1995
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father
By Brian Harvey. 2019
An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his fatherAfter a 25-year break from boating,…
Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death. John Harvey was a neurosurgeon, violinist, and photographer who answered his door a decade into retirement to find a sheriff with a summons. It was a malpractice suit, and it did not go well. Dr. Harvey never got over it. The box contained every nurse’s record, doctor’s report, trial transcript, and expert testimony related to the case. Only Brian’s father had read it all — until now.In this beautifully written memoir, Brian Harvey shares how after two months of voyaging with his father’s ghost, he finally finds out what happened in the O.R. that crucial night and why Dr. Harvey felt compelled to fight the excruciating accusations.Defying limits: lessons from the edge of the universe
By Dave Williams. 2018
Dr. Dave Williams shares the events that have defined his life, showing us that whether we're gravity-defying astronauts or earth-bound…
terrestrials, we can all live an infinite, fulfilled life by relishing the value and importance of each moment. The greatest fear that we all face is not the fear of dying, but the fear of never having lived. Each of us is greater than we believe. And, together, we can exceed our limits to soar farther and higher than we ever imagined.Son of a Critch: a childish Newfoundland memoir
By Mark Critch. 2018
What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which as Mark…
Critch will tell you, was more like the 1960s. Critch takes us to where it all began in this tremendously funny and warm look back on his formative years. Growing up in a (very) small town wasn't easy, and Catholic school was a confusing setting that prompted many unexpected adventures. And when your father is the local radio personality, and your mother can't stop talking at all, life at home is always entertaining.Daughter of Family G: a memoir of cancer genes, love and fate /
By Ami McKay. 2019
The story of Ami McKay's connection to a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome begins over seventy years before she was…
born and long before scientists discovered DNA. In 1895 her great-great aunt, Pauline Gross, a seamstress in Ann Arbor, Michigan, confided to a pathology professor at the local university that she expected to die young, like so many others in her family. Rather than dismiss her fears, the pathologist chose to enlist Pauline in the careful tracking of those in her family tree who had died of cancer. Pauline's premonition proved true--she died at 46--but because of her efforts, her family (who the pathologist dubbed 'Family G') would become the longest and most detailed cancer genealogy ever studied in the world. A century after Pauline's confession, researchers would identify the genetic mutation responsible for the family's woes. Now known as Lynch syndrome, the genetic condition predisposes its carriers to several types of cancer, including colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and pancreatic. In 2001, as a young mother with two sons and a keen interest in survival, Ami McKay was among the first to be tested for Lynch syndrome. She had a feeling she'd test positive: her mother's side of the family was riddled with early deaths and her own mother was being treated for the disease. When the test proved her fears true, she began living in "an unsettling state between wellness and cancer," and she's been there ever since. 2019.Falling for myself: a memoir /
By Dorothy Ellen Palmer. 2019
Born with congenital anomalies in both feet, then called birth defects, Dorothy Ellen Palmer was adopted as a toddler by…
a wounded 1950s family who had no idea how to handle the tangled complexities of adoption and disability. From repeated childhood surgeries to an activist awakening at university to decades as a feminist teacher, mom, improv coach and unionist, she tried to hide being different. But now, standing proud with her walker, she's sharing her journey. Navigating abandonment, abuse and ableism, she finds her birth parents and a new chosen family in the disability community. 2019.The last act of love: the story of my brother and his sister /
By Cathy Rentzenbrink. 2016
In the summer of 1990, two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his…
school, Cathy Rentzenbrink's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out, suffering serious head injuries. He was left in a permanent vegetative state. Over the following years, Cathy and her parents took care of Matty but there came a point at which it seemed the best thing they could do for Matty, and for themselves, was let him go. Cathy describes the unimaginable pain of losing her brother and the decision that changed her family's lives forever. 2016.