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William Hall,
London 2008
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President
of the Critics Circle, Film Editor for the
London Evening News, film critic for Prima
Magazine, The People, Candis, Uncut and
others. Writes regularly for national newspapers,
syndicates world-wide through Rex Features.
Numerous TV and radio appearances. Honorary
Life Member of BAFTA, 2005.
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Raising
Caine/Arise, Sir Michael Caine!/
70 Not Out
“When
you’re born a cockney, there’s
no way to go but up!”
The inspiring rags-to-riches story of
international movie icon Michael Caine,
with almost 100 films and a knighthood,
proved it could be done. |
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James
Dean — A Biography
James Dean died at the too-young age
of 24, driving at reckless speed at
the wheel of his Spyder sports car on
Highway 466 in California. Symbol of
the rebellious youth culture of his
generation, this book reveals a private
life as turbulent and tormented as his
screen roles. |
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Laugh At Me/ My Turn All
the laughter and tears of Norman Wisdom’s
extraordinary life, charting the rise
to fame of the legendary comic who
has made people laugh for over six
decades, and become a cult hero to
today’s young cutting edge comedians.
Ghosted. |
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Titter
Ye Not! Master of the innuendo
and raised eyebrow, Frankie Howerd
was adored by old and young alike.
An affectionate portrait, rich in
anecdotes and revelations, of a comic
genius whose like we will never see
again.
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You Are Awful… Dick
Emery was known to millions of households
for the galaxy of uproarious characters
he created. But away from the quips
and the laughter lay another side
— five times married, with numerous
affairs on the side, he was a serial
seducer who was also plagued by self-doubt
and insecurity. Ghosted for his mistress,
actress Fay Hillier. |
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Nosher
Legendary stunt king Nosher
Powell is the ultimate hard man. Boxer,
bouncer, minder to the rich (Paul
Getty) and famous, his exhilarating
story charts the career of a man who
mingled with celebrities and gangsters,
and carved his living out of danger.
Ghosted.
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Splash! Crash! Megalomaniac,
tyrant, arch-villain. Robert Maxwell
was all of these, and more. He was
also a man with incredible style.
Mike Maloney was Cap’n Bob’s
personal photographer for seven uproarious
years, and exposes the heady champagne-and-caviar
life of one of the century’s
most colourful and unscrupulous buccaneers.
Ghosted. |
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Me
And My Big Mouth Larry Adler
was a controversial, cussed, crotchety
legend — and a genius with the
mouth organ. He was also one of the
wittiest story-tellers show-business
ever produced, a friend of musical
greats from Gershwin and Jerome Kern
to Sting, Cher and Elton John. Ghosted. |
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Filth The
explosive inside story of Scotland
Yard’s top undercover cop Duncan
MacLaughlin, a man who walked a perilous
tightrope to infiltrate drug cartels,
create elaborate stings and track
down high profile killers. Ghosted. |
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Dead
Lucky The search by detective
Duncan MacLaughlin to uncover the
final truth of what really happened
to Lord Lucan, an investigation which
took him to Goa, in India, to solve
the mystery which shocked high society
and baffled the world for 30 years.
Ghosted. |
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Blowing
My Own Trumpet
Jazz legend Kenny Ball lifts the lid
on a lifetime of fun and foot-tapping
rhythm in an exhilarating account
of his adventures on the road. Still
going strong and blowing strong. Ghosted. |
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