Memoirs Books
Amberley Publishing Sampans Banyans and Rambutans
Book SynopsisOne man's story of an experience shared by thousands of children. The idyllic upbringing of the child of a Navy officer in Malaya and Singapore during the 1960s.
£11.69
Amberley Publishing Titanic Hero
Book SynopsisThe story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors.Table of Contents1. Goodbye to the Sea 2. Adventures in Sail 3. Into Steam 4. Command 5. The Loss of The Titanic 6* War - Why We Failed in Gallipoli 7. Sidelights on 'The Show' 8. HMHS Mauretania 9. HMS Tuber Rose 10. The Social Whirl 11. More Atlantic Nights 12. The Americans 13. 'The Liner She's a Lady' 14. Then and Now 15. A Word for the Men 16. 'Go to Sea, My Lads' 17. What of the Future? List of Illustrations
£17.09
Amberley Publishing 1950s Childhood Spangles Tiddlywinks and The
Book SynopsisA book recalling what it was like to be a child in the 1950s, including home life, school days, music and fashions.
£9.49
Amberley Publishing The Novotny Papers
Book SynopsisâI have always been a bird. A bit vulture, a bit eagle. I have looked the sun in its face. Born several times - dead several times so that I could be reborn from my ashes.'
£18.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC An Orderly Man
Book Synopsis________________''Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional'' - The Observer________________First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs.After completing work on Visconti's Death in Venice, the celebrated actor seeks a refuge from 20 years of continual motion'. This dream of a peaceful retreat materialises itself in the form of a neglected farmhouse in the South of France. However, before he is rewarded with the calm he craves, he is forced to endure the relative evils of dying olive trees and the rampaging mistral.In this pursuit of the tranquil, Bogarde manages to portray the simplest of issues in the most delicate and humane way. This volume also covers the years in which Dirk Bogarde gave some of his finest acting performances and began his career as a gifted writer, imposing order on a rich and varied life.Trade ReviewAbsorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional * The Observer *
£999.99
iUniverse Wednesdays Cop
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£11.25
iUniverse Veneta Junction
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£15.04
iUniverse Possibilities
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£15.69
iUniverse Outside the Lines
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£13.07
iUniverse Foster Child
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£9.95
iUniverse The Chili Cone Chronicles
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£15.95
AuthorHouse The Varmits
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£17.23
Abbott Press Someday ... YouLl Know
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£18.71
The Dundurn Group I Dont Do Disability and Other Lies Ive Told
Book SynopsisA raw and intimate portrait of family, love, life, relationships, and disability parenting through the eyes of a mother to a daughter with Down syndrome.With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism.In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, a writer, and a woman to truly be seen?The candid essays in I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself glimmer with humanity and passion, and explore ideas of motherhood, disability, and worth. Purdham delves into grief, rage, injustice, privilege, female friendship, marriage, and desire in a voice that is loudly empathetic, unapologetic, and true. While examining the dichotomies inside of herself, she leads us to consider the flaws in society, showing us the beauty, resilience, chaos, and wild within us all.
£21.02
FriesenPress The Most Adventurous the Most Arduous and the
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£25.17
iUniverse Glimpse
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£12.85
iUniverse Wheres My Sister
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£12.85
iUniverse Tgif
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£13.95
iUniverse God the Therapist
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£15.95
iUniverse Confesiones de Un Psiquiatra
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£22.75
Little, Brown Book Group Panic as Man Burns Crumpets
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022You dreamed of being a journalist and the dream has come true. You love working for your local paper . . . although not everything is as you imagined.You embarrass yourself with a range of celebrities, from John Hurt to Jordan. Your best story is ''The Man With the Pigeon Tattoo''.A former colleague interviews President Trump. You urinate in the president of the Mothers'' Union''s garden. Your appearance as a hard-hitting columnist on a BBC talk show does not go well. And being photographed naked is only the second most humiliating thing to happen one infamous afternoon. There are serious stories, such as a mass shooting, a devastating flood, and the search for Madeleine McCann.Meanwhile local papers are dying. Your building is crumbling and your readership is dwindling. Your carefully crafted features are read by fewer people than a story about fancy dress for dogs. Trade ReviewVery funny, very witty, very moving . . . packed with incidents, insights and a real feeling for provincial life at its best . . . For those who know about provincial newspapers, this will be a classic and a gem. Those who don't know will envy what they have missed . . . It really is a terrific piece of work. -- Melvyn BraggThe best book I've read this year, by some margin. Brilliantly written, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, but also reflective, candid, poignant and passionate about the importance of journalism. Superb. -- Chris Mason, BBC political correspondent/presenter of Radio 4’s Any QuestionsDeserves its place in the pantheon of great books about newspapers, and the newspaper industry. A funny/sad/extraordinary tale, extremely well-told. -- Sam Wallace * Daily/Sunday Telegraph *Brisk and entertaining. A very readable love letter to a disappearing world, told with verve and tenderness. -- STUART MACONIE, author of Pies and Prejudice and BBC Radio 6 Music presenterThis was the only book I read in one sitting this year and if you're lucky enough to get your hands on a copy, you'll soon understand why. It's gut-bustingly funny, poignant and packed with astonishing insider information. -- M. W. Craven, author of the award-winning The Puppet ShowMany books written by journalists have come across my desk over the course of my time as publisher of Hold the Front Page, but I would say without any hesitation that this one is the best. Not only is it the funniest, and the best-written, it is also the most honest in terms of what it reveals about its author, and more importantly about our craft. -- Paul Linford * Hold the Front Page *Local publishers . . . need to hold on to thoughtful, dedicated writers such as Roger Lytollis, or his book will be an epitaph to a centuries-old industry. -- Ian Burrell * i paper *Anyone who has ever worked at a local newspaper, or wondered what it is like, should read this book. Equally hilarious and heartbreaking. -- Dominic Ponsford, media editor at New Statesman Media Group/editor-in-chief