Creator: Robin Clifford
Publication date: 2005-10-03
RRP: £12.99
Price: £14.98
Review Lennon and McCartney Collector's Box / Chrome Dreams:
Creator: Edward Fox
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2002-11-15
RRP: £11.99
Price: £11.99
Review Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott / Greenpark Media Ltd:
Publication date: 2006-06-01
RRP: £32.50
Price: £34.49
Review John Gielgud / ISIS Audio Books:
Authors
- Moira Johnston
- Trevor Rees-Jones
Publication date: 2003-08
RRP: £47.50
Price: £45.36
Review The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash and the Sole Survivor / Soundings:"Telling my story in a book is the last thing I ever dreamed I'd be doing", writes Trevor Rees-Jones in the introduction to his autobiography, The Bodyguard's Story. Rees-Jones's life changed irrevocably on the night of Saturday, August 31, 1997, when the car he was travelling in crashed in a certain Alma tunnel in Paris. The car contained no ordinary passengers-Rees-Jones was the bodyguard of Dodi Fayed, companion of Diana, Princess of Wales. Dodi, Diana and driver Henri Paul were all killed, leaving Rees-Jones as the sole survivor, fighting for his life having suffered appalling injuries. His face was crushed beyond recognition and had to be extensively reconstructed under expert surgical care. Rees-Jones left hospital after a month, intending to continue with his life as far as possible and his work for his employer, Dodi's father, Mohamed Al Fayed. Yet his situation became increasingly fraught in the wake of the death of the Princess of Wales, one of the late 20th-century's most potent icons. As the grief-stricken Fayed tried desperately to find someone to blame for the death of his son, it was only a matter of time before Rees-Jones became embroiled in the web of recriminations and accusations. The Bodyguard's Story tells the story of the summer leading up to the fatal accident; as Rees-Jones, speaking openly for the first time, describes a world of extreme wealth, paparazzi-dodging and the increasingly volatile situation between the press, Dodi, Diana and their minders as the summer dragged on. Realising his life could never return to what it had been, Rees-Jones aims to set the record straight with his first-hand account. [+]"They'd died on my shift, and I'll live with that for the rest of my life. But I look in the mirror every day and know that I did the best I could. " -Kate Weaver.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-07-15
RRP: £43.47
Price: £45.46
Review A House in Sicily / Oakhill Publishing Limited:
Creator: Nancy McClean
Publication date: 2002-09-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: £6.99
Review *** USE B00004S7H1 ***: The Unauthorised Biography of "Oasis" (The maximum series) / Chrome Dreams:
Creator: Sean Barrett
Publication date: 2007-10-01
RRP: £47.95
Price: £49.94
Review Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man / ISIS Publishing:
Publication date: 2005-04-04
RRP: £7.99
Price: £9.98
Review "Kiss": The Classic Interviews / Institute for the Study of the Americas:
Publication date: 2006-06-01
RRP: £12.99
Price: £14.98
Review In Conversation With...: Legends of Music Talk About Their Lives and Their Music / Open Source Studios:
Authors
- Paul Rusesabagina
- Tom Zoellner
Publication date: 2007-02-01
RRP: £39.50
Price: £41.49
Review An Ordinary Man / ISIS Publishing:
Creator: Sian Jones
Publication date: 2003-02-01
Dewey code: 790
RRP: £6.99
Price: £5.67
Review More Maximum "Eminem" (Maximum Series) / Chrome Dreams:
Publication date: 2002-08
RRP: £46.94
Price: £62.95
Review Acting Strangely / Chivers Audio Books:
Creator: Hank Williams
Publication date: 2000-01-17
Dewey code: 782.421642092
Price: £15.99
Review The Hank Williams Story (Enlightenment) / Chrome Dreams:
Creator: Jane Lapotaire
Publication date: 2002-11-15
RRP: £11.99
Price: £13.98
Review Memoirs of Madame Tussaud / Greenpark Media Ltd:
Publication date: 2000-07
RRP: £64.57
Price: £66.56
Review 'Tis: Complete & Unabridged / Chivers Audio Books:
Creator: Sian Jones
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2000-04-01
Dewey code: 790
Price: £6.99
Review Maximum Beck: The Unauthorised Biography of Beck (The Maximum Series) / Chrome Dreams:
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2002-01-28
Dewey code: 799
Price: £17.99
Review Fox, Fin and Feather: Tales from the Field / Derrydale Press,US:
Publication date: 2003-11
RRP: £29.86
Price: £54.77
