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Bonnier Books Ltd The Book of Fred: Funny anecdotes and hilarious
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Troubador Publishing ‘Cinderella’, I wish!
Book SynopsisLife isn't all fairytales and glass slippers... ‘Cinderella’, I wish! is the powerful true story of Dominiquè DeVeraux’s life. Beginning with her early childhood as a young black child living with loving white foster parents, Dominiquè is content and adored. But when Nanny dies suddenly, Dominiquè is taken away from the loving home that she knew and thrust into a world of trouble. Dumped in a new home with strangers, Dominiquè’s life turns to one of difficulty and misery. In her fight for happiness she faces more and more abusers, domestic violence, rape and murder. Ploughing on regardless, Dominiquè chooses love as her weapon and shield. In this story of courage, our protagonist rises above the challenges she faces to celebrate life and to love herself indubitably.
£8.99
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Invincible!
Book SynopsisOut of the terrible fire of loss and betrayal, something beautiful and life-changing can emerge. The author, Joy Alway, takes the reader on a journey that is sometimes painful but always lovely, as she shows how she rebuilt her life after her husband of more than thirty years left her for another woman.The simple benevolence and humanity of this author, who, though wronged, still tried her very best to do right, is a lesson all of us can and should take in, learn from and replicate where possible.Set in part against the backdrop of the world-famous El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James), the story takes us along with Joy as willing pilgrims. We follow her journey of humility, gentleness, self-discovery and above all else, courage and perseverance to continue when it feels like one can continue no more.
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers My Midlife Chrysalis
Book SynopsisGaynor escaped an abusive marriage riddled with fear and insecurity and was afraid to live. Any spark she once had had long been extinguished. When she began to find herself, she decided to grab life with both hands and start living. What had she got to lose? Looking a lot younger than her years, and dressed provacatively, her first unplanned initimate encounter was with a French bar manager in a larder. Spending money as though there was a neverending pot of gold, it soon ran out, so her mind turned to escorting wealthy elderly gentlemen with no sex attached... an unusual concept with interesting consequences. Her exploits - involving extracting chewing gum from pubic hair, a missing canary and a wanker in WHSmith - add humour to this story.
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers A Mouthful of Humour
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ranger Heart: A Naturalist Learns How to Love
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Troubador Publishing The Struggle Continues: “I did the best I could.
Book SynopsisAt 10am on the 3rd of May, 2013, Paul walked into the therapy room. The sense of fear was immediate and palpable. He was shaking, hadn’t slept meaningfully for weeks, was barely able to function and in unbearable psychological and physical pain. However, this story of everything that had led up to this moment and what happened next, is being told from the other end of the therapist’s couch. A first-person account of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the life that led to it, and the challenges faced together by Paul his daughter Natasha during the fight back. With nothing held back, this is an intimate and up-close look at how childhood abuse, trauma led to a spiral of self-destruction until the reunion of father and daughter starts a journey on the long, hard road back to health. This isn’t a story of recovery or cure. This is learning to adapt and overcome from severe psychological injury and to accept that the struggle continues. It is written for all those who never stood a chance, all those without a voice who are still hidden behind the veil of silence, and all those held mute by the stigma of abuse, trauma and mental illness that pervades our society.
£11.04
Y Lolfa Procio'r Cof
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of well-known character, Goronwy Evans, who has served as a minister for fifty years, and who is one of Lampeter''s unique characters.
£8.99
Seagull Books London Ltd Coming Out of My Skin
Book SynopsisA compelling memoir that focuses on the intersectionality of race and sexuality experienced by a gay Asian man living in a white world. Born to Chinese-Cambodian parents in France, Jean-Baptiste Phou has pursued a diverse artistic career since 2008. Through his public views and artistic works, he has focused mainly on the experiences of Asians in France. Up until now, he’s always been careful not to raise issues of sexuality—in particular, his homosexuality. In this searing memoir, Phou faces his fears and shame to examine the role his ethnic origin has played in the construction of his sexual identity and his romantic relationships in a predominantly white environment. An astute observer of the various ways in which his body has been perceived, Phou explores how these perceptions have shaped his relationship with himself and others. How does a marginalized person develop emotionally and build, reclaim, and express their sexuality? Drawing on various works of history, sociology, gender studies, literature, and popular culture, Phou sensitively examines various strategies developed in response to this question. Being gay in a largely straight world is difficult but being Asian within this sexual minority can be a doubly oppressive experience. Coming Out of My Skin deftly tackles this challenge and aspires for a reconciliation that can empower people of sexual and racial minorities to joyfully inhabit their bodies.
