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Austin Macauley Publishers The Journey Continues
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Austin Macauley Publishers Nobody Cares
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Tramcar will Return
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Austin Macauley Publishers My Secret Life
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Austin Macauley Publishers Reflections on a Bathroom Mirror
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Austin Macauley Publishers American Stories
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Austin Macauley Publishers More Narratives from The Law and I
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Other Side of the Flag
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Austin Macauley Publishers Memoir of a Nobody
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Austin Macauley Publishers Jim Wyllies Flashing Lights
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Austin Macauley Publishers Funnyology
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Austin Macauley Publishers Beyond the Chair
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Austin Macauley Publishers Anyone Can Become a Princess
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Austin Macauley Publishers Shadows of a Destiny The True Story of My Life
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Austin Macauley Publishers Engagement
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Austin Macauley Publishers Bristow Kid Undaunted
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Wilderness Within My Cancer Story
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Heavenly Visit
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Austin Macauley Publishers Piers Willoughby
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Austin Macauley Publishers Beauty is a Victory
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Hanover Square Press Untitled Memoir
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Austin Macauley Publishers FZE The Governor General Cleaned My Shoes
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Austin Macauley Publishers The
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Simon & Schuster Ltd The Making of a Man and why were so afraid to
Book SynopsisA POWERFUL MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO CHALLENGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN IN BRITAIN “A blisteringly honest take on contemporary Britishness that manages to be both nuanced and shocking. Highly recommended.” Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) You’re a black man. Aggressive. Athletic. Feared. Fetishised. Policed. Politicised. It’s limiting. It’s tiring. And it’s not true. What makes a man in the 21st century? For generations ‘being a man’ has meant behaving in a very particular way. It has meant being strong, sexually assertive and overtly heterosexual. Assumptions around masculinity have been the root cause of countless problems which, to this day, continue to affect the whole of society. When the question of masculinity intersects with race, these assumptions too
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Young Man Youll Never Die
Book SynopsisA unique, well-written autobiography set in some of the remotest areas of combat in WWII.
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Naima Chakkour Naima Undeterred
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Penguin Books Ltd Malas Cat
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of friendship, resilience and survival against the odds''A remarkable tale of survival'' Jeremy Dronfield, bestselling author of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz''It''s an account of astounding courage and resourcefulness . . . The real miracle here is the vitality of Kacenberg''s faith and determination'' Mail on Sunday__________In a small Polish village, Mala Kacenberg grew up in the comfort of her family. Until the Nazis arrived.Her village was torn apart. Her family were murdered. And Mala had no one left.Except she wasn''t alone. Her beloved cat, Malach, remained by her side. They were forced to hide in the forest. Food was impossible to find. And with German soldiers hunting them at every turn, they were never safe.Alone, they would have died.But could they somehow survive together?__________This is the astonishing true stTrade ReviewA remarkable tale of survival, in which Jewish life in pre-war Poland and the atrocities of the Holocaust appear through an almost dreamlike lens of childhood memory * Jeremy Dronfield, bestselling author of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz *This book has a unique spiritual richness * Jewish Tribune *Mala's Cat is fresh, unsentimental and utterly unpredictable... This memoir, rescued from obscurity by the efforts of Mala Kacenberg's five children, should be read and cherished as a new, vital document of a history that must never be allowed to vanish * Julie Orringer for the New York Times *A haunting saga with classic potential * Daisy Styles *In this gorgeous debut, Kacenberg shares her harrowing and courageous story of surviving the Holocaust. This moving account is a welcome addition to the canon of WWII memoirs * Publisher’s Weekly *It's an account of astounding courage and resourcefulness . . . The real miracle here is the vitality of Kacenberg's faith and determination * Mail on Sunday *To read Mala's Cat is to enter a dreamscape of horrors seen through innocent eyes * Jewish Chronoicle *
