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Troubador Publishing Ltd Her Sonâs Love
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Olympia Publishers Truth be Told
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Olympia Publishers Coming Free
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Olympia Publishers Wright On Bowls
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Olympia Publishers The Lying Bitch and Her Wardrobe
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Olympia Publishers Lyrics for the Warriors of Cancer
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£14.39
Olympia Publishers The Lost Thirty Minutes
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Olympia Publishers On the Bench
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Olympia Publishers Lonely Monkey
£9.49
Olympia Publishers Pet Nanny Memoirs Adventures in the Life of a Pet Nanny Hardback
£12.59
Olympia Publishers Never The Same
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Olympia Publishers Journeys into Mental Health
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Olympia Publishers Sri Lanka The Teardrop with its Smiling People
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The Book Guild Ltd Unshackled Mind
Book SynopsisUnshackled Mind is a story of hope and resilience, written by an A&E doctor who endured years as a psychiatric patient, diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. It outlines her extraordinary journey to freedom and the remarkable healing that followed.
£10.44
The Book Guild Ltd Forbidden but Allowed
Book SynopsisForbidden but Allowed is an intimate memoir of a British expatriate navigating life in Saudi Arabia from 1984 to 1998.
£10.44
The Book Guild Ltd This Writing Business
Book SynopsisA captivating memoir detailing Susan Elkin's unexpected journey from secondary school English teacher to accomplished, wide-ranging journalist and author. With warmth, wit, and humility, This Writing Business recounts her inspiring transformation and reveals the joys and challenges of a life dedicated to the written word.
£9.49
Troubador Publishing Ltd How to Become an Accountant
Book SynopsisWhat is it really like to run an accountancy practice? Have you got what it takes? Are accountants really âboring?â Nick's debut book explores the day-to-day worries, and shares humorous stories of both working in and running an accountancy practice.
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Troubador Publishing An Acquaintance with Death Memoirs of a
Book SynopsisBereavement is what happens to you; grief is what you feel; mourning is what you do.Dr Wilson was one of the first clinicians to identify and discuss the trauma of bereavement on children and families. He is internationally known for his concept of Whirlpool of Grief and The River of Life' and Dream Babies'. This book records his experiences having met hundreds of children and families and what he learned from what they told him.The book highlights what children know about death and aims to answer many questions such as, why do children die and what are children's concepts of what happens when you are dead? Is God a Mole? says one child having seen the empty grave in the ground. The book explores the differences between how people grieve. What can friends and family say or do which can be helpful and what is considered unhelpful? How do parents and families react and what does the future hold? Is there anything a bystander can do to make it better and what approach should professionals take?You can't know what you don't know LISTEN. The book is illustrated with drawings portraying how children perceive death.
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Troubador Publishing Do It With Thy Might
Book SynopsisIn turn bleak, tender and darkly funny, Clare Dempsey's debut memoir takes us inside the Intensive Care Unit during the Covid outbreak.
£10.44
Troubador Publishing Navigating Survival
Book SynopsisA story of a young adult cancer survivor and an example of breaking stigmas and stereotypes associated with this type of cancer
£9.49
Troubador Publishing Ltd Home Park Heaven
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Troubador Publishing The Pursuit of Motherhood
Book SynopsisThe story of Jessica Hepburn's decade long journey through a diagnosis of Unexplained Infertility' involving multiple miscarriages, unsuccessful IVF and the heartbreak of not getting what you hoped for.
£9.49
Troubador Publishing 21 Miles
Book SynopsisThe story of how Jessica Hepburn met and ate with 21 inspirational women, and swam 21 miles across the English Channel to answer the question: does motherhood make you happy?
£9.49
Troubador Publishing Ltd Evicted From Eden
Book SynopsisMichael Attalides paints a compelling portrait of a divided island and the enduring hope for its reunification.
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Troubador Publishing its been great being teached by you
Book Synopsisits been great being teached by you is a collection of stories from Andrew Macalpine's thirty-five years of teaching, full of humour, horror and surprises.
