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Atlantic Books Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot
Book SynopsisThe memoir of legendary cartoonist John Callahan, now a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara.Featuring more than 60 of Callahan's original cartoonsIn 1972, at the age of twenty-one, John Callahan was involved in a car crash that made him a quadriplegic. A heavy drinker since the age of twelve (alcohol had played a role in his crash), the accident could have been the beginning of a downward spiral. Instead, it sparked a personal transformation. By 1978, Callahan had sworn off drinking for good and began to draw cartoons.Over the next three decades, until his death in 2010, Callahan would become one of America's most beloved - and at times polarising - cartoonists. His work, which shows off a wacky and sometimes warped sense of humour, pokes fun at social conventions and pushes boundaries. One cartoon features Christ at the cross with a thought bubble reading 'T.G.I.F.' In another, three sheriffs on horseback approach an empty wheelchair in the desert. 'Don't worry,' one sheriff says to another, 'He won't get far on foot.'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot recounts Callahan's life story, from the harrowing to the hilarious. Featuring more than sixty of Callahan's cartoons, it's a compelling look at art, addiction, disability and fame.Trade ReviewWhen people laugh like hell and then say, "That's not funny", you can be pretty sure they're talking about John Callahan. -- P.J. O'RourkeRude, shocking, depraved, tasteless - Callahan gets called all the adjectives that cartoonists crave to hear. -- Matt GroeningActually Callahan goes too far, and he'll take you with him.... He'll move muscles you don't know you have. -- Roy Blount, Jr.There are two basic reasons I enjoy Callahan's work so much: First, I think his cartoons are just plain funny, and second, he makes my own work look normal. -- Gary Larson
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Helion & Company Military Historian
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Y Lolfa Bootlegger: The Good, The Bad & The Tasty
Book Synopsis"Top man... I thought that I'd lived a colourful life until I read about Karl's adventures" - MICKEY THOMAS, WREXHAM AFC & WALES "Certified Twitter legend" - LADBIBLE Karl Phillips is just one of the lads - roofer by day, pilsner drinker by night. But as Bootlegger, he's scored hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube with his hilarious matchday vlogs and keeps a huge number of followers on social media hooked with his humorous musings on life, work, the Flamethrower and his beloved Wrexham AFC. He even has a beer named after him - Wrexham Lager's iconic Bootlegger 1974 Pilsner, which has made its way onto the shelves of major supermarkets. From tough beginnings with teenage parents to a string of jobs in local factories, whether smearing butter on his headmaster's office window or getting a round of golf in during his shift as a street-cleaner, duckin' around shooting videos in football grounds and pubs across the UK or slightly overdoing it in holiday spots around the world, or in the throes of any of the other hilariously random antics described here, the Captain doesn't take himself too seriously and is mellowing with age, like a fine pilsner!Trade ReviewTop man... I thought that I'd lived a colourful life until I read about Karl's adventures. - MICKEY THOMAS, WREXHAM AFC AND WALES; Certified Twitter legend... One of the internet's most beloved and renowned Pilsner drinkers. - LADBIBLE; Wrexham fan Bootlegger is a social media giant. - THE DAILY STAR; The official mascot for Wales. - HANSH; Twitter legend... a cult hero on social media. - THE DAILY RECORD; Bootlegger is cult figure on social media with a huge fanbase. - THE YORKSHIRE POST; A social media anti-hero. - NATION.CYMRU; One of Wrexham Football Club's most famous fans. - ROBBIE SAVAGETable of ContentsForeword by Mickey Thomas 1. Early Doors 2. Teenage Kicks 3. Just a Working Man 4. A Few Light Ales 5. Travellers' Tales 6. Life's Little Pleasures 7. Things Get Tasty 8. The Plague Years Epilogue Acknowledgements
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Gwasg y Bwthyn Cyf Llythyr Noel
Book SynopsisThe inspirational story of Anglesey postmaster, Noel Thomas, who was unjustly accused of being a thief by the Royal Mail and jailed. He tells the full story for the first time, with insightful revelations by his daughter, Sian.