£16.14
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Someday this could be Ordinary...
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i2i Publishing Three Wise Monkeys
Book SynopsisA story of courage, perseverance and a refusal to give in. Three Wise Monkeys is the autobiography of a man who endured a terrible,violent and abusive start in life which led to a string of criminal convictions and misery. His middle years were beset by continuing problems including gang rape and a complete lack of support from his dysfunctional family. Alcoholism and illness also play their part but you sense through it all the sheer will and determination to fight against the odds. His reckless, compulsive behaviour sees him spending time in young offenders’ institutions and sometimes prison. It is a harsh lesson, but he learns to take the brickbats and the beatings before giving them back in return. He has a running battle with the media to clear his name of unfounded, personal allegations and almost daily harassment from family, so-called friends and neighbours. Many would have cracked under the pressure but the author persists, come what may. Sometimes he reaches his lowest ebb when things conspire against him. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it takes him 23 years to shake off the shackles thanks largely to his wife, his ‘diamond’. He emerges a better individual although not fully at p
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Atlantic Books Black and Blue: One Woman's Story of Policing and
Book Synopsis'Inspiring... Important' Observer'A page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read.' Meera SyalAt the point of her retirement from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2019, Parm Sandhu was the most senior BAME woman in the capital's police force. She was also the only non-white female to have been promoted through the ranks from constable to chief superintendent in the Met's entire history.In this enthralling memoir, Parm chronicles her journey from life on the outskirts of Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the upper echelons of the Met. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage aged just 16, Parm made the decision to escape to London with her newborn son and later joined the police as a constable.During her thirty-year career, Parm worked in everything from crime prevention to counter-terrorism, and she also served in the Met's police corruption unit. She played a senior organizing role in the London Olympics and was the superintendent on duty when Lee Rigby was beheaded in the street in Greenwich. However, Parm's time on the force was chequered throughout with incidents of racial and gender discrimination, and, after deciding to make a stand, she found herself facing a spurious charge of gross misconduct. Black and Blue tells her shocking story and of her quest for justice in her police work and for herself. It is a story that cannot fail to inspire anyone who has experienced prejudice or abuse of any kind.Trade ReviewInspiring... Sandhu's account of her ascent through the ranks of the Met is testament to her extraordinary tenacity and ambition... Shines an important light on the Met's failure to understand and represent the diverse community it serves. * Observer *Parm Sandhu's story is an inspiration to anyone who has found themselves struggling against adversity. It's also a page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read. -- Meera SyalA captivating exhibition of courage and conviction, Sandhu's story is an inspiration for those facing prejudice and a revelation for those in the dark. -- David Lammy MPA brilliant book full of nail-biting tension and shocking statistics that make it hard to put down. It made me simultaneously angry and tearful. Parm's story leaps off the page and makes you want to walk every step of the way with her, to be her friend, to stand shoulder to shoulder with her. -- Andi OliverBlack and Blue is a profoundly moving account of life as a senior police officer. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our police service. -- Rob RinderA powerful, page-turning - and often shocking - story of courage. It's essential reading for those interested in the state of policing Britain, and for readers who enjoy memoirs with inspirational bite. -- Joanne Owen * LoveReading *Table of Contents1: A Difficult Child 2: Hostage 3: Escape 4: 'Managing my shame' 5: 'You've not had your bum stamped!' 6: 'A spade in uniform' 7: Zulu 8: 'Prisoners, prostitutes and plonks' 9: 'Never apply again' 10: 'Shi-ites and shitties' 11: A Death a Day 12: 'Police officer or single parent' 13: The Diversity Directorate 14: Making History 15: 'It's you!' 16: Croydon 17: The Cannabis Farm 18: The Pope and I 19: The London Olympics 20: Own Goals 21: 'Help for Heroes' 22: 'He went berserk!' 23: 'Belittle, intimidate and bully' 24: 'Your Indian heritage' 25: Gross Misconduct 26: 'You have personally failed!' 27: 'Don't let the bastards grind you down'