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Little, Brown Book Group Turning Over the Pebbles
Book Synopsis''If you carry on like this, you''ll do nothing but play football and cricket all your life.''These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley''s mother, as he once again trod mud into the family home after a long day playing outdoors. They were also an unwitting but half-accurate prediction, for Brearley would become one of the most successful sportsmen of his generation by playing cricket for Cambridge, Middlesex and then becoming one of England''s finest captains. But for Brearley, cricket wasn''t just a physical activity, it was also an intellectual game, offering the chance to bring closer together body and mind. When his cricketing career came to end - during his playing days he had had a hiatus as a philosophy lecturer - he eschewed sporting commentary for a career as a psychoanalyst.In Turning Over the Pebbles, which he calls a ''memoir of the mind'', Brearley reviews his life with its attendant emotions, tensions and moves. It is also a book o
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bite of the Mango
Book SynopsisAs a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived.Trade Review'Powerful and timely ... in my culture, every story is told with the purpose of either imparting knowledge, reparing a broken bond, or transforming the listener and teller. Mariatu's story embodies all of these elements' Ishmael Beah 'Deeply personal yet devoid of self-pity. As it aims to correct misperceptions about Sierra Leone and to raise awareness of the needs of child victims of war, this book will unsettle readers - and then inspire them with the evidence of Mariatu's courage' Publishers Weekly 'Never less than riveting ... notable for its emotional honesty' Globe and Mail 'Honest, raw and powerful' Library Journal
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The North
Book SynopsisA celebratory and beautiful mixture of memoir, social history and cultural observation, Paul Morley''s The North is a unique portrait of Northern England and almost everything within it''Breathtaking tour de force'' Mail on Sunday''Packed with raw emotions and ambivalent passions Morley writes with care and precision, though, and his rhythm is such that his book is a lively, breezy read'' Sunday TimesPaul Morley grew up in Reddish, less than five miles from Manchester and even closer to Stockport. Ever since the age of seven Morley has always thought of himself as a northerner. What that meant, he wasn''t entirely sure. It was for him, as it is for millions of others in England, an absolute, indisputable truth. Forty years after walking down grey pavements on his way to school, Paul explores what it means to be northern and why those who consider themselves to be believe it so strongly.Like industrial towns dotted across gTrade ReviewBreathtaking tour de force … His youthful insecurities, set against the limestone and industrial certainties of the north, make the memoir strands of this book engaging and truthful. The sheer scope of his interest is a delight … A dizzy and delightful pleasure-beach ride. And I love the little asides; they are more than digressions or tributaries to the abandoned slip road in the sky just off the Mancunian Way. The North is a major achievement that has kept Morley at the coal-face of the keyboard for so many years. But it’s been time well-spent: the result is as bold, broad and sweeping as the north itself, and just as quirky and contradictory ***** * Stuart Maconie, Mail on Sunday *A personal odyssey going north by north-west and a tour de force * Simon Armitage *An impressive, sprawling attempt by the former NME journalist to capture the north of England. In its springing from topic to topic, and its curiously arbitrary apportioning of attention to subjects that interest him, it almost resembles Morley’s offbeat sleeve notes for 1980s agit-popsters Frankie Goes to Hollywood … Packed with raw emotions and ambivalent passions … Morley writes with care and precision, though, and his rhythm is such that his book is a lively, breezy read * Sunday Times *A fascinating attempt to define what it means to be a northerner, to