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Whether it is her sunny temperament, her gift of laughter, her wide-ranging abilities, or all three, Dame Judi Dench is without doubt a star. Equally at home on stage, film or TV, her career spans five decades and has earned her a host of awards, including an Oscar. This book tells her story.

This selection of ten true accounts of unusual happenings and incidents involving Bomber Command aircrew during World War 2 covers operations of varying natures, all of which depict the immense courage shown by the RAF bomber aircrew.

Charlotte and John Grey took on the Burnside Farm in Aberdeenshire with no farming experience and against the expectations of their friends and the locals. The author focuses on the key events in their attempt to revive the farm.

One of the best-loved men in Britain, Alan Titchmarsh, brilliantly recalls his childhood in 1950s Yorkshire.

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Confronting killers, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina managed to shelter more than 1,200 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the Hotel Des Milles Collines, while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes during the Rwandan genocide. His autobiography brings the reader inside the hotel during those 100 d...

At the age of 24, Sarah Goodall decided that there must be more to life than being a farmer's wife. She found a job in London working for the Prince of Wales. This is an account of a Lady Clerk's 12 extraordinary years at St James's Palace.

Set in 1950s rural Ireland, 'Rathcormick' is the story of one Protestant family & of a boyhood coming to an end. It explores the values & mores of an almost lost part of Irish society.

Modernisation has arrived at Camusfearna, Gavin Maxwell's cottage on the West Highland coast. Along with the new otters, Teko, Mossy, Monday and others, comes the installation of electricity, extensions to the buildings and additions to the transport facilities.

Including many conversations with Southendians, this title aims to recall life in their town, during the 1950s & 1960s. It focuses on social change, as well as school days, work & play, transport, & entertainment. It also includes memories of the late 1960s clashes between Mods & Rockers, & of th...