{"title":"Autobiography \u0026 Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAutobiography \u0026amp; Biography (Non-Fiction). Books are graded as either : \"New\", \"As New\", \"Very Good\", \"Good\" or \"Acceptable\" condition. Latest books are listed first. No minimum order.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ernesto-che-guevara-the-motorcycle-diaries","title":"Ernesto Che Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. Written eight years before the Cuban Revolution, these are the diaries of Che Guevara, full of disasters and discoveries, high drama and laddish improvisations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTouring through Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, his greatest concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWithin a decade Che Guevara would be a household name. His trip might have been the adventure of a lifetime - had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore recently made into an Oscar-winning film starring Gael Garcia Bernal, ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ is an extraordinary account of a hero in the making.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2004 (\u003cspan\u003eHarper Collins)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780007172337\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000137\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL260gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £7.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' - \u003c\/em\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e'For every comic escapade of the carefree roustabout there is an equally eye-opening moment in the development of the future revolutionary leader. By the end of the journey, a politicized Guevara has emerged to predict his own legendary future'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun . . . a revolutionary bestseller' - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnesto \"Che\" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. 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A gold medallist at the 1960 Olympics, he won the heavyweight championship at age twenty-two by conquering Sonny Liston in dramatic fashion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the weeks after the upset victory, he confirmed his membership in the Nation of Islam and told reporters he would no longer answer to his “slave name”: Cassius Clay. The political establishment stripped him of his heavyweight title when he refused induction into the United States Army during the height of the war in Vietnam.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, Ali returned to reclaim his crown, prevailing in epic fights against the likes of Joe Frazier and George Foreman. His talent and charisma - and above all, his adherence to principle - made him a cultural icon and one of the most beloved sporting figures of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut that is only half the tale. \u003cem\u003eMuhammad Ali: His Life and Times\u003c\/em\u003e is also the story of Ali, the man. Author Thomas Hauser got closer to Ali than any previous biographer. His work - told in Ali’s own words and those of hundreds of family members, friends, rivals, and others who interacted with \u003cem\u003e“The Greatest”\u003c\/em\u003e over the decades - reveals a deeply spiritual, complex man, whose public and private battles, including his struggle against the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease, gave new meaning to the word courage and changed forever our conception of what makes a champion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMuhammad Ali: His Life and Times is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most charismatic and controversial superstars.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2012 (Portico - 544pp).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781907554803.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000332.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP650gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeralded by the New York Times as \u003cem\u003e“the first definitive biography of the boxer who transcended sports as no other athlete ever has,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweeping biography of one of the greatest and most provocative athletes of all time\u003cem\u003e - “a life that needs to be understood whether you care a whit about boxing or not” - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Boston Globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas C. 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It was for him, as it is for millions of others in England, an absolute, indisputable truth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty years after walking down grey pavements on his way to school, Paul explores what it means to be northern and why those who consider themselves to be believe it so strongly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike industrial towns dotted across great green landscapes of hills and valleys, Morley breaks up his own history with fragments of his region's own social and cultural background. Stories of his Dad spreading margarine on Weetabix stand alongside those about northern England's first fish and chip shop in Mossley, near Oldham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmbitiously sweeping and beautifully impressionistic, without ever losing touch with the minute details of life above the M25, The North is an extraordinary mixture of memoir and history, a unique insight into how we, as a nation, classify the unclassifiable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (Almost Very Good)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2014 (Bloomsbury)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781408734015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000562\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP470gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"He combines memoir with fragments of his region's own social and cultural background to show that the differences go deeper than just an accent. As a Midlands native, living in the south but with strong Northern roots, it's just my cup of Tetley\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Bookseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Paul's book is a delight: as vast, mysterious and romantic as the north itself\" - \u003c\/em\u003eRadio Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A loving portrait of England's other half\" - \u003c\/em\u003eLondon Review of Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An idiosyncratic rumination on what it means to be northern . . . It's bound to deposit a certain amount of iron in the soul\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Robert Morley is an English music journalist. He wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983 and has since written for a wide range of publications. He was a co-founder of the record label ZTT Records and was a member of the synthpop group Art of Noise.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21302263840852,"sku":"B000562","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Paul-Morley-The-North.jpg?v=1771513177"},{"product_id":"david-attenborough-adventures-of-a-young-naturalist","title":"David Attenborough - Adventures of a Young Naturalist (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSub-Titled : The Zoo Quest Expeditions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times Bestseller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1954, a young television presenter named David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow\u003cem\u003e 'the greatest living advocate of the global ecosystem' \u003c\/em\u003ethis is the story of the voyages that started it all. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team battled with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe methods may be outdated now, but the fascination and respect for the wildlife, the people and the environment - and the importance of protecting these wild places - is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWritten with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1980 (This Edition 2018 - Two Roads)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781473664968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000674\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A charming period piece' \u003c\/em\u003e- The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is a great book for anyone who wants to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude to wildlife.'\u003c\/em\u003e - The New York Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A marvellous book . . . unputdownable . . . utterly engaging' \u003c\/em\u003e- The Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series forming the Life collection that together constitute a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960's and 1970's. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K. In 2018 and 2019, he received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator. 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Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, \u003cem\u003e'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.'\u003c\/em\u003e In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950's America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2006 (This Edition 2007 - Doubleday)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780552772549\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B001032\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP350gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £7.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bill Bryson's travel writing is often hilarious and usually perceptive. In many ways this book - Bryson’s memoir of growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1950's and 1960's - is also travel writing. In remembering and sharing his past, Bryson takes his readers to another place and time, both of which he vividly evokes in the narrative.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is not just a memoir, it is also a domestic history of the United States of the 1950's and 1960's: a limited history, it is true, of white Middle America, but an interesting history nevertheless. While Bryson has unashamed nostalgia for some aspects of that history, his criticism of other aspects of US history is pointed.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. 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His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited. In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSir David's first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navy was at the London publishing house Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer and it was while working on the Zoo Quest series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was Controller of BBC2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for the BBC (1969-1972). 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With gift inscription.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNone currently available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAI Summary\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHamish Keith’s \u003cem\u003eNative Wit\u003c\/em\u003e offers a captivating exploration of New Zealand's cultural landscape through insightful observations and engaging storytelling. This thought-provoking work delves into the unique character and spirit of the nation, combining wit and wisdom to illuminate its identity and nuances. Ideal for readers interested in history, culture, and social commentary, it provides a rich and entertaining journey into the heart of New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamish Keith is well known as an arts consultant, media writer, broadcaster and author of a number of art and social history publications.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeith has published a number of books on cultural and social history and cooking as well as the arts. He has also contributed reviews and comment on the arts and urban and social issues for numerous magazines and newspapers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40160898154630,"sku":"B003073","price":5.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/Hamish-Keith-Native-Wit.jpg?v=1755868821"},{"product_id":"tom-bower-boris-johnson-the-gambler","title":"Tom Bower - Boris Johnson (The Gambler) (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Sunday Times Book of the Year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Times Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003eA Guardian Book of the Year. A Telegraph Book of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHero or villain?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGenius or fool?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMaverick or chancer?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBefore \u003c\/span\u003eyou\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e decide, read this year's most sensational biography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris Johnson is a singular figure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany of us think we know his story well. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be 'world king'. Eton and Oxford prepared him well for a frantic career straddling the dog-eat-dog worlds of journalism and politics. His transformation from bumbling stooge on Have I Got New for You to a triumphant Mayor of London was overshadowed only by his colourful personal life, brimming with affairs, scandals and transgressions. His ascent to Number 10 in the wake of the acrimonious, era-defining Brexit referendum would prove to be only the first act in an epic drama that saw him play both hero and villain - from proroguing parliament to his controversial leadership of the Covid-19 Crisis, all against the backdrop of divorce, marriage, the birth of his sixth child, revolts among Tory MPs and the countdown to Brexit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eYet despite his celebrity, decades of media scrutiny, the endless vitriol of his critics and the enduring adoration of his supporters, there is so much we've never understood about Boris - until now. Previous biographies have either dismissed him as a lazy, deceitful opportunist or been transfixed by his charm, wit and drive. Both approaches fall short, and so many questions about Boris remain unanswered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat seismic events of his childhood have evaded scrutiny? How has he so consistently defied the odds, proved his critics wrong, and got away with increasingly reckless gambles? What were his real achievements and failures as Mayor of London, what was really going on during his time as Foreign Secretary, and why did he write two articles for the Telegraph, one in favour of Leave and the other for Remain? How have the women in his life exerted more influence than any of us realise, and why is his story ultimately one overshadowed by family secrets?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBased on a wealth of new interviews and research, this is the deepest, most rounded and most comprehensive portrait to date of the man, the mind, the politics, the affairs, the family - of a loner, a lover, a leader. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRevelatory, unsettling and compulsively readable, it is the most timely and indispensable book yet from Britain's leading investigative biographer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2020 (WH Allen - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780753554906\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B003189\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP800gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Explosive . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContains a string of startling revelations about Mr Johnson's public and personal life, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003egoes farther than any previous biography towards solving the enigma of his true personality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe political book of 2020'. - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Staggering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . Tom Bower is the master of the unauthorised biography' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTatler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Another brilliant book by the master biographer'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ePiers Morgan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A colourful and often catty read, full of zingers.'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Telegraph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Bower\u003cspan\u003e is acknowledged as Britain's leading investigative writer. His 24 bestselling books encompass a remarkably wide range of subjects. His most recent books include the most authoritative and best selling account of Tony Blair's decade as prime minister and the definitive biographies of Jeremy Corbyn, Gordon Brown and Geoffrey Robinson MP. His previous book published in 2018, The Rebel Prince the story of Prince Charles's scandal ridden bid to rehabilitate himself after Princess Diana's death, was a number one best seller. Bower is probably is best known for his unvarnished and unauthorised biographies of Britain's most controversial tycoons including Robert Maxwell, Richard Branson, Mohamed Fayed, Tiny Rowland, Bernie Ecclestone and Simon Cowell. His previous books about the failure to de-nazify post war Germany and the hunt for Nazi war criminals, Anglo American intelligence operations against Russia during the Cold War and corruption in the Premier League also won great acclaim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40303337963654,"sku":"B003189","price":3.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/Tom-Bower-Boris-Johnson-The-Gambler.jpg?v=1772806987"},{"product_id":"carolyn-cassady-off-the-road","title":"Carolyn Cassady - Off The Road (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubtitled : Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac \u0026amp; Ginsberg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOff the Road\u003c\/span\u003e tells the intimate story of two of the most famous, and yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature - Jack Kerouac and his friend, travelling companion and hero, Neal Cassady.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWritten by the woman who loved them both - as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac - it is the remarkable record of marriage to the man whose exploits, as Dean Moriarty in \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e, caught the imagination of a generation and fired the Beat movement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Cassady's book spans one of the most vital areas in twentieth-century literature and culture. It begins in the early days of Kerouac and Cassady's friendship, when the former was a struggling author trying to make his way with his first novel, and goes on to the explosive success of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e and Ginsberg's \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHowl\u003c\/span\u003e, the flowering of the 'Beat generation', and the social revolution of the 1960's which saw Kerouac and Cassady - by then famed as driver of Ken Kesey's legendary Merry Pranksters 'bus' taken up as founding fathers of the emerging worldwide hippy movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thicker 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1990 (This Revised Edition 2007 - Black Spring Press)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780948238376\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B003237\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP400gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Poor yourself a herbal tea, sit down and get transported back in time to when the Beats changed American culture for good. Here is the real story of what happened, and much of it is heartbreaking, poignant and necessary reading for men in general. Carolyn Cassady writes about the era from the inside, having lived with and loved these men. Unlike them, she made it through and only recently died. Delightful lady who writes like a dream, evocative, emotional, often not easy to read because the behaviour she put up with would test the patience nay sanity of a saint.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's a fascinating account into the lives of the main cast of characters associated with the Beat Generation. The level of intimate detail is truly compelling and captivating and in my honest opinion provides the real truth to what the Beat Generation was about. Carolyn Cassady's memoir is truly remarkable. I could not put this book down.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eGoogle Reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Intensely Readable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Peter Ackroyd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" . . . one hell of a story.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Jay Landesman, Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarolyn Cassady (April 28, 1923 - September 20, 2013) was an American writer and associated with the Beat Generation through her marriage to Neal Cassady and her friendships with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other prominent Beat figures. 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But this is no self-aggrandizing memoir of Westminster politicking and skulduggery. Supporting the struggle of his constituents, the Hull trawlermen and their families, for justice comes more naturally to Alan than do the byzantine complexities of Parliamentary procedure. But of course he does succeed there, and rises through various ministerial positions to the office of Home Secretary in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Long and Winding Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Alan’s characteristic honesty and authenticity shine through every word. His book takes you into a world which is at once familiar and strange: this is politics as you’ve never seen it before . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2016 (This Edition 2017 - Corgi)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780552172158\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B003247\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Johnson writes with his usual warmth, wit and modesty.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sunday Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Immensely engaging.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Searingly honest and moving.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Remarkable.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's not often that one must reach for the phrase 'heart-warming' about the life of a politician, but Johnson is exceptional. It's rare to find such decency and likeability in public life.