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Lume Books A Chairman's Tale
Book SynopsisSir Nigel Rudd is one of the leading businessmen of his generation. Over the past four decades, he has headed a host of major British companies across a range of different industries, piling up experience that is second to none. From his modest upbringing in Derby to the commanding heights of UK plc, Rudd recounts his journey with all the unusual forthrightness and penetrating insight that are his hallmarks. He takes the reader inside the boardrooms as personal and corporate destinies are being settled, against the background of momentous events from the Thatcher Revolution of the 1980s to the financial and Covid crises of this century. Rudd has seen it all and done most of it. This is his story: riveting, panoramic and definitive.Trade Review'I was CEO of three large public companies, so I've had many chairmen over the years. Out of all those chairmen, Nigel Rudd was by far the best. He was incomparable. He's very courageous, ready to take tough and even risky decisions; he has phenomenal business nous; he's always there when you need him and never there when you don't' - Paolo Scaroni, chairman of AC Milan and formerly chief executive of Enel and Pilkington
£999.99
Vulpine Press Scribblings: Diary of a Head Teacher
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Canongate Books In My Skin
Book SynopsisI watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A middle-aged man looking at me. 'Hi,' I said. 'How are you'.Kate Holden is accustomed to being summed up at a glance: arts graduate, history buff, middle-class daughter, dreamer, innocent. But she is a young woman who understands better than most the secrets that people keep hidden.In My Skin follows her journey from her reputation as a 'good girl' in the safe and leafy suburbs of Melbourne to the all-consuming attractions of heroin and the sex industry.This is a story of survival and resourcefulness; an unflinching look at the consequences of addiction. Holden's journey leads her from a sheltered life in her loving family home to a world of sex for money - a seedy netherworld of back lanes, backseats and brothels.More than just a fearless and compelling narrative, In My Skin is a triumphant announcement of a major new literary talent.Trade ReviewIn My Skin is the work of a stunningly talented writer who both graces and surpasses her material, subverting popular assumptions about addiction and prostitution while making the extraordinary seem commonplace and the ordinary deeply alluring. The subject matter, fascinating though it is, is secondary. Such are her powers to tap into the universal while telling a cracking good tale, Kate Holden could make the story of a tongue-tied troglodyte thrilling. * * Guardian * *This surprising trajectory, along with its searing intellectual and emotional honesty and the quality of the writing, easily sets In My Skin apart from most other my-substance-abuse-hell memoirs. * * Independent * *Her narrative is unwaveringly honest: she does not gloss over the brutality of some of her clients, but towards others she feels generosity, sympathy, lust and even love. Her writing is fluent, lyrical and inventive. This is a complex, thought-provoking and brilliantly unsettling book. * * New Statesman * *Holden does what writers are supposed to do: challenges herself to examine the pressures that led her to live a life that, to put it kindly, would seem countercultural to most of us. She presents her own and, by extension, women's sexuality less as being victimised by prostitution than as predatory and mercenary, as a career chosen and developed. She frankly describes the euphoria of drugs, of turning five or six tricks a night, and the added pleasure of reckoning the money that she earned. * * The Times * *
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The History Press Ltd This Scouting Life: A Memoir of a Simpler Time
Book SynopsisExploding tins of beans over a campfire. Hammering down tent pegs in the rain. Marching for hours, singing for days, and playing ‘Bulldog’s Charge’ at every opportunity. This Scouting Life is a story about the experiences shared by millions of people worldwide, and in communities all across Ireland. For the author, Archie Raeside, this is the story of how an eight-year-old boy in Dublin of 1947 decides he wants to become a Scout and how that desire becomes a reality. As the author rose through the ranks, his memories paint a picture of a changing organisation and a changing Ireland, recounting his involvement with Presidency of Eamon De Valera and the visit of Pope John Paul in 1979. This is a book that tells the story of one man’s life within the Irish Scouts, but in the memories he evokes and the scenes he recaptures, this is a book about a simpler time of which we were all a part.
