The result is a marvellously insightful testimony to modern literature's most celebrated marriage, between the greatest playwright of the age and a beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer. Must You Go? is based partly on Antonia Fraser's own diaries, which she has kept since October 1968. Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser lived together from August 1975 until his death thirty-three years later on Christmas Eve 2008. 'O! call back yesterday, bid time return,' cries one of his courtiers to Richard II. This is Antonia Fraser's uniquely compelling way of doings.
Dr Marion Gluck and nutritionist Vicki Edgson offer hope for women battling hormone imbalance who want to know all the options. For 15 years Marion has treated patients successfully using hormones identical to those found in our bodies (unlike many conventional HRT drugs) to complement exactly an individual's hormone profile. Marion explains the roles various hormones play and what can be done when the balance is lost, offering inspiring case studies of patients whose lives have been turned around. Vicki provides practical advice for using diet to support hormone recovery.
Putting food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing, working family, or busy young singles and couples for that matter. Breakfast, baking, lunchboxes, quick suppers, healthy snacks, eating on the move and weekend cooking for the week ahead - all these, and more, will be covered in River Cottage Every Day.
Oscar is one of several cats who live at Steere House nursing home. All of these cats provide companionship and love for the residents, but only Oscar has the special talent of being able to sense when people are nearing the end of their lives. The nurses were the first ones to figure it out as they noticed how frequently he showed up just at the right time. No one dies alone on Oscar's watch.
Join zoologist Mark Carwardine and Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as they follow in Douglas Adams' footsteps, in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals on Earth. Twenty years ago, zoologist Mark Carwardine teamed up with the late Douglas Adams and together they embarked on a groundbreaking expedition, travelling the globe in search of some of the world's most endangered animals. Now Mark has teamed up with one of Douglas's closest friends -- comic genius Stephen Fry -- to see how all those animals have been faring in the years since.
Drawing on the rich history of botanic art and combined with Sarah's practical drawing classes, over 350 beautiful illustrations and vivid photographs, provide an in-depth look at roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits and explain how to create life-like drawings.
Grayson Perry, famous for his ceramic vases decorated with shocking and unconventional imagery, is one of a generation of contemporary British artists to have emerged on the international stage in the last two decades. He shot to fame in 2003 when he won the prestigious Turner Prize, collecting the award wearing a lilac babydoll dress and red pumps.
For 24 European Jews, New Zealand is the country furtherest from Germany that will be their refuge. From doctors, entrepreneurs to children and world-famous minds, their stories could scarcely be more varied and yet they have one common link - the desire to maintain as much distance from Germany as possible through out their lives.
Timed to coincide with the band's twenty-fifth anniversary, an inside portrait of Bon Jovi follows them on their 2008 Lost Highway tour, explores the history of the band, and discusses the band members' lives both at home and on the road.
In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
Michael Palin is a writer, performer, producer, family man, and much more besides. His Halfway to Hollywood diaries reveal a tantalising insight into his life during the 1980's where he was writing screenplays (Time Bandits, The Missionary, The Meaning of Life, etc.), performing (Time Bandits, The Missionary, Brazil, A Private Function, The Dress, etc.), and producing (The Missionary).
Alarming, engrossing, and just plain loony at times, their experiments drive home just how mundanely day-to-day our mass chemical poisoning has become. (Adria Vasil, author of Ecoholic)
Regardless of your skill or fitness level, The Ultimate Mixed Marital Arts Training Guide—with more than 300 step-by-step photographs, detailed callouts, and comprehensive instruction—is the personal trainer you need to accomplish your workout goals and sharpen your techniques.
The world and its resources are finite, yet we are seemingly locked into a system based on growth: growth of population, growth of income and growth of consumption. From this irrefutable starting point, Time to Eat the Dog? attempts to uncover what sustainability really means. Brenda and Robert Vale explore the environmental impact of the decisions we make, from what we eat and what we wear to how we travel and enjoy ourselves. Their book will make you see your life and your place in the world in a completely new light. Challenging the orthodoxies that underpin our entire economic system, this is one subversive read.
Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations—Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer—Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields.
Thinking about tramping the Milford Track or taking an indulgent stroll through the French countryside? Let an experienced long distance traveller share the pleasures of exploring the world at a walking pace without having to give up a good night's sleep or a glass of wine at the end of the day.
Accompanied by: DVD containing four of Lye's best films and some footage directed by Shirley Horrocks. It also contains a short documentary of Lye's life in his early years.
'Eco House Book' is the complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, Terence Conran explains just how you can reduce your home's carbon footprint.
For many people, Clive James will always be a TV presenter first and foremost, and a writer second -- this despite the fact that his adventures with the written word took place before, during and after his time on the small screen. Nevertheless, for those who remember clips of Japanese endurance gameshows and Egyptian soap operas, Clive reinventing the news or interviewing Hefner and Hepburn, Polanski and Pavarotti, Clive's 'Postcards' from Kenya, Shanghai and Dallas, or Clive James Racing Driver, Clive's rightful place does seem to be right there -- on the box, in our homes, and almost one of the family.
Tips from your Nana is designed to empower you, with a minimum of effort on your part. It will help you save the environment, it will help you save society and better yet — let’s face it, we’re children of our time — it will help you save money.
Hidden in pockets of our world are people who still know how to do stuff. Some of them remember the Great Depression, or a few of the not-so-great depressions since. Some of them were original greenies back in the day. Some of them are bright, young Gen-Y types who realised self-sufficiency was cool again before the rest of us did; others grew up in countries where ‘supermarkets’ and ‘supplies’ were foreign concepts.
Some pairings are just meant to be: peanut butter and chocolate, yin and yang, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. So it was only a matter of time before the stars in the universe lined up and suggested the collaboration between New York Times best selling author Bradley Trevor Greive and award-winning photographer Rachael Hale.
Teaming up on their first collaborative effort, Greive and Hale explain once and for all Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats. Now, before all you cat lovers find your fur standing on end, Greive is quick to stress that he is simply "prodog, not anticat. The purpose of this book is not to criticize cats or their owners, but to champion the many exceptional virtues unique to dogs."
In this fascinating look into the history of spiritualism, celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne tells all: what's real, what's not, and how to tell the difference! Starting with her own personal odyssey, Sylvia covers the history of psychics dating from biblical times and reveals the truth about everything from witches and talking boards to angels and astral projection.
This is the first book to approach this subject from a Māori point of view, focusing on the Māori resolve to maintain possession of customary lands. Written by a senior Māori historian, Wars Without End describes the Māori reasons for fighting the 'Land Wars', placing these conflicts in the context of the Māori struggle to retain their sovereign estates.
Local author Joan Ellis follows on from her popular book A string of pearls with another collection of stories from US Marines and New Zealanders from WWII in New Zealand 1942-1943.
A collection of the most enduring songs by New Zealand musician Dave Dobbyn. In the first part of the book are the words of the songs, plus the stories behind them as told by the composer - in the second part are the musical arrangements for both piano and guitar.
This book is for the growing number of people seeking to make a Tree Change to fulfill a life-long dream of owning a small parcel of land on which to run some livestock. The book assumes no prior experience with cattle and covers everything from stocking rates, types of cattle available and fencing needs, to vaccination requirements. The smaller, quieter breeds of lowline cattle have particular appeal as they are more manageable and cheaper to control and maintain.
Local rather than international, the dramas and privations described in this memoir are not the stuff of headlines. This is the story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast after the war; an ordinary boy who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment and survival that was An Evil Cradling.
In cook, Allyson Gofton has brought together delicious and easy recipes to be enjoyed with family and friends. We all love having people round to share a meal, but sometimes the pressure to feed and entertain can make the experience a bit daunting. Following Allyson's philosophy of accessible and tasty recipes, you can prepare sumptuous feasts for loved ones without spending hours at the stove and ruining the budget.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August 1900. It might reasonably have been expected that she would lead a life of ease and privilege but few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people.
