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Below are some of Deric's many jackets
  
  
  
Below are Deric's books:
Paws in the Proceedings
NEW
MAY 2007
Deric's gentle tales
of life in Huddersfield with his wife Aileen and their menagerie
of playful cats have won him thousands of loyal fans. And after
a few years break, Deric returns with the latest, and eagerly
awaited, instalment of his memoirs. Deric is getting on a bit
now and so are his cats. Life chez-Longden has adjusted to a
slower pace, but everyday is still full of opportunities for the
sort of mischief, mishaps and adventures that come with sharing
your house and life with a troop of small cats with big
personalities. "Paws in the Proceedings" has all of Deric's
trademark charm, homespun wisdom and gentle wit. His remarkable
eye for the humorous detail and the keen observation are very
much in evidence, and this is another comic gem that will
delight Deric's loyal fans and bring him to a bigger audience
than ever before.
RRP £14.99
Hardback
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Publication Date: 07/05/2007 288 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
9780593054680
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link takes you to Bibliophile Books owned by his step-daughter
Annie. Use advance search to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
Diana's Story
'A
funny, sad, and above all, enormously inspiring story'
Clare Francis, Action for M.E.
In 1971
Deric Longden's wife Diana fell ill with the mysterious disorder
known as ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). She was unable to move
without a wheelchair, and was in almost constant pain. Equally
distressing, perhaps, was the fact that every doctor she saw was
unable to diagnose what was wrong with her. Deric, devoting more
and more time to looking after Diana, watched his business
gradually fail, and had to neglect his developing career as a
broadcaster. He became househusband, nurse and caretaker of the
woman he loved.
Diana's Story is told
by a writer who can transform the bleakest moment with his
warmth and wit. It is an extraordinarily funny account of a
marriage based on love and on an exceptional sense of humour.
'A remarkable book, warm and sad
laced with a lot of humour'
Sunday Express
RRP
£6.99
Paperback
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Publication Date: 05/08/1993 320 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552139440
Territory: World ex USA EAN: 9780552139441
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hardback and audiobook, where available)
Lost For Words
A
lovely read - Good Housekeeping
'You
know, Deric - ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half
an hour than a fortnight of ordinary rain in a month.'
Deric Longden's mum
was a wonderfully endearing, eccentric lady whose passions
ranged from pot plants and her beloved pussycats to Buttercup
Syrup which she consumed in vast quantities. She also provided
comfort, advice and her own particular brand of wisdom in the
years after the death of his first wife, Diana.
Deric's many happy
memories include the vision of his mother's unmistakeable
backside as she charged through Marks & Spencers; the way in
which she charmed everyone she met, including the surliest of
youths, and her unusual technique of selling a house which
involved plying potential buyers with iced buns whilst pointing
out the damp patches and dodgy electrics. Strangely, it worked.
Lost For Words is a
funny, poignant and ultimately heartwarming book that may well
make you cry, but will certainly make you laugh.
RRP
£5.99
Paperback
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Corgi Biography: general
Publication Date: 01/10/1998 288 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552139432
Territory: World ex USA EAN: 9780552139434
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link takes you to Amazon to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
I'm A Stranger Here Myself
'Give this man a black cloud and he'll find its funny silver
lining sooner than you can say bestseller...As hilarious and
compassionate as its predecessors' Good Housekeeping
In 1990,
spurred on by the success of his writing and his marriage to the
writer Aileen Armitage, Deric Longden made a momentous move to a
foreign country. Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, with its
distinctive manners and customs and its wealth of remarkable
characters, would surely provide him with all the material he
needed for his planned book, one of the great classics of travel
literature. But two years later, when he sat down to write it,
the major events of everyday life kept intruding: the demands of
a houseful of cats, the problem of getting the cooker repaired,
the memories evoked by sorting through old clothes in the
wardrobe...
