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- the postponeless Creature' Electrifying poems of isolation beauty death & eternity from a reclusive genius & one
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As Cosmopolitan's professional agony aunt for the last forty years Irma Kurtz has had to deal with the most intimate problems of successive generations of readers while having to keep up with the changing mores & attitudes in British & American society In these memoirs she looks back on the seismic transformations that have taken place over the last four decades as well as her own hectic & often difficult life as a single mum from America living in London Warm funny & perceptive brimming with wisdom & insight My Life in Agony is a meditation on the subjects that tend to concern & confuse us the most
- from mother-daughter relationships through to eating disorders office politics & those perennial areas of interest love & sex
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When Julia Child arrived in Paris in 1948 a six-foot-two-inch thirty-six-year-old rather loud & unserious Californian she spoke barely a few words of French & did not know the first thing about cooking What's a shallot? she asked her husband Paul as they waited for their sole meuniere during their very first lunch in France which she was to describe later as 'the most exciting meal of my life' As she fell in love with French culture buying food at local markets sampling the local bistros & taking classes at the Cordon Bleu her life began to change forever & My Life in France follows her extraordinary transformation from kitchen ingenue to internationally renowned (and loved) expert in French cuisine Bursting with adventurous & humorous spirit Julia Child captures post-war Paris with wonderful vividness & charm ...

My Life in His Paws is the story of the amazing dog who gave back someone's freedom & confidence Wendy Hilling has a rare skin condition which means her skin is very delicate Every moment is difficult & causes pain It affects the body inside & out her throat is very narrow & she can stop breathing at any time But eight years ago Wendy's life changed forever She met Ted the Golden Retriever & he became her full-time carer He has saved her life more times than she can remember always watching & listening & Wendy is now entirely reliant on him This is the story of Wendy & her incredible bravery living with a disability & battling against the odds It's also the story of Ted the incredible assistance dog & the unique relationship between a human & animal & the extraordinary things animals are capable of ...

My Life in His Paws is the story of the amazing dog who gave back someone's freedom & confidence Wendy Hilling has a rare skin condition which means her skin is very delicate Every moment is difficult & causes pain It affects the body inside & out her throat is very narrow & she can stop breathing at any time But eight years ago Wendy's life changed forever She met Ted the Golden Retriever & he became her full-time carer He has saved her life more times than she can remember always watching & listening & Wendy is now entirely reliant on him This is the story of Wendy & her incredible bravery living with a disability & battling against the odds It's also the story of Ted the extraordinary assistance dog & the unique relationship between a human & animal & the extraordinary things animals are capable of ...

Addictive dreamy & contemporary teen romance at its very best! Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson Stephanie Perkins & Rainbow Rowell The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not Loud numerous messy affectionate & every day from her balcony perch seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them until one summer evening Jase Garrett climbs the trellis to sit by her & changes everything My Life Next Door is the perfect guilty pleasures read with real emotional depth
- & the first in three very collectable YA contemporary romances by Huntley Fitzpatrick Voted one of the top 100 Young Adult Reads of All Time on the goodreads blog This is teen fiction at its most immersive Huntley Fitzpatrick author of the award-shortlisted & highly-acclaimed My Life Next Door always wanted to be a writer ever since growing up in the small costal town of Connecticut She worked as an editor on teen titles at Harlequin before becoming a full time YA writer She is also the author of the contemporary YA romances What I Thought I Knew & The Boy Most Likely To She lives in Massachusetts USA Huntleyfitzpatrickcom
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The New York Times bestseller Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood Every fall her father would pack the family into the car & they would drive across the country in search of their next adventure The seeds were planted Steinem would spend much of her life on the road as a journalist organizer activist & speaker In vivid stories that span an entire career Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure to social activism in India; organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were "vectors of modern myths" & the airline stewardesses who embraced feminism; & the infinite contrasts the "surrealism in everyday life" that Steinem encountered as she travelled back & forth across the country With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th & 21st centuries here is an inspiring profound enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey ...

The New York Times bestseller Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood Every fall her father would pack the family into the car & they would drive across the country in search of their next adventure The seeds were planted Steinem would spend much of her life on the road as a journalist organizer activist & speaker In vivid stories that span an entire career Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure to social activism in India; organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were vectors of modern myths & the airline stewardesses who embraced feminism; & the infinite contrasts the surrealism in everyday life that Steinem encountered as she travelled back & forth across the country With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th & 21st centuries here is an inspiring profound enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey ...

I have significant ones that will haunt me forever & which I hope I have been brave enough to confront in this book' Jane Fonda in the preface to My Life So Far Now in her 60s Fonda looks back over her life but also forward to the future 624 pages bw photographs throughout Fonda Jane ...

This autobiography of famed chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall tells of her early fascination with animals & their habits & customs As Goodall becomes more skilled she teaches herself then the scientific community then the world about the full life of chimpanzees their habits characteristics & personalities Goodall also tells how her life was shaped by her study of the chimps Her memoir reveals unabated passion for her subject her love of animals & focuses on Goodall's scientific discoveries & their impact on our understanding of the animal kingdom ...