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Chiltern Publishing Hamlet
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£17.00
Misty Ricardo's Curry Kitchen INDIAN RESTAURANT CURRY AT HOME VOLUME 1: Misty
Book SynopsisThis Gourmand award-winning paperback book is packed full of easy to follow recipes, photos, tutorials, and all the information you need to learn how to recreate exceptional British Indian Restaurant curries, starters, and accompaniments at home. The full range of the classic menu items are covered, for example, the humble Lamb Bhuna, the decadent Chicken Tikka Masala, and not forgetting the ever-popular Chicken Madras. Extra hot curries such as the Vindaloo and Phaal are included of course, and naturally a generous recipe selection of Indian restaurant starter and side-dishes - plenty for everyone, and lots of leftovers for the next day. All of the recipes have associated YouTube tuition videos which can be easily and instantly accessed by scanning the QR codes included in the book. Watching the dishes being cooked up close and personal perfectly complements the written recipes. This publication is simply a must-have companion in the kitchen. Start saving a fortune on takeaways! - Easy to follow and fully detailed recipes, covering starters, mains, sides, rice, breads and other accompaniments. - High quality full colour photos for each recipe, and additional images throughout. Specially selected recipe photos crediting social media followers. - Detailed and comprehensive introduction to BIR style cooking. - In-depth and easy to follow section on all-important curry cooking methods. - Recommended kitchen equipment, plus a detailed glossary of spices and herbs, and where to buy them. - Hints, tips, and general information. - Video Tuition via a QR code for each recipe directly linking to a Misty Ricardo s Curry Kitchen YouTube video.Trade Review"Absolutely fantastic book, with very easy to follow recipes. Addicted to Misty Ricardo's curries. Never made curry as good as these in my life. Well worth purchasing this book";Sue Robinson;;Richard Sayce (AKA Misty Ricardo) goes into great detail to ensure even the most novice of curry chefs can recreate that BIR "Curry taste in their own kitchens. The recipes have clearly been carefully thought through and really go beyond the standards you find in many Restaurants in Britain today, using some whole spices alongside the powdered spices to create a fusion of flavours to delight your palette. The photos are mouthwatering and not only tempt you to make each dish, but also server as a visual guide about what the end result should look like. With videos to accompany each and every recipe you really could not ask for more. RECOMMENDED BUY!";Paul;;"What can I say this is a BRILLIANT recipe book..great pictures and fantastic description..much more detailed than normal cook books a must for any curry lover.";Genna;;"Hi. Wow, what can i say about this book. Its what ive been waiting for. It's very explanatory, brilliant photos, excellent tips and advice. I'm sure its going to see a lot of attention - many many thanks.";Stephen Molineux;Table of ContentsForeword Introduction General Information The Fundamental Bits And Bobs Basic Equipment Bought Ingredients Where To Buy? The Essential Cooking Method Useful Information Pre-Prepared Ingredients Mix Powder Base Gravy Ginger/Garlic Paste Tomato Paste Garam Masala Seasoned/Spiced Oil Onion Paste/Bunjarra Pre-Cooked Chicken Pre-Cooked Lamb Pre-Cooked Keema Chicken Tikka Starters Onion Bhaji Tandoori Chicken Seekh Kebabs Chicken Chaat Popular Curries Rogan Josh Madras Tikka Masala Bhuna Jalfrezi Dopiaza Dhansak Vindaloo Pathia Ceylon Korma Special Dishes Garlic Chilli Chicken Balti Karahi Masala Fish Fry Biryani Butter Chicken Punjabi Chicken Staff Curry Extra-Hot Curries Phaal Naga Bhuna Masala Side Dishes & Sundries Onion Salad Mint Sauce (Raita) Bombay Aloo Simple Veg Curry Dhal Saag Aloo Aloo Gobi Rice & Breads Pilau Rice Special Fried Rice Naan Chapati Appendix A: Online Suppliers Acknowledgements INDEX
£13.99
xxpedient Wembley 1972: ... And Other Big Feats
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£10.79
HarperCollins Publishers Redemption Song
Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth.Chris Salewicz was an intimate friend of Strummer's for over 25 years. Drawing on more than 300 interviews with family, friends and associates, this is a comprehensive, compelling insight into the man behind The Clash.The Clash was the most influential band of its generation, producing punk anthems including London Calling', White Riot' and Tommy Gun'. For countless fans across the world, they are the ultimate iconic mainstays of their generation.With his talent, extreme good looks and laid-back attitude Joe Strummer was the driving force behind the band: he was the archetypal punk frontman. His untimely death in December 2002 shook the world to its core.Written with full approval and co-operation of relatives, companions and fellow musicians, this is the ultimate account of one of British rock & roll's most fascinating idols: his life, his work and his immeasurable impact oTrade Review‘Salewicz knew and loved his subject well, and that shows on every page… One of the most rivetingly detailed, revealing music biographies ever written.’ The Sunday Times 'A great read. Brutally frank and full of insights.' Mojo ‘A riveting read that will keep you gripped to the end.’ Daily Mirror 'The Clash front man gets the epic biography he deserves from rock journalist, Chris Salewicz.' Independent ‘Conjures up the excitement of the punk era.’ Sunday Telegraph Seven Magazine
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers John Lennon
Book SynopsisThe final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that shaped the genius of modern music, John Lennon: The Definitive Biography redefines a legend.John Lennon the iconic songwriter, composer and one quarter of The Beatles was a giant of the twentieth century. As the founding member of the world''s most successful group ever, he changed lives. The popularity and significance of The Beatles is beyond comparison in our age in the UK alone, they released more than 40 number one singles and albums.But their impact extended well beyond their music. Their clothes, hairstyles, statements, and even their choice of instruments made them trend-setters from the 1960s to this day, while their growing social awareness reflected in the development of their music saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.Following the painful colTrade Review‘Reading this book brings the John Lennon I knew vividly back to life.’ Bill Harry, founder of Mersey Beat ‘This is the best Lennon book so far’ The Word ‘Norman has written about Lennon twice before but he has uncovered much new material in his research for this impressive and highly readable book… It is greatly to Norman's credit as a biographer that he does justice to all of (Lennon's legacy) in a book whose 854 pages simply fly by.’ Sunday Times Culture ‘Can there be more to find out (about Lennon)? And, can Philip Norman, the author of the new 300,000 word John Lennon: The Life, be serious when he tells The Word magazine, "Lennon deserves a real biography, as if he were John Keats or Mahatma Ghandi. Not a pop person but a major towering presence in his century?" The answer to both questions is empahatically yes…And yes, Norman has unearthed some startling things.’ The Independent 'Although more than 800 pages long, this book is nicely paced, well researched and will not disappoint.'Glasgow Evening Times ‘Reading this book brings the John Lennon I knew vividly back to life.’Bill Harry, founder of Mersey Beat 'This is the first serious Lennon biography for 20 years and unlike Albert Goldman's bilious effort in the 80s, Norman's style is trustworthy, contextual, and plainly told, yet with enough splashes of historical colour…'The Times ‘A well-written book and almost everything you could want to know [about Lennon] is in there.'Oxford Times The New Statesman called the book 'magnetic'. 'Philip Norman's style is compelling', Irish Times 'Norman's mesmerising biography'. Irish Examiner ‘Meticulously researched, compulsively readable book.’Sunday Times Culture magazine ‘The Rock biography of the Year.’Metro ‘The best all-round Lennon biography.’Sunday Herald Magazine
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Bounce