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Alma Books Ltd The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices: Annotated
Book Synopsis“In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven… two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought with it, ran away from their employer.” Under the pseudonyms of Francis Goodchild and Thomas Idle, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins set off on a walking tour of the north-west of England, reporting back on their adventures for Dickens’s magazine Household Words. A unique insight into the friendship of two of the towering figures of Victorian literature, and featuring a pair of chilling ghost stories from the leading exponents of the genre, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices is a charming evocation of the adventures they experienced on their trip and the gently mocking nature of their relationship.Trade ReviewMy dear Collins… I am open to any proposal to go anywhere any day or days this week. Fresh air and change in any amount I am ready for. If I could only find an idle man (this is a general observation), he would find the warmest recognition in this direction. -- Charles Dickens
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Austin Macauley Publishers How Have I Cheated Death? A Short and Merry Life with Cystic Fibrosis
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V & A Publishing Silver and Gold: The autobiography of Norman
Book SynopsisSir Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was the star of London couture during the interwar years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family. His autobiography, first published in 1955, tells the story of the creation of his couture house in 1923, his formal appointment as dressmaker to the royal family in 1935, and the most momentous commissions of his career: Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown in 1947 and her magnificent coronation dress six years later. Best known for romantic eveningwear shimmering with beads and embroidery, Hartnell is credited with reintroducing the crinoline to world fashion through his full-skirted designs for Queen Elizabeth. Silver and Gold describes an extraordinary life with elegance and panache.Trade Review'originally published in 1955 but still on point' -- The Gloss, March 2019 -- 'Silver and Gold is highly recommended, and, with its lovely cover illustrated by Beatriz Lostale, would make a charming addition to any bookshelf' -- Meredith Noorda, The Journal of Dress History, Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2021
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Brewin Books Not Great Hopes: A Birmingham Boyhood
Book SynopsisNot Great Hopes is a personal account of episodes from the author’s childhood and a vivid evocation of life during the 1950s and 1960s. The chapters range from everyday life in the Birmingham suburb of Northfield, to school life, sport, television, holidays, a first experience of foreign travel, extended family and the account of a bitter family breakdown. They include details of a childhood that is in many ways dramatically different from the childhood of today, though many themes will resonate across the generations. The book also gives an account of the author’s relationship with and impression of a city, Birmingham, in a period of tumultuous demographic and architectural change. It ranges in emotional tone from the light and humorous to the poignant and tragic. Older readers will find much to recognise; younger readers, much to surprise them.
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Little Toller Books Farmer's Glory
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1932 and written in simple, direct prose, Farmer's Glory is a portrait of a farming life in southern England and in western Canada, and is a model of the genre: warm and humorous as well as an astute and unflinching account of the hardships of a farming life. Introduced, in this new, edition by James Rebanks, bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life.Trade Review"A thing of beauty" Compton Mackenzie
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Instant Apostle What's a Nice Jewish Girl Like You Doing in a
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Octopus Publishing Group F*ck Nailing It: How to ditch the job you hate
Book SynopsisAre you fed up with your work/life balance? Do you feel burnt out and uninspired? Are you stuck in a job you hate and desperate for change but don't know where to start? Then you need this refreshingly honest book that will change your relationship with work for good. One evening after missing the train home, standing on the cold platform, exhausted and quietly sobbing, Anniki Sommerville realized she wouldn't get to see her kids before bedtime for the fourth time that week, she knew it was time for a major change. When podcaster, author, and journalist Anniki first landed her dream job, she was overjoyed. But she very quickly felt trapped in a toxic work culture that was making her miserable and anxious.We're constantly told we should be doing work that is 100% fulfilling and makes us feel authentic and bursting with happiness at every moment. But the perfect job doesn't exist. What if there was another way? From running a multi-million-pound company to becoming a freelancer and everything in between, Anniki has learnt some valuable life lessons about what work means to her. She's figured out that 'nailing it' is a one-way ticket to burnout and disillusionment, and instead found a more joyful path to contentment. In this essential guide to getting your work life back on track, The Big Quit will show you how to: 1. Spot the early signs of burnout 3. Embrace trying new things and overcome fear of failure4. Navigate your way through work anxieties4. Create boundaries with your work and home life5. Benefit from slowing down and looking after yourself6. Build your confidence up after a career break 7. Enjoy your job! Packed with real and practice advice, fans of Arianna Huffington, Everything is Figureoutable, Roxie Nafousi's Manifest and Caitlin Moran will love The Big Quit. Read what everyone is saying about Anniki Sommerville:'I loved this book. Full of wit and wisdom, Anniki tells it like it is.' Clover Stroud 'I LOVED this book... I couldn't put down... so refreshingly honest...The language used made the book feel like I was talking to a friend...really helpful and full of useful advice...such a brilliant read!' NetGalley reviewer ?????????? 'Laugh-out-loud funny! As a woman in her 40s, I thoroughly enjoyed this book... Spot-on for many of the thoughts & worries & oddities running through my head too.' NetGalley reviewer ??????????