at Press Gazette[Lytollis] writes with clarity, comically self-effacing honesty and surprising poignancy . . . But this book is not really about him. It is simply the story of what it is like to love what you do, and be great at it, and to watch it collapse around you in slow motion. It is about the regressive form of 'progress' that the news industry has been subjected to for the last 25 years, and what it does to the people who are part of that system and the communities that can no longer rely on it. -- Robyn Vinter * Guardian *Refreshingly honest, engagingly self-deprecating, tremendously funny and more than a little heartbreaking. By far my favourite read of the year so far. -- Mike Ward, TV critic, Daily Express/Daily StarLocal journalism has never seemed more exotic than in this part-memoir, part-ode to that disappearing art, which is as funny as it is endearing . . . Told with a tender fondness, the bonkers, baffling but vital world of local press is paraded with the style that it deserves. -- Jonathan Whitelaw * Sun *Panic as Man Burns Crumpets gives a powerful, if not to say dismaying, overview of an industry in terminal decline. -- Nat Segnit * Times Literary Supplement *For anyone wondering where their local press went, this is as clear an account of how it was pickpocketed, drained of blood, and left to die as you'll find. -- Ed Needham * Strong Words magazine *A love letter to the trade, though written with a touch of the poison pen. -- Colin Freeman * Telegraph *A searingly honest, funny, poignant and personal account of working in the regional press . . . Hundreds of journalists could have written this book, but only Lytollis has. I doubt anyone could have done it better * Tim Lezard, The Journalist magazine *
£15.29
Headline Publishing Group Egg and Soldiers
Book Synopsis''A gloriously enjoyable read from start to finish'' - Daily Express''Here''s a book to savour'' - Mail on SundayMiles Jupp (News Quiz presenter, star of Rev, I''m Sorry I Haven''t a Clue and The Thick Of It) delves into the mind of his comedy creation Damien Trench - urbane food writer and protagonist of BBC Radio 4''s acclaimed sitcom In and Out of the Kitchen. ''Are you Damien Trench?'' said the lady operating the stall.''I might be,'' I said to the lady.''You are though, aren''t you?'' she asked.''Well...yes,'' I agreed. And that was that.She seized me by both hands, pulled me towards her, and launched into a passionate monologue that covered a selection of dessert recipes that I had once offered up in print, her difficult relationship with soft cheeses and her husband''s irritable skin. So intense was her manner that it was extremely difficult to tell if she was scolding or praisiTrade Review[Damien Trench] is a glorious comic creation . . . Jupp has transferred him from radio and TV on to the page in a highly effective manner. A gloriously enjoyable read from start to finish. * Daily Express *Whether you're already a fan of Jupp's bumbling bon viveur, or are stumbling across him for the first time, here's a book to savour. * Mail on Sunday *
£12.34
Headline Publishing Group Outside the Sky is Blue
Book Synopsis''A bracing, heart-lifting read. Patterson is a superb writer'' Observer OUTSIDE, THE SKY IS BLUE is a heart-breaking yet also truly joyful and wise memoir of growing up, of dealing with mental health and illness, and of what it means to be part of a family that, despite everything, is able to laugh and to love.''A memoir about the loss of faith and hope. A memoir about the loss of faith and hope. The book journeys to dark places but it''s too honest and well written to be dispiriting. She perseveres in her quest to understand'' GuardianWhen Christina Patterson''s brother Tom died suddenly, she faced the harrowing task of clearing out his house. Tom had always been the one who held on to the family treasures and memories, but now Christina had to sift through boxes of letters, photos and belongings, not just of Tom''s, but of their parents and their older sister, Caroline.The contents of those boxes teTrade ReviewA bracing, heart-lifting read. Patterson is a superb writer - part of the redemptive message of this memoir is that beautiful prose can make almost anything bearable. Outside the Sky is Blue is a lesson in generosity, in accommodation, but most of all it's a lesson in resilience * Observer *Written with savage honesty about grief and sibling rivalry, this book slices deeply. A memoir about family loyalty and gut-wrenching goodbyes but it serves too as a wise guide from someone who has endured more than her share of life's slings and arrows, and has still come out swinging * Sunday Times (Culture) *A compelling memoir of faith, hope and loss. Her beautifully written and insightful account of a family living with mental and physical ill health * Daily Express *A hymn to optimism, and a beacon of unflagging hope * iPaper *A memoir about the loss of faith and hope. The book journeys to dark places but it's too honest and well written to be dispiriting - she perseveres in her quest to understand * Guardian *A superbly told, heart-buffeting memoir - a powerful account of how we carry the distress that life's blows cause to us; of how we keep sane and carry on; and of how love within a family can endure even the sternest tests * Bookseller, Book of the Month *Patterson has poured every ounce of love and compassion she possesses into this compelling memoir * Daily Mirror *'I read this beautiful and exceptional book in one sitting' * Kate Mosse *A powerful and honest, personal memoir of love and loss * Woman's Own *She has a talent for vivid, visual description and writes about her sister's schizophrenia with candour and sensitivity * Spectator *Christina Patterson's beautifully written memoir spans all the emotions, from joyful to heart-breaking and back again * Choice magazine *A memoir full of wit, wisdom, tenderness and heart. Deeply moving on the devastating impact of childhood schizophrenia on a family. Christina Patterson writes so beautifully, and with searing honesty. I loved this book * Dr Rachel Clarke, author of Dear Life and Your Life in My Hands *Moving and ultimately uplifting and beautifully written * David Nicholls *She writes beautifully - crisp, yet emotional and page-turning. For me, it is something about her clarity and brutal honesty in describing both heartbreak and heart bursting life and love. In the end it is only the love that matters. Her memoir will give hope to those that are suffering and cannot see the light * Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass *Devastating, funny, wise, intimate and beautifully written. It's filled with empathy and light. This is a handbook for loving and living fully. The writing shines, celebrating life without ever shying away from the sharpness of grief and pain. It's truly life affirming, strengthening and hope filled. This book has never been more needed, it's essential reading for us all right now * Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable *This is a beautiful book. Heartbreaking and heartwarming, it's an immersive family memoir that is deeply personal and yet somehow universal. Highly recommended * Adam Hamdy, author of Black 13 *A book about illness, both mental, in all its variety, and physical. One of the things that stands out is the tone, a crystal-clear capturing of intensity of feeling without resorting to hysteria