Audio - Autobiography Titles 1999
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New Audio - Autobiography Titles 1999
Dickie Bird White Cap and Balls Published November 99 by Headline Audio at £8.99 ISBN: 1-840-32159-8
In this sequel to his autobiography, Dickie takes a humorous, nostalgic look at the county clubs and the Test match arenas which have created such drama in his life and provided him with so many friends. He describes the very special behind-the-scenes characters who work as well as play for the clubs and provide the life-blood of the game.
As he takes his listeners on a tour through the county grounds of England to the great clubs of the rest of the world Dickie still finds time to make challenging points about the future of the game and give his opinion on the great players and matches. This is an infectious, anecdotal, roundabout ride through the world of cricket, delivered as always in Dickie’s inimitable style.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 2 hours
Autobiography
Will Carling Autobiography Published November 99 by Headline Audio at £8.99 ISBN: 1-84032-165-2
The long-awaited autobiography of the most famous British rugby player of all time.
This is the audiobook no rugby fan will want to be without, as Carling discusses the highs and lows of a remarkable international career, the demands of captaincy, and what it feels like to lead your country, He will talk frankly about the penalty of being the most high-profile player in the UK game and his ambivalent relationship with the media, as a sports journalist and as prey to the tabloids because of his friendship with Diana Princess of Wales.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hours
Michael Crawford Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied with String Published September 99 by Random House Audio at £8.99 ISBN: 1-85686-682-3
My Autobiography
Read by the author
Now for the first time Michael Crawford, one of Britain's best-loved and most internationally successful stars, tells his life story in his own inimitable style. By turns hilarious, revelatory and desperately sad, here is the autobiography of the man whose successes such as Hello Dolly!, Some Mothers Do Ave 'Em and The Phantom of the Opera have made him a national institution.
Crawford began his professional career as a boy soprano in Benjamin Britten's Let's Make An Opera. He became the popular star of Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life and starred in The Knack. He juggled film, television and stage careers, appearances including Hello Dolly! (1969), No Sex Please - We're British and Some Mothers Do Ave 'Em, Barnum and the internationally acclaimed Phantom. His solo recording career began in 1992 and his three albums have all been huge runaway successes earning him gold and platinum discs. He has been awarded many honours including the OBE.
An abridgement of Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String copyright Michael Crawford 1999
Published by Century in hardback and Arrow in paperback
Produced by Stuart Owen, abridged by Neville Teller
Cover Photograph by Creston Funk
Two Cassettes Approx 3 Hrs playing time

Managing my Life
Alex Ferguson Managing my Life Published November 99 by Headline Audio at £8.99 ISBN: 1-84032-182-2
In 1986 Alex Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United, the most glamorous football club in the world. He is now a legend in his lifetime and has been honoured with a knighthood for his achievements. Since 1990, following two precarious seasons, Alex Ferguson has brought one success aft club. Under his leadership Manchester United have had five league championship wins and four FA Cup wins; they've won the European Cup Winners' Cup, the European Super Cup, and now in 1999, the European Cup to complete a unique treble.
In this forthright, revealing and hugely entertaining account by a man at the very heart of football, Alex Ferguson rekindles his memories of the events that led to his becoming a world-famous manager – capable of inspiring total loyalty in his players and his fans
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 2 hours Abridged by Peter Mackie
Sian Phillips Private Faces Published November 99 by Headline Audio at £8.99 ISBN: 1-84032-175-X
In this exceptional autobiography covering her early life, Sian Phillips speaks of her unlikely beginnings growing up as an only child in the remote Welsh countryside, a life which hadn’t changed for centuries. But Sian determined to be an actress at an early age and was working in BBC Radio from the age of 11 alongside such greats as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton. Her real ambitions were not realised, however, until she won a scholarship to RADA. Leaving her first, short-lived marriage, the country bumpkin arrived in London to learn her trade and fall in love with Peter O'Toole…
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hours Abridged by Sian Phillips Produced by Heavy Entertainment