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Penguin presents I\'m Not Here to Give a Speech, the complete speeches of Nobel laureate and beloved novelist Gabriel García Márquez collected and published in English for the first time.Gabriel García Márquez has charmed generations of readers with his distinctive and richly expressive style. His talent for language is seen here as never before, in the public speeches he gave throughout his extraordinary life. These speeches chart Márquez\'s growth as a writer and orator, from an early talk given as a teenager graduating high school to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize. They offer new insight into the workings of the author\'s mind, drawing a portrait of Marquez as a writer and as a man.This is a rare gem from a writer who touched readers across the globe. I Am Not Here to Give a Speech is a must-buy for anyone who ever fell in love with Macondo or cherished a battered copy of Love in the Time of Cholera.Praise for Gabriel García Márquez:\'The greatest novel in any language of the last fifty years\' Salman Rushdie on One Hundred Years of Solitude\'Should be required reading for the entire human race\' New York Times on One Hundred Years of Solitude\'A masterpiece\' Evening Standard on Chronicle of a Death Foretold\'As a reading experience it is completely magical\' Observer on Living to Tell the Tale\'It asks to be read more than twice, and the rewards are dazzling\' Observer on The Autumn of the Patriarch\'Márquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do\' Salman Rusdhie on Collected Stories Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

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Nicolas is going through a difficult phase after his parents\' divorce. He\'s listless, skipping classes, lying. He believes moving in with his father and his new family may help. A different school, a fresh start. When he senses he isn\'t wanted there, he decides to go back to his mother\'s. But what happens when the options dry up? I\'m telling you. I don\'t understand what\'s happening to me. Florian Zeller\'s The Son completes a trilogy with The Mother and The Father, all of which are translated by Christopher Hampton. The Son premiered at the Kiln Theatre, London, in February 2019, and transferred to the Duke of York\'s Theatre in August. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the beautiful but inarticulate Christian.Cyrano\'s generous offer to act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often hilarious love-triangle, in which each character is torn between the lure of physical attraction and the seductive power of words.Martin Crimp\'s adaptation of Edmond Rostand\'s Cyrano de Bergerac premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in November 2019. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE AND A FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION What does it mean to belong? All her life, Tessa McWatt has been asked, ‘What are you?’ Born in Guyana to a family with Scottish, African, French, Chinese, Indian, Portuguese, and Native American heritage, she grew up in a white suburb, out of place, longing to fit in. As an adult, she moved to the UK, still pursued by questions about her identity. In this deeply personal reckoning with race and belonging, Tessa interweaves her own experiences as a mixed-race woman with a stark and unvarnished history of slavery and indenture, as well as observations on literature and popular culture. This powerful memoir of being mixed race in a predominantly white society is a necessary exploration of who and what we truly are. Σελίδες: 272, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York. Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation.Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City\'s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. But in the 1950s, groups of citizens began to organize against his schemes and against the motor car, campaigning for a very different idea of what a city should be.David Hare\'s blazing account of a man - played by Ralph Fiennes - whose iron will exposed the weakness of democracy in the face of charismatic conviction, premieres at the Bridge Theatre, London, in March 2022. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

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Shortlisted for the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2012 \"The only Western woman to enlist as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a heroine and a media sensation when she fought for the Serbian Army and pursued a distinguished career in its ranks. This account charts her incredible story: her tomboyish childhood in genteel Victorian England, her mission to Serbia as a Red Cross volunteer and subsequent military enrolment, her celebrity lecture tours, her marriage to a fellow officer, her survival in a Gestapo prison during the Second World War and her final years in Suffolk. A fascinating character of her times and an inspiration to women the world over, Flora Sandes is brought to life and restored to her rightful place in history by this biography, compiled with the help of her family, and using hitherto unpublished private papers and photographs.\" Σελίδες: 432, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0116, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