Book SynopsisFrom the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) AnythingEssential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.What are the real secrets of sporting success, and what lessons do they offer about life? Why doesn't Tiger Woods choke? Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most and why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together.Two-time Olympian and sports writer and broadcaster Matthew Syed draws on the latest in neuroscience and psychology to uncover the secrets of our top athletes and introduces us to an extraordinary cast of characters, including the East German athlete who became a man, and her husband and the three Hungarian sisters who are all chess grandmasters. Bounce is crammed with fascinating stories and statistics.Looking at controversial questions such as whether talentTrade Review‘A gripping examination of the hidden forces that come together in the making of a champion.' Michael Atherton, former England cricket captain 'A fascinating subject and Syed is a dazzling writer.' Owen Slot, The Times 'I love this book. A must-read if you have ever wondered what sets the super-achievers and the rest of us apart – in any field, not just in sport. I only wish I had read it when I was fifteen.' Gabby Logan, BBC presenter and former international gymnast 'Intellectually stimulating and hugely enjoyable at a stroke … challenged some of my most cherished beliefs about life and success.' Jonathan Edwards, triple jump world record holder
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Agatha Christies Complete Secret Notebooks
Book SynopsisAgatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple.When Agatha Christie died in 1976, aged 85, she had become the world''s most popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies worldwide in more than 100 countries, she had achieved the impossible more than one book every year since the 1920s, every one a bestseller.So prolific was Agatha Christie''s output 66 crime novels, 20 plays, 6 romance books under a pseudonym and over 150 short stories it was often claimed that she had a photographic memory. Was this true? Or did she resort over those 55 years to more mundane methods of working out her ingenious crimes?Following the death of Agatha''s daughter, Rosalind, at the end of 2004, a remarkable secret was revealed. UneartTrade Review'Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future… This book is fascinating.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ‘Agatha Christie’s notebooks have had to wait for the meticulous attention, dedication and prodigious knowledge of John Curran to achieve publication.’ THE TIMES ‘A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie's fiction… Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart's content.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Curran has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery… His enthusiasm for his subject carries us along.' IRISH TIMES ‘Something unimaginably unique: an unknown Poirot story, one that had lain silently between its covers for over 60 years.’ THE SCOTSMAN
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers English Pocket Dictionary
Book SynopsisThe must-have Back to School dictionary for Year 10.The most up-to-date and information-packed dictionary of its size available. With spelling, grammar and pronunciation help, plus a practical writing guide, the Pocket Dictionary gives you all the everyday words you need at your fingertips.Up-to-date language coverage along with practical guidance on effective English for everyday use.The text is compiled using the latest information on current English from Collins Corpus our unique and constantly updated 4.5-billion-word database ensuring the most up-to-date language coverage available. And, with all entry words and spelling forms in clear type, modern definitions, you can be sure to find all the information you need in the quickest time possible.85,000 words, meanings, and phrasesCollins have been pioneers in dictionary publishing since 1819. We are proud to offer an extensive range of dictionaries in multiple formats and languages for all leisure, travel and educational needs.
£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers Orchard Winner of the Richard Jefferies Society
Book SynopsisBy the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life. England''s ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries to come, for wildlife and for us.As the seasons turn, a wealth of animals and plants are revealed: Bumble and solitary bees apartment-hunting in April; spotted flycatchers migrating in May; redstarts, hedgehogs and owls nesting in June; an explosion of life in the summer and the harvest and homespun cider-making in the autumn. And all throughout the year, the orchard's human and animal inhabitants work together, creating one of the richest ecosystems left in Britain.Explore this unique habitat throughout the course of a year, and marvel at the beauty and strength of nature.Trade ReviewPraise for Orchard ‘Enchanting’ Daily Mail ‘Vivid [and] full of unexpected revelations … Orchard has much to offer in its observations of wildlife’ John Carey, Sunday Times ‘A wonderful new book from Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates, veterans of the BBC’s Springwatch series … moves lyrically and vividly through one calendar year in an old Herefordshire orchard … Particularly moving’ New Statesman ‘From spores to sparrowhawks, there is never a dull moment. Lyrically written, Orchard is a love-letter to its jumbled “magical chaos” and a shining example of the things that can be achieved when humans come to work in balance and in harmony with nature’ BBC Wildlife ‘From slug-hunting toads and snuffling hedgehogs to percussion-playing spiders, woodpecker architects and zombie hoverflies, this wonderful book weaves together fascinating stories of the wildlife that lives in an old organic orchard … Excellent … I would recommend Orchard wholeheartedly’ Kathy Bishop, The Seasonal Table, Countryfile magazine ‘This book looks at an ancient English orchard throughout the course of a year, focusing on the wide range of wildlife that it supports … writing with a lyrical richness that beautifully evokes this unique setting … The result is a book that can be enjoyed on a lot of different levels from professional conservationists, to the most casual of everyday birdwatchers. Passionate and moving, this is highly recommended’ Birdwatch magazine ‘A rich and textured account of a year in this neglected habitat’ Stephen Moss ‘Enjoy this precious habitat and all its glories via this coffee-table worthy book that offers food for thought’ RSPB magazine ‘This beautiful exploration of natural history is an elegy for a disappearing way of life … captivating’ The Garden magazine
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers International Primary English Students Book Stage
Book SynopsisCollins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and listening skills at primary level.With a colourful and engaging design, the Student's Books follow a clear structure and progression through the levels. They feature carefully selected texts, covering both fiction and non-fiction genres, including extracts from the highly successful Collins Big Cat series. Skills are clearly defined, and the carefully differentiated activities will allow students to develop competence and confidence in English. This series also supports Cambridge Global Perspectives with activities that develop and practise key skills.This series is endorsed by Cambridge Asse
£12.55
HarperCollins Publishers iSPY Cars Spy it Score it Collins Michelin iSPY
Book SynopsisBeat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!Kids will have fun collecting points with more than 140 car models to find. From Minis and Fiats to Maseratis and Ferraris, they'll learn about all types of automobiles. And once they've scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge.With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there's something for everyone!For even more fun on the go check out i-SPY On a Car Journey (ISBN 9780008386443).Trade Review“A fun, interactive way to encourage curious children to learn about the world around them.” – Parents In touch
£5.62
HarperCollins Publishers Down and Out in Paris and London The
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than thatAs a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he encountered, and the near-constant pains of hunger and discomfort.Exposing the grim reality of a life marred by poverty, Down and Out in Paris and London, part memoir, part social commentary, would become George Orwell's first published work.
£5.62
Oxford University Press The Nicomachean Ethics
Book SynopsisIn the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle examines the nature of happiness, which he defines as a specially good kind of life. He considers the nature of practical reasoning, friendship, and the role and importance of the moral virtues in the best life. This new edition features a revised translation and valuable new introduction and notes.