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Barbican Press The Fear Talking: The True Story of a Young Man
Book SynopsisA self-help memoir that takes an unflinching look at a young man's undiagnosed anxiety disorder and OCD. "'THIS IS WRITING AT ITS MOST FEARLESS.' Matt Bright, Everybody's Reviewing 'WESTOBY GIVES A VOICE TO TEENAGERS UNABLE TO COPE WITH EVERYDAY LIFE... THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL READ.' Paul Taylor-Mcartney, Writers in Education Chris Westoby takes us inside his past self, a teenager from a small English town. He's trying to be a good friend, student, son and boyfriend, but he struggles to be in company without wanting to hide. And things only get worse: it's nearly impossible to take the bus to college without catching the next bus home. His obsessive germaphobia begins to destroy his life. How can one boy overcome all this? Chris offers am unflinching, raw account of his troubles and offers what he's learnt. This book an outstretched hand to those fighting these same battles, or to anyone who's watching someone else go through the same. The Fear Talking does not promise to solve your problems, but it shows you that you're not alone. That's all Chris ever wanted, really; to unflinchingly capture the warmth and darkness of the teenage years. Some Expert Reactions ‘Read this book, and you will never forget it. As a narrative it’s fascinating. As the memoir of a life lived with anxiety, it’s incomparable.’ Peter Draper, Emeritus Professor of Nursing Education, UNIVERSITY OF HULL ‘Anxiety is the most common form of mental distress and of course overlaps with normal human emotion. Yet it can be overwhelming and disabling and a gateway to other mental ill health notably depression and self-medication with alcohol and other substances. This engaging account throws a spotlight on how anxiety impacts on everyday life and relationships.’ Patrick McGorry, Professor of Youth Mental Health, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 'In The Fear Talking, Chris Westoby achieves the well-nigh impossible, giving us a fully immersive account of adolescent anxiety, allowing the reader to feel and experience with the narrator. If one of the main aims of the memoir form is to induce empathy in readers, Westoby's memoir succeeds brilliantly. The reader comes away with a new and profound understanding of what mental illness feels like from within.' Jonathan Taylor, Associate Professor Creative Writing, UNIVERSITY OF LECEISTERTrade Review"Anxiety is the most common form of mental distress and of course overlaps with normal human emotion. Yet it can be overwhelming and disabling and a gateway to other mental ill health notably depression and self-medication with alcohol and other substances. This engaging account throws a spotlight on how anxiety impacts on everyday life and relationships." - Paul McGorry, Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne"As a nurse of many years’ experience I have heard countless stories of human distress and learned how to hold myself apart from other people’s suffering. Chris Westoby’s The Fear Talking expertly but gently slips past my professional guard to engage me in the life of a young man suffering from anxiety. The story is interesting, humorous, distressing, compassionate and intriguing, and as I read, I begin to understand the mental contortions behind the social paralysis anxiety brings, and then to discern its impact on self, family, friendships, schooling, work – the whole of life. Read this book, and you will never forget it. As a narrative it’s fascinating. As the memoir of a life lived with anxiety, it’s incomparable." - Peter Draper, Emeritus Professor of Nursing Education, University of Hull"As a window into the experience of anxiety for those who have never experienced it in this way, it's illuminating; as a reflection for those who may be experiencing it without yet having words to explain it, it's invaluable... For a story that is so much about being scared, this is writing at its most fearless." - Matt Bright - Everybody's Reviewing
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Waterside Press Call Me Auntie: My Childhood in Care and My
Book SynopsisThe author’s account of being abandoned by her mother as a young child and her life in homes and institutions will captivate any reader. The mystery of her search for her mother and constant rejections will leave the reader wondering what demons drove her to be so elusive. “Call Me Auntie” was the best her mother could offer but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events. After discovering she had a brother and looking for her long lost family in Barbados the author finally came to understand she “may be a princess after all”. Call Me Auntie is a story of survival, resilience and changing attitudes to racism and ethnicity as the author forged a successful career beginning as a Woolworth’s shop girl before joining the police, then moving into social work. Extract: ‘Our new house-parents were Harold and Dora … He was a big guy who always looked angry. She was a little mousy figure but with a steel will underneath … Overnight, the household regime changed. As controlled as our lives might have been in the [previous houseparents’] time, the changes were shocking. Chores had to be performed to much higher standards, and there were new ones … There were new rules, routines, and responsibilities. But this was not all. With the new chores and new rules, our fear set in.'Trade Review‘Anne’s story is a compelling account, not just of her search for her birth mother but of her extraordinary journey from being a child in care, then qualifying as a social worker and finally becoming a magistrate … I read it at a sitting and could not put it down. Her account of life in a children’s home in the 1960s and 1970s deserves to find a place on every social work training course’— Retired Judge Robert Zara; ‘A must-read for anyone who wants to make a difference for children and their lives. Make it compulsory for all social work students’— John Bolton, Visiting Professor, Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, and a former Director of Social Services.