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Gwasg y Bwthyn Cyf Ro'n I'n Arfer Bod yn Rhywun
Book SynopsisThe revealing autobiography of Anglesey actress and presenter, Marged Esli who has enjoyed a long and varied career. She has always believed that she is someone else. We'll discover more in this interesting book. Through it all, Marged's character and wit sparkles!
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Octopus Publishing Group Women Don't Owe You Pretty: The Small Edition
Book Synopsis***NEW EDITION WITH BONUS CHAPTER***Bringing you the record-breaking, bestselling Women Don't Owe You Pretty as a black and white modern classic.Women Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy.It will help you to embrace feminism in all its messy glory, explain that you are the love of your own life, and remind you that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty.This small edition includes a brand new chapter on "Why being heartbroken doesn't make you a shit feminist".Be prepared to heal.'An incredible mouthpiece for modern intersectional feminism.' - Glamour'A fearless book.' - Cosmopolitan'A hugely influential young woman.' - Woman's Hour'Rallying, radical and pitched perfectly for her generation.' - Evening Standard*OUT NOW Florence Given's DEBUT NOVEL, GIRLCRUSH *
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Unicorn Publishing Group Stepping Stones: A Life of Art and Adventure
Book SynopsisThese memoirs reflect the momentous changes that have taken place over the last century through the prism of Flavia Ormond’s experiences: first as an evacuee in Canada during the Second World War, then as a returned exile travelling and working in unusual circumstances in Egypt and Italy, where she lived for many years; and finally her love affair with art which led to a rewarding career as an art dealer in London, New York and Paris, moving amongst leading collectors and museums. Early chapters are profiles of Flavia Ormond’s forebears, John Lubbock, an acolyte of Charles Darwin, Augustus Pitt Rivers, founder of the eponymous museum in Oxford, George Agnew of the notable art dealing firm in Bond Street, and the Grant Duffs, her immediate family. The author pursued her passion for cultural history and travel during a long marriage to John Ormond, great nephew of John Singer Sargent.
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Critical Publishing Ltd Don't Put Us Away: Memories of a Man with
Book SynopsisA unique, honest and powerful account of what it is like to grow up with learning disabilities in the UK. An ordinary man has written an extraordinary book. Richard Keagan-Bull has learning disabilities. He struggles to read and write, but he has dictated his life story to his friend-turned-secretary Hazel Bradley. It is written exactly as he speaks – not necessarily grammatically correct, but with a unique directness and power. Richard tells the story of growing up in 1970s England and living through the decades where people with learning disabilities were increasingly given a voice. It is a story of finding your place in a world that is not always welcoming, but also of finding friends. Starting with his birth when his mother was told he would never do anything, and his early years, when he was rubbished by the headmaster who threw his schoolwork out of the window, he ends his book almost half a century later, when the boy who would never do anything landed a job at a university as a researcher. Chapters include details of his years living in the L’Arche community, where he found real friends and a sense of belonging. He has travelled the world in his role as self-advocate and reflects on the place of people with learning disabilities everywhere. This book is unique and important because it is written so clearly and entirely from an insider’s perspective. Richard writes about serious subjects with a very light touch. His book is simultaneously funny and profound. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to gain an extremely rare insight into the life of a person with learning disabilities, in a voice that is so completely his own. This is an honest and at times poignant book filled with humour. Richard’s stories of love and international travel, of finding meaningful work and true belonging are gripping. I couldn’t put it down… Baroness Sheila HollinsTrade ReviewThis is an honest and at times poignant book filled with humour. Richard’s stories of love and international travel, of finding meaningful work and true belonging are gripping. I couldn’t put it down… -- Baroness Sheila HollinsIt has been an absolute privilege to get to know Richard since I was elected as his MP in 2015, he is a truly remarkable man with a very special gift of advocacy. Richard’s book is moving and funny, and it is really important. Far too often the voices of disabled people are overlooked