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Good Ship Venus

De St. Jorre, John

History

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Examines the Marines up close, portraying Marine life from Parris Island boot camp to land, sea, and air duty, including the Marine Band and embassy guards

The Marines

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

SIDGWICK JACKSON

The Brothers' Biafra and Nigeria [hardcover] De St. Jorre, John [Aug 24, 1972] … 0395139341

The Nigerian Civil War

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria [hardcover] De St. Jorre, John [Aug 24, 1972] … 0395139341

The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria

Houghton/Mifflin

The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria was first published in 1972. In the UK it had the title The Nigerian Civil War. That is what it is about. In the early 1960s Nigeria looked set to be the major black African country. It seemed to be immune from the internecine struggles that bedevilled so many of the African states. The illusion of stability was shattered at the beginning of 1966. During the next four years the country suffered two bloody coups, a series of appalling massacres, and a protracted and savage civil war which claimed a million lives. This was a civil war on a par with the American and Spanish civil wars and like both those it was a desperate affair, fought to the bitter end by determined people who shared a common past and a common language. John de St. Jorre covered the conflict for the Observer. He was one of the few people to keep in touch with both sides. His account was objective and remains definitive.

Faber and Faber

The story of the Olympia Press is one of the most flamboyant in publishing history. In the 1950s, when dirty books (and great ones) were being banned in Britain and America, Maurice Girodias launched a career in Paris that earned him the nickname the "Prince of Porn." John de St. Jorre gives a high-spirited account of this infamous publisher whose eclectic list included Lolita, The Ginger Man, Henry Miller's several Tropics, and the outrageous romp called Candy. Photos.

Venus Bound:: The Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press

Europe

Random House]

A heartbreaking memoir tackling the mistreatment of women and the stigma of mental health in the 1940s. DARLING BABY MINE is a compelling read recalling John's extraordinary search for his mother. In a story that couldn't happen today, John eventually finds his mother interred in a mental asylum where she's been kept for thirty-five years diagnosed as a schizophrenic following a bout of post-natal depression. It is in these circumstances that John attempts to form a relationship with a woman who's not only been a secret for most of his life but is also severely institutionalised.

Darling Baby Mine

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Quartet Books (UK)

This is a heartbreaking, beautifully written memoir about tragic loss, a family mystery, a son's faith and his long quest to find his absent mother. Darling Baby Mine is the dramatic and moving story of John's search for his mother, who disappeared when he was just four years old following the disintegration of his parents' marriage. Growing up, it was as if she had never existed - he didn't even know her name. The only image he had of her was the vague memory of a woman smoking and laughing. Then, as an adult, he tried to track her down. After surmounting many obstacles, including his father's implacable silence and his own doubts and fears, John finally found her in a UK mental institution where she had been held for thirty-five years. He was then faced with trying to re-establish the deepest of human relationships: the bond between a mother and her child.

Darling Baby Mine: A Son's Extraordinary Search for His Mother

Professionals & Academics

Quartet Books

The Good Ship Venus

Historical Study & Educational Resources

A military portrait of the Guards, the oldest and perhaps the most unusual military institution in the West, whose special task is to protect the British sovereign.

The Guards

Edgeworth, Anthony

Ridge Press/Crown Publishers

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Good Ship Venus

The Marines

The Nigerian Civil War

The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria

The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria

Venus Bound:: The Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press

Darling Baby Mine

Darling Baby Mine: A Son's Extraordinary Search for His Mother

The Good Ship Venus

The Guards