https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=(BIBCOLX%3A%20AB)%20%2B%20(PD%3A%20%22%20%3E%20TODAY(-365)%22)&QRYTEXT=Biography&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4045913&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, 'The Showman' tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world's democracies behind his cause. Clear-eyed about the President's early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, 'The Showman' tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world's democracies behind his cause. Clear-eyed about the President's early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shuster, Simon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2025.<br />384 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B ZEL - On order<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4046408&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 A gripping account of hidden identity, military courage, and an against-all-odds reunion. Four days after Germany's surrender in May 1945, a young British officer took a jeep and headed east into Germany. But this was no ordinary soldier. Manfred Gans was searching for his family. As a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, Gans had fled to England. As soon as he could, he signed up to fight, serving in the legendary British 'Three Troop', an elite unit made up of German-speaking refugees, and joining in the D-Day Normandy landings. Working undercover, he obtained vital intelligence, helped liberate occupied France and the Netherlands, and saved countless lives on both sides of the front. All the while, he dreamed of being reunited with his family, still trapped behind enemy lines, and with his childhood sweetheart, Anita. A gripping account of hidden identity, military courage, and an against-all-odds reunion. Four days after Germany's surrender in May 1945, a young British officer took a jeep and headed east into Germany. But this was no ordinary soldier. Manfred Gans was searching for his family. As a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, Gans had fled to England. As soon as he could, he signed up to fight, serving in the legendary British 'Three Troop', an elite unit made up of German-speaking refugees, and joining in the D-Day Normandy landings. Working undercover, he obtained vital intelligence, helped liberate occupied France and the Netherlands, and saved countless lives on both sides of the front. All the while, he dreamed of being reunited with his family, still trapped behind enemy lines, and with his childhood sweetheart, Anita.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Huhn, Daniel<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Ithaka, 2025.<br />288 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B GAN - On order<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4051642&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Glass, Cathy<br />New edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperElement, 2025.<br />352 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REE - On order<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3023703&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. In this honest and moving memoir, Diane takes the reader through her incredible journey. She paints a vivid picture of growing up in 1960s North London with her working-class Jamaican parents, before entering the hallowed halls of Cambridge University to study history. Ever since the day she first walked through the House of Commons as the only state-educated Black woman MP, she has been a fearless and vocal champion for the causes that have made Britain what it is today. Written with her trademark frankness and humour, 'A Woman Like Me' is a candid account that celebrates how one woman succeeded against massive odds and built an extraordinary life. From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. In this honest and moving memoir, Diane takes the reader through her incredible journey. She paints a vivid picture of growing up in 1960s North London with her working-class Jamaican parents, before entering the hallowed halls of Cambridge University to study history. Ever since the day she first walked through the House of Commons as the only state-educated Black woman MP, she has been a fearless and vocal champion for the causes that have made Britain what it is today. Written with her trademark frankness and humour, 'A Woman Like Me' is a candid account that celebrates how one woman succeeded against massive odds and built an extraordinary life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Abbott, Diane<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Viking, 2024.<br />311 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B ABB - Physical Processing (Set: 20 Sep 2024) - 4073972<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3382301&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 This is the story of how one cricketer in Yorkshire started a nationwide conversation, putting a spotlight on a society riddled with bias. Green grass, blue skies, white flannels and the gentle thwack of leather on willow: the quintessential image of Englishness that heralds the start of the cricket season. A so-called gentleman's game developed with the principle of fair play at its heart. All well and true - unless you're a person of colour living in Britain today. Azeem Rafiq, the former Yorkshire cricketer and England youth captain, learnt this the hard way. When, on 16th November 2021, Azeem stood up and courageously spoke out about his experiences of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club he was coolly dismissed, told that it was 'friendly banter' and that he was a troublemaker. The case blew up, and millions of people voiced their support for Azeem. This is the story of how one cricketer in Yorkshire started a nationwide conversation, putting a spotlight on a society riddled with bias. Green grass, blue skies, white flannels and the gentle thwack of leather on willow: the quintessential image of Englishness that heralds the start of the cricket season. A so-called gentleman's game developed with the principle of fair play at its heart. All well and true - unless you're a person of colour living in Britain today. Azeem Rafiq, the former Yorkshire cricketer and England youth captain, learnt this the hard way. When, on 16th November 2021, Azeem stood up and courageously spoke out about his experiences of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club he was coolly dismissed, told that it was 'friendly banter' and that he was a troublemaker. The case blew up, and millions of people voiced their support for Azeem.