try to capture a sense of difference that cuts deeper than just an accent ... A journey that is part family memoir, part history book, part cultural and social commentary and wholly northern in its outlook ... Like an early spring walk in Wordsworth’s Lake District or a stroll along Blackpool’s breezy Golden Mile, the journey has its moments ... If there is one thing his ambitious work shows it’s that we may not have the weather or the wealth of the south but true northerners will always have soul **** * Daily Express *Morley’s writing skipped and span, whirled out from specifics to ghosts, those hard-to-capture feelings around the north. He examined northern clichés, our “standardised national story”, used the insights of musicians and writers to test theories and prejudices ... The ideas are insightful and the execution inspired * Miranda Sawyer, Observer *He combines memoir with fragments of his region’s own social and cultural background to show that the differences go deeper than just an accent. As a Midlands native, living in the south but with strong Northern roots, it’s just my cup of Tetley * Bookseller *Paul’s book is a delight: as vast, mysterious and romantic as the north itself * Radio Times *A loving portrait of England’s other half * London Review of Books *An idiosyncratic rumination on what it means to be northern … It’s bound to deposit a certain amount of iron in the soul * Guardian *A passionate, irresistible encouragement to listen more, and to listen better * Sunday Times *Compulsive, thought-provoking and intriguing * Glasgow Herald *There is an enjoyably subtle mordancy about much of the book * Financial Times *At his best he's the Brian Eno of the sentence, setting the whole page buzzing with oblique strategies: the missing link, maybe, between Kenneth Tynan and John Lydon * Time Out *Essentially a treasure trove almanac wedded to a wistful coming-of-age memoir. Some passages soar *** * Metro *A typically sprawling, deliberately disjointed book – part memoir, part history * Guardian *Paul Morley’s weighty new work probably deserves a section to itself: the poetic, stream-of-conscious, socio-historical, non-linear memoir-cum-gazetteer ... He soars above the landscape with daring and verve and ambition and brings it to life with his usual heady and mesmerising prose gymnastics. There are delicious, dizzying switches of perspective, Escher-like switchbacks, blind alleys and diversions. He is catholic in his tastes, and thinks nothing of corralling the inscrutable novelist W G Sebald and blowsy Julie Goodyear, Coronation Street’s Bet Lynch, in a single paragraph. This is the sort of stuff that’s had many of us hanging on his every word (and there are generally lots of them) since his NME days. But there are things here that will surprise even devotees. There’s history, geology, geography, all conveyed with clarity and concision. There are delightful, unexpected riffs and obbligatos, such as a paean to “the crystalline elegance” of cricket. This being Morley country, there are also constant but consistently illuminating digressions, meandering from Alan Turing through to Bernard Manning ... I learned something on pretty much every page ... He is superb at conjuring the orbit of a northern child in the Sixties and Seventies ... The illustrations alone give a flavour of the book’s charming and eccentric eclectism ... The book unfolds like a recalcitrant OS map, opens up like an advent calendar, accrues meaning and detail like barnacles, but core themes and threads anchor it in Morley’s experience ... For everyone who is exasperated by Morley’s oblique, mazy, impressionistic style, there will be others who will be seduced by its heft, even if they don’t realise quite how good it is. Yet it is more than just an ox-stunning tome. It is rich and dense, and its sprawling nature encourages one to luxuriate, exploring it at your leisure and finding the odd tracks that link say, Ken Dodd to LS Lowry ... Morley has done well to find the right voice and tone for the huge, kaleidoscopic work and he sustains it, measured but lyrical and with a kind of bottom note of melancholy ... This is a book to lose oneself in, as long as you’re not too worried about where you emerge or when you might get there * Stuart Maconie, New Statesman *With this mournful, gentle memoir of his childhood and family ... Morley, only half-Northern himself, does his adopted region proud *** * The Lady *Paul Morley’s memoir of the north has been 50 years in the making – it’s been worth the wait ... Irresistible, fragmentary new book * Irish Times *This is endless fun for fact fans and it’s hard for any Northerner not to feel stirred by Morley’s pride in the area *** * Yorkshire Post *A fascinating exploration of northern-ness * Grazia *Such a joy ... This great, whirling, baggy compendium of a book is a travelogue, a geographical study, a potted history and