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Very nicely told . . . Johnson is sharp on period detail.\" - William Leith, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlan Arthur Johnson is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for the Home Department from 2009 to 2010 and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Labour Party, Johnson served as the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle from 1997 to 2017. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Orwell Prize in 2013. His second, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease Mister Postman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year in 2014. His third, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long and Winding Road,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas published in 2016 and won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Memoir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_alan-johnson\" title=\"Alan Johnson\"\u003eAlan Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40584348631174,"sku":"B003247","price":2.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/Alan-Johnson-The-Long-and-Winding-Road.jpg?v=1733426448"},{"product_id":"peter-hook-the-hacienda-how-not-to-run-a-club","title":"Peter Hook - The Hacienda (How Not To Run A Club) (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs co-owner of Manchester's Hacienda club, Hook propelled the rise of acid house in the late 1980's, then suffered through its violent fall in the 1990's as gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything he and his friends had created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is his memory of that era and 'it's far sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger' than anyone has imagined.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs young and naïve musicians, the members of New Order were thrilled when their record label Factory opened a club. Yet as their career escalated, they toured the world and had top ten hits, their royalties were being ploughed into the Hacienda and they were only being paid £20 per week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Hook looked back at that exciting and hilarious time to write Hacienda. All the main characters appear - Tony Wilson, Barney, Shaun Ryder - and Hook tells it like it was - a rollercoaster of success, money, debt, confusion and true faith.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2009 (This Edition 2010 - Pocket Books)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781847391773\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B003256\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP350gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £7.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'There are many sharply drawn vignettes in Hook's entertaining memoir . . . Hook is revealed as a born anecdotalist . . . engaging and hilarious' - \u003c\/em\u003eSunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Saturated with gleeful hedonism, Hook's memoir includes frank admissions of eye-popping commercial ineptitude, which gives the book a restless energy' - \u003c\/em\u003eFinancial Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTold in Hook’s uproarious and uncompromising voice, The Hacienda is a funny, horrifying, and outlandish story of success, idealism, naïveté, and greed - of an incredible time and place that would change the face and sound of modern music.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Underground England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Hook was born in 1956 in Salford, England. A founding member of Joy Division and New Order, he is an international DJ and tours Joy Division's music with his new band, the Light. 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In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe - a conflict one writer will call \"the decisive thing of the century\"- six people meet and find their lives changed forever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea, chief of the Spanish government's foreign press office, and Ilsa Kulcsar, his Austrian deputy, are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause - a struggle that places both of them in peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the cloak-and-dagger plot that precipitated the first gunshots of the war and moving forward month by month to the end of the conflict. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHotel Florida\u003c\/span\u003e traces the tangled and disparate wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYears later, Hemingway would say, \"It is very dangerous to write the truth in war, and the truth is very dangerous to come by.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHotel Florida, \u003c\/span\u003efrom the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, and recovered reels of film, the celebrated biographer Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is, finally, a story about truth: finding it, telling it, and living it - whatever the cost.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Autobiography \u0026amp; Biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2014 (This Edition 2015 - Bloomsbury)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781408833896\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B003268\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP400gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAmanda Vaill has had the inspired idea of telling the story of the Spanish civil war through the eyes of three couples . . . Vaill's style throughout is unusually intimate. She glides into the characters' heads and keeps up the pace with smart asides. This can make it wonderfully exciting . . . Vaill's account of the tragic end of both war and her characters is shocking and wrenchingly sad.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLara Feigel, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"A real delight of her book is the way she evokes the colours and smells both of starving, besieged Madrid and the well-fed opulence of Valencia on the distant Mediterranean coast. Best of all are her characterisations. The life of the sparkling and adventurous Gellhorn, before and after the Spanish civil war.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Written with verve and passion, and full of drama, pathos and gossip . . . A fascinating cast.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"A history that reads like a novel, penned by an academic who writes like a blockbuster. A deeply revealing account of the Spanish Civil War, through the eyes of three sets of lovers: Gerda Taro and Robert Capa's stories are moving; Hemingway and Gellhorn are dislikeable but intriguing; Arturo Barea, the only Spaniard is tragic.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHerald \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooks of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"It's a marvellous piece of historical writing, informed by the letters, diaries, fiction, photographs, and films of the time (much of it produced by Vaill's six protagonists), which captures the confusion, the desperation, and the heroism on display; this is history you can immerse yourself in, and knowing the war's wretched outcome lends a sense of tragic irony to events.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"If you like Spain, politics or just Hemingway, this is your book.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIrish Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmanda Vaill is a former book publisher and a New York Times bestselling and award-winning biographer, journalist, and screenwriter. 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