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rafiq, Azeem<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Trapeze, 2024.<br />196 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B RAF - Available - 4069119<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3383211&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, 'The Showman' tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world's democracies behind his cause. Clear-eyed about the President's early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, 'The Showman' tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world's democracies behind his cause. Clear-eyed about the President's early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shuster, Simon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2024.<br />xx, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Westhill Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B ZEL - Onloan - Due: 15 Oct 2024 - 4064008<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3485903&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'Riding Route 66' follows Henry Cole as he travels along Route 66, on a journey of self-discovery. Route 66, or the 'Mother Road', is one of the most famous roads in the USA. Crossing the width of the country, it is an immensely challenging road to travel. Henry has ridden it four times. This book is about the freedom that only the road and a motorcycle can give you, and the importance of embracing the highs and lows of life equally. 'Riding Route 66' follows Henry Cole as he travels along Route 66, on a journey of self-discovery. Route 66, or the 'Mother Road', is one of the most famous roads in the USA. Crossing the width of the country, it is an immensely challenging road to travel. Henry has ridden it four times. This book is about the freedom that only the road and a motorcycle can give you, and the importance of embracing the highs and lows of life equally.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cole, Henry<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Quercus, 2024.<br />xvi, 250 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B COL - Available - 4069049<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3577992&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 This is a book about how being a woman gets in the way of people's expectation of what autism should look like and, equally, how being autistic gets in the way of people's expectations of what a woman should look like. 'Strong Female Character' is a game-changing memoir on sexism and neurodiversity. Fern Brady will use her voice as a neurodivergent, working-class woman from Scotland to bring issues such as sex work, abusive relationships and her time spent in teenage mental health units to the page. It will take a sledgehammer to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope which is mistakenly applied to neurodiverse women. It will also look at how her lack of regard for social expectations ultimately meant she surpassed any limitations of what a Scottish working-class woman can do. This is a book about how being a woman gets in the way of people's expectation of what autism should look like and, equally, how being autistic gets in the way of people's expectations of what a woman should look like. 'Strong Female Character' is a game-changing memoir on sexism and neurodiversity. Fern Brady will use her voice as a neurodivergent, working-class woman from Scotland to bring issues such as sex work, abusive relationships and her time spent in teenage mental health units to the page. It will take a sledgehammer to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope which is mistakenly applied to neurodiverse women. It will also look at how her lack of regard for social expectations ultimately meant she surpassed any limitations of what a Scottish working-class woman can do.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brady, Fern, 1986-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Brazen, 2024.<br />287 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aboyne Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B BRA - Onloan - Due: 01 Nov 2024 - 4066736<br />Banchory Academy - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B BRA - Available - 4064636<br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B BRA - Onloan - Due: 26 Oct 2024 - 4064635<br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B BRA - Available - 4066738<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3583943&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 A celebration of King Charles's first year, exploring the achievements and challenges of the modern monarchy, from royal expert and bestselling author Robert Hardman. A celebration of King Charles's first year, exploring the achievements and challenges of the modern monarchy, from royal expert and bestselling author Robert Hardman.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hardman, Robert<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2024.<br />453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Alford Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHA - Available - 4064087<br />Cairnbulg Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHA - Onloan - Due: 23 Oct 2024 - 4063914<br />Fraserburgh Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHA - Available - 4064085<br />Mearns Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHA - Available - 4064086<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3584132&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When Amy returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey. Amy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father's mental illness, which were as much a part of her childhood as the wild, carefree existence on Orkney. But as she grew up, she longed to leave this remote life. She moved to London and found herself in a hedonistic cycle. Unable to control her drinking, alcohol gradually took over. Now 30, she finds herself washed up back home on Orkney, trying to come to terms with what happened to her in London. When Amy returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey. Amy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father's mental illness, which were as much a part of her childhood as the wild, carefree existence on Orkney. But as she grew up, she longed to leave this remote life. She moved to London and found herself in a hedonistic cycle. Unable to control her drinking, alcohol gradually took over. Now 30, she finds herself washed up back home on Orkney, trying to come to terms with what happened to her in London.