Memoirs Books
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Shaking the Feather Boa
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£18.89
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Wild Roses Memories of a Homesteaders Daughter
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£17.09
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Back to the Barrens On the Wing with da Vinci
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£17.09
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Doctors Notes A
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£26.34
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Laggard
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£30.59
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada A Man and His River
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£22.09
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Our Homes on Indigenous Lands
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£22.09
University of Alberta Press The Green Heart of the Tree
Book SynopsisIntense, introspective essays explore African magical practice, the forest, and wildlife. âœâlyrical and gritty, unflinching and tender.â âShawna Lemay?Trade Review"I love these essays. Every word. I hesitate to tell you anything at all about them for fear you might presume familiarity and not buy this book. But these are some of the best essays I¹ve read in a very long time. I love an intelligent and sensitive narrator; one who is well-traveled, understanding, a conduit by which I see and taste the red dust of her dirt road. Oh please buy this book. It is deliciously good." Karen Miedrich-Luo, April 27, 2007 http://miedrichluo.blogspot.com/2007/04/poets-essayists-and-eye-candy.html"This is at once the most peculiar and artistically exceptional book I've read in decades. It is as if A.S. Woudstra drafted an impressionist mural with words rather than paint. You get to be the interpreter; she's not doing it for you. To many of us the individual stories may evoke thoughts of joy, sorrow or sheer bewilderment. Life in lands foreign to us, from wherever we might hail or venture to journey, will often leave us in a state of intellectual suspension. Capturing that state of mind is what Woudstra has done in writing. It is a very easy book to read. Contemplating what she experienced, and what we all do in our own ways and at various intervals, is the work involved in reading this book. If you like thinking, you will love the magic of this poetic treatment." Pam Barrett, The Edmonton Journal, August 5, 2007".at once a book of essays, a book of meditations, and a book of travel writing." Ariel Gordon, Prairie Books NOW, Summer 2007"Through disparate experiences in Gabon and east-central Africa, A.S. Woudstra takes the reader on fragments of her physical journey that shadow a spiritual one. Although the external highlights of that journey are filled with fascinating material from a naturalist and anthropological point of view, the personal journey as conveyed through Woudstra's poetic style and insight is what makes reading this collection so rewarding an experience. In the manner of the best essayists, there is a poetic ease and urbane simplicity to Woudstra's style that made these writings a delight to read." Gillian Harding-Russell, Prairie Fire [Full review at http://www.prairiefire.ca/reviews/woudstra_green_heart.html]"Woudstra's poetic prose is tenacious and mesmerizing, and her subject matter is moving. Photographs of family artifacts, and landscape accompany a collection of nine essays interposed with five brief journal entries. Always attending to the wordlessness and complexity of language and sensitive to cultural differences, she reflects on such diverse topics as Rwanda's civil war, Gabon culture, sea turtles, and forests. The journal writings ground her contemplations of unfamiliar and often troubled experiences in material moments and further illuminate her struggles with inhabiting place. However uncertain, resistant, or unable to place home she may be, her journal meditations on birds and insects become tangible reminders that home is both material and intangible, a space that dwells as much within as outside you." Lisa S. Szabo, Canadian Literature 197, Summer 2008
£19.79
University of Alberta Press We Gambled Everything
Book SynopsisIndustry insiderâs candid account of the genesis and evolution of the oil and gas industry in Canada.Trade Review"Arne Nielsen, 87, is a Petroleum Hall of Famer. Nielsen was 'chief executive politician' of Mobil Oil Canada, as he puts it; discoverer of the Pembina No. 1 field at Drayton Valley, Alta.; twice chairman of the Canadian Petroleum Association; famed foe of the National Energy Program. His career spanned the biggest energy boom in history - a 'golden age,' Nielsen calls it." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter#5 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of December 14, 2012."Arne - everyone refers to him by his first name - is lucid, insightful and passionate. A member of the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame, his lively anecdotes and candid assessments of the many battles he survived fill his biography." David Finch, Calgary Herald#1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of January 12, 2013.