A hell-raising biker is blinded in a boating accident, temporarily crushing his will but leading eventually to a determination to remake his life

Snakewalk

Wheeler, Charles

Harmony

First published in 1907, Father and Son recounted Edmund Gosse'sfundamentalist upbringing in the Plymouth Brethren. A hundredyears on, A Good Boy Tomorrow tells a similar story.Wheeler grew up in the idyllic surroundings of the Lake District ofnorthern England. But when he was eight years old, his father returnedfrom war service and the family moved south to their cramped home innorth London. There they joined an "assembly of saints" of the OpenBrethren; and so began eight years of a strict evangelical upbringing.Sexually assaulted by an older boy at sea scouts, forbidden to write to hischildhood sweetheart, and subtly pressurized into conversion, Charlestwice came close to making his escape-first by running away to theShetland Islands, and later, wracked by guilt over making a falseconversion, by using his father's service revolver.His escape was finally achieved when he joined the Royal Navy at the ageof sixteen; but his conversion to Catholicism and marriage to a RomanCatholic caused a tragic family schism, and it was not until long after hisfather's death that he was at last able to find intellectual equilibrium inSpinoza's concept that we are all one.

A GOOD BOY TOMORROW: Memoirs of a Fundamentalist Upbringing

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

iUniverse

Norman Brook was Cabinet Under Secretary during the Second World War and took personal, handwritten notes of the exchanges between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his ministers. The BBC gained exclusive access to his notebooks, and journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler recreates the discussions, concerns&mdash;and disagreements&mdash;of those cabinet meetings. He narrates this compelling drama-documentary that was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4&mdash;the same day the notebooks were released to the public. Starring David Ryall as Churchill and Tim Pigott-Smith as Morrison, we hear Churchill arguing with his Cabinet over reprisals against Germany&mdash;"if anybody likes to play rough, we can play rough too"&mdash;and deciding what information to release to the public about the mass extermination of Jews, the treatment of POWs, and the Bethnal Green tube station disaster. Startling insights into Churchill's character are revealed, as well as the background to some of the most dramatic decisions that shaped the history of the 20th century.

Churchill Confidential

History

Europe

Multi-Voiced

Tuning Solex Carburettors

Pack, R C

Speedsport

Norman Brook was Cabinet Under Secretary during the Second World War and took personal, handwritten notes of the exchanges between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his ministers. The BBC gained exclusive access to his notebooks, and journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler recreates the discussions, concerns - and disagreements - of those cabinet meetings. He narrates this compelling drama-documentary that was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - the same day the notebooks were released to the public. Starring David Ryall as Churchill and Tim Pigott-Smith as Morrison, we hear Churchill arguing with his Cabinet over reprisals against Germany - 'if anybody likes to play rough, we can play rough too' - and deciding what information to release to the public about the mass extermination of Jews, the treatment of POWs and the Bethnal Green tube station disaster. Startling insights into Churchill's character are revealed, as well as the background to some of the most dramatic decisions that shaped the history of the 20th Century. 1 CDs, 57 minutes

BBC Books

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