£7.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Penguin Readers Level 3 Roald Dahl Charlie and
Book SynopsisLearn English with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! A Penguin Readers book. Discover fifteen famous Roald Dahl adventures, adapted for learners of English aged 7+. Can you read them all?Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With simplified text, illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.In these Penguin Readers editions, Roald Dahl''s stories have been aligned to the CEFR framework A1 to A2+, in four levels. Each book is also Lexile measured. The graded readers feature illustrated new words, language activities, and fun games between chapters, encouraging students and teachers to structure learning and make real progress. Every book also includes projects and discussions.Visit the Penguin Readers website for downloadable quizzes, worksheets and answer keys, as well as accompanying audio and a digital version of the book.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.Who will find the five golden tickets inside Willy Wonka''s chocolate bars? Everyone in the world is looking. When Charlie finds a ticket, his life is going to change. Come with Charlie on his wonderful adventure to Willy Wonka''s Chocolate Factory!
£7.59
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Tank Book
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£24.00
Profile Books Ltd The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Book SynopsisThe Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are explores an unrecognised but mighty taboo - our tacit conspiracy to ignore who, or what, we really are. Alan Watts, key thinker of Western Zen Buddhism, explains how to reconsider our relationship with the world.We are in urgent need of a sense of our own existence, which is in accord with the physical facts and which overcomes our feeling of alienation from the universe. In The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Alan Watts asks what causes the illusion of the self as a separate ego which confronts a universe of physical objects that are alien to it. Rather, a person's identity binds them to the physical universe, creating a relationship with their environment and other people. The separation of the self and the physical world leads to the misuse of technology and the attempt to violently subjugate man's natural environment, leading to its destruction.Watts urges against the idea that we are separate from the world. NowhereTrade ReviewThe best book I've ever read on the nature of what actually is, what the world is about, and how you should behave. -- John Lloyd * Desert Island Discs *Offering spiritual answers to the problems of a materialistic lifestyle, alienated from the natural world, Watts is the voice of all who seek a deeper understanding of their own identity and role in the world. * Watkins Review *No words can describe just how profoundly perspective-shifting The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are is in its entirety, and with what exquisite stickiness it stays with you for a lifetime. * Brain Pickings *For a new generation of readers... look at this ancient philosophy from a modern counter-cultural standpoint. Alan Watts explores the subject in concrete terms, using current idioms and expressions which will also appeal to the younger reader. -- VedantaOffering spiritual answers to the problems of a materialistic lifestyle, alienated from the natural world, Watts is the voice of all who seek a deeper understanding of their own identity and role in the world. -- Watkins ReviewReminds us how Watts presented complex theories and views in a subtle yet straightforward fashion... Still an iconic figure... he made great breakthroughs in stretching our philosophical horizons. -- Beat Scene
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Random House USA Inc King of Capital
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£15.29
Little, Brown Book Group Kokoro
Book Synopsiskokoro [n.] intelligent heart, feeling mind One year. Two devastating losses. Three sacred Japanese mountains. A major life transition, a heart full of grief and a revelation that changes everything. Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on a pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life''s biggest questions: How do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? How do we let go of the past and stop worrying about the future? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well?Together you will journey to the deep north of Japan, hike ancient forests, watch the moon rise over mountains of myth and encounter a host of wise teachers along the way - Noh actors, chefs, taxi drivers, coffee shop owners, poets, philosophers and the spirits that inhabit the land. You will contemplate the true nature of time at one of the world''s strictest Zen temples and nothing will be quite the same again.This book is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world. It all begins with the kokoro, a profound Japanese term which represents the intelligent heart, the feeling mind and the embodied spirit of every human being.To explore the kokoro is to explore the very essence of what it means to be human in this tough yet devastatingly beautiful world. When you learn to live guided by the light in your kokoro, everything changes, and anything is possible.
£15.29
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana
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£28.50
Thames & Hudson Ltd Pattern Design
Book SynopsisA superbly illustrated compendium of over 1,500 of the world's most popular and influential patterns.Trade Review'Sure to inspire your next trip to the fabric store' - Sew'Offers inspiration for your own home' - House Beautiful'Fantastic … every section sparks ideas' - Today's QuilterTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Flora: Specific; generic and multi-floral; Vegetal forms • 2. Fauna: Specific; Menagerie; Mythical Creatures • 3. Geometric: Linear; Curved; Grids and Knots; Composite • 4. Pictorial: The Huma Figure; Scenic; Travel; Household; Work; Play; Costume • 5. Abstract: Free Form; Optical; Camouflage; Scientific; Psychedelic; Signs and Symbols • Features on Designers
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Mountains Epic Cycling Climbs
Book SynopsisAn expanded edition of the popular landscape and photography book, updated with sixteen new climbsTrade Review'A tribute to nature's beauty and man's dogged determination' - i'[A] spectacular portrait of some of the most beautiful and challenging scenery in the world ... offer[s] cycling aficionados plenty of bucket list inspiration' - Elle DecorationTable of ContentsIntroduction by Michael Blann • The Art of Mountains, Susannah Osborne • The French Alps • The Pyrenees & Mont Ventoux • Switzerland • Spain • The Spanish Islands & Portugal • The Italian Alps & The Dolomites • Essays interwoven throughout
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Cosmic Dance
Book SynopsisA visual journey from the minute to the infinite, exploring the relationships and harmonies between all parts of the universe and inspiring personal contemplation regarding our own place within it. In The Cosmic Dance, renowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock presents a pan-global collection of remarkable, arresting and surprising images drawn from the entire history of art to explore the ancient belief that the cosmos is reflected in all living things. Organized thematically, the visual journey begins with the microscopic, the particulate and the elemental; then explores the human body as a cosmos in miniature, the beauty of divine proportions and our search for spiritual enlightenment; before finally revelling in the colossal, the celestial and the infinite. An eloquent introduction provides an overview of the central themes and expert commentaries introduce each section. Detailed panels provide bitesize information on key concepts and key thinkers â from the four elements to CosmTrade Review'Visually overwhelming, profoundly uplifting … astonishing … Ellcock’s curation of images is a marvel of sympathy … the book’s accompanying text marches you briskly through a magnificent number of the world’s mythologies, religions, philosophies, arts, and sciences, drawing connections and noting similarities' - Julian Gough, Irish Times'Glorious … there’s great beauty here … The text too is engaging … Only connect, said EM Forster; here’s a mind-blowingly beautiful way to do it' - The Times LUXXTable of ContentsPreface: Regaining Perspective Introduction: As Above, So Below 1. The Infinitesimal Universe 2. God in Miniature 3. Divine Proportions 4. In Search of Nirvana 5. And So On To Infinity Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Sources of Quotations Index Acknowledgments