An elevated, gifty anthology of love letters from history’s most passionate romantics. This beautiful volume features love letters from a variety of people throughout history, including Heloise and Abelard, Henry VIII, Margaret of Valois, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mary Wollstonecraft, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, John Keats, Robert Browning, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Contents are organized thematically in chapters such as Mad Love, Bad Love, and The World’s Greatest Lover (John Keats, of course). Σελίδες: 320, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1206, Διαστάσεις: 12.4x12.4cm

\'It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black...\'Under Milk Wood tells the story of a Welsh village during one spring day. It is populated by some of the best-loved characters in British literature. Lyrical, funny, moving, it is rooted in place but with a universality that has spoken to generations of readers. A Welsh epic, a work of poetic genius, a modern classic.\'A tour de force of oral poetry which oozes word pictures and onomatopoeic musicality\' Guardian Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

A beautiful, hopeful account of the grief of heartbreak, Heartsick tells three true stories of love and loss. From internationally bestselling author Jessie Stephens.For fans of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and Conversations on Love.Heartbreak does not seem to be a brand of grief we respect. And so we are left in the middle of the ocean, floating in a dinghy with no anchor, while the world waits for us to be okay again.Claire is excited to bring her partner Maggie back home, but even as they build a new life together, she fears a distance is growing between them.Patrick is a lonely university student, until he meets Caitlin – but does she feel as connected as he does?Ana is happily married with three children. Then, one night, she falls in love with someone else.Based on real-life experiences, Heartsick is a compelling narrative non-fiction account of the many lows and occasional surprising highs of heartbreak. Bruising, beautiful, achingly specific but wholeheartedly universal, this book reminds us that emotional pain can make us as it breaks us, and that storytelling has the ultimate healing power.\'True stories with a narrative as compelling as any novel\' – Jane Harper, author of Exiles Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners. Father Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as a stand-up comedian and die-hard fan of The Clarets and Depeche Mode. But having achieved his profession, Fr Alex quickly recognised the 17,000 inhabitants of his new parish were in dire need of help. Burnley is typical of many towns across Britain: a place of run-down council estates, severe poverty litter, crime and drugs, but also a place where the sacred sits alongside the secular in an intimate and personal way. And so it was that he found himself running a food bank from a car park, helping the desperate amid his flock as the pandemic raged. Fr Alex’s down-to-earth style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and class at a time when the divide between rich and poor is widening cataclysmically. But amid the tragedy, addiction, appalling loss, illness and neglect, there also lies hope, joy and moments of comedy. Our Daily Bread is as much the story of the rich cast of characters that cross the threshold of any church as it is our vicar’s. Through them it shows the continued relevance of the church for those in peril: the poor and the marginalised. This heartfelt and moving book seeks to give a voice to the voiceless, charting the tragedy and pain, humour and hope which are ever-present in his community. It is ultimately about modern poverty – and how we all can, and should, espouse Christian virtues of love, kindness, tolerance. Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

In this highly accessible, entertaining and provocative work of non-fiction Kevin Brazil combines essay and memoir to ask one of the most pertinent questions of our current age, \'whatever happened to queer happiness?\' Exploring the lives of artists and writers from the past, current discourse around queerness and his own experiences, Brazil argues that art and literature needs to move away from celebrating the pain of queerness and embracing all the positive, ecstatic, collective joy that queer culture produces. Brazil\'s enlivening ideas around queerness combat the isolation of individuality and shame, instead championing collectivity, commonality, and visions of shared pleasure; offering both critique and a way of remaking the world. A timely, eminently readable and fascinating book for all readers of creative non-fiction, Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness? is a work of literature that will reverberate for years to come. Σελίδες: 266, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