a rich encyclopedia ... Where he triumphs is in his evocation of the rich life of the North ... This unfolding chronicle throws up a satisfying number of riveting facts. The oddness of the juxtapositions simply adds to the pleasure ... The North is both a star turn and a labour of love. Its weight meant I could barely pick it up; but once lifted, I could hardly put it down **** * Daily Telegraph *Impressive and sometimes amusing * Catholic Herald *With this mournful, gentle memoir of his childhood and family, particularly his father, mixed in with history, geography and touching on the lives of many Northern innovators from the present day to the distant past, Morley, only half-Northern himself, does his adopted region proud *** * The Lady *Varied and illuminating pop-cultural content ... A wildly multi-stylistic book that sets memoir alongside socio-geographical history alongside postmodern pranksterism ... Let’s reveal in the sheer wilfulness of this mad mash-up and highlight the highlights ... This long and winding road leaves you much more inspired than tired. The closing valedictory sections are memorably poetic **** * Mojo *Impressionistic * Choice Magazine *Fascinating ... This affectionate tribute is more a nostalgic bow to a largely lost working class community than an objective account of a region, but is no less endearing for that * Leyla Sanai, Independent On Sunday *Morley’s account of the ways in which he’s defined by his Manchester roots is both a confessional memoir and a cultural history covering everything from music to poetry to the Blackpool Tower * GQ Magazine *Beneath the grey council estate scene, author Paul Morley paints a romantic picture of everything above Watford Junction. Peppered with random facts (who knew the crossword was dreamt up in Liverpool or the first Corrie swear word was ‘bloody’?) it’s an anthropological look at the author’s home province * Escapism *There’s a certain bravery in calling a book The North (And Almost Everything In It). But then Paul Morley has never been afraid to stick his neck out ... The North (And Almost Everything In It) is a part memoir and part-history, reflecting on his upbringing in Reddish, Stockport, in the 60s and 70s, and sprawling with digressions into the North and its people. Everything from the Romans to Bernard Manning, Jodrell Bank to Julie Goodyear is covered in an engrossing read * Yorkshire Post *Rambling and vast compendium * The Times *Personal memoir meets general history, a book as much about the mythology of what the north has come to mean, to those who live there and others, like me, who opted to move away, as it is an inventory of hard facts and figures * The Wire *My favourite book this year is Paul Morley’s The North … the book pushed me to go to the Lowry exhibition at the Tate and made me listen again to George Formby and the Buzzcocks. The book filled my head * Roddy Doyle, Guardian *
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Orion Publishing Co Too Scared To Cry
Book SynopsisA heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published stories Too Scared To Cry, The Girl No One Wanted and A Family For Christmas - brought together in this heartwarming and inspiring collection for the first time. *****Maggie Hartley is one of the UK''s most prolific foster mothers. This inspiring collection includes three heartbreaking, true short stories about the children who have passed through Maggie''s care. TOO SCARED TO CRYWhen Ben and Damien arrive on Maggie''s doorstep, the two toddlers are too scared to speak. More disturbingly still, their baby half-brother Noah is completely unresponsive - he doesn''t smile or play or crawl. The three siblings have been conditioned to be seen and not heard, and it''s up to Maggie to unpick what has caused this terrible void. THE GIRL NO ONE WANTEDEleven-year-old L
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Hodder & Stoughton Please Miss
Book SynopsisBernadette was just ten years old when her father packed her off to a convent school in Dublin. Seven gruelling years later, she returned home to Liverpool at the start of the swinging sixties. Bernadette had dreamed of being a teacher ever since she was a little girl so she promptly began a course at teacher training college, determined to give children the sort of education she wished she''d had. Bernadette got her first job at 21, teaching five to seven year olds in a school in one of Liverpool''s toughest slum areas. The poverty and deprivation she saw at the school shocked her to the core. Children would frequently turn up shoeless and starving, but gradually Bernadette could see she was making a real difference to their lives, and found that teaching changed her own life in ways she hadn''t expected...Rich in period detail, PLEASE, MISS is an uplifting and moving book that opens a window onto the colourful and fascinating world of 1960s Liverpool.