£21.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Piet Oudolf Landscapes In Landscapes
Book SynopsisPiet Oudolf, one of world's most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This title features twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public and private gardens. It explains how these gardens and the plants fit the specific environment.Trade Review'The landmark book by an historically significant designer and wildly knowledgeable plantsman … Piet Oudolf ranks among the greats, and his co-author Noel Kingsbury is his prophet. The book design by Dutch artist Irma Boom turns this into something extraordinary … All should win prizes' - BBC Gardens Illustrated'Impressive, modern, mind-altering … the perfect tome to indulge deeper into Oudolf’s Dutch genius' - English Garden'A stunning display of Oudolf’s œuvre … Admirers of Oudolf’s work, and anyone interested in designing with perennials or in naturalistic planting, will find this book repays close attention and is a useful addition to their bookshelf' - Garden Design Journal'Refreshingly presented in a way that allows the documentation of Oudolf’s work to speak for itself - light on text and heavy on double-page photographs in which you can lose yourself' - House & GardenTable of ContentsForeword – Robert Hammond • Hesmerg Garden, Sneek, The Netherlands 350m2 • Barcelona Garden, Barcelona, Spain 1,000m2 • Thews Garden, Fauluck, Germany 1,200m2 • Il Giardino delle Vergini, Venice, Italy 2,000m2 • Bury Court, Surrey, England 2,000m2 • Boon Garden, Oost zaan, The Netherlands 2,500m2 • Potters Fields Park, London, England 2,500m2 • Berne Park, Bottrop, Germany 3,000m • Witteveen Garden, Rotterdam,The Netherlands 3,000m2 • Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Surrey, England 3,400m2 • 84 Dream Park, Enköping, Sweden 4,000m2 • Gräfl icher Park, Bad Driburg, Germany 4,500m2 • Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England 4,500m2 • County Cork Garden, Ireland 5,500m2 • Riverside Residence, Bonn, Germany 6,000m2 • Skärholmen Park, Stockholm, Sweden 8,000m2 • Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois 10,000m2 • Oudolf Garden, Hummelo, The Netherlands 10,000m2 •The High Line, New York, New York 11,000m2 • The Battery, New York, New York 11,500m2 • Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, England 12,300m2 • Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire, England 15,000m2 • Nantucket Garden, Massachusetts 25,000m2
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Spring Cannot be Cancelled
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A burst of springtime joy' Daily Telegraph 'A springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light' The Times 'Lavishly illustrated' Guardian David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquility for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at bay. So when Covid-19 and lockdown struck, it made little difference to life at La Grande Cour, the centuries-old Normandy farmhouse where Hockney set up a studio a year before, in time to paint the arrival of spring. In fact, he relished the enforced isolation as an opportunity for even greater devotion to his art. Spring Cannot be Cancelled is an uplifting manifesto that affirms art's capacity to divert and inspire. It is based on a wealth of new conversations and correspondence between Hockney and the art critic Martin Gayford, his long-timeTrade Review'This book is not so much a celebration of spring as a springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light. It is scholarly, thoughtful and provoking' - The Times'A burst of springtime joy' - Daily Telegraph'Lavishly illustrated… Gayford is a thoughtfully attentive critic with a capacious frame of reference' - Guardian'Gloriously illustrated … It’s a book about many things – Hockney’s love of France and French painting, his reflections on many other artists among them. But at its heart is this octogenarian’s adoration of nature, his belief that art is rooted in love, and a restless gusto for life ' - Andrew Marr, The SpectatorTable of Contents1 An unexpected move 2 Studio work 3 La vie française: French life in a Bohemian style 4 Lines and time 5 A merry Christmas and an unexpected New Year 6 Locked down in paradise 7 A house for an artist and a painter’s garden 8 The sky, the sky! 9 Sumptuous blacks and subtler greens 10 Several smaller splashes 11 Everything flows 12 Rippling lines and musical spaces 13 Lost (and found) in translation 14 Picasso, Proust, and pictures 15 Being somewhere 16 Full moon in Normandy
£999.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Spectrum Victoria and Albert Museum
Book SynopsisA visual analysis of the colours used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now, providing inspiration for designers. This simply structured and highly original book analyses the palettes that have been used by designers in the creation of furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to the present. The colours used in each pattern are presented in a simple proportional grid, giving a clear understanding of hues that have been expertly combined at different periods to create the designs we continue to admire and emulate. Spectrum opens with a brief introduction by interior design expert Ros Byam Shaw, exploring the history of colour as used in interiors. The fabrics and wallpapers that follow are arranged chronologically. Each is reproduced on its own double-page spread, and is accompanied by a brief narrative-style caption that provides information about each fabric or wallpaper and its significance in the context of interior design. Unique in such a book are the colour grids shown beside each pattern, in which the colours in the original piece are shown in proportion to their use, and with their CMYK references to enable designers to replicate these colours in their own work.Trade Review'A great decorating source for understanding the history of colour' - ELLE Decoration'A fascinating insight into what makes a compelling design, and how our palette returns time and again to certain combinations' - Town & Country'This valuable sourcebook is a fascinating visual history of colour' - House & GardenTable of ContentsIntroduction FABRICS 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Further reading
£18.00
Random House USA Inc Negotiation Genius
Book SynopsisFrom two leaders in executive education at Harvard Business School, here are the mental habits and proven strategies you need to achieve outstanding results in any negotiation.Whether you’ve “seen it all” or are just starting out, Negotiation Genius will dramatically improve your negotiating skills and confidence. Drawing on decades of behavioral research plus the experience of thousands of business clients, the authors take the mystery out of preparing for and executing negotiations—whether they involve multimillion-dollar deals or improving your next salary offer.What sets negotiation geniuses apart? They are the men and women who know how to:•Identify negotiation opportunities where others see no room for discussion•Discover the truth even when the other side wants to conceal it•Negotiate successfully from a position of weakness•Defuse threats, ultimatums, lies, and other hardball tactics•Overcome resistance and “sell” proposals using proven influence tactics•Negotiate ethically and create trusting relationships—along with great deals•Recognize when the best move is to walk away•And much, much moreThis book gets “down and dirty.” It gives you detailed strategies—including talking points—that work in the real world even when the other side is hostile, unethical, or more powerful. When you finish it, you will already have an action plan for your next negotiation. You will know what to do and why. You will also begin building your own reputation as a negotiation genius.
