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Book List: Biography
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Ronald Frazer’s life has been a memorable medley of music and travel, in which his love and gift for singing have been eclipsed only by his zest for living.
From the deprivation of war years in Belfast to a blissful period spent studying opera in Milan; from a hilariously eccentric grocer to malicious schoolmasters and the ardent Italians who nurtured his talent, Frazer recalls the people and places that shaped him: some good, some bad, and some definitely best forgotten.
The Good the Bad and
the best Forgotten
Ronald Frazer
Paperback - 354 pages (2004)
ISBN 1904754-39-2 U.K. £8.99
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Another World recreates the life and times of William Windle, a 19th century scholar who was the author's great-grandfather. With its stark backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, religious austerity and high infant mortality, it is fascinating on both a historical and more personal level, seamlessly merging the story of one man's life and the era that shaped him.
Another World
Peter Windle
Hardback - (2004)
ISBN 1904754-41-4 U.K. £9.99
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Consul's Wife Pillars and Posts
In an peripatetic career between the two World Wars, Lindo Edmonds combined her love of travel with a happy marriage to a member of the Consular Service. For this fascinating account, her daughter recreates Lindo’s world and her vital roles of mother and wife.
In 1923, Bill her husband took up his duties as consul-general in Smyrna, a city recently devastated by arsonists. Lindo followed later with their two tiny daughters. They then moved to a fresh post every few years.
From the exotic bazaars of Constantinople to the sophistication of Milan, Lindo took each situation in her stride with its demands and strictly observed conventions. She inspired the goodwill of a succession of a widely varied staff, those ‘pillars’ whose friendship and support were both invaluable and enduring.
Consul's Wife
Ann Edmonds
Paperback - 160 pages (2004)
ISBN 1904018-88-2 U.K. £7.99
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Josephine Moore was growing up in the era of the muffin man and the lamplighter, when children played happily in the streets of London with their whipping-tops and marbles and when the hot-potato merchant standing by a glowing brazier was a truly inviting sight.
Along with her sisters and parents, Jo learns by necessity to be enterprising, for life was not easy in the 1920s. The family stoically face the hardships of the time – unemployment brought about by the General Strike, recession, and illnesses. We see how their braveness in the face of adversity helps to turn their luck around by sheer hard work. The chance of a venture of running a delicatessen shop on the Kings Road would be a turning point and total contrast to their previous way of life.
With a sparkling richness, the author vividly brings to life the sights, sounds and smells of the street markets, along with the hustle and bustle of city life and snatched glimpses of society glamour. Sharing the experiences of Jo’s introduction to the working world, with all its ups-and-downs and ultimate satisfaction, Crumbs for Sparrows is a refreshing tale that readers will not only enjoy but also relate to, whatever age.
Crumbs for Sparrows
P M Mayfield
Paperback - 156 pages (2004)
ISBN 1904754-02-3 U.K. £6.99
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Treasure Your Saint is the heart-warming story of that gentle giant among dogs, the loveable St Bernard.
Mona Stanton has been ‘mother’ to a veritable family of St Bs, from the playful Rajah and Rudolf to ‘grand old man’ Bernard, who lived to the incredible age of twelve and helped raise funds for the Red Cross. Rich in tasty anecdotal titbits and gorgeous photographs that capture these animals in all their mammoth beauty, this book is one to be treasured – just like your Saint.
Treasure Your Saint
Mona E Stanton
Paperback - 172 pages with photographs(2004)
ISBN 1904754066 U.K. £9.99
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Path to Broken Dreams is an intensely personal tale of cruelty and depravation, conveying vividly how precious life is, but full of warmth as well as grief. Hopscotch, skipping, apple scrumping – happy memories of a carefree childhood, but the warning that the devil comes in many disguises is a stark reminder that not all childhood memories are good ones.
At twelve years of age a young girl’s life was torn apart by her parent’s separation. But however unhappy her childhood had been – the lack of affection, beatings, and responsibility of caring for five young brothers and sisters – all that was preferable to the life of misery she was to encounter in an Irish convent. When a court order was passed in 1950 that the young family should be placed into safety in separate institutions until they reached the age of sixteen, she believed her heart would really break.
‘Perhaps one day I may be able to forgive, but I will only forget when I am no longer capable of thought.’
Path to Broken Dreams
Annie Murphy
Paperback - 108 pages (2004)
ISBN 1904754-20-1 U.K. £6.99
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