Book List: Biography
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One Goal One Horse 
A game can change in a moment...
A race can be won in a second...
An instant can create a legend...
In 1972, non-league Hereford United took on the might of Newcastle in
the FA Cup 3rd round - and won. Ricky George scored the winning goal to
take his place in soccer legend as one of that courageous team known as
the Giantkillers. As if this was not enough, nearly three decades later
George participated in another emotional victory when the fabulous steeplechaser
Earth Summit, a horse he part-owned, won the 1998 Grand National in a
breathtaking two-horse finish. One Goal, One Horse tells the story of
these two momentous events, and what happened in between them, with humour,
modesty and candour. From George's often hair-raising business dealings
to his heroic fight against all odds to save Barnet Football Club in 1993,
it is the tale of an indomitable, likeable man who has been touched but
not tainted by the fickle hand of fame.
One
Goal, One Horse
Ricky George
ISBN
1 900796 44 9 pp251 pb b/w photos. U.K. £9.99
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Suzanna's story takes her from a childhood scarred by her manipulative and abusive mother to the heights of success. She delves behind the scenes with the Hollywood jet set and London's Swinging Sixties in-crowd to reveal fascinating stories about her close friends Sharon Tate, Roger Moore, Natalie Wood, Joan Collins, her lovers Richard Harris, Michael Caine, Patrick, The Earl of Litchfield and would-be suitors. She chronicles hitherto unknown facts about Elvis's life and death.
Paradise, Suzanna Style
Suzanna Leigh
ISBN 1900796 99 6 223pp hb bw/colour photos UK £24.95
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We Faked The Ghosts of Borley
Rectory
An autobiography exposing the world of psychical research. Born at an unusually early age for a child, the author became entangled in a world of faked haunting, phoney poltergeist activity and the creation of ghostly apparitions when staying at the infamous Borley Rectory in Essex. "The most haunted house in England and the best-documented case of haunting in the annals of psychical research". Here, for the first time, this universally unknown story is exposed - and the true facts revealed. "... probably the most bizarre parapsychical exposure ever written ... an intriguing biography of intense enchantment." Maeterlinck Press Agency
We Faked The Ghosts Of Borley Rectory
Louis Mayerling
ISBN 1 900796 58 9 255pp pb bw photos. UK £10.00
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Absolute Power 
Jonah Anguka's book records events before and after the killing
of Dr.Ouko. It is a personal and deeply moving account of his dramatic
experiences during his arrest and imprisonment for the murder of his long
time friend; a crime for which he was later completely exonerated after
three long years and two prolonged trials. Now in political exile, Anguka
speaks out of his time in incarceration and the despair he suffered as
a victim of Kenyan corruption and raises the question...
Who had, and still possesses, such ABSOLUTE POWER...?
The moving and Harrowing true story of an innocent man's suffering at the hands of a ruthless regime. Dr. Robert John Ouko was a distinguished Kenyan politician whose life was cut short in its prime. Some say he could have been Kenya's president. His Mr.Clean image made popular at home and abroad. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation he was an asset to the Kenya government.
Why then was he murdered?
Why, when the corpse was found with a broken leg, gunshot wound to the head, doused in kerosend and burnt beyond recognition, was the initial government response to the cause of death given as suicide?
Why was a New Scotland Yard police report on Dr Ouko's murder never made public?
Why was an innocent man, Jonah Anguka, forced to endure three years of brutal incarceration, degradation and abuse, for a murder he could not and did not commit?
Absolute Power - The Ouko Murder Mystery
Jonah Anguka
ISBN: 1 900796 01 5 £16.99 301pp trade pb
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Pearl Brotherton's life got off to an inauspicious start when her father, in a drunken stupor, registered her under the wrong name. It was the beginning of years of neglect and abuse at the hands of cold, self-absorbed parents and various children's homes which made a mockery of the term 'in care'. Separated from her beloved older brother and confined to institutions from the age of four, the author gives a candid and harrowing account of the authority figures who used their positions of power to inflict the most appalling mental and physical cruelty on their vulnerable young charges. Many have never had to answer for their actions. An uplifting tale which proves that, incredibly, compassion can somehow spring from an emotional vacuum.
From Pillar To Post
The Pearly Pellard Story
Pearl Brotherton
ISBN 1 900796 33 3 200pp pb UK£5.99
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The one thing no parent should have to do is outlive their child. When your child dies, it is not possible to describe your feelings of guilt and anguish.' In this deeply moving book, Lionel Wilkes tells the story of his son Ian, whose short life was plagued by epilepsy, autism and various other ailments. Even as a beautiful baby, Ian was already showing signs of the illness that would rule his and his family's waking hours. His erratic behaviour, violent tantrums and fits, the medical profession's ignorance or indifference meant the Wilkeses had to cope almost single-handedly with the stress of their son's disability. His untimely death at the age of thirty-five left his parents with feelings of both sorrow and guilt, compounded by a dubious coroner's verdict. Yet this is no bleak account of a wasted life. Despite the downside, Ian emerges as a lively, affectionate young man with a wonderfully supportive family. This and the wealth of amusing anecdotes remind the reader that this is ultimately a story about optimism, strength and unconditional love.
Sky Don't Rain Daddy
Lionel Wilkes
ISBN 1 900796 98 8 173pp pb UK£6.99
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Still Photographing the Rich...
the Famous... and the Wannabes!!
From hospital radio DJ to a thrilling career as a top photographer and journalist isn't the obvious route for most people. But for Rosie Still that's precisely how it happened.
In a bid to spice up her show she persuaded the young Glenda Jackson and Joanna Lumley to let her interview them. They were so impressed with her technique that they encouraged her to turn professional. She followed their advice and spent the next 25 years as a paid 'nosy parker', getting a privileged glimpse into the lives of the brightest stars of pop and TV; meeting and capturing on film some of the world's most famous celebrities.
Still Photographing The Rich ... The
Famous ... And The Wannabes!!
Rosie Still
ISBN 1 900796 69 4 UK £9.99
183pp pb Photographs
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