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Publisher
Ad Lib Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Description
April Ashley was a trailblazing figure in the history of transgender rights and advocacy. Born in 1935 in Liverpool, Ashley was assigned male at birth, but knew from a young age that she identified as a woman. At the age of sixteen, April left home and began her journey of self-discovery, eventually transitioning and undergoing gender-reassignment surgery in 1960. She became one of the first British people to undergo the procedure, which was illegal...
Author
Publisher
Lion
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Lord Shaftesbury campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in coalmines, and to develop a universial education. This book details his upbringing, education and work as a politician. It considers how he combined political and legislative action with voluntary Christian societies.
Author
Publisher
Two Roads
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Born a farangi (foreign) girl in 1960s Tehran to an American beauty and a handsome English father, Ashley Dartnell's life had all the ingredients of a fairy tale. This memoir tells how it all went wrong: from servants and parties to betrayals and bankruptcy.
Author
Publisher
Two Roads
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Born a farangi (foreign) girl in 1960s Tehran to an American beauty and a handsome English father, Ashley Dartnell's life had all the ingredients of a fairy tale. This memoir tells how it all went wrong: from servants and parties to betrayals and bankruptcy.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2005
Description
This is the story of Smith's courage and great faith in persuading a murderous hostage-taker Brian Nichols, to surrender to armed police officers in Atlanta. The young widow and mother of a six year old girl tells of her hours with the killer and also recounts her own life prior to this incident.
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, Dickie Mountbatten's career included being Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War Two and the last Viceroy of India. Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, Edwina Mountbatten emerged from World War Two as a magnetic and talented charity worker loved...
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
2023
Description
'Strong' is the moving and heartbreaking memoir from celebrity campaigner, endurance athlete, and father of an angel, Ashley Cain. Charting his daughter's birth and the fight for her life when she was diagnosed with leukaemia at 7 weeks old, Ashley reflects on his life and his own struggles since Azaylia's passing in 2021. Ashley embodies strength and resilience - recently setting up The Azaylia Foundation and taking part in extreme physical challenges...
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2024
Description
In 1850s South Carolina, Rose, an enslaved woman, faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag with a few items. Soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the sack in spare, haunting language. That, in itself, is a story. But it's not the whole story. How does one uncover the lives of...
Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Ashley Mullenger had never planned to become a fisherman. A chance fishing trip - catching mackerel off the Norfolk coast - was the start of an obsession. One that resulted in a transformation from clean-cut office worker to commercial 'Fisherman of the Year', and proud working owner of two boats, Fairlass and Saoirse, alongside skipper Nigel. This is a memoir of that journey, a life swept up in tides and elements, strength of mind and body, of old...
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2024
Description
The power of BBC journalist and presenter Ashley John-Baptiste's book lies not only in sharing the harshness of his experience, but also in showcasing his extraordinary resilience in the darkest of times. 'Looked After' tells the story of the UK's care provision from the inside in a visceral way - and acknowledges the importance of the key people who helped him turn his life around. This is a memoir written from the heart that pulls no punches. It...