The life and times of Billy T James. Billy T James was a larger-than-life comedian who gave us some of our best belly laughs. Author Matt Elliott tells the story of the man behind the cheeky grin and the infectious laugh.
Spoken from the Front" will tell the stories of what Andy McNab describes as 'modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars'. It will recount the courage and hardship of British servicemen and support staff as they have faced the unique difficulties posed by the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Andy will introduce and edit the book, but the interwoven stories will be told by those serving on the front line, in their own words. Their action-packed, dramatic, moving and often humorous testimonies will be told through interviews and diaries, and letters and emails written to family, friends and loved ones. "Spoken from the Front" will be styled loosely on the Imperial War Museum's highly-successful "Forgotten Voices" series, but will focus on a smaller number of central characters who turn up repeatedly throughout the narrative.
Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer. With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams, salves, teas and much, much more from the stuff growing in your window box, the local garden centre or in the hedgerows. Using the flowers, fruit, roots, trees, vegetables and herbs that are all around us James provides preparations to help relieve a whole range of common conditions, including acne, anxiety, cold sores and general aches and pains - plus great ideas for beauty treats such as bath bombs and shampoos.
Making good and bad times work for you--at work and in life from the author of "Who moved my cheese."
Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever.
Now you can take a similar journey through the story and use what you find to your advantage in your own work and life.
A heartwarming, in-depth portrait of Swayze, the beloved star whose sensational performances in Dirty dancing and Ghost seduced a generation, and whose courage in the face of illness captivated millions.
A pictorial parade of New Zealand since European settlement, showing the vast changes; the unbelievable growth of some towns and the demise of others. Over 850 photographs tell the story of the early pioneer spirit that gave the country a solid base which generations have built on to make it a country that is today admired and respected globally. To give the reader an instant recognition of the archival pictures featured, colour photographs show the same scene today.
Fleur Britten, Sunday Times features writer is about to lose her couchsurfing virginity. Starting out in Moscow and taking the Trans-Siberian Railway with a couple of stops in Siberia and Ulan Ude, she′ll then fly to Beijing and travel through China, crossing into Kazakhstan, followed by Uzbekistan. Finding couches in the unlikeliest of places finally arriving back in London to play host to other couchsurfers.
Julian Seaman first went to Badminton as an autograph hunter in the sixties. He later decided to become a competitor. In his first year, his horse became lame. In the second he completed the dressage in a rainstorm. Third time he fell. Indeed he fell off several times and achieved immortality as part of the introductory clip on BBC Grandstand.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In this startling and deeply human work of nonfiction, readers will witness the USA's worst natural disaster through new eyes.
Conventional historical wisdom focuses on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, yet, as Fred Kaplan argues, it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the turbulent decade that followed. During this vital, overlooked period in American history, pop culture exploded, court rulings unshackled previously banned books, civil rights laws and protests broadened political power, the birth control pill ushered in the sexual and feminist revolutions, America entered the war in Vietnam, the invention of the microchip launched the computer age, and the space race put a new twist on the frontier myth.
From gifted and unorthodox doctor, to wife-beating bully, to Star Wars bounty hunter, one thing Temuera Morrison can't be accused of is being typecast.
In 1985 David McGill travelled New Zealand by rail, travelling in guards' vans. In 2009 he and poet and former railway worker Michael O'Leary travelled by the Overlander from Wellington to Auckland. This is an extensively revised version of The g'day country.
During the Second World War, wounded Maori Battalion soldier Ned Nathan falls in love with Katina in Crete. They return to live in the Far North of New Zealand.
A true story of ultimate betrayal. This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only child's near destruction. The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni, she was six years old.
The greatest story is, of course, the story of evolution. This latest addition to the Dawkins canon is his summary of the vast array of evidence supporting the science. Palaeontology, embryology, anatomy, genetics, artificial breeding and geography are all grist to his evolutionary mill. Dawkins's writing demonstrates once again his consummate skill as an explainer.