and ignored by those who make decisions that affect them. Richard writes so clearly about his extraordinary life, and in doing so he speaks powerfully about the experiences of disabled people and the importance of creating a society where everyone is valued, cherished and supported. This book should be read by policy makers, politicians and community leaders everywhere. -- Helen Hayes, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood“It is a sign of true progress that Richard’s memoirs have found their way into an utterly charming book. Richard is a one off. Yes, he describes himself as having ‘learning disabilities’ whatever that may mean, but he has never allowed that label to stand in the way of a good life and an influential one. Don’t expect a story of setbacks and struggles. They are there but Richard almost dances his way through life, finding pleasure and humour wherever he finds himself. Searching for ways to describe Richard, I landed on two words. Pragmatic and quirky… Do try and read this book. Richard’s distinctive voice shines through what is a cracking good read.” -- Jan Walmsley * Founder of Jan Walmsley Associates *Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Mel Giedroyc INTRODUCTION by Prof Irene Tuffrey-Wijne PART 1: GROWING UP PART 2: FINDING A VOICE PART 3: BECOMING A CHAMPION PART 4: BELONGING PART 5: MY NAME ON THE DOOR
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Holon Publishing / Collective Press Adventures of a Landlocked Diver
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Fresh Ink Group Volunteer Bama Dawg
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Fortis Climbed the Hill
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Authority Publishing Twelve Unending Summers: Memoir of an Immigrant
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Unnamed Press Under Our Skin
Book Synopsis?A well-written, deeply personal saga that acknowledges the resonance of historical identity, art, and literature in our present lives.??KIRKUS REVIEWS1570: A street teems with activity in Renaissance Lisbon: boatmen unload passengers as jugglers entertain the crowd and vendors hawk their goods. The crowd is large, and more than half of it is Black. Most are enslaved African people performing an array of duties, but there are free Africans too, and somebody else: a Black knight astride a horse.Four hundred and fifty years later, novelist and journalist Joaquim Arena stands in a museum, transfixed by the character depicted on this canvas by an anonymous Flemish painter. He doesn?t know it yet, but the knight is Joao de Sá Panasco, a one-time slave who nevertheless became an Afro-Portuguese nobleman. So begins Under Our Skin, a wide-ranging investigation that seeks to know the people of the early African diaspora, and tell their stories.Arena was born in the tiny state of Cape Verde, a small chain of islands off the West Coast of Africa which were uninhabited before Portugal chose them for a slave-trade post?a place made famous in part by Herman Melville''s essay on the nature of Cape Verdeans (known as ''Gees'') who were common fixtures on whaling vessels.With this awareness, Arena creates a hybrid text of travel writing, memoir, and history, filled with portraits of complex and fascinating characters. There is Dido Elizabeth Belle, the daughter of a slave raised a gentlewoman in England; Abraham Petrovitch Gannibal, abducted from Africa as a boy, only to be groomed as a nobleman under Peter the Great; Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, son of a Haitian slave, who became a French general in the Napoleonic Wars; Jacobus Capitein, from Ghana, who studies at a European university only to become a pro-slavery Christian minister in the Netherlands; and Carlos Marcelino da Graça or ?Sweet Daddy Grace?, from Cape Verde, who became an incredibly influential and successful church leader and faith healer in the United States.Triggered by the death of his adoptive father, Arena interlaces the stories of historical figures with those of his own childhood in Cape Verde, as well as his early years in Lisbon. Like many Cape Verdeans, his step-father was a seaman and heavy drinker whose death provides a springboard for connection to the Cape Verde immigrant experience at large. Arena ties these stories to the wider diasporas connecting the island to Europe, the US, and finally, back to Africa. In the end, the author heads to the southern tip of Portugal, known as the Algarve, where 230 Africans were brought in 1444, marking the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade. With a skillful translation by Jethro Soutar that captures Arena?s insightful, accessible style, Under Our Skin is a story unlike anything else. Of it the Jornal Económico, a leading newspaper in Portugal, has called it ?the closest thing? the Portuguese language has to W.G. Sebald.