#7 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2013."Author Nielsen is a former CEO of a major oil company in Canada. During his 60-year career in the Canadian petroleum business, he discovered a major oil field in Alberta and helped develop the energy policies adopted by the Mulroney government. In this memoir he stresses political aspects of the petroleum industry, offering an insider's perspective on the motivations and machinations of key figures behind the scenes." Book News Inc., 2013"The oil industry is a tumultuous one, one that often calls for risk. We Gambled Everything is a memoir from Arne Nielsen who offers his insights.... [It] is a fascinating tale..." Midwest Book Review, June 2013#1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of June 9, 2013.“The author, a prominent retired Canadian oil geologist and senior industry executive, captures in his memoirs the excitement of oil discoveries on the Alberta and Saskatchewan plains during the 1940s and ’50s…. [H]e shares the excitement of locating the multibillion barrel Pembina oilfield in 1953, that has become one of the most productive fields in North America…. Nielsen analyzes the changes in Canadian federal energy policies that have dramatically affected the level of oil and gas investment, exploration, and development in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, eastern Canada off shore, and in the Northwest Territories.” -- Allan Edward Ingelson * Great Plains Research, Vol. 24, No. 2 *#1 on the Calgary Herald Bestseller list. * Calgary Herald *
£23.39
Otago University Press Doctors in Denial
Book SynopsisWhen Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Womens Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Greens study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) -- later called the unfortunate experiment -- had been in progress for seven years. By the mid-1960s there was almost universal agreement among gynaecologists and pathologists worldwide that CIS was a precursor of cancer, requiring complete removal. Green, however, believed otherwise, and embarked on a study of women with CIS, without their consent, that involved merely observing, rather than definitively treating them. Many women subsequently developed cancer and some died. In 1984 Jones and senior colleagues Dr Bill McIndoe and Dr Jock McLean published a scientific paper that exposed the truth, and the disastrous outcome of Greens experiment. In a public inquiry in 1987 Judge Sylvia Cartwright observed that an unethical experiment had been carried out in large num
£21.15
McQueen Publishers The Cockney Whipping Boy
Book SynopsisInspirational book. Chilling and Thrilling, evokes emotions . Peppered with famous people . A true story to be told
£15.97
McQueen Publishers The Cockney Whipping Boy
Book SynopsisThis book evokes emotions. Chilling/Thrilling and InspirationalA true life story from the East End of London. This book is peppered with the famous a very interesting read.(a page turner)
£28.22
Dynasty Press Ltd Silk Flowers Never Die Love Death Mental Illness
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£17.09
More Tales from a Cornish Lugger
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£7.95
Fitzrovia Press Searching Everywhere for God A spiritual
Book SynopsisA personal memoir exploring the search for God through science and mystical traditions, offering insights for those seeking deeper meaning beyond conventional religions. Includes experiences with Indian gurus and the Rajneesh commune.
£9.00
Dynasty Press Ltd Recusant
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£26.99
Massey University Press Dear Oliver
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£27.89
Massey University Press Song for Rosaleen
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Massey University Press One Minute Crying Time
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Massey University Press Mana Whakatipu
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£24.29
Massey University Press Solo
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£27.89
Doppelhouse Press Adolfo Kaminsky A Forgers Life
Book SynopsisThe gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter. Subject of The New York Times documentary 'The Forger,'; winner of a World Press Photo Award and an Emmy AwardAs seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper'[An] engrossing literary debut. ... Writing in Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and immediacy.' - Kirkus ReviewsReader's Choice Award –Elle Magazine, FranceWall Street Journal's Top 10 Most Anticipated Non-Fiction: Fall Books 2016'Every resistance movement had its forgers, but few have told their tales. Many, like Kaminsky, were very young technicians and chemists when they began their work. Sarah Kaminsky's affectionate rendering of her father's life, with Trade Review[An] engrossing literary debut. ... Writing in Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and immediacy. - Kirkus Reviews Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life is "worthy of the best spy novels" and tells the story of Sarah Kaminsky's