Best Selling Books by Hunter Davies

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

The Labour Party, the Daily Express, West Ham United FC, Birmingham University and the opera Tosca all have one thing in common with the Queen Mother. They all first saw the light of day in the year 1900. Author and interviewer Hunter Davies follows the century through these people and institutions, exploring how we live now and how we lived then. Why isn''t education as valued today? Where are the great philanthropists? Why does work have so little meaning when it''s all people do? These are some of the questions provoked by Hunter Davies'' interviewees and their candid recollections of being born with the century. Amid huge technological changes, it is the lack of community and the belief of most people that they now live in an uncaring world, that appears to define the century''s end.

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.''

In Still Crazy, Joe Kinnear reveals the full inside story of his incredible life in football, bringing it up to date and telling of his amazing return to top-flight management and his eventful time at Newcastle United. This is a fascinating authorized biography of a much loved and plain-talking football man that will appeal to fans everywhere, regardless of their team.

Join Hunter Davies on a celebratory stroll around London''s greatest glories - its parks. We need our parks more than ever before, for our health and spirits, our bodies and souls, to keep us fit, to save us from pollution, to protect nature and wildlife; and Londoners are lucky enough to enjoy more green spaces than any other major city in the world. In London Parks, Hunter Davies illustrates their wonders by spending a year walking round his favourite parks. From his local haunt on Hampstead Heath to the capital''s latest wonder, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, each one is chosen for its unique appeal. Informative and entertaining, he details their history, describes their layout and reveals hidden delights and new attractions that might otherwise be missed, such as the statue of a small brown dog in Battersea Park, a garden full of exotic plants and palm trees in south London''s Burgess Park or, for something completely unique, Ian Dury''s musical memorial bench in Richmond Park. Fun, thought-provoking and uplifting, London Parks is an essential companion for anyone wishing to explore the ever-green beauty of Britain''s capital city, whether it''s spotting pelicans and politicians in St James''s Park, the birds in the London Wetland Centre or the views from Greenwich Park.

Hunter Davies’ The Good Guide to the Lakes, now completely updated, is essential for anyone who intends to seek out the true character of England’s glorious and historic Lake District. It’s absolutely packed with information, insider knowledge, and good humor. Since life is too short and vacations too precious, Davies makes sure no time is wasted, guiding you to all the very best to see and do-from mountains, lakes, and walks to museums, hotels, restaurants, and the latest tourist attractions. If you plan to be among the Lakeland’s 24 million annual visitors, then The Good Guide to the Lakes is your ideal traveling companion.