From getting locked out of her flat twice on the same day and being fired for baking a giant cookie in the shape of her boss\'s head, to playing bridesmaid for a friend she\'d long forgotten, Sloane Crosley can do no right, despite the best of intentions. With sharp, original and irresistible storytelling that confounds expectations at every turn, Crosley recounts her victories and catastrophes, finding uproarious comedy and genuine insights in the most unpredictable places. Σελίδες: 240, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. ‘This trenchant, unrepentant collection reminds you that she’s a brilliant writer… Order a copy in case she’s cancelled by Christmas’ THE TIMES (Book of the Year) ‘You may disagree with Lionel Shriver’s bracing journalism, but her right to spark disquiet goes to the heart of the freedom of expression issue’ Rachel Cooke, OBSERVER ‘Mutinous essays about modern politics and culture… An independent mind and a sense of humour are dangerous things to possess. The spiky, politically incorrect novelist Lionel Shriver has them in abundance’ THE TIMES ‘Testament to the fierce intelligence of a writer who wants us to think more, probe more, challenge more — and who also makes it fun’ THE SUNDAY TIMES Novelist, cultural observer and social satirist Lionel Shriver is among the sharpest talents of our age. A writer who embraces ‘under-expressed, unpopular or downright dangerous’ points of view, she regularly deplores the conformity of thought and attitude that has overtaken society. Bringing together thirty-five works curated from her many columns, features, essays and op-eds for the likes of the Spectator and Guardian, speeches and reviews, and some unpublished pieces, Abominations reveals Shriver at her most iconoclastic and personal. Relentlessly sceptical, cutting and contrarian but also frequently moving and vulnerable, this collection showcases her piquant opinions on a wide range of topics, including religion, politics, illness, mortality, family and friends, tennis, gender, immigration, consumerism, health care and taxes. Though some of the more divisive essays in Abominations have ‘brought hell and damnation down on my head,’ as she cheerfully explains, she also offers insights on her novels and explores the perks and pitfalls of becoming a successful artist. Readers will find plenty to challenge them here, but they may also find many nuanced and considered insights with which they agree. Abominations was a Times Book of the Year in the Literature category on 26.11.2022 Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'Remarkable\' The Times\'Inspiring\' Caroline Lucas \'Compelling\' Observer\'A masterpiece\' Paul MasonPresident Volodymyr Zelensky\'s message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracyThe words of a man. The message of a people.Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine\'s story through the words of its president.It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for democracy.Above all, it is a battle cry for us all to stand up and fight for liberty. If not now, when?_\'If you want to understand who we are, where we are from, what we want and where we are going, you need to learn more about who we are. This book will help you do just that.\' President Volodymyr Zelensky_All President Zelensky\'s proceeds from this book - amounting to at least 60p per copy of the print edition sold in the UK - will go to United24, his initiative to collect donations in support of Ukraine.United24 is run by the government of Ukraine. For more information, visit u24.gov.ua. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.9x11.9cm

A Spectator Best Book of the Year ‘This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader. It is filled with cogent examples and provoking statements. You will agree or quarrel with each page, and be a sharper writer and reader by the end.’ Hilary Mantel ‘There are three rules for writing a novel,’ Somerset Maugham once said. ‘Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’ So how to bring characters to life, find a voice, kill your darlings, avoid plagiarism (or choose not to), or run that most challenging of literary gauntlets—writing a good sex scene? Veteran editor and author Richard Cohen takes us on a fascinating excursion into the lives and minds of our greatest writers—from Balzac and Eliot to Woolf and Nabokov, through to Zadie Smith and Stephen King, with a few mischievous detours to Tolstoy along the way. In a glittering tour d’horizon, he lays bare their tricks, motivations, techniques, obsessions and flaws. Σελίδες: 352, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1101, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

