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Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood(2005) BOOTH, MARTINShadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a jouVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Foreigners: Three English Lives(2008) PHILLIPS, CARYLPresents the stories of Francis Barber, 'given' to the great eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson; Randolph Turpin, Britain's first black world champion boxer; and, David Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949, the events of whose lVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Venice(2010) ACKROYD, PETERIn this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Tricky Part(2006) MORAN, MARTINMartin Morgan grew up in Denver, and his world changed abruptly when, at the age of twelve, a church-camp counsellor seduced him. This memoir presents a thoughtful account of how he suffered, and how it affected his life.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Confessions Of An Irish Rebel(1990) BEHAN, BRENDANThe immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Village(2010) TAYLOR, ALICEThe third of Alice Taylor's unique accounts of life in the Irish countryside, and another massive bestseller with universal appeal.Vezava: Mehka17,10 €