£15.29
Faber & Faber Autumn Journal
Book SynopsisWritten between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer. It is a record of the author''s emotional and intellectual experience during those months, the trivia of everyday living set against the events of the world outside, the settlement in Munich and slow defeat in Spain.Trade Review"'He completely seizes the atmosphere of the year of Munich. He tolls the knell of the political thirties with melancholy triumph.' Cyril Connolly"
£11.69
Faber & Faber The Journals of Sylvia Plath
Book SynopsisThe Journals of Sylvia Plath offers an intimate portrait of the author of the extraordinary poems for which Plath is so widely loved, but it is also characterized by a prose of vigorous immediacy which places it alongside The Bell Jar as a work of literature. These exact and complete transcriptions of the journals kept by Plath for the last twelve years of her life - covering her marriage to Ted Hughes and her struggle with depression - are a key source for the poems which make up her collections Ariel and The Colossus.''Everything that passes before her eyes travels down from brain to pen with shattering clarity - 1950s New England, pre-co-ed Cambridge, pre-mass tourism Benidorm, where she and Hughes honeymooned, the birth of her son Nicholas in Devon in 1962. These and other passages are so graphic that you look up from the page surprised to find yourself back in the here and now . . . The struggle of self with self makes the Journals compelling and unique.'' John Carey, Sunday Times
£17.00
British Museum Press How To Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Book SynopsisHave you ever wished that you could read the beautiful hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt for yourself? Now you can, with the help of this practical step-by-step guide. It is suitable for complete beginners, or for anyone who would like to improve their knowledge of the language and culture of ancient Egypt. Mark Collier and Bill Manley have many years of experience teaching non-specialists at courses around the UK, so their approach is tried and tested. From the very beginning you will be introduced to genuine texts from ancient monuments. Each chapter introduces a new aspect of the ancient Egyptian language's hieroglyphic script and encourages you to develop your growing reading skills with practical exercises. The authors concentrate on a fascinating and rewarding group of monuments funerary inscriptions, coffins and tomb scenes. The texts and supporting notes offer a first-hand insight into topics such as the pharaonic administration, family life in ancient Egypt, and anci
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Duckworth Books The Secret Life of Bones Their Origins Evolution
Book SynopsisIn The Secret Life of Bones, Brian Switek frames the history of our species through the importance of bone from instruments and jewellery, to objects of worship and conquest from the origins of religion through the genesis of science up to today.Trade Review'Smart, lively, and hugely informative... the ideal guide to the bones around us and in us' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction‘A witty, conversational romp through the world of bones, by one of our finest natural history writers. Dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, human origins, and culture are all woven together into a breezy, beautifully told story that will make you appreciate the wonder of the skeleton hidden inside of us all’ Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh palaeontologist and Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs‘A thoughtful, engaging meditation on the origins of the human skeleton, how it functions (or malfunctions) and how we come to terms with our essential but unsettling osseous framework’ Nature‘Compellingly evokes the sheer wonder and complexity of the supporting framework inside you - and the murky human responses it arouses’ Science‘I sit here now crossing my extraordinary kneecaps... I can see them better thanks to Switek’ Rose George, New York Times Book Review'A lyrical love letter to the 206 or so bones in the human skeleton and thecolourful figures who have studied them over the centuries’ Jennifer Ouellette, author of The Calculus Diaries'Switek writes with remarkable grace about the natural world… Every chapterhas some surprise, told in elegant tales, that you will repeat to your friends' Carl Zimmer, author of She Has Her Mother's Laugh
£9.49
Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Baba Yagas Book of Witchcraft
Book SynopsisA beginner-friendly book of traditional and modern Slavic magic with dozens of illustrations.
£21.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Liquid Modernity
Book Synopsisaeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community.Trade Review"Bauman on a bad day is still far more stimulating than most contemporary social thinkers. He is the Georg Simmel of our age, and his books and essays will be read when contemporary exponents of social arithmetic are long forgotten." Times Higher Education Supplement "Liquid Modernity is Zygmunt Bauman's term for the present condition of the world as contrasted with the 'solid' modernity that preceded it ... He is a vivid and original writer with an eye for the revealing personal experience.' Dennis Wrong, Times Literary Supplement "Zygmunt Bauman can be counted among those giants of sociology - C. Wright Mills, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber - who are bound together not by a shared ideological or disciplinary alignment, but by a profound and moral passion. I do not employ the term "moral" in the commonly used sense of "judgmental", but to describe their ability to define the spirit of the age, to ask cutting questions about society's direction, warn of dangers and perceive opportunities." Contemporary Politics "These books mark an important advance in Bauman's project. He seems to be trying to bring the intellectuals back into the game, twitting them for their passivity. Bauman wants social critics to take a more active role, taking a lead by showing how the relationships between individuals and society and between the private and public spheres may be rearticulated and the spirit of the agora restored to social and political life." British Journal of Sociology "His work is essential reading for those political theorist who feel that part of their task is to elaborate relevant and compelling normative critique." Contemporary Political Theory "Bauman lucidly depicts what others call the 'postmodern situation' a term that he painstakingly avoids, and his analysis is important for anyone interested in cultural criticism" Caterina Norlin-Brage, Religious Studies Review "One of post-modernity's great commentators." Pete Ward, Church TimesTable of ContentsForeword: On Being Light and Liquid. 1. Emancipation. 2. Individuality. 3. Time/Space. 4. Work. 5. Community. Afterthoughts: On Writing; on Writing Sociology. Notes. Index.
£15.19
Ebury Publishing Factory
Book SynopsisMick Middles is the author of nineteen books, most of which have concentrated on Manchester's music artists from punk to the present. He was the Manchester correspondent for Sounds magazine and his work has appeared in publications as diverse as the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, the Express, Manchester Evening News, the Face, Kerraang, Classic Rock, Record Collector and Rock'n'Reel. He lives in Warrington.Trade ReviewInformed and informative ... a smart, well-researched view of the Manchester music scene * Maxim *A fascinating account ... richly detailed * Q *
£15.00
Running Press Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Book SynopsisThe priceless wisdom and insight found in the bestselling "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
£6.99
Baker Publishing Group Imagine Heaven NearDeath Experiences Gods
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author examines fascinating accounts of near-death experiences in light of Scripture, igniting in us a new biblically infused imagination of heaven and prompting us to live without fear.
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FUEL Publishing Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II
Book SynopsisWorking as a prison guard in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty Prison, the author diligently recorded over 3,000 criminal tattoos, documenting their meanings within this closed society. This title explores the extremes of this collection.
£21.21
O'Reilly Web Scraping with Python
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Pearson Education Limited Edexcel GCSE 91 Mathematics Higher Extension
Book Synopsis Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: Maths First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 This book complements the Higher Student Book and can be used alongside the Higher Practice, Reasoning and Problem-solving Book to provide more in-depth practice. Consolidate understanding of key topics to help build confidence Support independent learning with scaffolded warm-up questions at the start of each section and hints to provide help when needed Help students practise reasoning and problem-solving skills with new questions that build on previous learning Challenge students with exam-style mixed exercises where students decide on the appropriate skills to apply.
£13.97
Pearson Education Limited Edexcel GCSE 91 History British America 17131783
Book SynopsisSupporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books – one for every option in the Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History specification – for first teaching from September 2016.
£21.45
Pearson Education Limited Pearson REVISE Edexcel GCSE Statistics Revision
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Camilla Duchess of Cornwall
Book SynopsisA compelling new biography of Camilla, Queen Consort, that reveals how she transformed her role and established herself as one of the key members of the royal family. For many years, Camilla was portrayed in a poor light, blamed by the public for the break-up of the marriage between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Initially, the Queen refused to see or speak to her, but, after the death of Prince Philip, the Duchess became one of the Queen's closest companions. Her confidence in Camilla and the transformation she saw in Prince Charles since their wedding resulted in her choosing the first day of her Platinum Jubilee year to tell the world that she wanted Camilla to be Queen Consort not the demeaning Princess Consort suggested in 2005 Angela Levin uncovers Camilla’s rocky journey to be accepted by the royal family and how she coped with the brutal portrayal of her in Netflix's The Crown. The publiTrade Review'Well researched, intelligent and fair-minded...The picture Levin paints...of our new Queen [is] entirely accurate. She is ungrand, charming, naturally loyal and supportive. The new Queen's moment has indeed come, and her biographer leaves us in no doubt that she is equal to it.' -- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *'Levin's conclusion is one I share. Camilla "possesses the inner strength and willpower" to make a huge success of her new role.' -- Roger Lewis * The Times *
£17.00
HarperCollins Focus Leadershift
Book SynopsisInternationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell teaches readers how to shift their leadership to keep innovating, improving, and influencing others in today's fast-paced world.
