LADY MARY PETERS Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter
Humble the Poet Things No One Else Can Teach Us HQ, 17th, HB, £16.99, 9780008359652 “There aren’t very many straight lines in nature and that includes your life.” Reminding us that we have the power within us to be our best selves, a “brilliant and profound” life guide from the Canadian-born rapper and YouTube poet (real name Kanwer Singh), who has a considerable online following. His début poetry book, Unlearn was a bestseller in Canada, and HQ brings out the first UK edition this month too (0008359621).
Lorraine Kelly Shine: Discover a Brighter You Century, 31st, HB, £20, 9781529124477 Whether making small changes to your daily routine or overhauling your lifestyle and achiev- ing those bucket-list goals, in this illustrated lifestyle book, Kelly aims to show you how to live every day to the fullest, and guide you on the journey to your best self with candid anec- dotes from her own life, expert tips and practical exercises. Published just before her 60th birthday, with a big campaign.
Beth Kempton Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy Piatkus, 3rd, HB, £12.99, 9780349423555 The author of Wabi Sabi returns to offer inspiration and guidance for a festive season during which you radiate calm and cultivate delight. It is also a book about wellbeing in winter which encourages you to use this time of natural hibernation to germinate new dreams.
Eve Rodsky Fair Play: Win-Win Solution for Women with Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) Quercus, 17th, HB, £16.99, 9781529400182 Rodsky is “changing
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society one relationship at a time”, I’m told, by coming up with a 21st-century solution to the age-old problem of women shouldering the brunt of domestic respon- sibilities. In this book, based on research with more than 50 couples, she divides the 100 main tasks in a relationship so that both parties contribute their fair share. Written in partnership with Hello Sunshine, Reece Witherspoon’s production company, guaranteeing a huge level of social media support.
Philosophy & religion
Relativity and the Future of Faith Hodder, 3rd, HB, £14.99, 9781529377958 Published for the 100th anniversary of the confirmation of the theory of relativity, an overview of Einstein’s theories and what they mean for Christian belief by the author of The Dawkins Delusion, who is also Andreos Idreos professor of science and religion at Oxford.
Alex Ryrie Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt Collins, 31st, HB, £20, 9780008299811 Why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? The award-winning author of Being Protestant in Reformation Britain reminds us that atheism did not appear out of thin air. Rather, it has its own long history.
Thomas Graumann with Tricia Goyer Twice-Rescued Child: An Orphan Tells His Story of Double Redemption SPCK, PB, £13.99, 9780281083121 Aged eight, Graumann boarded a train in Prague to embark on what he thought was a three- month holiday in Britain. He was, in fact, one of the last children to board the Kindertransport. A year later, he converted to Christianity and was “saved” again. This is his story.
Poetry
contemporary sporting stars An encouragement to young women everywhere to participate in sport
Jane Aldous Let Out the Djinn Arachne Press, 10th, PB, £8.99, 9781909208810 This début poetry collec- tion from a poet in her 60s invites readers to listen to imagined worlds of winged bulls, star-gazers and mythical beings, as well as to the real world of a gay woman who grew up in the 1970s.
Jana Igunma & San San May (eds) Buddhism British Library, HB, £40, 9780712352345 Accompanying a major exhibition—the largest display ever of the British Library’s Buddhist trea- sures—this explores the history of Buddhism and the shape and practice of the religion today, and features beautiful imagery from rare manuscripts.
Alister McGrath A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Short Guide to Einstein,
Charly Cox Validate Me HQ, 3rd, PB, £9.99, 9780008348175 “Baby don’t hurt me, but please like my Instagram upload.” Published for National Poetry Day, this second book of poetry and prose from the author of She Must Be Mad explores the havoc that the digital hemisphere is playing with our mental health. Written entirely on her phone, “through the gaze of one woman on the cusp of absolute digital burnout”, it looks at how a life lived online is “both liberating, and screwing us all up”.
Through her own achievements and her fundraising for the Mary Peters Trust, Mary has inspired a generation of athletes and this book will help ensure her passion for sport is passed down to young people for many years to come. Passing The Torch is a series of interviews with established sportswomen across a variety of disciplines, whether in their prime or post competition, and gives a lively insight into their initial motivation, the highs and lows of competing, the physical and mental benefits of exercise and the camaraderie of female sport.
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