father, "the genius-forger who committed his know-how and convictions to serve the French Resistance during World War II, saving thousands of Jewish families, and many others over the course of 30 years for various causes around the world." - TED.com A detailed and touching story traversing a century in clandestine shadow crossings, where Adolfo's skill meant life... or death. - Liberation, France Riveting. - Haaretz, Israel Technical prowess, creativity, and self-denial drive the plot in the incredibly lucky life of Adolfo Kaminsky narrated in this exciting historical document. - Elle Magazine, France; 2010 Reader's Choice Award Undoubtedly one of the most captivating books of the season. - Paris Today A pointed, sober biography ... of one of the world's best forgers. - Der Spiegel If made into a film, the life of Adolfo Kaminsky would have the ingredients of suspense thriller, war movie, historical tragedy, intimate drama, romantic comedy and scenes of terror. - O Globo, Brazil A thrilling book. - la Repubblica Federal, Italy Kaminsky has lived, in the shadows, the brightest hours of the Resistance. - Le MondeTable of ContentsAuthor's Preface to the English EditionPrologueChapters 1 - 16EpilogueAppendix of Photographs by Adolfo Kaminsky from 1940s and 1950s Paris
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Pan Macmillan Finding Hildasay
Book SynopsisOn 1 August 2017, former paratrooper Christian Lewis set off from Swansea to walk the entire coastline of the UK. Christian's search for self-discovery, and to raise awareness and funds for the veterans charity SSAFA, would become a journey beyond his or anyone's expectations. From raising over a quarter of a million pounds to adopting a dog called Jet to finding love with fellow adventurer, Kate, he had no idea that when he started this once-in-a-life-time experience he would be crossing the finish line (some five-and-a-half years later) with a fiancee, a baby and renewed sense of purpose. His story is one of survival and hope, but it's also proof that, with the right mindset, anything is possible. Finding Hildasay is Christian's first book about his journey, which has already received worldwide attention, a BAFTA-nominated documentary and more.Trade ReviewThe word ‘inspiration’ is often overused; Chris really is an inspiration. I urge you to read his tale -- Sir Andrew Gregory, CEO of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charityExhilarating * Observer *The real journey here is one of self-discovery * Mail on Sunday *I love how genuine it feels ... Chris is a remarkable man * Dorset Magazine *
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Headline Publishing Group A Life Worth Living
Book Synopsis''I can''t recommend it highly enough'' STEPHEN FRY ''Everyone needs to hear his voice'' MARK HADDONI''m a man on a mission to show that life with Down syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.Tommy Jessop''s acting career spans Line of Duty, multi-award winning roles in short films, various roles on television and the stage. From his emotional role in the hit BBC series, to playing Hamlet on stage, and through his campaigning, Tommy has created real change. He has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the need for opportunities and the real potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, the general public and to government.A Life Worth Living is Tommy''s story and Tommy''s philosophy in his own words. This uplifting read will resonate with anyone who is facing a challenge and has been especially highly praised by families and friends of people living with Down syndrome who find it immensely encouraging.
£18.00
Podium Publishing Swindled Never After
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£16.12
St. Martin's Griffin Life of the Party
£16.14
Hanover Square Press Black on Black
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£22.39
Austin Macauley Publishers What Now
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£999.99
Austin Macauley Publishers What Now
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Austin Macauley Publishers My Brother John
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£11.52
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloody Minded
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR''Immensely readable and revealing''The Guardian''A must read''Phil Liggett, MBE''A story like no other in cycling''Ned BoultingIMAGINE COMPETING IN THE WORLD''S MOST BRUTAL CYCLE RACES, KNOWING THAT A CRASH COULD BE FATALAlex Dowsett is one of Britain''s greatest cyclists. He has ridden Grand Tours and Classics for elite teams including Sky and Movistar and broke the iconic World Hour Record the ultimate time trial challenge. With humour, insight and honesty, Alex recounts his years as a pro-cyclist and the challenges he has faced in his struggle to reach the top. Alex has achieved all this despite being the only able-bodied elite sportsperson in the world with haemophilia A. He describes how the condition in which falls can be fatal both blighted his young sporting life, and boosted his determination to succeeTrade ReviewImmensely readable and revealing -- Donald McRae * The Guardian *A story to tell like no other in cycling * Ned Boulting *A great champion in sport and in life, and a credit for all young aspiring people to follow. A must read * Phil Liggett, MBE, international commentator *Truly inspirational * Cycling Weekly *The humblest super-talent in the peloton, proving nice guys can win. A wonderful book * Carlton Kirby *Such an inspiring tale. Poignant and moving, and told with forthright honesty * Peter Cossins *An inspiration for anyone who wants to do whatever they’re told they can’t. -- Michael HutchinsonUnembellished and honest. Alex tells what life as a professional cyclist is really like * Rick Zabel *Truly compelling.