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A moving account of life in Palestine in the wake of the events of October 7th Who Will Tell My Story finds beauty and grace amongst the rubble while never shying away from the brutal realities of living through such relentless and cruel oppression NIKESH SHUKLA It was a sleepless night full of tears and fear I am not sure if I make it out alive if I will still possess what makes me me And I wonder will I be there in the future or will I be someone to be remembered in a diary or over a cup of tea by a friend after I am gone Who Will Tell My Story presents an ordinary existence interrupted by unfathomably seismic and unjust events On the ground during the first months of the assault on Gaza following the events of 7 October the author of this diary first published in The Guardian maps out the physical and psychological terrain of a life under siege Traversing the bombed ruins of his country we see him as he searches for foodstuffs and power to charge devices maintaining contact with the outside world checking in with his friends and family along the way we see his heart swing between despair and faith fear and optimism his mind imagining different futures and confronting the brutal truth of his present Shining a light on the fate of

The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations Before Who the Hell is Pansy OHara ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world. When stacked up, the original manuscript of Gone With the Wind stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4'' 9 1/2" author Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazis Enigma code Leo Tolstoys wife copied War and Peace by hand . . . seven times From The Great Gatsby to Harper Lee, from Jaws to J. K . Rowling, Who the Hell Is Pansy OHara? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.

Candid, fearless and provocative - the author of American Psycho on who he is and what he thinks is wrong with the world today. Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for his era-defining novel American Psycho and its terrifying anti-hero, Patrick Bateman. With that book, and many times since, Ellis proved himself to be one of the world's most fearless and clear-sighted observers of society - the glittering surface and the darkness beneath. In White, his first work of non-fiction, Ellis offers a wide-ranging exploration of what the hell is going on right now. He tells personal stories from his own life. He writes with razor-sharp precision about the music, movies, books and TV he loves and hates. He examines the ways our culture, politics and relationships have changed over the last four decades. He talks about social media, Hollywood celebrities and Donald Trump. Ellis considers conflicting positions without flinching and adheres to no status quo. His forthright views are powered by a fervent belief in artistic freedom and freedom of speech. Candid, funny, entertaining and blisteringly honest, he offers opinions that are impossible to ignore and certain to provoke. What he values above all is the truth. `The culture at large seemed to encourage discourse,' he writes, `but what it really wanted to do was shut down the individual.' Bret Easton Ellis will not be shut down

Que raconte White, première expérience de " non-fiction " pour Bret Easton Ellis ? Tout et rien. " Tout dire sur rien et ne rien dire surtout " pourrait être la formule impossible, à la Warhol, susce

There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants but the British Isles host almost half of this global population Every year these charismatic animals with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips haul out on our shores to breed and raise their pups

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory. In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions of self-doubt in her journals and heartbreaking letters to and from her mother, she gathers together evidence of all that made it both unlikely and inevitable that she would become a writer. Through spontaneous storytelling, she shows how a fluid fictional state of mind unleashed near-forgotten memories that became the emotional nucleus of her novels. Tan explores shocking truths uncovered by family memorabilia - the real reason behind an I.Q. test she took at age six, why her parents lied about their education, mysteries surrounding her maternal grandmother - and, for the first time publicly, writes about her complex relationship with her father, who died when she was fifteen. Written with candour and characteristic humour, Where the Past Begins takes readers into the idiosyncratic workings of her writer's mind, a journey that explores memory, imagination, and truth.

A celebration of people who live a life less ordinary Country Living A discovery of what makes us feel we belong Yours Magazine From crofts to castles Where the Hearth Is explores what makes a home It s hard to define but drawing on the stories of those she meets everyone knows when they have found it The Scotsman What is it about a place that makes us feel truly home Kate Humble has a knack for sharing her own journey towards a more pleasing and purposeful life in a way that inspires readers enables them to reassess their own lives and helps them achieve their personal goals Having encouraged readers to reconnect with nature in Thinking on My Feet and simplify their lifestyles in A Year of Living Simply she turns now to reimagining whatever we consider home examining her own experiences and expectations ideals and memories and considering the views of others living uniquely extraordinarily happily And she s gaining insights from some unexpected quarters including the animal kingdom As our time spent in office buildings and other traditional workplaces shrinks forevermore feeling happy healthy productive and content in our homes be they castles or caravans flat shares or farms fixed or temporary inner city out of town b

In one of his most inspiring books yet, Harold Bloom, our preeminent literary critic, takes the reader from the Bible through the twentieth century, searching for the ways literature can inform lives. Through comparisons of the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes, Plato and Homer, Johnson and Goethe, Cervantes and Shakespeare, Montaigne and Bacon, Emerson and Nietzsche, Freud and Proust, and finally discussions of the Gospel of Thomas and St. Augustine, Bloom distills the various-and even contrary-forms of wisdom that have shaped our thinking.

WINNER OF THE EASTERN EYE AWARD FOR NON FICTION A brilliantly enlightening book Michael Rosen A kaleidoscopic portrait of the UK Irish Times I cannot recommend it highly enough Priscilla Morris author of Black Butterflies OUR NAMES OUR SO MUNDANE WE HARDLY NOTICE THEM Yet behind each one lie countless stories of belonging and persecution colonialism and resistance cultural inheritance and conflicted identity In this intimate exploration of British multiculturalism Sheela Banerjee traces the personal histories of friends and family through their names Spanning centuries and continents from west London to India 1960s Jamaica to pre Revolutionary Russia What s in a Name is a remarkable ode to friendship and a vital celebration of Britain s diverse history