Hunter Davies

The world's greatest haulier - a rags-to-riches tale of British entrepreneurialism. If you've never seen an Eddie Stobart truck, you've never driven down a British motorway. This is the extraordinary story of a multi-million pound business that spawned a middle-class motorway game. Of dynastic struggles that ended in a merchandising shop opposite Carlisle cathedral.

Alfred Wainwright, the legendary fell walker and author of the incomparable and unique Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells was also a fluent, eloquent and diligent correspondent. Writing to old friends and to the many new ones gained through his books, and to his love, and later second wife, Betty, his letters display a much warmer, more sensitive and emotional character than his gruff popular image would suggest. Hunter Davies, Wainwright's biographer,...

Published together for the first time, this collection of letters to family, friends, lovers and complete strangers from the beloved Beatle offers an intimate look into the true personality and mind of one of popular music's most prolific and revered artists.

"Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, brings together three eminent Beatles experts to compile this must-have guide. Divided into four sections--'People,' 'Songs,' 'Places,' and 'Broadcast and cinema'--The Beatles Book covers every element of the band's history and the influences that shaped them"--Back cover.