For nearly 50 years Diana Athill edited (and nursed & coerced & coaxed) some of the most celebrated writers in the English language. In a prose style of inimitable wit & rare candour she recounts tales from a long life in publishing including her reflections on editing writers such as V. S. Naipaul Jean Rhys Gitta Sereny & Brian Moore. She also provides an account of her own writing career which

Includes:: the two critically acclaimed works Instead of a Letter & After a Funeral.

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A naturalists equivalent to the Dangerous Book for Boys" this title will include tips on everything from beachcombing snorkelling & building your own hedgehog hotel to tree climbing natural foods & how to make traps for insects & mammals. This hands-on guide to enjoying nature is filled with practical advice on how to get involved with wildlife. It has a British/north European focus & will give ideas on wildlife-watching & other activities in different habitats including coast mountains heathland garden wetland woodland & farml&. Alongside the practical advice relating to bushcraft & survival are suggestions about how to get close to nature for example through mountain-biking & climbing. It will carry an important conservation message." ...

Steve Backshall embarks on his most daring adventure yet. He has just six months to travel six continents & find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the 26-part Children's BBC series of the same name which will air on BBC1 & the CBBC Channel. From lethal beauties to killer beasts from the unseen to the unexpected the one thing these creatures have in common is that they are all deadly. Steve's global adventure spans the continents & his encounters range from famous killers such as the African Cheetah the Neotropical Piranha & the North American Grizzly Bear to less famous but no less deadly animals. For example few are aware that the Pufferfish is armed with tetrodoxin an exceptionally lethal poison estimated to be 1 200 times more deadly than cyanide. Learn about the ingenious techniques & extraordinary weapons that some of our most dangerous animals are armed with. Including the renowned killers the unexpected & the downright bizarre this companion book to Steve Backshall's high adrenaline tour of the world's most deadly is not to be missed by adults & children alike. ...

Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs parents loved its clarity & warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today things have changed. It's girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden & universal deterioration in girls' mental health starting in primary school & devastating the teen years. Steve Biddulph's Raising Girls is both a guidebook & a call-to-arms for parents. The five key stages of girlhood are laid out so that you know exactly what matters at which age & how to build strength & connectedness into your daughter from infancy onwards. Raising Girls is both fierce & tender in its mission to help girls more at every age. It's a book for parents who love their daughters deeply whether they are newborns teenagers young women
- or anywhere in between. Feeling secure becoming an explorer getting along with others finding her soul & becoming a woman
- at last there is a clear map of girls' minds that accepts no limitations narrow roles or selling-out of your daughter's potential or uniqueness. All the hazards are signposted
- bullying eating disorders body image & depression social media harms & helps
- as are concrete & simple measures for both mums & dads to help prevent their daughters from becoming victims. Parenthood is restored to an exciting journey not one worry after another as it's so often portrayed. Steve talks to the world's leading voices on girls' needs & makes their ideas clear & simple adding his own humour & experience through stories that you will never forget. Even the illustrations by Kimio Kubo provide unique & moving glimpses into the inner lives of girls. Along with his fellow psychologists worldwide Steve is angry at the exploitation & harm being done to girls today. With Raising Girls he strives to spark a movement to end the trashing of girlhood; equipping parents to deal with the modern world & getting the media off the backs of our daughters. Raising Girls is powerful practical & positive. Your heart head & hands will be strengthened by its message.



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From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional & personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive & unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members key colleagues from Apple & its competitors Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation. ...

American photographer Steve Mc Curry (b. 1950) is universally recognized as one of todays finest image-makers & has won many of photographys top awards. This special limited-edition monograph brings together the most memorable & beautiful of his images taken around the world over the last 30 years. Mc Currys ability to cross boundaries of language & culture to capture fleeting moments of human experience is unique. With his discerning eye for form & colour shape & symmetry he offers us windows into other worlds. Seen at the large scale of this new book Mc Currys images are particularly powerful: reproduced at slightly larger than life size his portraits have an extraordinary immediacy & impact while even the smallest details of his spectacular landscapes are clearly visible on the page. In this title portraits of children pilgrims & farmers are presented alongside views of ancient temples busy city streets dramatic mountain landscapes & quiet scenes of daily life
- people are seen fishing playing working & praying. The images are presented in an uninterrupted sequence for maximum impact & all the photographs are shown at either full-page size or as double-page spreads. The extended picture captions are at the back of the book accompanied by colour thumbnail images for quick identification.
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Steve Mc Queen the self confessed King of Cool is as popular today as in the 50s & 60s when he became famous in films such as The Great Escape & The Magnificent Seven The Thomas Crown Affair & later The Towering Inferno. Mc Queen began his career in television & moved into film in the mid 1950s when he became a true cinema icon & classic images of him are reproduced today. In many of his films his real-life passion for fast cars & motor racing was evident & he was always keen to do his own stunts. This beautiful collection shows the different sides of his professional & personal life with many images not seen before. It will be a delight to his multitude of fans. * Latest stunning addition to the Life in Pictures series* Many classic & unseen images of this stylish anti-hero* Incisive account of the life of Steve Mc Queen ...

The most detailed & revealing biography to date of a Hollywood great. Steve Mc Queen is that rare Hollywood combination of a classic actor & a style icon in the tradition of James Dean. ' The King of Cool' as he was dubbed was at one time the highest-paid film star in the world a status earned through his roles in films like The Magnificent Seven Bullitt The Thomas Crown Affair & The Great Escape. But he also turned down at least as many roles in classic films including Breakfast at Tiffany's Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid & The French Connection. This is the first biography to cover in detail every film that Mc Queen made & to put him into the context of the movie business showing how he had problems trying to be a Method actor where an exact contemporary like Clint Eastwood thrived at it & how Eastwood understood the studio system & made it work for him while an insecure Mc Queen struggled with his sense of himself both on & off screen. It

Includes:: interviews with people who have never spoken about him before & draws upon diaries in the private Mc Queen collection.

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It chronicles Barbaras early history & modeling career; her years with Mc Queen at Trancas Beach & Santa Paula as well as behind-the-scene photos on the sets of Tom Horn & The Hunter. This popular book now expanded with additional photographs is a must have for the Mc Queen fan. ...

Steve Mc Queen: The Actor & his Films is the definitive account of every film that the iconic actor made. This lavishly illustrated book devotes nearly 500 pages to Steve Mc Queens career & tracks his journey from juvenile delinquent to Marine to an aspiring actor breaking into Hollywood until he became a global superstar & the highest-paid actor of his era. Included are numerous behind the scenes tales of events that occurred leading up to & during filming & fascinating insights into Mc Queens acting techniques & motivations. Each film is allocated one chapter. The chapters begin with a precis of the particular movie. Then events surrounding its making are described uncovering new facts & insights. This is followed by an analysis of its success & finally a significant scene is discussed in detail. Steve Mc Queen: The Actor & his Films is extensively illustrated with over 1 000 color & black & white images including posters from around the world lobby cards memorabilia many never-before seen candid stills & rare vintage advertising materials. ...