… a must read book for any cycling fan * Alan Murchison *Compelling -- Phil CavellA fascinating insight into the mindset of an elite sportsman who overcame great odds to reach the very top * Simon Brotherton *Table of ContentsNot Horrific, Just Terrible - The Hour Record, 2015 The Day My Dad Stopped Whistling - Diagnosis 1990 Freedom - The Commonwealth Games, 2014 One Evening, on the River Blackwater - The beginning, 2001 Hunger Games - The British Academy, 2007-2010 The University of Livestrong - Riding for a legend, 2010 Treading My Own Path - Team Sky to Movistar, 2011-2013 Letting Go of the Bike - The Giro, 2013 The Armstrong Comment - The Start Line, Beijing, 2012 Growing Up – On the road with Cavendish, 2013-2015 Mummy’s Boy - Sub-title? 2016 Heartbreak and Glory - The Olympics and The Commonwealths Mayhem - Katusha-Alpecin, 2018—2019 Life Expectancy - The Tour de France, 2019 An Arm around my Shoulder - The Worlds, 2019 Stage 8 - Giro d’Italia, 2020 Winners and Losers - The Hour, 2021 Born Lucky - Leaving the World Tour, 2022.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Politics Poverty and Belief
Book SynopsisIn this touching but also profound memoir, Field explains two key factors in his upbringing the poverty of his own childhood and the deep and lasting effect of his Christian socialism, as exemplified in the writings of F. D. Maurice and William Temple.Field has spent his adult life fighting against poverty in Britain, through parliament and through his strong personal influence. Poverty for him has injustice at its root and as he explains in this book, he has found allies on all sides of the political spectrum. He was appointed by Tony Blair to be the Secretary of State for Pensions, but the reforms he advocated were so radical and essentially just, that Tony Blair could not contemplate them and Field stood down. Previously he had been Chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee under John Major.As we read in this profound book, he has been involved in the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and worked with George Osborne to pass the legislation for the Minimum Living WageTrade ReviewFrank Field is one of the most important, iconoclastic and remarkable politicians of his generation. This book is told with his Christian belief, regrets and all, and his trademark searing honesty. -- Nick TimminsFor the past half-century Frank Field has been an outstanding parliamentarian, social reformer and champion of the disadvantaged. He joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and was expelled from it at the age of 78. -- Brian & Rachel GriffithsThe former MP’s outstanding new book blends memoir with incisive, practical ideas. [...] Few MPs have done so much to improve the voters' lives. This prophet was dishonoured in his own party, but thoughtful voters everywhere are grateful for his service. -- Tim Stanley, The TelegraphField has been a kindly light to lighten our politics. One wishes more MPs were as amiable and independent-minded, though every system does need its scoundrels and chancers. -- Quentin Letts, The TimesField is a salutary role-model for those of us who tend to be politically or religiously tribal. -- Richard Harries, the Church Times
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John Murray Press Wildlings
Book SynopsisThe ultimate handbook for raising wilder, happier, muddier, more resilient kids - whatever the weather and wherever you live.In the last few years parents everywhere have realised how crucial the freedom of the outside world is, not only for their kids'' wellbeing, but the whole family''s. They''ve also realised, however, that it''s not always that easy. That''s where this book comes in. Taking you through different environments and activities to explore, from minibeasts in the garden and pond dipping all the way through to beach Olympics and sea swimming (via rainy days, wild woods and river exploration), there are ideas small and big for all ages that will get them - and you - more engaged and involved with nature, and the wildlife in it.With contributions from;Bear Grylls on embracing adventure, Ed Stafford on flirting with danger , Sir Chris Hoy on riding bikes, Judy Murray on rainy day kitchen games,Trade ReviewFull of ideas to help us "rewild" our children . . . Wildlings conjures up a world of pre-internet fun, a compendium of lost outdoor arts [with] an eclectic list of contributors. * The Times *
£15.00
Little, Brown Book Group Travelling Light Journeys Among Special People
Book SynopsisA charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby.