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Two Dollar Radio I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays
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Illumify Media Warrior Sisters: One was a drunk, the other a
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Latah Books Spy Daughter, Queer Girl: In Search of Truth and
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Tomis Press A Year Outside of Time
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Outskirts Press The Steps of a Good Man: The Old Travelin'
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Kingsley Publishers, Kingsleybooks(uk)Ltd Against All Odds
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Hachette Livre - BNF Les Naufragés, Ou Vingt Mois Sur Un Récif Des Îles Auckland (7e Éd.) (Éd.1894)
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Tredition Classics Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. MURDER AT LORD’S
Book SynopsisThe gentleman''s game will noonger be the same. In Murder atord''s, different characters from the world of cricket Indian boy wonder, Vinoo Ramji; English team''s manager, Alan Moorcombe; young and ambitious English reporter, Dick Anthony. Pakistani match-fixer and former hitman, Mohammed Musa; the English team''s captain and compulsive gambler, Michael Cookson and its physiotherapist, Tony Abbott cross paths in the shadowy world of match-fixing, a world ruled by syndicates whose sole purpose isuring players and coaches into their dangerous web of fear, deceit and greed. No one and nothing is offimits whether it is the mysterious disappearance of a cricketer''s girlfriend or a murder atord''s. A deadly cat-and-mouse game begins when a Scotland Yard detective sets out on this elusive crime trail. The quest to unmask the perpetrators takes the reader from the plush suburbs ofondon to the dark alleys of Mumbai. As secretsurk in the shrouds of violence, will justice prevail or will it be tooate?
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HarperCollins India The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good
Book SynopsisRuskin tells us how to enjoy the advancing years some of us are blessed with, and how to make the most of the amazing gift called life.
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Amsterdam Publishers Aftermath: Coming of Age on Three Continents
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Central European University Press The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness
Book SynopsisA Scholar's Quest for Home and Identity Experience the remarkable story of a Romanian-born, Hungarian-speaking Jewish professor. From Vienna to Columbia and Harvard, he navigates a life marked by rootlessness, seeking comfort and purpose. His journey unfolds against the backdrop of five decades, two continents, and significant political and cultural changes. As we follow his pursuit of a home, we gain insight into the critical developments of post-1945 Europe and America. Markovits's emigration experiences, first from Romania to Vienna and later from Vienna to New York, shed light on the challenges he faced. His journey offers a panoramic view of the forces shaping the latter half of the 20th century. Despite America's flaws, he finds it a beacon of academic excellence, intellectual openness, cultural diversity, and religious tolerance—qualities that Europe lacked. Explore the complexities of identity, culture, and the universal search for belonging in this captivating narrative.Trade Review"The great Jewish historian Salo Baron defined the “lachrymose school of Jewish historiography,” that long litany of suffering and persecution that for many defines Jewish life and history. Andy Markovits’s memoir is the anecdote to that school: a sunny, optimistic, and uplifting read. It doesn’t gloss over the sadness of post-War Europe, but it shows how that lost world could produce a vital future and how a stateless, rootless person could nonetheless turn that condition into a fulfilled life." https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-passport-as-home-comfort-in-rootlessness -- Martin Green * Jewish Book Council *"Perhaps the best that one may hope for sometimes is the richness of a life lived without such a destructive set of emotions, the worth of work that is grounded on logic and evidence, the support of people (as the author generously attests to in this memoir) from whom one can learn and with whom one can share insight and understanding. It is this record and these experiences, perhaps above all, which shine brightest out of this evocative memoir." -- Philip Spencer * Fathom *Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Ignatieff Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter One Origins: The Virtues of Rootlessness Chapter Two A Paean to Tante Trude (Who Might or Might Not Have Been a Nazi) Chapter Three Four Friendships: Discovering America in Vienna Chapter Four Daphne Scheer, Real Madrid and Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan): The Personal Meets the Political Chapter Five The Rolling Stones Play Vienna (Resulting in Bodily Harm to the City’s Jews) Chapter Six Arrival in New York: The Dream Meets the Reality Chapter Seven Columbia 1968: How the World – and Andy – Changed in a Single Year Chapter Eight Kiki: Big Politics and Little Andy Chapter Nine The Grateful Dead: My American Family Chapter Ten Harvard’s Center for European Studies: The Interloper Finds a Home Chapter Eleven Dogs: The Rescuer Rescues Himself Chapter Twelve Germany: Admiration for the Bundesrepublik, Discomfort with Deutschland Epilogue
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Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media as Seen
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Ched Ed Aztec Empire: A Brief History from Beginning to
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Little, Brown Book Group One Two Another
Book SynopsisOne Two Another is a collection of the very best lyrics by lead singer of The Charlatans, Tim Burgess, with added commentary and memoir.
