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bereavement; visiting pet cemeteries, finding out about pet embalming in Ancient Egypt, and discovering what the great world faiths think about pets and heaven.
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IN THE LAND OF GIANTS GABI MARTINEZ; DANIEL HAHN TR 10 NOVEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9781925228717 In this genre-blending book, the author goes on the trail of a murdered adventurer.
I AM HERE JOHANNES KLABBERS 14 JULY, PO, £12.99, 9781925228625 Looking for more meaning in his work, Klabbers quit an academic position to spend his days caring for the sick and the dying. Training as a secular pastoral carer in a cancer hospital, he learns from the patients there he learns how simply talking and listening can provide great comfort.
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online diary, in 2010 with an impassioned post about Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Since then, she has written two or three entries each month, discussing her life in fashion and her involvement with art, politics and the environment. This collection of her diary entries is illustrated with Westwood’s own selection of images.
SIDGWICK & JACKSON
SPIDER FROM MARS WOODY WOODMANSEY 20 OCTOBER, HB, £18.99, 9780283072727 Poignant memoir of David Bowie by the last member of his erstwhile band, The Spiders from Mars. Woodmansey played drums on four seminal albums in the 1970s, and his focus in on this key period which he “brings to glorious life, paying tribute to one of the most outstanding and innovative talents of our time”.
NO CUNNING PLAN TONY ROBINSON 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9780283072574 “Funny and surprising” autobiography by the actor and writer, best known for playing the role of Baldrick in “Blackadder”. He made his first professional appearance aged 13 in the original stage version of “Oliver!” and later learned first-hand how horrible some of the worst jobs in history can be.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
SHOPPED EMILY STOTT 05 JULY, PO, £8.99, 9781910463307
As a teenager, Stott longed to be a stage star: dressing up became her passion and clothes her obsession. As an adult her skills made her invaluable to the fashion retail industry and she made a living as mystery shopper and undercover journalist. She shares her insider knowledge in this enjoyable “shop ‘til you drop” memoir.
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GET A LIFE VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 06 OCTOBER, HB, £14.99, 9781781254981 Vivienne Westwood began her
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NO NONSENSE JOEY BARTON 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9781471147586 The controversial former Manchester City, Newcastle United, QPR and Marseille footballer, now a TV pundit with a “game-changing” autobiography which will “redefine the most fascinating figure in British football”. It’s the raw yet redemptive story of a man shaped by rejection and the consequences of his mistakes, I’m told.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY JO MALONE 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9781471143007 This first autobiography from the businesswoman behind the renowned beauty brand charts her incredible journey from modest beginnings as a teenager, struggling with dyslexia and leaving school
with no qualifications, to becoming an international brand name and a globally successful entrepreneur.
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NIGEL MONTY DON 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9781473641693 “I have always had a dog, or dogs. I cannot imagine life without them”. When Don’s golden retriever Nigel became the surprise star of “Gardeners’ World”, inspiring fan mail and even his own social media account, his owner decided to explore what makes us connect so deeply with animals. He tells Nigel’s story, and those of other special dogs in his life.
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DIARY OF A WARTIME AFFAIR DOREEN BATES 03 NOVEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9780241250068 Clever young civil servant Bates is working in the same office as E, an older married man in London in 1934. They develop an irresistible attraction to one another and strike up a passionate affair. She records it all with startling candour in her diary. But then she starts to long for a child, against all the taboos of the time.
JONATHAN SWIFT JOHN STUBBS 03 NOVEMBER, HB, £25, 9780670922055 This “rich and riveting” portrait of the man behind Gulliver’s Travels follows Swift through his many battles, for and against authority, and in his many contradictions, as a priest who sought to uphold the dogma of his church; as a man who was quite prepared to defy convention, and as a writer who showed that no single creed holds all of the answers.
THE PIGEON TUNNEL JOHN LE CARRÉ 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9780241257555 “As gripping as any of his novels”, Le Carré’s first memoir and work of non-fiction is described as a thrilling journey into the worlds of his “secret sharers”—the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels. In book of “episodes” rather than chronological plot, he looks back on his life in a manner
DAISY’S GIFT CLAIRE GUEST 14 JULY, HB, £12.99, 9780753557433
The author is chief executive of charity, Medical Detection Dogs. Daisy, one of the first dogs she trained detected her own early but aggressive form of breast cancer. This is the remarkable story of a “medical revolution”, dismissed at first as being “too bonkers” to be used in practice which appears to seal the concept of man’s best friend.
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LABYRINTHS CATRINE CLAY 11 AUGUST, HB, £25, 9780007510665 The Sports Book of the Year winning author of Trautmann’s Journey on Emma and Carl Jung’s highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud and their role in the early years of psychoanalysis. Emma has traditionally been cast as the long-suffering wife in the shadows, but the reality was entirely different, shows Clay.
THIS LONG PURSUIT RICHARD HOLMES 06 OCTOBER, HB, £25, 9780007386949 In these “Reflections of a Romantic Biographer”, the renowned writer embarks on a sweeping exploration of his long career in life-writing.
WOUNDS FERGAL KEANE 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9780008189259 In an “intensely personal” memoir, the veteran reporter recalls the cost—personal and humanitarian—of conflicts in Iraq, South Africa, Tunisia, Burma, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and many more. From the bleakest depression and loss, to the redeeming personal importance of love in politics, of poetry, reading and his beloved folk songs of Ireland, he offers a raw and emotional portrait of life on the front-lines of modern wars.
LARA ANNA PASTERNAK 25 AUGUST, HB, £20, 9780008156787
The romantic and ultimately tragic story of the real love
which shows what an outsider and observer he is; powers which drive his fiction.
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affair which inspired the romance between Zhivago and Lara: that between Pasternak and his literary muse, Olga Ivinskaya. They met in 1946 at the height of his fame, and their relationship would last for the rest of their lives. Anna Pasternak is Boris’ great- niece.
KENNETH CLARK JAMES STOURTON 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £30, 9780007493418 This first and “definitive biography” of the brilliant polymath—director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of television—also tells the story of the arts in the 20th century through his remarkable life.
IN THE DARKROOM SUSAN FALUDI 14 JULY, HB, £16.99, 9780008193492 The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash enquires into the meaning of identity in the modern world and in her own haunted family saga. When she learned that her 76-year-old father—long estranged and living in Hungary—had undergone sex reassignment surgery, her investigation turned personal and urgent.
UNTITLED JEREMY PAXMAN 06 OCTOBER, HB, £25, 9780008128302 The witty, incisive and frank memoirs of the broadcaster and author, whose career at the BBC included 25 years as the uncompromising presenter of “Newsnight”. Covering insights on politicians of every stamp, and reporting from war zones, on the state of the BBC, and the role of journalism in our political system and more, there are “opinions and good humour on every page”.
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JEAN COCTEAU CLAUDE ARNAUD; LAUREN ELKIN; CHARLOTTE MANDELL TR 21 NOVEMBER, HB, £30, 9780300170573
Reassesses the life and legacy of one of the 20th century’s most significant cultural figures, celebrating his “fragile genius” as novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer.
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