Still, I'm a Stranger
Here Myself is a travel book of a kind, where the most hilarious
adventures can happen between the kitchen and the bathroom, and
where a morning's shopping can provide enough anecdotes to last
a lifetime. Once again Deric Longden demonstrates his genius for
taking the most ordinary materials of life and transforming them
with his own special brand of gentle, inspired humour.
RRP £5.99
Paperback
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Publication Date: 09/02/1995 256 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552140503
Territory: World ex USA EAN: 9780552140508
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link takes you to Bibliophile Books owned by his step-daughter
Annie. Use advance search to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
The Cat Who Came In From The Cold
'So warm and funny it'll make you want to go and get one of your
own. A cat, that is'
New Woman
The
little cat Deric Longden saw sitting forlornly on an upturned
bucket belonged to the neighbours, but somehow when it began to
rain it only seemed natural to bring him inside. Once there he
slipped so easily into Deric and Aileen's lives that there was
an unspoken agreement that he had found his real home. Little
did he know that he had entered the Longden world, in which the
unexpected (almost) always happens...
Aileen being Aileen,
it was probably inevitable that sooner or later the kitten would
be trapped in the refrigerator. And Deric being Deric, the
obvious way to thaw him back to life was to make a little coat
for him out of a shrunken thermal vest. Thus the cat who came in
from the cold got his name - Thermal - and joined the wonderful
cast of characters in the ongoing Longden saga.
RRP £6.99
Paperback
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Publication Date: 12/11/1992 240 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552138223
Territory: World EAN: 9780552138222
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link takes you to Bibliophile Books owned by his step-daughter
Annie. Use advance search to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
Enough To Make A Cat Laugh
Throughout the 1990s Deric Longden has shared his life with a
blind novelist, Aileen Armitage, and four cats: Thermal, Tigger,
Frink and shabby old Arthur. And the cats have found that
sharing a life with Aileen can be a very painful business. She
hardly ever trips over them these days, but they are always in
danger of being mistaken for a cardigan, or inadvertently locked
in the cellar.
Ever since Thermal
came in from the cold, Deric has seen his world increasingly
taken over by cats. What with planning their menus, entertaining
their friends, listening to their worries and observing their
adventures, he has little time left over for his professional
life as a writer. But there are rich rewards. One way or
another, the cats in the Longden household are an endless source
of interest and laughter.
Few writers have
found so much enjoyment in the company of cats, and none has
written better about their charm, and their fascinating range of
personalities. Enough to Make a Cat Laugh will enchant
cat-lovers everywhere, and give Longden-lovers an unforgettable
treat.
RRP £6.99
Paperback
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Publication Date: 01/11/1997 288 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552143014
Territory: World ex USA EAN: 9780552143011
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link takes you to Bibliophile Books owned by his step-daughter
Annie. Use advance search to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
A Play On Words
A
behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Lost For Words, the
Emmy-award winning TV drama based on the Deric Longden classic.
In A Play on Words,
Longden is at his wittiest chronicling the wondrous experience
of seeing his autobiographical book Lost For Words come to life
on film. Several years in the writing, his screen-adapted
version of this sequel to Wide Eyed and Legless had finally been
completed thanks to the continual needling of Dame Thora Hird,
who breathed life into the role of his mother in both films.
In his own inimitable
style, Deric describes the daily goings-on around the film set
amidst the continuing chaos of his private world, where he
serves as official guide dog to his blind wife, the writer
Aileen Armitage, and as parent, therapist, chief entertainer and
chef to their three and a half cats and assorted other animals.
Despite the usual interruptions by this familiar cast of
characters, his own brand of literary work somehow manages to
get done.
RRP £5.99
Paperback
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Corgi Biography: general
Publication Date: 05/10/2000 304 pages 178 x 106 mm ISBN:
0552146609
Territory: World ex USA EAN: 9780552146609
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link takes you to Bibliophile Books owned by his step-daughter
Annie. Use advance search to view all Deric's books (inc.
hardback and audiobook, where available)
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