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Little, Brown Book Group Restoration Heart
Book Synopsis''Breathtaking untold story . . . riotously colourful'' Mail on Sunday''I read most of it in one exciting sitting. It is brilliant, gripping and sad'' Harry MountRestoration Heart is a story of love, double divorce and redemption. It is a biography of the heart, and of a house. When William Cash suffers a post-divorce, mid-life breakdown, aged 43, life seemed bleak - but things were about to change. Like William himself, his old Shropshire family house Upton Cressett was in as much in need of being rescued and ''fixed up'' as its owner. As William embarks on re-building his life and ruin of a country house, he starts looking again for love. But money, patience and the likelihood of ever finding family happiness soon start to run out.Drawing on his haul of letters written to various wives, fianc?es and girlfriends - all potential third wives - the book follows Cash''s search for a chatelaine for Upton Cressett. Restoration HTrade ReviewBreathtaking untold story . . . riotously colourful * Mail on Sunday *A touching, entertaining memoir which traces the twin track restoration of a broken heart and dilapidated Shropshire Manor * The Tablet *Immensely readable . . . Laugh-out-loud funny, Restoration Heart is a delightful true story of love, hope and redemption by one of the foremost society writers of our day * Tatler *An excellent memoir * Nicholas Coleridge *This entertaining, often poignant, book is straight out of Waugh or Wodehouse * Catholic Herald *An endearing story of rebuilding and restoring * You magazine *A funny and unexpectedly touching book * Country Life *I read most of it in one exciting sitting. It's brilliant, gripping and sad. The personal romantic memoir is terrificHilarious . . . Restoration Heart conveys the transformative power of good architecture . . . this book is one to be treasured * The New Criterion *Recommended . . . unexpected poignancy * New Statesman *A very amusing and candid memoir * Jeremy Musson, architectural historian and broadcaster *I'm very much enjoying Restoration Heart * John Challis, aka Boyce in Only Fools and Horses and restore-a-wreck author *Cash emerges as a flamboyant character . . . a classically English romantic . . . Cash's transition is genuinely endearing * The Art Newspaper *Recommended * Historic House *Intriguing . . . wittily recounted and moving . . . This book will surely give heart to anyone embarking on a seemingly Sisyphean restoration job, be it of the house or of the soul * The Lady *Cash, who has often written of society and scandal, is adept at setting dramatic scenes throughout his memoir. Yet there's another layer to Restoration Heart-an acute literary sense . . . Restoration Heart is buoyed by Cash's self-effacing humor. He's a romantic when it comes to love, and also writing * The Millions *
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Tidewater Press Three Funerals for My Father: Love, Loss and Escape from Vietnam
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Little, Brown Book Group Rerun the Fun
Book Synopsis''The perfect antidote to 2020'' Huffington Post''A must-read if you like funny things'' Greg James''I had no idea Pat Sharp''s life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he'' Nish KumarPat Sharp is a man out of time.For those of a certain generation, he is an iconic figure synonymous with good fun, great hair and excess gunge. For others, he''s just that bloke with a mullet. Fame is a fickle beast and, since the cancellation of Fun House in 1999 (''Just ten years into its run, when it was finally finding its feet''), Pat has become a reclusive figure, only emerging from his splendid isolation to pop up on things like I''m A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Come Dine with Me. Until now.With time on his hands and now reliant on a faulty memory, Pat has expertly blended fact and . . . fiction: revealing all about hisTrade ReviewFabulous book . . . wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone . . . genuinely laugh out loud . . . twice as good as Partridge . . . perfect book for Christmas * Bob Mills *The perfect antidote to 2020 * Huffington Post *A funny relief from the dumpster fire that is 2020 * GQ *Hilarious, racy and largely untrue . . . one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Not just amusing but packed with gags -- Tim Jonze * Guardian *A loving account of the life and times of an enigma wrapped inside a mullet. This is a must-read if you like funny things * Greg James *I had no idea Pat Sharp's life story would be so hilarious and I strongly suspect neither did he * Nish Kumar *It's easy