A biography of Marianne, daughter of the aristocracy, recording artist, actress, self-confessed junkie and former mistress of Mick Jagger.

As Tears Go by

Hodkinson, Mark

Biographies & Memoirs

Omnibus Press

Very slight signs of age or use to the book. She was the perfect icon for the swinging Sixties, she fell in love with the King of the Scene, Mick Jagger and became his Queen. Compiled from over 50 interviews with friends and family, through triumphs and tragedies as she struggled to set life and career aright. Very slight signs of age or use to the book.

Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By

Omnibus books

Simply Red: An Illustrated Biography

Humor & Entertainment

Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books

Queen: The Early Years

As Years Go By is a richly detailed portrait of a woman who has lived an incredible life, one that far transcends her best-known role as courtesan to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. From aristocratic lineage to convent school, stardom to attempted suicide, junkie to punk, folk singer to torch chanteuse, Marianne has seen her life flash by in banner headlines. Reseaarched through over 50 interviews with her family, forer loves and friends, this bok reveals the truth behind the headlines, the person behind the profile. A candid, illuminating account of an endearing yet misunderstood artist.

Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go by

Arts & Literature

<div>The story of two men who almost single-handedly saved their football club from extinction. In the 80s David Kilpatrick and Graham Morris spied architects' plans to turn Spotland, the home of their beloved, beleaguered Rochdale AFC, into a housing estate. They set about saving the club but first had to take on the 'enemy within' - fellow directors.&nbsp;</div>

The Overcoat Men: How Two Unsung Heroes Thwarted a Secret Plan to Kill Off a Football Club

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Pitch Publishing Ltd

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader

Review\nMark's journey into his own cocoon of books is a deeply personal tale but one with universal themes for all young lives shaped and transformed in some way by the written word . . . Thoughtful and engaging -- MARK RADCLIFFE\nThis is a book about the north; it is also about publishing, writing and music, but it transcends its subjects and meets the criterion Hodkinson sets out in his preface: “The best books, the same as the best days, skitter on the breeze. They go their own way” ― Observer\nMoving . . . A work of triumphs ― Irish Times\nWritten with verve . . . [Hodkinson] is a hero ― Daily Mail\nEntertaining ― Financial Times\nReading this memoir is to realise there is no better tool for social mobility than a book . . . lovely ― Daily Mail\nDeeply poignant . . . powerful ― Sunday Times\nAbsorbing . . . truly impressive ― Brisbane Times\nEffusive, entertaining ― Times Literary Supplement\nA memoir refracted through literature and its impact on the author’s life. . . He writes with sharp humour and unsentimentally . . . An enjoyable and uplifting read ― Morning Star\nThere is music, family life, and a lot more besides in this memoir, but Hodkinson's thoughts on reading are ever-present ― Bath Life\nA charming, passionate tribute to books and reading, the inner life they nourish, and the community they offer to outsiders – from the perspective of someone who discovered books in the same way they discovered punk music (another passion): as rebellion ― InDaily\nMark Hodkinson grew up among dark satanic mills in a house with just one book: Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. His dad kept it on top of a wardrobe with other items of great worth - wedding photographs and Mark's National Cycling Proficiency certificate. If Mark wanted to read it, he was warned not to crease the pages or slam shut the covers.\nFast forward to today, and Mark still lives in Rochdale snugly ensconced (or is that buried?) in a 'book cave' surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count. He is an author, journalist and publisher.\nSo this is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about schools (bad), music (good) and the people (some mad, a few sane), and pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors (some bad, mostly good) that led the way, shaped a life. If only coincidentally, it relates how writing and reading has changed, as the Manor House novel gave way to the kitchen sink drama and working-class writers found the spotlight (if only briefly).\nMark also writes movingly about his troubled grandad who, much the same as books, taught him to wander, and wonder.

Community & Culture

CANONGATE BOOKS *

Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied solider to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that reporter is ready to share Herbert's incredible tale with the world. With unprecedented access to Herbert's diaries, letters and interviews, Mark Hodkinson brings to life the harrowing conditions of Belsen and its eventual liberation. From the events leading up to its gruesome discovery, to the trauma Herbert faced and his abandonment in the aftermath, this is a testament to the power of one person in the face of unimaginable darkness. This is the tale of an ordinary man thrown into an extraordinary, life-changing situation. How can a person cope when they come face-to-face with history's darkest moment? Herbert Kenny was that man. This is his story.

Opening The Gates of Hell: The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man who discovered Bergen-Belsen

Leaders & Notable People

Mobius

Opening The Gates of Hell: The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man who discovered Belsen

History

Military

In 1973-74, Britain was in meltdown. The Arab-Israeli War had sent energy prices soaring. Petrol was scarce. Offices were limited to a temperature of 17C and power cuts were frequent. A three-day working week came in as inflation took hold and miners and other workers went on strike. The northern mill town of Rochdale suffered more than most. Its cotton industry was on shut-down in the face of cheap imports, and the football team was a mirror image of the town - tired, defeated, clinging to life. The Rochdale team of 1973-74 are considered the worst to play in the Football League. They finished bottom of the third division, winning just twice in 46 league matches. They closed the season with a 22-game winless run and played one home match in front of the lowest-ever post-war crowd. That season 32 players played for the team, many of them drafted in from amateur or Sunday league clubs. The Longest Winter is as much a piece of forensic social history as it is a sports book. It evokes the smells, textures and moods of the early 1970s.

The Longest Winter: A Season with England’s Worst Ever Football Team

Soccer

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