Review Kate Remembered / Sound Library:Published a mere 13 days after the death of Katharine Hepburn, Kate Remembered is best appreciated as a billet-doux of devoted friendship. It's a moving study of mutual trust and admiration between Pulitzer-Prize-winning biographer A Scott Berg and legendary Hollywood icon Hepburn, who'd established an instant rapport in 1983, beginning a 20-year conversation that blossomed into this enchanting "biographical memoir". As a casual but authoritative survey of Hepburn's career, Berg's book offers little new information to anyone who's read previous Hepburn biographies or Me: Stories of My Life, Hepburn's bestselling 1991 memoir. But the duality of Berg's title reinforces his purpose: "More than my remembrances," writes Berg in his author's note, "this book intends to convey hers. " As such, Kate Remembered offers a rare, unvarnished portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential women, achieving a personal intimacy while making the reader feel welcomed in Hepburn's private world of privilege. Although Berg (the acclaimed biographer of legendary editor Max Perkins, producer/mogul Samuel Goldwyn and aviator Charles Lindbergh) had written all but the final paragraphs by 2001, Hepburn insisted this book remain unpublished until after her death, which came, in quiet dignity at age 96, on June 29, 2003. Given the book's prepublication secrecy, it's hardly tabloid-worthy, serving instead to correct or clarify details from Hepburn's glory days-especially her long-term affair with Spencer Tracy-while offering choice bits of Hollywood gossip, Hepburn's frequently scathing assessments of other actors and amusing encounters with such luminaries as Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty (both of whom appear as mock suitors with selfish motivations). It's a brisk read but a substantial one, richly emotional and as dignified as Hepburn herself, whose faults and foibles make her even more appealing than her beloved public persona. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com Published a mere 13 days after the death of Katharine Hepburn, Kate Remembered is best appreciated as a billet-doux of devoted friendship. [+]It's a moving study of mutual trust and admiration between Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A Scott Berg and legendary Hollywood icon Hepburn, who'd established an instant rapport in 1983, beginning a 20-year conversation that blossomed into this enchanting "biographical memoir". As a casual but authoritative survey of Hepburn's career, Berg's book offers little new information to anyone who's read previous Hepburn biographies or Me: Stories of My Life, Hepburn's bestselling 1991 memoir. But the duality of Berg's title reinforces his purpose: "More than my remembrances", writes Berg in his author's note, "this book intends to convey hers. " As such, Kate Remembered offers a rare, unvarnished portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential women, achieving a personal intimacy while making the reader feel welcomed in Hepburn's private world of privilege. Although Berg (the acclaimed biographer of legendary editor Max Perkins, producer/mogul Samuel Goldwyn and aviator Charles Lindbergh) had written all but the final paragraphs by 2001, Hepburn insisted this book remain unpublished until after her death, which came, in quiet dignity at age 96, on June 29, 2003. Given the book's prepublication secrecy, it's hardly tabloid-worthy, serving instead to correct or clarify details from Hepburn's glory days-especially her long-term affair with Spencer Tracy-while offering choice bits of Hollywood gossip, Hepburn's frequently scathing assessments of other actors, and amusing encounters with such luminaries as Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty (both of whom appear as mock suitors with selfish motivations). It's a brisk read but a substantial one, richly emotional and as dignified as Hepburn herself, whose faults and foibles make her even more appealing than her beloved public persona. -Jeff Shannon.
Creator: William Costello
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2005-10-15
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £15.49
Price: £8.67
Review Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Unabridged Classics in Audio) / Tantor Media, Inc:
Publication date: 2004-10
RRP: £6.99
Price: £8.98
Review "Red Hot Chili Peppers" Xposed / Chrome Dreams:
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