to forget, as I had, that Pat Sharp is so much more than an iconic haircut and a helter skelter - and this well overdue book goes into hilarious, largely-fabricated detail about Pat's critical role in shaping our world today * Rick Edwards *This is precision humour. It's very funny and no previous knowledge of Pat Sharp is required * Paul Sinha *A very funny book * Boyd Hilton *Comic genius -- Musa Okwonga * The i *Brilliant. An extraordinary, almost true autobiography * Graeme Swann *Hilarious, light-hearted, joyous and uplifting. A shiny jewel in what's been a murky year * Badly Drawn Boy *Funny, mad, brilliant. I laughed a lot * Lisa McGee (writer of Derry Girls) *A brutal, searing and vital dissemination of our times. Sharp has written a brave, eloquent tome that provides a way forward for future generations * Matt Lucas *My sister Jess and I dreamt of being on Fun House as kids so this book was the next best thing and it didn't disappoint. I'm still laughing now! * Mark Wright *Anything Pat Sharp related is always fun. This book is relative to that fun. Read it and get some of that fun! Cos it's fun! * Keith Lemon *There are some books that will be around forever. Perfect examples of literary genius. But this book is just about Pat Sharp * Chris Moyles *
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Purdue University Press My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat
Book SynopsisMy One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat Clio Saved Me is the story of how an adorable, spunky, gray-and-white kitten helped the author regain the courage to face life's challenges and realize that none of us is truly alone. Born into poverty, losing her dad at age seven, and targeted by bullies, Kathy turned to pets for unconditional love and acceptance. A difficult childhood led to an abusive marriage, but things changed on her fortieth birthday when her staff at the organization where she worked gave her an extraordinary cat named Clio. The runt of the litter, a two-time cancer survivor, and a special needs cat, Clio nevertheless had an incredible will to live full tilt. This intrepid feline knew no fear and displayed unlimited self-confidence. She overcame not one, but two, disabilities. By watching Clio thrive despite what life threw at her, Kathy was able to put her own life in perspective by learning to accept the past, embrace the present, and look forward to the future.
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Pan Macmillan The Lord God Made Them All The Classic Memoirs of
Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same. But between his young son, Jimmy, trailing him around copying his every move, stubborn farmers refusing to try his ‘new-fangled’ treatments and a goat that has eaten 293 tomatoes, Darrowby is far from quiet. And with another baby on the way, life is about to get even more chaotic . . . Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, The Lord God Made Them All is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of B
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Headline Publishing Group Friends Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
Book Synopsis''There''s never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may just save lives'' Daily Mail''Funny, fascinating, compelling . . . also a wonderful read for fans of Friends'' The Times''HI, MY NAME IS MATTHEW, although you may know me by my full name. My friends call me Matty.''So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who travelled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us . . . and so much more.In an extraordinary story that onlyTrade ReviewFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing is a raw, unflinching memoir that took courage to write. As it turns out, Matthew Perry has a lot of courage. He takes us through his addiction, his illness and his paralyzing loneliness. Somehow, during the course of his life, Matthew was able to turn his pain into comedic joy for others, but, he tells us, it was at a cost. Matthew takes us through his "hell" but doesn't wallow. Ultimately, this book is filled with hope for the future. If you want to know about who Matthew Perry is, stay away from the rags and read this. * Marta Kauffman, co-creator of the NBC sitcom Friends *A fascinating, gruesome tale of addiction * Guardian *
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Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd My Life in Full
Book SynopsisGenerous, authoritative, and grounded in lived experience, My Life in Full is the story of an extraordinary leader's life, a moving tribute to the relationships that created it, and a blueprint for 21st century prosperity.
