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Michael Holroyd is a distinguished biographer, but was never interested in exploring his own family's history until his parents died in the 1980s. This encouraged him to find out more about his parents, their stories, and their origins.

First published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, this book contains interviews with survivors of this savage, strategically important campaign. Britain and her allies lost more than 50,000 seamen and 15 million tons of shipping.

In Southern Africa, a baby elephant watched her family being slaughtered. This is the story of how she eventually found a home in Colorado with Bob Norris, a cowboy with an indispensable and much-loved new addition to his family.

This title contains around 150 Christmas recipes and is designed to take the strain out of preparing festive food. All the classics are here: mince pies; stuffings and turkey; party dishes; and a range of deserts.

Roma Ligocka has lived muliple lives over the past 50 years - artist, theatrical designer, bohemian nomad, political activist, wife and mother - but she was first a girl from the Krakow ghetto. This memoir revisits the horror of her early years and its effects throughout her life.

Derived from the author's weekly column in the Limerick Leader Tom Nestor's memoir reflects his childhood and youth growing up in the Western part of Limerick during the 1940s and 1950s.

Peggy Grayson lives in Wiltshire, England, a county noted for its gentle countryside and having the oldest borough of any town in England situated within its confines. In this memoir she describes her childhood and youth.

Drawing on his own personal experiences and those of others, the author explains how to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems and challenges and advocates living life fully with gratitude, zeal, and curiosity.