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Liptrot, Amy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024.<br />304 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7 reserves</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B LIP - Physical Processing (Set: 20 Sep 2024) - 4073974<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3605683&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Nooruddean Choudry was born in 1979 - the year Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose, Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the last Shah of Iran, and Tim Martin opened his first Wetherspoons. Also that year, a local football club that would become an all-consuming obsession for young Nooruddean lost the Cup Final to Arsenal courtesy of a man named Sunderland. This is a deeply personal account of growing up in the late 80s and 90s as a Muslim Asian Mancunian kid during the most successful period in Manchester United's history. Nooruddean Choudry was born in 1979 - the year Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose, Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the last Shah of Iran, and Tim Martin opened his first Wetherspoons. Also that year, a local football club that would become an all-consuming obsession for young Nooruddean lost the Cup Final to Arsenal courtesy of a man named Sunderland. This is a deeply personal account of growing up in the late 80s and 90s as a Muslim Asian Mancunian kid during the most successful period in Manchester United's history.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Choudry, Nooruddean<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Manchester : HarperNorth, 2024.<br />320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Library-Headquarters - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHO - Physical Processing (Set: 03 Oct 2024) - 4074478<br />Library-Headquarters - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CHO - Physical Processing (Set: 03 Oct 2024) - 4074479<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3637070&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a Mother and Baby Home in 1950s Ireland, Mary grew up in an institution not far from the farm where Clair spent happy childhood summers. Yet she was never told of her existence. How could a whole family - a whole country - abandon unmarried mothers and their children, erasing them from history? To discover the missing pieces of her family's story, Clair searched across archives and nations, in a journey that would take her from the 1890s to the 1980s, from West Cork to rural Suffolk and Massachusetts, from absent fathers to the grief of a lost child. There are some experiences that do not want to be remembered. What began as an effort to piece together the facts became an act of decoding the most unreliable of evidence - stories, secrets, silences. When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a Mother and Baby Home in 1950s Ireland, Mary grew up in an institution not far from the farm where Clair spent happy childhood summers. Yet she was never told of her existence. How could a whole family - a whole country - abandon unmarried mothers and their children, erasing them from history? To discover the missing pieces of her family's story, Clair searched across archives and nations, in a journey that would take her from the 1890s to the 1980s, from West Cork to rural Suffolk and Massachusetts, from absent fathers to the grief of a lost child. There are some experiences that do not want to be remembered. What began as an effort to piece together the facts became an act of decoding the most unreliable of evidence - stories, secrets, silences.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wills, Clair<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Allen Lane, 2024.<br />183 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B WIL - Available - 4064076<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3638600&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In the summer of 1957, anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, while rebelling against her family, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at the National Gallery in London and travelled to Venice to take up a job teaching English to an aristocratic Italian family. 'Love from Venice' is her vivid evocation of that summer, the last hurrah of the European Grand Tour, when the international jet set lit upon the city for their fun. In the summer of 1957, anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, while rebelling against her family, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at the National Gallery in London and travelled to Venice to take up a job teaching English to an aristocratic Italian family. 'Love from Venice' is her vivid evocation of that summer, the last hurrah of the European Grand Tour, when the international jet set lit upon the city for their fun.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnson, Gill<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.