From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents & from domestic upsets to millennial fever Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his opinions & standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England he is now back on the other side of the pond & is obviously having a little trouble finding his true American self again. After vigorous exercise on the Appalachian Trail comes this edited collection of Bryson's most splenetic comic pieces culled from his humorous regular column in the Mail on Sunday. ...

NOTES FROM A FRIEND is a concise & easy-to-understand guide to the most powerful & life-changing tools & principles that make Anthony Robbins an international leader in peak performance. Based on the concepts & stories in the bestselling AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN & UNLIMITED POWER Anthony Robbins shows us how quick & simple it can be to take charge of your life. ' Vintage Tony Robbins... It distils the complexity of human potential movement into one single but powerful idea' JAMES REDFIELD THE CELESTINE PROPHECY ' Tony's warmth passion & commitment will inspire you to truly master your life & touch others in the process' KENNETH BLANCHARD PH.D. AUTHOR OF THE ONE MINUTE MANGER ...

Jazz cornetist band leader educator & broadcaster Digby Fairweather's amusing & candid description of life as a cornet player. Autobiography written for general readers & especially those interested in jazz jazz education jazz history the Musicians Union & broadcasting. Fourteen miles on a clear night? Like Buddy Bolden's legendary cornet Digby Fairweather's horn has been heard far & wide on many a clear night since the lure of jazz led him out of the quiet Essex countryside to a hectic life playing in clubs & concert halls across Britain & beyond. Well-known as raconteur broadcaster writer & jazz lover as well as one of the busiest most enthusiastic jazz instrumentalists around Digby tells his remarkable story in this book. With revealing reflections on his personal life & career & a wealth of warm hilarious anecdotes he writes honestly about all the challenges frustrations & rich rewards of being part of the jazz world. ...

After nearly two decades in Britain Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a few years to let his kids experience life in another country to give his wife the chance to shop until 10 p.m. seven nights a week & most of all because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another & it was thus clear to him that his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain a sort of valedictory tour of the green & kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face & private parts (as it were) & to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy place names like Farleigh Wallop Titsey & Shellow Bowells people who said ' Mustn't grumble' & Gardeners' Question Time. ...

After nearly two decades in Britain Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while but before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face & private parts (as it were) & to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy place names like Farleigh Wallop & Shellow Bowells people who said ' Mustn't grumble' & Gardeners' Question Time. ...

From the author of A Perfectly Good Man the bestselling story of an artist tormented by depression & the toll of creativity. When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies she leaves behind an extraordinary body of work
- but for her family there is a legacy of secrets & painful revelations. Rachel exerts a power that outlives her. To her children she is both curse & blessing as they cope with the inheritance of her passions
- & demons. Only their father's gift of stillness can withstand Rachel's destructive influence & the suspicion that they all came a poor second to her art. Piecing together the clues of her life
- as artist lover mother wife & patient
- takes the reader from Cornwall to Canada across a span of forty years. What emerges is a tender story of enduring love & a portrait of a family coping with the sometimes too dazzling brilliance of a genius.



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The Academy-Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is an icon of style & taste around the world. But for her family comes above everything & cooking & eating together are the key ingredients of a happy home. Now she has put her passion for food into her first cookbook which is full of 150 fresh original & practical recipes (both healthy & indulgent) that all the family will love. Both accessible & inspiring this beautifully illustrated & easy-to-use cookbook is full of lavish photographs many featuring Gwyneths family & friends. This is Gwyneth Paltrow as you have never seen her before
- a busy working mum who understands the time pressures on all of us as well as the desire to cook delicious & original food. Inspired by precious memories of cooking with her father it is a truly personal book that celebrates cooking with
- & for
- the ones you love.


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Three years ago award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone Tanzania Pakistan Cambodia & Ecuador where she lived & worked & gave her heart to those who suffer the worlds most shattering violence & victimization. Here are her revelations of joy & warmth amid utter destitution compelling snapshots of courageous & inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work & candid notes from a unique pilgrimage that completely changed the actresss worldview
- & the world within herself.
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Top Gear presenter & columnist for the Daily Telegraph" James May brings together another brilliant collection of his most controversial & humorous writing. From tales of motoring adventures through India Russia & Iceland to classic articles on essential subjects such as driving songs & haunted car parks these gems from the number one car connoisseur will take readers on a motoring journey that will amuse & entertain in equal measure." ...

This title comes from the award-winning translators of Crime & Punishment" Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky. The apology & confession of a minor mid-19th-century Russian official " Notes from Underground" is a half-desperate half-mocking political critique & a powerful at times absurdly comical account of mans breakaway from society & descent underground." ...