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Little, Brown Book Group A Different Kind Of Weather
Book Synopsis''Why did you go into politics in the first place?''A question that former Cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, Lord Waldegrave''s is a life lived through politics.The youngest of seven children, and the son of an earl, Waldegrave''s quintessentially English upbringing would go on to shape the course of his life, instilling in him a sense of independence and self-discipline needed to steel one for a successful career in government. Formative years spent at Eton, Oxford and Harvard fortified his resolve to enter the political establishment, and by the early seventies he finally achieved his greatest ambition.As an fearless young Conservative politician in the seventies and eighties, one who witnessed the fall of Heath and the triumph and eventual decline of Thatcher, Waldegrave was firmly at the heart of one of the most exciting and tumultuous periods of modern British history. However just as his star wasTrade ReviewAbsorbing ... engrossing ... elegantly written - Daily MailAn eloquent and honest, not to say occasionally very funny, portrait of a life and an England that won't be seen again ... Waldegrave is at his best when he takes a sideways look at his own ambition and his belief - The Times
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Little, Brown Book Group The Old Man and the Sea
Book SynopsisOctogenarian Anthony Smith''s journey was originally inspired by both the Kontiki Expedition of Thor Heyerdahl (who he knew) and the incredible story of the survivors of a 1940 boat disaster, who spent 70 days adrift in the Atlantic, eventually reaching land emaciated and close to death. While this might sound like a voyage no-one would wish to emulate, to octogenarian Anthony Smith it sounded like an adventure, and he placed a typically straightforward advertisement in the Telegraph that read Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only. In his inimitable style, Smith details their voyage and the hardships they endured with a matter-of-fact air that makes his story seem all the more impressive. His advanced age allows him a wider perspective not only on the journey but on life itself, and his never-say-die attitude to the difficulty of the journey is inspirational. ''Old men ought to be explorers'
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Headline Publishing Group The Wrong Knickers A Decade of Chaos
Book SynopsisBryony Gordon survived her adolescence by dreaming about the life she''d have in her twenties: the perfect job; the lovely flat; the amazing boyfriend. The reality was something of a shock. Her Telegraph column was a diary of her daily screw-ups; she lived in a series of squalid shoe boxes; and her most meaningful relationship of the entire decade was with a Marlboro Light. Here in the Sunday Times bestselling THE WRONG KNICKERS Bryony busts open the glamorized myth of what it means to be a young (perpetually) single girl about London town, and shares the horrible and hilarious truth. The truth about picking up a colleague at the STI clinic; sinking into debt to fund a varied diet of wine, crisps and vodka; and how it feels when your dream man turns out to be a one night stand who hands you someone else''s knickers in the morning.Bryony''s wonderfully ridiculous and ultimately redemptive story is essential reading for everyone whose ''best years'' werenTrade ReviewThe book is the equivalent of Bridget Jones, Carrie Bradshaw and Hannah Horvath exchanging slightly guarded handshakes, then realising they've all slept with the same terrible men...dark, funny, [and] honest - The ObserverI laughed, I cried, I winced, I whooped, I ran out and bought it for all my single friends. A fantastic writer. - India KnightEye-poppingly truthful and unexpectedly touching, this is the Bridget Jones reboot we were after. - ElleBryony Gordon is a very bad girl - and an even better writer. - Camilla LongThe Wrong Knickers is brilliantly funny, brilliantly honest, deliciously indiscreet and, at times, incredibly moving. It's the most truthful, evocative and hilarious account of what it is to be a twenty something girl in Britain that I've read in a very long time. - Polly VernonAbsurdly good - GraziaAnyone who has got halfway through their 20s to realise that adulthood isn't all they'd hoped will read this memoir of a misspent youth howling with recognition and helpless laughter. - ElleAny book that sees the protagonist exclaim the line, "Beyonce is an essence, not a human being" is literary gold as far as we're concerned... This book definitely needs a disclaimer - if you read it in public, you will definitely get some funny looks for guffawing quite a lot. - Heat
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Headline Publishing Group The Yorkshire Forager
