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“brian keenan”

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  • I'll Tell Me Ma

    A Childhood Memoir

    by Brian Keenan ...
    Local rather than international, the dramas and privations described in this memoir are not the stuff of headlines. This is the story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast after the war; an ordinary boy who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment and survival that was An Evil Cradling.Brian Keenan has captured the ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • Four Quarters of Light

    An Alaskan Journey

    by Brian Keenan ...
    Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy choosing his first library book in a Belfast school. The book was Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. And it has permeated Keenan's life ever since.A short visit to Fairbanks several years ago was enough to seal his connection with the place and he resolved to return. Last year he did so with a head full of questions about its ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Dracula's Brunch Club

    by Brian Gonsar ...
    Illustrated by Keenan Gayyba ...
    Have you ever wondered how vampires got their taste for blood? In Dracula’s Brunch Club, it all started with a crimson-red donut, dripping and oozing with spooky secrets—I mean, jelly. Dripping and oozing with non-spooky-tasting JELLY. Get ready to sink your fangs into the hilarious new graphic novel from debut authors Brian Gonsar and Keenan Gaybba! Count Dracula is not your average vampire. Well ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    by Sebastian Barry ...
    **FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“[Barry writes] in language of surpassing beauty. . . . It is like a song, with all the pulse of the Irish language, a song sung liltingly and plaintively from the top of Ben Bulben into the airy night.” —The New York TimesAn epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy from the acclaimed author of Old God's Time and The Newer World**Sebastian Barry's novels ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Road to the Dales

    The Story of a Yorkshire Lad

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to the Dales.Gervase tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with Gervase, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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  • In My Wildest Dreams

    by Leslie Thomas ...
    From Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier; from apprentice journalist in London's Fleet Street to famous novelist...At times funny, at times sad, but always honest and utterly compulsive, Leslie Thomas's story is straight out of fiction. As an orphan, he picked his way through the rubble of post-war Britain and was sent on national service to the Far East. Later he became a Fleet Street ... Read more

    $19.89 USD

  • A Birmingham Backstreet Boyhood

    by Graham V Twist ...
    A Brimingham Backstreet Boyhood is a fascinating, funny and poignant recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. All the harshness of daily life is remembered here by local author Graham Twist. Despite hard living condition and a distinct lack of money, a strong community spirit prevailed and families and neighbourhoods were close-knit. The womenfolk on ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Me Moir - Volume One

    by Vic Reeves ...
    Vic Reeves' vivid, enchanting, and utterly hilarious childhood memoir is a comic masterpiece.Before there was Vic Reeves, there was a boy called James Moir who was much the same as any other lad.Obsessed with owning a pet crow, a master at writing his name and terrified of his father's immense moustache. Growing up in Yorkshire and then CountyDurham, the boy who would be Reeves somehow managed to ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • Our Betty

    by Liz Smith ...
    Liz Smith, once called the nation's favourite fictional grandmother, is a familiar face to all TV and cinema viewers. She is most often recognised for her role of Nana in The Royle Family and has appeared in numerous productions over the years. OUR BETTY is Liz's life story - from her cosseted yet lonely childhood with her beloved grandparents (her mother died giving birth to Liz's stillborn ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Owen Marshall Selected Stories

    by Vincent O'Sullivan ...
    A generous selection from New Zealand's foremost writer of short stories. Peter Simpson in reviewing Owen Marshall's stories in the New Zealand Listener wrote: 'Marshall is held in uncommon affection by New Zealand readers - generally we admire and respect rather than love our writers.' This love is perhaps evoked not just by the superb quality of Marshall's writing but because his stories so ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • From There to Here

    A memoir from the award-winning New Zealand columnist, teacher, and international bestselling author

    by Joe Bennett ...
    From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirtyJoe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deaths. There's the long-haired gloom and vehemence of adolescence. There's love and heartache, an urge ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Tick Bite Fever

    by David Bennun ...
    Tick Bite Fever is the unconventional memoir of a very unconventional childhood.In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. His father, who was a doctor, had lived in Africa before (but had felt it expedient to leave when the South African government realised he was carting explosives around in the boot of his car for the ANC). For Dave, ... Read more

    $17.69 USD