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From the beloved and bestselling author of "The Snowman" comes his first book in ten years. He traces the course of his life in a series of vignettes that take him from the awkwardness and embarrassment of growing up to the vicissitudes and frustrations of growing old. This includes the best pieces from Briggs' regular column, amusing anecdotes and general musings on life.

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David Wilson co-founded the charity War Child, which brought attention to the war-stricken Balkans through its 1995 album Help featuring Brian Eno, Oasis, Radiohead, Portishead, Sin¿ O'Connor, Massive Attack, Blur, Suede, Stone Roses, Orbital, Manic Street Preachers and PJ Harvey. In 2000, David worked with the Guardian to expose corruption in War Child, the very charity he had helped create.During the Bosnian war he started a mobile bakery, o...

John Griffiths has been an account planner for most of his career in agencies including JWT Manchester, FCB and CDP. He was one of the first planners to work outside a pure advertising environment in the 1990s as integrated communications came to the fore. He founded the consultancy Planning Above and Beyond and regularly writes on the web about planning and research issues.Tracey Follows is an advertising professional with over 20 years' expe...

Wynn Wheldon was born in London in 1958. He has worked in cultural exchange, politics, publishing and broadcasting. His poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) has been published in many magazines and newspapers, and he currently reviews books for The Spectator. His short stories have won prizes, and his poetry pamphlet Tiny Disturbances was published in 2012. Among the many 'ty bach' (Welsh, meaning 'small room') books he has authored, he ...

A devastating yet inspiring graphic memoir illustrating one woman's battle to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and her resolve to find peace in the aftermath.

Published to celebrate his 80th birthday, this is a collection of essays on the work of author Alan Garner. Includes literary essays, personal responses to Garner's work, memories of reading Garner, and stories about him. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry and many others.

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Lucy Popescu is a writer, editor and critic with a background in human rights. She was a director of English PEN from 1991 to 2006 and co-edited the PEN anthology, Another Sky in 2007, featuring the work of persecuted writers from around the world. The Good Tourist, her book about ethical travel and human rights, was published in 2008. In 2016 she published A Country of Refuge with Unbound.

Trade paperback. A funny and uplifting chronicle of how to escape the deep ruts of heartbreak and boredom by injecting some bonkers spontaneity into your life.

Armed with a bottle of Milk Thistle and unshakeable optimism, Nick Valentine has spent most of his adult life in fifth gear, betting on a Royal Flush while covertly holding a pair of deuces. This is his story, the odyssey of a suburban bloke who has blagged, lucked and laughed his way into just about every party, club, stage and hot-tub imaginable.Following his first brush with celebrity at an impressionable age, and spending his teens and twe...

The story of wine, a portrait of some of its people and a biography of the place it comes from, inspired by his own experience making wine in the Rousillon. Unlike many wine books filled with diagrams and tasting notes, this is a proper read.

A dark and thrilling Gothic Noir set in Victorian London, and at the mysterious Northumbrian estate of Gibbous House.

After stints working in South Asia, Sam Smit is now based in Cornwall, where he helps develop Eden Projects around the world. The Serendipity Foundation is his debut noveHis musical project and other miscellany can be found at www.allthenumerals.com.

Jack O¿Donnell has published 535 stories on ABCTales.com ¿ which have almost 300, 000 reads ¿ where he is a competition winner, prized editor and blogger. He has held a variety of jobs throughout the years, including experience working in mental health care. He is from Dalmuir, Scotland.

A biography of wealthy American heiress Dorothy Elmhirst, who founded Dartington Hall in 1925 as a home for British cultural life. From the author of "Gardens Of A Golden Afternoon".

Kerensa is Director, Office of HRH The Duke of York, KG. She runs The Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) which is part of The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust. She is also very proud to be Visiting Professor of Media, Strategy and Communications at the award-winning University of Huddersfield.

Andy Hamilton is a comedy scriptwriter and performer. He regularly appears on QI and Have I Got News for You. His writing credits include Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Trevor's World of Sport, What We Did on Our Holiday and many others. He plays Satan in the Radio 4 comedy Old Harry¿s Game, which he also writes.

Neona White is rather extraordinary. The thing is, while she knows that she's very different from other teenagers, she doesn't know quite how different...yet. A traumatic incident leaves Neona without the desire to keep living and a fear that she's not entirely human, and her mother is less than forthcoming. She is soon sent to live with her Grandmother where, after making some unusual new friends, she begins a dangerous quest to unravel the m...