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Gallery Books Taste: My Life Through Food
Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them. Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl—and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Lets Pretend This Never Happened
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Hogarth Solito
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Granta Books Somewhere Towards The End
Book Synopsis'There is a sense throughout Athill's work that you are making a new friend as much as reading a new story... A delight to read' Observer WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE, the moving and witty memoir on what it means to grow old. Written in her nineties, when she was free from any inhibitions she may have once had, Diana Athill reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age can bring, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Lively, fearless and humorous, Somewhere Towards the End encapsulates the vibrant final decades of Athill's life. Filled with events, love and friendships, this is a memoir about maintaining hope, joy and vigour in later life, resisting regret, and questioning the beliefs and customs of your own generation. 'Informative, honest and lacking in the usual sorrow over old age. A remarkable woman' Beryl Bainbridge 'An honest joy to read' Alice Munro 'The book is a moving and humorous account of old age, unsparing about its indignities, unflinching from the inevitability that the end can not be many years away, but full of joy at the way life keeps on, at the most unexpected moments, renewing itself' Irish Times 'Her brilliant book is entirely lacking in the usual regrets, nostalgia and Hovis-ad recollections of old-timers. It is a little literary gem, penned by a marvellous, feisty old character... What a treasure' Daily MailTrade ReviewThere is a sense throughout Athill's work that you are making a new friend as much as reading a new story ... a delight to read * Observer *The book is a moving and humorous account of old age, unsparing about its indignities, unflinching from the inevitability that the end can not be many years away, but full of joy at the way life keeps on, at the most unexpected moments, renewing itself * Irish Times *Part exposé, part treatise on old age, the book is a ruminative read * Sunday Times *Her brilliant book is entirely lacking in the usual regrets, nostalgia and Hovis-ad recollections of old-timers. It is a little literary gem, penned by a marvellous, feisty old character ... What a treasure * Daily Mail *What sets her apart is the flagrancy and wit of her writing ... her memoirs display a vivacious appreciation of the life she has lived and what is still to come * New Statesman *Exhilarating and comforting, so much good sense, candour and liveliness of spirit in such clean, clear prose -- Simon Gray[She has] a cold eye for reality and no time for sentimental lies -- Jenny Diski * Sunday Times *A candid look at getting near the inevitable -- Fiona Phillps * Daily Express *Informative, honest and lacking in the usual sorrow over old age. A remarkable woman -- Beryl BainbridgeAn honest joy to read -- Alice MunroCaptivating * New York Times Book Review *Her eye is unflinching, her prose as clear and graceful as ever; her honesty is inspiring * Spectator *Brave, amusing and graceful * Sunday Telegraph *Full of clarity and wit, original thought and understated insight * Metro *[An] honest, clear-sighted book * Independent *Vive la Athill! * The Times *Invigorating * Financial Times *This is an inspiring book * Sunday Telegraph *Memoirs are many. This one is singular ... Her prose is practiced, clear and crisp. Epitomising what she preaches, the book is beautifully balanced in its brevity and well produced. Athill is refreshingly candid, but never prurient ... This book should encourage the old to speak up and the young to listen to what their elders have to say * The Times *Oddly uplifting ... Her sharp-witted musings on friendship, sex, sore feet, religion and death are infused with a curiosity for all that life brings and are a captivating read, whatever stage one is at * Guardian *So deftly drawn and perceptive that one feels better simply for having read them...It is impossible not to be engaged by Athill's vigorous reflections on such unlikely topics as sore feet, septuagenarian sex and the business of working out whether one is too old to drive a car ... a very funny book -- Elizabeth Day * Observer *
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Spinifex Press The Village and the World: My Life, Our Times
Book SynopsisMaria Mies’ achievements include developing groundbreaking praxis and theory around the concept of “housewifisation”, the violence of colonisation and profound writings about ecofeminism. She fights the Multilateral Agreement of Investment, she fights the General Agreement on Trade in Services, she fights against the patenting of life and tackles reproductive and genetic engineering as well as food security, but she never gives up hope that there is an alternative to present day injustice and exploitation; that “the good life” is possible.