£10.44
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Truth Behind The Tears
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Coming To
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Master Weaver Where the Dark Threads Make the gold shine brighter
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Letters to Margaret
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Icon Books In Search of Mr Darcy
Book SynopsisA coming-of-middle-age memoir, about the search for love, friendship and the ever-elusive Mr Darcy. Prince Charming? Happily ever after? Childhood fairy tales are full of promises, but the reality - life - is a very different story. And that story has a hell of a lot to teach us. Written with honesty, humour and warmth, Christina Ford looks back on four decades of dates, loves, marriages, friendships, affairs, divorces, parenting disasters and stepparenting nightmares. For all those who have ever wondered if there is life after divorce, sex after 40, or who have had their heart broken and questioned if they will ever find love again, this is a reaffirming rallying call that mid-life is exactly that - the middle and not the end. AUTHOR: Christina Ford is a former TV and film executive who crossed continents to be with a man ? and you can guess how that turned out. She lives in London and documents her life in her blog A Broad in London. This is her first book.
£9.49
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers AServin of Er Majesty the Queen
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Good Villain and Lady Diana Spencer
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers I and the Village Daughter of the Kibbutz
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Have Banker Will Travel
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Dregs of Britain
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Zebra That Slept in a Fishtank
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers She Fell
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i2i Publishing Life on a Knife Edge
Book SynopsisMemoirs of an Iraqi who settled in the UK and became a captain on a major airline. Also includes his struggles to gain a happy future for his autistic son
£9.45
DAS EDITIONS The German Crocodile: A literary memoir
Book SynopsisIn this compelling memoir of growing up different, Ijoma Mangold, today one of Germany's best literary critics, remembers his youth in 1970s Heidelberg and the new Federal Republic, and momentous visits in early adulthood to the USA and Nigeria. His own story is inextricably linked with that of his mother, a German from the eastern province of Silesia, forced to escape as a refugee in the expulsions from 1944, and to start afresh in utter poverty in West Germany. His Nigerian father came to Germany to train in pediatric surgery but returned before Ijoma was old enough to remember him. His reappearance on the scene forces a crash collision with an unknown culture, one he grew up suspicious of, and a new complex family history to come to terms with. Mangold explores many existential questions in this lively narrative; How does a boy cope with an absent father? What was it like to grow up 'bi-racial' in the Federal Republic? Was he an opportunist, a master adaptor who had over-assimilated? What is the relationship between race and class? And what is more unusual in Germany: having dark skin or a passion for Thomas Mann and Richard Wagner? Ijoma shares his story with its dramatic twists and turns, not forgetting the surprises he uncovers about himself along the way.Trade Review"Written without anger or hectoring but with grace and humour, it is the true-life story of a gifted man who happens to be Nigerian-German growing up post-war in a conservative country which throws many challenges – and opportunities - in his path. It is that very German genre, the bildungsroman, both a moving personal history and an affectionate portrait of contemporary Germany. I loved it - and the style, autobiography told in the third person, enables the reader to be both insider and outsider, reflecting the experience of its remarkable author Ijoma Mangold.” Rosie Goldsmith, Journalist and Director of the European Literature Network - “The German Crocodile is a delight to read. Not only because it is eloquently, thoughtfully and often funnily written, but also because it is honestly written. In an era where writings around race, identity and belonging are often visibly geared towards forwarding one ideological agenda or the other, The German Crocodile makes for refreshing reading by exploring these issues in a manner that does not appear calculated. Mangold's combination of thoughtfulness, wit, nuance and lack of calculation is a much needed one for our times.” Dr Remi Adekoya, Author of Biracial Britain.- “This is about one man’s journey to his roots. It is also a book about memory: the limits and the unreliability of it. Things Mangold thought he knew to be irrefutable facts eventually turn out not to be so at all. Above all, this is a touching and beautiful exploration of what it means to both belong and not belong in spaces that claim you and those that you claim” Chika Unigwe, Award winning Nigerian writer and Professor of creative writing at Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia.- “A beautifully written, rueful account of growing up not Nigerian enough for his well-meaning German neighbours.” Philip Hensher, The SpectatorTable of ContentsPART I The Boy Silesia PART II Tenno Drama Club Prussian in Spirit PART III African Americans Nigeria All in Vain Obama PART IV Mama's Death Self-doubt Family
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Marble Hill Publishers Facing up to Father: The pleasures and pains of a
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i2i Publishing Village LIfe 2020
Book SynopsisThis true account of one of the most tumultuous years in human history may have been written by Anne Vickers but it is the story of every one of us who lived through the year 2020. Anne gives a personal account of life in the Yorkshire village and surrounding areas where she lives during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. She details the highs and lows she experienced. She tells the inspirational tale of a young boy’s magnificent fund-raising achievement, of her anguish at not being able to visit her elderly sick mother living in a care home, and how her friends and the community helped to support each other during this difficult time.
