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A tale of how one man can touch the lives of many. Australian street-kids are the forgotten underclass of society, and this book tells of Father Riley's faltering first steps to helping such children, and his determination to pledge the rest of his life to giving them back their dreams.

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This volume collects many outstanding pieces of memoir that first appeared in the LRBs pages.

Here, Lorna Sage remembers growing up with her grandfather during the Second World War, Jenny Diski imagines her own burial, and Hilary Mantel tackles a strongman on her hospital bed.

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Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances (and a few eminent foes).

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The life and times of Barbados born lawyer, Lewis Stephenson Hunte, Q.C., from his ancestral background to the pinnacle of his career.

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Sunday Times Celebrity Book of the Year 2010

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From ballet classes in Brisbane to principal dancer at The Lido in Paris, Shay Stafford takes us through all the highs and lows of trying to make it as a dancer in the city of lights.

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The book is about a man that worked for the telephone company for twenty years. A journey of putting people's phones back in service when they lose dial tone. The different kinds of people he met each had their own personality and set of troubles. Troubles that the telephone repair technician was there to fix.

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Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield. Recounting Gibbon's sickly childhood in London, he distils his genius for history into a remarkable gift for autobiography.

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The first published printing of the memoirs of Thomas Hopoo from 1822, one of the first Hawaiian Christians and pioneer missionaries of the ABCFM.

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This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes.

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Part memoir and part guide for starting your own book club, Men Don't Read: The Unlikely Story of the Guys Book Club tells the compelling tale of one library book group. It is an examination of why we read, the importance of talking about what we read, and the future of reading in our society, particularly for men and boys.

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"Mercy for None" is Brian Hannaford's personal memoir about his abusive family, the suffering they endured, and the mysterious operation of the supernatural in his life.

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A widely acclaimed reassessment of the remarkable life, art, struggles, and death of an American icon, from the celebrated author of Holler If You Hear Me.

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A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme Why do French job applicants put sexually transmitted diseases on their CVs Why are there no public health warnings on French nudist beaches

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Presents the story of a 3-way friendship. This work is also a depiction of the changes in American Catholic life, and a micro history of progressive Catholicism from the 1940s to the turn of the twenty-first century.

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The authorised but not uncritical life of one of the great parliamentarians and orators of our times, the former Labour Party leader, now in his nineties, who is also an eminent man of letters.

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Michael Owen reveals the highlights and pitfalls of being a professional footballer in his first official autobiography, which contains his personal reflections on eight years in the game, including two World Cups, two European Championships and goalscoring records for club and country. Updated to include his first full season with Real Madrid.