<br />x, 357 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B JOH - Onloan - Due: 30 Oct 2024 - 4067571<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3638988&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Gillian Rose was a star academic, acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original thinkers of her time. Told that she had incurable cancer, she found a new way to explore the world and herself. Tender, heartbreakingly honest, written with moments of surprising humour and often exhilarating, 'Love's Work' is the result. In this short, unforgettable memoir, Rose looks back on her childhood, from the young dyslexic girl, torn between father and stepfather, to the adolescent confronting her Jewish inheritance. As an adult, Gillian Rose proves herself a passionate friend, a searcher for truth, a woman in love and, finally, an exacting but generous patient. Intertwining the personal and the philosophical, Rose meditates on faith, conflict and injustice; the fallibility and endurance of love; our yearning for independence and for connection to others. Gillian Rose was a star academic, acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original thinkers of her time. Told that she had incurable cancer, she found a new way to explore the world and herself. Tender, heartbreakingly honest, written with moments of surprising humour and often exhilarating, 'Love's Work' is the result. In this short, unforgettable memoir, Rose looks back on her childhood, from the young dyslexic girl, torn between father and stepfather, to the adolescent confronting her Jewish inheritance. As an adult, Gillian Rose proves herself a passionate friend, a searcher for truth, a woman in love and, finally, an exacting but generous patient. Intertwining the personal and the philosophical, Rose meditates on faith, conflict and injustice; the fallibility and endurance of love; our yearning for independence and for connection to others.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rose, Gillian<br />New edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Classics, 2024.<br />112 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Penguin modern classics<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B ROS - Available - 4071453<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639273&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'I'm Black, so you don't have to be', Colin Grant's uncle Castus used to tell him. For Colin, born in Britain to Jamaican parents, things were supposed to be different. If he worked hard and became a doctor, he was told, his race would become invisible; he would shake off the burden he believed his parents' generation had carried. The reality turned out to be very different. This is a memoir told through a series of intimate intergenerational portraits. We meet Grant's mother Ethlyn, disappointed by working-class life in Luton, who dreams of returning to Jamaica; his father Bageye, a small-time criminal with a violent temper; his sister Selma, who refashioned herself as an African princess; his great uncle Percy, estranged from his family through his own pride. Each character we meet is navigating their own path. Each life informs Grant's own shifting sense of his identity. 'I'm Black, so you don't have to be', Colin Grant's uncle Castus used to tell him. For Colin, born in Britain to Jamaican parents, things were supposed to be different. If he worked hard and became a doctor, he was told, his race would become invisible; he would shake off the burden he believed his parents' generation had carried. The reality turned out to be very different. This is a memoir told through a series of intimate intergenerational portraits. We meet Grant's mother Ethlyn, disappointed by working-class life in Luton, who dreams of returning to Jamaica; his father Bageye, a small-time criminal with a violent temper; his sister Selma, who refashioned herself as an African princess; his great uncle Percy, estranged from his family through his own pride. Each character we meet is navigating their own path. Each life informs Grant's own shifting sense of his identity.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Grant, Colin, 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2024.<br />ix, 240 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B GRA - Available - 4064077<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639278&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In 2008 the Playboy mansion became Crystal Harris's sanctuary - a shimmering vestige of power and opportunity. Within months she had ascended its hierarchical system to become Hugh Hefner's top girlfriend. But her new home came at a cost. Forced to follow strict rules which governed everything from her appearance to behaviour, she began to lose her identity. By the time she married Hef in 2012, the mansion had become her prison. Before he passed away in 2017, Hef made Crystal promise to only say good things about the decade she spent in his world. After years of silence, in this gripping and honest memoir Crystal finally exposes the toxic culture at Playboy's core and the devastating effect it had on her health. In 2008 the Playboy mansion became Crystal Harris's sanctuary - a shimmering vestige of power and opportunity. Within months she had ascended its hierarchical system to become Hugh Hefner's top girlfriend. But her new home came at a cost. Forced to follow strict rules which governed everything from her appearance to behaviour, she began to lose her identity. By the time she married Hef in 2012, the mansion had become her prison. Before he passed away in 2017, Hef made Crystal promise to only say good things about the decade she spent in his world. After years of silence, in this gripping and honest memoir Crystal finally exposes the toxic culture at Playboy's core and the devastating effect it had on her health.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hefner, Crystal<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Ebury Spotlight, 2024.<br />304 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 24 cm<br /><br />Huntly Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B HEF - Available - 4064091<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639316&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Here is an English language edition of a lost memoir by an Auschwitz survivor, offering a shocking and deeply moving perspective on life within the camps. Here is an English language edition of a lost memoir by an Auschwitz survivor, offering a shocking and deeply moving perspective on life within the camps.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Debreczeni, Jozsef<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jonathan Cape, 2024.