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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Jarhead

by Anthony Swofford

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Anthony Swofford's grandfather fought in WWII; his father fought in Vietnam; and he - a directionless, testosterone-battered teenager - became a scout/sniper in the marines and fought in the Gulf War.


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:After twenty-five years of "sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine", chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain reveals all.


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donnak
Swaps: 4
Score: 100%

When Daddy Comes Home

by Toni Maguire

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Antionette's abuse at the hands of her father had finally stopped - he was in prison and she was at last safe with her mother, but this was not to last. A heartrendering true story according to the author.


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gopher
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

The Mitford Girls

by Mary S. Lovell

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Almost as many books seem to have been written about the Mitfords as about the Bloomsbury circle; and here is another, this time about all six daughters of the eccentric Lord Redesdale. Lovell has had the co-operation of the two surviving sisters, Debo (Duchess of Devonshire) and Diana (widow of the British fascist Oswald Mosley) - perhaps rather s


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kermit
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

The Secret Life of Houdini

by Kalush & Sloman

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:A thorough and fantastic insight into an amazing man.


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Fathers 4 Justice: The Inside Story

by Matt O'Connor

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:This is Matt O'Connor's personal account of the most controversial protest movement of recent times, FATHERS 4 JUSTICE. Fearlessly honest and utterly irreverent Matt's own story will appeal to anyone whose family relationships have been torn to pieces by divorce and the family courts system.


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pootleflump
Swaps: 12
Score: 100%

Extreme - Sharon Osbourne

by Sharon Osbourne

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:The wife of Ozzy Osbourne, and former X factor judge writes her autobiography


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KT2008
Swaps: 7
Score: 100%

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID

by BILL BRYSON

Condition:Little Worn
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available


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gopher
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

Somewhere in heaven

by Christopher Andersen

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:He was a hero in every sense of the word - the chiselled-from - granite star of four blockbuster "Superman" films and the romantic classic "Somewhere in Time" who, after being paralysed from the neck down in a freak horseback riding accident, battled back to become a symbol of hope for millions.


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gopher
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

Howard Hughes: Untold Story

by Peter Harry Brown

Condition:Little Worn
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Remembered primarily as an eccentric and deluded billionaire, Howard Hughes was once America's golden boy, a celebrated aviator and Hollywood legend who romanced hundreds of beautiful women.


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

My Heart Is My Own

by John Guy

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she ascended the throne that was her birthright and began ruling one of the most fractious courts in Europe, riven


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

The Sound of Laughter

by Peter Kay

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:Britians favourite funny man from Bolton who had a hit show on Channel 4 provides the laughs in this biography looking at his life before fame.


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Arise Sir Michael Caine: The Biography

by William Hall

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available


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KT2008
Swaps: 7
Score: 100%

MR NICE

by HOWARD MARKS

Condition:Little Worn
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

John Peel : Tribute

by Nick Wall

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:A tribute to the much loved DJ and broadcaster.


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rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Lucky Man

by Michael J Fox

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:This is no ordinary celebrity memoir. Michael J Fox is a household name in the United States after his meteoric rise to fame in film and TV. But this story starts in dramatic fashion with his discovery aged 30, that his little finger was trembling and twitching.


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pearsy19
Swaps: 0
Score: 0%

Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer

by Ronnie Thompson

Condition:Almost New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Interest
Desc:Expose of British jail system - fantastic read!


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pearsy19
Swaps: 0
Score: 0%

Sophia's Story

by Susan McKay

Condition:Little Worn
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Great read about controversial legal case in Ireland in 1990's.


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Book Owner
rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Unzipped

by David Henry Sterry

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Acclaimed memoirist David Henry Sterry, author of "Chicken", was literally at the centre of the madness as the roller-skating emcee of the nightly beefcake parade. "Unzipped" is the action-packed, compelling true story of a fledgling actor whose first big break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at the world's most famous and hedonistic strip


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Book Owner
rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Being Jordan

by Katie Price

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:An honest and upfront book written by Jordan herself...ehrmm, yeah.


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Book Owner
rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Asian Godfathers

by Joe Studwell

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:The economies of Hong Kong and south-east Asia are dominated by only forty or fifty families. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from gambling to lumber. At their peak, eight of the world's two dozen richest families were south-east Asian, yet they are largely unknown outside the region.


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Book Owner
gopher
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

Inside Little Britain

by Lucas, Walliams & Hilton

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:Written together with friend and journalist Boyd Hilton, "Inside Little Britain" follows a year in the lives of Matt Lucas and David Walliams - the good, the bad, the mundane and the monumental - a year that includes at its core a mammoth nine-month Spinal Tap-esque tour where Little Britain goes in search of Great Britain.


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Book Owner
gopher
Swaps: 11
Score: 100%

Keeping It Real: My Autobiography

by Jodie Marsh

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available


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Book Owner
rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Ricky

by Ricky Tomlinson

Condition:Little Worn
Binding:Paperback
Status:Available
Desc:Famous as the lovable couch potato Jim Royle of "The Royle Family", Ricky Tomlinson has entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair.


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Book Owner
rabbell
Swaps: 41
Score: 100%

Nobbut a Lad

by Alan Titchmarsh

Condition:Brand New
Binding:Hardcover
Status:Available
Desc:The photo is of the paperback but this is the hardcover version.


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