£17.95
Pan Macmillan Confessions of a Sociopath
Book SynopsisThe bold memoir from a diagnosed sociopath. Shocking but funny, Confessions of a Sociopath is a fascinating insight into the mind of a self-confessed predator.'Gripping and important . . . quite the memorable roller coaster ride' – Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath TestM. E. Thomas is a high-functioning non-criminal sociopath. She is charismatic, ambitious and successful. You would be charmed by her if you met her, might even be seduced by her. You would not realize that she is studying you to find your flaws, that she is ruthlessly manipulative, has no empathy and does not feel guilt or remorse. But she does like people – she likes to touch them, mould them and ruin them. She could be your friend or your boss. She could be you . . .Now she writes with breathtaking honesty about her life. She also draws on the latest research to explain why at least one in twenty-five of us are sociopaths – and shows why that&Trade ReviewGripping and important . . . revelatory . . . quite the memorable roller coaster ride -- Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test * New York Times Book Review *Fascinating . . . That the author is female somehow makes Confessions of a Sociopath all the more chilling * Boston Globe *
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John Murray Press The Last Lecture
Book SynopsisThe phenomenal international bestseller - with over 8 million copies sold.What legacy would you choose to leave behind for your children?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give ''a last lecture'' lecture, he didn''t have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. But the lecture he gave, ''Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams'', wasn''t about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.A lot of professors give talks titled ''The Last Lecture''. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humour, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.Trade ReviewInspiring * The Guardian *Incredibly moving * Daily Record *
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Love Pamela
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated
Book SynopsisAn illustrated edition of Gertrude Stein''s most well-known work, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, bursting with the bright, sophisticated, and fanciful images of artist Maira KalmanConsidered one of the richest and most irreverent biographies in history, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written by Gertrude Stein in the style and voice of her life partner, Alice B. Toklas. Published in 1933 and narrated by Alice, this autobiography begins with her initial move to France in 1907, the day after which she meets Gertrude, sparking a relationship that lasts for nearly four decades. Recounting the vibrant and literary life the two make for themselves among the Parisian avant-garde, Alice opens the doors to the prominent salons they held in their home at rue de Fleurus, hosting fellow expatriate American writers such as Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound as well as artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Man Ray, and speaks of the twilight of the Paris belle epoque. In this edition, the wildly talented Maira Kalman brings this glittering Parisian world to life, and celebrates Stein and Toklas in vivid color. Her whimsical and inimitable illustrations complement the wit and humor of Stein’s narrative, and elevate the exciting intrigues of these famous women and their friends. Inviting readers to experience this book in a completely new way, the illustrated edition of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas will prompt a contemporary reading of this cherished and singular classic.
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Hodder & Stoughton The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah
Book SynopsisEquiano's narrative is the most significant autobiographical account of slavery to emerge from Britain's centuries as a slave trading and slave owning power. It remains as powerful today as it was when first published in 1789.It tells the story of Equiano's remarkable life, recounting his years of slavery, working on ships that carried him across the empire and into battle during the Seven Years War, and the extraordinary story of how he was able to purchase his own freedom. Travelling to Britain as a free man Equiano settled in London and there became a leading figure in the early abolition movement.The publication of his narrative was carefully timed to coincide with the first attempt to abolish the slave trade. Describing his own experiences of slavery as both victim and witness, the book became a sensation and its author the most famous black person in Georgian Britain.In this new edition, leading historian David Olusoga sets the book in its historical context helping us to understand this complex, spiritual, politically astute and deeply passionate man. Although Equiano did not live to see the abolition of the slave trade or slavery his voice was critical to that that long campaign.
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Interlink Publishing Group, Inc Memoirs Of A Militant: My Years In The Khiam
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Pinter & Martin Ltd. Like a Flower: My Years of Yoga with Vanda
Book SynopsisA heartfelt and moving recollection by Sandra Sabatini, the author of the classic Breath, of her encounters and training under the guidance of Vanda Scaravelli, whose book Awakening the Spine inspired generations of yoga practitioners. With photographs by David Darom.
£14.39
Penguin Putnam Inc All Down Darkness Wide
Book SynopsisWinner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature • Named a Best Book of 2022 by Kirkus, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness • Named a Best Book of July by Buzzfeed • A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction 2022 Summer Read • Observer Book of the Week • Lammy Finalist“The most beautiful prose I’ve read in years.”—Alexander Chee, The Atlantic • Rapturous...Hewitt beautifully illuminates his own darknesses so that we might also see our own.—Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review • “Exquisitely written.”—Claire Messud, Harper’s MagazineWhen Seán Hewitt meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as Elias struggles with severe mental illness, they soon come face-to-face with crisis.All Down Darkness Wide is
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