£15.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Unfinished Woman
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life -- HENRY MARSH, author of Do No HarmIn a memoir that’s as evocative and restless as its author – flitting from Doris Lessing’s abode in London to the Indian home of her Rajasthani prince “companion” – Davidson interrogates what family, freedom and home mean when you never truly belong anywhere * GUARDIAN, Books of the Year *A triumph * SATURDAY PAPER *An extraordinary memoir … An enthralling, miraculous story, clear as the brilliant constellations of the night sky * SYDNEY MORNING HERALD *The zigzagging life of an adventurer ... A fine and observant descriptive writer * THE TIMES *Lyrical and beautifully textured ... The book’s multi-layered structure allows disparate recollections to interrupt the chronological narrative in evocative ways, and its title suggests an unfinished symphony, with music and the act of writing serving as central motifs ... The strength of Unfinished Woman is its honesty about Robyn Davidson’s difficult emotional and creative journey, and it is propelled by her unsparing self-awareness and willingness to confront her past' * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *In her twenties, Davidson trekked 1,700 miles through the Australian wilderness. This led to the bestselling book Tracks and global fame. Half a century later she has written about what motivated her – including the tragic early death of her mother -- Simon Hattenstone * GUARDIAN *Davidson captures an exciting and complex life with insight and humour ... Davidson’s life has been full of adventures, encounters, love affairs and losses. She pulls them apart, examines them and lays them before us so as to question what sort of life we are living * SPECTATOR *This is a beautiful story about finding a home wherever you go and understanding your own narrative * BOOKS+PUBLISHING *Immersive and profound, Robyn Davidson’s Unfinished Woman is a portal to understanding a daughter’s grief. "We take our mothers into us; that is where they live," she writes. So much of her mother’s life may remain unknown, but through memoir, Davidson completes what she considers an impossible task: crafting a moving portrait of her mother. This book will stay with me -- JEANNIE VANASCO, author of The Glass EyeStunning. Robyn Davidson lives and writes with an explorer’s courage, but this book is more than an adventure story. Unfinished Woman is an unfiltered glimpse into the fierce pursuit of freedom and connection, woven with a mother-daughter bond untouchable by time -- KENDRA ATLEEWORK, author of Miracle CountryA powerful memoir, and an unforgettable read -- RYAN MURDOCKSearching, captivating and miraculously honest. Davidson has a voice we want to travel with, and to know -- LISA BRENNAN-JOBS, New York Times bestselling author of Small FryPraise for Tracks: This will rank among the best of the books of exploration and travel and, like them, is a record of self-discovery and self-proving -- DORIS LESSINGAn unforgettably powerful book, beautiful, thrilling and ferociously brave ... Davidson’s timeless story of her astonishing journey gripped me from the first page to the last -- CHERYL STRAYEDIt gets to the heart of landscape and solitude and becomes a venture to the interior of more than one dimension as its author approaches the hinterland of her own thorny psyche * OBSERVER *An absorbing record of human endeavour and courage, a vivid picture of an extraordinary country by a perceptive and sensitive observer, and the story of an inner journey, of "shedding burdens" * SYDNEY MORNING HERALD *As eccentric, undisciplined, flashily brilliant and pig-headed as its author ... Ms Davidson is a born writer, her book deeply moving * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Vivid and vivacious ... Davidson is as natural a writer as she is an adventurer * NEW YORKER *Davidson’s has been an operatic life, punctuated by dramas of love and death, populated with colourful characters and backed by exotic scenery ... I loved reading this book. * THE MONTHLY *Davidson pieces together and attempts to understand who her mother was as a person and, by extension, who she is. This is a beautiful story about finding a home wherever you go and understanding your own narrative * BOOKS + PUBLISHING *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Full Marks for Trying An unlikely journey from
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Directions to Myself