or hyperbole * Strong Words magazine *This is a joyful book. Despite the sorrows, there is a determined joy to this tale, a pattern of finding the good despite the bad, of turning to face the sun so the shadows fall behind. It's a wonderful, heart-wrenching, compelling read * Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind *All families have stories of mental health struggles but Christina and her family have had more than their fair share. She tells their story with candour and compassion. It makes for an intense and moving read. Having had a brother who had schizophrenia all his adult life I was especially struck by her portrayal of her sister Caroline. There is a lot of death and suffering in this book yet precisely because Christina is so candid and compassionate there is hope within it too. I am sure this will be a welcome addition to the books helping to break down stigma and taboo about mental illness * Alastair Campbell, author of Living Better *This is a profound and beautiful memoir. Anyone who reads it will go on an extraordinary journey - you will learn about a remarkable individual, and also about our shared humanity * Johann Hari, author of Lost Connections *A tender, candid, sometimes heartbreaking, ultimately joyful account of family life, overcoming illness and loss, and embracing happiness * Bookanista *'Tremendous. For me, this is a book about forgiveness, but I think you can find what you want in it' * Suzanne Moore *A tender, funny chronicle of a loving family and the many sorrows and joys they endured . . . Exquisite, brave and highly recommended' * Independent.ie *
£10.44
Headline Publishing Group The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
Book Synopsis''Raw, frank and utterly heartfelt, but full of love and joy too, one of the most moving and uplifting memoirs I''ve ever read.'' Daisy Buchanan''Evanna''s account of overcoming an eating disorder gives an unsparing insight into the mental health system, and the journey to true recovery. A beautifully courageous and honest memoir.'' Bonnie Wright''As well as charting her adolescent battle with anorexia, it offers a darkly compelling, highly topical account of journeying from girlhood to womanhood in the spotlight of global celebrity.'' The Mail on Sunday''A raw and powerful memoir, it shares lessons banishing self-hatred.'' The Sunday Telegraph''Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn''t feel safe...''Evanna Lynch has long been viewed as a role model for people recovering fr
£12.28
Headline Publishing Group Who Cares
Book Synopsis*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*''A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation'' ROB DELANEY''A radical vision for how we might do things better '' LADY BRENDA HALE ''A rallying cry we should all heed'' TLSA ground-breaking book lifting the lid on the hidden side of the ''care crisis'' - helping us reimagine our world to put caregiving at its heart When Emily Kenway found herself in the painful position of caring for her cancer-stricken mother, her life was changed forever. Though she was lonely, she was far from alone: around the world, millions of people are quietly caring for unwell, elderly or disabled loved ones. For many, this is a full-time job, saving economies billions. But the human cost remains largely ignored.Why are caregivers mostly women? As families shrink, how can we provide care? Can care robots be the answer? And what does death anxiety ha
£11.69
John Murray Press My Garden World
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - BEST GARDENING BOOKS OF 2020 - Sunday Times, Times ''Every page a joy.'' Nigel Slater''From a very early age I loved the countryside as much as any garden and was fascinated by the life that I saw all around me from trees, wildflowers, birds, insects and mammals. In a sense this book has been over sixty years in gestation. I have kept notebooks and journals ever since I could write and I have drawn upon these as well as the events of the past year.''My Garden World by Monty Don is a celebration of every living creature that we all share. This year has given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. Whether you live in the countryside or the town, Monty''s observations and insights are relevant to each and every one of us. My Garden World is Monty Don''s personal journey through the natural year, month by month, seaTrade ReviewAs familiar as a cup of tea and similarly as heartening, Monty Don is something of a gardening legend... this is a very timely and relevant celebration of the world immediately around us - at a time when we really need it. * Cotswold Life *Full of warmth and affection * Edinburgh Evening News **Best Christmas Releases* -- While some gardeners appear bent on suppressing nature, Monty Don loves and works with it. His new book is a celebration of the living world, through which he walks us, following the calendar year, pausing to observe everything from hares to hawthorn. His world is one big garden of delights. * Saga *Both informative and personal * Argus (Brighton) *Really rather wonderful. Not only is it a celebration of all that grows in his garden, but of everything else living there too... Every page a joy. * Nigel Slater **Best gardening books of 2020*. This is a gentle and soulful read, full of little "a-ha" moments, that takes us through a calendar year of garden wildlife observations. * The Times {Saturday Review} *Written in Don's typically accessible but engaging prose, My Garden World is our protagonist's latest celebration of his favourite subject. * Irish News *And what better way to celebrate the natural world than with everyone's favourite gardener. Monty Don observes with detail the animals, birds and wildlife that come and go throughout the year, encouraging us to help and preserve the world around us. * Woman *
£18.00
Hodder & Stoughton Animal Matters
Book Synopsis''Heartwarming and hilarious''Telegraph''With as many horrifying stories as heart-warming ones, this is a fascinating look at the year in the life of a vet at a London animal charity hospital. There are some proper belly laughs as well as some insights that will truly stick with you.'' - Alexandra Heminsley, GraziaAn unusual ''dalmation'', a TV star with cancer, an out of control budgie. Charlotte Rea has seen them all, and more. Animal Matters is Charlotte''s diary of real-life cases written during a one year of her work as a veterinary surgeon in a 24-hour inner-city London animal charity. The diary reveals the reality of working as a vet, how it can be both emotional and amusing, one minute you can be consoling an owner on the loss of their much-loved pet, the next trying to catch an escaped budgie. Charlotte mixes deeply sad moments with amusing and unimaginable ones along with more detailed accounts and rTrade ReviewWith as many horrifying stories as heartwarming ones, this is a fascinating look at the year in the life of a vet at a London animal charity hospital. There are some proper belly laughs as well as some insights that will truly stick with you - and after reading it you'll never buy a dog online. -- Alexandra Heminsley * Grazia *
£9.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Adrian Shooter
Book SynopsisThis book is the tale of a small boy from Surrey who had a fascination with anything on wheels and, also, loved to learn about people and what motivated them.