<br />245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm<br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B DEB - Available - 4063910<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639363&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When Jade's partner leaves the barn that they moved into just weeks before, he leaves a dent in the wall and her life unravelled. Numbed from years in a destructive, abusive relationship, she faces an uncertain future and complete solitude. Slowly, with the help of Devon's salted cliffs and damp forested footpaths, Jade comes back to life and discovers the power of being alone. As Jade reacclimatizes, she considers what it means to live alone. Through conversations with other hermits across the world, Fitton sheds light on the myriad - and often misunderstood - ways of living alone: from monks to hikikomori, and the largely ignored female hermit. Jade questions whether hermitic living is possible in an era of constant communication and increased housing costs as she finds herself financially unstable and itinerant. When Jade's partner leaves the barn that they moved into just weeks before, he leaves a dent in the wall and her life unravelled. Numbed from years in a destructive, abusive relationship, she faces an uncertain future and complete solitude. Slowly, with the help of Devon's salted cliffs and damp forested footpaths, Jade comes back to life and discovers the power of being alone. As Jade reacclimatizes, she considers what it means to live alone. Through conversations with other hermits across the world, Fitton sheds light on the myriad - and often misunderstood - ways of living alone: from monks to hikikomori, and the largely ignored female hermit. Jade questions whether hermitic living is possible in an era of constant communication and increased housing costs as she finds herself financially unstable and itinerant.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fitton, Jade Angeles<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Books, 2024.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Banff Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B FIT - Available - 4064079<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3640034&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963 and spent his boyhood living on a working-class council housing estate. 'Toy Fights' is the remarkable story of his first 20 years. This is not just a book about music and family, but also about schizophrenia, hell, money, narcissists, debt and the working class, anger, swearing, drugs, books, football, love, origami, the peculiar insanity of Dundee, sugar, religious mania, the sexual excesses of the Scottish club band scene and, more generally, the lengths we go to not to be bored. Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963 and spent his boyhood living on a working-class council housing estate. 'Toy Fights' is the remarkable story of his first 20 years. This is not just a book about music and family, but also about schizophrenia, hell, money, narcissists, debt and the working class, anger, swearing, drugs, books, football, love, origami, the peculiar insanity of Dundee, sugar, religious mania, the sexual excesses of the Scottish club band scene and, more generally, the lengths we go to not to be bored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Paterson, Don, 1963-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber, 2024.<br />xii, 369 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Portlethen Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B PAT - Available - 4064009<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3640063&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, 'Lovers in Auschwitz' is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis' creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history's darkest hour. An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, 'Lovers in Auschwitz' is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis' creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history's darkest hour.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Blankfeld, Keren<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : WH Allen, 2024.<br />xi, 388 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3 reserves</span><br /><br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B SPI - Onloan - Due: 14 Nov 2024 - 4064074<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3640241&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increasing interest in the expansionist plans of the Führer of Germany. 'The Windsors at War' tells the story of the turbulent and seismic decade in between 1937 and 1947, including the bombing of Buckingham Palace in May 1940, the Duke of Windsor's ill-advised visit to Germany in October 1937 and the death of the Duke of Kent in a plane crash in August 1942. At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increasing interest in the expansionist plans of the Führer of Germany. 'The Windsors at War' tells the story of the turbulent and seismic decade in between 1937 and 1947, including the bombing of Buckingham Palace in May 1940, the Duke of Windsor's ill-advised visit to Germany in October 1937 and the death of the Duke of Kent in a plane crash in August 1942.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Larman, Alexander, 1981-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.<br />xxii, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B WIN - Onloan - Due: 09 Dec 2024 - 4064015<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3640933&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'Twelve Moons' follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies. Caro Giles lives on the far edge of the country, with her tribe of daughters: The Mermaid, The Whirlwind, The Caulbearer and The Littlest One. She is at once alone and yet surrounded. Bound by circumstance, financial constraints, illness and the challenges of single motherhood, she has nowhere to go but the fierce landscape that surrounds her. Over the course of the year, the moon becomes her fellow traveller through dark times, and companion through joyful ones - and even when the sky is wreathed in cloud, the moon is still felt in the pull of the tides. 'Twelve Moons' follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies. Caro Giles lives on the far edge of the country, with her tribe of daughters: The Mermaid, The Whirlwind, The Caulbearer and The Littlest One. She is at once alone and yet surrounded. Bound by circumstance, financial constraints, illness and the challenges of single motherhood, she has nowhere to go but the fierce landscape that surrounds her. Over the course of the year, the moon becomes her fellow traveller through dark times, and companion through joyful ones - and even when the sky is wreathed in cloud, the moon is still felt in the pull of the tides.