Book Synopsis''An absolute stunner: frank, funny, self-aware, constantly surprising ... One of the most insightful representations I've read of what it feels like to be alive these days'' GEORGE SAUNDERS________________________A memoir of finding where you are - so you know where you're goingOne day Heidi Julavits sees her son silhouetted by the sun and notices he is at the threshold of what she calls the end times of childhood.' Who is my son becoming, she asks herself and what qualifies me to be his guide? The next four years feel like uncharted waters. Rape allegations rock the university campus where Julavits teaches, unleashing questions of justice and accountability, education and prevention. Julavits begins to wonder how to prepare her son to be the best possible citizen of the world he's about to enter. And what she must learn about herself to responsibly steer him. Using the past and present as points of orientation, Directions to Myself examines the minutiae oTrade ReviewJulavits’s work keeps growing in scope and ambition, asking the biggest questions about love and fear and how best to make life meaningful, and answering with an inspiring level of courage, humour, and stylistic bravado -- GEORGE SAUNDERSSweet, serene, loving, and delightfully macabre * NEW YORKER *An achingly rendered experience of parenthood * WASHINGTON POST *The product of an awe-inspiring mind ... The writing is a miracle of precision and spirit, and Heidi Julavits is as darkly funny as John Cheever -- RACHEL KUSHNER, author of The Mars RoomJulavits writes with sparkling insight and stunning clarity * BUSTLE, The Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023 *It's a beautiful book, funny, sad, full of acute feeling and astute observations. It seemed to me to be, more than anything, about the colossal significance of seemingly small moments, and the tremendous ripple effects of humdrum decisions -- SARA BAUME, author of Seven SteeplesIn this self-aware book, issues of politics and gender thread together with the daily ins and outs of family life * TIME, 25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer *Inside these pages is a sanctuary of unwordable grief, exactly because of their proximity to our purpose and joy, our mothering, our try, our children. We have tried our best. Now, to the world they go. Please meet them where we mothers are. This book is the purest expression of this hope I have read – the immense particular incarnate. It’s also wicked funny, as the greatest heartbreaks must be for their ebb -- DEDE GARDNER, two-time Oscar winning producer of 12 Years a Slave and MoonlightHonest, blazing, and generous, Directions to Myself manages to be an essay about everything by focusing intently on the basic human need of giving care to other people. Something as simple as the fact that we teach our friends, children, and partners how to be in the world through the way that we care for them feels totally new in Julavits’s elegant and energetic voice. Truly astounding -- CATHERINE LACEY, author of Biography of XA touching meditation on time, motherhood, and memory ... Affecting reflections on life’s transitions * KIRKUS *Praise for Heidi Julavits: Witty, sly, critical, inventive and adventurous … Her prose, like E. B. White’s, is especially liquid, and her sentences are unimpeachable * New York Times *Scathingly funny ... An engaging portrait of a woman's sense of identity, which continually shape-shifts with time * Los Angeles Times *An absolute tour de force -- George SaundersMesmerising -- Amy TanWith astounding intelligence and unceasing acuity, Heidi Julavits fulfills the great promise of her talents, and jumps to the forefront of her generation. This could be the smartest and most challenging book I’ve read by anyone our age, and beyond that, it’s just plain hard to put down -- Dave EggersA fascinating quasi-memoir ... The humor and the pathos of the book arise from [the] mismatch between the urgency of a decision in the moment and the awareness that always runs beneath it: that time will eventually make most things not matter * Washington Post *Playful, intimate and deeply insightful … Julavits is someone you truly want to know * Chicago Tribune *Like E. B. White or David Foster Wallace before her, Julavits might be ashamed of her little vanities and obsessions … but that doesn’t prevent her from laying them bare without sugar-coating a thing … There’s not a single uninteresting anecdote or scrap of flabby prose throughout * Barnes and Noble *An incisive and penetrating thinker, as exacting as she is forgiving in her observations about the self and the world * Electric Literature *
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Simon & Schuster Blue Rage Black Redemption
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Abrams FAMEISH
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£12.99
Abrams My Greatest Save The Brave BarrierBreaking
