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year, no matter what the weather or season. The result is the story of a “beautiful obsession” with appeal for readers of Helen Macdonald and Roger Deakin, I’m assured.
said to be a powerful memoir of one man’s overwhelming love for his wife through mental illness and psychosis.
These “captivatingly fresh and intimate” letters from Augustus John’s first wife, Ida, chart the untold story of married life with one of the great artists of the last century. Ida is a naturally gifted writer, I’m told, and her correspondence reveals a woman of passion, intensity and wit. Rebecca John is an artist and also Augustus and Ida’s granddaughter.
author slowly recovered her sight over six months, and in the process, encountered a range of bizarre phenomena from synaesthesia, to discussions with inanimate objects as her brain tried to recover from the trauma of sensory loss. Potter tells the fascinating story of her own brain’s strange journey.
C N LESTER TRANS LIKE ME: A JOURNEY FOR ALL OF US VIRAGO, 25TH, P/B, £13.99, 9780349008608 “Agenda-setting, emotionally engaging” account of transgender identity, that is both a charged personal narrative, and a look at some of the most pressing questions in the transgender debate. Lester is an academic, musician and leading UK trans rights activist.
BRYONY KIMMINGS & TIM GRAYBURN BOYS DON’T CRY: A STORY OF LOVE, DEPRESSION AND MEN HODDER, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781473636903 In this “brave and life-affirming” book, Kimmings (an artist) and Grayburn (who works in advertising) tell the story of a relationship in which one party—Tim, who suffers from severe clinical depression—sometimes wants to die. An account of deep love and depression written from both sides. Delayed from August.
PAGE MCBEE MAN ALIVE: A TRUE STORY OF VIOLENCE, FORGIVENESS AND BECOMING A MAN CANONGATE, 25TH, P/B, £8.99, 9781786890887 This “wry, tender” memoir by a leading voice on transition and masculinity gained rave reviews on US publication and its admirers include Roxane Gay and Maggie Nelson. “A story about freedom and love, and finding the strength to rebuild
ourselves as the people we are meant to be”.
JESSICA L LEE TURNING: A SWIMMING MEMOIR VIRAGO, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9780349008349 Alone in Berlin, with lowered spirits thanks to a broken heart and her own family history, Lee decides to swim 52 of the lakes around Berlin over one
PATRICIA LOCKWOOD PRIESTDADDY: A MEMOIR PARTICULAR, 2ND, P/B, £14.99, 9781846149207 One of America’s most talked about poets of recent years (her poem “Rape Joke” went viral in 2013) tells the “hilarious and moving” story of her life as the daughter of a gun-toting, all-American Catholic priest. With passages on anti-abortion rallies and the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal, along with its depiction of a man who resembles the typical Trump voter, it sounds very topical.
MARK LUKACH MY LOVELY WIFE: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS AND HOPE BLUEBIRD, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781509805952 “A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit”, this is
BARRY MCKINLEY A TON OF MALICE: MEMOIRS OF AN IRISH PUNK IN LONDON OLD STREET, 23RD, P/B, £8.99, 9781910400531 “It’s 1979. 19-year-old Jack is on the train to London having left Ireland for the last time. His girlfriend Ash dumped him, and his mother is newly buried in the sodden peat. It’s time to go well and truly off the rails”. The “poetic and sexy” coming-of-age tale-with-drugs of an acclaimed playwright and short-story writer. “David Sedaris meets Irvine Welsh meets Hunter S Thompson”, says Old Street.
W SYDNEY ROBINSON SPEAK WELL OF ME: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF RONALD HARWOOD OBERON, H/B, £20, 9781786820433 First biography of the playwright and screenwriter whose screenplays include “The Dresser”, “The Pianist” and “The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly”.
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serving senior officer with the Met, who has worked in seven different boroughs and with Scotland Yard. Knife crime, domestic violence, youth crime, drugs and the depression and breakdown he suffered because of the pressures all feature.
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communication derived from personal experience— is both powerful and essential to enhancing executive presence, influencing others and achieving results, argues the business coach author.
EVELYN SHILLINGTON EVE’S WAR: THE WARTIME DIARIES OF LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT SPHERE, 18TH, P/B, £7.99, 9780751567021 The rediscovered wartime diaries of Eve Shillington who followed her officer husband gamely around the UK in the course of his Second World War Army war service, making a home for both of them in each of their billets, and getting involved in local war work.
TOM BUTLER-BOWDON 50 ECONOMICS CLASSICS: YOUR SHORTCUT TO THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS ON CAPITAL, FINANCE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY NICHOLAS BREALEY, 4TH, £12.99, 9781857886733 Compendium of two centuries of classic writing on economics, from Adam Smith to Thomas Piketty. To coincide, Butler-Bowdon’s 50 Classics series has been given a makeover: there’s also a new edition of 50 Psychology Classics (40).
BRYCE G HOFFMAN RED TEAMING: HOW TO BULLETPROOF YOUR BUSINESS BY QUESTIONING THE UNQUESTIONABLE PIATKUS, 16TH, H/B, £20, 9780349415499 With origins in the military, red teaming is a “revolutionary” new way to make critical and contrarian thinking part of the planning process in any organisation, with the aim of stress-testing strategies, flush out hidden threats and avoid being disrupted by competitors. This is billed as the first major book to reveal all its business applications.
VANESSA POTTER PATIENT H69: THE STORY OF MY SECOND SIGHT BLOOMSBURY, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781472936103 After going blind overnight, due to a unique condition that has no name, the
JOHN SUTHERLAND BLUE: A MEMOIR: KEEPING THE PEACE AND FALLING TO PIECES WEIDENFELD, 25TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781474606059 Compelling and honest memoir of the highs and lows of a life spent policing on the front line by a
DIANA JONES LEADERSHIP MATERIAL: HOW PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SHAPES EXECUTIVE PRESENCE NICHOLAS BREALEY, 18TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781857886894 The “soft side” of leadership—empathy, compassion, and authentic
ADAM LASHINSKY WILD RIDE: INSIDE UBER’S QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION PORTFOLIO, 25TH, P/B, £14.99, 9780241278482 Tracing the story of Uber’s meteoric rise under c.e.o. Travis Kalanick, from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries. Lashinsky has had access to both current and former employees, as well as Kalanick himself.
LARRY SMITH NO FEARS, NO EXCUSES RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS, 18TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781847941701 “What is stopping you from having a great career? The answer, quite probably, is you.” Billed as a definitive, no-nonsense guide to achieving your career dreams, based on the “career whisperer” author’s hugely popular TEDx talk, Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career (seven million views).
YANIS VAROUFAKIS ADULTS IN THE ROOM: MY BATTLE WITH EUROPE’S ESTABLISHMENT BODLEY HEAD, 4TH, H/B, £20, 9781847924452 The former Greek finance minister, now prominent anti-austerity economist with an “explosive, headline-making” account of what happened when he took on the EU
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