£12.59
National Geographic Kids The Ultimate Book of Reptiles
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Hodder & Stoughton Gordon Ramsays Ultimate Cookery Course
Book SynopsisI want to teach you how to cook good food at home. By stripping away all the hard graft and complexity, anyone can produce mouth-watering recipes. Put simply, I''m going to show you how to cook yourself into a better cook.GORDON RAMSAYGordon Ramsay''s Ultimate Cookery Course is about giving home cooks the desire, confidence and inspiration to hit the stoves and get cooking, with over 120 modern, simple and accessible recipes. The ultimate reference bible, it''s a lifetime''s worth of expertise from one of the world''s finest chefs distilled into a beautiful book.Learn how to cook incredible, flavoursome dishes in just ten minutes with Ramsay in 10, the new book out 14/10/21.Trade ReviewThis is an unexpected breath of fresh air... He's ditched the showing off and gone back to basics. The book is written in a matter-of-fact, unpatronising style, but his years of knowledge shine through on every page. He covers everything, from the fundamentals of kitchen kit and how to season a pan, to tips that even experienced cooks might not know... All in all, a long overdue correction to the sweary, shouty, cheffy image. * Daily Mail *
£24.00
Simon & Schuster Ltd When Time Stopped
Book SynopsisKRAUS FAMILY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR AT THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDSWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE‘Beautifully told' – John le Carré ‘More than just history’ – Michael PalinIn this remarkably moving memoir, Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. When her father dies and leaves her a box of clues, Ariana Neumann uncovers a heritage she knew nothing about. Exploring the joys and sorrows of the Neumann family, she learns through her tireless investigations why her father, a successful entrepreneur in Venezuela, never spoke about his past. How as a young man from Prague he boldly deceived the Gestapo by doing the unimagiTrade Review‘When Time Stopped is a beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying and surviving under the yoke of Nazism.’ -- John Le Carre‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.'The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance.' * The New York Times Book Review *‘Ariana Neumann’s story may strike a chord, and rightly so. The slow and pitiless brutality that took hold of much of Europe in the 1930s is a story that can never be told too often. What makes this account so effective is that it’s personal and, because of the dogged extensiveness of her research, Neumann reminds us of the small details that make the Nazi persecution of the Jews all the more chilling. It’s not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It’s a warning.’ -- Michael Palin‘Absolutely remarkable’ -- Edmund de Waal‘Grippingly readable, chillingly sad but above all deeply sympathetic and suffused with love and understanding throughout. A compelling and humane portrait of Ariana Neumann’s father and his courageous decision to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba, bestselling biographer and historian‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent * Sunday Telegraph *‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent, Sunday Telegraph‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent. * Sunday Telegraph *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance. * The New York Times Book Review *‘Ariana Neumann’s story may strike a chord, and rightly so. The slow and pitiless brutality that took hold of much of Europe in the 1930s is a story that can never be told too often. What makes this account so effective is that it’s personal and, because of the dogged extensiveness of her research, Neumann reminds us of the small details that make the Nazi persecution of the Jews all the more chilling. It’s not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It’s a warning.’ -- Michael Palin‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent, Sunday Telegraph‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent. * Sunday Telegraph *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is a beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying and surviving under the yoke of Nazism.’ -- John Le Carre‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance. * The New York Times Book Review *‘Ariana Neumann’s story may strike a chord, and rightly so. The slow and pitiless brutality that took hold of much of Europe in the 1930s is a story that can never be told too often. What makes this account so effective is that it’s personal and, because of the dogged extensiveness of her research, Neumann reminds us of the small details that make the Nazi persecution of the Jews all the more chilling. It’s not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It’s a warning.’ -- Michael Palin‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent, Sunday Telegraph‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent. * Sunday Telegraph *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is a beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying and surviving under the yoke of Nazism.’ -- John Le Carre‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance. * The New York Times Book Review *‘Ariana Neumann’s story may strike a chord, and rightly so. The slow and pitiless brutality that took hold of much of Europe in the 1930s is a story that can never be told too often. What makes this account so effective is that it’s personal and, because of the dogged extensiveness of her research, Neumann reminds us of the small details that make the Nazi persecution of the Jews all the more chilling. It’s not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It’s a warning.’ -- Michael Palin‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent, Sunday Telegraph‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent. * Sunday Telegraph *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is a beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying and surviving under the yoke of Nazism.’ -- John Le Carre‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance. * The New York Times Book Review *‘Ariana Neumann’s story may strike a chord, and rightly so. The slow and pitiless brutality that took hold of much of Europe in the 1930s is a story that can never be told too often. What makes this account so effective is that it’s personal and, because of the dogged extensiveness of her research, Neumann reminds us of the small details that make the Nazi persecution of the Jews all the more chilling. It’s not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It’s a warning.’ -- Michael Palin‘When Time Stopped is a remarkable and beautifully written book. Hans Neumann's story is astonishing, confirming that when it comes to the Holocaust we should expect only the unexpected. This is one of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read.’ -- Professor Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director, Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London‘When Time Stopped is an astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche as only the best books can, forever changing the way you look at your own family. With a mastery of the dogged art of research rarely seen, and with an exquisite narrative sensibility to match, Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family’s tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows, but also their joys and loves, to indelible light. I will carry the experience of this book with me for a very long time.’ -- John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter, Reservation Road and The Commoner‘In a grand house in Caracas in the 1970s, a young girl comes of age dreaming of becoming a detective and solving mysteries, particularly the mystery of her charismatic, enigmatic father. Four decades later, after he dies, and herself a mother, she embarks on an extraordinary journey through Central Europe and South America to uncover her father's past. Through pre-war Prague's intelligentsia to the rise of fascism in Europe to the horror of Hitler's camps, she combines a daughter's love with a profound yearning for truth. The result is a love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him - and who rose to become one of Venezuela's most successful industrialists. Part literary memoir, part mystery tale, Ariana Neumann's tribute to her father is a classic story of redemption and love.’ -- Janine di Giovanni, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria‘This book is utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel, as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory. Conjuring the lives of her relatives murdered in the Holocaust, she brings their lost world to vivid life.’ -- Claire Messud, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Children and The Woman Upstairs‘I’ve read countless memoirs. I’ve read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant and gripping work of art combining all of these elements into a lyrical tapestry of one woman’s quest to understand her father’s mysterious past and therefore her own. To call this moving is an understatement. It is a journey of untold grace, sorrow and love.’ -- Deborah Copaken, bestselling author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War and The Red Book‘Growing up in a comfortable Caracas home, surrounded by joy, gaiety and the ‘birds of paradise’ -- and a father so revered that he had streets named after him in Venezuela -- Ariana Neumann willed an adventure to come her way. But nothing could have prepared her for the true-life story which was to unfold upon her beloved father’s death, back into the darkest depths of human history. Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent, Sunday Telegraph‘Remarkable...Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story-part memoir, part history-of her heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past.’ -- Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones‘Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family’s lost history, a father’s well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love.’ -- Dani Shapiro‘Neumann’s efforts to tell [her father] Hans’s story chronologically, rather than in the order she unravelled the mystery, is especially effective. At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel.’ * Financial Times *‘… to unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth. ‘Sometimes you have to leave the past where it is – in the past,’ Hans told his daughter. But he didn’t entirely let it go, and nor, on his and our behalf, did she.’ * The Guardian *‘Compelling … brilliant …This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy.’ * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *‘A meticulously researched, gripping and poignant memoir.’ * The Observer *‘[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive.’ -- Anne Sebba * The Spectator *‘Full of tales of courage … this meticulously researched work is unforgettable.’ * Sunday Mirror *‘This book will be an important addition to Holocaust literature … we have heard many of the atrocities recounted in these pages before. But we must go on hearing them. This is a very fine book indeed.’ * The TLS *‘Extraordinary life-affirming book of survival against the odds, of love and hope, and the threads of humanity that unite us all’ * Surrey Life *‘… a book of exhaustive historical scholarship and profound emotional dedication.’ * The Jewish Chronicle *‘A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history.’ * The Times of Israel *‘Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence … When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit.’ -- Francis Wilson * The Oldie *‘This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann’s family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann’s attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death.’ * Vogue *‘Reads like a thriller and it is so, so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable.’ * Buzzfeed *‘Lucidly-written, this is a gripping, heart-wrenching journey back to wartime Prague and Berlin. Ariana Neumann has written the book that her remarkable father simply couldn’t.’ -- Tom Gross, former Prague and Jerusalem correspondent. * Sunday Telegraph *‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘The story Ariana Neumann has to tell – a true one – is both exotic and extraordinary. Her combination of impeccable research with a pitch-perfect sense of narrative and suspense kept this early bird up reading, utterly captivated for every single moment, until long after dawn. I can’t begin to remember how many people I’ve since urged to buy this moving and highly original tribute to a remarkable man. What is truly astonishing is that it marks Neumann’s debut.’ -- Miranda Seymour‘When Time Stopped is a beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying and surviving under the yoke of Nazism.’ -- John Le Carre‘When Time Stopped is Ariana Neumann’s journey of discovery, lyrically set down in this truly exceptional book. She shines an intimate light upon a time unique in its horror, and tells a story of bravery, and rare survival. Yet the events she describes happened more than two decades before she was born. To a man to whom she was very close, but whose secrets she was only able to pursue after his death - thanks to the one hoard of evidence he never destroyed. This is a work of very great talent.’ -- Jon Snow, journalist and Channel 4 television presenter.The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance. * The New York Times Book Review *
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John Murray Press TED Talks
Book Synopsis''This is not just the most insightful book ever written on public speaking-it''s also a brilliant, profound look at how to communicate'' - Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALSIn Ted Talks Chris Anderson, Head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks Storytelling whetted the appetite, here is the official TED guide to public speaking from the man who put TED talks on the world''s stage. Anderson shares his five key techniques to presentation success: Connection, Narration, Explanation, Persuasion and Revelation (plus the three to avoid). He also answers the most frequently asked questions about giving a talk, from ''What should I wear?'' to ''How do I handle my nerves?''.Ted Talks is also full of presentation tips from such TED notable speakers as Sir Ken Robinson, Bill Gates, Mary Roach, Amy Cuddy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dan Gilbert, Amanda PaTrade ReviewIs there a single recipe for a great speech? Of course not. But there are some essential ingredients, which the TED team sets out here with concision, verve and wit (which are also some of the ingredients). An inspiring, contemporary guide to the venerable arts of oratory. * Sir Ken Robinson *Excellent; easily the best public speaking guide I have read. -- Tim Harford * Financial Times *Nobody in the world better understands the art and science of public speaking than Chris Anderson. He is the absolutely perfect person to have written this book, and it will be a gift to many. -- Elizabeth GilbertThis is not just the most insightful book ever written on public speaking-it's also a brilliant, profound look at how to communicate. If you ever plan to utter a sound, this is a must-read. It gives me hope that words can actually change the world. -- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of ORIGINALSThe TED Talk has reinvented the art of rhetoric for the 21st century - we now know that "ideas worth spreading" can indeed be spread far and wide, and with clarity and panache. Behind this revolution lies Chris Anderson, who had a vision that powerful ideas can improve the world and has developed a coherent philosophy and a set of guidelines for compelling communication. -- Steven PinkerThe TED Talk may well be the defining essay genre of our time: what the pamphlet was to the 18th-century, and the newspaper op-ed was to the twentieth. TED TALKS is a guidebook to this new language, written by the man who has made it a global force. -- Steven Johnson, bestselling author of HOW WE GOT TO NOWFor anyone who's got a story to tell, or an audience they want to engage - this book is a must-read * Forbes *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A
Book SynopsisA RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here' Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago came the first melody. 40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet it is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages – from Bach to BTS and back – to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest possible canvas, from global history to our everyday lives, from insects to apes, humans to artificial intelligence. 'Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music' Daniel Levitin 'A thrilling exploration of what music has meant and means to humankind' Ian Bostridge Trade ReviewEntertaining, informative and philosophical ... An essential read * All About History Magazine *Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here -- Evening Standard * Julian Glover *An ambitious and total history of music -- Charlotte Runcie * Daily Telegraph *Full of delightful nuggets ... sends the reader back to a world of musical examples time and time again * Guardian *Extraordinary ... Ranging from the Geissenklösterle caves to K-Pop, from the lost music of the Aztecs to the role of song in hunter-gatherer societies, and drawing on a vast array of specialisations, from archaeoacoustics to ornithology, Spitzer utilises a breath-taking variety of sources ... The Musical Human will make you think differently about music, about its place in your life and about its importance to human life tout court -- Mathew Lyons * Literary Review *Bold, compelling and ear-opening -- Michael Prodger * New Statesman *A hugely ambitions work, but never daunting, and there's something thought-provoking on every page ... With scholarship, wit and passion, this book demonstrates that there is truly a soundtrack to human lives -- Catherine Bott, Classic FMA thrilling exploration of what music has meant and means to humankind -- Ian BostridgeMusic changed my life. It changes my mood, my thoughts, my feelings and changes the way I move. Now I know why. This book has connected me to not only the language of love but the language of life. If you can just hum, whistle out of tune or shake a leg at a wedding then open the pages of this book and know why! A revelation -- Michael CashmanBlurring the lines between musical theory, anthropology, biology and history, Spitzer posits that music is one of our most defining achievements, fundamental to the human experience -- Rhiannon Thomas * Radio Times *An amazing book, tying together research in archaeology, anthropology, music history, and human origins to form a compelling and exciting account of the many ways music has developed across the world and across time. Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music -- Daniel Levitin
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC You Are Not Alone: a new way to grieve