£21.25
Orion Publishing Co Out of the Woods
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD''This is a book to get lost in . . . A disturbing trauma narrative, it''s also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation'' Guardian''A brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this'' Olivia Laing''Turns the nature memoir genre upon its head . . . is a book full of poetry and pathos. More than anything it is a bold and beautiful study of how to be a true modern man'' Ben Myers, SpectatorAt a crossroads in his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return - depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual abuse, and the religious upbringing that was the cause of so much confusion. It is among the trees of London''s Epping Forest where he Trade ReviewTurns the nature memoir genre upon its head . . . OUT OF THE WOODS is a book full of poetry and pathos. More than anything it is a bold and beautiful study of how to be a true modern man -- Ben Myers * THE SPECTATOR *This is a book to get lost in...A disturbing trauma narrative, it's also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation -- Sukhdev Sandhu * GUARDIAN *OUT OF THE WOODS is a brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this. I'm so glad Luke Turner exists -- OLIVIA LAING, author of THE LONELY CITYOUT OF THE WOODS had me hooked. Refreshing, frank, edifying, courageous . . . I was quite emotional by the end. Luke Turner is a serious thinker and a unique and important new voice -- AMY LIPTROT, author of THE OUTRUNUnflinching on relationships, the nature of obsession, lust, masculinity, faith and lost innocence. OUT OF THE WOODS is a very special book -- BRETT ANDERSONTruly beautiful prose... the candour and insightful scholarship Turner brings to his subject make it a very worthwhile read -- Grub Smith * LITERARY REVIEW *OUT OF THE WOODS is emotionally and sexually charged, deeply moving, with hauntingly exquisite writing and an extraordinary command of language that draws you into the depths of the forest and Luke's struggles with bisexuality, religion and love. Such raw honesty is precious and makes for a powerful read. I feel like I want to bind this book in wood and keep it in a special place for when I return to read it again and again -- COSEY FANNI TUTTIOUT OF THE WOODS is like nothing I've read before - rich, honest, humane and thoughtful, it is utterly original and really gets into the bones -- LUCY JONESTurner mixes vulnerability with the sort of insight that comes only through a complex honesty -- Sean Hewitt * IRISH TIMES *Honest, haunting and moving, OUT OF THE WOODS envelops you in its leafy, sprawling pages, and squeezes tight. Captivating and poignant * ATTITUDE *A transformative, brutally honest memoir which is unafraid to stalk the monster that hides in the darkest of forests. OUT OF THE WOODS is like the Brothers Grimm adapted by Derek Jarman and it is easily one of my books of the year -- JOHN HIGGSAchieves that tricky balance of feeling both deeply personal and totally universal * ESQUIRE *A compulsive and beautifully written debut: all those who loved THE OUTRUN should read it -- Caroline Sanderson * Editor's Choice, THE BOOKSELLER *An important and moving memoir about the struggles of being bisexual . . . His brave, often poetic prose encompasses the pastoral, the confessional, and the erotic -- Paul Edmondson * CHURCH TIMES *Sparkling with sexual energy and intelligence, OUT OF THE WOODS is both a timely reminder of the dangers of concealment and suppression, and a powerful testament to the redemptive power of - lovingly, determinedly - making what was hidden known -- HELEN JUKES, author of A HONEYBEE HEART HAS FIVE OPENINGSAn unflinching and unsentimental portrait of place, spirituality and sexuality . . . Turner's is a memoir stripped of nostalgia - honest to its bones - and a bold reimagining of what nature writing can be -- Jessica J. Lee, author of TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST
£9.49
Orion Publishing Co The Ballast Seed
Book Synopsis''I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn''t put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. It''s a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life.'' Cal Flyn author of Islands of AbandonmentThe surprise of a second pregnancy, so soon after the birth of her first son, plunged Rosie into a despair that spiralled into deep depression. Terrified at the prospect of adding another child into her already precariously balanced life, Rosie was compelled to find a new way of living. She found herself instinctively drawn to the local parks and scraps of communal green spaces in her local south east London neighbourhood, and to therapy via tending a hidden garden deep within the city. Interlaced with her responses to the travel journals of an eccentric 19th century female botaTrade ReviewCompletely brilliant * India Knight *A gorgeously subtle memoir of depression, that intertwines in surprising and often uplifting ways with the healing power of nature. * Monica Ali *I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once-luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. It's a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life. * Cal Flyn author of Islands of Abandonment *The Ballast Seed is a book to read... The language is evocative, the writing beautiful, intense and personal... the book is infused with the thrill of discovery and knowledge... a compelling and profoundly hopeful read. -- Naomi Slade * THE GARDEN *The Ballast Seed brought me to tears, of sadness and of wonder. Rich in the possibilities of connection and of nature, Rosie Kinchen has created a book that is so many things at once, and utterly unique. It is an exquisite piece of writing that is unsentimental and raw and deeply moving, and a stunning antidote to some of the unhelpful myths propagated around new motherhood; in this sense I was underlining sentences as I read... a raw and passionate insight into all that flourishes from the darkest of places. A breath of fresh air. * Charlotte Philby, author of Edith and Kim *This is an achingly beautiful memoir. It's a story about motherhood, but also about healing, about growth, about hope. Reading it felt like finding sunlight - I couldn't put it down. * Catherine Cho, author of Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness *Kinchen skilfully weaves together her experiences as a mother and a gardener in this beautiful evocation of a journey through darkness into light. * Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well Gardened Mind *Both delicate and powerful, The Ballast Seed paints a portrait of early motherhood that is refreshing in its