Book SynopsisA deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup–winning, Olympic gold medalist, and U.S. Women’s soccer goalie Briana Scurry with New York Times bestselling author Wayne CoffeyForeword by Robin Roberts Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the U.S. Women’s National Team. She won gold in Atlanta in 1996, the first time women’s soccer was ever played in the Olympics. She was a key part of the fabled “99ers,” making an epic save in the decisive penalty-kick shootout in the final. Scurry captured her second Olympic gold in 2004, cementing her status as one of the premier players in the world. She was the only Black player on the team, and she was also the first player to be openly gay. It was a singularly amazing ride, one that Scurry handled with her trademark generosity and class—qualities that made her one of the most popular players ever to wear a U.S. jersey. But ScTrade Review“My Greatest Save is more than the story of an all-time great goalkeeper. It's about a pioneering female athlete who made sure to honor those who came before her even as she worked hard to make things better for those who came after her.” * Billie Jean King *“Before every USWNT game we played together, Briana would look me in the eye, give me a double-gloved fist bump, and ask, ‘Ready?’ I knew I didn’t have to ask her because she was always ready. Everybody knows Bri was one of the greatest keepers in the history of women’s soccer. When you read My Greatest Save, you will find out that her heart and courage were every bit the equal of her ball-stopping skills.” * Mia Hamm *“Briana Scurry is one of the most dominant and courageous goalkeepers I've ever played with. Her character and courage go far beyond the pitch. My Greatest Save is a moving story of resilience and triumph. It helped me get to know Bri—and myself—better.” * Abby Wambach *“A triumphant sports memoir by one of the first African American female soccer players, an athlete who rose to fame and suffered great loss only to rise again, stronger.” * Booklist *
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Booksurge Publishing B94 The Spirit of The Survivor
£14.89
Amberley Publishing Why the Titanic Sank
Book SynopsisAlthough the answer appears obvious, there is far more to the sinking of the Titanic than is popularly understood.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Nature Sets its Trap 2 The Ice Warnings 3 Peering into the Darkness 4 All a Question of Speed 5 Construction and Design 6 The Lifeboat Problem 7 The Other Ships 8 The Lifeboats in the Water 9 The Lessons of the Titanic Select Bibliography List of illustrations Index
£14.24
Open Road Media I Am Spartacus
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An entertaining and informative look at the troubled gestation of a film of both artistic and social significance.” —Kirkus Reviews“Kirk Douglas is many things . . . But he is, first and foremost, a man of extraordinary character. The kind that’s formed when the stakes are high. The kind we always look for at our darkest hour.” —George Clooney"A glorious book . . . Kirk Douglas is a wonderful writer and a courageous one, which should surprise no one. Courage has been his battle cry all his life." —Steven Spielberg"The making of I Am Spartacus! is a remarkable story told with the wit and charm of a great entertainer. Kirk Douglas revisits the complex political and social context surrounding the production of a cinema classic." —Henry Kissinger"Hugely entertaining." —Liz Smith, Chicago Tribune"I Am Spartacus! is a great read." —Bill O'Reilly"Kirk Douglas is a lion." —Bill Maher"A lively new memoir about one of [Douglas'] greatest triumphs." —Los Angeles Times"Carries the power of a self-made man who continues to meet life on his own terms but with grace and aplomb." —Associated Press
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Little, Brown & Company Pen Palate
Book SynopsisFrom the writers of acclaimed blog Pen & Palate, a humorous coming-of-age (and mastering-the-art-of-home-cooking) memoir of friendship, told through stories, recipes, and beautiful illustrations.Getting through life in your twenties isn''t easy--especially if you''re broke, awkward, and prone to starting small grease fires in your studio apartment. For best friends Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen, cooking was an escape from the daily humiliation that is being a twenty-something woman in a big city. PEN & PALATE traces the course of Lucy and Tram''s devoted friendship through miserable jobs and tiny apartments, first loves and ill-advised flings, successes and setbacks--always with a shared love of food at the center of the narrative. A modern take on Laurie Colwin''s classic Home Cooking, this coming-of-age memoir for the Girls set weaves together comical (mis)adventures and recipes meant to be shared with a best friend and bottle of wine.
