Harold Macmillan was a figure of paradox. Outwardly, it was Edwardian elegance and civilised urbanity. Inwardly, it was emotional damage from his wife's open adultery and his progressive perplexity at the onward march of time. The First World War showed the courageous soldier. From then on, it was politics, rather than the family business of publishing, which was to be his future. Nevertheless, although he supported Churchill in the 1930s he was deemed boring - and certainly not ministerial material. All changed with the Second World War. Appointed Minister in Residence in North Africa, Macmillan's career flowered. After the War he became indispensable to Conservative Cabinets and as Churchill's Minister of Housing in the early 1950s he achieved the target, against all expectations, of 300,000 houses annually. Thereafter, he was Eden's Foreign Secretary and Chancellor but by then Macmillan had become openly ambitious. Over the Suez affair in 1956 he played a difficult - and somewhat devious - hand. Eden's resignation left him as the clear choice of his Cabinet colleagues to become Prime Minister. From 1957 to 1962, Macmillan was a good - some would say a great - Prime Minister. By 1962, however, his government was looking tired. The Profumo affair in 1963 was particularly damaging, and in the autumn of 1963 his health forced him to retire. Charles Williams addresses - among many other hitherto unanswered questions - whether it was Harold Macmillan's personal life that prevented him from achieving true greatness or whether he became simply out of date.

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Ciccone, Christopher, Leigh, Wendy

Life with My Sister Madonna

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Christopher Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his forty-seven years of growing up with, working with and understanding the most famous woman of our time. Throughout most of the iconic star's kaleidoscopic career, Christopher played an important role in her life: as her back-up dancer, her personal assistant, her dresser, her decorator, her art director and tour director. Only Christopher can tell the full and riveting story behind her carefully constructed mythology, and reveal the real woman behind the glittering facade. From their shared Michigan childhood and the early days in Manhattan, when he slept on her roach-infested floor and danced with her in clubs all over town, Christopher was with her every step of the way, experiencing her first-hand in all her incarnations. The punk drummer, the raunchy Boy Toy, Material Girl, Mrs Sean Penn, loving mother, Mrs Guy Ritchie, English grand dame -- Christopher witnessed and understood all of them, as his own life was inexorably entwined with that of his chameleon sister. He tangled with a cast of characters from artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, to Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, Demi Moore and, of course, Guy Ritchie, whose advent in Madonna's life splintered the loving relationship Christopher once had with her. The mirror image of his legendary sister, with his acid Ciccone tongue, Christopher pulls no punches as he tells his astonishing story.

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Gray, Simon

Coda

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"Coda" is Simon Gray's powerful account of the year in which he struggled to come to terms with terminal lung cancer. Darkly comic depictions of the medical team are set against joyful accounts of sunlit days with this beloved wife, Victoria. Written with exceptional candour and a poignant reluctance to leave this world behind, Simon Gray's "Coda" is as life-affirming as it is heartrending. Sadly, "Coda" is being published posthumously, as Gray died in August 2008.

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Lang, Michael

The Road to Woodstock

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Michael Lang, the mastermind and creative genius who brought Woodstock to life, narrates the story of this cultural touchstone in music history. He began producing concerts and shows in the mid-'60s, organising Miami Pop in May 1968, then one of the first festivals of its kind. Miami Pop helped Lang create the blueprint for Woodstock, and the story of his long journey to and through three days of peace, love, and music has never before appeared in print. Lang's memories alone make a uniquely rich, personal portrait of the festival, but his access to the people who were there and the stories they share are equally remarkable, and equally fresh.

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Anonymous

Untitled on China

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up and listen.

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B. Wheter

De belofte aan mijn kleine

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Een andere kijk op het laatste taboe, aan de
hand van een liefderijke levensgeschiedenis.

Het leven in al z’n facetten is een absoluut gaaf verschijnsel.
Onverbrekelijk eraan verbonden, zijn geboorte en dood.
Het begin van elk leven wordt als iets moois ervaren.
Maar waarom het einde ervan dan eigenlijk niet?

Het is alweer drie jaar geleden dat zijn ‘supermaatje’ overleed. ‘Zijn kleine’ noemde hij haar vaak liefkozend. Echter, ook al is ze er nu niet meer, ze blijft hem inspireren en stimuleren. Haar humor en lach klinken nog steeds in hem na. De blik van haar grote, donkere ogen waaruit eens voortdurend levensvreugde spatte, is onuitwisbaar op zijn netvliezen geëtst. Ja, op magische wijze blijft hij met haar verbonden. Enkele maanden voor haar dood deed hij haar een belofte. Deze nakomen, houdt hem vrijwel iedere dag bezig. Met onlosmakelijk eraan gekoppeld, proberen een antwoord te vinden op bovenstaande vraag.

Behalve indringend over het laatste taboe, rept de protagonist in dit boek nog over andere controversiële onderwerpen waarover hij al jaren schrijft. Voorts onthult hij wat hem dreef voor de eigen werken een uitgeverij op te zetten, en hieraan onverbrekelijk verbonden twee personages tot leven roepen.

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Hichens, Mark

Inimitable P.G. Wodehouse

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An informed account of his life, revealing the often misunderstood man behind such comic creations as Bertie Wooster. Also contains charming illustrations and a collection of some of Wodehouse`s best moments

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