refusal to deny either the despair or the hope of that fragile time. It feels like a paean to paying attention - to our own emotional landscapes, to the histories (and botanies) on our doorstep, to everyday moments of beauty. * Miranda Ward, author of Adrift *I loved the open and honest clarity of The Ballast Seed. A memoir that weaves the personal challenges of a surprise pregnancy with biography, and a discovery of the healing quality of horticulture. It is a book about the power of caring and nurture, for yourself, your children, and for plants and community, full of surprising discoveries within the fast paced urban landscape. But it is also about transformation and regeneration. A gorgeous testament to a growing year, and the wonders of new life. * Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father *[An] intelligent, careful memoir... Its tales of plants, friendship and the immense solace of plunging your hands into the soil will resonate with many. -- Hephzibah Anderson * OBSERVER *A gorgeous memoir about an unexpected pregnancy. -- Eve Crosbie * HELLO! MAGAZINE *
£9.49
iUniverse Surviving the 70s
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iUniverse Running with the Dogs
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iUniverse Return to Glenlord
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McFarland & Co Inc Charlie 21 Bravo
Book Synopsis In 2012, Specialist Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. A Special Forces dropout, Summerfield was given a second chance at leadership as the head of an infantry team in one of the most IED-ridden areas in Afghanistan. With zero training and little intel, his squad navigated IED belts, leadership conflict and enemy ambushes. This book provides a thought-provoking and often humorous account of life on the front in a frontless war, all from the perspective of a low-ranking enlisted soldier.Table of ContentsPrefaceTermsBattalion Structure 1. Black Outs and Black Ops 2. With No Training and Little Intel 3. Snap-Backs and Taliban? 4. Farming for Taliban 5. IEDs for Sale or Trade 6. Kotizi 7. Unexpected Company 8. Jelly Legs 9. Seek and Defecate10. Gundi Ghar11. Gundi Ghar, Day Two12. Chapman13. The Return to Gundi Ghar14. Back to the Grind15. Deegan Cole16. The Complexities of My Emotions17. To Check or Not to Check18. Ice Cream and Lattes19. But Nobody Died, Right?20. Night on the Big Town21. Superheroes with Drinking Problems22. Now Let's Never Do That Again23. Bargaining for Your FutureIndex
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McFarland & Co Inc Saigon to Pleiku
Book Synopsis Initially stationed at the U.S. Army''s counterintelligence headquarters in Saigon, David Noble was sent north to launch the army''s first covert intelligence-gathering operation in Vietnam''s Central Highlands. Living in the region of the Montagnards--Vietnam''s indigenous tribal people, deemed critical to winning the war--Noble documented strategic hamlets and Green Beret training camps, where Special Forces teams taught the Montagnards to use rifles rather than crossbows and spears. In this book, he relates the formidable challenges he confronted in the course of his work. Weaving together memoir, excerpts from letters written home, and photographs, Noble''s compelling narrative throws light on a little-known corner of the Vietnam War in its early years--before the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and the deployment of combat units--and traces his transformation from a novice intelligence agent and believer in the war to a political dissenter and active protester.Trade ReviewDavid Noble’s Vietnam memoir, including excerpts from letters written home and personal photographs, form an insightful and valuable addition to Vietnam War literature prior to the American build up."- Alexander S. Cochran, Vietnam HistorianTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I Memory Becoming an Intelligence Agent Honolulu and the Waikikian Arrival in Vietnam The Continental Palace Reporting for Duty The Case of the Purloined Penicillin Saigon Major Kumar Central Registry Rest and Relaxation in Hong Kong Part II Assignment Pleiku Intelligence Work in the Highlands Dope, Drink and Sex The Montagnards Pleiku's Missionaries Travels Beyond Pleiku A Week in Saigon Life in Pleiku Plei Mrong Is Dedicated Plei Mrong Is Attacked Bangkok Ban Me Thuot Final Months in Pleiku Part III The War at Home Epilogue Author's Service History Index
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McFarland & Co Inc Hitchhiking Home from Danang
Book Synopsis Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam. After the war he went AWOL, then to civilian jails and military brigs and finally to a Navy psychiatric ward, where he witnessed patient-attempted suicides. Medically discharged, he returned home to upstate New York and piecework in shoe factories. Written in two voices--one lucid, one dreamlike--his memoir delivers a jump-cut narrative of his troubled adolescence, his wartime experiences and his struggle to come unstuck from his own life.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Marking Time 1. Dancing in the Dark 2. Like a Rolling Stone 3. What About Me 4. Miles from Nowhere 5. One Fine Day 6. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 7. Keep On Pushing 8. Here, There and Everywhere 9. New Beginnings Part II. Going South 10. Standing in the Shadows of Love 11. Sunny 12. Chain of Fools 13. Where Do We Go from Here? 14. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? 15. Darkness, Darkness 16. Who'll Stop the Rain? 17. Carry That Weight 18. Slippin' into Darkness Part III. Nothing for Nothing 19. Four Days Gone 20. Running on Empty 21. When You Awake 22. New Beginnings Part IV. In the Zone 23. I Walk the Line 24. I Got Dreams to Remember 25. If You Want Me to Stay 26. There's a Hole in the Future 27. Goin' Out of My Head 28. Song of the Wind 29. Catch the Wind 30. My Back Pages 31. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing 32. New Beginnings Part V. Waking 33. Slippin' into Darkness 34. Working Class Hero 35. Going Down Slowly 36. Be True to Your School 37. Homeward Bound 38. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? 39. Sweet Melissa 40. The Other Side of the Sky Part VI. Back Stories 41. Going in Circles 42. A House Is Not a Home 43. Estate 44. Dedicated to You 45. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 46. Hurt Part VII. Falling Forward 47. In a Sentimental Mood 48. Winter in America 49. (Who Wrote) The Book of Love? 50. Pavane 51. Rivers of My Fathers 52. When I'm Gone Epilogue: Collateral Damage Music/Playlist Credits Books: A Short List Index