£14.99
Simon & Schuster Ltd Happy Old Me
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Group How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers
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Little, Brown Book Group Lucky Lupin
Book SynopsisLucky Lupin is a poignant yet light-hearted story of survival against the odds, based on Charlie Mortimer''s life with HIV/Aids during the early years (1984-1996), when there was neither treatment nor cure. Using a combination of good luck, gallows humour, Fray Bentos pies and copious quantities of Solpadeine, Charlie survived not only the illness but the hysteria that accompanied the so-called ''gay plague''. Anyone infected became a social pariah; had the local launderette got word of his illness they wouldn''t have washed his sheets but burnt them. Whilst taking full responsibility for the consequences of his behaviour - ''The fact is you don''t get AIDS from watching telly'' - Charlie initially took to the sofa and prepared for death, but, in time, he found the inner strength required to confront his fatal diagnosis, becoming, among other things, an antiques dealer and contemporary art collector.With blistering and often hilarious candour Charlie aTrade Review[...] a cast of outlandish relatives and friends with seemingly limitless reserves of black humour * Sunday Times *Mortimer is at his strongest when he talks about lust and obsession....There is graciousness in the way he faces terminal illness * Times Literary Supplement *[Charlie] comes clean or rather dirty about living with HIV in his typically irreverent, self mocking manner. Life affirming stuff * Tatler *[...] one shares [Charlie's] irrepressible sense that it is good to be alive. The wayward son turns out to be somebody one would like to meet, to know and to befriend * Oldie *He [Charlie] recounts repeated spells in rehab and a diagnosis of AIDS in 1986 with an offhand courage that Roger (father) himself might have admired, if not approved * The Mail *
£8.09
Little, Brown Book Group Secret Diary of a 1970s Secretary
Book SynopsisSecret Diary of a 1970s Secretary is the diary of Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, which she recently uncovered whilst clearing out her loft. Working as a secretary for the BBC at the time, Sarah''s diary describes the life of a suburban girl who certainly wasn''t ''swinging'' but who was, ironically, not only working on a cutting edge BBC survey on sex education but also in the throes of an unlikely affair with middle-aged, working-class, Irish lift attendant, Frank.Sarah talks humorously and frankly about what it was like to be a young, working woman at the time as well as life at the BBC during the 1970s and the difficulties of navigating her first romance. She is funny and self-effacing with a self-knowledge that only few attain. Her innocence and naivety are hugely charming and the diary forms a valuable snapshot of a time not so far away that is now lost to us.Trade ReviewEvocative ... vivid and joyous diary -- Joan Bakewell, Sunday TelegraphShe's a curious, candid chronicler ... and it's oddly soothing to read about the drabness of everyday life at a moment when the psychedelic Sixties had faded and the flashy Eighties were still a decade away * The Mail on Sunday *Entertaining story ... a constant delight -- Anthony Looch, Belfast TelegraphIt's not often I say I love a book but I loved Secret Diary of a BBC Secretary. From the start I was engrossed in a world not that long ago (1971) but often a million miles away. I became involved with the characters and their lives. I worried about them. I cared about them. I couldn't put the book down. Now that's I've finished it I still want to know what happens next. A jewel of a little book. Read it and you'll be glad you did -- Gail Renard, Chair of the Writer's GuildI spent a lot of time in the Langham on training courses and when I worked on the Today programme. I knew the place had many mysteries. But Sarah's book reveals a few more, and it is a fascinating glimpse into a time that feels very different to today -- Roger Mosey, formerly Editor of the Today programme on Radio 4, Controller of BBC Five Live, Head of BBC TV news and Director of the London 2012 Olympic Games coverageSue Townsend meets Lynn Barber; the innocence and wit shine through this account ... I found it charming! Such genuine innocence / ignorance girls had back then though! So captures that! -- Jill Dawson, author of Sceptre and Orange Prize short-listeeA wonderful evocation of the drab innocence of the Seventies . . . a touching coming-of-age story . . . a period piece, and a poignant account of an unlikely first love -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *It's not just a compelling, novelistic account of someone's life as an independent young woman, but it's packed with detail, subtlety and humour -- Justin Lewis * When is bins? *
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