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Susan M. Sandover’s memoir plunges the reader into a wild adventure of passion and terror in Gaddafi’s Libya

Libya. A love lived, a life betrayed follows Susan, who was lucky enough to have chosen an enlightened, forward-thinking Libyan career diplomat, Bashir, to spend her life with. They supported each other through the traumas, difficulties, and frankly terrifying experiences associated with the Gaddafi regime of US and NATO bombings.Her love story, which spans several decades and continents, stemmed from a simple blog post. “After the death of my husband I wrote a blog and within 12 hours I received over 6,000 hits and numerous requests for the story to be expanded,” explains Susan, who now

Janet Green debuts brutally honest memoir of a youth spent as a drug-taking stripper.

Rebel Without A Clue is Janet Green’s extraordinary tale of how she used education as a passport out of her troublesome youth as a drug-taking stipper.Janet Green’s brutally honest memoir tells her story of a life spent doing everything; from stripping in pubs in Hackney and coming out as a lesbian, before joining a hippy commune and later obtaining a degree. Beginning in the 1950s, Rebel Without A Clue details the origins of Janet’s chaotic lifestyle. Set largely in North London and St Albans, the book begins as she completes her first gig as a stripper at a rough pub; she’s very

Marco Previero shares the extraordinary story of his daughter's battle with cancer.

To mark 3 years since his daughter, Millie, was diagnosed with cancer, Marco Previero recounts her extraordinary battle in a moving diary.Three years ago, seven-year-old Millie Previero and her family were violently thrown into the most dreaded abyss when they discovered she had a form of malignant brain tumour. “To keep my sanity, right at the very beginning, I started writing what was happening to us as family, what was happening to Millie as my daughter,” author Marco Previero explains. “In doing so, I wanted to preserve the detail, so easily forgotten, of what she had to go through,

Former Burgh Island owner, Tony Porter, shares his unique memoir of a life spent at the forefront of the fashion industry

During his glittering career, Tony, who now resides in Kingsbridge, was one of the people who spearheaded British Fashion Week - now London Fashion Week - and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Twiggy, Cilla Black and other stars along the way.As one of the people who spearheaded the idea of British Fashion Week 40 years ago, Tony Porter has seen the event grow and grow with thesupport of Zandra Rhodes, Jean Muir and others, on the way changing its name to London Fashion Week. "Mixing, as I do, with so many ages and careers, I found that people could not believe how many things I had done,

Cambridge author casts pools of light on an adventurous life

Peter Cruttwell, having studied in Cambridge, has published his illuminating memoir, Street Lamps, which offers a unique insight into his extraordinary life.Peter Cruttwell presents this colourful and well-observed portrait of his passage from war-time childhood to his teenage schooling, travel in war-torn Europe as a boy of 15, service in Military Intelligence and a remarkably varied career in business all over the world. Street Lamps is an unusual type of autobiography because it describes the life of somebody with absolutely no public recognition. However, it offers a unique personal

Hereford author casts pools of light on an adventurous life

Peter Cruttwell, based in Hereford, has published his illuminating memoir, Street Lamps, which offers a unique insight into his extraordinary life.Peter Cruttwell presents this colourful and well-observed portrait of his passage from war-time childhood to his teenage schooling, travel in war-torn Europe as a boy of 15, service in Military Intelligence and a remarkably varied career in business all over the world. Street Lamps is an unusual type of autobiography because it describes the life of somebody with absolutely no public recognition. However, it offers a unique personal record of

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