From the playgrounds of Glasgow to the villages of Bangladesh; from religious rites to ancient superstitions; from the world\'s richest people to its powerless and enslaved, Lorna Gibb\'s masterful Childless Voices paints a global portrait of people without children. Brilliantly grouped by thematic commonality (Those who long, Those who were denied, Those who Choose, etc) the book is a testament to the power of listening, and the power of sharing stories. It is an essential, moving and surprising book on a subject which touches everyone. Σελίδες: 288, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling fifteen hundred miles up the Yangtze river. Always more interested in people than places, he noted down acute and finely crafted sketches of those he met on countless scraps of paper. In the resulting collection we encounter Western missionaries, army officers and company managers who are culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Maugham keenly observes, and gently ridicules, their dogged and oblivious persistence with the life they know. Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Life and death in a modern hospital, from Seamus O\'Mahony, the award-winning author of The Way We Die Now and Can Medicine Be Cured? Seamus O\'Mahony charts the realities of work in the \'ministry of bodies\', that huge complex where people come to be cured and to die. From unexpected deaths to moral quandaries and bureaucratic disasters, O\'Mahony documents life in the halls and wards that all of us will visit at some point in our lives with his characteristic wit and dry and unsentimental intelligence. Absurd general emails, vain and self-promoting specialists, the relentless parade of self-destructive drinkers and drug users, the comical expectations of baffled patients: this is not a conventional medical memoir, but the collective biography of one of our great modern institutions – the general hospital – through the eyes of a brilliant writer, who happens to be a doctor. Σελίδες: 304, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0503, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The remarkable true story of one man\'s inspiring journey through his 3,000 mile walk across the country. Now including an exclusive bonus chapter . . . \'A great and inspirational read\' MATT HAIG, bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive\'Inspiring\' INDEPENDENT\'An uplifting and inspirational journey through raw emotion\' RAYNOR WINN, bestselling author of The Salt PathAS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST______Jake Tyler had forgotten how to feel alive.With only a pair of boots and a backpack, he set off on a 3000-mile walk around Britain - along coastal paths, over mountains, through every national park.His journey became his road to recovery. On it he rediscovered the British landscape, the extraordinary kindness of strangers and most importantly, his place in the world.This is his inspiring story, away from the wild edge.______\'Jake you have changed people\'s lives . . . we are all fans!\' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio\'An incredible journey, an inspirational memoir . . . beautiful\' Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2\'What makes Tyler\'s book so compelling is his honesty, whether he\'s conveying the horror of depression or admitting that his idiocy got him into another scrape\' Sunday Express\'Inspiring . . . It\'s something that will help many through these dark times\' Bryony Gordon\'This book is a tonic. Until we can all get out and explore Britain\'s beauty for ourselves again, this is the ideal substitute\' Mirror\'So compelling in his honesty . . . very poignant\' Express\'A tale told with courageous honesty. There\'s much to learn here about how reconnecting with nature and trusting others can rekindle the joy of being alive\' BBC Countryfile \'A testament to the power of human connection, this is a physical and mental journey to inspire hope even in the darkest of times\' National Geographic Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?’ Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets.With haunting candour, David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3am phone calls (is it Nic? the police? the hospital?), the attempts at rehab. His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on Nic. This story is a first: a teenager\'s addiction from the parent\'s point of view – a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help. Read the other side of Nic Sheff\'s bestselling memoir, Tweak. Praise for Beautiful Boy:- \'A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts\'. Anne Lamott \'An important book... moving, timely and startlingly beautiful.\' Richard Branson Σελίδες: 448, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1101, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London\'s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of match-making. Drawing on the bureau\'s extensive archives, Penrose Halson - who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau - tells their story, and those of their clients. We meet a remarkable cross-section of British society in the 1940s: gents with a \'merry twinkle\', potential fifth-columnists, nervous spinsters, isolated farmers seeking \'a nice quiet affekshunate girl\' and girls looking \'exactly\' like Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh, all desperately longing to find \'The One\'. And thanks to Heather and Mary, they almost always did just that.A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after the war, Marriages Are Made in Bond Street is a heart-warming, touching and thoroughly absorbing account of a world gone by. Σελίδες: 368, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0314, Διαστάσεις: 13.1x13.1cm

When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The economy collapsed and young men left the city in search of work and security. Desperate to help her family and support her five brothers and sisters at home, Kamila began sewing cothes in her living room. Little did she know that the tailoring business she started to help her siblings would be the beginning of a dressmaking business that would create jobs and hope for one hundred neighbourhood women and would come to mean the difference between starvation and survival for hundreds of families like her own. Σελίδες: 288, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1213, Διαστάσεις: 16.6x16.6cm