£999.99
i2i Publishing Beyond Gratitude
Book SynopsisAfter the passing of her beloved father, Sarah felt something inside that she had not felt before, a desperation for change. She decided to follow this feeling and dive into the world around her until she understood more. Her adventures took her everywhere, with new climates, cultures and beliefs and these experiences transformed Sarah into the person she is today. With her newfound independence Sarah embraced this growth with open arms and strived to reawaken her mind, body connection. ‘Beyond Gratitude: A Journey to Positivity’, invites you to come along for the ride. It will allow you to understand how your life can be transformed if you begin to investigate the power it holds. This book describes real people and real experiences to help you discover your own level of emotional well-being and support you in its development. Sarah now understands the importance of building connections rather than building possessions and hopefully this account will open up a new world of opportunity for you too.
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Ortac Press Pinch Me: Trying to Feel Real in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThis is a book about how it feels to exist. About the moments we come off autopilot and engage fully with the world around us. The fleeting moments in which our minds and bodies connect totally to one another and to our environment. Intimate, impassioned and full of humour, PINCH ME follows art historian Francesca Ramsay's far-reaching journey in search of answers to one of life's most complex and essential questions: What does it mean to feel real? Tackling this ancient subject through a contemporary lens, PINCH ME is a raw, lyrical reflection on finding connection with oneself, one another and the modern world. Ramsay investigates what it is to experience reality, the reasons so many of us are feeling the lack of it today, and crucially, how we might be able to get it back.Trade ReviewI loved following Francesca's attempts to feel real in the twenty-first century. Enlightening, insightful, thought-provoking, and still often laugh-out-loud funny. CLAIRE FULLER; A compelling and timely exploration of contemporary reality ... I found myself completely captivated by her voice and view of the world. NATHAN DUNNE, AUTHOR OF LICHTENSTEIN; Truly such a wonderful read. There were numerous drifts of sentence and sentiment that I was unable to pass by without noting down - certain things stuck, resonated, rang so piercingly true. ELLA FRANCES SANDERS, AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING, BEAUTIFUL; Through asking what it means to feel real, Francesca Ramsay reaches deep into the human condition, grappling with themes of time, meaning and solitude, always with an astute eye and deft humour, allowing PINCH ME to become a book that will stay with you long after reading. - ALI MILLAR, AUTHOR OF AVA, ANNA, ADA
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Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd The Beaver: A Story of Sock Tags and Self Belief
Book SynopsisAlthough first and foremost an artist, Paul 'The Beaver' Trevillion is a man with brilliant ideas. His long career has introduced him to all the world's leading sportsmen, as well as royalty and politicians, and given him unique insights, drive and self-belief. Those qualities and ideas he took to Don Revie in 1972, aiming to improve the image of the club and bring the players closer to the fans. Inventions such as sock tags, Target Balls and a hit single that became an anthem are remembered and loved to this day. New concepts including pre-match warm-ups and putting a player's name across his shoulders proved Trevillion was decades ahead of his time. In fact everything he suggested worked and together his efforts turned Leeds United into the world's first modern day football club. And it only took him 50 days. Now, 50 years later, all the incredible secrets of that brief but unforgettable time are revealed...