Book SynopsisNEW STATESMAN, THE TIMES AND EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ‘Full of sense, heart and hope . . . the friend you need when you’re grieving’ PHILIPPA PERRY ‘This book is a game-changer. Read it before you need to’ DR KATHRYN MANNIX ‘It’s honest and warm and funny (in all the right places)’ JULIA SAMUEL When Cariad Lloyd was just fifteen, she became the person-whose-dad-had-died; a mess of emotions and questions. She turned to the Five Stages of Grief model for guidance, but found its framework of loss was hard to reconcile with her messy and non-linear experience of grief. In this wise and witty book, Cariad shares her grief road map – a collection of years of profound insights from experts and guests featured on her podcast, Griefcast – to remind us that you cannot do grief wrong. The flexibility of the map acknowledges that no two experiences of grief are the same and assists us in building a life around our grief. So, welcome to the club. We know you didn’t ask to be here. But you will be okay. Because you are not alone. ‘A blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book’ THE TIMES ‘Feels like a warm bath . . . Lloyd's chatty writing style is familiar and funny’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A moving and funny meditation on loss’ OBSERVER Trade ReviewGrief: it is unpredictable and funny and sad, and You Are Not Alone captures this beautifully ... It is a blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book that will be of comfort to all who know loss ... Her chapter on modern mourning is fascinating .... There is useful advice on how to talk to someone who is grieving .... Lloyd encourages us to consider our own death in a chapter that is confronting and important. Most of us don't want to think about it, but doing so could make life much easier for our loved ones ... As the chapters progress, we see her teenage irritation and anger soften into a longing to have known him better. I teared up reading the list of questions she has for him ... This is a book with great heart. As cliched as it might sound, you do feel less alone after reading it ... This book helps to break the silence around something we all experience. ''We live, we die. That's it. Isn't it strange and normal? Isn't it awful and ordinary?'' Exactly. * The Times *This book is a game-changer, a grief companion for our time . . . Practical, kind, honest, generous. Read it before you need to. You can thank me later -- Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of WITH THE END IN MINDWe do not talk enough about grief. Often, it is a lonely path. Cariad Lloyd has made it her life's work to make us feel less alone, like we belong to a club, like our grief is both collective and individual, that there is no right way to remember those no longer with us, and that there is great comfort in talking about grief and death. Told with humanity, humour and honesty, this is a book for all of us, because we will all experience grief at some point in our lives, and this book will make us feel less alone -- Dr Nikesh ShuklaStunning . . . This is a necessary book for all of us, those new to grief, the old hands, or the simply curious to understand. Even though it is about death, it’s a guide book to life -- Aisling BeaIt is the secret desire of many artists to make themselves useful and Cariad has achieved just that. A wise, warm and important book -- Robert WebbA pick-and-mix of insight into loss, filled with wit, warmth and wisdom -- Alan DaviesI love this book. It’s honest and warm and funny (in all the right places), and connects us to our most vulnerable and robust selves. Everyone should read it -- Julia SamuelThe most helpful book that I have ever read about grief…A book that you should read before grief takes over your life…I couldn’t recommend this book highly enough. Keep one with you at all times. At some point you, or someone you love, is going to need it -- Fi GloverThis book is a must for the grieving, the soon to be grieving, for those who want to be with others in their grief and, well, EVERYONE, especially all mental health professionals. Full of sense, heart and hope. A book that will hold you… Like the friend you need when you’re grieving -- Philippa PerryCariad has managed to write a book about the saddest thing in the world, that isn’t sad. Genuinely uplifting, a book that releases a tight valve in all of us -- Dawn O’PorterReading You Are Not Alone felt like slaking a thirst. Gentle, compassionate and wise, it normalises and honours the true, messy scope of grief. It’s the kind of book you want to press into the hands of every grieving person, whether their loss is fresh or longstanding. I loved it -- Katherine MayThe thing about being in the white-heat of grief is that you feel so alone, that nobody else understands, nothing can help. You’re drowning in your snotty grief-soup, unable to find a flotation device. But “You Are Not Alone” now. Cariad is here. She knows you. She knows Grief. She has water-wings in your size. None of us will escape grief. Obviously. So, all of us must read this book. Obviously -- Greg WiseThis is the book that the 14-year-old me needed when my brother died, but it’s also the book I really need now, aged 41 . . . Cariad is an extraordinary writer; generous, curious, honest and deeply empathic. Her book is urgent and necessary, like a friend offering wisdom and unconditional love during the darkest of times. It will be a huge support for people of all ages as they encounter their own journey through grief -- Robert DiamentA book which manages to move, soothe and somehow still raise the spirits -- Geoff NorcottCariad Lloyd has changed the way we speak about grief -- Sara PascoeI want everyone I know to read this book. And everyone I don’t know -- Stevie MartinI wish this book had been around when I was younger. This really is an essential guide to the universal yet completely individual shape that grief takes. It will be a source of genuine comfort and solace for anyone. In fact, everyone should read this -- Felix WhiteKind, wise, and punctuated with perfectly timed comic relief . . . Cariad Lloyd offers us the space to cry, to laugh, and – when we’re ready – to remember . . . Cariad Lloyd finds the perfect words and ways to sit with us even as we sit with our grief, and hold our hands as we heal -- Tara FlynnCariad has such a unique talent for that gentle line between comfort, humour and mind-blowing revelations around grief – and this book is one of the best I’ve read on the subject . . . I want to recommend this book to everyone – because all of our lives will be touched by grief if they haven’t already, and this is the book that will make sense of that in a world that seems senseless -- Poorna BellBeautiful, honest, moving and funny, this book is a vital read for anyone who has been been in, or close to, grief . . . You'll cry, you’ll laugh, you’ll learn . . . Everyone should read this book -- Rachel ParrisThe comfort blanket you need * Metro *A comfy companion for anyone struggling after the death of someone close * BBC News *Honest, funny, companionable first book, part memoir, part navigational guide through the sheer disarray of feelings that accompany a bereavement * Sunday Express *Powerful, inspiring and frequently funny * Waterstones *You are Not Alone is a comfy companion for anyone struggling after the death of someone close. It also includes insights from the likes of Marian Keyes, Rev Richard Coles and Isabel Allende * Radio New Zealand *Genuinely is an insightful book -- Naga MunchettyThis warm, darkly funny book’s greatest strength is its sense of companionship. It is a shoulder to cry on, letting readers know that whichever way they choose to mourn, it’s OK, and they will be OK * i Paper *With warmth and compassion, Cariad shares her wisdom about how to navigate * Woman's Own *Cariad Lloyd’s warmth, generosity and gentle pragmatism makes her book one of the most reassuring I have read . . . It is an account of carrying grief and living alongside it, imperfectly . . . You Are Not Alone is explicitly designed to reassure, to show the reader that while they won’t ‘get over’ their bereavement they will learn to live with it and feel happiness again * The Spectator *Both a memoir and a manual. The book which she describes as for "anyone who has ever felt lost in grief", feels like a warm bath. Lloyd writes with arresting honesty . . . But the book is not just tragedy and suffering. Lloyd's chatty writing style is familiar and funny * New Statesman *Unpacking an issue as complex and delicate as grief and making it approachable and digestible is no easy feat, but Cariad Lloyd accomplishes just that with this striking new book * Independent *Lloyd’s wry mash-up of her own mourning with the experiences of people she has spoken to for her program Griefcast mimics the muddle of grief itself, and gives us permission to be all over the place, fine one moment, sad and bewildered the next * Sydney Morning Herald *If you’re new to bereavement, looking for a way through the death of a loved one, perhaps this doesn’t scream of optimism. But Cariad Lloyd’s warmth, generosity and gentle pragmatism makes her book one of the most reassuring I have read * Spectator Australia *In this moving and funny meditation on loss, Cariad Lloyd argues that shared stories are an effective response to death * Observer *A friend handed me Cariad Lloyd’s You Are Not Alone after the death of our close friend and I’m not sure I would have made it through the year without it -- Lisa Nandy * New Statesman: Books of the Year 2023 *“Life and death are messy” is the message of this warm-hearted, sometimes funny self-help guide -- Helen Davies * The Times: 13 Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2023 *
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