One of Ireland\'s greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country\'s greatest novelists: James Joyce - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES.\'As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expect from so adept a novelist\' Sunday Telegraph\'A delight from start to finish . . . achieves the near impossibility of giving a thoroughly fresh view of Joyce\' Sunday Times\'Accessible and passionate, it is a book which should bring Joyce in all his glory and agony to a new and very wide audience\' Irish Independent Edna O\'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works \'to bestir the hearts of men and angels\'. The journey begins with Joyce the arrogant youth, his lofty courtship of Nora Barnacle, their hectic sexuality, children, wanderings, debt and profligacy, and Joyce\'s obsession with the city of Dublin, which he would re-render through his words. Nor does Edna O\'Brien spare us the anger and isolation of Joyce\'s later years, when he felt that the world had turned its back on him, and she asks how could it be otherwise for a man who knew that conflict is the source of all creation. Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0128, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

In this \"intriguing, insightful and extremely educational\" novel, the world\'s most famous hacker teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data (Frank W. Abagnale).Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world\'s biggest companies -- and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. As the FBI\'s net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hide-and-seek that escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and plenty of close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down.Ghost in the Wires is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and unbelievable escapes -- and a portrait of a visionary who forced the authorities to rethink the way they pursued him, and forced companies to rethink the way they protect their most sensitive information.\"Mitnick manages to make breaking computer code sound as action-packed as robbing a bank.\" -- NPR Σελίδες: 560, Διαστάσεις: 10.4x10.4cm

This unofficial compilation reviews the 100 best TED talks about innovation from great minds worldwide. With quirky graphics and memorable quotes, Great TED Talks: Innovation will challenge your thinking, open your mind to new perspectives, and ignite your passion for innovation. Learn how to unlock that elusive idea from masters like Bill Gates or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. Be open to new ways of thinking and discover how Sir Richard Branson has been wowing his customers with innovative experiences since before it became a trend. Find inspiration in unusual places, and explore new ways to collaborate with your team. Authenticity is key to your business; find out how Sheryl Sandberg stepped out of her comfort zone to find her voice, and how you can do the same. There are thousands of TED talks to navigate—this book curates the most inspiring and provides a commentary on the top 100 ways to boost your inventiveness, find new avenues to explore, and overcome your fears to unleash your full potential. Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1014, Διαστάσεις: 15.1x15.1cm

The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain’s toughest estates. ‘Eight years old. That’s when life went downhill. From eight years old nobody looked after me. I just lived on the streets and made do by myself. There was no one except me and my friends.’ Simon This is the story of 7 young boys who have one thing in common – they grew up in a London street gang. JaJa looks out of his kitchen window and sees drug dealers, pimps and whores. He ends up as a kid leading a street gang. Phat Si comes home from school one day to find his mother gone so he takes to the streets. He’s 8 years old. Ribz\'s mother sells crack and is sent to prison. He doesn\'t know who his father is but does know that his dad has an unknown number of children living on the same estate. He’s determined to find some kind of family. Street Boys tells a powerful and important true story of courage, determination and hope – of creating a family from your friends and starting again when the world seems against you. Σελίδες: 320, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The essential and defining new collection of the best British nature writing‘Tim Dee has brought together a wonderous array of talent for this life-affirming, often magical anthology’ ObserverWe are living in the anthropocene – an epoch where everything is being determined by the activities of just one soft-skinned, warm-blooded, short-lived, pedestrian species. How do we make our way through the ruins that we have made? This anthology tries to answer this as it explores new and enduring cultural landscapes, in a celebration of local distinctiveness that includes new work from some of our finest writers. We have memories of childhood homes from Adam Thorpe, Marina Warner and Sean O’Brien; we journey with John Burnside to the Arizona desert, with Hugh Brody to the Canadian Arctic; going from Tessa Hadley’s hymn to her London garden to caving in the Mendips with Sean Borodale to shell-collecting on a Suffolk beach with Julia Blackburn.Helen Macdonald, in her remarkable piece on growing up in a 50-acre walled estate, reflects on our failed stewardship of the planet: ‘I take stock.’ she says, ‘During this sixth extinction, we who may not have time to do anything else must write now what we can, to take stock.’ This is an important, necessary book. Σελίδες: 288, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