Book SynopsisAlysia Vasey''s earliest memories are of walking alongside her grandfather as they explored the West Yorkshire moors that they called home. As an adult, this love for wild things stayed with her, even as she learnt that her family''s knowledge of edible plants were a legacy of a much darker time during the Second World War. After leaving Yorkshire in search of adventure, Alysia was eventually guided home by her motto: Be true to yourself and you will become the person you were meant to be. She left her traditional path and took a far wilder journey that gradually evolved into one of the UK''s most successful foraging businesses, supplying some of the greatest chefs in the world and the best restaurants in the country Her achievements are the result of a bit of luck, a lot of knowledge and a huge amount of self-belief. Here, Alysia also shares not only her story, but also her vast knowledge of UK plant lore. A true Yorkshirewoman, Alysia tells it Trade ReviewAlysia Vasey reveals how she turned her love of nature into a successful career as a forager * Sunday Express *Meet the woman the chefs pay to forage their wildly delicious ingredients. * Daily Mail *The Yorkshire Forager... tells [Alysia's] story, and shares some secrets, with humour and pathos. * Regional Press Association *Alysia Vasey... looked to her Yorkshire roots and turned her childhood passion into her profession. * The Telegraph *Alysia Vasey provides a fascinating insight into foraging, edible foliage, plant lore and the Great British countryside. * Liz Earle Wellbeing Magazine *
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Headline Publishing Group Chemical Warrior
Book SynopsisGRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence.Unlike any account of warfare I''ve read - Billy BillinghamFor thirty years, Hamish has served and volunteered in conflict zones around the world. As the army''s foremost chemical weapons expert, he built a unique first-hand understanding of how to prevent attacks and train doctors on the frontline - saving countless lives in the process.After suffering near-death experiences time and again, Hamish discovered he had a ticking time bomb in his own chest: a heart condition called Sudden Death Syndrome that could kill him at any time. But with a new awareness for the fragility of life, he fought harder to make his count.Despite facing extraordinary personal danger, Hamish has unearthed evidence of multiple chemical attacks in Syria and continues to advise the government at the highest level, including after the 2018 Novichok poisoning iTrade ReviewA gripping account * Daily Mail *A fascinating memoir * Salisbury Journal *Gripping * Daily Express *A page-turning read, full of urgent questions, from one of the world's finest chemical and biological weapons experts. Compelling and unforgettable. * John Simpson *Hamish de Bretton-Gordon has been one of my closest comrades on the front line. Completely fearless, he is one of the leading chemical weapons expert on the globe. His training has saved lives and given hope. * Professor David Nott, bestselling author of WAR DOCTOR *A career at the cutting edge of Britain's chemical weapons defence has bequeathed Hamish a deep and heartfelt mission for protecting the innocent victims of such heinous crimes. The risks he has taken to do so are legion, his commitment beyond belief, his inspiration truly humbling. One of my heroes, a word I do not use lightly. * Damien Lewis, bestselling author of APACHE DAWN *This book is where theory meets reality. DBG is one of only a handful of highly experienced practitioners in this field. Of course, the science matters - but its application is what requires our full and undivided attention. DBG shines a light into that dark corner. * Sir Graeme Lamb, former director of UK Special Forces *The international community has generally ignored the plight of the Syrian people, but there are a few bright lights and Hamish is one of the brightest. He is a brilliant humanitarian activist. * Dr Ghanem Tayara, Syrian doctor *Hamish's incredible life story is unlike any account of warfare I've read. His courage on the front line and drive to make a difference in the world is truly inspiring. * Billy Billingham, 'SAS: Who Dares Wins' *Hamish de Bretton-Gordon is an outstanding humanitarian who has fought for justice and accountability for Syrians. He is one of the few heroes in a story of evil, misery and law breaking. * Andrew Mitchell MP *Hamish de Bretton-Gordon's autobiography starts like the opening of a high-octane film * The New European *It is a remarkable story of rising above a truly terrifying experience and making a genuine difference in the world... DBG's writing is clear and enjoyable, making the book a pleasure to read * History of War *Chemical Warrior reads as a fast-paced thriller, each derring-do tale worthy of a book in itself. * Wiltshire Life *
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Orion Publishing Co No Room for Small Dreams