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Giles, Caro<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Manchester : HarperNorth, 2024.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B GIL - Onloan - Due: 15 Oct 2024 - 4067648<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3641654&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story. In 1938, 29-year-old 'Nicky' cancelled a ski holiday and instead spent 9 months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of children and find them homes in the UK. There are around 6000 people who are alive today because of him. What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose astounding feats only came to public light decades later. His legacy is to encourage us all to act when we see injustice or need, and to remind us that every one of us can change the world for the better.'If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it.' Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story. In 1938, 29-year-old 'Nicky' cancelled a ski holiday and instead spent 9 months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of children and find them homes in the UK. There are around 6000 people who are alive today because of him. What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose astounding feats only came to public light decades later. His legacy is to encourage us all to act when we see injustice or need, and to remind us that every one of us can change the world for the better.'If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it.'<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Winton, Barbara, 1953-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Robinson, 2024.<br />280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B WIN - Available - 4063614<br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B WIN - Available - 4063615<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3645009&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death. Eighty-three years later, Guardian journalist Julian Borger comes across the advert that saved his father, Robert, from the Nazis. Robert had kept this a secret, like almost everything else about his traumatic Viennese childhood, until he took his own life. Drawn to the shadows of his family's past and starting with nothing but a page of newspaper adverts, Borger traces the remarkable stories of his father, the other advertised children and their families, each thrown into the maelstrom of a world at war. In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death. Eighty-three years later, Guardian journalist Julian Borger comes across the advert that saved his father, Robert, from the Nazis. Robert had kept this a secret, like almost everything else about his traumatic Viennese childhood, until he took his own life. Drawn to the shadows of his family's past and starting with nothing but a page of newspaper adverts, Borger traces the remarkable stories of his father, the other advertised children and their families, each thrown into the maelstrom of a world at war.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Borger, Julian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : John Murray, 2024.<br />285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B BOR - On reserve shelf at Ellon Library - 4063915<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3647452&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Falsely convicted of the murder of her lover, Linda would go on to become Britain's longest-serving female prisoner. This is her story of life inside, and how she learnt to survive the many years she spent behind bars. Falsely convicted of the murder of her lover, Linda would go on to become Britain's longest-serving female prisoner. This is her story of life inside, and how she learnt to survive the many years she spent behind bars.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Calvey, Linda<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Welbeck, 2024.<br />viii, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />New Pitsligo Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B CAL - Available - Recently returned - 4063460<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3653636&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the 20th century's most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of 12 in National Velvet to becoming the first actor to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the 20th century's most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of 12 in National Velvet to becoming the first actor to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brower, Kate Andersen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.<br />xiv, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B TAY - Onloan - Due: 31 Oct 2024 - 4064349<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3653662&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 An authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don't know much about him. It not only tells Starmer's story but also examines the paradox of a politician often uncomfortable with politics, someone who is both remarkably ordinary and capable of defying all efforts to define him. An authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don't know much about him. It not only tells Starmer's story but also examines the paradox of a politician often uncomfortable with politics, someone who is both remarkably ordinary and capable of defying all efforts to define him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Baldwin, Tom (Journalist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2024.