With a sprightly dose of insightful inspiration, a sprinkling of practical advice, and a bounty of exuberant stories by great writers, O\'s Little Book of Happiness features some of the best work ever to have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine. Inside you\'ll find Elizabeth Gilbert\'s ode to the triumph of asking for what you want... Jane Smiley\'s tribute to the animal who taught her about lasting fulfillment... Shonda Rhimes\'s secret to trading stress for serenity... Brene Brown\'s celebration of the power of play... Neil de Grasse Tyson\'s take on our joyful participation in the universe... and much more. In revisiting fifteen years of the magazine\'s rich archives, O\'s editors have assembled a collection as stunning as it is spirit-lifting. Σελίδες: 208, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0428, Διαστάσεις: 13.7x13.7cm

In Shakespeare\'s thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Dr Robert Mighall.When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming and recriminations that follow, not only does the king\'s own sanity crumble, but the stability of the realm itself is also threatened. Σελίδες: 208, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0726, Διαστάσεις: 10x10cm

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, as many children coming into care are, she also worries about her obsessively – far more than is usual. Amanda, Melody’s mother, is also angry and takes it out on Cathy at contact, which again is something Cathy has experienced before. Yet there is a lost and vulnerable look about Amanda, and Cathy starts to see why Melody worries about her and feels she needs looking after. When Amanda misses contact, it is assumed she has forgotten, but nothing could have been further from the truth… Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Anna was four years old when Fynn, then only 16 himself, found her wandering round London’s Docklands one foggy night in the 1930s. Badly neglected and abandoned by her parents, he took her home to be cared for by his own family. The impact of this extraordinary child on Fynn, his friends and the people in their neighbourhood was to be immense. Nobody who met Anna could remain the same: this intelligent, lively, precocious chatterbox had an outlook on life which completely undercut adult pretensions and illusions. Anna’s influence continues today. Anyone dipping into her thought-processes falls under the spell of her luminous innocence, wisdom and intimate relationship with ‘Mister God’. Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

A fascinating account of the hardships and hilarity Fran Sandham experienced during his epic solo journey on foot across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean through Namibia, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. Inspired by the legendary crossings of the great explorers, Sandham left the daily grind of London to undertake an extraordinary adventure. Traversa describes his brushes with danger in the form of lions and snakes, land mines and bandits, his 2-month battle with a syphilitic donkey, malaria and the everyday troubles that arise when walking across Africa. Underpinned with stories of the great explorers themselves - Livingstone, Stanley and Galton among others - Traversa is written proof of Sandham\'s grit, determination and sheer obsession with Africa. Σελίδες: 288, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

A revealing memoir about living with Asperger’s syndrome that is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and achingly sad. It is only when he is diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, at the age of 55, that Tom Cutler’s life starts to make sense — his accidental rudeness, his strange obsessions (including road signs and Sherlock Holmes), his unusual way of dressing, and his trouble in company. In this moving memoir, Tom explores his eccentric behaviour from boyhood to manhood, examines the role of autism in his family, and investigates the scientific explanations for his condition. Eloquent, witty, and insightful, Keep Clear ultimately shows why the day Tom received his diagnosis turned out to be the happiest day of his life. Σελίδες: 352, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

In this radical new version of Peer Gynt, David Hare kidnaps Henrik Ibsen\'s most famous hero and runs away with him into the twenty-first century.Stripped of fretwork and greenery, the play is projected into a freewheeling modern world of music, dance, poetry, weddings, coronations, trolls and two-headed children as Peter steals a bride and embarks on an extraordinary lifetime\'s journey before returning home, finally, to Scotland.David Hare\'s Peter Gynt posits the same fundamental question the great Norwegian asked in 1867: does a belief in individualism help or hinder us in trying to live purposefully in the present day?The play opens at the National Theatre in July 2019 and transfers to the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, for the Edinburgh International Festival. Σελίδες: 192, Διαστάσεις: 12.5x12.5cm