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Headline Publishing Group The Story of the Burberry Trench
Book SynopsisThe epitome of British heritage fashion, the Burberry trench coat is a beloved wardrobe classic. Practical yet versatile; it is sleek and sexy but also a preppy favourite. Since the launch of the coat in 1912, Burberry has unveiled a selection of styles that has reached iconic stature and here you will discover their original designs, seasonal adaptations and limited editions.The book also takes a behind-the-scenes look at the craftsmanship, the preloved market and how to authenticate a Burberry. So, whether you are considering buying retail or secondhand, dressing for weather or fashion, this is your ultimate guide to the world''s most famous coat.
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Canongate Books Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a
Book Synopsis'Where have all my friends gone?'When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man. He quickly learned that he wasn't the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless studies from across the world have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women - and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? Dickins is going to find out. His funny and charmingly candid search takes him to the doors of world-leading experts. It forces him to examine the friendships he's had over the years, and where they have foundered. And, briefly, it sends him to the website 'Rent A Friend', where he pays someone to hang out with him. But let's not dwell on that. Join Max as he takes a defibrillator to his social life. As he ultimately discovers that if he wants a Best Man, then he needs to be a better man.Trade Review[Max Dickins] couldn't think of anyone to be his best man. It was a realisation that triggered a poignant - and very funny - odyssey * * Daily Mail * *A funny but deeply uncomfortable read for those men . . . who have allowed their male friendships to wither * * Sunday Times * *On the spot * * Guardian * *A funny, meaty, informative read where [Max Dickins] uses himself as a hook to guide us through male friendships * * Independent * *Very funny, utterly charming and above all, wise, Billy No-Mates is not so much about getting the friendships you deserve, but deserving the friendships you've got -- TIM DOWLINGFascinating -- JEREMY VINE * * BBC Radio 2 * *Brilliant . . . one of the most important books I've read this year . . . [it] asks us to put a mirror up to our own friendships -- NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE * * Radio5Live * *Billy No-Mates should be required reading for all us fellas. I wish I had it 10 years ago. Hilarious, elegantly-written and fascinating. As a life-improving call-to-arms, it's impact on me is hard to overstate. It has - without exaggeration - made me a better friend. And maybe even a better man. As absorbing as it is funny -- PHIL WANGWe need a conversation about why men don't have a mate they can talk to * * The Times * *Here Max exposes something worrying and fundamental but with such a lightness of touch -- RUFUS HOUNDMax's book is brilliant. Very funny. So well researched and inspiring in lots of ways. Get a copy if you can! -- SPENCER JONES, comedian from LIVE AT THE APOLLO and 8 OUT OF 10 CATSI've left a copy on my husband's bedside table -- EMMA BARNETT * * Woman's Hour - BBC Radio 4 * *Poignant, extremely funny and worryingly accurate. Rarely has such a frightening wake-up call been so hilariously put -- RHYS JAMESFascinating and very funny. This is such an important subject -- SAM DELANEY * * The Reset * *I love Max's book so much -- RHIK SAMMADER, author and journalistI really enjoyed Max's insights around why men are struggling to connect . . . it's a problem that everyone needs to help fix -- CHRIS WILLIAMSON * * Modern Wisdom * *
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ACA Publishing Limited China in Five Cities: From Hohhot to Hong Kong
Book SynopsisKerry Brown began his life in nineties China almost by chance, cutting his teeth in its northern backwaters. He went on to become a British diplomat in Beijing and then one of the world's foremost sinologists. Since then, the Middle Kingdom has transformed from 'backwater' to 'emergent superpower' to fanfare, scrutiny and a tidal wave of thinkpieces. Offering a light alternative to the bluster, the Kentish academic draws on wit, allusion and anecdotes of adventure to render the People's Republic 'knowable' to Western readers, and in so doing, humanise its monumental ascent.
