Most Popular Books by Hunter Davies

John Lennon reageerde zijn emoties van woede tot blijdschap voornamelijk af op papier. Als een van de grootse componisten aller tijden, bekend van zijn muzikale creaties als `Help!, `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, `Imagine en nog veel meer, publiceerde Lennon ook twee dichtbundels. In dit boek zijn echter voor het eerst zijn persoonlijke brieven, lijstjes en krabbeltjes verzameld. Hunter Davies, auteur van de enige officiële biografie van The Beatles heeft meer dan driehonderd brieven, kaartjes en notities van John aan vrienden, familie, fans, vreemden, geliefden en zelfs de wasserette verzameld, dankzij de hulp van Lennons familie, goede vrienden en privéverzamelaars over de hele wereld. Ook Yoko Ono, Lennons weduwe (en eigenaar van Lennons copyright) gaf haar hulp en zegen aan dit bijzondere project. Davies vertelt het verhaal achter elke brief: waar Lennon was, aan wie hij het schreef en waar het over gaat. Sommige brieven zijn liefdevol, informatief, grappig, boos en agressief, maar soms ook hartverscheurend. Veel brieven zijn ook geïllustreerd met tekeningetjes en grapjes. Samen vormen ze een ontroerend verslag, vanaf zijn allereerste bedankbriefje dat hij op tienjarige leeftijd aan zijn tante in Liverpool schreef tot de laatste haastig geschreven handtekening voor een fan in New York, op 8 december 1980, de dag dat hij werd neergeschoten. Deze brieven schetsen een bijzonder, persoonlijk en vooral intiem beeld van John Lennon, verteld door zijn eigen zorgen, angsten en passies. Hunter Davies heeft meer dan veertig boeken gepubliceerd. Hij is het bekendst om zijn geautoriseerde biografie van The Beatles. Daarnaast is hij tv-presentator en journalist: hij schrijft voor the Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Mail en New Statesman.

Flossie Teacake is not content with her lot--she is 10 years old, flatbroke, and she never has adventures. Well, that''s not strictly true. Since she discovered her magical fur coat she has had amazing escapades and even won the lottery.

Hunter Davies loves football. And this book blows the whistle on his fifty-year love affair with the beautiful game. I Love Football provides an honest and funny look at why so many of us lose our hearts to footy. Hunter explains the sport''s history, the high and lows of supporting a team, how it felt being at 1966 World Cup, and what it''s like meeting legends like George Best and Gazza.

On 8 February 2016, Margaret Forster lost her life to cancer of the spine. For her husband, Hunter Davies, the days that followed were carried out on autopilot: arrangements to be made, family and friends to be contacted. But how do you cope after you have lost your loved one? As Hunter discovers what it means to be alone again after fifty-five years of marriage, he shares the wisdom and lessons he has learnt along the way. Charting his emotional journey, as well as the often ignored practical implications of becoming widowed, Hunter discovers that, ultimately, while bricks and mortar may change, the memories will always remain. Part memoir, part self-help, HAPPY OLD ME is the account of one year in Hunter Davies'' life, navigating bereavement and finding hope in the future.

Relative Strangers is a history of adoption in Britain, and the true-life tale of the seventy-one-year-old Hodder triplets. The book tells the unique and moving story of how the triplets, adopted as babies in 1932, were reunited in June 2001 - the first time the three of them had been together since their birth. Their life stories and how they found each other again are interspersed with the story of adoption, which began as a legal phenomenon in the UK in 1926. The book also describes the twenty-five-year legal battle fought by NORCAP (the National Organisation for the Counselling of Children and Parents) to change the adoption laws, which helped to bring the triplets, and other adoptees, together again. Hunter Davies is one of Britain''s most sympathetic and thoughtful interviewers, and the author of over thirty books. He has interviewed the triplets at length and has had access through NORCAP to other case histories, which are themselves profoundly affecting

Revised and expanded edition of the bestselling guide to Lakeland. ''The Good Guide is the answer to every tourist''s prayer, a comprehensive assessment which treads on toes as well as sparking off satisfied grins.'' Lakescene ''I think he was most unfair to Barrow.'' Town Clerk, Barrow ''You''ll wonder how you managed without it.'' Yorkshire Post Life is too short, holidays too precious, to waste time going to places which turn out draggy or boring. So the object is very simple - to guide you to all that is best to see and do in Lakeland, from mountains and lakes and walks to museums, hotels, restaurants and the latest tourist attractions. Amazing how each year new wonders appear, new places pop up, new services get offered. Also things close, go off, disappear. So it''s vital, if you are one of Lakeland''s 24 million visitors a year, to be as up to date, up to scratch as possible. Note well that this book contains no advertising, no payments have been received, unlike some guide books we could mention. And also that it has been written and researched here in Cumbria.

Credit has been crunched, banks hammered, the economy battered, prices up, hopes down. All classes are being urged to economise, make do and mend, spin things out, avoid waste. It has been ever thus. In times of War, General Strikes as well as Economic Disasters, Governments as well as agony aunts, do-gooders, magazines, books and manufacturers have always exhorted us to tighten the old belts. Hunter Davies looks back at a hundred years of handy, and often hilarious, exhortations as they were applied to Food, Children, Health, Clothing, the Home, Money and Savings. Some of the hints and advice are mystifying, but all are part of social history, and some could prove very useful in today''s economic climate. For instance, you really might want to turn some cold scraps of meat into a succulent new dish or knit some old bits of string together in order to make a jolly useful dishcloth…

In conversation with Hunter Davies this is Dwight Yorke''''s own account of his rise to superstardom at Old Trafford combined with Hunter Davies''''s interviews with the people Yorke met along his way.''

Wainwright''s biographer selects twenty of his and Wainwright''s favorite mountains and eloquently and entertainingly introduces them to the reader, with an account of how they came to be chosen.

Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear reveals the secrets of his success in this autobiography. A stylish wing-back in the Tottenham side of the late 70s and 80s, capped over 50 times for Northern Ireland, and now one of the top managers in the country, Kinnear has spent over 30 years in the game.

With the help of the magic fur coat, Flossie disguises herself as her older sister.