Bill Bryson shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet & heads for Europe. He retraces his travels as a student twenty years earlier with caustic hilarity & his own unique brand of humour. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson lived in North Yorkshire for many years. First published in 1991 by Secker & Warburg. ...

60 years on, after Nella Last started her diary on 2nd September 1949, tens of thousands of people have read & enjoyed the first 2 instalments of her wonderfully detailed & moving diaries, written during & after the Second World War. This 3rd compelling volume sees Nella, now in her 60s, writing of what ordinary people felt during the early 1950s in a modernising Britain. It is an account that's full of surprises, as we learn more about her attitude towards changes in society, her fears of nuclear war, & her relationship with 'my husband'
- she rarely used his name. Her childhood dream of becoming a published writer, which was not fulfilled in her lifetime, has now been realised. This book has 296 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 2cm.
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Nella Last's War established the housewife & mother from Barrow-in-Furness as one of the most powerful & moving voices of the Second World War, & inspired the award-winning television drama Housewife, 49. In this next instalment of her unique diaries, Nella Last describes how ordinary people re-built their lives after the war. The allies' victory was a cause for hope & celebration, much privation & anxiety remained. In her sensitive & playful account of daily life in the austerity years, written for the Mass Observation project, Nella Last captures the thoughts & feelings of post-war Britain. This book has 306 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 2cm. ...

In September 1939, Nella Last, a housewife & mother, started a diary that would last her 30 years. The account she left behind gave an fascinating & unique insight into life during the Second World War. While Nella's younger son joins the army, she & the rest of her family try to adapt to the rhythms of life in Barrow-in-Furness, which suffered terribly from bombing raids. Writing each day for the 'mass-observation' project, Nella grows in confidence as the result of her work. & her diary entries tell a powerful story about the war years, covering everything from sex to the genuine fear of invasion. The dairy covers the period in which she turned 50, saw her children leave home & reviewed her life & marriage
- which she eventually compared to slavery. This is the war as Nelly Last lived it. This book has 311 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 2cm.
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The Glasgow Nellie Thompson had been born into was a city bled colourless by poverty & despair, & divided against itself by religion & class. A city where appearances meant more than the truth that might lie in a person's heart.. Nellie knew what it was like to be hungry & hopeless; to live a bitter lie with a man she hated. But still she held on to her dreams. Somehow she would leave those grey & violent streets behind. Somehow she would make her own life & her own world ï ½ even if she were forever denied the comfort of love. ...

When Nelly says she's going to do a thing, she does it. That's why she's knitted herself some sails, stocked her boat with supplies, got her best friend, a turtle called Columbus, on board, & set off on a voyage to find her missing father. But even Nelly isn't prepared for what happens next... ...

Details: In the turmoil & confusion of Londons East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may
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Explores the professional, personal, intellectual & practical origins of a practioner of Britain's naval comm&, to understand how the greatest warrior transformed the art of conflict, & enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war & international isolation. ...

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered & popular public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of a racist regime & replace it with a multi-racial democracy. He was seen as a symbol of world freedom, an ambassador for civil rights, a heroic liberator whose influence & image of moral integrity that extended beyond his homel&. Fully illustrated, this book chronicles his remarkable life, from his days as a student activist & guerrilla leader to the position as an iconic statesman. From his infamous trial for treason & his 27 year imprisonment, to the euphoria that greeted his eventual release & then his election as South Africa's first black president. ...

If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work & achievements of others. Richard Stengel is one of those people who readily grasps this idea.. . He has shown remarkable insight into the many complex leadership challenges still facing the world today & all the individuals in it. Everyone can learn from it. (Nelson Mandela) "A beautiful book
- even better than A Long Walk to Freedom
- & even more inspiring." (Sir Richard Branson) " The most insightful explanation yet of what has become known as the " Mandela magic"." (Financial Times) " There is no man I admire more than Nelson Mandela. Rick Stengel's wise & moving book captures the Nelson Mandela I have been privileged to know.. . I was inspired anew, & I know others will be too" (Bill Clinton)

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