£14.95
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.
£12.01
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!
£12.01
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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Simon & Schuster Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and
Book SynopsisFrom award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, “a startling portrait of one of our greatest tech visionaries, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh” (Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road), reporting on his short life and untimely death and what they mean for our culture’s pursuit of happiness.Tony Hsieh—CEO of Zappos, Las Vegas developer, and all-around beloved entrepreneur—was famous for spreading happiness. He lived and breathed this philosophy, instilling an ethos of joy at his company and outlining his vision for a better workplace in his New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness. He promoted a workplace where bosses treated employees like family members, where stress was replaced by playfulness, and where hierarchies were replaced with equality and collaboration. His outlook shaped Silicon Valley and the larger business world. Hsieh used his position at work to integrate levity into a normally competitive environment. He aspired to build his own utopian cities, pouring millions of dollars into real estate and small businesses, first in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada—where Zappos was headquartered—and then in Park City, Utah. He gave generously to his employees and close friends, including throwing infamous Zappos parties and organizing gatherings at his home, an Airstream trailer park. When Hsieh died suddenly in November of 2020, the news shook the business and tech world. Wall Street Journal reporters Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre quickly realized the importance of the story because of Hsieh’s stature in the industry, but as they dug into the details of his final months, they realized there was a bigger story to tell. They found that Hsieh’s obsession with happiness masked his darker struggles with addiction, mental health, and loneliness. In the last year of his life, he spiraled out of control, cycling out of rehab and into the waiting arms of friends who enabled his worst behavior, even as he bankrolled them from his billion-dollar fortune. Happy at Any Cost sheds light on one of the most venerated, yet vulnerable, business leaders of our time. It's about our culture’s intense need to find “happiness” at all costs, our misguided worship of entrepreneurs, the stigmas still surrounding mental health, and how the trappings of fame can mask all types of deeper problems. In turn, it reveals how we conceptualize success—and define happiness—in our modern age.Trade Review“Silicon Valley has an insidious cult-of-personality problem. We idolize our most successful entrepreneurs, presuming that they're infallible, and we excuse and enable their worst tendencies, expecting only more and more success. Now, with detailed, revelatory reporting, Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre offer a much-needed reality check—a morality tale for our age. Happy At Any Cost is a startling portrait of one of our greatest tech visionaries, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh—his celebrated innovations and his infectious capacity for joy; but also, behind the curtain, his wild excesses and addictions, his poignant mental-health struggles, and the coterie of enablers who hastened his decline.” —Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road and Lost Girls “Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre’s Happy at Any Cost presents a powerful and important case study of a leader overcome by mental health issues and addiction. Tony Hsieh’s story compels us to recognize: as the tech industry grows ever stronger, the eccentric genius founders it idolizes are vulnerable and human first.” —Sarah Frier, author of No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram "Happy at Any Cost is a captivating story about one of the most innovative and complex entrepreneurs of our time, but it's also about the quixotic pursuit of happiness and the darkness many secretly battle." —Gregory Zuckerman, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of A Shot to Save the World “Happy at Any Cost is a beautiful, heart-breaking story that renders the late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh in all his complex dimensions. On one level it’s a story exploring outside-the-box business aspirations, but there is a bigger lesson about the enormous, hidden burdens of people who pour all they have into their work and creative vision. I was sad to read Tony’s life story, but very glad to know it.” —Bradley Hope, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Billion Dollar Whale and Blood and Oil "Grind and Sayre’s volume focuses on a flawed man struggling to make happiness part of his business and his life....Beyond their discussion of Hsieh’s tragic death and legacy, Grind and Sayre also provide insight on the larger issue of mental illness and addiction hidden under Silicon Valley’s sunny surface." —Library Journal "[A] gripping cautionary tale....an eye-opening look at the dark side of success." —Publishers Weekly
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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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