<br />xiii, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5 reserves</span><br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B STA - Onloan - Due: 18 Oct 2024 - 4064995<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3653739&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen. There are also six sheepdogs, two ponies, 20 chickens, 50 cattle and 500 sheep to care for. Helen is a farmer's wife. Hers is a story that is rarely told, despite being one we think we know. Weaving past and present, Helen shares the days that have shaped her. This is the truth of those days: from steering the family through the Beast from the East and the local authority planning committee, to finding the quiet strength to keep going, when supper is yet to be started, another delivery man has assumed he needs to speak to the 'man of the house', and she would rather punch a cushion than plump it. As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen. There are also six sheepdogs, two ponies, 20 chickens, 50 cattle and 500 sheep to care for. Helen is a farmer's wife. Hers is a story that is rarely told, despite being one we think we know. Weaving past and present, Helen shares the days that have shaped her. This is the truth of those days: from steering the family through the Beast from the East and the local authority planning committee, to finding the quiet strength to keep going, when supper is yet to be started, another delivery man has assumed he needs to speak to the 'man of the house', and she would rather punch a cushion than plump it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rebanks, Helen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber, 2024.<br />368 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Aboyne Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Onloan - Due: 31 Oct 2024 - 4073081<br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Onloan - Due: 28 Oct 2024 - 4073084<br />Fraserburgh Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Onloan - Due: 01 Nov 2024 - 4073083<br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - In-transit from HQ-New Stock to New Pitsligo Library (Set: 24 Sep 2024) - 4073082<br />Library-Headquarters - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Physical Processing (Set: 20 Sep 2024) - 4073981<br />Library-Headquarters - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Physical Processing (Set: 20 Sep 2024) - 4073982<br />Portlethen Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - Onloan - Due: 29 Oct 2024 - 4073091<br />Turriff Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B REB - On reserve shelf at Turriff Library - 4073600<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3653806&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Helen Skelton is no stranger to doing hard things, from kayaking the entire length of the Amazon to competing in a boxing match for Sports Relief. Her ability to dig deep and find the inner strength and to carry on no matter the challenge - physical, mental, or emotional - is nothing short of remarkable. Helen grew up on a farm in Cumbria and credits her deep connection with nature and family for grounding her throughout the experiences in her life. 'In My Stride' explores the lessons Helen has learned through life and adventure, sharing how getting out in nature can help us heal, grow, and find the resilience to move through challenging times in our lives. It tells stories of finding confidence, authenticity, courage, resilience, acceptance, community, and freedom against the backdrop of life's peaks and troughs and through the power of the natural world. Helen Skelton is no stranger to doing hard things, from kayaking the entire length of the Amazon to competing in a boxing match for Sports Relief. Her ability to dig deep and find the inner strength and to carry on no matter the challenge - physical, mental, or emotional - is nothing short of remarkable. Helen grew up on a farm in Cumbria and credits her deep connection with nature and family for grounding her throughout the experiences in her life. 'In My Stride' explores the lessons Helen has learned through life and adventure, sharing how getting out in nature can help us heal, grow, and find the resilience to move through challenging times in our lives. It tells stories of finding confidence, authenticity, courage, resilience, acceptance, community, and freedom against the backdrop of life's peaks and troughs and through the power of the natural world.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Skelton, Helen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Headline, 2024.<br />viii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Insch Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B SKE - Onloan - Due: 22 Oct 2024 - 4065675<br /> https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3653912&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When the history of British codebreaking is told, the story is often a men-only preserve. That perception completely ignores the fact that the vast majority of codebreakers were in fact women. And foremost among them was one who is largely unknown to the public, and whose activities were a secret even to her closest contacts - Emily Anderson. Anderson was a leading member of British intelligence for over three decades. She played key roles in both World Wars, worked in Bletchley Park and in the Middle East, and was reckoned among the top three female codebreakers in the world. Her work coincided with her other great love - music. She is famous in musicology circles as being the first to effectively decipher the letters and diaries of Mozart and Beethoven. This narrative of her life places Emily Anderson at the forefront of great British codebreakers. When the history of British codebreaking is told, the story is often a men-only preserve. That perception completely ignores the fact that the vast majority of codebreakers were in fact women. And foremost among them was one who is largely unknown to the public, and whose activities were a secret even to her closest contacts - Emily Anderson. Anderson was a leading member of British intelligence for over three decades. She played key roles in both World Wars, worked in Bletchley Park and in the Middle East, and was reckoned among the top three female codebreakers in the world. Her work coincided with her other great love - music. She is famous in musicology circles as being the first to effectively decipher the letters and diaries of Mozart and Beethoven. This narrative of her life places Emily Anderson at the forefront of great British codebreakers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Uí Chionna, Jackie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Headline, 2024.<br />418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Inverbervie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Biography - B AND - Available - 4064638<br />