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Verso Books The Prisoner: A Memoir
Book SynopsisIn 1993, writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong was sentenced to five years in the Seoul Detention Center upon his return to South Korea from North Korea, the country he had fled with his family as a child at the start of the Korean War. Already a dissident writer well-known for his part in the democracy movement of the 1980s, Hwang's imprisonment forced him to consider the many prisons to which he was subject-of thought, of writing, of Cold War nations, of the heart. In this capacious memoir, Hwang's life is set against the volatile political backdrop of modern Korea, a country subject to colonialism, Cold War division, a devastating war, decades of authoritarian dictatorships, a mass democratic uprising, and a still-lingering, painful division between North and South. The Prisoner moves between Hwang's imprisonment and scenes from his life-as a boy in Pyongyang and Seoul, as a young activist protesting South Korea's military dictatorships, as a soldier in the Vietnam War, as a dissident writer first traveling abroad-and in so doing, braids his extraordinary life into the dramatic revolutions and transformations of Korean society during the twentieth century.Trade ReviewHwang Sok-yong is one of the most read Korean writers in his country, and best known abroad. An activist for democracy and reconciliation with the North, in his books he melds his political fights with the Korean cultural imagination. * Le Monde *Reality, fiction and fantasy mix closely, giving his writing unparalleled power. Hwang Sok-yong's empathy for his heroes is always accompanied by a fierce rage against the powerful. * Le Monde Diplomatique *A powerful yet modest and profound meditation on personal responsibility and what a fulfilled life might mean... Yet At Dusk never trips over into nostalgia or sentimentality. Hwang's writing is laced with the hard-won wisdom of a man with plenty left to say. * The Guardian * The Prisoner is also a literary tour de force. Written in the lyrical, elegant style, with powerful acuity and razor-sharp wit that are hallmarks of Sok-Yong's work, it coaxes the reader to savour images, memorable events, and poignant details while also demanding a comprehensive ethical commitment to freedom, justice, and a moral universe."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12993,"3":{"1":0},"9":0,"10":0,"12":0,"15":"Verdana","16":9}" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;">This sweeping, epic account is not just a memoir but rather a knowledgeable, sensitive and informed insight into Korea and its neighbours, as well as a complex, nuanced examination of the Cold War, its geopolitical consequences and its human cost. Hwang Sok-yong moves effortlessly between the personal and the political, and the geopolitical, and like his novels, his concerns are both compassionately individual and passionately global. The Prisoner is also a literary tour de force. Written in the lyrical, elegant style, with powerful acuity and razor-sharp wit that are hallmarks of Sok-Yong's work, it coaxes the reader to savour images, memorable events, and poignant details while also demanding a comprehensive ethical commitment to freedom, justice, and a moral universe. -- Sunny SinghHwang Sok-Yong's photographic memory yields vitally important historic testimonies: to the trials of his imprisonment, to life in South as well as North Korea under unchecked power, to the dynamism, humanity, persistence and resilience of artists alone and together against injustice. The Prisoner is an invaluable document, a thorough and eye-opening sweep of the past. Translators Anton Hur and Sora Kim-Russell have done a remarkable job of conveying the political and emotional nuances of language in their source material, and we as grateful readers are all the better for it. -- Khairani BarokkaHwang Sok-yong is Korea's leading political novelist. His new book, The Prisoner, is every bit as riveting and deeply informed is anything he has written. The author has a political sensibility that illuminates a number of important episodes in Korea's recent political history, with one trenchant observation after another about both the North and the South. His harrowing experience as a political prisoner under the South Korean dictatorship leaves an indelible black mark on a regime that the United States supported for 40 years, and that Hwang courageously fought every day of his life until the dictatorship finally collapsed. -- Bruce Cumings, historian at the University of Chicago, and the author of the Korean WarEpic in its scope ... a passionate, detailed memoir. -- Kristine Morris * Foreword Reviews *Page-turning ... By offering the reader a holistic view of his literal and metaphorical imprisonment, Hwang poignantly illustrates what it means to be exiled by politics, geography, language, and emotional ties. -- Thúy Ðinh * NPR Books *Cinematic, riveting, elegiac ... The Prisoner expands Hwang's literary scope, uniting his life experience with the compassionate realism of his later works. * NPR Books *A fascinating account of a life lived for art and campaigns for freedom and justice -- Mark Rappolt * ArtReview *Despite having had not so much as a pen to keep a diary, Hwang recalls the techniques he employed and adaptations he made to endure [the] psychological privations and physical discomforts [of prison] in a remarkably high degree of detail. -- Colin Marshall * Los Angeles Review of Books *
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