Book Synopsis''Shimon Peres was a giant of Israel''s founding generation, a tireless advocate for peace, and an eternal optimist who lived his life with a sense of hope and possibility. He also became a treasured friend to me and source of wisdom for me. All of us have much to learn from his story, which now belongs to the ages'' Barack Obama''This book captures my friend''s lifelong belief in our potential to rise above our wounds, our resentments and our fears to make the most of today and claim the promise of tomorrow'' Bill Clinton''Shimon Peres was a visionary optimist to his dying day, and his last words of hope were addressed to the young. For all our sakes, let them be heard!'' Daniel KahnemanIn 1934, eleven-year-old Shimon Peres emigrated to the land of Israel from his native Poland, leaving behind an extended family who would later be murdered in the Holocaust. Few back then would have predicted that this young man would eventually becomeTrade ReviewBy his unyielding determination and principle, Shimon Peres time and again helped guide his beloved country through the crucible of mortal challenge. But it was by his innate humanity, his decency, that Shimon inspired the world over and helped pave a path to peace broad enough that future generations will walk it one day, side-by side -- George H. W. BushShimon Peres started life as Israel's brightest student, became one of its best teachers, and ended up its biggest dreamer. In his final book, completed just weeks before his death, Peres reflects upon his seventy years in politics and the defining moments in Israel's history that laid the foundation for a future of peace and possibility. This book captures my friend's lifelong belief in our potential to rise above our wounds, our resentments and our fears to make the most of today and claim the promise of tomorrow -- Bill ClintonShimon Peres was a giant of Israel's founding generation, a tireless advocate for peace, and an eternal optimist who lived his life with a sense of hope and possibility. He also became a treasured friend to me and source of wisdom for me. All of us have much to learn from his story, which now belongs to the ages -- Barack ObamaIsrael has made a tremendous contribution to global technological innovation, and its moniker of 'start-up nation' is well earned. But the leadership lessons in this book show why Shimon Peres was, in so many endeavors, able to glimpse opportunity when others predicted failure. If you don't try, you don't know- that's the secret of innovation. Shimon Peres understood that -- Eric SchmidtShimon Peres, one of the great leaders of Israel for more than half a century, was an unusual statesman: a combination of a dreamer and a pragmatist, a thinker and a doer, a fearless campaigner for peace and compromise and a tireless builder of Israel's armed forces. He was also a unique storyteller. This book is a special treat for any reader who is excited by history, by politics, by Israel in the Middle East, by changing realities and by amazing dreams and visions -- Amos OzThe true secret to success, no matter how difficult things seem, is to face challenges with gratitude and forgiveness. That's how President Shimon Peres became a transformational global leader. Reflecting on his life, he provides not only a gripping story but a hands-on guide to creative thinking and courageous decision making -- Arianna HuffingtonShimon Peres was a visionary optimist to his dying day, and his last words of hope were addressed to the young. For all our sakes, let them be heard! -- Daniel Kahneman
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Orion Publishing Co Popskis Private Army
Book SynopsisThe bestselling story of an elite desert fighting force in the Second World War.
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Amazon Publishing A Light through the Cracks
Book SynopsisRenowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing.Beth Rodden is twenty years old and already an elite rock climber when a climbing excursion in Kyrgyzstan escalates into a nightmare. Beth, her boyfriend, and two other climbers are kidnapped by militant rebels. After six harrowing days of hiding, marching, and dodging gunfire, they miraculously escape captivity. But fear follows Beth home, and pushing past it becomes a fixation.She and her boyfriend, Tommy, train obsessively, achieving rock-climbing greatness and conquering each groundbreaking goal they set, all the while burying the terrors of Kyrgyzstan deep inside. Then comes an unexpected breaking point. For Beth, a woman at the top of her profession, the only way to overcome the anxiety that still controls her is to let go of the lifeline she’s been clinging to. Blowing up her successful
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Manchester University Press My Voice Ike Alterman
Book SynopsisIke Alterman's book is part of the My Voice Project, a collection of firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. Ike was born in Poland in 1928, survived forced labour camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau, and went on to live in Manchester and build a career in the jewellery business. -- .