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Outskirts Press Can You Stand to Be Blessed
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Outskirts Press Do You Know the Story of Superman Loving Children
Book SynopsisThis collection of memoirs arose from the author''s induction into the world of parenting at age 55. A widower the year before, he had long ago put away any thoughts of having or raising children. Enter the love of his life who happens to have two children and in short time he is being quizzed on his diapering skills. Holding his first grandchild he is struck by the realization that the love of a child does not require a biological connection - it is innate. Each contact recorded in these memoirs illustrates that it is in our nature to love and nurture a child and that perhaps this is even greater when the child is not your own. Foolish that he had rejected adoption during his first marriage and aware of the estimate of 132 million orphans worldwide, the author makes a strong statement in favor of adopting these children. He also learns that parenting requires commitment and hard work as well as finding out how to play a caterpillar in charades. With the delightful experiences of being
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University of Nebraska Press Woman Pissing
Book SynopsisElizabeth Cooperman celebrates artists who have struggled with debilitating self-doubt and uncertainty, while she reflects on her own life, grappling with questions of creativity, womanhood, and motherhood.Trade Review“This is a fiercely feminist book in the best sense, carving out a space for a female intelligence and decimating certain kinds of male productivity/surety. Cooperman has found her own form and managed to create a remarkable book—howlingly sad, oddly joyous, and persuasively devoted to a wayward/outsider/termite definition of art.”—David Shields“An engaging and distinctive read, Woman Pissing challenges, provokes, and inspires. . . . Woman Pissing refuses to give way to conventional narrative, charts its own path, and evidences the instinctual effort and devotion of a writer keenly aware of just how thin the membrane between art and life can truly be.”—Jericho Parms, author of Lost Wax“A book about the effort to write it, Woman Pissing is a living thing. Cooperman makes art of the effort to make art and manages, in that process, to make art—of art itself. The product is not final but a record of the process—pure pleasure for the reader.”—Kary Wayson, author of The SlipTable of ContentsWoman with Hat Head of a Man Head of a Woman Woman in the Studio Woman with Green Stockings Crouching Beggar Family of Saltimbanques Young Acrobat on a Ball At the Lapin Agile Parade Reclining Female Nude under a Pine Tree The Lovers The Absinthe Drinker Woman in Gray Woman in a Gray Armchair Head of a Hurdy-Gurdy The Blue Acrobat The Race Portrait of the Artist’s Mother Pregnant Woman Self-Portrait at Thirty-Six Dwarf Dancer Maya with Doll Portrait of Maya The FactoryMaternité Spring Nude in Red Stockings The BeastLa belle hollandaise Le compotier Nude in a Garden Butterfly Hunter Woman with Her Hair in a Bun Japanese Divan House in a Garden Interior Scene The Blue Room Woman with Outstretched ArmsTête de mort Still Life with Steer’s Skull She-Goat SweetsLa cuisine Nude with Drapery Kids Little SunTête Woman with Jewels Watermelon EatersMa jolie Girl before a Mirror Self-PortraitYo Woman with a Large Hat The Artist before His Canvas Aiming the Deathblow Woman with Pears Woman Washing Her Feet The Fool Woman beneath the Lamp Smoke Clouds at Vallauris The Pigeon with Green Peas ContemplationCabinet particulier Bird with WormCannibale The Sigh Woman with a Crow Two Old People Birds in a Cage Woman Squatting with Child The Old Blind Man’s Meal Seated Old Man Woman in a Hat with Pom-Poms and a Printed Blouse Woman with a Bonnet Nude with Dripping Hair Woman Pissing Blue Nude Still Life with Skull Death of Nature Last Moments Lobster and Cat Woman Seated in a Garden Woman in a ShawlLa joie de vivre (Pastorale) Still Life with Fruit Waiting Woman Reading Woman Throwing a Stone Woman at the Window Acknowledgments Appendix: Discarded Epigraphs Voices
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Tyndale House Publishers Joey
Book SynopsisOver 100,000 copies sold!A touching tale. Kirkus ReviewsThe heartwarming true story of a blind horse named Joey.At the height of his show career, this beautiful Appaloosa's majestic stature, strength, and willingness to work made him the perfect partner. But when an injury cost Joey his show career, he moved from one owner to the next, ultimately experiencing severe abuse and neglect. A rescue group found Joey nearly dead from starvationand blind.Then he came to Hope Reinsa ranch dedicated to helping hurting kids who had been abused, emotionally wounded, or unwanted. By teaching these children to care for rescued animals, the Hope Reins staff were convinced they could reach kids with love and hope and show them that we are never forgotten by God.But could the financially struggling ranch afford to take care of a blind horse that no one else wanted? Could Joey somehow learn to trust people even though the world had hurt h
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Tyndale House Publishers Fire Road
Book SynopsisGet out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now!These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flamesbefore napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death.Against all odds, Kim livedbut her journey toward healing was only beginning. When the napalm bombs dropped, everything Kim knew and relied on exploded along with them: her home, her country's freedom, her childhood innocence and happiness. The coming years would be marked by excruciating treatments for her burns and unrelenting physical pain throughout her body, which were constant reminders of that terrible day. Kim survived
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Tyndale House Publishers Defying Jihad
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Wipf & Stock Publishers God Is Not a Boys Name
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Cornell University Press In Search of the Free Individual
Book SynopsisI love life in its living form, life that's found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, and moans. So begins this speech delivered in Russian at Cornell University by Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In poetic language, Alexievich traces the origins of her deeply affecting blend of journalism, oral history, and creative writing.Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker Series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation.
