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Publisher
Rider Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Anthony Ray Hinton was poor and black when he was convicted of two murders he hadn't committed. For the next three decades he was trapped in solitary confinement in a tiny cell on death row, having to watch as - one by one - his fellow prisoners were taken past him to the execution room. Eventually his case was taken up by the award-winning lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, who managed to have him exonerated, though it took 15 years for this to happen. Since...
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Publisher
Percy Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Description
All Ray Quinn ever wanted to be was an entertainer. From his early childhood he wanted to perform. Starting dancing classes at the age of three he went on to represent his country and win. He then starred in Brookside until the show cancelled in his mid-teens. Reality hit home as work started to dry up. When given the option of the stage in London of 'X-Factor', he went for X-Factor and came second. A record deal in hand and a platinum selling album...
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Publisher
Metro
Pub. Date
2004
Description
When Ray Smith's wife Grace developed Alzheimer's disease, the couple decided to treat the illness as simply the latest adventure in their long and loving marriage. This book explains the secrets of how the couple learned to control the disease and embarked on a series of glorious adventures.
Author
Publisher
Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2010
Description
'Hellhound on His Trail' is the story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some 9 months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American figures of the 20th century, Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Publisher
Virgin Books
Pub. Date
2013
Description
As a boy in post-War England, legendary Kinks singer/songwriter Ray Davies fell in love with America - its movies and music, its culture of freedom all fed his imagination. Then, as part of the 'British invasion', he toured the US with the Kinks during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. Decades later, while living in New Orleans, he experienced a transformative event: the shooting that nearly took his life. In 'Americana', Davies...
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Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Ray Davies, legendary frontman of The Kinks, is one of the all-time greatest rock 'n' roll musicians - and also one of its most troubled and enigmatic. In the summer of 1964, aged 20, Ray Davies led The Kinks to fame with their number one hit 'You Really Got Me'. Within months, they were challenging The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the charts, swamped by fans and renowned for the rioting at their gigs. Over the next three decades, Davies wrote...
Author
Publisher
Aurum
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Ray Harryhausen is one of the most innovative and influential film animators in the history of the medium, responsible for such classic films as 'Jason and the Argonauts', 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' and 'Clash of the Titans'. This book reveals a wealth of fascinating artefacts relating to his films that has never been seen before.
Publisher
Kaleidoscope Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Documentary directed by Alan G. Parker commemorating the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' legendary album, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. An immediate success and a symbol of 1960s counterculture, the Beatles' eighth studio album broke new ground in the music industry both in terms of its conceptual structure and its innovative technical and design elements. The band continued to cement their position in history and 50 years...
Author
Publisher
Omnibus
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Mike Evans traces Ray Charles' amazing story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of international success. First-hand interviews and quotes are featured from those who worked with, or were simply influenced by him.
Author
Publisher
JR
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard are two of the greatest boxers in history, both trained and managed by the legendary Dundee. From early meetings and first impressions to the big fights, this is a fascinating look inside boxing and the making of history.
14) Young Winstone
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Series
Publisher
Thorpe
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters - violent offender in 'Scum', wife-beater in 'Nil by mouth', retired blagger in 'Sexy beast' - has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. But how do these uncompromising and often haunting performances square with his off-duty reputation as the ultimate salt-of-the-earth diamond geezer? The answer lies in the East End...
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Pub. Date
2008
Description
'Dangerous Frontiers' will appeal to those interested in military and world history and in those two little known areas - the Horn of Africa and Southern Oman. In both campaigns it reflects the mutual liking and respect that the British officers had for their Muslim soldiers and the soldiers for their leaders.
16) Resolution
Author
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Former detective Ray Lennox is determined to start a new life. He has left Edinburgh Police behind for a fresh career and a fresh relationship in Brighton. Then he meets Mathew Cardingworth. Rich, smooth-talking and immaculately dressed, he is seemingly a pillar of the local community - yet he soon draws Lennox back to a past that he's desperate to forget. As Lennox identifies the links between Cardingworth, a series of violent attacks and the disappearances...