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The QaraDaghian
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Life of the Party Girl
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Atria Books The Fight of Our Lives
Book SynopsisWhen Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.In this frank and ?moving? (The Washington Post) insider account, Zelenskyy?s former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from popular comedian to the president of Ukraine. Mendel had a front row seat to many of the key events preceding the 2022 Russian invasion. From attending meetings between Zelenskyy and Putin and other European leaders, visiting the front lines in Donbas, to fielding press inquiries after the infamous phone calls between Donald Trump and Zelenskyy that led to Trump?s first impeachment. A ?spirited account of history in the making? (Publishers Weekly), The Fight of Our Lives sheds light on the massive economic problems facing Ukraine and the entrenched corrupt oligarchs in league with Russia. Mendel witnessed the Kremlin?s repeated attacks to discredit Zelenskyy through disinformation and an army of bots and trolls. Woven into her account are details about her own life as a member of Zelenskyy?s new Ukraine, and his efforts to transform his country from a poor, backward Soviet state into a vibrant, prosperous European democracy. Written with the sound of Russian bombs and exploding shells in the background, Mendel details life lived under Russian siege in 2022. She says goodbye to her fiancé who joins the front lines, like so many other Ukrainian men. Throughout this story of Zelenskyy, Ukraine, and its extraordinary people, ?The Fight of Our Lives shows us how Ukraine?s fight for freedom is our fight?humanity?s fight against tyranny? (Kurt Volker, former United States ambassador to NATO).
£9.49
ECW Press A Precarious Enterprise
£23.55
Penguin Random House South Africa Witness to Power
Book SynopsisWitness to Power provides fascinating new insights into South Africa's ruling party and its leaders by an ANC elder who worked with them all.
£12.59
Greystone Books,Canada The Dolphin Who Saved Me: How An Extraordinary
Book Synopsis"An inspiring book about love in its purest form."—JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceWith the heartwrenching vulnerability of The Glass Castle and the spiritual journey of H is for Hawk, this stunning debut memoir tells the story of a traumatized young woman's friendship with an injured dolphin whose habitat she fights to save.When Melody Horrill arrived at university she was a troubled and lost young woman, hiding behind a carefully crafted exterior. She had experienced a childhood of emotional and physical trauma mainly at the hands of her violent father that was as damaging as it was brutal.One day Melody volunteered to help her lecturer monitor pods of river dolphins nearby. There for the first time she encountered Jock, a solitary dolphin with a maimed fin, who lived apart from the highly social pods. Melody was to form a bond with Jock that gave her the key to freeing herself from the demons of her own past, and their extraordinary friendship was the start of a long-term mission to try to save the river dolphins.Beautifully written and filled with insight and compassion, Melody's memoir details her life-changing friendship with the river dolphins, and how Jock helped her to heal.Trade Review"Compelling, taught, open and direct ... a highly engaging narrative [which is] very honest and real."—James Aldred, author of Goshawk Summer"I came away from reading this deeply moving book feeling that not only was the author fortunate to encounter dolphins in her life, in the way the animals guided and lifted her towards recovery from her upbringing, but that the dolphins themselves were fortunate to have in Melody Horrill a writer so attuned to their grace and remarkable intelligence and, above all, driven by their plight."—James Macdonald Lockhart, author of Raptor and Wild Air"A beautiful story of deeply shared emotions and unfiltered empathy between two beings—a troubled young woman and Jock, an isolated injured river dolphin who couldn't possibly have anticipated their future strong and unlikely friendship—who met, healed one another, and brightened one another's life."—Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence"An exceptionally moving memoir about the potential of animal and human interaction to heal our wounded hearts. While Melody’s story is unique to her, its message of resilience and hope will be deeply inspiring for all. Get a copy for anyone you love!"—Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses"An inspiring book about love in its purest form."—Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace"Like My Octopus Teacher, Melody Horrill's story explores an unforgettable friendship that bridges species and worlds."—Mark Leiren-Young, author of The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
£14.24
Biteback Publishing NHOJ
Book SynopsisWith an eye for peculiar detail and meticulous research, John Lazenby takes us on an evocative visit to the Britain of the 1960s, when, aged nine, he saw the Beatles play live in London before he could even hope to read, or write down, the lyrics from their iconic songbook.
£17.00
