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July 2008
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Autobiographies
Biographies & Memoirs
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Ginger McCain,
2005, hardback, 320 pages
Red Rum's classic
win in the 1977 Grand National is the stuff of sporting legends.
His trainer, Ginger McCain, became a sporting hero overnight. This
is his story.
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Alan
Titchmarsh, 2006, hardback, 288 pages
Recalling his
childhood living in the Yorkshire countryside in the 1950s, Alan
Titchmarsh talks about how he grew up and developed his passion for
nature in the wild and beautiful landscape of home.
He depicts a childhood of simple pleasures like climbing and fishing,
bringing to life various family members and their quirks.
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Richard
Dunwoody, 2001, paperback, 352 pages
Although for many
years Dunwoody was at the forefront of National Hunt racing, he is best
known for his partnership with Desert Orchid on whom he won seven
races.
This autobiography honestly reveals his rivalries with
other jockeys and his obsession with winning.
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Jack Hargreaves,
1987, paperback, 168 pages
The best selling
autobiography of the well known broadcaster's childhood and early
youth. His description of the countryside bring it alive in a way
few other writers have ever done.
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Pippa Funnell,
2005, paperback, 352 pages
From being
fascinated with horses as a child through to her appearance in the 2004
Olympics, the reader can follow the ups and downs of one of the most
well known riders of her generation.
The book also includes her
Olympic diary.
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Scenes
from a Smallholding
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Chas Griffin,
2005, paperback, 256 pages
A thoroughly
entertaining and amusing book on the experiences of an English suburban
family's first three years of setting up a smallholding from scratch in
West Wales.
Follow their triumphs and disappointments as they try
to make their venture a success.
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Laura
Hillenbrand, 2003, paperback, 448 pages
The true story of
three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit, that symbolised
a pivotal moment in American history.
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Jackie
Moffat, 2006, hardback, 352 pages
In 1982 Jackie Moffat
and her family left London to start a new life running a small farm in
Cumbria. She described her account in the book 'The Funny Farm'
(see below). 'Sheep Wrecked', published October 2006, is the
latest instalment of her autobiography and recounts the story of a year in the life of
Rowfoot Farm and its many animal and human characters.
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Brian Viner,
2005, hardback, 320 pages
Based on his column
in the 'Independent', this is an hilarious account of Brian and his
family's first year in the country after years of city living.
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The
Dogs of Windcutter Down
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David Kennard,
2005, hardback, 352 pages
'There is no good
flock without a good shepherd, and no good shepherd without good
dogs'. These age-old words of wisdom have always guided Devon
sheep farmer David Kennard.
As he battles to save his farm from
extinction, these words speak more loudly and unexpectedly than ever.
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Richard Benson,
2006, paperback, 240 pages
The true story of
one family and the English countryside. Richard Benson left his
native Yorkshire to work in London, but returned when his Dad announced
that he was selling the family farm, land that the Bensons had worked
for generations.
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Jackie Moffat,
2004, paperback, 285 pages
In 1982, Jackie
Moffat and her family decided to leave the hustle and bustle of London
to live in Cumbria. Recalling the tale, she talks about her rural
life, her wacky take on it and the trials, tribulations and pleasures of
running a farm.
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