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Stanford University Press Goodbye, Antoura: A Memoir of the Armenian
Book SynopsisWhen World War I began, Karnig Panian was only five years old, living among his fellow Armenians in the Anatolian village of Gurin. Four years later, American aid workers found him at an orphanage in Antoura, Lebanon. He was among nearly 1,000 Armenian and 400 Kurdish children who had been abandoned by the Turkish administrators, left to survive at the orphanage without adult care. This memoir offers the extraordinary story of what he endured in those years—as his people were deported from their Armenian community, as his family died in a refugee camp in the deserts of Syria, as he survived hunger and mistreatment in the orphanage. The Antoura orphanage was another project of the Armenian genocide: its administrators, some benign and some cruel, sought to transform the children into Turks by changing their Armenian names, forcing them to speak Turkish, and erasing their history. Panian's memoir is a full-throated story of loss, resistance, and survival, but told without bitterness or sentimentality. His story shows us how even young children recognize injustice and can organize against it, how they can form a sense of identity that they will fight to maintain. He paints a painfully rich and detailed picture of the lives and agency of Armenian orphans during the darkest days of World War I. Ultimately, Karnig Panian survived the Armenian genocide and the deprivations that followed. Goodbye, Antoura assures us of how humanity, once denied, can be again reclaimed.Trade Review"Goodbye, Antoura stands out as a telling, concise, and human portrait of a painful and traumatic component of the Armenian genocide. Beyond academic circles, the memoir could find a special audience among young adults, much as The Diary of Anne Frank has done. Panian's skill at weaving the celestial with the hellish is a true gift to the reader; through Panian's work, one can experience intimately this knot of angst and awe that is often concomitant with being a thoughtful child."—Nora Lessersohn,Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association"Though surely dark at times, Panian's journey to salvation and his eventual transition into a leading intellectual and education leader in the Armenian Diaspora is an adventure steeped in hope, courage, and optimism. His description of the horrors he was forced to live, coupled with the hopefulness that his new life promised after Antoura, makes the English translation of Goodbye, Antoura an invaluable addition to the already rich library of genocide memoirs that give the survivors a voice."—Rupen Janbazian, Armenian Weekly"This searing account of a little boy wrenched from family and innocence manages to retrieve irrepressible flashes of great humanity amid the horror and chaos. It is a literary gem."—David Gardner, Financial Times"A remarkable and unforgettable book. It is an indispensable tool for awakening our consciences and restoring our collective sense of decency and our solidarity with all those who have suffered the horrors of genocide."—Vartan Gregorian"A poignant story of a child's stubborn determination to survive, Goodbye, Antoura is an important book about memory, history, and the Armenian Genocide."—Davide Rodogno, author of Against Massacre"Goodbye, Antoura is far more than a personal memoir. Karnig Panian has captured with literary creativity the spirit of person, family, community, nation and humanity—the essence of identity itself. Within this saga of an Armenian orphaned boy being forcibly stripped of his identity is a story of universal relevance."—Richard G. Hovannisian, author of The Republic of Armenia
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Amazon Publishing The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and
Book SynopsisFrom a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Reporter Diana Marcum is in crisis. A long-buried personal sadness is enfolding her—and her career is stalled—when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California. She follows them on their annual return to the remote Azorean Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where bulls run down village streets, volcanoes are active, and the people celebrate festas to ease their saudade, a longing so deep that the Portuguese word for it can’t be fully translated. Years later, California is in a terrible drought, the wildfires seem to never end, and Diana finds herself still dreaming of those islands and the chuva—a rain so soft you don’t notice when it begins or ends. With her troublesome Labrador retriever, Murphy, in tow, Diana returns to the islands of her dreams only to discover that there are still things she longs for—and one of them may be a most unexpected love. An Amazon Charts Most Read book.Trade Review“In her engaging travel memoir [Marcum] captures the spirit of saudade with an eye for detail and a playful earnestness…In the remote islands of the Azores, Marcum seems to have found her spot.” —The New York Times Book Review “If you need a summer vacation but can’t get out of town, take a trip to the Azores with Diana Marcum. Her travel memoir about her special connection to the islands will make you want to drop everything and hop on the next flight to paradise.” —HelloGiggles “Lazy mornings, family intrigue, cantankerous bulls, hope. Diana Marcum found it all on a potato-shaped island in the middle of the Atlantic. And thank goodness she did, for the resulting tale is as inspirational as it is entertaining. Marcum is the perfect travel companion: smart, open-minded, and just the right amount of funny. She’s also endearing, in a Bad News Bears sort of way, and by the end of The Tenth Island I found myself not only liking her but rooting for her too.” —Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss
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Pan Macmillan Shepherd of Another Flock: The Charming Tale of a
Book SynopsisShh, new vicar might be listening . . .'As the newly appointed Vicar of Helmsley, David was looking forward to working in this picturesque market town, set in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. Admittedly the vicarage, which dated back to the twelfth century, was extremely cold and damp. And not all of his parishioners were impressed by his new-fangled ways. But with the help of the irrepressible Father Bert, a retired cleric and one-time Tail End Charlie, David set about winning over the townsfolk.There was Lord Feversham, the local landowner who at times bore an unnerving resemblance to Henry VIII; fiery Ted, a retired chef who had fought with the Polish Free Army; Frank the singing shepherd, still working as he approached eighty, and redoubtable countrywoman Eva. All had stories of hardship and sacrifice, friendship and love. Charming and moving, Shepherd of Another Flock is a must-read for fans of authors like Gervase Phinn, James Herriot and Amanda Owen.Trade ReviewThe gloriously beguiling saga of a new Reverend overcoming the suspicions of locals in a small Yorkshire town * Daily Mail *A glorious book * Times Literary Supplement *Written with all the warmth and gentle humour that we’ve come to expect from the like of James Herriot and Gervase Phinn * The Press *
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Pan Macmillan The Crossway
