Find it hard to believe that the 1948 London Olympics was hosted on a budget of just £760? So did we...Janie's book is out now in paperback priced at £8.99
The result of five years of meticulous research, Murray Engleheart and Arnaud Derieux’s AC/DC Maximum Rock & Roll is widely recognised as the most comprehensive book ever written about the world’s number one rock band, AC/DC. Charting everything from their rise to fame to the sudden death of the legendary Bon Scott to the making of the landmark Back In Black album, this unrivalled biography reveals why Australia’s loudest rock and roll export are still able to blast their way through sell-out tours 30 years after their first appearance.
Journalist for the Sunday Telegraph and the Guardian, Byron Rogers lived happy in the assumption that he knew all that was worth knowing about Byron Rogers. Until, that is, he started receiving steamy, passionate love letters from female readers. What was really baffling was that, despite these women’s claims to the contrary, he’d never actually met any of them. Determined to get to the bottom of these mysterious goings-on, Rogers turns detective in this strange and witty memoir, Me: The Authorised Biography, only to find himself struggling to reclaim centre stage of his own life.Me: The Authorised Biography is coming soon in hardback priced at £16.99
Released this April, Paddy Ashdown’s autobiography A Fortunate Life tells the no-nonsense story of the rather unconventional politician critics have been describing as ‘a man driven not by a wish to accumulate power or money but by compassion, decency and principle’. As reports of MPs' gross expense claims continue to pour out by the day, Paddy’s memoir seems to raise the hope that there can be room in politics for those wanting to give rather than get after all.
On Friday, June 19th, The Holt Bookshop welcomes you to join Christine Adams, from 6:30 p.m. onwards, as she talks about her fascinating new book A Lifetime in the Building: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and The House She Moved.