My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography by Roger Moore with Gareth Owen

My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography by Roger Moore with Gareth Owen lands on the |> SALE <| shelves in my shop.

Michael O'Mara, 2008, Hardback in dust wrapper.

2nd printing. [First Published: 2008] Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs;

From the cover: "Dashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman, Roger Moore has starred in some of the most unforgettable films and celebrated television series of the last half century.

Who could forget the smooth-talking adventurer Simon Templar in The Saint? Or that rakish playboy Lord Brett Sinclair from The Persuaders Roger Moore reigns supreme as the most debonair 007 and reprised the role of James Bond over seven blockbusting films, which are shown time after time all over the world. His whole persona exudes style, good living and sophistication; his millions of fans idolize him; but he has never written his autobiography — until now.

For the first time he will share his recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles — and playing with some of the world's most legendary stars. He talks of his family life, with memories of his London childhood and his miserable evacuation at the onset of the Second World War, as well as the happy and turbulent times of later years. He tells of his marriages and children and how he found love and contentment with his beautiful wife, Kristma.

He reminisces about his early days as a jobbing actor, and his first break, when he joined MGM studios towards the very end of the contract system, and played alongside screen legends such as Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Lana Turner, Debbie Reynolds, Glenn Ford, David Niven and many others. Many films and television roles followed, before the role of James Bond was offered to him, and Roger Moore talks frankly about the films themselves and the producers, directors and the casts with whom he worked.

Punctuated throughout with personal anecdotes about such luminaries as Noel Coward, Gary Grant, Richard Harris, Stewart Granger, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Michael Caine and Sean Connery, and memories from the heyday of Hollywood, this frank, funny and disarmingly charming autobiography is as attractive and diverting as the man himself."

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped.

Brown boards with Gilt titling to the Spine.
336 pages. Index. 9½" x 6¼".

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All-Mountain Skier: The Way to Expert Skiing by R. Mark Elling

All-Mountain Skier: The Way to Expert Skiing by R. Mark Elling hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, 2003, Paperback.

2nd edition, [First Published: 1997] Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Diagrams;

From the cover: "The All-Mountain Skier takes you to the most difficult places on the mountain — bumps, steeps, and trees — and helps you conquer them. If you yearn for speed, gravity-defying jumps, or fluid grace on challenging terrain, here is your step-by-step guide to becoming an expert all-mountain skier.

This second edition contains all the information you need on the latest equipment — including shaped skis, boots, bindings, and footbeds — to perform like a pro on crud, hardpack, powder, and ice."

Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Upper wrapper slighty curled. First few leaves damp-wrinkled at the foot. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise.

223 pages. Index. 9¼" x 7¼".

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Operation Certain Death: The Inside Story of the SAS's Greatest Battle by Damien Lewis

Operation Certain Death: The Inside Story of the SAS's Greatest Battle by Damien Lewis hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Century, 2004, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;

From the cover: "As a purely military operation it knocks into a cocked hat the lifting of the Iranian embassy siege — Brigadier Andrew Stewart

This, then, is the untold, epic story of the single most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two: the rescue by the SAS of British Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang, The West Side Boys, in the Sierra Leone jungle.

The West Side Boys wear pink shades, shower caps, fluorescent wigs and voodoo charms. They believe these make them invulnerable to bullets -an impression re-enforced by ganja, heroin, crack cocaine and gallons of sweet palm wine. They terrify the local inhabitants by dressing up in monkey skins and abducting children for rape, torture and mutilation. Their motto was: 'What makes the grass grow? Blood. Blood. Blood. '

In 1999 a 12 man patrol of Royal Irish Rangers, who were training government troops in Sierra Leone, were captured by The West Side Boys. They were held prisoner in a fortified jungle hideaway, defended by over 400 heavily armed soldiers.

Operation Barras, the mission to rescue them was a combined force of 100 paras, 12 members of the Special Boat Squadron, helicopters from the Navy and RAF and, spearheading the operation, the 40-strong D squadron of the SAS.

Extensive interviews with the participants and survivors of Operation Barras have produced this blow-by-blow account, in which Lewis recounts the sights, the smells, and the soul-shattering confrontations. Against amazing odds the hostages were rescued. And rather than succeeding in Operation Kill British and Kill All Your Family, the rebels were annihilated — bringing an end to ten years of Africa's most brutal civil war.

This is the story of the rescue mission of the century in Africa's heart of darkness."

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Leans slightly otherwise a very well presented copy.

Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine.
[XIV] 459 pages. 9½" x 6¼".

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Operation Certain Death: The Inside Story of the SAS's Greatest Battle by Damien Lewis

Operation Certain Death: The Inside Story of the SAS's Greatest Battle by Damien Lewis hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Century, 2004, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;

From the cover: "As a purely military operation it knocks into a cocked hat the lifting of the Iranian embassy siege — Brigadier Andrew Stewart

This, then, is the untold, epic story of the single most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two: the rescue by the SAS of British Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang, The West Side Boys, in the Sierra Leone jungle.

The West Side Boys wear pink shades, shower caps, fluorescent wigs and voodoo charms. They believe these make them invulnerable to bullets -an impression re-enforced by ganja, heroin, crack cocaine and gallons of sweet palm wine. They terrify the local inhabitants by dressing up in monkey skins and abducting children for rape, torture and mutilation. Their motto was: 'What makes the grass grow? Blood. Blood. Blood. '

In 1999 a 12 man patrol of Royal Irish Rangers, who were training government troops in Sierra Leone, were captured by The West Side Boys. They were held prisoner in a fortified jungle hideaway, defended by over 400 heavily armed soldiers.