Book SynopsisWinner - Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2019.Shortlisted - Rathbones Folio Prize, RSL Ondaatje Prize, and Somerset Maugham Award 2019.In 2013 Guy Stagg made a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Though a non-believer, he began the journey after suffering several years of mental illness, hoping the ritual would heal him. For ten months he hiked alone on ancient paths, crossing ten countries and more than 5,500 kilometres. The Crossway is an account of this extraordinary adventure.Having left home on New Year’s Day, Stagg climbed over the Alps in midwinter, spent Easter in Rome with a new pope, joined mass protests in Istanbul and survived a terrorist attack in Lebanon. Travelling without support, he had to rely each night on the generosity of strangers, staying with monks and nuns, priests and families. As a result, he gained a unique insight into the lives of contemporary believers and learnt the fascinating stories of the soldiers and saints, missionaries and martyrs who had followed these paths before him.The Crossway is a book full of wonders, mixing travel and memoir, history and current affairs. At once intimate and epic, it charts the author’s struggle to walk towards recovery, and asks whether religion can still have meaning for those without faith.A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' in 2018.Trade ReviewThe Crossway is in many ways classic travelogue, so classic indeed that early admirers have drawn parallels with Patrick Leigh Fermor. Stagg certainly has a way with words . . . But in addition – and unlike the rather stiff-upper-lipped Leigh Fermor – Stagg allows an emotional honesty to filter through the golden prose . . . a luminous and occasionally (almost in spite of itself) numinous account . . . moving and thought-provoking -- Peter Stanford * Observer *Having finished this account, I felt dazed. Dazed at the thought of all that I’d learnt from its pages about 2,000 years of Christianity, dazed at how immediate its author had made so many centuries-old stories feel, and dazed at the strangeness and brilliance of this extraordinary travelogue. -- Rebecca Armstrong * i newspaper *The journey as redemptive recovery is a well-worm trope, but there is no glib ending here. I really enjoyed this book. -- Sara Wheeler * Spectator *Such pitch-perfect prose that he has already attracted comparisons with Patrick Leigh Fermor’s celebrated accounts of his youthful travels * The Tablet *A sublime, intense, and intimate account of a journey that becomes a kind of dream in search of solace and, perhaps, even a kind of faith. As the author walks on, across a continent, through history, time, the natural and human world – and the spaces in between – it is hard not to believe you are there, by his side. Beautifully written, filled with strange encounters and extraordinary language, The Crossway is a meditation, an escape, a confrontation, a losing and a finding. It is a timely antidote to our disconnected times. -- Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan and RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTARThe extraordinary story of a pilgrimage to find out the meaning of pilgrimage. Completely absorbing, personal, often funny, and full of fascinating encounters - an enlightening book from an exciting new writer. -- Sarah Bakewell, author of At The Existentialist CaféThe journey is remarkable – a hike of thousands of miles across Europe, undertaken with rare bravery and stamina. But what is really extraordinary about Guy Stagg’s The Crossway is the writing – acutely sensitive, hyper-alert and unflagging in its exploration of the strange depths and by-ways of human belief -- Philip Marsden, author of Rising GroundI loved it. Odd that a journey made to find salvation (a kind of 5,500 kilometre Stations of the Cross taking almost a year to walk) should turn out to be such a page turner. The reason is Stagg himself – an engaging, challenging, endlessly interesting companion who just happens to write formidably well. Travel writing has a bright new star. -- Alexander Frater, author of Chasing the MonsoonGuy Stagg makes a pilgrimage across Europe, into history and, most powerfully, the (troubled) interior of his soul. He takes us on a journey full of wonder and woe, poetry and pain; writing in prose that’s as sure-footed as it is unsettling in its honesty. A brave and beautiful account of a man’s search for meaning -- Rhidian Brook, author of The AftermathA gorgeous and moving book -- Jamie Quatro, author of Fire SermonA marvellous book. There’s a lovely plainsongish immediacy to the telling that I found hugely beguiling, and (unusually) Stagg is as effective on people as he is on place. It’s also a generous piece of self-reckoning -- William Atkins, author of The MoorThe Crossway is moving and unique, with the sense that no one else can write like this about such places as the abbeys of France, the cities of Rome and Istanbul or the daunting landscape of pilgrimage and the often astonishing people whom Guy Stagg meets. At the book’s heart is his own story; troubled, he seeks redemption and hope. Does he find them? He makes his search into a story that is gripping and uplifting -- Max Egremont, author of Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East PrussiaGuy Stagg has bared his soul and soles in this epic account of walking from England through Italy, the Balkans, Istanbul, Cyprus, Lebanon and on to Jerusalem. His fabulously open hearted account easily bears comparison with the great walking and monastery books of Patrick Leigh Fermor, except he goes further in revealing the damage, and how it might be repaired . . . solvitur ambulando indeed! -- Robert Twigger, author of Red Nile and Angry White Pyjamas After suffering years of severe mental illness, Stagg embarks on a journey from Canterbury to Jerusalem, hoping that the 5,500km walk along medieval pilgrim paths will heal him. Travelling alone, and relying on shelter provided by churches, monasteries and nunneries en route, he faces down many demons along the way, getting caught up in violent snowstorms, the demonstrations in Istanbul's Taksim Square, and a terrorist attack. A BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" at publication, it's one of the most compelling travel books I've read in a long time, as well as a thought-provoking meditation on what it means to have faith in our turbulent contemporary world * Bookseller *Behind the cliché of the most important journey in life being the one taken inside oneself lies a timeless and powerful and vital truth: that the goal of such a quest, with all its anguish and revelation and excruciating realisations, is a place of great and lasting calm. This is the core of Guy Stagg’s necessary and beautiful book. -- Niall Griffiths, author of GritsThe Crossway is a gentle, kind, generous-spirited book, rich in detail, encounter and history. But most importantly, this is the story of a young man, from a secular world, who undertakes a pilgrimage to try and mend himself – a courageous inner journey. -- Neil Griffiths, author of As a God Might BeWhat a privilege it's been to read this compelling and moving book, to travel with a writer who records everything he sees and feels with such care and passion. The writing is beautiful and his voice so engaging, so unflinchingly honest, throughout. I finished The Crossway and just wanted the author to keep walking. -- James Macdonald Lockhart, author of RaptorStagg poignantly recounts not just his own journey as a spiritually-charge Paddy Leigh Fermor but that of the saints, soldiers and pilgrims who trod the path centuries before him. * New Statesman *He writes beautifully, he really does . . . And he has this extraordinary honesty; he lays himself bare for the reader . . . It's wonderful, it really is wonderful. -- John Maytham's Book Review * CapeTalk Radio *Poignant and poetic . . . an extraordinary journey . . . much of the book is taken up with absorbing accounts of saints and pilgrims, crusaders and revolutionaries . . . the narrative contains some captivating imagery * Times Literary Supplement *The Crossway is eventful, engaging, and often beautiful. But it is the author’s inner journey – how his pilgrimage heals him, or fails to – that hooks the reader . . . The Crossway defies easy summary because it refuses easy consolation * Theo's Think Tank *Stagg’s walk and the book that has resulted from it, is a brave, even bravura, performance. * Catholic Herald *Stagg set off on a journey hoping to heal years of mental illness and the result of his travelogue is a moving and thought-provoking insight into the minds – and often homes – of modern day believers. * Judges of the Edward Stanford Travel Awards 2019 *
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