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The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise – British television's most iconic double act. British television has hosted some celebrated double acts over the years – from the Two Ronnies to Reeves and Mortimer, from French and Saunders to Fry and Laurie and from Mitchell and Webb to...

Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING “At once a tender coming-of-age...

The fan-favorite star of Netflix’s hit reality series Selling Sunset recalls her life in and out of the spotlight, an inspiring and surprising chronicle of adversity, tragedy, trauma, and success. In the streaming reality series Selling Sunset, Mary Fitzgerald Bonnet is the charismatic, calm...

Make Hay While the Sun Shines takes us behind the farm gate and follows a year on the farm: from calving to maintaining machinery, from mucking out to planning and building a brand-new cow shed. Tom gives us a unique insight into everyday life on a busy dairy farm with all its highs, lows and hard graft. Full of heart, amusing anecdotes and unforgettable characters like Tom's dad, Andy—aka the Ginger Warrior—this is Tom's story of determination, adventure and how to keep a smile on your face even when you're knee-deep in cow poo.

In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of...

Morecambe and Wise - the most famous and best-loved British comedy double-act of all time. In this unique book, Eric Morecambe's son Gary sheds new light on the comic geniuses who became the nation's best friends. Gary reveals what it was like behind the scenes, with touching and hilarious stories of life in the Morecambe and Wise family homes, along with memories from Eric's wife Joan and his daughter (and Ernie's goddaughter) Gail, who has never written about her father before.

For more than 40 years Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise lit up our TV screens with their wonderful humour. This is the inside story, as written and read, by Eric's son Gary. As well as his unique position from inside the family he did extensive research through both families archives to uncover new facts about the duos early years. It provides a fascinating and entertaining picture of two of our most loved entertainers.

"A chance discovery leads to a shock diagnosis. A traumatic experience leaves me questioning everything" Life is finally getting easier for Emily when a routine visit to the doctor turns her world upside down. A thyroid cancer diagnosis leaves her struggling to cope as she navigates the impact on her loved ones. During her treatment, a medical emergency leads to a profound experience in theatre that changes everything. A life-affirming story about love, hope, and rediscovering joy in simple things. "But in the darkness, I discover the light. My light. My sunshine."

During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president—the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate—but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium.

One of the top creative executives in Hollywood shares her guide to becoming the light in your own life by addressing your past traumas and finding your worth. Raised by Filipino immigrants in South Central Los Angeles, Vicky spent her childhood learning how to survive by pleasing others...

“Nabil traces the image of his father through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what it means to be a family.” - Michelle Zauner, New York Times bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and Grammy nominated...

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a...

In her honest and heart-warming memoir, writer and adventurer Niamh McAnally shares the story of her liberating journey from being unemployed, homeless, and divorced in her fifties, to embarking on a global quest to find purpose through volunteering and ultimately finding a profound love that...

Welcome to the 1980s, where the war on drugs rages on and America's teenagers are caught in the crossfire. Enter Straight Incorporated, a controversial new rehab program that promises its tough love approach can set kids back on the straight and narrow. But for the survivors of Straight, their experience tells a horrifyingly different story — one of abuse, torture, and brainwashing. Season 2 of “The Sunshine Place” delves into the shocking tale of Straight Incorporated, an experimental teen rehab that descended into a sadistic cult exploiting parents' deepest fears and their children's ...

What happens when a child who learns differently grows up believing the world has already decided what he can become? Sunshine & Rainbows is the true story of a boy growing up in a self-contained special education classroom, struggling to read, fit in, make friends, and understand why he seemed so different from everyone around him. From the birthday party nobody attended and the small school bus that separated him from his classmates, to the written tests that followed him into adulthood and repeatedly stood between him and new careers, his life was shaped by expectations he never chose.

A vivid, wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book tells stories of organized crime rings that have settled in Florida and made the state their base of operations for bootlegging, gambling, extortion, money laundering, and drug running.

Bill Withers entered the music fray as hardly an afterthought, rewrote the rules for a decade, earned a fortune, then, unable to square himself with the requisites of the music business, took his leave. When he died in 2019 at eighty-one, he was every bit the mystery he was when he started. In this remarkable biography by acclaimed author Mark Ribowsky, the most accidental music supernova is brought to life in vivid detail, told with insights from those who knew him throughout his short but incredibly impactful career.

Some men love you. Some men ruin you. And some men are the lesson you never forget. Dance with the Devil is an autobiographical fiction novel about a woman rebuilding her life—until she meets Danny, the charming, intense, magnetic man who slips into her world like fate… and slowly begins to dismantle it from the inside out.

“A powerful, moving memoir. I learned so much, not only about illness and caregiving, but finding resilience, joy, and even humor, in some of the hardest moments we all must face.”—Daniel Mason, author of North Woods With remarkable insight and vulnerability, a leading researcher and...

On September 9, 1924, Sidney ‘Sunshine’ Gepford, the former professional gridiron star and freshly minted Athletic Director of Marion High School, locked the door to his room and shot himself with the school’s starting pistol.