Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Widely respected as a classical stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewoods Theatre Workshop until his life was changed forever by the television comedy Steptoe & Son. Overnight he became a household name as the series drew unparalleled viewing figures of over 28 million, with fans ranging from the working classes to the Royal Family. However, the glittering lights of show business couldnt hide the scars he bore from his time in the Royal Marines during the Second World War. With the Marines he travelled through Europe before ending up in Asia, where he saw first hand the devastation wrought by the Hiroshima bomb. Naturally shy & a committed socialist, fame & fortune didnt sit easily on his shoulders, & for the next twenty years, until his untimely death at the age of only 57, he had to learn how to be " Arold. Written by his daughter, Susannah Corbett, an acclaimed actor herself, this is the first biography of Harry H. Corbett, the man who was once described as being the English Marlon Brando. ...

Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the twentieth century. Widely respected as a stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewoods Theatre Workshop until his life was changed by the television comedy Steptoe & Son. Overnight he became a household name as the series drew unparalleled viewing figures of over 28 million, with fans ranging from the working classes to the Royal Family. However, the glittering lights of show business couldnt hide the scars he bore from his time in the Royal Marines during the Second World War. With the Marines he travelled through Europe before ending up in Asia, where he saw first-hand the devastation wrought by the Hiroshima bomb. Naturally shy & a committed socialist, fame & fortune didnt sit easily on his shoulders, & for the next twenty years, until his untimely death at the age of only 57, he had to learn how to be " Arold. Written by his daughter, Susannah, this is the first biography of Harry H. Corbett, the man who was once called the English Marlon Brando. ...

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, & unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight & win. Haft details the inhumanity of the "sport" in which he must perform in brutal contests for the officers. Ultimately escaping the camp, Haft's experience left him an embittered & pugnacious young man. Determined to find freedom, Haft traveled to America & began a career as a professional boxer, quickly finding success using his sharp instincts & fierce confidence. In a historic battle, Haft fights in a match with Rocky Marciano, the future undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. Haft's boxing career takes him into the world of such boxing legends as Rocky Graziano, Roland La Starza, & Artie Levine, & he reveals new details about the rampant corruption at all levels of the sport. In sharp contrast to Elie Wiesel's scholarly, pious protagonist in Night, Harry Haft is an embattled survivor, challenging the reader's capacity to understand suffering & find compassion for an antihero whose will to survive threatens his own humanity. Haft's account, at once dispassionate & deeply absorbing, is an extraordinary story & an invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature. ...

Another treat for Harry Hill fans! Britains favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves it when people silly mistakes. So much that he has put together a rib-tickling book of howlers, whacky stories & bloopers for all the family. " The Bumper Book of Bloopers" contains Harrys favourite goofs picked from the worlds daftest newspapers & magazines
- & believe it or not every single one of them is a genuine boob!
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Another treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves it when people make silly mistakes. So much that he has put together a rib-tickling book of howlers, wacky stories & bloopers for all the family. The Bumper Book of Bloopers contains Harry's favourite goofs picked from the world's daftest newspapers & magazines
- & believe it or not every single one of them is a genuine boob!
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A treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves jokes so much that he has put together a side-splitting joke book for all the family. Containing Harry's favourite jokes picked from the world's joke archive, it also features jokes written by Harry, including some br&-new ones written specially for this book. Warning: now even funnier! Contains new section of hilarious readers' jokes' ...

A treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves jokes so much that he has put together a side-splitting joke book for all the family. Containing Harry's favourite jokes picked from the world's joke archive, it also features jokes written by Harry, including some br&-new ones written specially for this book. Warning: now even funnier! Contains new section of hilarious readers' jokes' ...

This title offers a treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves jokes so much that he has put together a side-splitting joke book for all the family. Containing Harry's favourite jokes picked from the world's joke archive, it also features jokes written by Harry, including some br&-new ones written specially for this book. Warning: now even funnier! It contains new section of hilarious readers' jokes'. ...

New York City in 1897 & young Harry Houdini is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business, when detectives call on him to attempt the most amazing feat of his fledgling career: solve the mystery of a toy tycoon murdered in his posh Fifth Avenue mansion. Its a challenge which Harry
- never at a loss for self-confidence
- is more than willing to accept.

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The Great Harry Houdini is still struggling to make a name for himself in turn-of-the-century New York. He sees an opportunity for glory in exposing the tricks of the medium Lucius Craig
- if only he can work out how the medium managed to conjure a "spirit" while tied to a chair by Houdini himself or how the apparition was able to stab an audience member to death & then disappear.
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