Operation Barras, the mission to rescue them was a combined force of 100 paras, 12 members of the Special Boat Squadron, helicopters from the Navy and RAF and, spearheading the operation, the 40-strong D squadron of the SAS.

Extensive interviews with the participants and survivors of Operation Barras have produced this blow-by-blow account, in which Lewis recounts the sights, the smells, and the soul-shattering confrontations. Against amazing odds the hostages were rescued. And rather than succeeding in Operation Kill British and Kill All Your Family, the rebels were annihilated — bringing an end to ten years of Africa's most brutal civil war.

This is the story of the rescue mission of the century in Africa's heart of darkness."

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Leans slightly otherwise a very well presented copy.

9½" x 6¼".

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Why History Matters: Life and Thought by Gerda Lerner

Why History Matters: Life and Thought by Gerda Lerner hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Oxford University Press, 1997, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: "All human beings are practicing historians, writes Gerda Lerner. We live our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing. It is as important as breathing, too. History shapes our self-definition and our relationship to community; it locates us in time and place and helps to give meaning to our lives. History can be the vital thread that holds a nation together, as demonstrated most strikingly in the case of Jewish history. Conversely, for women, who have lived in a world in which they apparently had no history, its absence can be devastating. In Why History Matters, Lerner brings together her thinking and research of the last sixteen years, combining personal reminiscences with innovative theory to illuminate the importance of history and the vital role women have played in it.

Why History Matters contains some of the most significant thinking and writing on history that Lerner has done in her entire career — a summation of her life and work. The chapters are divided into three sections, each widely different from the others, each revelatory of Lerner as a woman and a feminist. We read first of Lerner's coming to consciousness as a Jewish woman. There are moving accounts of her early life as a refugee in America, her return to Austria fifty years after fleeing the Nazis (to discover a nation remarkable both for the absence of Jews and for the anti-Semitism just below the surface), her slow assimilation into American life, and her decision to be a historian. If the first section is personal, the second focuses on more professional concerns. Included here is a fascinating essay on nonviolent resistance, tracing the idea from the Quakers (such as Mary Dyer), to abolitionists such as Theodore Dwight Weld (the "most mobbed man" in America), to Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience, then across the sea to Tolstoy and Gandhi, before finally returning to America during the civil rights movement in the 1950s. There are insightful essays on "American Values" and on the tremendous advances women have made in the twentieth century, as well as Lerner's presidential address to the Organization of American Historians, which outlines the contributions of women to the field of history and the growing importance of women as a subject of history. The highlight of the final section of the book is Lerner's bold and innovative look at the issues of class and race as they relate to women, an essay that distils her thinking on these difficult subjects and offers a coherent conceptual framework that will prove of lasting interest to historians and intellectuals.

A major figure in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, a founding member of NOW, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is a pioneer in the field of Women's History and one of its leading practitioners. Why History Matters is the summation of the work and thinking of this distinguished historian."

Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper which is also faded at the edges. Leans slightly. Text complete, clean and tight.

Red Spine Strip with Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine.
[XVII] 249 pages. Index. 9½" x 6¼".

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The Strong-willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence by James Dobson

The Strong-willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence by James Dobson hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Tyndale House Publishers, 2004, Paperback.

First in this, paperback, edition.

From the cover: "Is a wilful little darling driving you to distraction? Are you wondering where you went wrong as a parent? You may have a strong-willed child…

They come into the world smoking a cigar and yelling about the temperature in the delivery room. As toddlers, their greatest delights include painting the carpet with Moms makeup and trying to flush the family cat down the toilet. As older children and teenagers, they are irritable, defiant, and seemingly bent on challenging all forms of authority.

Challenging as they are to raise, strong-willed children can grow up to be men and women of strong character — if lovingly guided with understanding and the right kind of discipline.

In The New Strong-Willed Child, Dr. James Dobson offers practical how-tos on raising one of these little powerhouses, drawing on up-to-date research and years of experience advising families."

Find out what today's most trusted authority on parenting has to say about:

• What makes strong-willed children the way they are
• Shaping the will while protecting the spirit
• Avoiding the most common parenting mistake
• Disciplining the strong-willed child
• Sibling rivalry
• Strong-willed adolescents
• Strong-willed children
• ADHD

Very Good. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers.

[XII] 219 pages. Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6").

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Victorian Memories in Cross Stitch & Needlepoint by Chris Timms

Victorian Memories in Cross Stitch & Needlepoint by Chris Timms hits the £1 shelf in my shop.

Colour Library Books, 1994, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs; Diagrams; Patterns;

From the cover: "Inspired by images of happy days at the seaside and in the countryside, Chris Timms's designs have all the charm of a more innocent, less worldly age. Looking back with nostalgia to those seemingly carefree days at the turn of the century, the projects feature summer and Christmas holiday themes, with children at play on the beach and in the snow, farmyard animals and wild flowers.

The book contains some larger projects, such as cushions, samplers and pictures, to appeal to more experienced needlewomen, but there are also plenty of attractive and useful small items — bookmarks, greeting cards and paperweights — which beginners can undertake with confidence.

Most of the designs can be worked in either needlepoint or cross stitch, and each is accompanied by a colour photograph of the finished object and a stitch chart, along with clear, easy-to-follow making-up instructions.

Chris Timms has based the colours of her projects on yarns and threads manufactured by DMC; each colour is identified by its shade number and also by a standard colour name which can be used to match yarns of other manufacturers. Kits are available for a selection of the projects."

Introduction by: Lyn Le Grice

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

Pictorial boards.
128 pages. 11¾" x 8¾".

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