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Biography & Memoirs



Forgotten Brummies: The men and women who shaped today’s Birmingham...

Forgotten Brummies: The men and women who shaped today’s Birmingham...

Les Williams

People make history in the place they call home. This book briefly describes the lives of twenty-nin..

£14.95

Fort Dunlop Remembered

Fort Dunlop Remembered

Chris Jukes

Fort Dunlop, in the Erdington district of Birmingham, was the original tyre factory and main office ..

£9.95

Fred Karno - The Legend Behind the Laughter

Fred Karno - The Legend Behind the Laughter

David Crump, foreword David Robinson

“If in doubt fall on your arse.” That was the mantra of Fred Karno: acrobat, comedian, writer, music..

£24.95

From Stormy Seas to Calmer Waters

From Stormy Seas to Calmer Waters

Commander Anthony Pearse

A fascinating story of a working life spanning 52 years. Entering t..

£7.95

Gaskin

Gaskin

Paul Bedford

For many people the name Gaskin is synonymous with a brutal murder at Hednesford, Staffordshire in 1..

£7.95

Gazed At In Awe (Solihull Gas Works)

Gazed At In Awe (Solihull Gas Works)

Alan J. Sadler

A personal story of Solihull gas works and some of the people who w..

£8.95

George Walton 1796-1874 - The Journal & Diary of a Rifleman of the 95th who fought at Waterloo

George Walton 1796-1874 - The Journal & Diary of a Rifleman of the 95th who fought at Waterloo

Ed. Peter Coleman

In 1813 George Walton joined the Rifle Brigade at a recruiting party outside St Philip’s Church in..

£9.95

Go and Make the Tea, Boy! - Memories of life as a young  reporter during the 1960s

Go and Make the Tea, Boy! - Memories of life as a young reporter during the 1960s

John Phillpott

BEATLE haircut, one set of smart clothes to his name… and with a rock ‘n’ roll attitude hewn out of ..

£9.95

Gold In My Veins - My Life as a Derby Gilder

Gold In My Veins - My Life as a Derby Gilder

Betty Wherry

Gold in my Veins is an autobiographical account of the life of Betty ..

£7.95

Hello England: A Biography of Balwant K Swani

Hello England: A Biography of Balwant K Swani

Mohan S Swani

Balwant Kaur was born in Gujranwala, near Lahore in India in 1912 or 1913 and was spiritual from an ..

£14.95

Hubert Parry – A Life in Photographs

Hubert Parry – A Life in Photographs

Michael Trott

From late Victorian times to the end of the First World War, Hubert Parry was an outstanding figure ..

£30.00

I Remember When (West Midlands Heritage Memories)

I Remember When (West Midlands Heritage Memories)

Ed. Peter Millington

The year 2020 will be remembered as the year in which a deadly viral pandemic known as Covid-19 cast..

£9.95

If - The Pat Roach Story

If - The Pat Roach Story

Pat Roach with Shirley Thompson - foreword by Arnold Schwarzenegger

For the first time, wrestler-turned-film-and-television actor Pat Roach tel..

£14.95

In Search of Old Bill: The Life of Thomas Rafferty

In Search of Old Bill: The Life of Thomas Rafferty

John Belcher, Thomas Small & Carl Chinn

‘Old Bill’ began as the cartoon creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather: born amidst the carnage of W..

£9.95

Indigo & Opium

Indigo & Opium

Miles Macnair

British India in the middle of the 19th century and two enterprising fa..

£24.95

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