Pam Ayres
The Works Selected Poems

Pam Ayres' bestselling collection, The Works, was first published in 1992, and contains 120 of her most popular poems written between 1972 and 1992. This special edition marks the 25th anniversary of Pam's first appearance on television. The Works includes Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth, which was recently voted as one of the top ten in the BBC's The Nation's Favourite Comic Poems. Pam Ayres' unique form of humorous verse takes a look at the joys and tribulations of daily life. Her observations are touching, honest and, above all, inspired by a sense of the gentle absurdity of ordinary events. The Works illustrates the reason why Pam Ayres has achieved her enormous popularity as a bestselling poet and humorist.

Bob McCabe
The Authorised Biography Of Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker is one of the most admired entertainers in the history of British television. Not only did he star in Porridge and Open All Hours, two of the most critically acclaimed sitcoms of all time, he was also one half of the bespectacled Two Ronnies, a double act that topped the TV charts for more than 15 years and returns to our screens again in 2005. A brilliant performer, Ronnie is also an outstanding comedy writer. He has found success as a serious actor in television films such as the award-winning Winston Churchill movie The Gathering Storm and My House in Umbria with Dame Maggie Smith. He has featured on the big screen opposite such film greats as Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. A celebration of Ronnie's life and career, published to coincide with his 75th birthday, this biography, which has a foreword by fellow actor and friend, David Jason, is written with the full collaboration of Ronnie himself.

Bill McLaren
The Voice Of Rugby My Autobiography

Just before the start of the 2002 Wales versus Scotland match in Cardiff, the stadium announcer asked people to stand and acknowledge Bill McLaren's great contribution to rugby. The whole ground rose, leaving McLaren choking back the tears. Even with Bill McLaren's fifty years' experience at the BBC, commentating on the most dramatic moments rugby has ever seen, coping with his emotions on that day was obviously not straightforward. Here, for the first time, Bill takes us on a guided tour through that long and brilliant career. He talks of his beloved game today, as well as revealing the joys and sadnesses of his life outside rugby. Bill McLaren's story amounts to a history of rugby itself, and it reaffirms his status as something of a global treasure.