Revealing the hidden contradictions in the bible ( and why we don't know about them.) Addresses the issue of what the New Testament actually teaches-- and it's not what most people think.
First-time writer Burgess skillfully writes of how she discovered a powerful new love and broke away from her irascible, stubbornly reclusive mother. With Ken, 13 years her senior and no stranger to life's cruelties, she built a fairy-tale family life only to lose him and her mother to cancer just weeks apart. Burgess's scientifically themed prose is luminous and encompasses a strong spiritual dimension. This sweeping love story will particularly interest those who have endured similar tragedies.(from School Library Journal)
The secret headquarters at the heart of Britain's victory. "This is the room from which I will direct the war," declared Winston Churchill upon visiting the Cabinet War Rooms in 1940. It was from these cramped confines that he turned a seemingly inevitable defeat at the hands of the Nazis into a famous victory.
In this authorised biography, unfettered access has been given to delve into a private life that has hitherto been closely guarded. The same mentor of Madeleine Albright's, drove Rice on from her complex childhood in militant segregated Birmingham where her school friend was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Having a love for 'bad boys', she forged a friendship with George W Bush and became an instant celebrity when she joined his campaign.
Imagine being a middle-class, university-educated young Pakeha woman from Wellington's leafy suburbs and turning your back on all that to live in a house with Black Power gang connections in the rundown inner-city. Imagine organising the young women who come to live in that house, most of whom are from a background of dysfunction, alienation, abuse and poverty, and trying to weld them into an effective workforce. Imagine being trapped in your bedroom while a would-be rapist is trying to break down the door. Pip Desmond can not only imagine it, she also did all this.
The ultimate guide to the West family - sampling the recipes and maternal wisdom of Cheryl, Pascalle's handbag contents and life advice - it's all here including close up and revealing photographs.
Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a "settler revolution" that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the settler dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. (Oxford University Press)
World-renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Kerry Spackman shows you how to use the same ground breaking tools he pioneered for World Champions so you can permanently rewire your brain and take your performance to the next level.
'Permanent change requires rewiring both the logical and the emotional circuits of your brain - knowing what to do and being able to do it are two entirely different things.' (www.kerryspackman.com)
Misadventures of a big mouth Brit. Piers Morgan is an ex British newspaper editor, Celebrity Apprentice winner and judge on America's Got Talent. He has lots of insights and opinions on America - entertaining reading.
This picture-packed tribute charts the life of a legend, from his earliest days as a hyperactive child protege fronting family group the Jackson Five, to the assured superstar looking out from the cover of Thriller, still the best-selling album of all time.
The end of food: the coming crisis in the world food industry - Paul Roberts
Paul Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system was built to serve.
This wise and very funny book is the result of hundreds of interviews with sympathetic professionals and pregnant chicks generous enough to reveal how they stayed sunny-side up despite spending nine months in tracky daks the size of North Korea.
Libya, 1942: Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across Northern Africa. The Allied commander-in-chief sends a desperate coded message to the Prime Minister. But when the courier's plane is shot down deep behind enemy lines, GHQ must send in the commandos to pull the stranded officer out.
This is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following 9/11 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to 1, they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif and thereby effectively defeat the Taliban throughout the rest of the country.
Iain was instrumental in Britain’s wooden boat revival. A former dinghy racer turned boatbuilder and designer, Iain developed a cult following both for the beauty of his designs and the quality of his detailed drawings. He creates boats that are exceptionally appealing, yet inexpensive, and ideally suited for the amateur builder. With over 100 designs (and growing) to his credit, Iain frequently bases designs on traditional local craft.
An account of the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde explores the ways in which they captured the imaginations of people during and after their time, reveals the role of youth and luck in their two-year crime spree, and recounts the events that led to their deaths.
When Robert Peary said that he had reached the North Pole many did not believe him. Nearly 100 years later, explorer Tom Avery re-created Peary's journey, travelling just as he did with dog teams and replica wooden sleds bound together with cord.
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